2026 Australian Junior Championship U10 Open

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61 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 17 Jan 2026 to 19 Jan 2026 in Canberra, Australia. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1688, and top seed was Leo Kuncoro (🇦🇺 AUS, 1886).

Sanat Hegde (🇦🇺 AUS, 1787) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Quang Minh Le (7.0) and Leo Kuncoro (7.0). Hegde shared the lead from round 8 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Joshua Kai-En Huang (1452) beat Amay Rahul (1620), a +168-point gap.

Location

🇦🇺Canberra, Australia

Dates

17 Jan 2026 → 19 Jan 2026

Time control

Standard: All Moves in 60 Min. Incr. 10 Sec. / /

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇦🇺Leo Kuncoro1886

Avg top 10

1,688

Participants

Federations · 4 represented

🇦🇺Australia×51

🇳🇿New Zealand×2

🇨🇳China×1

🇮🇳India×1

Top 3

🥇
Sanat Hegde
🇦🇺AUS·1787
7.5pts·1888perf+40.0
🥈
Quang Minh Le
🇦🇺AUS·1718
7.0pts·2022perf+96.8
🥉
Leo Kuncoro
🇦🇺AUS·1886
7.0pts·1791perf-20.5

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Sanat Hegde led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Hegde7.5Le7Kuncoro7Bansal7Addagada6.5Khodjaev6.5— ex-leaders:Bansalled R7, #9

