2026 Box Hill Summer Cup Rounds 5-7
88 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 27 Feb 2026 to 20 Mar 2026 in Melbourne, Australia. 7 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2027, and top seed was Kai Jie Soo (🇦🇺 AUS, FM, 2276).
Amin Fazel (🇦🇺 AUS, 1899) won with 3.0/7, ahead of Adelyn Wang (2.5) and Kang Chai (2.5). Fazel shared the lead from round 6 and broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Ethan Tai (1620) beat Cunmeng Wang (1988), a +368-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsAmin Fazel led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 93 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.
Amin Fazel held the sole lead from R7 through R7 without losing it.
Amin Fazel won 3 in a row (R5–R7).
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fazel, Amin | 1899 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +47B | +12N | +44B | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.00 | 2535 | +18.6 |
| 2 | Wang, Adelyn | 1478 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =10B | +11N | +58B | 2.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.00 | 1848 | +46.4 |
| 3 | Chai, Kang | 1835 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =77B | +15N | +33B | 2.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.75 | 1897 | +3.8 |
| 4 | Datar, TejasFM | 2095 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =32B | +44N | +34B | 2.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.25 | 2310 | +12.8 |
| 5 | Coracas, Tass | 1913 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +54B | +46B | =32N | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.75 | 2208 | +36.4 |
| 6 | Dissanayake, Vidushi | 1823 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =71N | +48B | +46N | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.25 | 1971 | +20.4 |
| 7 | Jalan, Sarvang | 1439 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =35N | +81B | +79N | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1757 | +30.4 |
| 8 | Zhang, Jayden | 1731 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +22B | −9N | +14B | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 4.00 | 2101 | +46.0 |
| 9 | Soo, Kai JieFM | 2276 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −34N | +8B | +18N | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.00 | 2040 | -14.8 |
| 10 | Wan, Oscar | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =2N | +50B | =41N | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.00 | 1622 | +4.4 |
| 11 | Jiang, Rachel | 1568 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +57B | −2B | +35N | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.50 | 1653 | +18.8 |
| 12 | Jansen, Tony | 1709 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +53N | −1B | +48N | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.00 | 1728 | +0.6 |
| 13 | Wang, Cunmeng | 1988 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −33B | +56B | +19N | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.00 | 1723 | -29.6 |
| 14 | Cantos, Andrew | 1767 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +45N | +36B | −8N | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.50 | 1751 | -1.6 |
| 15 | Marathe, Satish | 1636 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +50N | −3B | +45N | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.00 | 1743 | +8.6 |
| 16 | Fan, Aiden | 1577 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −49B | +52N | +28B | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.00 | 1638 | -6.8 |
| 17 | Lin, Le-Syuan | 1461 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =38N | +51B | =36N | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.50 | 1683 | +36.0 |
| 18 | Tran, Kenny | 1776 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +37B | +75N | −9B | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.00 | 1904 | +16.8 |
| 19 | Mrinalini S | 1565 | IND | F | F | F | F | +52B | +59N | −13B | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.00 | 1855 | +44.0 |
| 20 | Salasan, HaranCM | 1989 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −44B | +73N | +27B | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.50 | 1978 | -1.8 |
| 21 | Harrison, William | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =39N | =60B | +62B | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.25 | 1699 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Lingineni, KhushalCM | 2004 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −8N | +74B | +49N | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.50 | 1681 | -26.8 |
| 23 | Dissanayake, Naveen | 1599 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | +25B | +61N | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.00 | 2280 | +11.6 |
| 24 | Buhagiar, Aden | 1813 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =74B | =33N | +63B | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.00 | 1875 | +4.0 |
| 25 | Lian, Hongxuan | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +?B | −23N | +51B | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1584 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Shirawala, Sahar | 1639 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | +55B | +38N | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.50 | 2345 | +22.8 |
| 27 | Thadani, Aman Deepak | 1856 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +79N | +71B | −20N | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.50 | 1873 | +2.8 |
| 28 | Ng, Pavle-Jay | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +83N | +72B | −16N | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.50 | 1664 | +27.6 |
| 29 | Guan, Kangran | 1458 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +80N | −45B | +87N | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 736 | -15.2 |
| 30 | Shriram, Varun | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | +79B | +71N | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 2419 | +15.6 |
| 31 | Ye, Oscar | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −?N | +84B | +72N | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 1461 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Testolin, RyderIM | 2238 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =4N | =34B | =5B | 1.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3.25 | 2005 | -16.2 |
| 33 | Tai, Ethan | 1620 | NZL | F | F | F | F | +13N | =24B | −3N | 1.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3.00 | 1874 | +36.4 |
| 34 | He, Zhi Yu (Paul) | 1934 | NZL | F | F | F | F | +9B | =32N | −4N | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.75 | 2221 | +40.0 |
| 35 | Wang, Zimo | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =7B | +67N | −11B | 1.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.25 | 1481 | -21.6 |
| 36 | Huang, Victoria | 1601 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +55N | −14N | =17B | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.00 | 1579 | +2.4 |
| 37 | Veldon, Rino | 1586 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −18N | =53B | +40N | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.00 | 1670 | +5.0 |
| 38 | Sun, Martin | 1540 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =17B | +88N | −26B | 1.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.00 | 1535 | -7.6 |
| 39 | Lennard, Archer | 1675 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =21B | +64N | F | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.00 | 2258 | +8.8 |
| 40 | Thulasidas, Manish | 1471 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +85B | =47N | −37B | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.50 | 1363 | -20.8 |
| 41 | Zhang, Nathan | 1512 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +81N | F | =10B | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1593 | +6.4 |
| 42 | Zhang, Ethan | 1475 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −59B | +76N | =73B | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.75 | 1688 | +26.8 |
