Coming up Classic Championship 2026 21 Jul 2026 Did you know In Round 1 at WCC, the lower-rated player has won 13% of decisive games (87 of 649). Did you know Marathon night: 158 rated games were played in a single evening at the 2025 Blitz Ladder on 9 September 2025, the club's busiest night at the board. Winner 2026 Winter WonderBlitz Kumaresan, Aditya Did you know WCC has hosted 6,654 rated tournament games on file. Did you know Longest WCC tournament by round count: 2023 Quick March (12 rounds). Coming up Blitz Championship 2026 8 Sep 2026 Did you know 247 distinct players have appeared in a WCC tournament. Did you know Drawing-circle tournament: 2023 Summer Classic, 19% of games drawn (11 of 59). Winner 2026 June Swiss Soutter, Jake Did you know Biggest final-round flip: at the 2023 Top and Tail Rapid 2, Steve Ascic took a 1-point lead into the last round, lost to Vincent Qiang, and watched the title walk away. Did you know Most decisive WCC tournament: 2025 January Holiday Rapid, 1% of games drawn (1 of 84). Coming up 960 Classic 2026 15 Sep 2026 Did you know Across all 6,654 rated games at WCC, White wins 48%, Black wins 46%, and 6% end in a draw. Did you know The Returner, biggest gap between two WCC tournaments by an active regular: Mehmed Ceylan sat out 31 months between the Wollongong 2023 Spring Holiday Rapid and the 2026 April Holiday Rapid. Winner Wollongong Rapid June Planiden, Chayne Did you know 101 WCC tournaments are catalogued on this site. Did you know Prefers White (≥50 games as each colour): Siyuan Wu, 63% as White vs 42% as Black (22-point edge). Coming up Classic Championship 2026 21 Jul 2026 Did you know In Round 1 at WCC, the lower-rated player has won 13% of decisive games (87 of 649). Did you know Marathon night: 158 rated games were played in a single evening at the 2025 Blitz Ladder on 9 September 2025, the club's busiest night at the board. Winner 2026 Winter WonderBlitz Kumaresan, Aditya Did you know WCC has hosted 6,654 rated tournament games on file. Did you know Longest WCC tournament by round count: 2023 Quick March (12 rounds). Coming up Blitz Championship 2026 8 Sep 2026 Did you know 247 distinct players have appeared in a WCC tournament. Did you know Drawing-circle tournament: 2023 Summer Classic, 19% of games drawn (11 of 59). Winner 2026 June Swiss Soutter, Jake Did you know Biggest final-round flip: at the 2023 Top and Tail Rapid 2, Steve Ascic took a 1-point lead into the last round, lost to Vincent Qiang, and watched the title walk away. Did you know Most decisive WCC tournament: 2025 January Holiday Rapid, 1% of games drawn (1 of 84). Coming up 960 Classic 2026 15 Sep 2026 Did you know Across all 6,654 rated games at WCC, White wins 48%, Black wins 46%, and 6% end in a draw. Did you know The Returner, biggest gap between two WCC tournaments by an active regular: Mehmed Ceylan sat out 31 months between the Wollongong 2023 Spring Holiday Rapid and the 2026 April Holiday Rapid. Winner Wollongong Rapid June Planiden, Chayne Did you know 101 WCC tournaments are catalogued on this site. Did you know Prefers White (≥50 games as each colour): Siyuan Wu, 63% as White vs 42% as Black (22-point edge).

