2026 South Australian Championship Round 9
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8 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held on 31 Mar 2026 in Adelaide, Australia. 2 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1916, and top seed was William Jordan (🇦🇺 AUS, FM, 2035).
William Wedding (🇦🇺 AUS, 1894) won with 1.0/9, ahead of Andrew Phillips (1.0) and Ayman Almutawa (1.0). Wedding won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
Location
🇦🇺Adelaide, Australia
Dates
31 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 75 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 9 rounds
Titled players · 2
FM×1
CM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇦🇺Australia×6
🇬🇧England×1
🇵🇹Portugal×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 8 · 9 roundsTitle race narrowed from 10 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.
Co-leaders
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
3
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇦🇺Wedding, William | 1894 | * | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | +10.2 | 2685 |
| 2 | 🇦🇺Phillips, Andrew | 1862 | — | * | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | +24.8 | 2741 |
| 3 | 🇦🇺Almutawa, Ayman | 1894 | — | — | * | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | +10.2 | 2723 |
| 4 | 🇵🇹Abdurramane, Danial Germano | 1880 | — | — | — | * | ½ | — | — | — | 0.5 | 0.25 | 0.5 | +5.4 | 2054 |
| 5 | 🇦🇺FMJordan, William | 2035 | — | — | — | ½ | * | — | — | — | 0.5 | 0.25 | 0.5 | -5.4 | 1844 |
| 6 | 🇦🇺Retnaraja, Ethan | 1919 | — | 0 | — | — | — | * | — | — | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1.0 | -12.4 | 1051 |
| 7 | 🇦🇺CMJindal, Tarush | 1918 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | * | — | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1.0 | -20.4 | 1078 |
| 8 | 🇬🇧Foster, James C | 1923 | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | * | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1.0 | -10.2 | 1118 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Phillips, AndrewAUS+24.81.0 pts · #2
- 2Wedding, WilliamAUS+10.21.0 pts · #1
- 3Almutawa, AymanAUS+10.21.0 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1Jindal, TarushCMAUS-20.40.0 pts · #7
- 2Retnaraja, EthanAUS-12.40.0 pts · #6
- 3Foster, James CENG-10.20.0 pts · #8