2026 Gold Coast Club Challenger Rounds 1-3
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27 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held from 06 Feb 2026 to 20 Feb 2026 in Gold Coast, Australia. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 0.
Nicholas Yuileng Chen (🇦🇺 AUS, 0) won with 2.5/3, ahead of Marek Breeden (2.5) and Adam Vagg (2.5). Chen shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
Location
🇦🇺Gold Coast, Australia
Dates
06 Feb 2026 → 20 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 3 rounds
Avg top 10
0
Participants
27
Federations · 3 represented
🇦🇺Australia×18
🇺🇬Uganda×1
🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 3 roundsTight race until R3; 4 players tied at 2.5/3, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
12
2
4
R3 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
4 players finish on 2.5/3. Chen takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (4.5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Nicholas Yuileng Chen | * | — | — | ½ |
| 2Adam Vagg | — | * | ½ | — |
| 3Orsen Van Der Byl | — | ½ | * | — |
| 4Marek Breeden | ½ | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chen, Nicholas Yuileng | 0 | AUS | +5N | +9B | =2N | 2.5 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 4.75 | 1836 | +19.2 |
| 2 | Breeden, Marek | 0 | AUS | +6N | +18B | =1B | 2.5 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 4.25 | 1908 | +14.8 |
| 3 | Vagg, Adam | 0 | AUS | +26N | =4B | +8N | 2.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.75 | 1801 | +4.2 |
| 4 | Van Der Byl, Orsen | 0 | AUS | +19B | =3N | +17B | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.25 | 1806 | +11.4 |
| 5 | Sun, Jackson | 0 | AUS | −1B | +22N | +16B | 2.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 1.50 | 1649 | +19.2 |
| 6 | Brown, Craig | 0 | AUS | −2B | +20N | +26B | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.00 | 1643 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Kojic, Slavko | 0 | AUS | +23B | =8N | =14B | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 2.00 | 1607 | -1.6 |
| 8 | Credland-Ballantyne, Oscar | 0 | AUS | +24N | =7B | −3B | 1.5 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 1.50 | 1474 | -15.6 |
| 9 | Sun, Dejun | 0 | AUS | +22B | −1N | =11B | 1.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 1.25 | 1431 | -16.4 |
| 10 | McNamara, Elijah | 0 | AUS | +11B | F | =13N | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.25 | 1713 | +3.2 |
| 11 | Chilekampalli, Hanish Reddy | 0 | AUS | −10N | +27B | =9N | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.75 | 1444 | -11.2 |
| 12 | Lawson, Morgan | 0 | AUS | F | =16N | +21B | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.50 | 1605 | -0.2 |
| 13 | Beardmore, Steve | 0 | AUS | +25N | F | =10B | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.25 | 1679 | +10.0 |
| 14 | Lucas, Peter | 0 | AUS | +27B | F | =7N | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1621 | +1.0 |
| 15 | FIDE 3297748 | 0 | — | =16B | −?N | +23B | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.00 | 1469 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Harris, Bruce | 0 | AUS | =15N | =12B | −5N | 1.0 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 1.50 | 1347 | -13.6 |
| 17 | Wang, Ruoshui | 0 | AUS | +20B | F | −4N | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.00 | 1622 | +11.6 |
| 18 | Kitikov, Oleg | 0 | KGZ | +21B | −2N | F | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.00 | 830 | -13.0 |
| 19 | Lemeriga Edgar | 0 | UGA | −4N | F | +25B | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.50 | 788 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Awad, Jonah | 0 | AUS | −17N | −6B | +27N | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 713 | -27.6 |
| 21 | Cerfonteyn, Lyndon | 0 | AUS | −18N | +24B | −12N | 1.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 0.50 | 876 | 0.0 |
| 22 | FIDE 3288790 | 0 | — | −9N | −5B | =24N | 0.5 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 0.25 | 730 | 0.0 |
| 23 | FIDE 3297764 | 0 | — | −7N | =25B | −15N | 0.5 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 0.25 | 821 | 0.0 |
| 24 | FIDE 573001937 | 0 | — | −8B | −21N | =22B | 0.5 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 0.25 | 828 | 0.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 3288749 | 0 | — | −13B | =23N | −19N | 0.5 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 0.25 | 685 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 573001945 | 0 | — | −3B | F | −6N | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 912 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 3297756 | 0 | — | −14N | −11N | −20B | 0.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 799 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Sun, JacksonAUS+19.22.0 pts · #8
- 2Chen, Nicholas YuilengAUS+19.22.5 pts · #1
- 3Breeden, MarekAUS+14.82.5 pts · #5
Top rating losers
- 1Awad, JonahAUS-27.61.0 pts · #23
- 2Sun, DejunAUS-16.41.5 pts · #16
- 3Credland-Ballantyne, OscarAUS-15.61.5 pts · #17