2026 Queensland Reserves and Tin Cup

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121 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 14 Feb 2026 to 15 Feb 2026 in Gold Coast, Australia. 8 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1804, and top seed was Joshua Liu (🇦🇺 AUS, 1996).

Benjamin Martin (🇦🇺 AUS, 1702) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Haoqian (William) Liu (5.5) and Ernest Bashirov (5.5). Martin shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Lexuan Qin (1657) beat Joshua Liu (1996), a +339-point gap.

Location

🇦🇺Gold Coast, Australia

Dates

14 Feb 2026 → 15 Feb 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇦🇺Joshua Liu1996

Avg top 10

1,804

Participants

121

Federations · 8 represented

🇦🇺Australia×88

🇱🇰Sri Lanka×2

🇯🇵Japan×2

🇨🇳China×2

🇺🇬Uganda×1

🇳🇿New Zealand×1

🇳🇱Netherlands×1

🇭🇰Hong Kong China×1

Top 3

🥇
Benjamin Martin
🇦🇺AUS·1702
5.5pts·2032perf+39.0
🥈
Haoqian (William) Liu
🇦🇺AUS·1787
5.5pts·2095perf+53.6
🥉
Ernest Bashirov
🇦🇺AUS·1695
5.5pts·2033perf+81.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 3 players tied at 5.5/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Bashirov5.5Martin5.5Liu5.5Liu5Doran5Jigando5

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 5.5/6. Martin takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (20.0).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Ernest Bashirov 4 wins (R3–R6)Benjamin Martin 5 wins (R1–R5)Haoqian (William) Liu 4 wins (R1–R4)

