2026 Burwood Autumn Open Rounds 1-4

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49 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 06 May 2026 to 27 May 2026 in Sydney, Australia. 5 titled players from 7 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2019, and top seed was George Wendi Xie (🇦🇺 AUS, IM, 2314).

George Wendi Xie (🇦🇺 AUS, IM, 2314) won with 4.0/4, ahead of Alaina Vincent (3.5) and Changhao Yu (3.5). Xie broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Benjamin Dorrian (1694) beat Nicholas Kordahi (1875), a +181-point gap.

Location

🇦🇺Sydney, Australia

Dates

06 May 2026 → 27 May 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 4 rounds

Top seed

🇦🇺IMGeorge Wendi Xie2314

Avg top 10

2,019

Participants

Titled players · 5

IM×1

FM×2

CM×1

WFM×1

Federations · 7 represented

🇦🇺Australia×32

🇳🇿New Zealand×4

🇳🇵Nepal×2

🇨🇴Colombia×1

🇫🇷France×1

🇮🇳India×1

🇧🇩Bangladesh×1

Top 3

🥇
IMGeorge Wendi Xie
🇦🇺AUS·2314
4.0pts·2770perf+5.1
🥈
WFMAlaina Vincent
🇦🇺AUS·1948
3.5pts·2099perf+11.2
🥉
Changhao Yu
🇦🇺AUS·1988
3.5pts·2120perf+12.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 4 rounds

IM George Wendi Xie led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Xie4Yu3.5Vincent3.5Han3Rusakov3Palani3

R4–R4 · LEAD HELD

IM George Wendi Xie held the sole lead from R4 through R4 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

IM George Wendi Xie 4 wins (R1–R4)WFM Alaina Vincent 3 wins (R1–R3)

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Xie, George WendiIM	2314	AUS	+5B	+21N	+8B	+19N	4.0	8.0	10.0	10.00	2770	+5.1
2	Vincent, AlainaWFM	1948	AUS	+29B	+26N	+6B	=4N	3.5	8.0	10.0	8.50	2099	+11.2
3	Yu, Changhao	1988	AUS	+31B	=14N	+17B	+25N	3.5	7.0	8.0	6.75	2120	+12.2
4	Rusakov, JeanFM	2037	AUS	+23N	=18B	+37N	=2B	3.0	8.0	9.0	6.00	1990	-5.2
5	Dorrian, Benjamin	1694	AUS	−1N	+27B	+32N	+20B	3.0	8.0	9.0	5.00	1985	+26.4
6	Chang, Chong Yew	0	AUS	+?N	+22B	−2N	+26N	3.0	7.5	7.5	4.00	1817	0.0
7	Lietar, Robin	1854	FRA	+30N	+24B	=12N	=13B	3.0	7.0	9.0	6.50	1913	+14.0
8	Munkhbat, Anand	1864	AUS	+35N	+45B	−1N	+24B	3.0	7.0	7.0	3.00	1949	+11.6
9	Chek, Adrian CarlCM	1870	AUS	+34N	+32B	−19N	+23B	3.0	5.0	6.0	4.00	1873	+0.2
10	Han, Daniel	2086	NZL	F	+49B	+14N	+12B	3.0	5.0	5.0	5.00	2621	+10.8
11	Arunachalam Palani	0	IND	=42N	+?B	=20N	+22B	3.0	4.5	4.5	3.25	1763	0.0
12	Gurung, Bibek	1795	NEP	+36B	+13N	=7B	−10N	2.5	8.5	9.5	5.00	1944	+11.2
13	Scott, Ridley	1893	AUS	+15N	−12B	+31N	=7N	2.5	8.0	9.0	5.00	1787	-8.8
14	Kuncoro, Leo	1872	AUS	+44N	=3B	−10B	+37N	2.5	7.5	8.0	3.25	1974	+16.0
15	Zhu, Zane (Zichen)	1584	AUS	−13B	+36N	+21B	=16N	2.5	7.0	8.0	4.25	1790	+30.8
16	Bhatt, Netra Raj	1776	NEP	+47N	−19B	+28N	=15B	2.5	6.5	6.5	3.25	1767	-2.0
17	Pavlidis, Alexi	1633	AUS	+33N	=20B	−3N	+48B	2.5	6.5	6.5	2.00	1867	+16.6
18	Esposito, David	1756	AUS	+40B	=4N	−25B	+35N	2.5	6.0	7.0	3.50	1880	+8.6
19	Tirado, Juan CamiloFM	2138	COL	F	+16N	+9B	−1B	2.0	9.5	9.5	5.50	2112	0.0
20	Kordahi, Nicholas	1875	AUS	+28B	=17N	=11B	−5N	2.0	8.5	10.5	4.75	1635	-17.8
21	Jin, Yixi	1701	AUS	+27N	−1B	−15N	+34B	2.0	8.5	9.5	3.00	1043	-29.6
22	A B M Jobair, Hossain	1750	BAN	+38B	−6N	+29B	−11N	2.0	8.0	9.0	3.00	2432	+13.6
23	Xie, Leo	1608	AUS	−4B	+40N	+39B	−9N	2.0	7.0	8.0	2.00	1139	-10.4
24	Liang, Xibing	1649	NZL	+43B	−7N	+38B	−8N	2.0	7.0	7.5	1.50	1059	-9.4
25	Huynh, Arthur	2043	AUS	F	+42B	+18N	−3B	2.0	6.5	6.5	3.00	1927	-6.6
26	Shenoy, Trilok	1808	AUS	+46N	−2B	+45N	−6B	2.0	6.5	6.5	0.00	1148	-12.4
27	FIDE 573006580	0	—	−21B	−5N	+33B	+?N	2.0	6.0	6.0	1.00	1529	0.0
28	Lakshman, Emmanuel	1579	AUS	−20N	+33B	−16B	+39N	2.0	5.5	6.5	2.00	1026	-16.0
29	Kuncoro, Harvey	1632	AUS	−2N	+46B	−22N	+45B	2.0	5.5	5.5	0.00	1049	-18.8
30	Rajpura, Palash	1544	AUS	−7B	=43N	=44B	+41N	2.0	4.5	5.0	1.50	1054	-5.6
31	Gu, Ryan	1534	AUS	−3N	F	−13B	+38N	1.0	7.0	7.0	1.00	1114	-7.2
32	FIDE 105105008	0	—	F	−9N	−5B	+43N	1.0	6.5	6.5	0.50	982	0.0
33	FIDE 573006602	0	—	−17B	−28N	−27N	+46B	1.0	6.5	6.5	0.00	806	0.0
34	Pullen-Rhodes, Elliot	0	AUS	−9B	−39N	+36B	−21N	1.0	6.0	7.0	1.00	986	0.0
35	Liang, Nancy	1560	NZL	−8B	F	+42N	−18B	1.0	6.0	6.0	0.50	1636	+10.0
36	FIDE 573006599	0	—	−12N	−15B	−34N	+47B	1.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	890	0.0
37	Malcolm, Aidan	1848	NZL	F	+48N	−4B	−14B	1.0	5.5	5.5	0.00	1758	-7.4
38	Balasubramanyam, Tarun	0	AUS	−22N	+41B	−24N	−31B	1.0	5.0	6.0	1.00	844	0.0
39	FIDE 573006610	0	—	F	+34B	−23N	−28B	1.0	5.0	5.0	1.00	794	0.0
40	Mahesh, Alan	0	AUS	−18N	−23B	−?N	+42B	1.0	5.0	5.0	0.50	1464	0.0
41	Strange, Joshua	0	AUS	F	−38N	+47B	−30B	1.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	744	0.0
42	Gupta, Dhwani	1662	AUS	=11B	−25N	−35B	−40N	0.5	6.0	7.0	1.50	1002	-29.2
43	Saymar, Yunus	0	AUS	−24N	=30B	F	−32B	0.5	5.0	5.0	1.00	1404	0.0
44	Nanda, Aryan	0	AUS	−14B	F	=30N	F	0.5	4.5	4.5	1.00	1515	0.0
45	FIDE 573006572	0	—	F	−8N	−26B	−29N	0.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	968	0.0
46	Pandita, Vihaan	0	AUS	−26B	−29N	−?B	−33N	0.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	869	0.0
47	FIDE 3290395	0	—	−16B	F	−41N	−36N	0.0	4.5	5.5	0.00	976	0.0
48	Jain, Kamal	1739	AUS	F	−37B	F	−17N	0.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	941	-19.8
49	Tay, Mason	1797	AUS	F	−10N	F	F	0.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	1286	-6.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Zhu, Zane (Zichen)AUS
+30.8
2.5 pts · #14
2Dorrian, BenjaminAUS
+26.4
3.0 pts · #22
3Pavlidis, AlexiAUS
+16.6
2.5 pts · #19

Top rating losers

1Jin, YixiAUS
-29.6
2.0 pts · #32
2Gupta, DhwaniAUS
-29.2
0.5 pts · #31
3Jain, KamalAUS
-19.8
0.0 pts · #43

Biggest upsets

R4+181 Elo gap
Dorrian, Benjamin1694 beat Kordahi, Nicholas1875
R3+117 Elo gap
Zhu, Zane (Zichen)1584 beat Jin, Yixi1701
R4+106 Elo gap
Pavlidis, Alexi1633 beat Jain, Kamal1739