| 43 | Chen, Max | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =72N | +86B | −56N | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.25 | 1503 | 0.0 |
| 44 | Hawkins, SeanCM | 1883 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +20N | −4B | −1N | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.00 | 1888 | -10.0 |
| 45 | Sucevic, Milic | 1532 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −14B | +29N | −15B | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.00 | 1490 | -4.0 |
| 46 | Deng, Jimmy | 1864 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +60B | −5N | −6B | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.00 | 1683 | -10.2 |
| 47 | Tanin, Erkut | 1589 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −1N | =40B | =53N | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.25 | 1539 | -2.8 |
| 48 | Mondal, Jahnavi | 1446 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +62B | −6N | −12B | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.00 | 1626 | +10.0 |
| 49 | Ramprasad, Nachiket | 1538 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +16N | F | −22B | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.00 | 1809 | +24.8 |
| 50 | Chen, Glor | 1501 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −15B | −10N | +57N | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.00 | 1428 | -8.8 |
| 51 | Carter, John | 1539 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +65B | −17N | −25N | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.00 | 661 | -24.0 |
| 52 | Yang, Xiaoyi | 1501 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −19N | −16B | +70N | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.00 | 817 | -29.2 |
| 53 | Roberts, Thomas | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −12B | =37N | =47B | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.25 | 1484 | 0.0 |
| 54 | Liu, Ronald | 1729 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −5N | F | +64B | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.00 | 1704 | -4.8 |
| 55 | Fan, Licheng | 1496 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −36B | −26N | +65B | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.00 | 835 | -13.4 |
| 56 | Chi, Jaden | 1510 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | −13N | +43B | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.50 | 1106 | -3.2 |
| 57 | Liao, Rita (xueru) | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −11N | +66N | −50B | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.00 | 709 | -31.6 |
| 58 | Kolak, Tanya | 1601 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =78N | =61B | −2N | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.75 | 1379 | -17.4 |
| 59 | Rehill, Paul | 1723 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +42N | −19B | F | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.50 | 1531 | -10.0 |
| 60 | Rathore, Akshobhya | 1651 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −46N | =21N | =75B | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.25 | 1509 | -14.8 |
| 61 | Xu, Yixuan (leo) | 1479 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =76B | =58N | −23B | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.75 | 1480 | +0.4 |
| 62 | Zhang, Samuel Ling-Ze | 1746 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −48N | +78B | −21N | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.50 | 1528 | -19.2 |
| 63 | Wu, Alice | 1744 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −68N | +82B | −24N | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1645 | -16.0 |
| 64 | Liu, Preston | 1458 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +86N | −39B | −54N | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 1521 | +7.6 |
| 65 | Zhou, Zichen | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −51N | +80B | −55N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 721 | 0.0 |
| 66 | FIDE 3276546 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | −57B | +80N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 634 | 0.0 |
| 67 | Ihalagedara, Yehara | 1439 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +84N | −35B | F | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 815 | -10.8 |
| 68 | Zhao, LucasCM | 1932 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +63B | F | F | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2544 | +8.8 |
| 69 | Liu, Jason | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | +83B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 2227 | +16.0 |
| 70 | FIDE 3292878 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | +?N | −52B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 714 | 0.0 |
| 71 | Deng, Vanessa | 1721 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =6B | −27N | −30B | 0.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.25 | 1583 | -18.8 |
| 72 | Ihalagedara, Thehan | 1510 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =43B | −28N | −31B | 0.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.75 | 690 | -21.2 |
| 73 | Jathar, Ved | 1754 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | −20B | =42N | 0.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.75 | 1566 | -9.8 |
| 74 | Su, Fanen | 0 | CHN | F | F | F | F | =24N | −22N | −?B | 0.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.00 | 1626 | 0.0 |
| 75 | Flude, David A | 1611 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | −18B | =60N | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.50 | 1520 | -3.6 |
| 76 | Clark, Peter | 1596 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =61N | −42B | F | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.50 | 1302 | -14.8 |
| 77 | Zhou, Emma | 1570 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =3N | F | F | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.25 | 1836 | +10.8 |
| 78 | Suthakaran, Kesigan | 1489 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =58B | −62N | F | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.50 | 1461 | -4.0 |
| 79 | Gajula, Karan | 1571 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −27B | −30N | −7B | 0.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 937 | -31.2 |
| 80 | FIDE 573001899 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | −29B | −65N | −66B | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 646 | 0.0 |
| 81 | Gajula, Nishitha | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −41B | −7N | −?B | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 653 | 0.0 |
| 82 | Shabani, Bahman | 1548 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | −63N | F | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 944 | -10.0 |
| 83 | Venkat, Nyra | 1428 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −28B | F | −69N | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 695 | -32.4 |
| 84 | Weerakkody, Celosha | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −67B | −31N | −?B | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 639 | -18.8 |
| 85 | Zhang, Qixin | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −40N | −?B | F | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 724 | 0.0 |
| 86 | Xiao, Sridatta | 1499 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −64B | −43N | F | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 658 | -22.0 |
| 87 | Cabral, Jake | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −?N | F | −29B | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 665 | 0.0 |
| 88 | Guo, Audrey | 1470 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | −38B | F | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 781 | -12.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Wang, AdelynAUS+46.42.5 pts · #5
- 2Zhang, JaydenAUS+46.02.0 pts · #21
- 3Mrinalini SIND+44.02.0 pts · #23
- 1Venkat, NyraAUS-32.40.0 pts · #87
- 2Liao, Rita (xueru)AUS-31.61.0 pts · #76
- 3Gajula, KaranAUS-31.20.0 pts · #83
- R5+368 Elo gap
- R5+342 Elo gap
- R5+300 Elo gap