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Martin, Benjamin	1702	AUS	+72N	+48B	+67N	+16B	+5B	=4N	5.5	20.0	22.5	20.00	2032	+39.0
2	Liu, Haoqian (William)	1787	AUS	+90B	+36N	+47B	+9B	=8N	+22N	5.5	19.5	21.5	19.25	2095	+53.6
3	Bashirov, Ernest	1695	AUS	+84B	=53N	+68B	+83N	+61B	+8B	5.5	15.0	17.0	15.50	2033	+81.2
4	Doran, Kaiden	1853	AUS	=41B	+62N	+18B	+37N	+11B	=1B	5.0	21.0	24.0	19.50	2001	+25.2
5	Van Der Meer, Andrew	1615	AUS	+75B	+73N	+15B	+6B	−1N	+14N	5.0	21.0	23.5	18.00	1897	+29.0
6	Jigando, Neo	1723	AUS	+50B	+93N	+49B	−5N	+31B	+19N	5.0	18.5	20.5	15.50	1818	+22.0
7	Liu, Joshua	1996	AUS	+70N	−47B	+57N	+35B	+69N	+16B	5.0	16.0	18.5	15.50	1905	-15.2
8	Kirby, Oscar	1900	AUS	+57B	+26N	+10B	+32N	=2B	−3N	4.5	23.0	26.0	17.75	1822	-15.6
9	Ford, Daniel	1756	AUS	+54B	+34N	+31B	−2N	+51B	=28N	4.5	19.5	22.5	15.00	1786	+4.4
10	Inukai, Kotaro	1627	JPN	+91N	+25B	−8N	+43B	=12N	+49B	4.5	19.5	21.5	14.75	1831	+52.4
11	Sun, Dejun	1594	AUS	+86B	+21N	=17N	+71B	−4N	+32B	4.5	19.0	21.0	14.00	1799	+42.8
12	Woodrow, Daniel	1836	AUS	−68B	+77N	+54B	+74N	=10B	+33N	4.5	16.0	18.5	13.75	1759	-8.2
13	McDonald, Aidan	1485	AUS	=42N	+103B	−51N	+110B	+80N	+35B	4.5	14.5	15.5	10.75	1696	+34.0
14	Jain, Kamal	1668	AUS	+27N	−24B	+60N	+44B	+23N	−5B	4.0	20.5	23.5	14.50	1552	-12.2
15	Battan, Dhruv	0	AUS	+20B	+76B	−5N	=26N	=18B	+47N	4.0	20.0	22.5	13.50	1636	0.0
16	Ghodosi, Hossein	1639	AUS	+89B	+44N	+59B	−1N	+47B	−7N	4.0	20.0	22.0	11.50	1780	+21.2
17	Rologas, Mitchell C	1646	AUS	+79B	+23N	=11B	=51N	=33B	=26N	4.0	19.0	21.5	14.00	1599	-10.0
18	Yousafi, Simon	1660	AUS	+85N	=40B	−4N	+42B	=15N	+52B	4.0	19.0	21.0	12.25	1541	-12.8
19	Awad, Jonah	1655	AUS	−56N	+111B	+50N	+36B	+21N	−6B	4.0	18.5	19.5	11.50	923	-16.4
20	Batagoda, Bevin Yashel	1479	AUS	−15N	+92B	+27N	+52B	−28N	+63B	4.0	18.0	20.0	12.00	752	-16.0
21	Stapleton, Nathaniel	0	AUS	+29B	−11B	+?N	+34N	−19B	+83N	4.0	18.0	18.0	9.50	1601	0.0
22	Hart, Luka	1722	AUS	−60N	+104B	+70N	+39B	+48N	−2B	4.0	17.5	19.5	11.00	1665	-13.2
23	Bounsall, Joel	0	AUS	+88B	−17B	+84N	+30N	−14B	+71N	4.0	16.5	18.5	10.50	1650	0.0
24	Yang, Louis	1475	AUS	+112B	+14N	+69B	−61N	=32B	=37N	4.0	16.5	17.5	11.00	1739	+69.6
25	Wu, Benjamin	1609	AUS	+45B	−10N	−58B	+114N	+55B	+76N	4.0	16.5	17.5	10.00	1617	+0.8
26	Inukai, Rentaro	1547	JPN	+117N	−8B	+89N	=15B	+106N	=17B	4.0	16.0	16.0	7.50	1743	+38.4
27	Han, Mingchen	0	CHN	−14B	+112N	−20B	+105N	+74B	+59N	4.0	15.5	16.5	8.50	1573	0.0
28	Ong, Joshua	1552	AUS	+101N	F	=80B	+73N	+20B	=9B	4.0	15.5	15.5	12.00	1801	+51.2
29	Zhang, Jason	1472	AUS	−21N	+86B	+98N	−33N	+88B	+48B	4.0	14.5	16.5	9.00	1618	+14.8
30	Nguyen, Quan	1726	AUS	−87N	+95B	+72N	−23B	+70N	+62B	4.0	14.0	16.0	10.00	1691	-2.4
31	Shen, Alvin	1544	AUS	+94N	+52B	−9N	+38B	−6N	=36B	3.5	19.5	21.5	10.25	940	-10.8
