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2026 Burwood IM Summer Round Robin Rounds 2-9 plus postponed

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9 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 27 Feb 2026 to 27 Mar 2026 in Sydney, Australia. 8 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2248, and top seed was Jacek Stopa (🇵🇱 POL, GM, 2345).

Alexis Vargas Arteaga (🇨🇴 COL, FM, 2281) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Trevor Tao (4.5) and George Wendi Xie (4.5). Vargas Arteaga led wire-to-wire.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Terrence Tang (CM, 2136) beat Sterling Bayaca (FM, 2265), a +129-point gap.

Location
🇦🇺Sydney, Australia
Dates
27 Feb 2026 → 27 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 9 rounds
Avg top 10
2,248
Participants
9
Titled players · 8
IM×2
FM×5
CM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇦🇺Australia×6
🇨🇴Colombia×2
🇳🇵Nepal×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 9 · 9 rounds

FM Alexis Vargas Arteaga led from R1 onwards, the title was decided early.

Co-leaders
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R1–R9 · LEAD HELD

FM Alexis Vargas Arteaga never relinquished the lead after R1; final gap +2.0 over the runner-up.

R4 · DECISIVE LEAD06 Mar

FM Alexis Vargas Arteaga opens a +1.5-point gap over the chasing pack (closest: IM Trevor Tao); the title is out of reach before R9.

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Alexis Vargas Arteaga lost to IM George Wendi Xie (White).

Cross-table

#PlayerElo123456789PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇨🇴FMVargas Arteaga, Alexis2281*101111½16.519.7525.5+42.02495
3🇦🇺IMTao, Trevor23340*1½½½114.514.0025.0+2.22354
2🇦🇺IMXie, George Wendi230610*½11½½4.515.7524.5+4.22346
4🇳🇵FMThing, Bibek22840½½*½½½13.511.0026.0-8.02241
5🇦🇺Zhu, Harvey (Hanchen)22220½½*1½½3.09.0024.5+5.22239
8🇦🇺FMChakrabarty, Reyaansh22720½0½*½½½2.57.7529.5-24.02147
7🇨🇴FMTirado, Juan Camilo2135000½0½*½12.56.7529.5-2.62122
6🇦🇺FMBayaca, Sterling2265½0½½½½*02.59.5026.0-24.42139
9🇦🇺CMTang, Terrence21360½0½½01*2.57.5025.0+1.62150

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets