2026 North Shore Summer Cup Rounds 6-7
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54 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 04 Mar 2026 to 11 Mar 2026 in Auckland, New Zealand. 7 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1972, and top seed was Mark J. Le Brocq (🇳🇿 NZL, 2121).
Antonio Krstev (🇳🇿 NZL, 1881) won with 2.0/7, ahead of Sai Vivan Karthikeya Somaraju (2.0) and Ting Liang (2.0). Krstev shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 6: Lucas Zhang (1617) beat Justin Zhide Wang (CM, 1948), a +331-point gap.
Location
🇳🇿Auckland, New Zealand
Dates
04 Mar 2026 → 11 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Titled players · 7
CM×5
WCM×2
Federations · 2 represented
🇳🇿New Zealand×53
🇷🇺Russia×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R7; 6 players tied at 2.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 65 co-leaders at R4 to 7 at the finish.
Co-leaders
65
65
65
65
65
19
7
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
6 players finish on 2.0/7. Krstev takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (1.0).
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Krstev, Antonio | 1881 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | +31N | +33B | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2437 | +9.2 |
| 2 | Somaraju, Sai Vivan KarthikeyaCM | 1945 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | +21N | +45B | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2466 | +12.8 |
| 3 | Liang, Ting | 1566 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | +22B | +42N | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2287 | +7.4 |
| 4 | Price, Robert | 1578 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | +46B | +37N | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 2302 | +34.0 |
| 5 | Shepherd, Dylan | 1567 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | +43N | +38B | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 2232 | +15.6 |
| 6 | Xu, Luna YuexiuWCM | 1880 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | +44B | +48N | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2405 | +14.4 |
| 7 | Liu, William RuiCM | 2116 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | +16B | =8N | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.75 | 1964 | -11.2 |
| 8 | Zhang, Lucas | 1617 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | +20N | =7B | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.75 | 2275 | +53.6 |
| 9 | Tew, Yao Zen MarkisCM | 2069 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | =36N | +24B | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.25 | 2056 | +1.6 |
| 10 | Truong, Minh Nhat (sunny) | 1682 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | =32B | +23N | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.25 | 1815 | +9.6 |
| 11 | Tao, Junqing Jerome | 1874 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | +39B | =40N | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 1867 | +3.6 |
| 12 | Johns, Daniel P | 1679 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | =34N | +32B | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 1836 | +7.4 |
| 13 | Isaac, Ceferino | 1771 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | +42B | =18N | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 2051 | +7.4 |
| 14 | Rehansi, D P Sayuni Vonara | 1487 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | +49N | =31B | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1832 | +35.2 |
| 15 | Soriano, Dante | 1614 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | +50B | =35N | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1767 | +9.4 |
| 16 | Sun, Oliver | 1764 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | −7N | +19B | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.00 | 1888 | +5.6 |
| 17 | Yang, Charlie | 1570 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | −19N | +25B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1610 | +2.8 |
| 18 | Le Brocq, Mark J. | 2121 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | =33N | =13B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1692 | -31.6 |
| 19 | Maldeni, Raveen Lakmewan | 1661 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | +17B | −16N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1698 | +5.2 |
| 20 | Wang, Justin ZhideCM | 1948 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | −8B | +36B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.50 | 1874 | -17.6 |
| 21 | Hwang, Ryan | 1711 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | −2B | +44N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1758 | +4.0 |
| 22 | Xu, Vera Jintian | 1456 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | −3N | +43B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 780 | -14.8 |
| 23 | Saxena, Aryan | 1569 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | +53N | −10B | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 1690 | +10.8 |
| 24 | Wang, Cyrus | 1509 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | +52B | −9N | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 1908 | +27.6 |
| 25 | Gu, Isaac | 1571 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | +47B | −17N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1508 | -6.8 |
| 26 | Jiang, Patrick Di | 1761 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | F | +34B | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 2434 | +11.6 |
| 27 | Gan, Emily CathayWCM | 1832 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | +35B | F | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 2505 | +10.4 |
| 28 | Bunker, Jack | 0 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | F | +47N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1453 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Li, Xiaoliang | 0 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | F | +51B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2237 | +8.8 |
| 30 | Wang, Tairan (george) | 0 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | +?B | −?B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 695 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Zhao, Yuanyi (Rebecca) | 1605 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | −1B | =14N | 0.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.75 | 1480 | -18.4 |
| 32 | Moshakova, Elena | 1547 | RUS | F | F | F | F | F | =10N | −12N | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.75 | 1509 | -7.2 |
| 33 | Chen, Ryan Yueyan | 1613 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | =18B | −1N | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.50 | 1741 | +8.4 |
| 34 | Zeng, Laker | 1587 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | =12B | −26N | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.75 | 1547 | -8.4 |
| 35 | Chen, Rex Xiaoyu | 1676 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | −27N | =15B | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.75 | 1544 | -16.8 |
| 36 | Young, CohenCM | 2054 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | =9B | −20N | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.75 | 1878 | -9.6 |
| 37 | Wang, Tilden | 1533 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | =38N | −4B | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.25 | 1302 | -22.0 |
| 38 | Hu, Nolan | 1457 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | =37B | −5N | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.25 | 1320 | -11.2 |
| 39 | Holland, David | 1571 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | −11N | =41B | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.25 | 1535 | -1.8 |
| 40 | Gunn, Neil J | 1800 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | F | =11B | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1837 | +1.6 |
| 41 | Li, Fiona Chenxi | 1606 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | F | =39N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1564 | -3.2 |
| 42 | Aravindkumar, Viyan | 0 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | −13N | −3B | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 856 | 0.0 |
| 43 | Zhang, Cynthia | 1403 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | −5B | −22N | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 701 | 0.0 |
| 44 | Pakenham, John | 1558 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | −6N | −21B | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 991 | -8.8 |
| 45 | Korolev, Maksim | 1587 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | F | −2N | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 1153 | -4.8 |
| 46 | Patros, Panos | 1519 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | −4N | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 757 | -16.4 |
| 47 | Schrader, Gordon | 1433 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | −25N | −28B | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 771 | -6.2 |
| 48 | Heard, Billy | 1628 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | F | −6B | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1069 | -8.8 |
| 49 | Sussex, Taylor | 1620 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | −14B | F | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 698 | -13.4 |
| 50 | Tanniru, Krishna Sowrya Chowd | 1458 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | −15N | F | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 788 | -12.4 |
| 51 | Zhou, Caius | 1479 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | F | −29N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 857 | -8.8 |
| 52 | Nimmakayala, Srirama Vikhyath | 1833 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | −24N | F | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 802 | -30.8 |
| 53 | Korolev, Aleksei | 1662 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | −23B | F | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 792 | -24.0 |
| 54 | Menon, Adishankar | 0 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | −?N | −?B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 695 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Zhang, LucasNZL+53.61.5 pts · #12
- 2Rehansi, D P Sayuni VonaraNZL+35.21.5 pts · #7
- 3Price, RobertNZL+34.02.0 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1Le Brocq, Mark J.NZL-31.61.0 pts · #17
- 2Nimmakayala, Srirama VikhyathNZL-30.80.0 pts · #50
- 3Korolev, AlekseiNZL-24.00.0 pts · #53
Biggest upsets
- R6+331 Elo gap
- R6+324 Elo gap
- R6+133 Elo gap