2026 Norths 2026 Club Championship T4 Rounds 8-9
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34 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 1611, and top seed was Daniel Goldstein (🇦🇺 AUS, 1652).
Lucas Shi (🇦🇺 AUS, 1619) won with 2.0/9, ahead of Brendan Yip (2.0) and Bowen Ge (1.5). Shi shared the lead from round 8, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 8: Krishnan Suresh (1442) beat Daniel Lowe (1584), a +142-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×30
🇳🇿New Zealand×2
🇳🇵Nepal×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 50 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.
Co-leaders
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
15
3
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 2.0/9. Shi takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (2.0).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brendan Yip | * | — | — | — |
| 2Lucas Shi | — | * | — | — |
| 3Bowen Ge | — | — | * | ½ |
| 4Greg Money | — | — | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shi, Lucas | 1619 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +8N | +10B | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2368 | +28.0 |
| 2 | Yip, Brendan | 1622 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +9B | +27B | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2458 | +36.8 |
| 3 | Ge, Bowen | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +28N | =4B | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1736 | +2.8 |
| 4 | Money, Greg | 1550 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +26B | =3N | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1897 | +37.6 |
| 5 | Madsen, David | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +23B | =24N | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 1613 | -3.2 |
| 6 | Zhu, Maxwell | 1541 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =11B | +26N | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 1844 | +32.8 |
| 7 | Agare, Jean-Yves | 1533 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +29B | =23N | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2288 | +9.6 |
| 8 | Hughes, Hugo | 1569 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −1B | +19N | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1570 | +2.0 |
| 9 | Threlfall, Leo | 1611 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −2N | +13B | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1646 | -2.0 |
| 10 | Mahajan, Zariya | 1486 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +25N | −1N | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.50 | 1741 | +16.4 |
| 11 | Tod, Andrew | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =6N | =25B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1667 | +7.2 |
| 12 | Liang, Nancy | 1516 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +16B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 2303 | +20.4 |
| 13 | Chang, Ike | 1594 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +24N | −9N | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.50 | 1638 | +3.6 |
| 14 | Goldstein, Clio | 1576 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +20B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2320 | +18.4 |
| 15 | Goldstein, Daniel | 1652 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +17N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2246 | +9.6 |
| 16 | Sandhu, Leo | 1509 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +30B | −12N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1491 | -0.6 |
| 17 | Chegwidden, Lindsay | 1475 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +34N | −15B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1537 | +4.6 |
| 18 | Hume-Grimm, Giorgio | 1519 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +32N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 2414 | +23.6 |
| 19 | Suresh, Krishnan | 1442 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +33B | −8B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1580 | +6.2 |
| 20 | Lowe, Adrian | 1526 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +31B | −14N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 746 | -9.2 |
| 21 | Faghani, Kaveh | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +?B | F | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1615 | 0.0 |
| 22 | FIDE 3290344 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +?N | −?B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 672 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Shrestha, Sagun Pratap | 0 | NEP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −5N | =7B | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.75 | 1392 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Xi, Cheng | 1510 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −13B | =5B | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.75 | 1444 | -17.2 |
| 25 | Timmerman, Jonathan | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −10B | =11N | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.50 | 1397 | -42.0 |
| 26 | Daniel, Ariye | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −4N | −6B | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 734 | -58.0 |
| 27 | Soon, Wesley | 1644 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −2N | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 887 | -18.0 |
| 28 | James, Christopher | 1549 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −3B | F | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 903 | -5.8 |
| 29 | Laurie, Robert | 1496 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −7N | F | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 701 | -9.6 |
| 30 | Gemenis, Jason | 1503 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −16N | F | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 703 | -9.6 |
| 31 | Ciuffetelli, Alessandro | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −20N | −?N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 718 | 0.0 |
| 32 | White, Donald | 1634 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −18B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 748 | -23.6 |
| 33 | Lowe, Daniel | 1584 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −19N | F | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 664 | -27.6 |
| 34 | Aquilia, Sal | 1426 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −17B | F | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 646 | -9.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Money, GregAUS+37.61.5 pts · #4
- 2Yip, BrendanAUS+36.82.0 pts · #1
- 3Zhu, MaxwellAUS+32.81.5 pts · #5
Top rating losers
- 1Daniel, AriyeAUS-58.00.0 pts · #30
- 2Timmerman, JonathanAUS-42.00.5 pts · #21
- 3Lowe, DanielAUS-27.60.0 pts · #29
Biggest upsets
- R8+142 Elo gap
- R9+115 Elo gap