2026 Box Hill Summer Cup Rounds 1-4

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92 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 30 Jan 2026 to 20 Feb 2026 in Melbourne, Australia. 7 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2029, and top seed was Kai Jie Soo (🇦🇺 AUS, FM, 2276).

Tejas Datar (🇦🇺 AUS, FM, 2095) won with 4.0/4, ahead of Ryder Testolin (4.0) and Haran Salasan (3.5). Datar shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Jahnavi Mondal (1446) beat Andrew Cantos (1767), a +321-point gap.

Location

🇦🇺Melbourne, Australia

Dates

30 Jan 2026 → 20 Feb 2026

Time control

Standard: 75 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 4 rounds

Top seed

🇦🇺FMKai Jie Soo2276

Avg top 10

2,029

Participants

Titled players · 7

IM×1

FM×2

CM×4

Federations · 4 represented

🇦🇺Australia×85

🇳🇿New Zealand×2

🇮🇳India×1

🇨🇳China×1

Top 3

🥇
FMTejas Datar
🇦🇺AUS·2095
4.0pts·2607perf+14.4
🥈
IMRyder Testolin
🇦🇺AUS·2238
4.0pts·2668perf+7.8
🥉
CMHaran Salasan
🇦🇺AUS·1989
3.5pts·2033perf+3.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 4 rounds

Tight race until R4; 2 players tied at 4.0/4, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Testolin4Datar4Hawkins3.5He3.5Salasan3.5Dissanayake3

R4 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.0/4. Datar takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (8.5).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

IM Ryder Testolin 4 wins (R1–R4)FM Tejas Datar 4 wins (R1–R4)

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Datar, TejasFM	2095	AUS	+36B	+18N	+8B	+6N	4.0	8.5	10.5	10.50	2607	+14.4
2	Testolin, RyderIM	2238	AUS	+68N	+26B	+7N	+9B	4.0	8.5	9.5	9.50	2668	+7.8
3	Salasan, HaranCM	1989	AUS	+83B	=30N	+10N	+21B	3.5	8.0	8.5	7.25	2033	+3.6
4	He, Zhi Yu (Paul)	1934	NZL	+47N	+34B	=11N	+16B	3.5	7.5	9.5	8.00	1957	+4.4
5	Hawkins, SeanCM	1883	AUS	+42N	+17B	=15N	+52B	3.5	7.0	9.0	7.75	2172	+52.0
6	Lingineni, KhushalCM	2004	AUS	+54N	+39B	+19N	−1B	3.0	8.5	10.5	6.50	1985	+3.2
7	Deng, Jimmy	1864	AUS	+49B	+23N	−2B	+34N	3.0	8.5	10.5	6.50	1922	+7.0
8	Dissanayake, Vidushi	1823	AUS	+22N	+69B	−1N	+37B	3.0	8.5	9.5	5.50	1838	+8.8
9	Zhao, LucasCM	1932	AUS	+67B	+46N	+53B	−2N	3.0	8.0	9.0	5.00	1974	+13.2
10	Zhang, Jayden	1731	AUS	+82B	+20N	−3B	+41N	3.0	8.0	8.5	5.00	1784	+9.2
11	Buhagiar, Aden	1813	AUS	+63B	+41N	=4B	=64N	3.0	7.0	8.5	6.00	1912	+12.4
12	Wu, Alice	1744	AUS	=16N	+58B	=27N	+45B	3.0	7.0	8.5	6.00	1766	+3.2
13	Coracas, Tass	1913	AUS	+48N	+61B	+35N	F	3.0	6.5	8.0	5.50	2356	+8.8
14	Deng, Vanessa	1721	AUS	+84B	−15B	+42N	+36N	3.0	6.5	6.5	4.00	1837	+22.8
15	Soo, Kai JieFM	2276	AUS	+50B	+14N	=5B	F	2.5	9.5	11.5	6.75	2152	-5.2
16	Mondal, Jahnavi	1446	AUS	=12B	+79N	+50B	−4N	2.5	8.5	9.5	4.50	1803	+67.2
17	Tanin, Erkut	1589	AUS	+25B	−5N	+81B	=24N	2.5	8.5	9.0	4.25	1737	+20.8
18	Jansen, Tony	1709	AUS	+92N	−1B	+49N	=22B	2.5	8.5	8.5	3.25	1714	-0.2
19	Chai, Kang	1835	AUS	+59B	+45N	−6B	=23N	2.5	7.5	9.0	4.75	1748	-6.6
20	Roberts, Thomas	0	AUS	+31B	−10B	+67N	=40N	2.5	7.5	8.5	4.50	1621	0.0
21	Fazel, Amin	1899	AUS	+55B	=40N	+75B	−3N	2.5	7.5	8.5	4.00	1700	-13.0
22	Zhang, Ethan	1475	AUS	−8B	+83N	+46B	=18N	2.5	7.5	8.0	3.75	1709	+34.0
23	Veldon, Rino	1586	AUS	+85N	−7B	+44N	=19B	2.5	7.5	7.5	3.25	1719	+9.6
24	Thadani, Aman Deepak	1856	AUS	+38N	=37B	=29N	=17B	2.5	7.0	9.0	5.50	1686	-15.0
25	Harrison, William	0	AUS	−17N	+48B	+61N	=28B	2.5	7.0	8.5	4.75	1596	0.0
26	Lennard, Archer	1675	AUS	+62B	−2N	=59B	+60N	2.5	7.0	8.5	3.75	1575	-14.0
27	Su, Fanen	0	CHN	F	+43N	=12B	+39B	2.5	7.0	7.0	5.50	1709	0.0
28	Tai, Ethan	1620	NZL	=43B	=81N	+70B	=25N	2.5	5.5	6.0	3.50	1646	+2.4
29	Liu, Ronald	1729	AUS	F	+77N	=24B	+38B	2.5	5.5	5.5	4.25	1872	+21.6
30	Rathore, Akshobhya	1651	AUS	+86N	=3B	F	+35B	2.5	5.5	5.5	3.75	1989	+15.2
31	Gajula, Karan	1571	AUS	−20N	=62B	+77B	+75N	2.5	5.0	6.0	2.75	2261	+14.0
32	Tran, Kenny	1776	AUS	=58N	−35B	+87B	+91N	2.5	3.5	3.5	0.75	1761	-1.2
33	Flude, David A	1611	AUS	F	+84N	=60B	+59N	2.5	3.0	3.0	2.25	2244	+11.2
34	Huang, Victoria	1601	AUS	+60B	−4N	+72B	−7B	2.0	8.0	9.0	2.50	1100	-12.0
35	Shriram, Varun	0	AUS	+?B	+32N	−13B	−30N	2.0	8.0	8.0	2.50	1726	-30.8
36	Ramprasad, Nachiket	1538	AUS	−1N	+86B	+71N	−14B	2.0	8.0	8.0	1.00	1027	-14.0
37	Fan, Aiden	1577	AUS	+88B	=24N	=51B	−8N	2.0	7.5	7.5	2.25	1684	+15.2
38	Xu, Yixuan (leo)	1479	AUS	−24B	+73N	+56B	−29N	2.0	7.0	8.0	3.00	1613	+16.8
39	Shirawala, Sahar	1639	AUS	+70B	−6N	+63B	−27N	2.0	7.0	8.0	2.50	1761	+16.8
40	Clark, Peter	1596	AUS	+89N	=21B	−52N	=20B	2.0	7.0	7.0	2.50	1751	+5.6
41	Shabani, Bahman	1548	AUS	+90N	−11B	+78N	−10B	2.0	7.0	7.0	1.00	971	-17.6
42	Fan, Licheng	1496	AUS	−5B	+88N	−14B	+81N	2.0	7.0	7.0	0.50	1565	+3.2
43	Ramachandran, Aayush	0	AUS	=28N	−27B	=65N	+67B	2.0	6.5	7.5	3.00	1681	+8.4
44	Liu, Preston	1458	AUS	−51N	+57N	−23B	+68B	2.0	6.5	7.5	3.00	1647	+37.2
45	Mrinalini S	1565	IND	+80B	−19B	+69N	−12N	2.0	6.5	7.5	2.00	1548	-4.0
46	Kolak, Tanya	1601	AUS	+74N	−9B	−22N	+71B	2.0	6.5	7.5	2.00	903	-15.8
47	Chi, Jaden	1510	AUS	−4B	F	+62N	+58B	2.0	6.5	6.5	3.00	1688	+14.8
48	Chen, Glor	1501	AUS	−13B	−25N	+88B	+72N	2.0	6.5	6.5	1.00	1101	-3.2
49	Suthakaran, Kesigan	1489	AUS	−7N	+85B	−18B	+73N	2.0	6.5	6.5	1.00	986	-12.8
50	Cantos, Andrew	1767	AUS	−15N	+76B	−16N	+69B	2.0	6.0	7.0	2.00	1627	-27.6
51	Zhang, Samuel Ling-Ze	1746	AUS	+44B	F	=37N	=66B	2.0	5.5	5.5	3.75	1659	-12.0
