133rd New Zealand Chess Congress

Invercargill - NZL

11-12 Jan 2026

Pos	Player	Pts	BH	BH/C1
1	Xie, Felix FM 2318	7.5	56.0	51.5
2	Fernandez, Daniel Howard GM 2370	7.5	52.5	48.0
3	Wang, Justin Zhide CM 1830	7	51.5	48.0
4	Keith, Matthew 1964	7	49.5	48.0
5	Dive, Russell J IM 2204	6.5	54.5	50.0
6	Smith, Robert W FM 2090	6.5	52.0	47.5
7	Liu, William Rui CM 1939	6.5	51.5	47.5
8	Lee, Edward S 2139	6	49.5	45.0
9	Van Meter, Lester FM 1851	6	49.0	45.0
10	McNabb, Matthew D 1968	6	46.0	43.0
11	Dare, Richard J 1811	6	45.0	41.5
12	Sun, Nathan 1673	5.5	51.5	49.0
13	Ker, Anthony F IM 2250	5.5	51.5	48.0
14	Liu, Richard Jingjie 1785	5.5	51.5	47.5
15	Zhou, Ryan Yiheng 1537	5.5	47.5	43.5
16	Steele, Hayden 1752	5.5	46.5	43.0
17	Nicholls, Leighton CM 1770	5.5	44.5	41.0
18	Vry, Fabian 1606	5.5	43.0	40.0
19	Malcolm, Aidan 1605	5.5	40.0	37.5
20	Thurner, Anya 1611	5.5	40.0	36.5
21	Zhou, Martin 1499	5.5	38.5	35.0
22	Hwang, Ryan 1435	5.5	34.0	32.5
23	Jadhav, Pratik 1658	5	47.5	44.5
24	Forster, William CM 1752	5	46.0	42.5
25	Broad, Cory 1526	5	44.0	40.5
26	Puspito 1200	5	41.0	38.0
27	Johnson, Quentin J F 1883	5	40.5	37.0
28	Grant, Tyne 1513	5	38.5	36.0
29	Familton, Gregory 1448	5	36.0	33.5
30	Pelayo, Rundell 1000	5	32.0	30.5
31	Coleman, Phil 1352	4.5	45.5	41.5
32	Sarmad, Zane 1390	4.5	44.5	42.0
33	Gudoy, Paul 1408	4.5	44.0	41.0
34	Moshakova, Elena 1280	4.5	42.0	39.0
35	Hooton, Barry R 1166	4.5	40.5	37.0
36	Ashe, Michael 1408	4.5	40.0	37.5
37	Kiwulegedara, Sasandu 1370	4.5	40.0	37.0
38	Bell, Daniel 1530	4.5	40.0	36.5
39	Gold, Hamish R 1486	4.5	36.0	33.5
40	Muana, Jeff 1000	4.5	33.5	32.0
41	MacDonald, Caleb 1218	4	45.5	42.5
42	Ashton, Matthew 1666	4	42.0	38.5
43	Sussex, Taylor 1247	4	41.0	39.5
44	Robinson, John 1600	4	38.5	35.0
45	Nguyen, Michael 1248	4	35.0	32.5
46	Lee, Dylan E S 1419	4	35.0	31.0
47	Deepagoda, Sansithu 1323	4	34.5	32.0
48	Wang, Ethan Zhirui 1160	3.5	44.5	41.0
49	Balbalin, Sean 1278	3.5	40.5	37.5
50	Taylor, Cole 1500	3.5	39.5	37.0

Tie Break legend:
BH : Buchholz Total
BH/C1 : Buchholz Cut 1