HKSAR Championship 2026 Round 6 to 9
Open SwissStandard
39 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 06 Mar 2026 to 20 Mar 2026 in Smithfield Sports Centre, Kennedy Town, Hong Kong. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1808, and top seed was Krishiv Shah (🇭🇰 HKG, 1975).
Brandon Jun Qiao Fang (🇭🇰 HKG, 1909) won with 3.5/9, ahead of Chi Zhang (3.0) and Kainos Wong (3.0). Fang shared the lead from round 8 and broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 9: Jonathan Oscar Lundberg (1480) beat Hei Ming Cheung (1689), a +209-point gap.
Location
🇭🇰Smithfield Sports Centre, Kennedy Town, Hong Kong
Dates
06 Mar 2026 → 20 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 75 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Titled players · 2
WCM×2
Federations · 1 represented
🇭🇰Hong Kong China×38
Top 3
- 🥇
- 🥈
- 🥉
How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsBrandon Jun Qiao Fang led from R9; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 49 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R9.
Co-leaders
49
49
49
49
49
13
4
3
1
R9–R9 · LEAD HELD
Brandon Jun Qiao Fang held the sole lead from R9 through R9 without losing it.
R7–R9 · WIN STREAK
Brandon Jun Qiao Fang won 3 in a row (R7–R9).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brandon Jun Qiao Fang | * | — | ½ | — |
| 2Jonathan Oscar Lundberg | — | * | — | — |
| 3Chi Zhang | ½ | — | * | — |
| 4Kainos Wong | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fang, Brandon Jun Qiao | 1909 | HKG | F | F | F | F | F | =2B | +12N | +28N | +7B | 3.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 7.00 | 2115 | +40.4 |
| 2 | Zhang, Chi | 1900 | HKG | F | F | F | F | F | =1N | +27B | =22N | +6B | 3.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 6.00 | 1952 | +0.8 |
| 3 | Wong, Kainos | 1558 | HKG | F | F | F | F | F | =18N | +9B | =21N | +8B | 3.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 5.75 | 1741 | +40.0 |
| 4 | Lundberg, Jonathan Oscar | 1480 | HKG | F | F | F | F | F | +39B | +13B | −15N | +21B | 3.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 3.50 | 1876 | +74.4 |
| 5 | Lam, Cheuk Nam | 1457 | HKG | F | F | F | F | F | −8B | +35N | +36B | +29N | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.50 | 708 | -16.0 |
| 6 | Wong, Sze Hon | 1628 | HKG | F | F | F | F | F | +31B | =22B | +33N | −2N | 2.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.75 | 1816 | +34.8 |
| 7 | Wong, Ngo Athan | 1585 | HKG | F | F | F | F | F | +38B | =28B | +27N | −1N | 2.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.50 | 1854 | +57.2 |
| 8 | Huang, Zimo | 0 | HKG | F | F | F | F | F | +5N | +38N | −20B | −3N | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.00 | 1616 | +18.8 |
| 9 | Zhou, Richard | 1569 | HKG | F | F | F | F | F | +19B | −3N | +30B | −10N | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.00 | 1424 | -14.8 |
| 10 | Chan, Chi Ngo | 1483 | HKG | F | F | F | F | F | =23N | =17B | −13N | +9B | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 3.75 | 1523 | -8.4 |
| 11 | Lau, Wai Hei | 1460 | HKG | F | F | F | F | F | +14N | +23B | −12B | −16N | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 3.50 | 1777 | +46.4 |
| 12 | Zhou, Tony | 1764 | HKG | F | F | F | F | F | −27N | −1B | +11N | +28B | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 3.00 | 1732 | -8.4 |
| 13 | Leung, Hoi TingWCM | 1621 | HKG | F | F | F | F | F | F | −4N | +10B | +23N | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3.50 | 1656 | +1.6 |
| 14 | Lau, Chloe Hailey | 1613 | HKG | F | F | F | F | F | −11B | +16N | +24B | F | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3.50 | 1487 | -17.2 |
| 15 | Shah, Krishiv | 1975 | HKG | F | F | F | F | F | F | +21B | +4B | F | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 4.50 | 2400 | +10.8 |
| 16 | Ip, Pak Hong Thomas | 0 | HKG | F | F | F | F | F | −21N | −14B | +37N | +11B | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.00 | 1474 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Ip, Chei Bing Matthew | 1413 | HKG | F | F | F | F | F | +30B | =10N | =18B | F | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.00 | 1656 | +39.6 |