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2025 January Blitz

7 January 2025

Format

Swiss

Type

Blitz

Time control

5+5

Rounds

11

Players

17

Final standings

#	Player	Rating	Score	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11
1	Raichle,Joerg	2118	9.5/11	=W9	+B13	+W3	+B4	+W5	-B2	+W7	+B6	+W10	+B12	+W8
2	Nguyen,Ngoc Hai	2114	9.0/11	=BYE	=BYE	+W9	+B6	-W3	+W1	+B4	+B5	+W7	+B10	+W12
3	S R,Ramakrishnan	1616	9.0/11	+B14	+W6	-B1	+W8	+B2	+B4	-W5	+W12	+B11	+W13	+B10
4	Barakat,Martin	1995	8.0/11	+B10	+W8	+B5	-W1	+B12	-W3	-W2	+B9	+W6	+B7	+B13
5	Kurrell,Greg	1696	8.0/11	+W15	+B7	-W4	+B14	-B1	+W12	+B3	-W2	+B8	+W9	+B11
6	Carruthers,Ethan	1413	6.0/11	+W17	-B3	+W11	-W2	+B10	-B9	+W16	-W1	-B4	+B15	+W14
7	Bauer,Bernard	1376	5.5/11	+B16	-W5	-B12	+W9	=B8	+W13	-B1	+W14	-B2	-W4	+W15
8	Romic,Mile	1584	5.0/11	+W11	-B4	+W15	-B3	=W7	+B16	=W9	-B10	-W5	+BYE	-B1
9	Sweeney,Matthew	1308	5.0/11	=B1	+W12	-B2	-B7	+W14	+W6	=B8	-W4	-W13	-B5	+BYE
10	Valencic,Janez	1268	5.0/11	-W4	-B11	+W17	+B16	-W6	+B14	+B13	+W8	-B1	-W2	-W3
11	Booth,Kyle	-	5.0/11	-B8	+W10	-B6	+W17	-B13	+W15	-B12	+BYE	-W3	+B14	-W5
12	Cox,Matthew	-	5.0/11	+W13	-B9	+W7	+B15	-W4	-B5	+W11	-B3	+BYE	-W1	-B2
13	Quaranta,Marco	1534	4.5/11	-B12	-W1	=B14	+BYE	+W11	-B7	-W10	+W15	+B9	-B3	-W4
14	Mailow,John	1226	3.5/11	-W3	+B17	=W13	-W5	-B9	-W10	+BYE	-B7	+B15	-W11	-B6
15	Howard,Michael Colin	1242	3.0/11	-B5	+W16	-B8	-W12	+BYE	-B11	+W17	-B13	-W14	-W6	-B7
16	Mostyn,Josiah	-	2.0/11	-W7	-B15	+BYE	-W10	+B17	-W8	-B6	-BYE	-BYE	-BYE	-BYE
17	Mostyn,Ben	-	1.0/11	-B6	-W14	-B10	-B11	-W16	+BYE	-B15	-BYE	-BYE	-BYE	-BYE

Crosstable notation: +W3 = win as white against rank 3; -B7 = loss as black against rank 7; = = draw.

Rounds

Round 1, Tue 7 Jan 2025

#	White	Black	Result
1	Raichle,Joerg	Sweeney,Matthew	`1/2-1/2`
2	Nguyen,Ngoc Hai		`½ (bye)`
3	Mailow,John	S R,Ramakrishnan	`0-1`
4	Valencic,Janez	Barakat,Martin	`0-1`
5	Kurrell,Greg	Howard,Michael Colin	`1-0`
6	Carruthers,Ethan	Mostyn,Ben	`1-0`
7	Mostyn,Josiah	Bauer,Bernard	`0-1`
8	Romic,Mile	Booth,Kyle	`1-0`
9	Cox,Matthew	Quaranta,Marco	`1-0`

Round 2, Tue 7 Jan 2025

#	White	Black	Result
1	Quaranta,Marco	Raichle,Joerg	`0-1`
2	Nguyen,Ngoc Hai		`½ (bye)`
3	S R,Ramakrishnan	Carruthers,Ethan	`1-0`
4	Barakat,Martin	Romic,Mile	`1-0`
5	Bauer,Bernard	Kurrell,Greg	`0-1`
6	Sweeney,Matthew	Cox,Matthew	`1-0`
7	Booth,Kyle	Valencic,Janez	`1-0`
8	Mostyn,Ben	Mailow,John	`0-1`
9	Howard,Michael Colin	Mostyn,Josiah	`1-0`

Round 3, Tue 7 Jan 2025

#	White	Black	Result
1	Raichle,Joerg	S R,Ramakrishnan	`1-0`
2	Nguyen,Ngoc Hai	Sweeney,Matthew	`1-0`
3	Kurrell,Greg	Barakat,Martin	`0-1`
4	Carruthers,Ethan	Booth,Kyle	`1-0`
5	Cox,Matthew	Bauer,Bernard	`1-0`
6	Romic,Mile	Howard,Michael Colin	`1-0`
7	Valencic,Janez	Mostyn,Ben	`1-0`
8	Mailow,John	Quaranta,Marco	`1/2-1/2`
9	Mostyn,Josiah		`1 (bye)`

Round 4, Tue 7 Jan 2025

#	White	Black	Result
1	Barakat,Martin	Raichle,Joerg	`0-1`
2	Carruthers,Ethan	Nguyen,Ngoc Hai	`0-1`
3	S R,Ramakrishnan	Romic,Mile	`1-0`
4	Mailow,John	Kurrell,Greg	`0-1`
5	Bauer,Bernard	Sweeney,Matthew	`1-0`
6	Mostyn,Josiah	Valencic,Janez	`0-1`
7	Booth,Kyle	Mostyn,Ben	`1-0`
8	Howard,Michael Colin	Cox,Matthew	`0-1`
9	Quaranta,Marco		`1 (bye)`

