2026 Box Hill Club Championship Division 2 Rounds 3-7
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84 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 01 May 2026 to 29 May 2026 in Melbourne, Australia. 4 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1936, and top seed was Jesse Zafirakos (🇦🇺 AUS, CM, 2126).
Khushal Lingineni (🇦🇺 AUS, CM, 2021) won with 4.0/7, ahead of Amin Fazel (4.0) and Jesse Zafirakos (4.0). Lingineni shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 7: Nachiket Ramprasad (1523) beat Mikyle Khurram (1802), a +279-point gap.
Location
🇦🇺Melbourne, Australia
Dates
01 May 2026 → 29 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 75 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Titled players · 4
CM×3
WCM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇦🇺Australia×82
🇨🇳China×1
🇳🇿New Zealand×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R7; 3 players tied at 4.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 10 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.
Co-leaders
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31
10
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R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
3 players finish on 4.0/7. Lingineni takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (16.5).
R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
CM Khushal Lingineni drew with CM Jesse Zafirakos (Black).
R3–R7 · UNBEATEN
CM Khushal Lingineni went unbeaten across 5 games (R3–R7).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1CMKhushal Lingineni | * | ½ | — | — |
| 2CMJesse Zafirakos | ½ | * | — | — |
| 3Amin Fazel | — | — | * | — |
| 4Alberto Biju | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lingineni, KhushalCM | 2021 | AUS | F | F | +38N | +4B | =3N | +13B | =5N | 4.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 12.75 | 2190 | +46.4 |
| 2 | Fazel, Amin | 1886 | AUS | F | F | +18N | +16B | −17N | +45B | +14N | 4.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 11.00 | 1923 | +4.4 |
| 3 | Zafirakos, JesseCM | 2126 | AUS | F | F | +84B | +11N | =1B | +12N | =4B | 4.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 9.75 | 2122 | +1.2 |
| 4 | Mehta, Malhaar Bipin | 1863 | AUS | F | F | +28B | −1N | +48B | +11N | =3N | 3.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 9.50 | 2013 | +36.8 |
| 5 | Wang, Cunmeng | 1967 | AUS | F | F | +20B | +48N | −12B | +28N | =1B | 3.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 9.50 | 1929 | -2.8 |
| 6 | Katakam, Deethya SaiWCM | 1755 | AUS | F | F | =10N | −12B | +19N | +56B | +17B | 3.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 9.50 | 1885 | +31.2 |
| 7 | Shirawala, Sahar | 1717 | AUS | F | F | −46N | +63B | =15N | +49B | +56N | 3.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 7.50 | 1678 | -6.8 |
| 8 | Jathar, Ved | 1751 | AUS | F | F | F | +58B | =47N | +19B | +67N | 3.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 7.50 | 1949 | +17.2 |
| 9 | Biju, Alberto | 1584 | AUS | F | F | +82N | =66B | +54N | =26B | =44N | 3.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 5.00 | 1725 | +78.8 |
| 10 | Ding, Rey | 1919 | AUS | F | F | =6B | +51N | −13N | =22B | +41B | 3.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 7.75 | 1907 | -2.4 |
| 11 | Raine, Marcus | 1849 | AUS | F | F | +67N | −3B | +39N | −4B | +27B | 3.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 6.50 | 1943 | +11.2 |
| 12 | Chai, Kang | 1827 | AUS | F | F | +30B | +6N | +5N | −3B | — | 3.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 9.50 | 2059 | +24.6 |
| 13 | Salasan, HaranCM | 2013 | AUS | F | F | +44N | F | +10B | −1N | +51B | 3.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 7.00 | 2055 | +2.0 |
