Coming up Classic Championship 2026 21 Jul 2026 Did you know 101 WCC tournaments are catalogued on this site. Did you know Prefers Black (≥50 games as each colour): Jye Giddings, 61% as Black vs 41% as White (19-point edge). Winner 2026 Winter WonderBlitz Kumaresan, Aditya Did you know Prefers White (≥50 games as each colour): Siyuan Wu, 63% as White vs 42% as Black (22-point edge). 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. Coming up Blitz Championship 2026 8 Sep 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 Longest WCC tournament by round count: 2023 Quick March (12 rounds). Winner 2026 June Swiss Soutter, Jake Did you know Biggest tournament upset by seed: Edmund Esterbauer entered the 2022 Champs Warmup as the #10 seed and won outright. Did you know Drawing-circle tournament: 2023 Summer Classic, 19% of games drawn (11 of 59). Coming up 960 Classic 2026 15 Sep 2026 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. Did you know Busiest year at the board: 2023 saw 1822 rated games played at WCC. Winner Wollongong Rapid June Planiden, Chayne Did you know Busiest month at WCC: April, 898 rated games played across all years on file. Did you know No quarter given: Steve Ascic and Matthew Sweeney have played 25 times, never a draw. Coming up Classic Championship 2026 21 Jul 2026 Did you know 101 WCC tournaments are catalogued on this site. Did you know Prefers Black (≥50 games as each colour): Jye Giddings, 61% as Black vs 41% as White (19-point edge). Winner 2026 Winter WonderBlitz Kumaresan, Aditya Did you know Prefers White (≥50 games as each colour): Siyuan Wu, 63% as White vs 42% as Black (22-point edge). 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. Coming up Blitz Championship 2026 8 Sep 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 Longest WCC tournament by round count: 2023 Quick March (12 rounds). Winner 2026 June Swiss Soutter, Jake Did you know Biggest tournament upset by seed: Edmund Esterbauer entered the 2022 Champs Warmup as the #10 seed and won outright. Did you know Drawing-circle tournament: 2023 Summer Classic, 19% of games drawn (11 of 59). Coming up 960 Classic 2026 15 Sep 2026 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. Did you know Busiest year at the board: 2023 saw 1822 rated games played at WCC. Winner Wollongong Rapid June Planiden, Chayne Did you know Busiest month at WCC: April, 898 rated games played across all years on file. Did you know No quarter given: Steve Ascic and Matthew Sweeney have played 25 times, never a draw.

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2025 Christmas Round Robin Div 5

16 December 2025

Format
Round-Robin
Type
Rapid
Time control
15+10
Rounds
3
Players
4

Final standings

#PlayerRatingScoreR1R2R3
1Soutter,Jake14672.5/3=W4+W3+W2
2Romic,Mile14862.0/3+W3+B4-B1
3Tran,Johnny-1.0/3-B2-B1+W4
4Giddings,Jye14850.5/3=B1-W2-B3

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

Rounds

Round 1, Tue 16 Dec 2025

#WhiteBlackResult
1Soutter,JakeGiddings,Jye1/2-1/2
2Romic,MileTran,Johnny1-0

Round 2, Tue 16 Dec 2025

#WhiteBlackResult
1Soutter,JakeTran,Johnny1-0
2Giddings,JyeRomic,Mile0-1

Round 3, Tue 16 Dec 2025

#WhiteBlackResult
1Soutter,JakeRomic,Mile1-0
2Tran,JohnnyGiddings,Jye1-0