32	Reed, Russell	1615	AUS	+100B	+74N	+33B	−8B	=24N	−11N	3.5	19.0	21.0	10.00	1640	+4.8
33	Barnes, Rossi	1644	AUS	+111N	+56B	−32N	+29B	=17N	−12B	3.5	19.0	20.0	10.00	1557	-20.4
34	O`donnell, Joshua	0	AUS	+99N	−9B	+56N	−21B	+50N	=40B	3.5	18.0	20.0	9.75	1492	0.0
35	Credland-Ballantyne, Oscar	1628	AUS	+77B	=68N	+41B	−7N	+87B	−13N	3.5	18.0	20.0	9.25	1547	-22.8
36	Joyce, Rob	0	AUS	+58B	−2B	+94N	−19N	+90B	=31N	3.5	18.0	20.0	8.75	1395	0.0
37	Weller, Tony	1638	AUS	+78N	+38B	F	−4B	+64N	=24B	3.5	18.0	18.0	11.00	1648	+0.8
38	Miao, Harley	0	AUS	+102B	−37N	+45B	−31N	+65N	=46B	3.5	17.0	19.0	10.25	1335	0.0
39	Brekelmans, Sam	1576	NED	+55B	−61N	+75B	−22N	+54B	=45N	3.5	16.5	19.0	10.25	1587	+2.0
40	Leung, Yau Long Vulcan	0	HKG	+64B	=18N	=106B	−47N	+66B	=34N	3.5	16.5	18.0	10.50	1630	+5.6
41	Bailey, Cohen	0	AUS	=4N	+81B	−35N	+93B	−49N	+106B	3.5	16.0	17.5	8.50	1614	0.0
42	Le, Ngoc	0	AUS	=13B	−83N	+100B	−18N	+97B	+73N	3.5	15.0	17.0	8.75	1548	0.0
43	Dani, Anuj	1562	AUS	+108B	−69N	+55B	−10N	+85B	=51N	3.5	15.0	16.5	8.00	1365	-27.2
44	Ren, Joshua	1537	AUS	+119N	−16B	+78N	−14N	+89B	=69B	3.5	15.0	15.0	5.75	1570	+3.6
45	Patel, Yug	0	AUS	−25N	+91B	−38N	+84B	+?N	=39B	3.5	15.0	15.0	5.75	1531	0.0
46	Joseph, Ethan	1625	AUS	+95B	=87N	−83B	=53N	+57B	=38N	3.5	13.5	15.5	9.25	1567	-12.4
47	Qin, Lexuan	1657	CHN	+97B	+7N	−2N	+40B	−16N	−15B	3.0	22.0	24.0	10.50	1759	+18.8
48	Oakley, Brett	1593	AUS	+120B	−1N	+90B	+58N	−22B	−29N	3.0	18.5	18.5	5.00	834	-52.8
49	Micklesson-Scott, Jack	1502	AUS	+104N	+60B	−6N	F	+41B	−10N	3.0	18.0	18.0	8.50	1510	+0.8
50	Lai, Alisa	0	AUS	−6N	+63B	−19B	+86N	−34B	+85N	3.0	17.5	19.5	7.00	890	0.0
51	Liu, Mike	1610	AUS	F	+110N	+13B	=17B	−9N	=43B	3.0	17.5	17.5	9.25	1612	+0.4
52	Cerfonteyn, Lyndon	0	AUS	+?B	−31N	+65B	−20N	+58B	−18N	3.0	17.5	17.5	6.00	768	0.0
53	Hu, Thomas	1558	AUS	+118N	=3B	−71N	=46B	−63N	+91B	3.0	16.5	16.5	6.50	1550	-1.2
54	Wan, Joshua	1683	AUS	−9N	+99B	−12N	+121B	−39N	+98B	3.0	16.5	16.5	4.00	923	-52.8
55	Lemeriga Edgar	0	UGA	−39N	+96B	−43N	+56B	−25N	+100B	3.0	16.0	18.0	7.00	782	0.0
56	FIDE 573001791	0	—	+19B	−33N	−34B	−55N	+86B	+107N	3.0	16.0	17.5	7.50	1650	0.0
57	Wickramaarachchi, W Dahamsa Senolie	1539	SRI	−8N	+117B	−7B	+111N	−46N	+104B	3.0	16.0	16.0	3.00	1004	-19.2
58	FIDE 573001767	0	—	−36N	+101B	+25N	−48B	−52N	+96B	3.0	15.5	17.5	8.00	1601	0.0
59	Djachenko, V (wally)	1556	AUS	+105B	+65N	−16N	=87B	=71N	−27B	3.0	15.5	17.5	7.25	1504	-8.4
60	Chilekampalli, Hanish Reddy	1552	AUS	+22B	−49N	−14B	−85N	+95B	+92N	3.0	15.0	17.0	8.00	1506	-8.0
61	Kitikov, Oleg	1738	KGZ	+96N	+39B	F	+24B	−3N	F	3.0	15.0	15.0	9.50	1707	-1.8
62	Whitaker, Cooper	1581	AUS	F	−4B	+107N	+68N	+83B	−30N	3.0	15.0	15.0	6.00	1692	+22.4
63	Keaveney-Jones, Fynnigan Joseph	0	AUS	−93B	−50N	+115B	+82N	+53B	−20N	3.0	14.5	15.5	6.50	1405	0.0
