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
Federations · 2 represented
🇦🇺Australia×24
🇳🇿New Zealand×1
Top 3
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Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huang, Thomas | 1625 | AUS | +13N | +12B | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2363 | +33.2 |
| 2 | England, Tom | 1473 | AUS | +22N | +11B | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2436 | +14.4 |
| 3 | Zhu, Maxwell | 1561 | AUS | +21B | +14N | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2379 | +21.2 |
| 4 | Boccalatte, Mark | 1596 | AUS | +16B | =5N | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 1.75 | 1936 | +17.8 |
| 5 | Timmerman, Jonathan | 1764 | AUS | +15N | =4B | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 1.75 | 1747 | -1.2 |
| 6 | Madsen, David | 1666 | AUS | =8N | +24B | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1736 | +6.8 |
| 7 | Sunay Burman Ray | 1593 | AUS | =9B | +23N | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1433 | -8.4 |
| 8 | Liang, Nancy | 1570 | NZL | =6B | +26N | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1666 | +5.2 |
| 9 | Bai, Xuanhao Winston | 1433 | AUS | =7N | +27B | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1593 | +8.4 |
| 10 | Lade, Ian | 1544 | AUS | +25N | =20B | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1572 | +0.8 |
| 11 | Soon, Wesley | 1636 | AUS | +28B | −2N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1476 | -17.2 |
| 12 | Daniel, Ariye | 1623 | AUS | +29B | −1N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 825 | -20.0 |
| 13 | Sandhu, Leo | 1502 | AUS | −1B | +21N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 825 | -6.6 |
| 14 | Lowe, Daniel | 1579 | AUS | +31N | −3B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 761 | -21.2 |
| 15 | Lowe, Adrian | 1511 | AUS | −5B | +29N | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 964 | -3.8 |
| 16 | McCarthy, Jasper | 1722 | AUS | −4N | +30B | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 796 | -26.8 |
| 17 | Agare, Jean-Yves | 1511 | AUS | +19N | −18B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 2504 | +15.0 |
| 18 | FIDE 573007501 | 0 | — | F | +17N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 1531 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Shi, Lucas | 1704 | AUS | −17B | +28N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1495 | -21.2 |
| 20 | Hume-Grimm, Giorgio | 1572 | AUS | F | =10N | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1544 | -1.6 |
| 21 | FIDE 3290344 | 0 | — | −3N | −13B | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 732 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Pullen-Rhodes, Elliot | 0 | AUS | −2B | −?N | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 753 | 0.0 |
| 23 | FIDE 573007536 | 0 | — | F | −7B | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 793 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Dai, Amanda Mingyu | 1515 | AUS | F | −6N | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 866 | -12.0 |
| 25 | Kulkarni, Mahesh | 0 | AUS | −10B | F | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 744 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 573007544 | 0 | — | F | −8B | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 770 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Cheng, Kenneth | 0 | AUS | F | −9N | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 633 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Xiong, Albert | 1479 | AUS | −11N | −19B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 870 | -20.4 |
| 29 | FIDE 573001538 | 0 | — | −12N | −15B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 767 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Cobrador, Paterno | 0 | AUS | −?B | −16N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 839 | 0.0 |
| 31 | FIDE 573007510 | 0 | — | −14B | F | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 779 | 0.0 |
| 32 | FIDE 573007528 | 0 | — | F | −?N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 755 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Huang, ThomasAUS+33.22.0 pts · #1
- 2Zhu, MaxwellAUS+21.22.0 pts · #8
- 3Boccalatte, MarkAUS+17.81.5 pts · #2
Top rating losers
- 1McCarthy, JasperAUS-26.81.0 pts · #31
- 2Shi, LucasAUS-21.21.0 pts · #5
- 3Lowe, DanielAUS-21.21.0 pts · #29
Biggest upsets
- R1+193 Elo gap
- R2+163 Elo gap
- R1+126 Elo gap