52	Wang, Cunmeng	1988	AUS	F	+87N	+40B	−5N	2.0	5.5	5.5	2.00	1814	-19.2
53	Jathar, Ved	1754	AUS	+76N	+71B	−9N	F	2.0	5.0	5.0	2.00	1695	-2.4
54	Sucevic, Milic	1532	AUS	−6B	−72N	+85B	+70N	2.0	5.0	5.0	1.00	1682	+5.8
55	Yang, Xiaoyi	1501	AUS	−21N	+89B	−64N	+74B	2.0	5.0	5.0	1.00	1107	-6.8
56	Marathe, Satish	1636	AUS	−71N	+82B	−38N	+78B	2.0	4.0	4.5	1.50	1460	-9.0
57	Rehill, Paul	1723	AUS	−69N	−44B	+86N	+84B	2.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	1316	-30.2
58	Guo, Audrey	1470	AUS	=32B	−12N	+79B	−47N	1.5	7.5	8.5	2.25	1538	+10.0
59	Wang, Adelyn	1478	AUS	−19N	+80B	=26N	−33B	1.5	7.5	8.5	2.25	1434	-4.8
60	Gajula, Nishitha	0	AUS	−34N	+68B	=33N	−26B	1.5	7.0	8.0	2.25	1518	0.0
61	Dissanayake, Naveen	1599	AUS	+72B	−13N	−25B	=63N	1.5	7.0	8.0	1.75	1498	-12.8
62	Wan, Oscar	0	AUS	−26N	=31N	−47B	+87B	1.5	7.0	7.0	1.25	1475	-26.8
63	Thulasidas, Manish	1471	AUS	−11N	+90B	−39N	=61B	1.5	6.5	6.5	0.75	1408	-8.8
64	Chew, Jason	1921	AUS	F	F	+55B	=11B	1.5	5.0	5.0	3.50	1860	-1.4
65	Sun, Martin	1540	AUS	F	−70N	=43B	+82N	1.5	3.5	3.5	1.50	1437	-11.6
66	Zhou, Emma	1570	AUS	+73B	F	F	=51N	1.5	3.0	3.0	2.00	1748	+9.2
67	Ihalagedara, Thehan	1510	AUS	−9N	+74B	−20B	−43N	1.0	7.5	8.5	1.00	1108	-3.2
68	Carter, John	1539	AUS	−2B	−60N	+89B	−44N	1.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	896	-27.2
69	Jalan, Sarvang	1439	AUS	+57B	−8N	−45B	−50N	1.0	7.0	9.0	2.00	1526	+12.0
70	Liao, Rita (xueru)	0	AUS	−39N	+65B	−28N	−54B	1.0	6.5	8.0	1.50	1388	-8.8
71	Zhou, Zichen	0	AUS	+56B	−53N	−36B	−46N	1.0	6.0	8.0	2.00	1438	0.0
72	Chen, Max	0	AUS	−61N	+54B	−34N	−48B	1.0	6.0	7.5	2.00	1365	0.0
73	Sathish, Sukrrish	0	AUS	−66N	−38B	+76N	−49B	1.0	5.5	6.5	1.00	1308	0.0
74	Cabral, Jake	0	AUS	−46B	−67N	+?B	−55N	1.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	1354	0.0
75	Zhang, Qixin	0	AUS	F	+91B	−21N	−31B	1.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	1531	0.0
76	Guan, Kangran	1458	AUS	−53B	−50N	−73B	+85N	1.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	961	-11.6
77	Lin, Le-Syuan	1461	AUS	F	−29B	−31N	+90B	1.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	849	-21.2
78	Lian, Hongxuan	0	AUS	F	+?N	−41B	−56N	1.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	1457	0.0
79	Zhang, Nathan	1512	AUS	F	−16B	−58N	+92B	1.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	1318	-25.6
80	Wang, Zimo	0	AUS	−45N	−59N	F	+86B	1.0	3.5	3.5	0.00	712	-51.2
81	Ng, Pavle-Jay	0	AUS	F	=28B	−17N	−42B	0.5	7.0	7.0	1.25	1293	-24.4
82	Ihalagedara, Yehara	1439	AUS	−10N	−56N	=83B	−65B	0.5	6.5	7.0	0.25	834	-30.4
83	Ye, Oscar	0	AUS	−3N	−22B	=82N	−?B	0.5	6.5	6.5	0.25	1295	0.0
84	Venkat, Nyra	1428	AUS	−14N	−33B	F	−57N	0.0	7.5	8.5	0.00	883	-22.8
85	Liu, Jason	0	AUS	−23B	−49N	−54N	−76B	0.0	6.5	7.5	0.00	716	-76.4
86	FIDE 3292878	0	—	−30B	−36N	−57B	−80N	0.0	6.5	7.5	0.00	837	0.0
87	Calvez, Gael	1496	AUS	F	−52B	−32N	−62N	0.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	1036	-9.6
88	FIDE 573001899	0	—	−37N	−42B	−48N	F	0.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	723	0.0
89	FIDE 3276546	0	—	−40B	−55N	−68N	F	0.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	748	0.0
90	Weerakkody, Celosha	0	AUS	−41B	−63N	F	−77N	0.0	4.5	4.5	0.00	693	0.0
91	Xiao, Sridatta	1499	AUS	F	−75N	F	−32B	0.0	3.5	3.5	0.00	975	-6.8
92	Zhou, Teng	1416	AUS	−18B	F	F	−79N	0.0	3.5	3.5	0.00	792	-22.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Mondal, JahnaviAUS
+67.2
2.5 pts · #12
2Hawkins, SeanCMAUS
+52.0
3.5 pts · #3
3Liu, PrestonAUS
+37.2
2.0 pts · #28

Top rating losers

1Liu, JasonAUS
-76.4
0.0 pts · #88
2Wang, ZimoAUS
-51.2
1.0 pts · #92
3Shriram, VarunAUS
-30.8
2.0 pts · #25

Biggest upsets

R3+321 Elo gap
Mondal, Jahnavi1446 beat Cantos, Andrew1767
R1+284 Elo gap
Jalan, Sarvang1439 beat Rehill, Paul1723
R2+265 Elo gap
Liu, Preston1458 beat Rehill, Paul1723