SA Blitz Chess Championship 2026 Results

Updated August 24th, 2026

Registrations, Pairings and Results

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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 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 | BH BH/C1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Retnaraja,Ethan 2064 AUS 12.0 | +B42 +W41 +B35 -W4 +B20 +W2 +B3 +B7 +W5 +W6 +B13 +B14 +W10 | 101.0 96.0 2 Srdic,Goran 2154 AUS 10.0 | +W17 +B15 +W5 -B3 +W9 -B1 +W11 -B8 +W25 +W4 +B6 +B19 +W13 | 105.5 99.5 3 Su,Weng Yang Joel 1935 MAS 10.0 | +B24 +W22 +B18 +W2 -B4 +W6 -W1 +B31 +W8 +B5 +B10 +W13 -B7 | 104.5 99.0 4 Almutawa,Ayman 1828 AUS 9.5 | +W30 +B16 +W8 +B1 +W3 =B5 -W7 +B25 +W10 -B2 +W9 +B11 -W6 | 107.0 101.0 5 Paillard,Maximilien 1874 FRA 9.5 | +B23 +W26 -B2 +W22 +B35 =W4 +B9 +W13 -B1 -W3 +B8 +W18 +B14 | 103.0 97.0 6 Pattison,Hamish 1731 AUS 8.5 | +W43 -B31 +W17 +B11 +W27 -B3 =W10 +B14 +W7 -B1 -W2 +B9 +B4 | 105.5 100.0 7 Maria,Alistair 1877 AUS 8.0 | +W25 +B27 =W31 =B9 +W15 +B8 +B4 -W1 -B6 -W13 -W14 +B26 +W3 | 101.5 96.0 8 Jordan,William 2224 FM AUS 7.5 | +B20 +W21 -B4 +B31 +W14 -W7 +B27 +W2 -B3 -B9 -W5 +B15 =W16 | 102.0 96.5 9 Mdinaradze,Edgar 1798 GEO 7.5 | +B33 +W12 +B13 =W7 -B2 +W31 -W5 -B10 +B11 +W8 -B4 -W6 +B18 | 100.0 94.5 10 Chhun,Visal 0 ISR 7.5 | -B35 +B37 +W16 +W41 -B31 +W26 =B6 +W9 -B4 +B12 -W3 +W21 -B1 | 98.5 93.0 11 Rao,Mai 1214 AUS 7.5 | -B13 +W36 +B21 -W6 +B41 +W35 -B2 +B15 -W9 =W18 +B12 -W4 +B19 | 93.0 89.0 12 Dua,Krsna 1428 AUS 7.5 | +W48 -B9 +W28 -B14 +W32 +B15 -B13 =W35 +B16 -W10 -W11 +B23 +B21 | 87.5 82.0 13 Horne,Brad 2001 AUS 7.0 | +W11 +B29 -W9 -B27 +W17 +B37 +W12 -B5 +W19 +B7 -W1 -B3 -B2 | 105.5 99.5 14 Dash,Shourya 1686 IND 7.0 | +B44 -W18 +B42 +W12 -B8 +W20 -B25 -W6 +B29 +W26 +B7 -W1 -W5 | 94.5 89.5 15 Lian,Mark 1622 AUS 7.0 | +B47 -W2 +B24 +W18 -B7 -W12 +B20 -W11 +B28 +W25 -B21 -W8 +W26 | 90.0 84.5 16 Eskandarian,Ehsan 1462 IRI 7.0 | +B34 -W4 -B10 =W23 +B24 +W21 +B31 -B19 -W12 +W22 -B18 +W20 =B8 | 88.5 83.0 17 Farah,James 1295 SA 7.0 | -B2 +W47 -B6 +W44 -B13 -W28 +W41 -B29 +W24 +B36 -B26 +W22 +W25 | 83.0 79.0 18 Atrens,Edvard 1361 SA 6.5 | +W32 +B14 -W3 -B15 -W29 +B42 -W19 +B33 +W37 =B11 +W16 -B5 -W9 | 90.0 85.0 19 Samadi,Akbar 0 SA 6.5 | -W31 +B43 +B26 -W35 +B22 -W27 +B18 +W16 -B13 =W21 +B29 -W2 -W11 | 89.5 84.0 20 Nagpal,Kavish 1308 AUS 6.5 | -W8 +B45 +W32 +B29 -W1 -B14 -W15 -W21 +B30 =B23 +W24 -B16 +W38 | 86.5 82.5 21 Karthikeyan,Manav 1582 AUS 6.5 | +W45 -B8 -W11 +B30 -W25 -B16 +W36 +B20 +W23 =B19 +W15 -B10 -W12 | 84.5 80.5 22 Malagar,Carlo 1508 SA 6.5 | +W46 -B3 +W30 -B5 -W19 +B32 -W23 =B24 +W31 -B16 +W36 -B17 +W34 | 84.5 80.5 23 Balasubramani,Vittal 1159 AUS 6.5 | -W5 +B40 -W29 =B16 +W30 =B41 +B22 -W26 -B21 =W20 +B25 -W12 +B31 | 81.0 78.5 24 Srivastava,Tarush 1204 SA 6.5 | -W3 +B46 -W15 -B32 -W16 +B40 +W30 =W22 -B17 +W28 -B20 +W39 +B33 | 77.5 75.0 25 Caruso,Connor 1175 AUS 6.0 | -B7 +W39 -B41 +W34 +B21 +B29 +W14 -W4 -B2 -B15 -W23 +W28 -B17 | 87.5 84.5 26 Nagpal,Vir 1440 IND 6.0 | +W40 -B5 -W19 +B43 +W28 -B10 +W33 +B23 -W27 -B14 +W17 -W7 -B15 | 87.0 84.5 27 Nguyen,Vu (W) 1558 AUS 6.0 | +B39 -W7 +B33 +W13 -B6 +B19 -W8 +W28 +B26 -- -- -- -- | 82.0 76.0 28 Serfontein,Hugh 0 SA 6.0 | +W37 -W35 -B12 +W36 -B26 +B17 +W29 -B27 -W15 -B24 +W32 -B25 +B40 | 79.0 76.5 29 Kasinathan,Raghavendran 1577 AUS 6.0 | +B36 -W13 +B23 -W20 +B18 -W25 -B28 +W17 -W14 +B33 -W19 -B34 +W39 | 77.0 74.0 30 Kabade,Shelton 1153 ZIM 6.0 | -B4 +W34 -B22 -W21 -B23 +W39 -B24 +B38 -W20 -B32 +W40 +PAB +W36 | 72.5 70.0 31 Hansen,Samuel 1430 AUS 5.5 | +B19 +W6 =B7 -W8 +W10 -B9 -W16 -W3 -B22 -W34 +B39 +B38 -W23 | 88.0 85.0 32 Zheng,Juntian 0 SA 5.5 | -B18 +W44 -B20 +W24 -B12 -W22 +W42 -B37 -B34 +W30 -B28 =W40 +PAB | 75.5 73.0 33 Putta,Chandra Sekar 1033 IND 5.5 | -W9 +B48 -W27 -B37 +W40 +W38 -B26 -W18 +B39 -W29 =B34 +B36 -W24 | 71.0 68.5 34 Paul,Alexios 0 AUS 5.5 | -W16 -B30 +W45 -B25 -W39 -B36 -W38 +B40 +W32 +B31 =W33 +W29 -B22 | 66.5 64.0 35 Cruse,Thomas (W) 1654 OS 4.5 | +W10 +B28 -W1 +B19 -W5 -B11 +W37 =B12 -- -- -- -- -- | 85.0 80.5 36 Forte,Adam 0 SA 4.0 | -W29 -B11 -W40 -B28 +PAB +W34 -B21 +W39 +B38 -W17 -B22 -W33 -B30 | 70.0 67.5 37 Houston,Joshua (W) 1382 AUS 4.0 | -B28 -W10 +B38 +W33 +B42 -W13 -B35 +W32 -B18 -- -- -- -- | 70.0 66.0 38 Forte,Fiore 0 SA 4.0 | -B41 -W42 -W37 +B39 -W43 -B33 +B34 -W30 -W36 +B40 +PAB -W31 -B20 | 65.0 62.5 39 Forte,Michael 0 SA 3.0 | -W27 -B25 -W43 -W38 +B34 -B30 +W40 -B36 -W33 +PAB -W31 -B24 -B29 | 68.5 66.0 40 Raslan,Fadi 0 SA 2.5 | -B26 -W23 +B36 -W42 -B33 -W24 -B39 -W34 +PAB -W38 -B30 =B32 -W28 | 66.0 63.5 41 Percrule,Maxime (W) 1562 FRA 2.5 | +W38 -B1 +W25 -B10 -W11 =W23 -B17 -- -- -- -- -- -- | 65.5 63.0 42 Sharma,Yuraj (W) 1291 SA 2.0 | -W1 +B38 -W14 +B40 -W37 -W18 -B32 -- -- -- -- -- -- | 55.5 53.5 43 Giang,Ryan (W) 433 SA 2.0 | -B6 -W19 +B39 -W26 +B38 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- | 44.0 42.0 44 Hou,Ryan (W) 369 AUS 1.0 | -W14 -B32 +W46 -B17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- | 33.5 32.5 45 Evans,Malaki (W) 0 SA 0.0 | -B21 -W20 -B34 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- | 18.5 18.5 46 Karpeny,Gilbert (W) 0 SA 0.0 | -B22 -W24 -B44 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- | 18.5 18.5 47 Crawford,Cedrick (W) 0 SA 0.0 | -W15 -B17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- | 14.0 14.0 48 Sehgal,Karamjeet Singh (W) 0 SA 0.0 | -B12 -W33 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- | 13.0 13.0

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