2026 North Shore Summer Cup Rounds 2-5
Open SwissStandard
59 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 04 Feb 2026 to 25 Feb 2026 in Auckland, New Zealand. 9 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2025, and top seed was Ilias Angelo (Leo) Baker (🇳🇿 NZL, CM, 2150).
Justin Zhide Wang (🇳🇿 NZL, CM, 1948) won with 3.5/5, ahead of Neil J Gunn (3.0) and Cohen Young (3.0). Wang clinched sole first place in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Cyrus Wang (1509) beat Mark J. Le Brocq (2121), a +612-point gap.
Location
🇳🇿Auckland, New Zealand
Dates
04 Feb 2026 → 25 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Titled players · 9
CM×7
WCM×2
Federations · 2 represented
🇳🇿New Zealand×56
🇷🇺Russia×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsCM Justin Zhide Wang led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Co-leaders
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R5–R5 · LEAD HELD
CM Justin Zhide Wang held the sole lead from R5 through R5 without losing it.
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wang, Justin ZhideCM | 1948 | NZL | F | +28B | =10N | +12B | +17N | 3.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 7.25 | 2127 | +12.0 |
| 2 | Gunn, Neil J | 1800 | NZL | F | +20N | =5N | +38B | =13N | 3.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 5.75 | 1769 | -1.0 |
| 3 | Young, CohenCM | 2054 | NZL | F | F | +21N | +9B | +6N | 3.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.50 | 2489 | +6.2 |
| 4 | Wang, Cyrus | 1509 | NZL | F | =9B | +28N | =34B | +18N | 3.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 5.50 | 1978 | +91.6 |
| 5 | Zeng, Laker | 1587 | NZL | F | +48N | =2B | =37N | +30B | 3.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 4.00 | 1897 | +49.6 |
| 6 | Moshakova, Elena | 1547 | RUS | F | +11N | +47B | +57N | −3B | 3.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 3.00 | 1943 | +31.2 |
| 7 | Korolev, Maksim | 1587 | NZL | F | +50N | −29B | +19N | +37B | 3.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.50 | 1825 | +36.4 |
| 8 | Liu, William RuiCM | 2116 | NZL | F | +22N | +46B | +30N | F | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.00 | 2531 | +10.4 |
| 9 | Thomas, Isambard | 1757 | NZL | F | =4N | +19B | −3N | +45B | 2.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 4.50 | 1718 | -7.2 |
| 10 | Tew, Yao Zen MarkisCM | 2069 | NZL | F | +46N | =1B | F | +14N | 2.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 4.75 | 2072 | +3.6 |
| 11 | Chen, Ryan Yueyan | 1613 | NZL | F | −6B | =31N | +47B | +38N | 2.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.25 | 1633 | +2.8 |
| 12 | Sun, Oliver | 1764 | NZL | F | +53N | =35B | −1N | +42B | 2.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.75 | 1997 | +45.2 |
| 13 | Chen, Rex Xiaoyu | 1676 | NZL | F | +49B | F | +23N | =2B | 2.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.00 | 1908 | +33.6 |
| 14 | Johns, Daniel P | 1679 | NZL | F | +39N | =51B | +29N | −10B | 2.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.75 | 1840 | +15.8 |
| 15 | Saxena, Aryan | 1569 | NZL | F | −25B | +56N | =28B | +54N | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.75 | 1717 | +22.0 |
| 16 | Korolev, Aleksei | 1662 | NZL | F | +18B | −17N | +41B | −36N | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3.00 | 1791 | +23.6 |
| 17 | Song, Quinn | 1642 | NZL | F | F | +16B | +42N | −1B | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3.00 | 1984 | +48.4 |
| 18 | Le Brocq, Mark J. | 2121 | NZL | F | −16N | +59B | +33N | −4B | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.50 | 1596 | -70.4 |
| 19 | Aravindkumar, Viyan | 0 | NZL | F | +?B | −9N | −7B | +40B | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.00 | 1618 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Pakenham, John | 1558 | NZL | F | −2B | +55N | +40N | −28B | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.00 | 1606 | +5.0 |
| 21 | Zhao, Yuanyi (Rebecca) | 1605 | NZL | F | +31N | −3B | +53N | F | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.50 | 1837 | +30.8 |
| 22 | Yang, Charlie | 1570 | NZL | F | −8B | +48B | +46N | F | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.00 | 1803 | +21.2 |
| 23 | Holland, David | 1571 | NZL | F | +58N | F | −13B | +41N | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.00 | 1553 | -0.4 |
| 24 | Zhang, Lucas | 1617 | NZL | F | +37N | +32B | F | F | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.50 | 2533 | +52.0 |
| 25 | Gan, Emily CathayWCM | 1832 | NZL | F | +15N | F | +54B | F | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.50 | 2388 | +12.4 |
| 26 | Somaraju, Sai Vivan KarthikeyaCM | 1945 | NZL | F | F | F | +44N | +53B | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2374 | +8.0 |
| 27 | Xu, Luna YuexiuWCM | 1880 | NZL | F | F | F | +56B | +39N | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2266 | +3.2 |
| 28 | Maldeni, Raveen Lakmewan | 1661 | NZL | F | −1N | −4B | =15N | +20N | 1.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 3.25 | 1589 | -23.2 |
| 29 | Krstev, Antonio | 1881 | NZL | F | =33B | +7N | −14B | −32N | 1.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 3.75 | 1556 | -33.6 |
| 30 | Hwang, Ryan | 1711 | NZL | F | =38B | +43N | −8B | −5N | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.50 | 1458 | -46.0 |
| 31 | Wang, Tilden | 1533 | NZL | F | −21B | =11B | +55N | −33B | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.25 | 1477 | -10.4 |
| 32 | Truong, Minh Nhat (sunny) | 1682 | NZL | F | =36B | −24N | F | +29B | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.25 | 1865 | +22.4 |
| 33 | Heard, Billy | 1628 | NZL | F | =29N | F | −18B | +31N | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.25 | 1808 | +24.0 |
| 34 | Jiang, Patrick Di | 1761 | NZL | F | −35N | +53B | =4N | F | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.50 | 1721 | -12.0 |
| 35 | Yu, ZacharyCM | 2081 | NZL | F | +34B | =12N | F | F | 1.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.75 | 1979 | -3.0 |
| 36 | Baker, Ilias Angelo (Leo)CM | 2150 | NZL | F | =32N | F | F | +16B | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.75 | 1984 | -6.8 |
| 37 | Isaac, Ceferino | 1771 | NZL | F | −24B | =38N | =5B | −7N | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.00 | 1377 | -40.8 |
| 38 | Rehansi, D P Sayuni Vonara | 1487 | NZL | F | =30N | =37B | −2N | −11B | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.25 | 1540 | +7.2 |
| 39 | Schrader, Gordon | 1433 | NZL | F | −14B | −41B | +49N | −27B | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.50 | 1432 | -2.4 |
| 40 | Price, Robert | 1578 | NZL | F | −43B | +52N | −20B | −19N | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.50 | 1515 | -5.6 |
| 41 | Hu, Nolan | 1457 | NZL | F | F | +39N | −16N | −23B | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.00 | 1421 | -2.8 |
| 42 | Tao, Junqing Jerome | 1874 | NZL | F | +54N | F | −17B | −12N | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 1549 | -52.0 |
| 43 | FIDE 4333934 | 0 | — | F | +40N | −30B | F | F | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.00 | 1661 | 0.0 |
| 44 | Xu, Vera Jintian | 1456 | NZL | F | F | F | −26B | +52N | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.50 | 1678 | +16.0 |
| 45 | Barry, Jacob | 1595 | NZL | F | +55B | F | F | −9N | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 1581 | -0.4 |
| 46 | Sussex, Taylor | 1620 | NZL | F | −10B | −8N | −22B | =50N | 0.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.25 | 1452 | -20.6 |
| 47 | Patros, Panos | 1519 | NZL | F | F | −6N | −11N | =49B | 0.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.25 | 1325 | -27.2 |
| 48 | Wang, Tairan (george) | 0 | NZL | F | −5B | −22N | =52B | −?N | 0.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.25 | 1225 | 0.0 |
| 49 | Shepherd, Dylan | 1567 | NZL | F | −13N | F | −39B | =47N | 0.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.25 | 1269 | -42.0 |
| 50 | Tanniru, Krishna Sowrya Chowd | 1458 | NZL | F | −7B | F | F | =46B | 0.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.25 | 1421 | -2.0 |
| 51 | Li, Fiona Chenxi | 1606 | NZL | F | F | =14N | F | F | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.25 | 1672 | +3.6 |
| 52 | Zhou, Caius | 1479 | NZL | F | F | −40B | =48N | −44B | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.25 | 724 | -34.0 |
| 53 | Liang, Ting | 1566 | NZL | F | −12B | −34N | −21B | −26N | 0.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 983 | -22.4 |
| 54 | Soriano, Dante | 1614 | NZL | F | −42B | F | −25N | −15B | 0.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 978 | -17.6 |
| 55 | Menon, Adishankar | 0 | NZL | F | −45N | −20B | −31B | F | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 756 | -36.0 |
| 56 | Chen, Eric | 0 | NZL | F | F | −15B | −27N | −?B | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 918 | 0.0 |
| 57 | Nimmakayala, Srirama Vikhyath | 1833 | NZL | F | F | F | −6B | F | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 820 | -31.2 |
| 58 | FIDE 4333926 | 0 | — | F | −23B | F | F | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 764 | 0.0 |
| 59 | Li, Xiaoliang | 0 | NZL | F | F | −18N | F | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1321 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Wang, CyrusNZL+91.63.0 pts · #3
- 2Zhang, LucasNZL+52.02.0 pts · #12
- 3Zeng, LakerNZL+49.63.0 pts · #13
Top rating losers
- 1Le Brocq, Mark J.NZL-70.42.0 pts · #35
- 2Tao, Junqing JeromeNZL-52.01.0 pts · #42
- 3Hwang, RyanNZL-46.01.5 pts · #50
Biggest upsets
- R5+612 Elo gap
- R2+459 Elo gap
- R4+286 Elo gap