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2026 Australian Junior Championship U18, U16, U14 Girls

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24 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 21 Jan 2026 to 25 Jan 2026 in Canberra, Australia. 4 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1721, and top seed was Ella Woon (🇦🇺 AUS, 1844).

Fanen Su (🇦🇺 AUS, 0) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Isabella Guan (7.0) and Ella Woon (6.0). Su shared the lead from round 7, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Florentyna Rithauddin Hussein Jamalatiff (1549) beat Ella Woon (1844), a +295-point gap.

Location
🇦🇺Canberra, Australia
Dates
21 Jan 2026 → 25 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇦🇺Ella Woon1844
Avg top 10
1,721
Participants
24
Titled players · 4
WCM×4
Federations · 2 represented
🇦🇺Australia×21
🇲🇾Malaysia×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    Fanen Su
    🇦🇺AUS
    7.0pts·1766perf0.0
  • 🥈
    WCMIsabella Guan
    🇦🇺AUS·1770
    7.0pts·1928perf+61.6
  • 🥉
    Ella Woon
    🇦🇺AUS·1844
    6.0pts·1754perf-31.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R8; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
10
3
1
1
4
1
3
1
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Woon takes leadQiang takes leadSu takes lead
Su7Guan7Woon6Qiang6Rupasinghe5.5Qian5.5
R4 · LEADER CHANGE22 Jan

Ella Woon takes the sole lead (3.5/4).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.0/9. Su takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (44.5).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Fanen Su drew with WCM Isabella Guan (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Fanen Su*
½
0
1
2WCMIsabella Guan
½
*
0
½
3Ella Woon
1
1
*
0
4WCMElaina Qiang
0
½
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Su, Fanen0AUS+5B−3N+20B+8N+11B=2B+4N+12B=7N7.044.548.035.7517660.0
2Guan, IsabellaWCM1770AUS+21B+19N+8B−3N+9B=1N+6B=4N+5B7.044.047.034.501928+61.6
3Woon, Ella1844AUS+12N+1B=10N+2B−4N+5B+9N−7B=6N6.046.551.034.251754-31.6
4Qiang, ElainaWCM1782AUS+16B=11N=9B+19N+3B+6N−1B=2B=10N6.044.047.529.751879+37.2
5Rupasinghe, Chanya1650AUS−1N=21B+12N+17B+7N−3N+10B+9B−2N5.544.047.025.501749+38.8
6Pan, Renee Yang1670AUS+22B=10B+7N=11N+13B−4B−2N+16N=3B5.542.545.024.251733+29.2
7Rithauddin Hussein Jamalatiff, Florentyna1549MAS=13N+17B−6B+16N−5B=8N+20B+3N=1B5.542.045.526.001679+40.8
8Qian, Linda (Zhiling)WCM1681AUS+14N+18B−2N−1B−16N=7B+15N+11B+12N5.541.545.524.751802+36.8
9Madan, Kyra1608AUS=17N+13B=4N+10B−2N+16B−3B−5N+19B5.042.045.522.001738+48.4
10Liu, JoyWCM1794AUS+20B=6N=3B−9N+19B=11N−5N+14B=4B5.040.544.022.501686-43.3
11Zeng, Vera1692AUS+23N=4B+18N=6B−1N=10B−12N−8N+16B4.541.542.517.251611-26.8
12Toose, Sarah1454AUS−3B=20N−5B+21N+14B+13N+11B−1N−8B4.541.044.018.251658+70.0
13Khodjaeva, Mary1655AUS=7B−9N+21N+15B−6N−12B−14N+17B+22B4.536.539.016.751541-42.0
14Kwok, Emma0AUS−8B+24N−19B=18B−12N+22N+13B−10N+21N4.532.532.512.0015610.0
15Mrinalini S1565AUS−19B+22N−16B−13N+21B=20N−8B+23N+24N4.527.527.58.251531-12.4
16Sutton, Hera0AUS−4N+23B+15N−7B+8B−9N+17N−6B−11N4.040.541.515.0014910.0
17Karunagaran, Sreyaa0AUS=9B−7N+22B−5N=20B+19N−16B−13N+23B4.034.035.011.2515410.0
18Zhou, Clara1624AUS+24B−8N−11B=14NFF+22B=19N+20B4.024.024.010.001610-3.2
19Le, Ingrid1673AUS+15N−2B+14N−4B−10N−17B+24N=18B−9N3.540.040.011.001497-54.4
20Fais, Ariana1571AUS−10N=12B−1N+23B=17N=15B−7N+24B−18N3.535.535.57.501357-54.0
21Mididuddi, Varshini1512AUS−2N=5N−13B−12B−15N+24N+23B=22N−14B3.034.034.05.001315-57.6
22Hegde, Mahi1431AUS−6N−15B−17N+24B+23N−14B−18N=21B−13N2.531.031.02.501239-35.2
23FIDE 32656090—−11B−16N+24B−20N−22BF−21N−15B−17N1.026.026.00.007550.0
24FIDE 5730007870—−18N−14B−23N−22NF−21B−19B−20N−15B0.026.526.50.007630.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets
2026 Australian Junior Championship U18, U16, U14 Girls — Canberra, Australia | Chess Tournament Results | ChessStats