2026 Burwood IM Summer Round Robin Round 1
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8 players participated in this 1-round tournament, held on 23 Feb 2026 in Sydney, Australia. 7 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2253, and top seed was Jacek Stopa (🇵🇱 POL, GM, 2345).
George Wendi Xie (🇦🇺 AUS, IM, 2306) won with 1.0/1, ahead of Trevor Tao (1.0) and Sterling Bayaca (0.5). Xie won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
Location
🇦🇺Sydney, Australia
Dates
23 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 1 rounds
Titled players · 7
GM×1
IM×2
FM×3
CM×1
Federations · 4 represented
🇦🇺Australia×5
🇳🇵Nepal×1
🇨🇴Colombia×1
🇵🇱Poland×1
Top 3
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Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇦🇺IMXie, George Wendi | 2306 | * | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | +3.9 | 3023 |
| 2 | 🇦🇺IMTao, Trevor | 2334 | — | * | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | +2.4 | 2936 |
| 3 | 🇦🇺FMBayaca, Sterling | 2265 | — | — | * | — | — | ½ | — | — | 0.5 | 0.25 | 0.5 | +0.6 | 2284 |
| 4 | 🇵🇱GMStopa, Jacek | 2345 | — | — | — | * | ½ | — | — | — | 0.5 | 0.25 | 0.5 | -2.7 | 2135 |
| 5 | 🇨🇴FMTirado, Juan Camilo | 2135 | — | — | — | ½ | * | — | — | — | 0.5 | 0.25 | 0.5 | +5.4 | 2345 |
| 6 | 🇳🇵FMThing, Bibek | 2284 | — | — | ½ | — | — | * | — | — | 0.5 | 0.25 | 0.5 | -0.6 | 2265 |
| 7 | 🇦🇺CMTang, Terrence | 2136 | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | * | — | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1.0 | -4.8 | 1534 |
| 8 | 🇦🇺Zhu, Harvey (Hanchen) | 2222 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | * | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1.0 | -15.6 | 1506 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Tirado, Juan CamiloFMCOL+5.40.5 pts · #5
- 2Xie, George WendiIMAUS+3.91.0 pts · #1
- 3Tao, TrevorIMAUS+2.41.0 pts · #2
Top rating losers
- 1Zhu, Harvey (Hanchen)AUS-15.60.0 pts · #8
- 2Tang, TerrenceCMAUS-4.80.0 pts · #7
- 3Stopa, JacekGMPOL-2.70.5 pts · #4