| 14 | Blackberg, Philip | 1644 | AUS | F | F | +47B | +37N | −22B | +53N | −2B | 3.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 6.50 | 1830 | +47.6 |
| 15 | Zhang, Nathan | 1445 | AUS | F | F | +42B | =30N | =7B | −33N | +65B | 3.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 7.00 | 1685 | +67.6 |
| 16 | Zhou, Emma | 1676 | AUS | F | F | +58N | −2N | −53B | +42N | +59B | 3.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 6.50 | 1712 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Dissanayake, Vidushi | 1834 | AUS | F | F | +50N | +45B | +2B | F | −6N | 3.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 8.00 | 1915 | +22.4 |
| 18 | Jago, Stephen | 1599 | AUS | F | F | −2B | +75N | +52B | −37N | +47B | 3.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 5.00 | 1747 | +16.4 |
| 19 | Zheng, Bonney | 1584 | AUS | F | F | +80N | +31B | −6B | −8N | +68B | 3.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 4.50 | 1725 | +38.8 |
| 20 | Liu, Ronald | 1790 | AUS | F | F | −5N | +65B | +36N | +35N | — | 3.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 6.50 | 1869 | +26.4 |
| 21 | Liu, Preston | 1495 | AUS | F | F | +49N | =44B | −45N | =65B | +32N | 3.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 6.25 | 1667 | +44.4 |
| 22 | Thadani, Aman Deepak | 1841 | AUS | F | F | +73N | =39B | +14N | =10N | F | 3.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 6.75 | 1969 | +13.2 |
| 23 | Ramprasad, Nachiket | 1523 | AUS | F | F | F | =26B | +67N | =29B | +39B | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 6.50 | 1962 | +57.6 |
| 24 | Zhang, Ethan | 1545 | AUS | F | F | =55N | F | =31N | +57B | +50N | 3.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 6.25 | 1775 | +43.2 |
| 25 | Shah, Swaraa | 1458 | AUS | F | F | −32N | +82B | +63N | −54B | +66N | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.50 | 1587 | +46.8 |
| 26 | Thomson, Kynan | 1732 | AUS | F | F | =37B | =23N | −35B | =9N | +33B | 2.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 7.00 | 1629 | -3.4 |
| 27 | Tai, Ethan | 1611 | NZL | F | F | +31B | F | =29N | +44B | −11N | 2.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 5.75 | 1887 | +26.4 |
| 28 | Cantos, Andrew | 1739 | AUS | F | F | −4N | =46B | +69N | −5B | +36N | 2.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 5.00 | 1727 | -2.8 |
| 29 | Chan, Benny | 1795 | AUS | F | F | −48B | =36N | =27B | =23N | +35B | 2.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 6.50 | 1642 | -46.8 |
| 30 | Dissanayake, Naveen | 1615 | AUS | F | F | −12N | =15B | =32N | =47B | +64N | 2.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 5.75 | 1569 | -14.0 |
| 31 | Buhagiar, Aden | 1818 | AUS | F | F | −27N | −19N | =24B | +52N | +46B | 2.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 5.50 | 1606 | -23.0 |
| 32 | Katakam, Aadhya Sai | 1528 | AUS | F | F | +25B | +62N | =30B | −73N | −21B | 2.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 6.25 | 1571 | +15.6 |
| 33 | Veldon, Rino | 1584 | AUS | F | F | =54N | +55B | −44N | +15B | −26N | 2.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 6.00 | 1572 | -1.8 |
| 34 | Sun, Martin | 1577 | AUS | F | F | −41N | +57B | −37B | +60N | =40N | 2.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 5.25 | 1628 | +13.2 |
| 35 | Wan, Oscar | 1567 | AUS | F | F | +76N | =38B | +26N | −20B | −29N | 2.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 4.75 | 1737 | +45.6 |
| 36 | Bai, Dylan | 1609 | AUS | F | F | +57N | =29B | −20B | +68N | −28B | 2.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 4.75 | 1653 | +12.4 |
| 37 | Harris, Anthony | 1876 | AUS | F | F | =26N | −14B | +34N | +18B | F | 2.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 6.75 | 1716 | -15.8 |
