2026 Gold Coast Autumn Classical Rounds 2-6
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26 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 01 May 2026 to 29 May 2026 in Gold Coast, Australia. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1593, and top seed was Adam Vagg (🇦🇺 AUS, 1726).
Oleg Kitikov (🇰🇬 KGZ, 0) won with 4.0/6, ahead of Kelvin Finke (4.0) and Oscar Credland-Ballantyne (3.5). Kitikov shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.
Location
🇦🇺Gold Coast, Australia
Dates
01 May 2026 → 29 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇦🇺Australia×17
🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsTight race until R6; 2 players tied at 4.0/6, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 4.0/6. Kitikov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.5).
R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
CM Kelvin Finke beat Oleg Kitikov (White).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
CM Kelvin Finke 4 wins (R3–R6)Oleg Kitikov 4 wins (R2–R5)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1CMKelvin Finke | * | 1 | 1 | — |
| 2Oleg Kitikov | 0 | * | — | — |
| 3Oscar Credland-Ballantyne | 0 | — | * | ½ |
| 4Adam Vagg | — | — | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kitikov, Oleg | 0 | KGZ | F | +25N | +7B | +6B | +5N | −2N | 4.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 9.50 | 1903 | +14.0 |
| 2 | Finke, KelvinCM | 0 | AUS | F | F | +21N | +12B | +3N | +1B | 4.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.00 | 2473 | +5.4 |
| 3 | Credland-Ballantyne, Oscar | 1600 | AUS | F | =4N | +10B | +14N | −2B | +9N | 3.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 8.75 | 1899 | +75.6 |
| 4 | Vagg, Adam | 1726 | AUS | F | =3B | =17B | =20N | +21N | +22B | 3.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 5.50 | 1785 | +5.6 |
| 5 | Van Der Byl, Orsen | 1597 | AUS | F | −21B | +18B | +17N | −1B | +7N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 7.00 | 1636 | +4.2 |
| 6 | Lee, Zac | 0 | AUS | F | +23N | +?B | −1N | −8B | +15N | 3.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 3.00 | 906 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Brown, Craig | 0 | AUS | F | +26B | −1N | +23B | +18N | −5B | 3.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 3.00 | 852 | -42.8 |
| 8 | FIDE 3297748 | 0 | — | F | +19B | −16N | +?B | +6N | −12B | 3.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 5.00 | 613 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Breeden, Marek | 1685 | AUS | F | +15B | −14N | +16B | =10N | −3B | 2.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 5.25 | 1501 | -19.8 |
| 10 | Wang, Ruoshui | 1560 | AUS | F | F | −3N | +11N | =9B | +14B | 2.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 5.75 | 1761 | +37.2 |
| 11 | Awad, Jonah | 1628 | AUS | F | −20B | +15N | −10B | =13N | +18B | 2.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 5.25 | 1390 | -25.2 |
| 12 | Lo, Ryan | 0 | AUS | F | F | +22B | −2N | =17B | +8N | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 5.00 | 1737 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Lucas, Peter | 1577 | AUS | F | −14B | +19N | F | =11B | +24N | 2.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 4.25 | 1497 | -4.0 |
| 14 | Goodman, Michael | 0 | AUS | F | +13N | +9B | −3B | F | −10N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 5.00 | 1613 | -29.6 |
| 15 | FIDE 3297756 | 0 | — | F | −9N | −11B | +25N | +16N | −6B | 2.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.50 | 1450 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Sun, Jackson | 1416 | AUS | F | F | +8B | −9N | −15B | +19N | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 5.00 | 885 | -6.8 |
| 17 | Yang, Louis | 1545 | AUS | F | F | =4N | −5B | =12N | +25B | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 3.50 | 1469 | -7.6 |
| 18 | FIDE 573006858 | 0 | — | F | +?B | −5N | +?N | −7B | −11N | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 835 | 0.0 |
| 19 | FIDE 573006840 | 0 | — | F | −8N | −13B | +?B | +?N | −16B | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 695 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Cerfonteyn, Lyndon | 0 | AUS | F | +11N | F | =4B | −22N | F | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 4.25 | 1655 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Lawson, Morgan | 0 | AUS | F | +5N | −2B | F | −4B | F | 1.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 3.00 | 1654 | +1.0 |
| 22 | Sun, Dejun | 1596 | AUS | F | F | −12N | F | +20B | −4N | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.50 | 926 | -13.6 |
| 23 | FIDE 3288790 | 0 | — | F | −6B | +24N | −7N | −?B | −?B | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.00 | 880 | 0.0 |
| 24 | FIDE 573001937 | 0 | — | F | −?N | −23B | F | +25N | −13B | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.50 | 777 | 0.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 3288749 | 0 | — | F | −1B | =?N | −15B | −24B | −17N | 0.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 826 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 573005290 | 0 | — | F | −7N | −?B | F | −?N | −?B | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 880 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Credland-Ballantyne, OscarAUS+75.63.5 pts · #1
- 2Wang, RuoshuiAUS+37.22.5 pts · #4
- 3Kitikov, OlegKGZ+14.04.0 pts · #7
Top rating losers
- 1Brown, CraigAUS-42.83.0 pts · #22
- 2Goodman, MichaelAUS-29.62.0 pts · #5
- 3Awad, JonahAUS-25.22.5 pts · #13