Lidums Australian Allegro Championship 2024 Results

Updated January 19th, 2025

An incredible turnout at this year’s Allegro Championship saw 100 players battling out over the chessboard!
SACA greatly appreciates the support of all our sponsors and players to make this year our biggest in recent history!


1st Place: Kyle Leaver
2nd Place: Jamie Charters
=3rd Place: CM Li Hui, IM Mark Chapman, Song Yang & George Bartley (alongside FM Bill Jordan & FM Manny Rayner, WFM Chi Phan & Ethan Retnaraja who won alternative prizes)
=Best U1800: Xavier Georgitsis & Elizabeth Ports
Best U1500: Shourya Dash
Best U1000: Oliver Cirami & Anesh Saravanan
Best Unrated: Varun Purushotham
=2nd Best Unrated: Hariharan Ayyar, Haasith Gummalla, Isaac Truong, Robert Donnelly & Anton Andreacchio
=Best Veteran: FM Bill Jordan & FM Manny Rayner
Best Woman: WFM Chi Phan
Best U18 Junior: Ethan Retnaraja
Best U15 Junior: Heath Medlock
Best U12 Junior: Tarush Jindal
Best U10 Junior: Chen Bi Zang

Final Standings:

Pos NAME Rtg T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | BH ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Leaver,Kyle 2224 SA 6.5 | +W72 +B16 +W12 +B27 =W20 +B3 +W4 | 32.0 2 Charters,Jamie D 1938 SA 6.0 | +W58 +B30 =W4 +B9 +W6 +B20 =W3 | 33.5 3 Jordan,William 2181 FM SA 5.5 | +B35 +W28 +B14 +W5 +B11 -W1 =B2 | 36.0 4 Rayner,Emmanuel 2460 FM OS 5.5 | +B75 +W55 =B2 +W23 +B7 +W13 -B1 | 33.0 5 Retnaraja,Ethan 2138 SA 5.5 | +W40 +B29 +W31 -B3 +W16 +B12 =W8 | 33.0 6 Li,Hui 2151 CM OS 5.5 | +B62 +W46 +B15 =W7 -B2 +W22 +B11 | 32.5 7 Chapman,Mark 2556 IM SA 5.5 | +W61 +B53 +W21 =B6 -W4 +W15 +B20 | 31.5 8 Yang,Song 2272 SA 5.5 | +B47 +W48 +B18 -W11 +B28 +W14 =B5 | 31.5 9 Phan,Nguyen Mai Chi 2131 WFM SA 5.5 | +B79 +W60 =B22 -W2 +B50 +W46 +B23 | 27.0 10 Bartley,George 2033 SA 5.5 | +W65 =B92 +W25 -B20 +W73 +B24 +W21 | 26.5 11 Boyd-Norman,James 2180 SA 5.0 | +W68 +B54 +W24 +B8 -W3 +B27 -W6 | 31.0 12 Kumbara,Erfaz 1885 SA 5.0 | +B56 +W37 -B1 +W64 +B54 -W5 +B32 | 29.0 13 Srdic,Goran 2275 SA 5.0 | +W51 +B73 -W20 +B29 +W38 -B4 +W41 | 28.5 14 Prenter,David 1869 SA 5.0 | +B84 +W66 -W3 +B34 +W30 -B8 +W40 | 28.0 15 Medlock,Heath 1763 SA 5.0 | +W90 +B69 -W6 +B37 +W31 -B7 +W33 | 28.0 16 Georgitsis,Xavier 1652 SA 5.0 | +B85 -W1 +B80 +W57 -B5 +W35 +B36 | 28.0 17 Purushotham,Varun 0 SA 5.0 | =B19 +W50 =B93 -W49 +B39 +F73 +W38 | 28.0 18 Hoff,Michael R 1916 SA 5.0 | +W76 +B41 -W8 -B30 +W58 +B31 +W37 | 27.0 19 Ports,Elizabeth 1574 SA 5.0 | =W17 =B34 -W33 +B83 +W59 +B42 +W27 | 26.0 20 Jindal,Tarush 1917 SA 4.5 | +B80 +W52 +B13 +W10 =B1 -W2 -W7 | 34.0 21 Retnaraja,Athena-Malar 1935 SA 4.5 | +B43 +W39 -B7 +W22 =B46 +W49 -B10 | 30.5 22 MacMullin,Owen 1753 ACT 4.5 | +W83 +B63 =W9 -B21 +W25 -B6 +W51 | 28.5 23 Mandic,Samuel 1846 SA 4.5 | +W81 =B25 +W92 -B4 +W47 +B26 -W9 | 28.0 24 Mdinaradze,Edgar 1832 SA 4.5 | +B82 +W32 -B11 +W39 =B49 -W10 +B46 | 27.5 25 Dash,Shourya 1428 SA 4.5 | +B97 =W23 -B10 +W53 -B22 +W50 +B48 | 26.0 26 Pattison,Hamish 1763 SA 4.5 | +B87 -W36 =B47 +W93 +B52 -W23 +B49 | 24.5 27 Tanti,Joseph G 1939 SA 4.0 | +B88 +W64 +B36 -W1 +B48 -W11 -B19 | 29.0 28 Bayliss,James 1653 SA 4.0 | +W67 -B3 +W40 +B51 -W8 -B33 +W65 | 28.5 29 Commisso,Anthony 1606 SA 4.0 | +B89 -W5 +B32 -W13 +B43 -W36 +B62 | 27.5 30 Zang,Chen Bi 1541 SA 4.0 | +B57 -W2 +B94 +W18 -B14 -W32 +B58 | 27.5 31 Newbold,Charles 1529 SA 4.0 | +B94 +W93 -B5 +W44 -B15 -W18 +B56 | 27.0 32 Ayyar,Hariharan 0 SA 4.0 | +W38 -B24 -W29 +B72 +W74 +B30 -W12 | 26.5 33 Gummalla,Haasith 0 SA 4.0 | -W54 +B68 +B19 -W50 +B64 +W28 -B15 | 26.5 34 Sykes,Alexander K I 1509 SA 4.0 | =HPB =W19 +B66 -W14 -B56 +B67 +W59 | 26.0 35 Teh,Lucas Wei Shen 1091 SA 4.0 | -W3 +B67 +W53 -B38 +W78 -B16 +B55 | 26.0 36 Truong,Isaac 0 SA 4.0 | +W74 +B26 -W27 -B54 +W65 +B29 -W16 | 26.0 37 Rahman,Hasanur 1361 SA 4.0 | +B100 -B12 +W61 -W15 +B87 +W55 -B18 | 25.5 38 Chesney,David 1654 SA 4.0 | -B32 +W82 +B88 +W35 -B13 +W56 -B17 | 25.0 39 Dreyer,J Peter 1488 SA 4.0 | +W78 -B21 +W59 -B24 -W17 +B63 +W70 | 25.0 40 Cirami,Oliver 949 SA 4.0 | -B5 +W89 -B28 +W77 +B57 +W54 -B14 | 25.0 41 Stone,William 1473 SA 4.0 | +B86 -W18 -B57 +W80 +B84 +W44 -B13 | 23.0 42 Donnelly,Robert 0 SA 4.0 | -B46 -W62 +B82 +W85 +B60 -W19 +B64 | 22.5 