2026 St George Club Championship Division 3 Rounds 1-3
Team Round-RobinStandard
10 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held from 10 Mar 2026 to 24 Mar 2026 in Sydney, Australia. Top 10 Elo average was 1717, and top seed was Paul Jovanovski (🇦🇺 AUS, 1811).
Pieter Stoltz (🇦🇺 AUS, 1674) won with 2.5/3, ahead of Trilok Shenoy (2.5) and John Nichas (2.0). Stoltz took the lead from round 2, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Pieter Stoltz (1674) beat Paul Jovanovski (1811), a +137-point gap.
Location
🇦🇺Sydney, Australia
Dates
10 Mar 2026 → 24 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 3 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇦🇺Australia×10
Top 3
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Standings
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| # | Player | Fed | Elo | Pts | Avg opp. | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Stoltz, Pieter | 🇦🇺AUS | 1674 | 2.5 | 1715 | 1988 | +23.4 |
| 1 | Shenoy, Trilok | 🇦🇺AUS | 1775 | 2.5 | 1707 | 1980 | +29.2 |
| 3 | Nichas, John | 🇦🇺AUS | 1689 | 2.0 | 1745 | 1870 | +14.8 |
| 5 | Jovanovski, Paul | 🇦🇺AUS | 1811 | 1.0 | 1705 | 1580 | -18.8 |
| 8 | Elliott, Stephen | 🇦🇺AUS | 1648 | 1.0 | 1656 | 1656 | +1.2 |
| 6 | Vujasin, Nikola | 🇦🇺AUS | 1731 | 1.0 | 1762 | 1762 | +1.8 |
| 7 | Saint, Graham D | 🇦🇺AUS | 1754 | 1.0 | 1753 | 1753 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Xu, Leo | 🇦🇺AUS | 1695 | 1.0 | 1697 | 1697 | 0.0 |
| 9 | O`Donoghue, Malachi | 🇦🇺AUS | 1749 | 0.5 | 1731 | 1458 | -21.8 |
| 10 | Guilevitch, Boris | 🇦🇺AUS | 1639 | 0.5 | 1705 | 1432 | -14.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Shenoy, TrilokAUS+29.22.5 pts · #1
- 2Stoltz, PieterAUS+23.42.5 pts · #2
- 3Nichas, JohnAUS+14.82.0 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1O`Donoghue, MalachiAUS-21.80.5 pts · #9
- 2Jovanovski, PaulAUS-18.81.0 pts · #5
- 3Guilevitch, BorisAUS-14.60.5 pts · #10
Biggest upsets
- R2+137 Elo gap
- R1+122 Elo gap