2026 Box Hill Club Championship Division 2 Rounds 8-9 plus postponed
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76 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 12 Jun 2026 to 19 Jun 2026 in Melbourne, Australia. 3 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1931, and top seed was Jesse Zafirakos (🇦🇺 AUS, CM, 2126).
Ronald Liu (🇦🇺 AUS, 1790) won with 2.0/9, ahead of Jesse Zafirakos (2.0) and Xinyao Fan (2.0). Liu took the lead from round 7, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 8: Nachiket Ramprasad (1523) beat Malhaar Bipin Mehta (1863), a +340-point gap.
Location
🇦🇺Melbourne, Australia
Dates
12 Jun 2026 → 19 Jun 2026
Time control
Standard: 75 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Titled players · 3
CM×3
Federations · 3 represented
🇦🇺Australia×74
🇨🇳China×1
🇳🇿New Zealand×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R9; 10 players tied at 2.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 85 co-leaders at R4 to 10 at the finish.
Co-leaders
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R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
10 players finish on 2.0/9. Liu takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (3.0).
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liu, Ronald | 1790 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | +61B | +22N | −2B | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 2136 | +54.4 |
| 2 | Zafirakos, JesseCM | 2126 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +62N | +1N | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2706 | +10.0 |
| 3 | Fan, Xinyao | 1711 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +53B | +35N | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 2326 | +35.6 |
| 4 | Veldon, Rino | 1584 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +65N | +21B | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2315 | +16.2 |
| 5 | Shabani, Bahman | 1529 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +72N | +34B | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2227 | +35.6 |
| 6 | Chi, Jaden | 1522 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +64B | +52N | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 2403 | +45.2 |
| 7 | Zuo, Sarah | 1471 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +58B | +?N | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 1422 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Fan, Aiden | 1698 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +71N | +61N | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2511 | +40.4 |
| 9 | Zhang, Kaylin | 1470 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +67B | +63N | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1524 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Tanin, Erkut | 1564 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +68B | +66N | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2306 | +36.4 |
| 11 | Wan, Oscar | 1567 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +33B | =30N | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.50 | 1945 | +35.2 |
| 12 | Buhagiar, Aden | 1818 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =32N | +23B | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.50 | 1803 | +2.6 |
| 13 | Chan, Benny | 1795 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =50N | +24B | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.25 | 1852 | +6.8 |
| 14 | Jansen, Tony | 1713 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =51N | +37B | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.25 | 1717 | +1.0 |
| 15 | Harris, Anthony | 1876 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =20N | +50B | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.00 | 1920 | +2.4 |
| 16 | Zhang, Ethan | 1545 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +49B | =20B | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.00 | 1898 | +30.4 |
| 17 | Ding, Rey | 1919 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =54N | +74B | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1990 | +3.8 |
| 18 | Jalan, Sarvang | 1474 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +69N | =49B | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1791 | +22.0 |
| 19 | Raine, Marcus | 1849 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =55N | +62B | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2144 | +14.4 |
| 20 | Jathar, Ved | 1751 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =15B | =16N | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.50 | 1740 | -0.6 |
| 21 | Wang, Yufan(GD) | 1549 | CHN | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +40B | −4N | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1603 | +4.4 |
| 22 | Lingineni, KhushalCM | 2021 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −1B | +27N | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1752 | -29.6 |
| 23 | Bai, Dylan | 1609 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +44N | −12N | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.00 | 1647 | +3.6 |
| 24 | Thulasidas, Manish | 1553 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +25B | −13N | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.00 | 1723 | +11.6 |
| 25 | Deng, Vanessa | 1746 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −24N | +26B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1591 | -8.0 |
| 26 | Kolak, Tanya | 1569 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +42B | −25N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1639 | +3.8 |
| 27 | Ramprasad, Nachiket | 1523 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +28N | −22B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1993 | +24.4 |
| 28 | Mehta, Malhaar Bipin | 1863 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −27B | +31B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1785 | -14.0 |
| 29 | Liyanage, Tinuka | 1442 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +41N | −38B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1499 | +8.8 |
| 30 | Khurram, Mikyle | 1802 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =57N | =11B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1698 | -6.6 |
| 31 | Dissanayake, Vidushi | 1834 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +36B | −28N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1829 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Dissanayake, Naveen | 1615 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =12B | =56N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1783 | +18.8 |
| 33 | Rehill, Paul | 1696 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −11N | +51B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.50 | 1572 | -5.8 |
| 34 | Guo, Audrey | 1445 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +76B | −5N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1465 | +4.0 |
| 35 | Akok, Benjamin | 1550 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +75N | −3B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1586 | +3.4 |
