2026 Norths 2026 Club Championship T3 Rounds 8-9
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23 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 14 Apr 2026 to 21 Apr 2026 in Sydney, Australia. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1669, and top seed was Leo Xie (🇦🇺 AUS, 1704).
Srikaanth Srinivasan (🇮🇳 IND, 1576) won with 2.0/9, ahead of Dhwani Gupta (2.0) and Clara Zhou (1.5). Srinivasan won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 8: Tom Beeh (1563) beat David James (1664), a +101-point gap.
Location
🇦🇺Sydney, Australia
Dates
14 Apr 2026 → 21 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Federations · 3 represented
🇦🇺Australia×21
🇮🇳India×1
🇳🇿New Zealand×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R9; 2 players tied at 2.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 28 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
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R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 2.0/9. Srinivasan takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (2.0).
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Srikaanth Srinivasan | 1576 | IND | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +8B | +12N | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2449 | +23.6 |
| 2 | Gupta, Dhwani | 1656 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +20N | +18B | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2383 | +34.8 |
| 3 | Zhou, Clara | 1621 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +11N | =4B | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.75 | 1920 | +22.0 |
| 4 | Higgins, Wade | 1664 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +7N | =3N | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.75 | 1867 | +9.6 |
| 5 | Madan, Kyra | 1652 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +19B | =10B | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 1906 | +17.6 |
| 6 | Zhou, Joe | 1651 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =16B | +19N | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1887 | +13.0 |
| 7 | Zhou, Scott | 1633 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −4B | +9N | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.00 | 1623 | -0.8 |
| 8 | Pavlidis, Alexi | 1657 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −1N | +16N | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.50 | 1607 | -2.8 |
| 9 | Beeh, Tom | 1563 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +13N | −7B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1633 | +3.8 |
| 10 | Liang, Xibing | 1665 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =17B | =5N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1695 | +1.4 |
| 11 | McLean, Cohen | 1684 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −3B | +17N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.50 | 1684 | -10.0 |
| 12 | Pilowsky, Paul | 1654 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +18N | −1B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1598 | -2.2 |
| 13 | James, David | 1664 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −9B | +22N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1569 | -3.4 |
| 14 | Kuncoro, Harvey | 1595 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +21B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2377 | +19.2 |
| 15 | Karunagaran, Arvend | 1690 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +23B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2441 | +8.2 |
| 16 | Stern, David | 1632 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =6N | −8B | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.75 | 1455 | -9.0 |
| 17 | Simpson, Sam | 1629 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =10N | −11B | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.50 | 1527 | -12.8 |
| 18 | Wechsler, Ian B | 1637 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −12B | −2N | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 834 | -19.0 |
| 19 | Xie, Leo | 1704 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −5N | −6B | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 885 | -41.7 |
| 20 | Lade, Ian | 1555 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −2B | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 830 | -7.8 |
| 21 | Aleksovski, Bosko | 1606 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −14N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 790 | -9.6 |
| 22 | Sale, Gordon | 1626 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −13B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 829 | -16.8 |
| 23 | Huang, Thomas | 1609 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −15N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 908 | -16.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Gupta, DhwaniAUS+34.82.0 pts · #2
- 2Srikaanth SrinivasanIND+23.62.0 pts · #1
- 3Zhou, ClaraAUS+22.01.5 pts · #4
Top rating losers
- 1Xie, LeoAUS-41.70.0 pts · #20
- 2Wechsler, Ian BAUS-19.00.0 pts · #18
- 3Sale, GordonAUS-16.80.0 pts · #22
Biggest upsets
- R8+101 Elo gap