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2026 Australia Day Weekender Hobart

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18 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 23 Jan 2026 to 26 Jan 2026 in Hobart, Australia. 1 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 0.

Carl Gorka (🇬🇧 ENG, 0) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Yi Feng Zacharias Lim (5.0) and David J Rolph (5.0). Gorka clinched sole first place in the final round.

Location
🇦🇺Hobart, Australia
Dates
23 Jan 2026 → 26 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Avg top 10
0
Participants
18
Titled players · 1
WCM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇦🇺Australia×15
🇬🇧England×1
🇸🇬Singapore×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Carl Gorka led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
7
3
1
1
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Gorka takes lead
R7 · LEADER CHANGE26 Jan

Carl Gorka takes the sole lead (5.5/7).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Carl Gorka beat Yi Feng Zacharias Lim (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Carl Gorka 4 wins (R4–R7)Yi Feng Zacharias Lim 5 wins (R1–R5)David J Rolph 3 wins (R5–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Carl Gorka*
1
2Yi Feng Zacharias Lim
0
*
0
1
3David J Rolph
1
*
0
4Aidan Cottuli
0
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Gorka, Carl0ENG+15NF=7B+12B+11N+2N+5B5.521.021.019.252182+17.2
2Lim, Yi Feng Zacharias0SGP+8N+12B+11N+7B+4N1B3N5.025.028.017.501952+18.6
3Rolph, David J0AUS+18N11B+17N4B+12N+6B+2B5.019.519.512.0018270.0
4Cottuli, Aidan0AUS=14N+16B+6B+3N2B5N+11B4.524.025.515.0018110.0
5Rumley, William0AUS+10B7N+13B6N+16N+4B1N4.024.025.512.501627-38.6
6Anton, SarahWCM0AUSF+14B4N+5B+7N3N+13B4.023.023.013.502527+42.8
7Djatschenko, Addison0AUS+17B+5B=1N2N6B=16B=9N3.523.523.59.251690-2.6
8Lakshman, Emmanuel0AUS2B=10N=9B16N=14B+18N+15N3.519.019.07.501515+14.1
9Zheng, Yien0AUS11N=15B=8N+17B13N+12B=7B3.518.518.57.751431+0.8
10Shepherd, Chris0AUS5N=8B+15N13B+17N11B+16N3.517.517.55.751395-31.6
11Flitney, Adrian0AUS+9B+3N2BF1B+10N4N3.027.027.012.001710-19.8
12Hill, Nathan0AUS+16B2N+14B1N3B9N+17N3.023.523.54.5015170.0
13Escobar, David0AUSFF5N+10N+9B+15B6N3.017.517.59.501648+12.8
14Sih, Jethro0AUS=4B6N12N15B=8N+17B+18B3.017.517.54.001365-32.0
15Hansen, Darvin0AUS1B=9N10B+14N+18B13N8B2.522.022.04.7514040.0
16Macfarlan, Rod0AUS12N4NF+8B5B=7N10B1.522.022.05.2515680.0
17Hansen, Max0AUS7NF3B9N10B14N12B0.021.521.50.007820.0
18FIDE 328334803BFFF15N8B14N0.014.014.00.007490.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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