2026 Norths Winter Classic Major Rounds 1-2
Open SwissStandard
32 players participated in this 2-round tournament, held from 16 Jun 2026 to 23 Jun 2026 in Sydney, Australia. 3 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 0.
Gregory J Canfell (🇦🇺 AUS, FM, 0) won with 2.0/2, ahead of Ian Welch (2.0) and Darryl Chan (1.5). Canfell shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
Location
🇦🇺Sydney, Australia
Dates
16 Jun 2026 → 23 Jun 2026
Time control
Standard: 75 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 2 rounds
Avg top 10
0
Participants
32
Titled players · 3
FM×1
CM×1
WCM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇦🇺Australia×31
🇳🇿New Zealand×1
Top 3
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Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canfell, Gregory JFM | 0 | AUS | +19N | +9B | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 2528 | +3.2 |
| 2 | Welch, Ian | 0 | AUS | +30N | +8B | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2429 | +9.2 |
| 3 | Chan, Darryl | 0 | AUS | +24N | =5B | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.25 | 1893 | +3.2 |
| 4 | Arav, Nathan | 0 | AUS | +22B | =6N | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.25 | 1907 | -0.8 |
| 5 | Zhou, Joe | 0 | AUS | +21B | =3N | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.25 | 2012 | +18.8 |
| 6 | Le, Harry | 0 | AUS | +23N | =4B | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.25 | 1924 | +11.6 |
| 7 | Arav, Callan | 0 | AUS | =20B | +31N | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1799 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Zhou, Scott | 0 | AUS | +15B | −2N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1802 | +10.0 |
| 9 | Dingley, Justin | 0 | AUS | +14B | −1N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1970 | +13.0 |
| 10 | Lim, Jongmin | 0 | AUS | +27B | −13N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.50 | 1633 | -11.2 |
| 11 | Williams, Oliver | 0 | AUS | +26B | −12N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.50 | 1762 | -24.8 |
| 12 | Woon, Ella | 0 | AUS | F | +11B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2816 | +30.4 |
| 13 | Mahajan, Zariya | 0 | AUS | F | +10B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2660 | +34.0 |
| 14 | Kordahi, Nicholas | 0 | AUS | −9N | +32B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1668 | -9.8 |
| 15 | Talpade, Udit | 0 | AUS | −8N | +30B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1629 | -7.4 |
| 16 | Ball, ChristopherCM | 0 | AUS | =25B | =28N | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 1688 | -6.4 |
| 17 | Thuaux, Alexander | 0 | AUS | F | +20N | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 2440 | +11.2 |
| 18 | Sze-To, Jonas | 0 | AUS | F | +25N | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 2495 | +7.2 |
| 19 | Jain, Kamal | 0 | AUS | −1B | =27N | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 0.25 | 1704 | -1.6 |
| 20 | Liang, Xibing | 0 | NZL | =7N | −17B | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 0.75 | 1608 | -1.4 |
| 21 | Qian, VickyWCM | 0 | AUS | −5N | =24B | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 0.25 | 1507 | -31.6 |
| 22 | Zhou, Clara | 0 | AUS | −4N | =29B | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 0.25 | 1640 | -9.6 |
| 23 | Chang, Ike | 0 | AUS | −6B | =26N | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 0.25 | 1509 | -3.2 |
| 24 | Madan, Kyra | 0 | AUS | −3B | =21N | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 0.25 | 1626 | -12.4 |
| 25 | Yip, Brendan | 0 | AUS | =16N | −18B | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.50 | 1611 | -8.4 |
| 26 | Ding, Daniel (yulin) | 0 | AUS | −11N | =23B | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.25 | 1588 | -14.4 |
| 27 | Daniel, Suria | 0 | AUS | −10N | =19B | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.25 | 1585 | -11.6 |
| 28 | Liu, Max (qixuan) | 0 | AUS | F | =16B | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 1808 | +6.8 |
| 29 | Murphy, Emmet | 0 | AUS | F | =22N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1732 | -0.4 |
| 30 | Pavlidis, Alexi | 0 | AUS | −2B | −15N | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1002 | -11.8 |
| 31 | Threlfall, Leo | 0 | AUS | F | −7B | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 997 | -8.4 |
| 32 | Turek, Matthew | 0 | AUS | F | −14N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1057 | -4.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Mahajan, ZariyaAUS+34.01.0 pts · #11
- 2Woon, EllaAUS+30.41.0 pts · #9
- 3Zhou, JoeAUS+18.81.5 pts · #6
Top rating losers
- 1Qian, VickyWCMAUS-31.60.5 pts · #21
- 2Williams, OliverAUS-24.81.0 pts · #17
- 3Ding, Daniel (yulin)AUS-14.40.5 pts · #19