2026 Wendy Terry Memorial

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98 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 23 May 2026 to 24 May 2026 in Rothwell, Australia. 6 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1997, and top seed was David C Smerdon (🇦🇺 AUS, GM, 2476).

Jai Turner (🇦🇺 AUS, 1887) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Haoqian (William) Liu (5.0) and Jayden Ooi (5.0).

The biggest upset came in round 2: Haoqian (William) Liu (1847) beat Bruce Williams (2134), a +287-point gap.

Location

🇦🇺Rothwell, Australia

Dates

23 May 2026 → 24 May 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Avg top 10

1,997

Participants

Titled players · 6

FM×2

CM×4

Federations · 8 represented

🇦🇺Australia×74

🇳🇿New Zealand×2

🇮🇳India×1

🇮🇷Iran×1

🇬🇧England×1

🇫🇯Fiji×1

🇨🇿Czech Republic×1

🇨🇳China×1

Top 3

🥇
Jai Turner
🇦🇺AUS·1887
5.0pts·1972perf+11.0
🥈
Haoqian (William) Liu
🇦🇺AUS·1847
5.0pts·2107perf+64.8
🥉
FMJayden Ooi
🇦🇺AUS·2227
5.0pts·2195perf-3.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 3 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Turner5Ooi5Liu5Baneshi4.5Yang4.5Leong4.5

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 5.0/6. Turner takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (19.5).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Jayden Ooi 3 wins (R1–R3)Haoqian (William) Liu 3 wins (R4–R6)