| 38 | Wu, Alice | 1743 | AUS | F | F | −1B | =35N | +68B | −51N | +73B | 2.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 3.75 | 1716 | -9.6 |
| 39 | Khurram, Mikyle | 1802 | AUS | F | F | +83B | =22N | −11B | +46B | −23N | 2.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 3.50 | 1687 | -18.2 |
| 40 | Rehill, Paul | 1696 | AUS | F | F | +59N | +53B | −51B | −48N | =34B | 2.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 5.25 | 1632 | -2.8 |
| 41 | Tran, Kenny | 1773 | AUS | F | F | +34B | F | =46N | +50B | −10N | 2.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 5.50 | 1765 | +13.2 |
| 42 | Chi, Jaden | 1522 | AUS | F | F | −15N | +81B | =65N | −16B | +83N | 2.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.25 | 1523 | -10.8 |
| 43 | Yuan, Erin | 1470 | AUS | F | F | −72B | =80B | +79N | −61B | +78N | 2.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.25 | 1411 | -5.2 |
| 44 | Deng, Vanessa | 1746 | AUS | F | F | −13B | =21N | +33B | −27N | =9B | 2.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 5.75 | 1592 | -30.0 |
| 45 | Mondal, Jahnavi | 1624 | AUS | F | F | +52B | −17N | +21B | −2N | −53B | 2.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 5.00 | 1598 | -11.6 |
| 46 | Xiang, Junhao | 1589 | AUS | F | F | +7B | =28N | =41B | −39N | −31N | 2.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 6.00 | 1685 | +24.0 |
| 47 | Wang, Yufan(GD) | 1549 | CHN | F | F | −14N | +76B | =8B | =30N | −18N | 2.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 4.00 | 1594 | +9.2 |
| 48 | Gupta, Aadyah | 1599 | AUS | F | F | +29N | −5B | −4N | +40B | F | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 5.00 | 1829 | +44.4 |
| 49 | Huang, Victoria | 1552 | AUS | F | F | −21B | +61N | +71B | −7N | −52B | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 3.50 | 1498 | -15.2 |
| 50 | Cook, Geoff L | 1595 | AUS | F | F | −17B | +60N | +74B | −41N | −24B | 2.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 3.00 | 1514 | -11.2 |
| 51 | Deng, Jimmy | 1819 | AUS | F | F | F | −10B | +40N | +38B | −13N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 5.00 | 1845 | +2.8 |
| 52 | Sucevic, Milic | 1532 | AUS | F | F | −45N | +70B | −18N | −31B | +49N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 3.50 | 1565 | +3.4 |
| 53 | Thulasidas, Manish | 1553 | AUS | F | F | F | −40N | +16N | −14B | +45N | 2.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 5.00 | 1661 | +9.6 |
| 54 | Mrinalini S | 1480 | AUS | F | F | =33B | =72N | −9B | +25N | F | 2.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 5.00 | 1492 | -19.2 |
| 55 | De Silva, Amaya | 1469 | AUS | F | F | =24B | −33N | −58B | +75N | =71B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 3.25 | 1499 | -1.6 |
| 56 | Jalan, Sarvang | 1474 | AUS | F | F | +70N | F | +73B | −6N | −7B | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.50 | 1692 | +30.8 |
| 57 | Qi, Roy | 1428 | AUS | F | F | −36B | −34N | +75B | −24N | +80B | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.50 | 1469 | +6.4 |
| 58 | Gajula, Hemanth | 1551 | AUS | F | F | −16B | −8N | +55N | +83B | F | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.00 | 1603 | +4.2 |
| 59 | Tanin, Erkut | 1564 | AUS | F | F | −40B | −74N | +80N | +66B | −16N | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.00 | 1474 | -24.8 |
| 60 | Carter, John | 1505 | AUS | F | F | +78N | −50B | +70N | −34B | −76N | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.50 | 1426 | -6.8 |
| 61 | Lin, Le-Syuan | 1440 | AUS | F | F | =66N | −49B | F | +43N | =69B | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 4.00 | 1523 | +11.6 |
