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2026 Norths 2026 Club Championship T3 Rounds 1-4

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27 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 03 Feb 2026 to 24 Feb 2026 in Sydney, Australia. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1685, and top seed was Winson Yuan (🇦🇺 AUS, 1803).

Alexi Pavlidis (🇦🇺 AUS, 1657) won with 3.5/4, ahead of Clara Zhou (3.0) and Kyra Madan (3.0). Pavlidis clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Fabrizio Corona (1617) beat Winson Yuan (1803), a +186-point gap.

Location
🇦🇺Sydney, Australia
Dates
03 Feb 2026 → 24 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 4 rounds
Top seed
🇦🇺Winson Yuan1803
Avg top 10
1,685
Participants
27
Federations · 3 represented
🇦🇺Australia×25
🇮🇳India×1
🇳🇿New Zealand×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    🇦🇺AUS·1657
    3.5pts·1985perf+29.2
  • 🥈
    🇦🇺AUS·1621
    3.0pts·1820perf+41.6
  • 🥉
    🇦🇺AUS·1652
    3.0pts·1875perf+46.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 4 rounds

Alexi Pavlidis led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
11
4
1
1
1234R1R2R3R4Pavlidis takes lead
R4 · LEADER CHANGE24 Feb

Alexi Pavlidis takes the sole lead (3.5/4).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Alexi Pavlidis beat Clara Zhou (Black).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

Clara Zhou won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Alexi Pavlidis*
1
——
2Clara Zhou
0
*
1
—
3Scott Zhou—
0
*—
4Kyra Madan———*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Pavlidis, Alexi1657AUS+21B=5N+23B+2N3.56.57.05.751985+29.2
2Zhou, Clara1621AUS+25B+15B+4N−1B3.08.08.04.501820+41.6
3Madan, Kyra1652AUS+22N+6B−7N+12B3.07.08.05.501875+46.4
4Zhou, Scott1633AUS+8N+20B−2B+23N3.06.57.04.001825+19.8
5Xie, Leo1704AUS+11B=1B+10NF2.58.08.06.251936+32.8
6Higgins, Wade1664AUS+19B−3N+13B=9N2.57.59.04.751753+9.2
7McLean, Cohen1684AUS=24N+17B+3BF2.56.57.04.751913+33.2
8Huang, Thomas1609AUS−4B=16N+24N+15B2.56.06.52.751739+26.0
9Simpson, Sam1629AUS=17N+24B=15N=6B2.55.56.03.251742+24.0
10Ni, Marcus1663AUS+18B=23N−5B+16N2.55.56.03.251739+15.6
11Liang, Xibing1665NZL−5N+26B+20NF2.06.06.01.001768+7.8
12Yuan, Winson1803AUS+26B−14N+22B−3N2.06.06.01.001611-40.0
13Karunagaran, Arvend1690AUS−20N+25B−6N+17B2.05.05.01.501621-7.6
14Corona, Fabrizio1617AUS+16B+12BFF2.03.53.53.502527+25.8
15Pilowsky, Paul1654AUS+27B−2N=9B−8N1.58.08.01.251534-13.8
16Zhou, Joe1651AUS−14N=8B+18N−10B1.57.08.52.751526-14.2
17Stern, David1632AUS=9B−7N+21B−13N1.57.08.02.251565-7.8
18Lade, Ian1555AUS−10N=21N−16B+24B1.55.05.51.001552-0.8
19Gupta, Dhwani1656AUS−6NF+25N=21B1.54.54.50.501611-8.0
20Sale, Gordon1626AUS+13B−4N−11BF1.07.07.02.001539-13.6
21Aleksovski, Bosko1606AUS−1N=18B−17N=19N1.06.58.01.501433-17.6
22Srikaanth Srinivasan1576IND−3BF−12N+27N1.06.56.50.001567-1.0
23James, David1664AUSF=10B−1N−4B0.59.09.01.251378-21.0
24Wechsler, Ian B1637AUS=7B−9N−8B−18N0.57.59.01.251299-31.8
25Beeh, Tom1563AUS−2N−13N−19BF0.06.56.50.00857-22.4
26Kuncoro, Harvey1595AUS−12N−11NFF0.04.04.00.00937-25.2
27Case, Ivan1619AUS−15NFF−22B0.02.52.50.00817-20.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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2026 Norths 2026 Club Championship T3 Rounds 1-4 — Sydney, Australia | Chess Tournament Results | ChessStats