December Classical 2025 Results

Updated August 24th, 2026


Congratulations to all winners and runners-up!

1st Place: Tarush Jindal
=2nd Place: Mathew Drogemuller
=2nd Place & =Best U1500: Hariharan Ayyar
=2nd Place & =Best U1500: Finn Reiner
=Best U1100: David Jeanes & David Sambell

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Cross Table Final Standings

Cross Table Standings (click to expand)

Final Standings:

Pos NAME                           Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5    |     BH  BH/C1
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  1 Jindal,Tarush                  1941  CM  SA  5.0 | +W4   +B3   +W8   +B5   +W6    |   18.0   15.0
  2 Drogemuller,Mathew             1581      SA  4.0 | +B21  +W10  =HPB  =HPB  +B9    |   16.0   12.0
  3 Ayyar,Hariharan                1478      OS  4.0 | +B30  -W1   +B21  +W11  +W7    |   14.0   13.0
  4 Reiner,Finn                    1351      SA  4.0 | -B1   +W28  +B31  +W12  +B8    |   13.5   12.5
  5 Charters,Jamie D               1795      SA  3.5 | +B7   +W12  =HPB  -W1   +B14   |   17.0   13.5
  6 Bayliss,James                  1677      SA  3.5 | +W25  =HPB  +B17  +W14  -B1    |   15.5   12.0
  7 Wijerathne,Luthira Lesandul    1215      SA  3.0 | -W5   +B19  +W24  +F23  -B3    |   15.0   13.0
  8 Dreyer,J Peter                 1500      SA  3.0 | +W22  +B32  -B1   +W16  -W4    |   14.5   13.5
  9 Karthikeyan,Manav              1383      SA  3.0 | +B20  =W17  =HPB  +B15  -W2    |   14.5   11.5
 10 Rao,Mai                        1292      SA  3.0 | +F33  -B2   -W15  +B30  +W17   |   13.0   12.0
 11 Sambell,David                  1008      SA  3.0 | +F35  -B14  +W32  -B3   +W24   |   12.5   11.5
 12 Zang,Chen Bi                   1413      SA  3.0 | +W31  -B5   +W27  -B4   +W21   |   12.0   11.0
 13 Jeanes,David                   1022      SA  3.0 | =HPB  -B27  +W30  =HPB  +B22   |   10.5    7.5
 14 Schiavone,Emmanuel             1543      SA  2.5 | +B28  +W11  =HPB  -B6   -W5    |   14.0   11.5
 15 Ung,Quy                         885     NSW  2.5 | =HPB  =HPB  +B10  -W9   =B18   |   13.5   11.0
 16 Dileesh,Ashmit                 1255      SA  2.5 | +F34  =W23  =HPB  -B8   =W19   |   13.0   10.5
 17 Dash,Shourya                   1638      SA  2.5 | +W29  =B9   -W6   +B27  -B10   |   12.5   11.0
 18 Berg,Aidan                     1475      SA  2.5 | =HPB  =HPB   --   +B20  =W15   |   12.5   10.0
 19 Jerry,Eithen                    763      SA  2.5 | -B23  -W7   +W25  +B29  =B16   |   11.5   10.0
 20 Moore,James Michael               0      SA  2.5 | -W9   +B29  =HPB  -W18  +W27   |   11.0    8.5
 21 Zuo,Emma                        791      SA  2.0 | -W2   +B22  -W3   +B32  -B12   |   14.0   13.0
 22 Zuo,Ella                        436      SA  2.0 | -B8   -W21  +PAB  +B26  -W13   |   12.0   10.0
 23 Dundas,Callum              (W) 1553      SA  2.0 | +W19  =B16  =HPB  -F7    --    |   11.0    9.0
 24 Ung,Harry                       700      SA  2.0 | =HPB  =HPB  -B7   +W31  -B11   |   11.0    9.0
 25 Nguyen,Xuan Phuc Lam           1021      SA  2.0 | -B6   -W30  -B19  +W28  +B31   |    9.5    8.5
 26 Hope,Simon                      859      SA  2.0 | =HPB  =HPB   --   -W22  +B30   |    9.0    7.0
 27 Roberts,Julian                 1143      SA  1.5 | =HPB  +W13  -B12  -W17  -B20   |   12.5   11.0
 28 Inglis,James                    479     VIC  1.5 | -W14  -B4   =W29  -B25  +W32   |   11.0   10.0
 29 Guiney,Wayne Bertram            888      SA  1.5 | -B17  -W20  =B28  -W19  +PAB   |   10.5    9.0
 30 Bannister,Jeremy                  0      SA  1.0 | -W3   +B25  -B13  -W10  -W26   |   14.0   12.0
 31 Hou,Ryan                          0      SA  1.0 | -B12  +PAB  -W4   -B24  -W25   |   12.0   11.0
 32 Nguyen,Xuan Thao Han              0      SA  1.0 | +PAB  -W8   -B11  -W21  -B28   |   10.5    9.5
 33 Retnaraja,Ethan            (W) 1900      SA  0.0 | -F10   --    --    --    --    |    0.0    0.0
 34 Prenter,David              (W) 1876      SA  0.0 | -F16   --    --    --    --    |    0.0    0.0
 35 Mdinaradze,Edgar           (W) 1666      SA  0.0 | -F11   --    --    --    --    |    0.0    0.0

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