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Turner, Jai	1887	AUS	+13B	+27N	=7B	=20N	+8B	+12N	5.0	19.5	22.5	18.75	1972	+11.0
2	Liu, Haoqian (William)	1847	AUS	+29N	+9N	−4B	+54B	+23N	+25N	5.0	18.5	21.0	16.50	2107	+64.8
3	Ooi, JaydenFM	2227	AUS	+53B	+28N	+11B	=7N	=?N	+26B	5.0	17.0	17.0	15.00	2195	-3.6
4	Yang, Bojun (Bryan)CM	2038	AUS	+23N	+17B	+2N	−?B	=6N	+33B	4.5	20.0	20.0	17.75	2172	+27.6
5	Baneshi, Kiamehr	1956	IRI	+12B	=8N	F	+13N	+20B	+7N	4.5	19.5	19.5	17.50	2073	+9.6
6	Leong, JoelCM	2105	AUS	F	+24N	+49B	+22N	=4B	+14N	4.5	18.5	18.5	16.25	2193	+17.2
7	McCarthy, Oliver	1762	AUS	+32N	+41B	=1N	=3B	+30N	−5B	4.0	20.5	23.5	14.00	1915	+22.4
8	Tan, Joseph	1734	AUS	+46N	=5B	+16N	=15B	−1N	+77B	4.0	20.5	22.5	13.25	1882	+19.6
9	Williams, Bruce	2134	AUS	+30N	−2B	+70N	=10B	+44N	=15B	4.0	19.0	21.0	12.00	1907	-26.0
10	Mantello, Sonny	1648	AUS	+36B	−14N	+21B	=9N	=22B	+40N	4.0	18.0	21.0	13.25	1916	+65.2
11	Beaumont, DavidCM	1836	AUS	+45B	+34N	−3N	+31B	+19N	−?B	4.0	18.0	18.0	13.00	1974	+16.0
12	Bounsall, Joel	1654	AUS	−5N	+42B	+41N	+65B	+82N	−1B	4.0	17.5	19.5	10.00	1844	+57.2
13	Yousafi, Simon	1649	AUS	−1N	+54B	+55N	−5B	+63N	+39B	4.0	17.5	19.5	10.00	1760	+20.8
14	Holliday, Bruce M	1817	AUS	+70N	+10B	−?N	+29B	+17N	−6B	4.0	17.5	17.5	13.00	1983	+19.8
15	Doran, Kaiden	1910	AUS	−27B	+31N	+71B	=8N	+35B	=9N	4.0	17.0	19.0	12.00	1821	-17.6
16	Field, Alex	1736	AUS	+97B	+53N	−8B	=25N	=18B	+28N	4.0	17.0	17.0	9.25	1793	+15.6
17	Nguyen, Quan	1727	AUS	+35B	−4N	+69B	+73N	−14B	+34N	4.0	16.5	18.5	10.00	1778	+8.0
18	Van Der Meer, Andrew	1658	AUS	=38N	−37B	+63N	+55B	=16N	+31B	4.0	15.5	17.5	11.00	1685	+4.0
19	Jain, Kamal	1739	AUS	−24B	+64N	+67B	+47N	−11B	+76N	4.0	14.5	16.5	9.00	1684	-4.8
20	Wu, Elvis	1737	AUS	F	+62B	+33N	=1B	−5N	+27B	3.5	18.0	18.0	11.00	1855	+32.4
21	Williams, Sebastian	1561	AUS	+87N	=32B	−10N	=24B	+29N	=23B	3.5	17.0	18.0	9.00	1589	+8.0
22	Fu, Neil	1869	AUS	F	+60B	+37N	−6B	=10N	+32B	3.5	17.0	17.0	10.50	1862	+2.4
23	Bansal, Azaan	1715	AUS	−4B	+96N	+72B	+66N	−2B	=21N	3.5	17.0	17.0	5.75	1647	-17.6
24	Hamilton, Aaron	1472	AUS	+19N	−6B	F	=21N	+88B	+30B	3.5	16.0	16.0	9.75	1794	+62.4
25	Kirby, Oscar	1884	AUS	+71N	−?B	+27N	=16B	+80N	−2B	3.5	16.0	16.0	9.00	1785	-17.6
26	Woodrow, Daniel	1828	AUS	F	+77N	=44B	+64N	+40B	−3N	3.5	15.0	15.0	8.50	1809	-1.4
27	Oakley, Brett	1657	AUS	+15N	−1B	−25B	+75N	+47B	−20N	3.0	19.0	21.0	9.00	1662	0.0
28	Wang, Yuwei	1717	AUS	+51N	−3B	−29N	+38B	+42N	−16B	3.0	18.0	21.0	9.00	1651	-22.4
29	Bender, Peter G	1566	AUS	−2B	+68N	+28B	−14N	−21B	+83N	3.0	17.5	19.0	6.50	1611	+4.2
30	Ghodosi, Hossein	1623	AUS	−9B	+47N	+57B	+88N	−7B	−24N	3.0	17.0	18.0	6.50	952	-21.8
31	Wang, Ruoshui	1588	AUS	+89B	−15B	+43N	−11N	+66B	−18N	3.0	17.0	18.0	6.00	1001	-28.8
32	Yang, Louis	1545	AUS	−7B	=21N	+59B	+83N	=36B	−22N	3.0	16.5	18.0	7.25	1670	+33.2
33	Yang, Allen	1544	AUS	+56N	+39B	−20B	F	+48N	−4N	3.0	16.5	16.5	8.50	1733	+35.6
34	Vijay, Ayaansh	1551	AUS	+39N	−11B	−81N	+43B	+65N	−17B	3.0	16.0	18.0	8.00	1602	+10.8
