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2026 Chess Artists Club Championship Rounds 1-3

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25 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held from 01 Feb 2026 to 22 Feb 2026 in Melbourne, Australia. 4 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1934, and top seed was Kai Jie Soo (🇦🇺 AUS, FM, 2276).

Bella Xia (🇦🇺 AUS, 1494) won with 2.5/3, ahead of Tony J Davis (2.5) and Colin B Savige (2.0). Xia won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Bella Xia (1494) beat Daniel Solomontchik (2051), a +557-point gap.

Location
🇦🇺Melbourne, Australia
Dates
01 Feb 2026 → 22 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 3 rounds
Top seed
🇦🇺FMKai Jie Soo2276
Avg top 10
1,934
Participants
25
Titled players · 4
IM×1
FM×1
CM×2
Federations · 2 represented
🇦🇺Australia×24
🇨🇦Canada×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    🇦🇺AUS·1494
    2.5pts·1988perf+64.4
  • 🥈
    🇦🇺AUS·1888
    2.5pts·1894perf+1.6
  • 🥉
    🇦🇺AUS·1782
    2.0pts·1574perf-10.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 3 rounds

Tight race until R3; 2 players tied at 2.5/3, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
8
2
2
11.52.53R1R2R3
R3 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 2.5/3. Xia takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (3.0).

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Xia, Bella1494AUS=3N+17B+14N2.53.04.03.001988+64.4
2Davis, Tony JCM1888AUS+20N+21B=8N2.51.51.50.751894+1.6
3Savige, Colin B1782AUS=1B+24N=4B2.04.54.52.251574-10.8
4Zhou, Emma1570AUS=13N+7B=3N2.04.05.53.751910+45.6
5Soo, Kai JieFM2276AUS+10NF+6B2.03.53.53.502705+3.2
6Kalisch, Tom1745AUS+22N+9B−5N2.03.53.51.502007+18.6
7Rehill, Paul1723AUS+23B−4N+22B2.02.02.00.001673-3.8
8Buhagiar, Aden1813AUS+15NF=2B1.54.05.02.251921+6.8
9Hain, AnthonyCM2014AUS+18B−6N=12B1.53.54.51.751658-23.4
10Milic, James1674AUS−5B+20N=11B1.53.53.50.751878+15.2
11Rujevic, MirkoIM2068AUS+16BF=10N1.53.04.01.751861-6.8
12Lopata, Felix1600AUS−14B+23N=9N1.52.52.50.751826+28.8
13Pitono, Abraham1830CAN=4BF+21N1.52.02.01.001725-4.0
14Solomontchik, Daniel2051AUS+12NF−1B1.04.04.01.501573-32.4
15Macmillan, Jonathan1562AUS−8B+16N−19B1.02.53.51.001649+5.4
16Bambridge, Greg1649AUS−11N−15B+20B1.02.52.50.001604-6.2
17Efron, Luca0AUSF−1N+24B1.02.52.50.00725-14.8
18Akok, Benjamin1575AUS−9NF+25B1.01.51.50.001683+4.4
19Harris, Anthony1870AUSFF+15N1.01.01.01.002362+2.8
20Beckman, John1575AUS−2B−10B−16N0.04.05.00.00925-18.8
21Zhou, Teng1416AUSF−2N−13B0.04.04.00.001014-6.4
22Finlay, Ross1486AUS−6BF−7N0.04.04.00.00935-15.2
23Wang, Adelyn1478AUS−7N−12BF0.03.53.50.00862-26.4
24Zhao, Oscar0AUSF−3B−17N0.03.03.00.008100.0
25Chen, Wenzhi1417AUSFF−18N0.01.01.00.00759-12.0

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