Round 5, Tue 7 Jan 2025

#	White	Black	Result
1	Raichle,Joerg	Kurrell,Greg	`1-0`
2	Nguyen,Ngoc Hai	S R,Ramakrishnan	`0-1`
3	Cox,Matthew	Barakat,Martin	`0-1`
4	Valencic,Janez	Carruthers,Ethan	`0-1`
5	Romic,Mile	Bauer,Bernard	`1/2-1/2`
6	Sweeney,Matthew	Mailow,John	`1-0`
7	Quaranta,Marco	Booth,Kyle	`1-0`
8	Howard,Michael Colin		`1 (bye)`
9	Mostyn,Ben	Mostyn,Josiah	`0-1`

Round 6, Tue 7 Jan 2025

#	White	Black	Result
1	Nguyen,Ngoc Hai	Raichle,Joerg	`1-0`
2	Barakat,Martin	S R,Ramakrishnan	`0-1`
3	Kurrell,Greg	Cox,Matthew	`1-0`
4	Sweeney,Matthew	Carruthers,Ethan	`1-0`
5	Bauer,Bernard	Quaranta,Marco	`1-0`
6	Mostyn,Josiah	Romic,Mile	`0-1`
7	Mailow,John	Valencic,Janez	`0-1`
8	Booth,Kyle	Howard,Michael Colin	`1-0`
9	Mostyn,Ben		`1 (bye)`

Round 7, Tue 7 Jan 2025

#	White	Black	Result
1	Raichle,Joerg	Bauer,Bernard	`1-0`
2	Barakat,Martin	Nguyen,Ngoc Hai	`0-1`
3	S R,Ramakrishnan	Kurrell,Greg	`0-1`
4	Carruthers,Ethan	Mostyn,Josiah	`1-0`
5	Romic,Mile	Sweeney,Matthew	`1/2-1/2`
6	Quaranta,Marco	Valencic,Janez	`0-1`
7	Cox,Matthew	Booth,Kyle	`1-0`
8	Mailow,John		`1 (bye)`
9	Howard,Michael Colin	Mostyn,Ben	`1-0`

Round 8, Tue 7 Jan 2025

#	White	Black	Result
1	Carruthers,Ethan	Raichle,Joerg	`0-1`
2	Kurrell,Greg	Nguyen,Ngoc Hai	`0-1`
3	S R,Ramakrishnan	Cox,Matthew	`1-0`
4	Sweeney,Matthew	Barakat,Martin	`0-1`
5	Bauer,Bernard	Mailow,John	`1-0`
6	Valencic,Janez	Romic,Mile	`1-0`
7	Booth,Kyle		`1 (bye)`
8	Quaranta,Marco	Howard,Michael Colin	`1-0`
9	Mostyn,Josiah		`0 (bye)`
10	Mostyn,Ben		`0 (bye)`

Round 9, Tue 7 Jan 2025

#	White	Black	Result
1	Raichle,Joerg	Valencic,Janez	`1-0`
2	Nguyen,Ngoc Hai	Bauer,Bernard	`1-0`
3	Booth,Kyle	S R,Ramakrishnan	`0-1`
4	Barakat,Martin	Carruthers,Ethan	`1-0`
5	Romic,Mile	Kurrell,Greg	`0-1`
6	Sweeney,Matthew	Quaranta,Marco	`0-1`
7	Cox,Matthew		`1 (bye)`
8	Howard,Michael Colin	Mailow,John	`0-1`
9	Mostyn,Josiah		`0 (bye)`
10	Mostyn,Ben		`0 (bye)`

Round 10, Tue 7 Jan 2025

#	White	Black	Result
1	Cox,Matthew	Raichle,Joerg	`0-1`
2	Valencic,Janez	Nguyen,Ngoc Hai	`0-1`
3	S R,Ramakrishnan	Quaranta,Marco	`1-0`
4	Bauer,Bernard	Barakat,Martin	`0-1`
5	Kurrell,Greg	Sweeney,Matthew	`1-0`
6	Howard,Michael Colin	Carruthers,Ethan	`0-1`
7	Romic,Mile		`1 (bye)`
8	Mailow,John	Booth,Kyle	`0-1`
9	Mostyn,Josiah		`0 (bye)`
10	Mostyn,Ben		`0 (bye)`

Round 11, Tue 7 Jan 2025

#	White	Black	Result
1	Raichle,Joerg	Romic,Mile	`1-0`
2	Nguyen,Ngoc Hai	Cox,Matthew	`1-0`
3	Valencic,Janez	S R,Ramakrishnan	`0-1`
4	Quaranta,Marco	Barakat,Martin	`0-1`
5	Booth,Kyle	Kurrell,Greg	`0-1`
6	Carruthers,Ethan	Mailow,John	`1-0`
7	Bauer,Bernard	Howard,Michael Colin	`1-0`
8	Sweeney,Matthew		`1 (bye)`
9	Mostyn,Josiah		`0 (bye)`
10	Mostyn,Ben		`0 (bye)`