2026 Gold Coast Autumn Classical Round 7
Open SwissStandard
17 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held on 05 Jun 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).
Louis Yang (🇦🇺 AUS, 1545) won with 1.0/7, ahead of Marek Breeden (1.0) and Peter Lucas (1.0).
Location
🇦🇺Gold Coast, Australia
Dates
05 Jun 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇦🇺Australia×15
🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R7; 7 players tied at 1.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 29 co-leaders at R4 to 12 at the finish.
Co-leaders
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29
12
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
7 players finish on 1.0/7. Yang takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (0.0).
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yang, Louis | 1545 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | +10N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2520 | +28.0 |
| 2 | Breeden, Marek | 1685 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | +13N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2271 | +5.0 |
| 3 | Lucas, Peter | 1577 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | +12B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2437 | +11.8 |
| 4 | Awad, Jonah | 1628 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | +14N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2406 | +19.6 |
| 5 | Finke, KelvinCM | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | +11N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2532 | +2.2 |
| 6 | Credland-Ballantyne, Oscar | 1600 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | +15B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2401 | +16.0 |
| 7 | Lawson, Morgan | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | +16N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2243 | +5.4 |
| 8 | Lo, Ryan | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | =9B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1585 | -2.0 |
| 9 | Wang, Ruoshui | 1560 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | =8N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1618 | +2.0 |
| 10 | Kitikov, Oleg | 0 | KGZ | F | F | F | F | F | F | −1B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 771 | -14.0 |
| 11 | Vagg, Adam | 1726 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | −5B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1279 | -2.2 |
| 12 | Brown, Craig | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | −3N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 773 | -23.6 |
| 13 | Lee, Zac | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | −2B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 865 | -10.0 |
| 14 | Sun, Dejun | 1596 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | −4B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 813 | -19.6 |
| 15 | Van Der Byl, Orsen | 1597 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | −6N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 876 | -8.0 |
| 16 | Sun, Jackson | 1416 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | −7B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 815 | -10.8 |
| 17 | FIDE 3297748 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 843 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Yang, LouisAUS+28.01.0 pts · #1
- 2Awad, JonahAUS+19.61.0 pts · #4
- 3Credland-Ballantyne, OscarAUS+16.01.0 pts · #6
Top rating losers
- 1Brown, CraigAUS-23.60.0 pts · #13
- 2Sun, DejunAUS-19.60.0 pts · #15
- 3Kitikov, OlegKGZ-14.00.0 pts · #10