| 36 | Wu, Alice | 1743 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −31N | +57B | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.50 | 1809 | +7.6 |
| 37 | Xu, Yixuan (leo) | 1497 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +70B | −14N | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 1597 | +9.2 |
| 38 | Kurmanov, Yestay | 1557 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +29N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2217 | +13.2 |
| 39 | Rathore, Akshobhya | 1665 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +43B | F | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2367 | +16.0 |
| 40 | Mondal, Jahnavi | 1624 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −21N | +65B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1515 | -11.6 |
| 41 | Carter, John | 1505 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −29B | +67N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1452 | 0.0 |
| 42 | Wang, Adelyn | 1508 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −26N | +68B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1508 | -11.2 |
| 43 | Gajula, Hemanth | 1551 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −39N | +69B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1589 | +1.2 |
| 44 | Liu, Preston | 1495 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −23B | +64N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1601 | +5.6 |
| 45 | Cantos, Andrew | 1739 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +56B | F | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 2620 | +12.0 |
| 46 | Xiang, Junhao | 1589 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +63B | F | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2280 | +12.8 |
| 47 | Tran, Kenny | 1773 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +73B | F | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2412 | +14.8 |
| 48 | Huang, Victoria | 1552 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +70N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2301 | +18.0 |
| 49 | Thomson, Kynan | 1732 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −16N | =18N | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.75 | 1399 | -13.6 |
| 50 | Shirawala, Sahar | 1717 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =13B | −15N | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.75 | 1633 | -6.8 |
| 51 | Sucevic, Milic | 1532 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =14B | −33N | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.75 | 1494 | -2.0 |
| 52 | Zheng, Bonney | 1584 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =59N | −6B | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.25 | 1321 | -31.2 |
| 53 | Katakam, Aadhya Sai | 1528 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −3N | =60B | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.25 | 1362 | -17.2 |
| 54 | Wang, Cunmeng | 1967 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =17B | F | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.75 | 1929 | -1.2 |
| 55 | Thadani, Aman Deepak | 1841 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =19B | F | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.75 | 1868 | +0.4 |
| 56 | Deng, Jimmy | 1819 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −45N | =32B | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.50 | 1482 | -17.6 |
| 57 | Tai, Ethan | 1611 | NZL | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =30B | −36N | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.50 | 1589 | -20.8 |
| 58 | Ariyathilaka, Saheli | 1407 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −7N | =?N | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1410 | 0.0 |
| 59 | Zhang, Nathan | 1445 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =52B | F | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1619 | +7.6 |
| 60 | Clark, Peter | 1579 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =53N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1529 | -0.4 |
| 61 | Chai, Kang | 1827 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | −1N | F | −8B | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 936 | -25.6 |
| 62 | Salasan, HaranCM | 2013 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −2B | −19N | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 1196 | -22.8 |
| 63 | Lin, Le-Syuan | 1440 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −46N | −9B | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 812 | -12.8 |
| 64 | Cook, Geoff L | 1595 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −6N | −44B | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 751 | -21.8 |
| 65 | Shah, Swaraa | 1458 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −4B | −40N | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 803 | -25.2 |
| 66 | Mrinalini S | 1480 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −10B | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 740 | -21.2 |
| 67 | Jiang, Rachel | 1537 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −9N | −41B | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 653 | -22.0 |
| 68 | Qi, Roy | 1428 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −10N | −42N | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 776 | -26.4 |
| 69 | Biju, Alberto | 1584 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −18B | −43N | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 772 | -36.0 |
| 70 | De Silva, Amaya | 1469 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −37N | −48B | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 724 | -37.6 |
| 71 | Sun, Martin | 1577 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −8B | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 908 | -13.2 |
| 72 | Yuan, Erin | 1470 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −5B | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 666 | -17.6 |
| 73 | Jago, Stephen | 1599 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −47N | F | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 910 | -7.4 |
| 74 | Gupta, Aadyah | 1599 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −17N | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 1129 | -6.4 |
| 75 | Marathe, Satish | 1621 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −35B | F | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 723 | -12.2 |
| 76 | Wei, Lucas | 1514 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −34N | F | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 630 | -22.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Liu, RonaldAUS+54.42.0 pts · #8
- 2Chi, JadenAUS+45.22.0 pts · #2
- 3Fan, AidenAUS+40.42.0 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1De Silva, AmayaAUS-37.60.0 pts · #70
- 2Biju, AlbertoAUS-36.00.0 pts · #72
- 3Zheng, BonneyAUS-31.20.5 pts · #51
Biggest upsets
- R8+340 Elo gap
- R8+231 Elo gap
- R8+193 Elo gap