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2025 Australia Day Swiss

28 January 2025

Format

Swiss

Type

Rapid

Time control

15+10

Rounds

Players

Final standings

#	Player	Rating	Score	R1	R2	R3
1	Cox,Matthew	-	3.0/3	+B3	+B4	+W2
2	Wu,Siyuan	-	2.0/3	+B5	+W3	-B1
3	Howard,Michael Colin	1242	1.0/3	-W1	-B2	+W6
4	Mailow,John	1226	1.0/3	+B6	-W1	-B5
5	Van Elsland,Zavier	1003	1.0/3	-W2	-B6	+W4
6	Delves,Ivan	-	1.0/3	-W4	+W5	-B3

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

Rounds

Round 1, Tue 28 Jan 2025

#	White	Black	Result
1	Howard,Michael Colin	Cox,Matthew	`0-1`
2	Van Elsland,Zavier	Wu,Siyuan	`0-1`
3	Delves,Ivan	Mailow,John	`0-1`

Round 2, Tue 28 Jan 2025

#	White	Black	Result
1	Mailow,John	Cox,Matthew	`0-1`
2	Wu,Siyuan	Howard,Michael Colin	`1-0`
3	Delves,Ivan	Van Elsland,Zavier	`1-0`

Round 3, Tue 28 Jan 2025

#	White	Black	Result
1	Cox,Matthew	Wu,Siyuan	`1-0`
2	Howard,Michael Colin	Delves,Ivan	`1-0`
3	Van Elsland,Zavier	Mailow,John	`1-0`