| 62 | Marathe, Satish | 1621 | AUS | F | F | −68N | −32B | =66N | =70B | +81N | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.00 | 1439 | -26.0 |
| 63 | Akok, Benjamin | 1550 | AUS | F | F | F | −7N | −25B | +82N | +74B | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.00 | 1493 | -4.6 |
| 64 | Kurmanov, Yestay | 1557 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +77B | +74N | −30B | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.00 | 1603 | +11.2 |
| 65 | Kolak, Tanya | 1569 | AUS | F | F | =71B | −20N | =42B | =21N | −15N | 1.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 3.50 | 1425 | -21.4 |
| 66 | Wei, Lucas | 1514 | AUS | F | F | =61B | =9N | =62B | −59N | −25B | 1.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 3.75 | 1351 | -41.2 |
| 67 | Fan, Aiden | 1698 | AUS | F | F | −11B | =68N | −23B | +69N | −8B | 1.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 2.25 | 1530 | -59.2 |
| 68 | Xu, Yixuan (leo) | 1497 | AUS | F | F | +62B | =67B | −38N | −36B | −19N | 1.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 2.75 | 1514 | -0.4 |
| 69 | Wang, Adelyn | 1508 | AUS | F | F | F | +71N | −28B | −67B | =61N | 1.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.50 | 1564 | -10.0 |
| 70 | Flude, David A | 1604 | AUS | F | F | −56B | −52N | −60B | =62N | +77B | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.00 | 1368 | -30.6 |
| 71 | Fan, Xinyao | 1711 | AUS | F | F | =65N | −69B | −49N | =81B | =55N | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.00 | 1385 | -66.4 |
| 72 | Clark, Peter | 1579 | AUS | F | F | +43N | =54B | F | F | F | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.50 | 1698 | +8.2 |
| 73 | Rathore, Akshobhya | 1665 | AUS | F | F | −22B | F | −56N | +32B | −38N | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.50 | 1470 | -44.8 |
| 74 | Zhang, Kaylin | 1470 | AUS | F | F | F | +59B | −50N | −64B | −63N | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.00 | 1363 | -6.8 |
| 75 | Shabani, Bahman | 1529 | AUS | F | F | +77B | −18B | −57N | −55B | F | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.00 | 1301 | -43.2 |
| 76 | Jansen, Tony | 1713 | AUS | F | F | −35B | −47N | F | F | +60B | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.00 | 1401 | -24.8 |
| 77 | Liu, Jason | 1465 | AUS | F | F | −75N | +79B | −64N | −78B | −70N | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.00 | 1348 | -12.8 |
| 78 | Ariyathilaka, Saheli | 1407 | AUS | F | F | −60B | F | F | +77N | −43B | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.00 | 1310 | 0.0 |
| 79 | Jiang, Rachel | 1537 | AUS | F | F | F | −77N | −43B | F | +82B | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 1305 | -35.6 |
| 80 | Calvez, Gael | 1473 | AUS | F | F | −19B | =43N | −59B | F | −57N | 0.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.25 | 1182 | -50.8 |
| 81 | Liyanage, Tinuka | 1442 | AUS | F | F | F | −42N | F | =71N | −62B | 0.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.75 | 1336 | -12.0 |
| 82 | Zuo, Sarah | 1471 | AUS | F | F | −9B | −25N | F | −63B | −79N | 0.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.00 | 673 | -73.6 |
| 83 | Guo, Audrey | 1445 | AUS | F | F | −39N | F | F | −58N | −42B | 0.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 856 | -32.4 |
| 84 | Zhang, Jayden | 1794 | AUS | F | F | −3N | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 1316 | -7.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Biju, AlbertoAUS+78.83.5 pts · #4
- 2Zhang, NathanAUS+67.63.0 pts · #12
- 3Ramprasad, NachiketAUS+57.63.0 pts · #25
Top rating losers
- 1Zuo, SarahAUS-73.60.0 pts · #82
- 2Fan, XinyaoAUS-66.41.5 pts · #69
- 3Fan, AidenAUS-59.21.5 pts · #66
Biggest upsets
- R7+279 Elo gap
- R4+234 Elo gap
- R4+232 Elo gap