2026 WA Reserves Championship Rounds 2-6
29 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 31 May 2026 to 28 Jun 2026 in Perth, Australia. 5 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1727, and top seed was Jet Mahanidis (🇦🇺 AUS, 1865).
Aidan Malik (🇮🇩 INA, 1762) won with 4.5/6, ahead of Quang Minh Le (4.0) and Jaswanth Ram Sethuraman (4.0). Malik broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Jaswanth Ram Sethuraman (1533) beat Jet Mahanidis (1865), a +332-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsAidan Malik led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.
Aidan Malik held the sole lead from R6 through R6 without losing it.
Aidan Malik 3 wins (R2–R4)Quang Minh Le 3 wins (R2–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Aidan Malik | * | — | ½ | — |
| 2Jaswanth Ram Sethuraman | — | * | 0 | — |
| 3Quang Minh Le | ½ | 1 | * | — |
| 4Pokk Huan Koh | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malik, Aidan | 1762 | INA | F | +18B | +11N | +22B | =2N | +7B | 4.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 11.00 | 2028 | +46.4 |
| 2 | Le, Quang Minh | 1762 | AUS | F | +24B | +23N | +3N | =1B | =13N | 4.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 9.50 | 1807 | +7.6 |
| 3 | Sethuraman, Jaswanth Ram | 1533 | AUS | F | +27B | +12N | −2B | +22N | +10B | 4.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 7.00 | 1931 | +59.6 |
| 4 | He, Kit | 1712 | AUS | F | −11B | +18N | =8B | +12N | +6B | 3.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 9.00 | 1861 | +23.6 |
| 5 | Koh, Pokk Huan | 0 | BRU | F | =13B | =8N | +?B | =6N | +11B | 3.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 6.75 | 1721 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Liyanage, Nithuli | 1622 | AUS | F | +28N | =17B | +9N | =5B | −4N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 5.75 | 1618 | -0.4 |
| 7 | Sheridan, Wallace | 1495 | AUS | F | −17N | +14B | +23N | +20B | −1N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 5.50 | 1484 | -1.6 |
| 8 | FIDE 573003107 | 0 | — | F | +19N | =5B | =4N | −9B | +?N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 5.50 | 1505 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Akers, Gerard Akers | 1683 | USA | F | F | +10N | −6B | +8N | +21N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 8.00 | 1607 | -8.0 |
| 10 | Newbold, Christian | 0 | AUS | F | +?N | −9B | +18N | +?B | −3N | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.00 | 1593 | -18.4 |
| 11 | Gwezere, Cecil | 1720 | ZIM | F | +4N | −1B | =20N | +21B | −5N | 2.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 6.50 | 1763 | +4.4 |
| 12 | Mahanidis, Jet | 1865 | AUS | F | =22N | −3B | +19N | −4B | +23N | 2.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 3.75 | 1406 | -67.2 |
| 13 | Roebuck, Derek | 1751 | AUS | F | =5N | =20B | +17N | F | =2B | 2.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 6.75 | 1734 | -0.6 |
| 14 | FIDE 573006300 | 0 | — | F | +?B | −7N | −15B | +29B | =19N | 2.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.00 | 695 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Nagaa, Vidhith | 0 | AUS | F | −?N | +?B | +14N | =17B | −20N | 2.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3.50 | 1468 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Luong, Daniel | 0 | AUS | F | F | +25B | −21N | =19B | +?N | 2.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.50 | 1611 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Perera, Kaviru | 1460 | AUS | F | +7B | =6N | −13B | =15N | −22B | 2.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 5.75 | 1578 | +19.6 |
| 18 | Tran, Henry | 0 | AUS | F | −1N | −4B | −10B | +?N | +24N | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 1.00 | 1542 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Radetic, Zoran | 0 | AUS | F | −8B | +24N | −12B | =16N | =14B | 2.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 3.50 | 1065 | -9.6 |
| 20 | Yin, Ares | 1604 | AUS | F | F | =13N | =11B | −7N | +15B | 2.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 5.00 | 1530 | -11.6 |
| 21 | Ashok, Akash | 1592 | AUS | F | +25N | F | +16B | −11N | −9B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 3.00 | 902 | -28.4 |
| 22 | Huang, Hui | 1791 | AUS | F | =12B | F | −1N | −3B | +17N | 1.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 3.25 | 1568 | -22.8 |
| 23 | FIDE 577038207 | 0 | — | F | F | −2B | −7B | +24N | −12B | 1.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 1.00 | 907 | 0.0 |
| 24 | FIDE 573006270 | 0 | — | F | −2N | −19B | +25N | −23B | −18B | 1.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.50 | 962 | 0.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 3299651 | 0 | — | F | −21B | −16N | −24B | F | =26N | 0.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.25 | 792 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 573006289 | 0 | — | F | F | −?N | −?N | F | =25B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 727 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 3274900 | 0 | — | F | −3N | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 733 | 0.0 |
| 28 | FIDE 3274918 | 0 | — | F | −6B | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 822 | 0.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 3296873 | 0 | — | F | F | −?N | −?B | −14N | −?B | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 778 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Sethuraman, Jaswanth RamAUS+59.64.0 pts · #5
- 2Malik, AidanINA+46.44.5 pts · #1
- 3He, KitAUS+23.63.5 pts · #7
- 1Mahanidis, JetAUS-67.22.5 pts · #19
- 2Ashok, AkashAUS-28.42.0 pts · #26
- 3Huang, HuiAUS-22.81.5 pts · #9
- R3+332 Elo gap
- R5+258 Elo gap
- R5+153 Elo gap