35	Fichna, Vilem	1545	AUS	−17N	+43B	=74N	+37B	−15N	=79B	3.0	16.0	18.0	8.00	1582	+1.6
36	Jain, Shaurya	1925	AUS	−10N	+46B	+45N	=44B	=32N	F	3.0	16.0	16.0	9.00	1598	-59.6
37	Liu, Clarissa	1600	AUS	F	+18N	−22B	−35N	+58B	+53N	3.0	15.5	15.5	9.00	1671	+14.0
38	Zi, Noah	1508	AUS	=18B	−49N	+75B	−28N	+85B	=41N	3.0	15.0	16.5	7.00	1454	-10.4
39	Babu, Rohan	1563	ENG	−34B	−33N	+68B	+95N	+50B	−13N	3.0	15.0	16.0	6.00	1526	-10.8
40	FIDE 573006530	0	—	F	+56B	+42N	+74B	−26N	−10B	3.0	15.0	15.0	7.50	1651	0.0
41	Yang, Brian	1567	AUS	+81N	−7N	−12B	=84B	+89N	=38B	3.0	14.5	15.5	5.25	1572	-0.8
42	Post, Martin	1686	NZL	+66B	−12N	−40B	+68N	−28B	+91N	3.0	14.0	15.0	5.00	886	-20.0
43	Lai, William	0	AUS	+58B	−35N	−31B	−34N	+68B	+64N	3.0	13.5	15.5	6.50	1336	0.0
44	Liu, Mike	1634	AUS	F	+94B	=26N	=36N	−9B	+67N	3.0	13.5	13.5	6.25	1914	+67.6
45	Williams, Elizabeth	1566	AUS	−11N	+63B	−36B	=59N	=83B	+88N	3.0	13.0	14.0	5.00	1588	+0.4
46	Joyce, Rob	0	AUS	−8B	−36N	+92N	=56B	+84N	=80B	3.0	13.0	14.0	4.75	1030	0.0
47	Wang, Aodi	0	AUS	+?N	−30B	+87N	−19B	−27N	+65B	3.0	13.0	13.0	3.00	1445	0.0
48	Pyne, Rohan	1689	AUS	F	+61N	−52B	+67N	−33B	+69N	3.0	12.5	12.5	6.50	1665	-2.6
49	Hamilton, Don	1647	AUS	F	+38B	−6N	F	+64B	+73N	3.0	11.5	11.5	7.00	1803	+14.0
50	Wan, Joshua	1624	AUS	+78N	−81B	−65N	+87B	−39N	+63B	3.0	11.0	12.0	5.00	1417	-43.2
51	Hyde, Leo	0	AUS	−28B	−52N	−83B	+93N	+90B	+66N	3.0	10.5	11.5	4.00	919	0.0
52	Liaw, RyanCM	0	AUS	+91N	+51B	+48N	F	F	F	3.0	7.0	7.0	7.00	2489	+3.2
53	Joseph, Ethan	1613	AUS	−3N	−16B	+86N	+96B	=54N	−37B	2.5	16.0	16.0	2.75	1517	-24.0
54	Han, Mingchen	0	CHN	+90B	−13N	+85B	−2N	=53B	−60N	2.5	15.5	16.5	3.75	1372	0.0
55	FIDE 573006521	0	—	=57B	+83N	−13B	−18N	−67B	+89N	2.5	14.0	15.0	3.75	1382	0.0
56	Lo, Ryan	0	AUS	−33B	−40N	+93B	=46N	−57B	+85N	2.5	13.0	14.0	4.00	744	0.0
57	FIDE 3299252	0	—	=55N	+86B	−30N	−82B	+56N	−61B	2.5	12.5	14.0	5.25	776	0.0
58	FIDE 573005908	0	—	−43N	−79B	+?N	=61B	−37N	+84B	2.5	12.0	12.0	2.75	1317	0.0
59	Nirvaan Jain	1433	IND	+98N	−70B	−32N	=45B	+74N	F	2.5	10.0	10.0	3.50	1468	+5.6
60	Sarney, Jim	1667	AUS	F	−22N	+96B	=72N	−73B	+54B	2.5	10.0	10.0	3.50	1479	-14.8
61	Stanton, Shane	1420	AUS	F	−48B	F	=58N	+92B	+57N	2.5	9.0	9.0	4.75	889	-3.4
62	Karthikeyan, Shivam	1484	AUS	F	−20N	−88B	=85N	+97B	+75N	2.5	8.0	8.0	2.75	937	-7.6
63	Smerdon, Leonard	1634	AUS	+93B	−45N	−18B	+71N	−13B	−50N	2.0	16.0	17.0	3.00	1363	-68.4
64	Chu, Olivia	1430	AUS	+79N	−19B	+84N	−26B	−49N	−43B	2.0	15.5	17.0	3.50	938	-17.6
65	Aumuller, Ryan	1532	AUS	+85B	−67N	+50B	−12N	−34B	−47N	2.0	15.0	16.5	4.50	1394	-27.6
66	FIDE 573006343	0	—	−42N	+91B	+76N	−23B	−31N	−51B	2.0	14.5	15.5	3.00	1505	0.0
67	Song, George	1520	AUS	F	+65B	−19N	−48B	+55N	−44B	2.0	14.5	14.5	4.50	1456	-12.8
68	FIDE 573006564	0	—	+84N	−29B	−39N	−42B	−43N	+?B	2.0	13.5	13.5	1.50	805	0.0
69	Robertson, Samuel	1510	AUS	F	=74B	−17N	+78B	=79N	−48B	2.0	13.0	13.0	4.00	1346	-23.6
70	Lee, Vaughn	1670	AUS	−14B	+59N	−9B	F	F	+72N	2.0	12.5	12.5	4.50	1648	-7.2
71	Raichura, Dev	1520	AUS	−25B	F	−15N	−63B	+78N	+95B	2.0	12.5	12.5	3.00	1570	+4.4
72	Patel, Yug	0	AUS	=80N	+92B	−23N	=60B	−77N	−70B	2.0	12.0	13.0	3.25	1332	0.0
73	Wu, Eleanor	1454	AUS	F	F	+78N	−17B	+60N	−49B	2.0	11.5	11.5	4.50	1555	+14.0
74	Mao, Xiangyi	1440	AUS	F	=69N	=35B	−40N	−59B	+92N	2.0	11.5	11.5	3.50	1371	-10.8
75	FIDE 3243010	0	—	−76N	+98B	−38N	−27B	+87N	−62B	2.0	11.5	11.5	1.00	813	0.0
76	Spacek, Libor	1801	CZE	+75B	−82N	−66B	+91N	F	−19B	2.0	11.0	12.0	3.00	912	-50.0
77	Stanton, John	1563	AUS	F	−26B	F	+90N	+72B	−8N	2.0	10.5	10.5	3.00	981	-18.0
78	Huang, Elianna	0	AUS	−50B	+93N	−73B	−69N	−71B	+90N	2.0	10.0	11.0	2.00	727	0.0
79	FIDE 573006327	0	—	−64B	+58N	F	F	=69B	=35N	2.0	9.5	9.5	5.00	1370	0.0
80	FIDE 7146345	0	—	=72B	+89N	F	F	−25B	=46N	2.0	9.5	9.5	3.50	1084	0.0
81	Windsor, Maximilian	1711	AUS	−41B	+50N	+34B	F	F	F	2.0	9.0	9.0	6.00	1706	-0.4
82	Stokes, Mark C	1685	AUS	−?N	+76B	F	+57N	−12B	F	2.0	8.5	8.5	4.50	1728	+2.4
83	Ong, Yun Li (Charlotte)	1471	AUS	F	−55B	+51N	−32B	=45N	−29B	1.5	14.5	14.5	4.50	1286	-25.6
84	Connell, Chris	0	AUS	−68B	+90N	−64B	=41N	−46B	−58N	1.5	12.5	13.5	2.50	1306	0.0
85	Zhang, Ethan	0	AUS	−65N	+?B	−54N	=62B	−38N	−56B	1.5	12.5	12.5	1.25	1235	0.0
86	Chen, Sijia	0	AUS	F	−57N	−53B	−89B	=?N	+87B	1.5	7.0	7.0	1.00	813	0.0
87	FIDE 573006548	0	—	−21B	+97N	−47B	−50N	−75B	−86N	1.0	13.0	13.0	0.00	793	0.0
88	Ashik, Alyna	0	AUS	F	F	+62N	−30B	−24N	−45B	1.0	12.0	12.0	2.50	1343	0.0
89	FIDE 573006335	0	—	−31N	−80B	F	+86N	−41B	−55B	1.0	12.0	12.0	1.50	778	0.0
90	FIDE 573004740	0	—	−54N	−84B	+98N	−77B	−51N	−78B	1.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	763	0.0
91	FIDE 573006556	0	—	−52B	−66N	F	−76B	+96N	−42B	1.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	1544	0.0
92	FIDE 3299546	0	—	F	−72N	−46B	+?B	−61N	−74B	1.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	630	0.0
93	Sathe, Ameya	0	AUS	−63N	−78B	−56N	−51B	F	+97N	1.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	834	0.0
94	Norris, Damian CFM	1902	FIJ	F	−44N	+95B	F	F	F	1.0	6.0	6.0	1.00	1629	-13.2
95	Li, Susan	1624	NZL	F	F	−94N	−39B	+98B	−71N	1.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	862	-55.6
96	Fu, Francis	1490	AUS	F	−23B	−60N	−53N	−91B	F	0.0	12.5	12.5	0.00	865	-32.8
97	FIDE 573006319	0	—	−16N	−87B	F	F	−62N	−93B	0.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	810	0.0
98	FIDE 573005894	0	—	−59B	−75N	−90B	F	−95N	F	0.0	6.5	6.5	0.00	729	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Liu, MikeAUS
+67.6
3.0 pts · #23
2Mantello, SonnyAUS
+65.2
4.0 pts · #17
3Liu, Haoqian (William)AUS
+64.8
5.0 pts · #12

Top rating losers

1Smerdon, LeonardAUS
-68.4
2.0 pts · #53
2Jain, ShauryaAUS
-59.6
3.0 pts · #35
3Li, SusanNZL
-55.6
1.0 pts · #83

Biggest upsets

R2+287 Elo gap
Liu, Haoqian (William)1847 beat Williams, Bruce2134
R1+277 Elo gap
Mantello, Sonny1648 beat Jain, Shaurya1925
R2+268 Elo gap
Liu, Mike1634 beat FMNorris, Damian C1902