64	Hamilton, Aaron	1482	AUS	−40N	+85B	F	+79N	−37B	+78B	3.0	14.0	14.0	7.00	1426	-8.8
65	FIDE 573001848	0	—	+?B	−59B	−52N	+75N	−38B	+89N	3.0	14.0	14.0	4.50	1511	0.0
66	Ye, Emma	1407	AUS	+98N	−67B	+113N	−69B	−40N	+84B	3.0	13.0	14.0	5.00	1399	-3.2
67	Lee, Vaughn	1669	AUS	+115B	+66N	−1B	F	F	+68N	3.0	12.0	12.0	6.50	1665	+0.8
68	Wang, Ruoshui	1508	AUS	+12N	=35B	−3N	−62B	+94N	−67B	2.5	19.5	21.5	8.25	1533	+2.8
69	Pedros, Zachary	1678	AUS	F	+43B	−24N	+66N	−7B	=44N	2.5	19.0	19.0	8.25	1599	-21.6
70	Watson, Matthew	1456	AUS	−7B	+97N	−22B	+95N	−30B	=75N	2.5	17.5	19.5	5.25	968	-17.2
71	Stokes, Mark C	1704	AUS	F	+82N	+53B	−11N	=59B	−23B	2.5	17.0	17.0	7.00	1569	-11.0
72	Zhao, Amy	1410	AUS	−1B	+120N	−30B	+92N	−76B	=77N	2.5	16.5	16.5	3.25	878	-21.6
73	Post, Martin	1721	NZL	+116N	−5B	+121N	−28B	=78N	−42B	2.5	16.0	16.0	2.25	1252	-34.6
74	Vijay, Ayaansh	1591	AUS	+113N	−32B	+109N	−12B	−27N	=103B	2.5	15.5	16.5	3.50	1518	-12.0
75	Xu, Martin	0	AUS	−5N	+108B	−39N	−65B	+121N	=70B	2.5	15.5	15.5	2.75	1278	0.0
76	Harris, Bruce	1605	AUS	+92B	−15N	=79B	F	+72N	−25B	2.5	15.0	15.0	5.75	1510	-4.8
77	Lee, Zac	0	AUS	−35N	−12B	−88N	+108B	+102N	=72B	2.5	14.5	16.0	4.75	1352	0.0
78	Ong, Caleb	1401	AUS	−37B	+102N	−44B	+118N	=73B	−64N	2.5	14.5	14.5	3.25	1277	-20.4
79	Lai, William	0	AUS	−17N	+88B	=76N	−64B	−93N	+110B	2.5	13.5	14.5	4.25	1249	0.0
80	Karthikeyan, Shivam	1476	AUS	F	+107B	=28N	F	−13B	+87N	2.5	12.0	12.0	5.50	1526	+8.0
81	Li, Oscar	1447	AUS	=82B	−41N	=114N	=94B	=96N	=109B	2.5	11.5	12.5	4.50	1477	+1.6
82	Zhang, Jeremy	0	AUS	=81N	−71B	F	−63B	+110N	+88N	2.5	11.0	11.0	4.25	1383	0.0
83	Pyne, Rohan	1674	AUS	F	+42B	+46N	−3B	−62N	−21B	2.0	19.5	19.5	7.00	1509	-13.4
84	Kim, Dan	1407	AUS	−3N	+118B	−23B	−45N	+99B	−66N	2.0	18.0	18.0	2.00	751	-26.4
85	Moses, Nathan	0	AUS	−18B	−64N	+108N	+60B	−43N	−50B	2.0	16.5	18.0	4.50	1372	0.0
86	FIDE 573001660	0	—	−11N	−29N	+102B	−50B	−56N	+113B	2.0	16.5	17.5	3.00	737	0.0
87	Tsao, Shaun	1540	AUS	+30B	=46B	F	=59N	−35N	−80B	2.0	16.5	16.5	7.25	1530	-4.0
88	Li, Derek	0	AUS	−23N	−79N	+77B	+109B	−29N	−82B	2.0	15.5	17.0	4.00	1478	0.0
89	Sun, Jackson	1465	AUS	−16N	+119B	−26B	+113N	−44N	−65B	2.0	15.5	15.5	1.00	781	-41.6
90	Shen, Alden	0	AUS	−2N	+116B	−48N	+98B	−36N	−?B	2.0	15.0	15.0	3.00	890	0.0
91	Zhang, Eric	0	AUS	−10B	−45N	=99B	=107N	+118B	−53N	2.0	14.5	14.5	1.75	793	0.0
92	Chen, Kevin	0	AUS	−76N	−20N	+116B	−72B	+101N	−60B	2.0	14.0	15.0	3.00	713	0.0
93	Cervenjak, Mark	1551	AUS	+63N	−6B	F	−41N	+79B	F	2.0	14.0	14.0	5.50	923	-5.4
94	Williams, Sebastian	0	AUS	−31B	+?N	−36B	=81N	−68B	=97N	2.0	14.0	14.0	2.25	1234	0.0
95	FIDE 3287246	0	—	−46N	−30N	+112B	−70B	−60N	+121B	2.0	14.0	14.0	1.00	790	0.0
96	Connell, Chris	0	AUS	−61B	−55N	+117B	=97N	=81B	−58N	2.0	13.5	13.5	2.25	1399	0.0
97	FIDE 573001694	0	—	−47N	−70B	+101N	=96B	−42N	=94B	2.0	13.0	15.0	4.00	756	0.0
98	FIDE 3297756	0	—	−66B	+115N	−29B	−90N	+114B	−54N	2.0	13.0	14.0	2.00	721	0.0
99	FIDE 3282317	0	—	−34B	−54N	=91N	=103B	−84N	+118B	2.0	12.5	12.5	2.00	742	0.0
100	FIDE 573001724	0	—	−32N	−113B	−42N	+112B	+111B	−55N	2.0	12.0	13.0	2.00	815	0.0
101	Wang, Lauchlan	0	AUS	−28B	−58N	−97B	+119N	−92B	+112N	2.0	12.0	12.0	1.00	752	0.0
102	FIDE 573001813	0	—	−38N	−78B	−86N	+117N	−77B	+111B	2.0	11.5	11.5	1.00	602	0.0
103	Supple, Lachlan	0	AUS	F	−13N	−110B	=99N	+113B	=74N	2.0	11.0	11.0	3.25	1344	0.0
104	Ashik, Alyna	0	AUS	−49B	−22N	+120B	−?B	+?N	−57N	2.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	773	0.0
105	FIDE 3299228	0	—	−59N	−?N	+?B	−27B	−109N	+119B	2.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	717	0.0
106	Zafari, Seyed Ilia	1582	AUS	F	+114B	=40N	F	−26B	−41N	1.5	12.0	12.0	2.75	1388	-20.4
107	FIDE 573001856	0	—	F	−80N	−62B	=91B	+115N	−56B	1.5	11.5	11.5	2.00	729	0.0
108	FIDE 3282384	0	—	−43N	−75N	−85B	−77N	+120B	=114B	1.5	11.5	11.5	0.50	762	0.0
109	Sang Yum, Paul	1477	AUS	F	F	−74B	−88N	+105B	=81N	1.5	9.0	9.0	3.25	1325	-15.6
110	FIDE 3299112	0	—	F	−51B	+103N	−13N	−82B	−79N	1.0	14.5	14.5	2.00	747	0.0
111	FIDE 3281906	0	—	−33B	−19N	+119B	−57B	−100N	−102N	1.0	14.5	14.5	0.00	798	0.0
112	FIDE 573001732	0	—	−24N	−27B	−95N	−100N	+117B	−101B	1.0	14.0	14.0	0.00	675	0.0
113	FIDE 573001740	0	—	−74B	+100N	−66B	−89B	−103N	−86N	1.0	11.5	13.5	2.00	687	0.0
114	Khoo, Ivan	0	AUS	F	−106N	=81B	−25B	−98N	=108N	1.0	11.5	11.5	2.00	1273	0.0
115	Wickramaarachchi, W Kalathma Sethlinie	0	SRI	−67N	−98B	−63N	−116N	−107B	+120N	1.0	10.5	10.5	0.00	869	0.0
116	FIDE 573001775	0	—	−73B	−90N	−92N	+115B	F	F	1.0	7.5	7.5	1.00	921	0.0
117	FIDE 573001686	0	—	−26B	−57N	−96N	−102B	−112N	−?B	0.0	12.0	12.0	0.00	721	0.0
118	FIDE 573001783	0	—	−53B	−84N	F	−78B	−91N	−99N	0.0	11.5	11.5	0.00	656	0.0
119	Liu, Austin	0	AUS	−44B	−89N	−111N	−101B	F	−105N	0.0	10.5	10.5	0.00	711	0.0
120	FIDE 573001716	0	—	−48N	−72B	−104N	−?B	−108N	−115B	0.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	702	0.0
121	FIDE 573001708	0	—	F	F	−73B	−54N	−75B	−95N	0.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	899	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Bashirov, ErnestAUS
+81.2
5.5 pts · #1
2Yang, LouisAUS
+69.6
4.0 pts · #17
3Liu, Haoqian (William)AUS
+53.6
5.5 pts · #10

Top rating losers

1Wan, JoshuaAUS
-52.8
3.0 pts · #105
2Oakley, BrettAUS
-52.8
3.0 pts · #119
3Sun, JacksonAUS
-41.6
2.0 pts · #86

Biggest upsets

R2+339 Elo gap
Qin, Lexuan1657 beat Liu, Joshua1996
R1+328 Elo gap
Wang, Ruoshui1508 beat Woodrow, Daniel1836
R6+205 Elo gap
Bashirov, Ernest1695 beat Kirby, Oscar1900