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2026 Gold Coast Club Challenger Rounds 4-7

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25 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 27 Feb 2026 to 20 Mar 2026 in Gold Coast, Australia. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 0.

Marek Breeden (🇦🇺 AUS, 0) won with 4.0/7, ahead of Adam Vagg (3.0) and Michael Goodman (3.0). Breeden broke clear in the final round.

Location
🇦🇺Gold Coast, Australia
Dates
27 Feb 2026 → 20 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Avg top 10
0
Participants
25
Federations · 3 represented
🇦🇺Australia×19
🇺🇬Uganda×1
🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    🇦🇺AUS
    4.0pts·2432perf+40.4
  • 🥈
    🇦🇺AUS
    3.0pts·1816perf+10.4
  • 🥉
    🇦🇺AUS
    3.0pts·1878perf+33.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Marek Breeden led from R7; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 10 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders
29
29
29
10
4
2
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
R7–R7 · LEAD HELD

Marek Breeden never relinquished the lead after R7; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Marek Breeden beat Adam Vagg (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Marek Breeden 4 wins (R4–R7)Adam Vagg 3 wins (R5–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Marek Breeden*
1
1
—
2Adam Vagg
0
*—
1
3Michael Goodman
0
—*—
4Jonah Awad—
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Breeden, Marek0AUSFFF+2N+14B+3N+8B4.09.59.59.502432+40.4
2Vagg, Adam0AUSFFF−1B+5B+15N+4B3.011.511.57.501816+10.4
3Goodman, Michael0AUSFFF+10N+15B−1B+11N3.09.59.55.501878+33.2
4Awad, Jonah0AUSFFF+16N+24B+12B−2N3.06.56.53.501757+16.0
5Wang, Ruoshui0AUSFFF+19B−2N+22B+14N3.06.56.53.501722+33.2
6Brown, Craig0AUSFFF−8N+22B=17N+20B2.55.55.52.7516240.0
7Cerfonteyn, Lyndon0AUSFFF=9N−10B+?B+19N2.55.05.02.0014490.0
8Lawson, Morgan0AUSFFF+6BF+20N−1N2.07.57.53.501609-0.4
9Harris, Bruce0AUSFFF=7B+18N−14B=16N2.07.07.03.501327-14.6
10McNamara, Elijah0AUSFFF−3B+7NF+21B2.06.56.53.501592-8.8
11Kitikov, Oleg0KGZFFF+21B−20N+16N−3B2.06.56.52.501582-16.0
12Credland-Ballantyne, Oscar0AUSFFFF+21N−4N+25B2.04.04.01.001694+10.4
13FIDE 32977560—FFF+?N+19B−21B−?N2.02.02.01.006650.0
14Beardmore, Steve0AUSFFF=17B−1N+9N−5B1.510.510.52.751505+2.8
15Chen, Nicholas Yuileng0AUSFFF+20B−3N−2B=17B1.58.58.51.751573-27.2
16Chilekampalli, Hanish Reddy0AUSFFF−4B+23N−11B=9B1.58.08.02.001393-22.0
17Kojic, Slavko0AUSFFF=14NF=6B=15N1.55.55.52.751589-3.2
18FIDE 5730019370—FFF+?N−9B−19N=?B1.53.03.00.008050.0
19FIDE 32977480—FFF−5N−13N+18B−7B1.09.09.01.507130.0
20Van Der Byl, Orsen0AUSFFF−15N+11B−8B−6N1.08.08.02.001556-2.4
21Sun, Jackson0AUSFFF−11N−12B+13N−10N1.08.08.02.00881-27.2
22Sun, Dejun0AUSFFFF−6N−5N+23B1.06.56.51.00713-24.4
23FIDE 5730019450—FFF+?N−16BF−22N1.02.52.50.007750.0
24Lemeriga Edgar0UGAFFFF−4NFF0.03.03.00.008560.0
25Lucas, Peter0AUSFFFFFF−12N0.02.02.00.00828-8.8

Key insights

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2026 Gold Coast Club Challenger Rounds 4-7 — Gold Coast, Australia | Chess Tournament Results | ChessStats