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2026 WA Closed Championship Round 2-6

Round-RobinStandard

8 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 31 May 2026 to 28 Jun 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).

Victor Spirin (🇷🇺 RUS, 2050) won with 4.5/6, ahead of Kwok Leong Pang (4.0) and Tim Hare (4.0). Spirin won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Tim Hare (2054) beat Kwok Leong Pang (2235), a +181-point gap.

Location
🇦🇺Perth, Australia
Dates
31 May 2026 → 28 Jun 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇸🇬Kwok Leong Pang2235
Avg top 10
1,934
Participants
8
Titled players · 1
WFM×1
Federations · 4 represented
🇦🇺Australia×5
🇸🇬Singapore×1
🇷🇺Russia×1
🇳🇿New Zealand×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 8 · 6 rounds

Victor Spirin led from R5 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
8
4
3
2
1
1
#1#2#4#8R1R2R3R4R5R6
Spirin#1Pang#2Hare#3Hardegen#4King#5Huang#6Chen#7Wolstencroft#8
R5–R6 · LEAD HELD

Victor Spirin held the sole lead from R5 through R6 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Victor Spirin 4 wins (R2–R5)Kwok Leong Pang 4 wins (R3–R6)Tim Hare 4 wins (R2–R6)

Cross-table

#PlayerElo12345678PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇷🇺Spirin, Victor2050*——111½14.56.006.5+12.22193
2🇸🇬Pang, Kwok Leong2235—*0111—14.05.509.5-7.02140
3🇳🇿Hare, Tim2054—1*—111—4.07.508.0+28.02732
4🇦🇺WFMHardegen, Kathryn190800—*—1½12.52.0011.0+1.41928
5🇦🇺King, David1870000—*—1½1.51.2514.0-7.61828
6🇦🇺Huang, Yuqi (ricky)18110000—*1—1.01.0016.0-14.01767
7🇦🇺Chen, Angus1811½—0½00*—1.03.5013.5-27.61699
8🇦🇺Wolstencroft, Alan173500—0½——*0.50.7516.5-6.21669

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets