2026 WA Closed Championship Round 1
Round-RobinStandard
8 players participated in this 1-round tournament, held on 24 May 2026 in Perth, Australia. 1 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1934, and top seed was Kwok Leong Pang (🇸🇬 SGP, 2235).
David King (🇦🇺 AUS, 1870) won with 1.0/1, ahead of Yuqi (ricky) Huang (1.0) and Angus Chen (1.0). King won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Angus Chen (1811) beat Kwok Leong Pang (2235), a +424-point gap.
Location
🇦🇺Perth, Australia
Dates
24 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 1 rounds
Titled players · 1
WFM×1
Federations · 4 represented
🇦🇺Australia×5
🇸🇬Singapore×1
🇷🇺Russia×1
🇳🇿New Zealand×1
Top 3
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Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇦🇺King, David | 1870 | * | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | +11.0 | 2708 |
| 2 | 🇦🇺Huang, Yuqi (ricky) | 1811 | — | * | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | +16.0 | 2535 |
| 3 | 🇦🇺Chen, Angus | 1811 | — | — | * | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | +36.8 | 3011 |
| 4 | 🇷🇺Spirin, Victor | 2050 | — | — | — | * | ½ | — | — | — | 0.5 | 0.25 | 0.5 | +0.2 | 2054 |
| 5 | 🇳🇿Hare, Tim | 2054 | — | — | — | ½ | * | — | — | — | 0.5 | 0.25 | 0.5 | -0.2 | 2050 |
| 6 | 🇦🇺Wolstencroft, Alan | 1735 | — | 0 | — | — | — | * | — | — | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1.0 | -8.0 | 1011 |
| 7 | 🇦🇺WFMHardegen, Kathryn | 1908 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | * | — | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1.0 | -11.0 | 1070 |
| 8 | 🇸🇬Pang, Kwok Leong | 2235 | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | * | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1.0 | -18.4 | 1035 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Chen, AngusAUS+36.81.0 pts · #3
- 2Huang, Yuqi (ricky)AUS+16.01.0 pts · #2
- 3King, DavidAUS+11.01.0 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Pang, Kwok LeongSGP-18.40.0 pts · #8
- 2Hardegen, KathrynWFMAUS-11.00.0 pts · #7
- 3Wolstencroft, AlanAUS-8.00.0 pts · #6
Biggest upsets
- R1+424 Elo gap