R7 · LEADER CHANGE19 Jan

Azaan Bansal takes the sole lead (6.0/7).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Sanat Hegde lost to Quang Minh Le (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Sanat Hegde 5 wins (R1–R5)Quang Minh Le 5 wins (R2–R6)Leo Kuncoro 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Sanat Hegde	*	0	1	1
2Quang Minh Le	1	*	½	½
3Leo Kuncoro	0	½	*	½
4Azaan Bansal	0	½	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Hegde, Sanat	1787	AUS	+33B	+45N	+28B	+4N	+3B	−2N	=5B	+13N	+7B	7.5	48.0	51.5	41.25	1888	+40.0
2	Le, Quang Minh	1718	AUS	F	+13N	+7B	+11N	+5B	+1B	=3N	=4N	+9B	7.0	51.5	51.5	44.50	2022	+96.8
3	Kuncoro, Leo	1886	AUS	+39N	+22B	+16N	+8B	−1N	+15B	=2B	+5N	=4B	7.0	50.0	54.0	39.50	1791	-20.5
4	Bansal, Azaan	1613	AUS	+41N	+44B	+6N	−1B	+7N	+8B	+10N	=2B	=3N	7.0	50.0	53.5	39.00	1831	+79.2
5	Addagada, Geetham	0	NZL	+14N	+23B	+15B	+19N	−2N	+9B	=1N	−3B	+13B	6.5	49.0	54.0	36.25	1810	+91.2
6	Khodjaev, Yusuf	1580	AUS	+29B	+20N	−4B	=9B	+18N	−10N	+31B	+23B	+14N	6.5	44.0	48.5	32.50	1641	+24.4
7	Wang, Haohan	0	CHN	+40N	+12B	−2N	+14B	−4B	+37N	+28B	+8N	−1N	6.0	47.5	51.5	30.00	1647	0.0
8	Vijay, Ayaansh	1546	AUS	+54B	+30N	+10B	−3N	+19B	−4N	+22B	−7B	+26N	6.0	45.5	48.5	28.50	1724	+46.4
9	Chen, Nicholas Yuileng	0	AUS	=13B	+36N	+18B	=6N	+28B	−5N	+49B	+20N	−2N	6.0	44.0	47.0	27.50	1703	+17.6
10	Ramanathan, Ashwin	1579	AUS	+48N	+37B	−8N	+22B	=23N	+6B	−4B	=19N	+18B	6.0	43.5	47.0	29.00	1659	+31.3
11	Sheng, Ray	1759	AUS	=25N	+35B	+24N	−2B	+21B	−13N	=18B	+22N	+20B	6.0	42.5	47.0	29.50	1651	-40.0
12	Goldstein, Clio	0	AUS	+58B	−7N	+32B	−21N	−40B	+47N	+39B	+36N	+19B	6.0	36.0	38.5	23.50	1612	+14.8
13	Yang, Brian	1652	AUS	=9N	−2B	+55N	+34B	+31N	+11B	+15N	−1B	−5N	5.5	47.5	50.5	26.50	1667	+4.8
14	Lakshman, Emmanuel	1421	AUS	−5B	+58N	+30B	−7N	+38B	+36N	=19B	+28N	−6B	5.5	41.0	43.5	22.00	1638	+67.6
15	Batyrbekov, Kaisar	1591	AUS	+50N	+27B	−5N	+37B	+49B	−3N	−13B	=21N	+32B	5.5	40.5	43.5	22.00	1628	+15.6
16	Soon, Wesley	0	AUS	+31B	+21N	−3B	=38N	=36B	+40N	−20B	=17N	+29B	5.5	39.5	43.5	24.75	1582	0.0
17	Hume-Grimm, Giorgio	0	AUS	−37N	=39B	=29N	−33N	+54B	+41B	+44N	=16B	+38N	5.5	34.0	37.0	21.50	1553	0.0
18	Batyrbekov, Aidan	1614	AUS	+26N	=24B	−9N	+41B	−6B	+33N	=11N	+25B	−10N	5.0	44.0	48.0	24.00	1531	-34.4
19	Kuncoro, Harvey	1613	AUS	+42B	+38N	+49B	−5B	−8N	+23B	=14N	=10B	−12N	5.0	43.0	46.0	21.75	1535	-25.8
20	Qi, Jaden	1458	AUS	+43N	−6B	=25N	=24B	+42N	+57B	+16N	−9B	−11N	5.0	42.0	45.0	21.50	1479	+16.8
21	Wang, Ruoshui	1469	AUS	+55N	−16B	+46N	+12B	−11N	−22B	+24N	=15B	=23N	5.0	41.5	44.5	22.75	1572	+26.4
22	Madoc, James	1558	AUS	+59B	−3N	+50B	−10N	+30B	+21N	−8N	−11B	+43N	5.0	41.5	44.0	19.00	1411	-38.0
23	Huang, Joshua Kai-En	1452	AUS	+51B	−5N	+40B	+44N	=10B	−19N	+29B	−6N	=21B	5.0	41.0	44.0	20.50	1533	+27.6
24	Wang, Cyrus	0	NZL	+34B	=18N	−11B	=20N	−32B	+50N	−21B	+42N	+36B	5.0	38.0	41.0	20.50	1496	-6.8
25	Fu, Francis	0	AUS	=11B	=34N	=20B	−36N	+53B	=30N	+38B	−18N	+49B	5.0	36.0	39.0	20.00	1565	+28.0
26	Ali, Zaydaan	0	AUS	−18B	+29N	−38B	−30N	+55B	+42N	+34B	+49N	−8B	5.0	35.5	38.5	19.00	1486	0.0
27	Chen, Isaac	1517	AUS	+56B	−15N	+51B	−28N	+50B	−49N	+40B	−32N	+39B	5.0	31.5	34.5	17.00	1302	-52.8
28	Wu, Ethan	1547	AUS	+47N	+57B	−1N	+27B	−9N	+44B	−7N	−14B	=30N	4.5	41.5	44.5	17.25	1605	+18.0
29	Cobrador, Paterno	0	AUS	−6N	−26B	=17B	+60N	+35B	+34N	−23N	+37B	−16N	4.5	40.5	42.0	17.25	1521	0.0
30	Fani Marvasti, Rostin	0	AUS	+?N	−8B	−14N	+26B	−22N	=25B	+33N	=31N	=28B	4.5	40.0	40.0	16.50	1382	0.0
31	Wei, Lucas	0	AUS	−16N	=52B	+39N	+45B	−13B	+32N	−6N	=30B	=37N	4.5	38.0	41.0	17.75	1560	0.0
32	Nair Abhilash, Dhyan	1493	AUS	+53B	−49N	−12N	=46B	+24N	−31B	+35N	+27B	−15N	4.5	37.0	40.0	19.25	1466	-4.0
33	Jyothi Nikhil, Neev	1497	AUS	−1N	−43B	+59N	+17B	=37N	−18B	−30B	+51N	+47B	4.5	37.0	39.5	16.50	1367	-17.2
34	Mao, Max	1540	AUS	−24N	=25B	+35N	−13N	+58B	−29B	−26N	+48B	+46N	4.5	36.5	39.0	16.50	1277	-36.8
35	Pham, James	0	AUS	=36B	−11N	−34B	+59B	−29N	+53N	−32B	+45N	+44N	4.5	33.5	36.0	14.50	1524	0.0
36	Ung, Quy	1575	AUS	=35N	−9B	+52N	+25B	=16N	−14B	+51N	−12B	−24N	4.0	40.5	43.5	16.00	1288	-62.0
37	Karthikeyan, Dharshan	1503	AUS	+17B	−10N	+47B	−15N	=33B	−7B	+46N	−29N	=31B	4.0	40.0	43.5	17.00	1279	-34.4
38	Zhou, Zenan	1586	AUS	+52N	−19B	+26N	=16B	−14N	=39B	−25N	+50N	−17B	4.0	38.5	41.5	15.75	709	-72.0
39	Zhou, Zichen	0	AUS	−3B	=17N	−31B	+56N	+46B	=38N	−12N	+52B	−27N	4.0	38.5	41.5	14.25	1316	0.0
40	Zhang, Kaylin	1579	AUS	−7B	+59N	−23N	+51B	+12N	−16B	−27N	−43B	+54N	4.0	37.5	40.0	14.50	1386	-31.6
41	Le, Duy Khoi (ken)	0	AUS	−4B	+61N	+45B	−18N	−44B	−17N	−47B	+56N	+51B	4.0	34.0	34.0	9.50	1413	0.0
42	Palta, Sameer	0	AUS	−19N	−46B	+61N	+43N	−20B	−26B	+54N	−24B	+52N	4.0	33.5	33.5	10.00	714	0.0
43	Arun, Adhvik	0	AUS	−20B	+33N	−44N	−42B	−45N	+?B	+58N	+40N	−22B	4.0	32.0	32.0	11.00	1412	0.0
44	Rahul, Amay	1620	AUS	+60B	−4N	+43B	−23B	+41N	−28N	−17B	=47N	−35B	3.5	38.0	39.5	11.25	740	-72.4
45	Bhasin, Gitansh	1566	AUS	+46N	−1B	−41N	−31N	+43B	−51B	=52N	−35B	+58B	3.5	34.0	36.5	11.50	984	-8.8
46	Guo, Qiankai (George)	0	AUS	−45B	+42N	−21B	=32N	−39N	+58B	−37B	+53N	−34B	3.5	32.5	35.0	11.75	1150	0.0
47	Brackenridge, Zeno	0	AUS	−28B	+53N	−37N	+?B	−57N	−12B	+41N	=44B	−33N	3.5	32.5	32.5	8.75	1158	0.0
48	FIDE 3277097	0	—	−10B	−56N	=60B	−53B	+?N	−52N	+55B	−34N	+50B	3.5	27.0	27.0	6.75	753	0.0
49	Qazi, Mohammad Ibrahim	0	AUS	F	+32B	−19N	+57B	−15N	+27B	−9N	−26B	−25N	3.0	39.0	39.0	12.50	1519	-0.4
50	FIDE 3295974	0	—	−15B	+60N	−22N	+55B	−27N	−24B	+59N	−38B	−48N	3.0	33.5	35.0	7.00	752	0.0
51	Yang, Kyrie	0	AUS	−23N	+?B	−27N	−40N	+56B	+45N	−36B	−33B	−41N	3.0	33.0	33.0	6.50	1251	0.0
52	Lee, Maxime	0	AUS	−38B	=31N	−36B	−58N	+60N	+48B	=45B	−39N	−42B	3.0	30.0	31.5	9.00	1289	0.0
53	Yung, Gerald	0	AUS	−32N	−47B	=58B	+48N	−25N	−35B	+60N	−46B	=59B	3.0	29.5	31.0	7.50	685	0.0
54	Zeng, Jacob	0	AUS	−8N	−55B	−?N	+61B	−17N	+56B	−42B	+59N	−40B	3.0	28.0	28.0	5.50	762	0.0
55	FIDE 573000760	0	—	−21B	+54N	−13B	−50N	−26N	−59B	−48N	+61B	+?N	3.0	27.5	27.5	3.00	770	0.0
56	FIDE 3285464	0	—	−27N	+48B	−57N	−39B	−51N	−54N	+?B	−41B	+61N	3.0	25.5	25.5	3.50	770	0.0
57	Adir Pratap Singh	1620	IND	+61B	−28N	+56B	−49N	+47B	−20N	F	F	F	3.0	19.0	19.0	6.50	692	-80.4
58	Ansary, Abhiq	0	AUS	−12N	−14B	=53N	+52B	−34N	−46N	−43B	+60B	−45N	2.5	33.0	34.5	6.00	718	0.0
59	FIDE 573000701	0	—	−22N	−40B	−33B	−35N	+61B	+55N	−50B	−54B	=53N	2.5	30.0	30.0	4.50	742	0.0
60	Roping, Arlxander	0	AUS	−44N	−50B	=48N	−29B	−52B	+61N	−53B	−58N	F	1.5	23.0	23.0	1.75	819	0.0
61	FIDE 3292614	0	—	−57N	−41B	−42B	−54N	−59N	−60B	F	−55N	−56B	0.0	24.0	24.0	0.00	821	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Le, Quang MinhAUS
+96.8
7.0 pts · #4
2Addagada, GeethamNZL
+91.2
6.5 pts · #1
3Bansal, AzaanAUS
+79.2
7.0 pts · #9

Top rating losers

1Adir Pratap SinghIND
-80.4
3.0 pts · #59
2Rahul, AmayAUS
-72.4
3.5 pts · #53
3Zhou, ZenanAUS
-72.0
4.0 pts · #50

Biggest upsets

R4+168 Elo gap
Huang, Joshua Kai-En1452 beat Rahul, Amay1620
R5+165 Elo gap
Lakshman, Emmanuel1421 beat Zhou, Zenan1586
R6+162 Elo gap
Qi, Jaden1458 beat Adir Pratap Singh1620