2026 North Shore Summer Cup Round 1

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35 players participated in this 1-round tournament, held on 28 Jan 2026 in Auckland, New Zealand. 4 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1897, and top seed was Ilias Angelo (Leo) Baker (🇳🇿 NZL, CM, 2150).

Yao Zen Markis Tew (🇳🇿 NZL, CM, 2069) won with 1.0/1, ahead of Minh Nhat (sunny) Truong (1.0) and Srirama Vikhyath Nimmakayala (1.0). Tew won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Ting Liang (1566) beat Neil J Gunn (1800), a +234-point gap.

Location

🇳🇿Auckland, New Zealand

Dates

28 Jan 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 1 rounds

Top seed

🇳🇿CMIlias Angelo (Leo) Baker2150

Avg top 10

1,897

Participants

Titled players · 4

CM×4

Federations · 2 represented

🇳🇿New Zealand×34

🇷🇺Russia×1

Top 3

🥇
CMYao Zen Markis Tew
🇳🇿NZL·2069
1.0pts·2469perf+1.6
🥈
Minh Nhat (sunny) Truong
🇳🇿NZL·1682
1.0pts·2331perf+12.0
🥉
Srirama Vikhyath Nimmakayala
🇳🇿NZL·1833
1.0pts·2363perf+7.2

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	Pts	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Tew, Yao Zen MarkisCM	2069	NZL	+24B	1.0	0.0	0.00	2469	+1.6
2	Truong, Minh Nhat (sunny)	1682	NZL	+25N	1.0	0.0	0.00	2331	+12.0
3	Nimmakayala, Srirama Vikhyath	1833	NZL	+26N	1.0	0.0	0.00	2363	+7.2
4	Maldeni, Raveen Lakmewan	1661	NZL	+27B	1.0	0.0	0.00	2255	+9.6
5	Yu, ZacharyCM	2081	NZL	+28N	1.0	0.0	0.00	2481	+1.6
6	Jiang, Patrick Di	1761	NZL	+29B	1.0	0.0	0.00	2329	+8.4
7	Soriano, Dante	1614	NZL	+30N	1.0	0.0	0.00	2215	+5.2
8	Liang, Ting	1566	NZL	+31N	1.0	0.0	0.00	2600	+15.8
9	Tao, Junqing Jerome	1874	NZL	+32B	1.0	0.0	0.00	2368	+5.6
10	Baker, Ilias Angelo (Leo)CM	2150	NZL	+20B	1.0	0.0	0.00	2549	+1.6
11	Isaac, Ceferino	1771	NZL	+21N	1.0	0.0	0.00	2344	+4.4
12	Wang, Justin ZhideCM	1948	NZL	+22N	1.0	0.0	0.00	2366	+3.2
13	Song, Quinn	1642	NZL	+23N	1.0	0.0	0.00	2245	+10.0
14	Rehansi, D P Sayuni Vonara	1487	NZL	=17B	0.5	0.5	0.25	1649	+8.8
15	Schrader, Gordon	1433	NZL	=18N	0.5	0.5	0.25	1632	+5.2
16	Wang, Cyrus	1509	NZL	=19N	0.5	0.5	0.25	1676	+8.8
17	Korolev, Aleksei	1662	NZL	=14N	0.5	0.5	0.25	1482	-8.8
18	Heard, Billy	1628	NZL	=15B	0.5	0.5	0.25	1430	-10.4
19	Johns, Daniel P	1679	NZL	=16B	0.5	0.5	0.25	1508	-4.4
20	Barry, Jacob	1595	NZL	−10N	0.0	1.0	0.00	1190	-1.6
21	Moshakova, Elena	1547	RUS	−11B	0.0	1.0	0.00	969	-4.4
22	Holland, David	1571	NZL	−12B	0.0	1.0	0.00	1147	-1.8
23	Hu, Nolan	1457	NZL	−13B	0.0	1.0	0.00	837	-10.0
24	Price, Robert	1578	NZL	−1N	0.0	1.0	0.00	1166	-3.2
25	Patros, Panos	1519	NZL	−2B	0.0	1.0	0.00	881	-12.0
26	Shepherd, Dylan	1567	NZL	−3B	0.0	1.0	0.00	1030	-7.2
27	Tanniru, Krishna Sowrya Chowd	1458	NZL	−4N	0.0	1.0	0.00	861	-9.6
28	Korolev, Maksim	1587	NZL	−5B	0.0	1.0	0.00	1186	-3.2
29	Wang, Tilden	1533	NZL	−6N	0.0	1.0	0.00	960	-8.4
30	Menon, Adishankar	0	NZL	−7B	0.0	1.0	0.00	801	-10.4
31	Gunn, Neil J	1800	NZL	−8B	0.0	1.0	0.00	773	-15.8
32	Yang, Charlie	1570	NZL	−9N	0.0	1.0	0.00	1072	-5.6
33	Aravindkumar, Viyan	0	NZL	−?N	0.0	0.0	0.00	804	0.0
34	Wang, Tairan (george)	0	NZL	−?N	0.0	0.0	0.00	811	0.0
35	Li, Xiaoliang	0	NZL	−?B	0.0	0.0	0.00	818	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Liang, TingNZL
+15.8
1.0 pts · #8
2Truong, Minh Nhat (sunny)NZL
+12.0
1.0 pts · #2
3Song, QuinnNZL
+10.0
1.0 pts · #13

Top rating losers

1Gunn, Neil JNZL
-15.8
0.0 pts · #34
2Patros, PanosNZL
-12.0
0.0 pts · #27
3Heard, BillyNZL
-10.4
0.5 pts · #18

Biggest upsets

R1+234 Elo gap
Liang, Ting1566 beat Gunn, Neil J1800