Waitakere Chess Club Summer Cup 2026
Open SwissStandard
33 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 12 Feb 2026 to 12 Mar 2026 in Auckland, New Zealand. 2 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 0.
Justin Zhide Wang (🇳🇿 NZL, CM, 0) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Rauen Le Grange (4.0) and Anne Xuduo Guo (3.0).
Location
🇳🇿Auckland, New Zealand
Dates
12 Feb 2026 → 12 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Avg top 10
0
Participants
33
Titled players · 2
CM×1
WCM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇳🇿New Zealand×24
🇿🇦South Africa×1
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsCM Justin Zhide Wang led from R3; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
12
5
1
1
1
R3–R5 · LEAD HELD
CM Justin Zhide Wang never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
CM Justin Zhide Wang beat Rauen Le Grange (Black).
R1–R5 · WIN STREAK
CM Justin Zhide Wang won 5 in a row (R1–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1CMJustin Zhide Wang | * | 1 | — | — |
| 2Rauen Le Grange | 0 | * | 1 | — |
| 3Huankai (eden) Xu | — | 0 | * | — |
| 4Dylan Tama Piwari | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wang, Justin ZhideCM | 0 | NZL | +16N | +10B | +2N | +15B | +3N | 5.0 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 13.50 | 2522 | +9.6 |
| 2 | Le Grange, Rauen | 0 | RSA | +5N | +4B | −1B | +9N | +6B | 4.0 | 14.0 | 16.5 | 11.50 | 1900 | +15.8 |
| 3 | Guo, Anne Xuduo | 0 | NZL | +7N | +8B | =9B | =10N | −1B | 3.0 | 13.5 | 16.0 | 8.50 | 1792 | +34.8 |
| 4 | Xu, Huankai (eden) | 0 | NZL | +21B | −2N | +5B | −6N | +14B | 3.0 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 6.50 | 1587 | -30.0 |
| 5 | Xu, Vera Jintian | 0 | NZL | −2B | +19N | −4N | +26B | +25N | 3.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 4.00 | 959 | -13.6 |
| 6 | Kannan, Vidhur | 0 | NZL | +33N | +25B | −15N | +4B | −2N | 3.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 4.00 | 1759 | +28.4 |
| 7 | FIDE 4334116 | 0 | — | −3B | +17N | =14B | =11N | +18N | 3.0 | 9.5 | 11.5 | 6.25 | 1445 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Piwari, Dylan Tama | 0 | NZL | +17B | −3N | +22B | +27N | F | 3.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 4.50 | 1717 | -11.0 |
| 9 | Jones, Stephen K | 0 | NZL | +19B | F | =3N | −2B | +21N | 2.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 5.00 | 1457 | -5.4 |
| 10 | FIDE 4334124 | 0 | — | +31N | −1N | F | =3B | +15B | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 3.50 | 1698 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Pakenham, John | 0 | NZL | +32N | −20N | −12B | =7B | +23N | 2.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.00 | 1531 | -3.2 |
| 12 | Goh, Gideon | 0 | NZL | =14N | =13B | +11N | F | =22B | 2.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 5.50 | 1715 | +9.6 |
| 13 | Wang, Linyu | 0 | NZL | F | =12N | +18B | −14N | +24B | 2.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 4.75 | 1579 | -6.8 |
| 14 | Joel, Chris | 0 | NZL | =12B | F | =7N | +13B | −4N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 5.25 | 1677 | +3.8 |
| 15 | Meng, Dexuan (derek) | 0 | NZL | +?B | F | +6B | −1N | −10N | 2.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 3.00 | 1760 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Zou, Mark | 0 | NZL | −1B | −21N | +19B | F | +31N | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.00 | 1787 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Hsu, Jayden | 0 | NZL | −8N | −7B | +28N | −18B | +26N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 2.00 | 1095 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Venugopalan, Mayura | 0 | NZL | F | +?B | −13N | +17N | −7B | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.00 | 823 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Rao, Teerthaditya | 0 | NZL | −9N | −5B | −16N | +?B | +?N | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 1375 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Xu, Luna YuexiuWCM | 0 | NZL | +23B | +11B | F | F | F | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.00 | 2312 | +8.8 |
| 21 | FIDE 4331540 | 0 | — | −4N | +16B | F | =24N | −9B | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.75 | 1306 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Hettiarachchi, Kisara | 0 | NZL | F | =30B | −8N | =23B | =12N | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.25 | 1541 | -20.0 |
| 23 | Iyer, Agastya Shankar | 0 | NZL | −20N | +28B | F | =22N | −11B | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.75 | 1413 | -4.8 |
| 24 | Liang, David Ye Cheng | 0 | NZL | F | F | +26N | =21B | −13N | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.75 | 823 | -10.4 |
| 25 | Huang, Ian Yanen | 0 | NZL | −27B | −6N | +?N | F | −5B | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 708 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 4334132 | 0 | — | F | +32N | −24B | −5N | −17B | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 662 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Barry, Jacob | 0 | NZL | +25N | F | F | −8B | F | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.00 | 1095 | -2.8 |
| 28 | Bezerra de Oliveira, David | 0 | NZL | F | −23N | −17B | +?N | F | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 634 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Akshay Sharma | 0 | IND | F | +31B | F | F | F | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 2307 | +4.8 |
| 30 | FIDE 4311558 | 0 | — | F | =22N | F | F | F | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1667 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Reddy, Kritesh Vikash | 0 | NZL | −10B | −29N | F | F | −16B | 0.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 913 | -9.6 |
| 32 | FIDE 4333250 | 0 | — | −11B | −26B | F | F | F | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 758 | 0.0 |
| 33 | FIDE 4334167 | 0 | — | −6B | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 653 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Guo, Anne XuduoNZL+34.83.0 pts · #10
- 2Kannan, VidhurNZL+28.43.0 pts · #16
- 3Le Grange, RauenRSA+15.84.0 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Xu, Huankai (eden)NZL-30.03.0 pts · #3
- 2Hettiarachchi, KisaraNZL-20.01.5 pts · #15
- 3Xu, Vera JintianNZL-13.63.0 pts · #29