43 Saravanan,Anesh 781 SA 4.0 | -W21 -B78 +W67 +B70 -W29 +B74 +W61 | 22.0 44 Cloudsdale,Colin 1874 SA 4.0 | -W69 +B90 +W75 -B31 +W81 -B41 +W47 | 21.0 45 Andreacchio,Anton 0 SA 4.0 | -B48 -W47 +B79 +W66 -B55 +W60 +B54 | 21.0 46 Ivkovic,Novica 1639 SA 3.5 | +W42 -B6 +W65 +B81 =W21 -B9 -W24 | 29.0 47 Stevens,Ben 1114 SA 3.5 | -W8 +B45 =W26 +B92 -B23 +W52 -B44 | 28.5 48 Khaw,Fabian 1664 SA 3.5 | +W45 -B8 +W72 +B74 -W27 =B51 -W25 | 26.5 49 Richard,Samuel 1622 SA 3.5 | -W63 +B83 +W69 +B17 =W24 -B21 -W26 | 26.5 50 Atrens,Edvard 1479 SA 3.5 | =HPB -B17 +W95 +B33 -W9 -B25 +W72 | 26.5 51 Teia,Abdulrahem 1181 SA 3.5 | -B13 +W96 +B55 -W28 +B63 =W48 -B22 | 24.0 52 Fraser,Lee 1459 SA 3.5 | +W70 -B20 +W78 =B73 -W26 -B47 +W77 | 23.0 53 Thavarajah,Visvanathan 1710 SA 3.5 | +B91 -W7 -B35 -B25 =W76 +B94 +W75 | 22.5 54 Hansen,Samuel 1625 SA 3.0 | +B33 -W11 +B56 +W36 -W12 -B40 -W45 | 29.0 55 Vujasin,Nikola 1691 NSW 3.0 | +W71 -B4 -W51 +B76 +W45 -B37 -W35 | 26.5 56 Pederi,Liam Joseph 720 SA 3.0 | -W12 +B100 -W54 +B61 +W34 -B38 -W31 | 25.0 57 Ryu,Isaac 0 SA 3.0 | -W30 +B58 +W41 -B16 -W40 =B72 =W74 | 25.0 58 Tsambazis,Jonny 853 SA 3.0 | -B2 -W57 +B96 +W86 -B18 +F87 -W30 | 24.0 59 Moore,James Michael 0 SA 3.0 | -B60 +W79 -B39 +W62 -B19 +W66 -B34 | 24.0 60 Huynh,Andy 1589 SA 3.0 | +W59 -B9 -W81 +B69 -W42 -B45 +W83 | 23.5 61 Annamalai,Akshay 1243 ACT 3.0 | -B7 +W91 -B37 -W56 +B71 +W84 -B43 | 23.5 62 Jeanes,David 1019 SA 3.0 | -W6 +B42 -W73 -B59 +W83 +B78 -W29 | 23.5 63 Hartigan,Andrew 0 SA 3.0 | +B49 -W22 -B64 +B68 -W51 -W39 +B79 | 23.5 64 Houston,Joshua 1532 SA 3.0 | +W98 -B27 +W63 -B12 -W33 +B81 -W42 | 23.0 65 Cirami,Amelia 900 SA 3.0 | -B10 +W77 -B46 +W94 -B36 +W86 -B28 | 23.0 66 Newlands,Dominic 1289 SA 3.0 | +W95 -B14 -W34 -B45 +W92 -B59 +W81 | 22.0 67 Barac,Doug 0 SA 3.0 | -B28 -W35 -B43 +W82 +B79 -W34 +B84 | 22.0 68 Koodrin,Zina 1087 SA 3.0 | -B11 -W33 +B71 -W63 -B77 +W91 +B82 | 21.5 69 Medwell,Thomas 639 SA 3.0 | +B44 -W15 -B49 -W60 -B85 +W96 +B86 | 21.5 70 Tian,Alex 0 SA 3.0 | -B52 -W80 +B91 -W43 +B88 +W76 -B39 | 20.0 71 Wedding,Helen 259 SA 3.0 | -B55 -W75 -W68 +B97 -W61 +B99 +F80 | 17.0 72 Caruso,Connor 1096 SA 2.5 | -B1 +W85 -B48 -W32 +B89 =W57 -B50 | 25.5 73 Loughlin,Tom (W) 1674 SA 2.5 | +B96 -W13 +B62 =W52 -B10 -F17 -- | 23.0 74 Hunter,Daniel M 1359 SA 2.5 | -B36 +W87 +B86 -W48 -B32 -W43 =B57 | 23.0 75 Horan,Paul 1195 SA 2.5 | -W4 +B71 -B44 -W87 +B91 =W77 -B53 | 23.0 76 Zuo,Emma 727 SA 2.5 | -B18 -W86 +B89 -W55 =B53 -B70 +W78 | 20.5 77 Nagpal,Vir 0 SA 2.5 | -W92 -B65 +W90 -B40 +W68 =B75 -B52 | 20.5 78 Singh,Kanwar 0 SA 2.0 | -B39 +W43 -B52 +W88 -B35 -W62 -B76 | 23.0 79 Guiney,Wayne Bertram 908 SA 2.0 | -W9 -B59 -W45 +B95 -W67 +B90 -W63 | 22.0 80 Wiltshire,Joel 738 SA 2.0 | -W20 +B70 -W16 -B41 =W94 =HPB -F71 | 22.0 81 Zuo,Ella 593 SA 2.0 | -B23 +W97 +B60 -W46 -B44 -W64 -B66 | 22.0 82 Toppila,Elias 546 SA 2.0 | -W24 -B38 -W42 -B67 +W95 +B89 -W68 | 22.0 83 Vijayakumar,Shubhan 428 SA 2.0 | -B22 -W49 +B97 -W19 -B62 +W88 -B60 | 22.0 84 MacMullin,Jake 626 ACT 2.0 | -W14 =B95 +F100 =HPB -W41 -B61 -W67 | 20.5 85 Dileesh,Ashmit (W) 1106 SA 2.0 | -W16 -B72 +W99 -B42 +W69 -- -- | 20.0 86 Stone,Mark 0 SA 2.0 | -W41 +B76 -W74 -B58 +W99 -B65 -W69 | 19.5 87 Loughlin,Thomas (W) 463 SA 2.0 | -W26 -B74 +W98 +B75 -W37 -F58 -- | 18.5 88 Culture,Walter 870 SA 2.0 | -W27 +B98 -W38 -B78 -W70 -B83 +F94 | 18.0 89 Luong,Kevin 0 SA 2.0 | -W29 -B40 -W76 +B90 -W72 -W82 +B98 | 18.0 90 Gummalla,Abhiram 513 SA 2.0 | -B15 -W44 -B77 -W89 +B98 -W79 +B96 | 17.5 91 Toppila,Evan 352 SA 2.0 | -W53 -B61 -W70 +B98 -W75 -B68 +W97 | 17.0 92 Staak,Eric (W) 1580 SA 1.5 | +B77 =W10 -B23 -W47 -B66 -- -- | 22.0 93 Rogers,Thomas (W) 1935 SA 1.5 | +W99 -B31 =W17 -B26 -- -- -- | 19.5 94 Shrestha,Aahan Ranjitkar 0 SA 1.5 | -W31 +B99 -W30 -B65 =B80 -W53 -F88 | 19.5 95 Zhang,Rosie 0 SA 1.5 | -B66 =W84 -B50 -W79 -B82 -W98 +PAB | 15.0 96 Wang,Ethan 110 SA 1.0 | -W73 -B51 -W58 -B99 +W97 -B69 -W90 | 17.0 97 Tian,Jasper 0 SA 1.0 | -W25 -B81 -W83 -W71 -B96 +PAB -B91 | 15.5 98 Sahani,Dhrumil 0 SA 1.0 | -B64 -W88 -B87 -W91 -W90 +B95 -W89 | 15.0 99 Laidlaw,Robert (W) 775 SA 1.0 | -B93 -W94 -B85 +W96 -B86 -W71 -- | 14.5 100 Dabi,Naina (W) 0 SA 0.0 | -W37 -W56 -F84 -- -- -- -- | 7.0