| 18 | Fu, Cheung Pak Ashton | 1554 | HKG | F | F | F | F | F | =3B | +36N | =17N | F | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.50 | 1478 | -1.2 |
| 19 | Lau, Wing Fai | 0 | HKG | F | F | F | F | F | −9N | −?B | +26N | +37B | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.50 | 719 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Nguyen, Paul Ashton | 1910 | HKG | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +8N | +27B | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.00 | 2431 | +15.2 |
| 21 | Cheung, Hei Ming | 1689 | HKG | F | F | F | F | F | +16B | −15N | =3B | −4N | 1.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 3.50 | 1385 | -21.8 |
| 22 | Chong, Jake | 1756 | HKG | F | F | F | F | F | =28B | =6N | =2B | F | 1.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 3.25 | 1803 | +6.8 |
| 23 | Mahadevan, Aravind | 1542 | HKG | F | F | F | F | F | =10B | −11N | +29B | −13B | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.00 | 1285 | -17.6 |
| 24 | Fok, Chi San Anderson | 1483 | HKG | F | F | F | F | F | +36B | −32B | −14N | =25B | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.75 | 1269 | -32.8 |
| 25 | Lin, Pak Ming | 1485 | HKG | F | F | F | F | F | −29N | +37B | F | =24N | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.75 | 1498 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 6018157 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | F | =30N | −19B | +36N | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.50 | 1540 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Chong, Chor Yuen | 1755 | HKG | F | F | F | F | F | +12B | −2N | −7B | −20N | 1.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.00 | 1607 | -15.0 |
| 28 | Chen, Kyle | 1745 | HKG | F | F | F | F | F | =22N | =7N | −1B | −12N | 1.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.00 | 1555 | -54.0 |
| 29 | Yeung, Ming Kee | 0 | HKG | F | F | F | F | F | +25B | −33N | −23N | −5B | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.50 | 1329 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Lee, Wing Kin | 1540 | HKG | F | F | F | F | F | −17N | =26B | −9N | =35B | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.00 | 665 | -24.2 |
| 31 | Anandpara, Jayendra SaloniWCM | 1562 | HKG | F | F | F | F | F | −6N | F | F | +33B | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.00 | 1634 | +4.6 |
| 32 | Lau, Clayton Hunter | 1463 | HKG | F | F | F | F | F | −34B | +24N | F | F | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.50 | 1592 | +11.2 |
| 33 | Say, Hoi Wang Isaac | 1625 | HKG | F | F | F | F | F | F | +29B | −6B | −31N | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.00 | 796 | -43.2 |
| 34 | Lau, Tsz Yiu Christ | 1679 | HKG | F | F | F | F | F | +32N | F | F | F | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2282 | +4.8 |
| 35 | Yu, Cho Hong Henry | 0 | HKG | F | F | F | F | F | −?N | −5B | F | =30N | 0.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.50 | 1296 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Yu, Cho Chi Benjamin | 0 | HKG | F | F | F | F | F | −24N | −18B | −5N | −26B | 0.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 675 | 0.0 |
| 37 | Chow, Kwok Sang | 0 | HKG | F | F | F | F | F | F | −25N | −16B | −19N | 0.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 697 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Chui, Tsz Hei | 1535 | HKG | F | F | F | F | F | −7N | −8B | F | F | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 738 | -44.8 |
| 39 | Tang, Jeromy | 1506 | HKG | F | F | F | F | F | −4N | F | F | F | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 702 | -21.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Lundberg, Jonathan OscarHKG+74.43.0 pts · #2
- 2Wong, Ngo AthanHKG+57.22.5 pts · #5
- 3Lau, Wai HeiHKG+46.42.0 pts · #13
Top rating losers
- 1Chen, KyleHKG-54.01.0 pts · #22
- 2Chui, Tsz HeiHKG-44.80.0 pts · #32
- 3Say, Hoi Wang IsaacHKG-43.21.0 pts · #39
Biggest upsets
- R9+209 Elo gap
- R8+170 Elo gap
- R6+153 Elo gap