2026 Norths 2026 Club Championship T3 Rounds 5-7
Open SwissStandard
25 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 03 Mar 2026 to 24 Mar 2026 in Sydney, Australia. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1670, and top seed was Winson Yuan (🇦🇺 AUS, 1803).
Cohen McLean (🇦🇺 AUS, 1684) won with 3.0/7, ahead of Clara Zhou (2.5) and Kyra Madan (2.5). McLean shared the lead from round 5 and won solo starting round 6.
Location
🇦🇺Sydney, Australia
Dates
03 Mar 2026 → 24 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Avg top 10
1,670
Participants
25
Federations · 3 represented
🇦🇺Australia×23
🇮🇳India×1
🇳🇿New Zealand×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsCohen McLean led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 28 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.
Co-leaders
28
28
28
28
9
1
1
R6–R7 · LEAD HELD
Cohen McLean held the sole lead from R6 through R7 without losing it.
R5–R7 · WIN STREAK
Cohen McLean won 3 in a row (R5–R7).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Cohen McLean | * | — | — | — |
| 2Clara Zhou | — | * | — | ½ |
| 3Tom Beeh | — | — | * | — |
| 4Kyra Madan | — | ½ | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean, Cohen | 1684 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +5N | +12N | +13B | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.00 | 2496 | +56.8 |
| 2 | Zhou, Clara | 1621 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +13N | =3N | +12B | 2.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.25 | 1978 | +46.8 |
| 3 | Madan, Kyra | 1652 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +21N | =2B | +7N | 2.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.25 | 1941 | +34.8 |
| 4 | Beeh, Tom | 1563 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +22N | =11B | +15B | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.25 | 1861 | +23.8 |
| 5 | Higgins, Wade | 1664 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −1B | +6N | +19B | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.50 | 1768 | +7.6 |
| 6 | Srikaanth Srinivasan | 1576 | IND | F | F | F | F | +9B | −5B | =10N | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.25 | 1646 | +5.8 |
| 7 | Simpson, Sam | 1629 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =23N | +16B | −3B | 1.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.25 | 1677 | +4.0 |
| 8 | Pilowsky, Paul | 1654 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =14B | +15N | −20B | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.50 | 1603 | -3.2 |
| 9 | Huang, Thomas | 1609 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −6N | +17B | =21N | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.25 | 1638 | -0.8 |
| 10 | Stern, David | 1632 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | +14N | =6B | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.75 | 1759 | +6.6 |
| 11 | Wechsler, Ian B | 1637 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | =4N | +24B | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.25 | 1770 | +8.4 |
| 12 | Xie, Leo | 1704 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +16N | −1B | −2N | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.00 | 1552 | -30.0 |
| 13 | Liang, Xibing | 1665 | NZL | F | F | F | F | −2B | +21B | −1N | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.50 | 1563 | -9.2 |
| 14 | Lade, Ian | 1555 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =8N | −10B | =18N | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.25 | 1511 | -3.2 |
| 15 | Kuncoro, Harvey | 1595 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +25B | −8B | −4N | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 1469 | -16.0 |
| 16 | Zhou, Scott | 1633 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −12B | −7N | +17N | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.00 | 1556 | -7.6 |
| 17 | Gupta, Dhwani | 1656 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +18B | −9N | −16B | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.00 | 1521 | -20.8 |
| 18 | James, David | 1664 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −17N | =22N | =14B | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.75 | 1473 | -13.8 |
| 19 | Zhou, Joe | 1651 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +24B | F | −5N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1643 | +0.4 |
| 20 | Karunagaran, Arvend | 1690 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | +8N | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 2441 | +8.8 |
| 21 | Pavlidis, Alexi | 1657 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −3B | −13N | =9B | 0.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.75 | 1399 | -21.0 |
| 22 | Aleksovski, Bosko | 1606 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −4B | =18B | F | 0.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.50 | 1399 | -9.6 |
| 23 | Ni, Marcus | 1663 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =7B | F | F | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1653 | -1.6 |
| 24 | Sale, Gordon | 1626 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −19N | F | −11N | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 821 | -39.2 |
| 25 | Case, Ivan | 1619 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −15N | F | F | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 771 | -10.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1McLean, CohenAUS+56.83.0 pts · #1
- 2Zhou, ClaraAUS+46.82.5 pts · #2
- 3Madan, KyraAUS+34.82.5 pts · #4
Top rating losers
- 1Sale, GordonAUS-39.20.0 pts · #25
- 2Xie, LeoAUS-30.01.0 pts · #19
- 3Pavlidis, AlexiAUS-21.00.5 pts · #23