2026 UNSW vs JZMC Match
Team SwissStandard
23 players participated in this 2-round tournament, held on 31 May 2026 in Sydney, Australia. 2 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1920, and top seed was Ethan Chang (🇦🇺 AUS, 2144).
Max (qixuan) Liu (🇦🇺 AUS, 1791) won with 2.0/2, ahead of Brendan Anderson (1.5) and Alvis Gan (1.5). Liu clinched sole first place in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Brendan Anderson (CM, 2015) beat Ethan Chang (2144), a +129-point gap.
Location
🇦🇺Sydney, Australia
Dates
31 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Team · 2 rounds
Titled players · 2
CM×2
Federations · 4 represented
🇦🇺Australia×19
🇮🇳India×2
🇭🇰Hong Kong China×1
🇰🇪Kenya×1
Top 3
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Standings
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| # | Player | Fed | Elo | Pts | Avg opp. | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liu, Max (qixuan) | 🇦🇺AUS | 1791 | 2.0 | 1696 | 2496 | +41.6 |
| 2 | CMAnderson, Brendan | 🇦🇺AUS | 2015 | 1.5 | 2050 | 2243 | +12.4 |
| 5 | Gan, Alvis | 🇦🇺AUS | 1540 | 1.5 | 1636 | 1829 | +23.6 |
| 3 | Li, Shing Hei | 🇭🇰HKG | 1889 | 1.5 | 1847 | 2040 | +6.0 |
| 4 | Zha, Leyao | 🇦🇺AUS | 1827 | 1.5 | 1847 | 2040 | +17.2 |
| 13 | Chhattani Shourya | 🇮🇳IND | 1654 | 1.0 | 1703 | 1703 | +2.8 |
| 6 | Gong, Leo | 🇦🇺AUS | 1911 | 1.0 | 1899 | 1899 | -2.0 |
| 10 | Lin, Matthew | 🇦🇺AUS | 1653 | 1.0 | 1640 | 1640 | -1.6 |
| 15 | CMWang, Daniel | 🇦🇺AUS | 1912 | 1.0 | 2009 | 2009 | +5.2 |
| 9 | Chang, Ethan | 🇦🇺AUS | 2144 | 1.0 | 2009 | 2009 | -14.0 |
| 12 | Soham Tilekar | 🇮🇳IND | 1614 | 1.0 | 1640 | 1640 | +1.2 |
| 14 | Tirth J Thakker | 🇰🇪KEN | 1586 | 1.0 | 1493 | 1493 | -9.6 |
| 7 | Rust, Edward | 🇦🇺AUS | 1846 | 1.0 | 1731 | 2531 | +13.6 |
| 11 | Threlfall, Leo | 🇦🇺AUS | 1611 | 1.0 | 1584 | 2384 | +20.8 |
| 8 | Zhang, Oliver | 🇦🇺AUS | 1733 | 1.0 | 1861 | 1861 | +14.0 |
| 22 | Chen, Taiming | 🇦🇺AUS | 1448 | 1.0 | 1584 | 784 | -11.2 |
| 17 | Hong, Eric | 🇦🇺AUS | 1738 | 0.5 | 1703 | 1510 | -24.0 |
| 18 | Power, Ted | 🇦🇺AUS | 2039 | 0.5 | 2050 | 1857 | -16.0 |
| 19 | Wang, Caleb | 🇦🇺AUS | 1675 | 0.5 | 1636 | 1443 | -24.4 |
| 16 | Huang, Isaac | 🇦🇺AUS | 1726 | 0.5 | 1696 | 1503 | -23.2 |
| 21 | Li, Baize | 🇦🇺AUS | 1774 | 0.0 | 1899 | 1099 | -27.2 |
| 20 | Patibandla, Veda | 🇦🇺AUS | 0 | 0.0 | 1501 | 701 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Ou, Dominic | 🇦🇺AUS | 1822 | 0.0 | 1731 | 931 | -27.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Liu, Max (qixuan)AUS+41.62.0 pts · #1
- 2Gan, AlvisAUS+23.61.5 pts · #5
- 3Threlfall, LeoAUS+20.81.0 pts · #11
Top rating losers
- 1Ou, DominicAUS-27.60.0 pts · #23
- 2Li, BaizeAUS-27.20.0 pts · #21
- 3Wang, CalebAUS-24.40.5 pts · #19
Biggest upsets
- R1+129 Elo gap