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2026 Norths Winter Classic Minor Rounds 1-2

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32 players participated in this 2-round tournament, held from 16 Jun 2026 to 23 Jun 2026 in Sydney, Australia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1651, and top seed was Jonathan Timmerman (🇦🇺 AUS, 1764).

Thomas Huang (🇦🇺 AUS, 1625) won with 2.0/2, ahead of Tom England (2.0) and Maxwell Zhu (2.0). Huang shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Jean-Yves Agare (1511) beat Lucas Shi (1704), a +193-point gap.

Location
🇦🇺Sydney, Australia
Dates
16 Jun 2026 → 23 Jun 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 2 rounds
Top seed
🇦🇺Jonathan Timmerman1764
Avg top 10
1,651
Participants
32
Federations · 2 represented
🇦🇺Australia×24
🇳🇿New Zealand×1
Top 3

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Huang, Thomas1625AUS+13N+12B2.01.02.02.002363+33.2
2England, Tom1473AUS+22N+11B2.01.01.01.002436+14.4
3Zhu, Maxwell1561AUS+21B+14N2.01.01.01.002379+21.2
4Boccalatte, Mark1596AUS+16B=5N1.51.52.51.751936+17.8
5Timmerman, Jonathan1764AUS+15N=4B1.51.52.51.751747-1.2
6Madsen, David1666AUS=8N+24B1.51.51.50.751736+6.8
7Sunay Burman Ray1593AUS=9B+23N1.51.51.50.751433-8.4
8Liang, Nancy1570NZL=6B+26N1.51.51.50.751666+5.2
9Bai, Xuanhao Winston1433AUS=7N+27B1.51.51.50.751593+8.4
10Lade, Ian1544AUS+25N=20B1.50.50.50.251572+0.8
11Soon, Wesley1636AUS+28B2N1.02.02.00.001476-17.2
12Daniel, Ariye1623AUS+29B1N1.02.02.00.00825-20.0
13Sandhu, Leo1502AUS1B+21N1.02.02.00.00825-6.6
14Lowe, Daniel1579AUS+31N3B1.02.02.00.00761-21.2
15Lowe, Adrian1511AUS5B+29N1.01.51.50.00964-3.8
16McCarthy, Jasper1722AUS4N+30B1.01.51.50.00796-26.8
17Agare, Jean-Yves1511AUS+19N18B1.01.02.01.002504+15.0
18FIDE 5730075010F+17N1.01.01.01.0015310.0
19Shi, Lucas1704AUS17B+28N1.01.01.00.001495-21.2
20Hume-Grimm, Giorgio1572AUSF=10N0.51.51.50.751544-1.6
21FIDE 329034403N13B0.02.03.00.007320.0
22Pullen-Rhodes, Elliot0AUS2B?N0.02.02.00.007530.0
23FIDE 5730075360F7B0.01.51.50.007930.0
24Dai, Amanda Mingyu1515AUSF6N0.01.51.50.00866-12.0
25Kulkarni, Mahesh0AUS10BF0.01.51.50.007440.0
26FIDE 5730075440F8B0.01.51.50.007700.0
27Cheng, Kenneth0AUSF9N0.01.51.50.006330.0
28Xiong, Albert1479AUS11N19B0.01.02.00.00870-20.4
29FIDE 573001538012N15B0.01.02.00.007670.0
30Cobrador, Paterno0AUS?B16N0.01.01.00.008390.0
31FIDE 573007510014BF0.01.01.00.007790.0
32FIDE 5730075280F?N0.00.00.00.007550.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets