CFA April Standard
29 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held on 03 Apr 2026 in Singapore, Singapore. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1644, and top seed was Ze Hearn Chern (🇸🇬 SGP, 1785).
Zhuoyang Dai (🇸🇬 SGP, 1656) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Hsien Jin Lim (4.5) and Boon Cheng Richard Lean (4.0). Dai shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Arjun Suresh (1521) beat Madhav Agarwal (1710), a +189-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
2 players finish on 4.5/5. Dai takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (14.5).
Zhuoyang Dai drew with Hsien Jin Lim (Black).
Zhuoyang Dai went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Zhuoyang Dai | * | ½ | — | — |
| 2Hsien Jin Lim | ½ | * | — | — |
| 3Boon Cheng Richard Lean | — | — | * | — |
| 4Chit Yu Ng | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dai, Zhuoyang | 1656 | SGP | +24N | +11B | =2N | +5B | +4N | 4.5 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 13.25 | 1932 | +28.2 |
| 2 | Lim, Hsien Jin | 1571 | SGP | +23B | +17N | =1B | +8N | +10B | 4.5 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 11.25 | 1883 | +46.4 |
| 3 | Lean, Boon Cheng Richard | 1672 | SGP | +25B | =12N | +16B | =4B | +9N | 4.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 9.00 | 1823 | +19.2 |
| 4 | Chern, Ze Hearn | 1785 | SGP | +15B | +13N | +8B | =3N | −1B | 3.5 | 14.0 | 16.5 | 10.00 | 1748 | -8.0 |
| 5 | Suresh, Arjun | 1521 | SGP | +27B | +16N | =6B | −1N | +12B | 3.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 6.25 | 1710 | +40.0 |
| 6 | Wong, Ming Wei Benjamin | 1572 | SGP | +22N | =7B | =5N | =13B | +14N | 3.5 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 8.75 | 1647 | +12.0 |
| 7 | Ng, Chit Yu | 0 | HKG | +10B | =6N | =12B | =14N | +13N | 3.5 | 11.5 | 14.0 | 9.75 | 1576 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Wong, Shyun Fwu Aldrin | 1640 | SGP | +9B | +14N | −4N | −2B | +22N | 3.0 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 7.00 | 1576 | -6.2 |
| 9 | Sim, Pang Xi Darius | 1432 | SGP | −8N | +20B | +11N | +19B | −3B | 3.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 7.00 | 1575 | +29.6 |
| 10 | Chong, Rui Ying Isabella | 1538 | SGP | −7N | +22B | +24N | +17B | −2N | 3.0 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 4.50 | 1510 | -2.8 |
| 11 | Christopher, George Oscar | 1504 | SGP | +28B | −1N | −9B | +23N | +18B | 3.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 3.00 | 744 | -36.0 |
| 12 | Sood, Kunaal | 1528 | IND | +29N | =3B | =7N | =21B | −5N | 2.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 4.75 | 1489 | -6.0 |
| 13 | Ng, Jacob Euben | 1531 | SGP | +18B | −4B | +23N | =6N | −7B | 2.5 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 4.75 | 1485 | -4.8 |
| 14 | Kumaran, Somasundaram | 1512 | SGP | +20N | −8B | +28N | =7B | −6B | 2.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 3.75 | 802 | -30.8 |
| 15 | Syazrin, Hadif Imran | 1504 | MAS | −4N | −23B | +29N | =22B | +24N | 2.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.75 | 1618 | +10.4 |
| 16 | Agarwal, Madhav | 1710 | SGP | +19N | −5B | −3N | +24B | F | 2.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 3.00 | 1532 | -17.8 |
| 17 | Tanish Venkatasubramanian | 0 | IND | F | −2B | +19N | −10N | +28B | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.00 | 1408 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Ng, Yek Tiek | 0 | SGP | −13N | −19B | +20N | +29B | −11N | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.00 | 707 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Law, Ryan | 1489 | SGP | −16B | +18N | −17B | −9N | +27B | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.00 | 769 | -32.0 |
| 20 | FIDE 5883709 | 0 | — | −14B | −9N | −18B | +27N | +23B | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.00 | 674 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Chua, Qi Ze Jayden | 1652 | SGP | F | =26N | +25B | =12N | F | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.50 | 1671 | +3.2 |
| 22 | Liow, Ying Xiang Lucas | 1403 | SGP | −6B | −10N | +27B | =15N | −8B | 1.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 1.25 | 1240 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Lim, Yu Da Scholes | 0 | SGP | −2N | +15N | −13B | −11B | −20N | 1.0 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 2.50 | 1335 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Goh, Jia Rui | 1455 | SGP | −1B | +27N | −10B | −16N | −15B | 1.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 0.00 | 802 | -48.4 |
| 25 | Yap, Chee Khean | 1465 | SGP | −3N | +29B | −21N | F | F | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 861 | -10.0 |
| 26 | Saajid | 1648 | SGP | F | =21B | F | F | F | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1651 | +0.4 |
| 27 | FIDE 5823552 | 0 | — | −5N | −24B | −22N | −20B | −19N | 0.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 0.00 | 686 | 0.0 |
| 28 | FIDE 5880025 | 0 | — | −11N | F | −14B | F | −17N | 0.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 711 | 0.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 5861268 | 0 | — | −12B | −25N | −15B | −18N | F | 0.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 700 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Lim, Hsien JinSGP+46.44.5 pts · #5
- 2Suresh, ArjunSGP+40.03.5 pts · #6
- 3Sim, Pang Xi DariusSGP+29.63.0 pts · #11
- 1Goh, Jia RuiSGP-48.41.0 pts · #20
- 2Christopher, George OscarSGP-36.03.0 pts · #22
- 3Law, RyanSGP-32.02.0 pts · #27
- R2+189 Elo gap
- R5+129 Elo gap