2026 Churchie International 9

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34 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 30 Apr 2026 to 04 May 2026 in Brisbane, Australia. 31 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2452, and top seed was Johan-Sebastian Christiansen (🇳🇴 NOR, GM, 2657).

Rishi Sardana (🇦🇺 AUS, IM, 2496) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Temur Kuybokarov (6.5) and Albert Winkelman (6.0). Sardana won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Jeeva Praveen (2011) beat Mihajlo Radovanovic (IM, 2437), a +426-point gap.

Location

🇦🇺Brisbane, Australia

Dates

30 Apr 2026 → 04 May 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇳🇴GMJohan-Sebastian Christiansen2657

Avg top 10

2,452

Participants

Titled players · 31

GM×5

IM×6

FM×10

CM×8

WIM×1

WFM×1

Federations · 8 represented

🇦🇺Australia×26

🇨🇴Colombia×2

🇳🇴Norway×1

🇮🇸Iceland×1

🇵🇱Poland×1

🇷🇸Serbia×1

🇳🇿New Zealand×1

🇫🇷France×1

Top 3

🥇
IMRishi Sardana
🇦🇺AUS·2496
6.5pts·2570perf+9.8
🥈
GMTemur Kuybokarov
🇦🇺AUS·2548
6.5pts·2529perf+0.3
🥉
FMAlbert Winkelman
🇦🇺AUS·2372
6.0pts·2446perf+19.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 6.5/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Sardana6.5Kuybokarov6.5Winkelman6Stopa6Domalchuk-Jonasson5.5Christiansen5.5

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.5/9. Sardana takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (44.5).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Rishi Sardana lost to GM Temur Kuybokarov (Black).

R1–R5 · UNBEATEN

IM Rishi Sardana went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1IMRishi Sardana	*	0	1	½
2GMTemur Kuybokarov	1	*	0	1
3FMAlbert Winkelman	0	1	*	½
4GMJacek Stopa	½	0	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Sardana, RishiIM	2496	AUS	+19B	=12N	+3B	=10N	+9B	−2N	+5N	=4B	+6N	6.5	44.5	48.5	34.00	2570	+9.8
2	Kuybokarov, TemurGM	2548	AUS	+23N	+4B	=8N	+15B	=5N	+1B	=6N	+11B	−3N	6.5	44.0	48.0	34.00	2529	+0.3
3	Winkelman, AlbertFM	2372	AUS	+22N	=5B	−1N	+21B	=4N	=8B	=12N	+24B	+2B	6.0	42.5	46.5	29.25	2446	+19.4
4	Stopa, JacekGM	2342	POL	+33B	−2N	+16B	=9N	=3B	+26N	+15B	=1N	=5B	6.0	42.0	43.5	25.50	2494	+18.1
5	Christiansen, Johan-SebastianGM	2657	NOR	+14B	=3N	+13B	+26N	=2B	+10N	−1B	F	=4N	5.5	45.5	49.0	27.75	2533	-9.5
6	Liu, YiFM	2401	AUS	+18B	−15N	=14B	+34N	=13B	+17N	=2B	+10N	−1B	5.5	41.5	42.5	23.25	2362	-2.3
7	Domalchuk-Jonasson, AleksandrIM	2346	ISL	−27N	+22B	=29N	+20B	=26B	=12N	+9B	F	+8N	5.5	35.5	38.0	23.50	2376	+4.5
8	Wohl, Aleksandar HIM	2330	AUS	+30B	+9N	=2B	=11N	−10B	=3N	+25B	=15N	−7B	5.0	41.5	44.0	22.50	2356	+3.8
9	Smerdon, David CGM	2476	AUS	+21N	−8B	+27N	=4B	−1N	+20B	−7N	+12B	=13N	5.0	41.0	44.5	22.00	2323	-16.2
10	Zhao, Zong-YuanGM	2432	AUS	+25N	+20B	=15N	=1B	+8N	−5B	=11N	−6B	=17N	5.0	40.5	44.5	23.25	2374	-6.2
11	Renjith, SravanIM	2351	NZL	=32B	=16N	+19B	=8B	=15N	+13N	=10B	−2N	=14B	5.0	39.5	41.0	21.75	2302	-11.2
12	Chakrabarty, ReyaanshFM	2271	AUS	+28N	=1B	−26N	+29B	=21N	=7B	=3B	−9N	+15B	5.0	38.0	40.5	21.00	2319	+11.4
13	Hernandez Sanchez, Jairo AndresIM	2340	COL	=29N	+27B	−5N	+23B	=6N	−11B	=17B	+19N	=9B	5.0	37.0	39.5	20.25	2307	-2.8
14	Rodgers, JackFM	2167	AUS	−5N	+33B	=6N	−17B	+29N	−15B	+30N	+25B	=11N	5.0	34.0	35.5	15.75	2263	+20.0
15	Ooi, JaydenFM	2170	AUS	+31N	+6B	=10B	−2N	=11B	+14N	−4N	=8B	−12N	4.5	43.0	45.5	20.50	2316	+64.4
16	Melamed, DanielFM	2115	AUS	=26N	=11B	−4N	=24B	=23N	=18B	+20N	−17B	+29B	4.5	35.5	38.0	17.00	2191	+16.4
17	Young, MicahCM	2283	AUS	F	=29B	−21N	+14N	+27B	−6B	=13N	+16N	=10B	4.5	35.0	35.0	19.25	2253	-8.8
18	Shen, ZhiyuanWFM	2097	AUS	−6N	=23B	=22N	=25B	−24N	=16N	+34B	+26B	=20N	4.5	33.5	34.5	14.75	2143	+8.6
19	Richards, Heather SWIM	2140	AUS	−1N	+28B	−11N	−27B	+31N	=24B	+23N	−13B	=25N	4.0	35.0	37.5	13.50	2107	-9.8
20	Stojic, DusanFM	2184	AUS	+24B	−10N	=34B	−7N	+22B	−9N	−16B	+30N	=18B	4.0	35.0	36.0	13.25	2129	-14.2
21	Tirado, Juan CamiloFM	2138	COL	−9B	+30N	+17B	−3N	=12B	−25N	=22B	−28N	+32N	4.0	34.0	35.5	13.00	2147	+0.4
22	Odenthal, AidanFM	2092	AUS	−3B	−7N	=18B	+32N	−20N	+29B	=21N	=27B	=23N	4.0	34.0	35.5	12.00	2101	+1.0
23	Liu, JoshuaCM	1980	AUS	−2B	=18N	+32B	−13N	=16B	=27N	−19B	+34N	=22B	4.0	33.5	34.5	10.75	2098	+49.6
24	Praveen, Jeeva	2011	AUS	−20N	−25B	F	=16N	+18B	=19N	+26B	−3N	+28B	4.0	33.5	33.5	15.25	2180	+64.4
25	Leong, JoelCM	2105	AUS	−10B	+24N	F	=18N	+34B	+21B	−8N	−14N	=19B	4.0	32.5	32.5	13.25	2160	+20.4
26	Radovanovic, MihajloIM	2437	SRB	=16B	+32N	+12B	−5B	=7N	−4B	−24N	−18N	=27B	3.5	38.5	40.0	13.25	2143	-31.6
27	Finke, KelvinCM	2051	AUS	+7B	−13N	−9B	+19N	−17N	=23B	−28B	=22N	=26N	3.5	35.5	38.5	15.25	2151	+16.6
28	Xing, ZeruiCM	2011	AUS	−12B	−19N	=30B	=33N	−32B	F	+27N	+21B	−24N	3.0	26.0	26.0	9.50	2008	-4.4
29	Yang, Bojun (Bryan)CM	2038	AUS	=13B	=17N	=7B	−12N	−14B	−22N	F	+31B	−16N	2.5	36.0	36.0	10.00	2061	+4.4
30	Verma, RudraCM	2016	AUS	−8N	−21B	=28N	−31B	F	+32N	−14B	−20B	+34N	2.5	26.0	26.0	4.00	1969	-22.4
31	Slater-Jones, HenryCM	2001	AUS	−15B	F	−33N	+30N	−19B	=34N	+32B	−29N	F	2.5	17.5	17.5	4.50	1964	-7.8
32	Arhan, Tanguy	2088	FRA	=11N	−26B	−23N	−22B	+28N	−30B	−31N	F	−21B	1.5	28.5	28.5	5.50	1877	-43.8
33	Fu, YiheFM	2046	AUS	−4N	−14N	+31B	=28B	F	F	F	F	F	1.5	16.5	16.5	4.00	2043	-2.0
34	Zou, Xuyuan	1979	AUS	F	F	=20N	−6B	−25N	=31B	−18N	−23B	−30B	1.0	27.0	27.0	3.25	1797	-50.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Ooi, JaydenFMAUS
+64.4
4.5 pts · #15
2Praveen, JeevaAUS
+64.4
4.0 pts · #20
3Liu, JoshuaCMAUS
+49.6
4.0 pts · #24

Top rating losers

1Zou, XuyuanAUS
-50.8
1.0 pts · #34
2Arhan, TanguyFRA
-43.8
1.5 pts · #33
3Radovanovic, MihajloIMSRB
-31.6
3.5 pts · #26

Biggest upsets

R7+426 Elo gap
Praveen, Jeeva2011 beat IMRadovanovic, Mihajlo2437
R8+340 Elo gap
WFMShen, Zhiyuan2097 beat IMRadovanovic, Mihajlo2437
R1+295 Elo gap
CMFinke, Kelvin2051 beat IMDomalchuk-Jonasson, Aleksandr2346