2025 WA Blitz Championship

The 2025 WA Blitz Championship (11 Round Swiss - 3min + 2sec inc.) was held on Sunday 13th July at Southern Suburbs Chess Club (Leeming Primary School, 10 Meharry Rd, Leeming). The tournament attracted a field of 44 players.

Tournament results can be found here: https://s2.chess-results.com/tnrWZ.aspx?SNode=S0&tno=1193186

Congratulations to:

2025 WA Blitz Champion: IM Patrick Gong (won playoff with Ashvin Balavignan)

2025 WA Women's Blitz Champion: WFM Kathryn Hardegen

2025 WA Seniors' Blitz Champion: Lyndon While (a playoff was initiated, but Ian McAteer had already left and did not wish to return)


Results kindly provided by Chief Arbiter / Chief Organiser: IA Dr Andrew Hardegen



Final Standings


 Pos  N     NAME                      g |  Rtg Fed |  Pts   BH/C1   BH   
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  1   1  IM Gong,Patrick              m | 2448  WA |  9.5    71.5  77.0 
  2   4  CM Balavignan,Ashvin         m | 1986  WA |  9.5    70.5  76.0
  3   5     Majidi,Issa               m | 1917  WA |  9.5    70.0  72.5
  4   3     Rahmani,Noor              m | 2024  WA |  7.5    74.0  79.0
  5   7 WFM Hardegen,Kathryn          f | 1794  WA |  7.0    68.5  71.5
  6  19     Malik,Aidan               m | 1243  OS |  7.0    64.0  68.5
  7  43     Smith,Jordan              m |    0  WA |  7.0    58.0  62.5
  8  15     Huang,Yuqi (Ricky)        m | 1357  WA |  6.5    73.5  79.0
  9   2     Szijarto,Andras           m | 2098  WA |  6.5    72.5  77.0
 10  14     De Vas,Yonal              m | 1419  WA |  6.5    71.0  76.0
 11   6     Shah Mansouri,Kevin       m | 1906  WA |  6.5    68.0  72.5
 12  13     McAteer,Ian               m | 1420  WA |  6.5    64.0  68.0
 13  18     While,Lyndon              m | 1270  WA |  6.5    56.5  60.5
 14  21     Le,Quang Minh             m | 1200  WA |  6.5    54.5  58.5
 15   9     Wong,Aaron                m | 1604  WA |  6.0    70.0  72.0
 16  10     Bradley,Luke              m | 1575  WA |  6.0    62.0  66.0
 17  26     Luong,Daniel              m |  777  WA |  6.0    60.5  65.0
 18  25     Gough,Sebastian           m |  935  WA |  6.0    56.5  60.5 
 19  37     Elamparithi,Arvind        m |    0 AUS |  6.0    56.5  58.5 
 20  16     Huang,Hui                 m | 1348  WA |  6.0    55.5  59.5
 21  17     Koppolu,Rohit             m | 1320  WA |  5.5    61.0  65.0 
 22  11     Verma,Abhinav             m | 1480  WA |  5.5    61.0  64.0 
 23  20     Wolstencroft,Alan         m | 1243  WA |  5.5    58.5  61.5
 24  23     Perera,Kaviru             m |  955  WA |  5.5    54.5  56.5
 25  40     Mutsengi,Tadiwanashe      m |    0  WA |  5.0    61.5  66.5 
 26  12     Gough,Dylan               m | 1435  WA |  5.0    61.5  65.5 
 27  22     De Vas,Senudi             f | 1013  WA |  5.0    54.0  58.0 
 28  39     Mutsengi,Julius           m |    0  WA |  5.0    54.0  56.5 
 29  36     Coulding,Bradley          m |    0  WA |  5.0    53.5  55.5
 30  42     Seethamraju,Pravan        m |    0  WA |  5.0    49.0  51.5
 31  34     Absolom,Logan             m |    0  WA |  5.0    47.5  49.5
 32  38     Hannan,Kelsey             m |    0  WA |  4.5    57.0  60.0
 33  24     Ashok,Akash               m |  941  WA |  4.5    53.5  57.5 
 34  30     Ashok,Anish               m |  569  WA |  4.5    53.5  56.0 
 35  28     Brackenridge,Zeno         m |  651  WA |  4.5    48.0  50.0
 36  32     Chandna,Vivek             m |  301  WA |  4.0    52.5  56.5
 37  33     Wang,Walter               m |  209  WA |  4.0    49.5  51.5
 38  35     Athimoolam,Elamparithy    m |    0  WA |  4.0    43.5  46.0
 39   8     Ketor,Kingsley Kofi       m | 1732  WA |  4.0    42.5  46.5
 40  44     Vignesh,Aadhav            m |    0  WA |  4.0    40.0  42.0
 41  29     Srikanth,Siddarth         m |  610  WA |  3.0    51.0  54.0
 42  27     Singh,Harvigas            m |  706  WA |  2.5    48.0  50.0
 43  31     Perera,Damsara            m |  368  WA |  2.0    46.5  48.5
 44  41     Palanti,Krishiv       (W) f |    0  WA |  1.0    16.0  17.0


Cross Table


 Pos NAME                      Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9    10    11   |  BH/C1   BH   
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  1  Gong,Patrick              2448  IM  WA  9.5 | +B24  +W12  +B22  +W10  +B2   +W3   =B9   +W8   -B4   +W5   +B11  |   71.5  77.0 
  2  Balavignan,Ashvin         1986  CM  WA  9.5 | +W17  +B21  +W8   =B3   -W1   +B11  +W4   +B16  +W9   +B15  +B10  |   70.5  76.0 
  3  Majidi,Issa               1917      WA  9.5 | +B42  +W23  +B26  =W2   +B5   -B1   +W15  +W9   +B6   +W4   +B8   |   70.0  72.5 
  4  Rahmani,Noor              2024      WA  7.5 | +B18  -W10  +B11  +W20  +B8   +W26  -B2   +W5   +W1   -B3   =B6   |   74.0  79.0 
  5  Hardegen,Kathryn          1794 WFM  WA  7.0 | +B41  +W27  -B10  +W6   -W3   +B20  +W25  -B4   +W12  -B1   +W15  |   68.5  71.5 
  6  Malik,Aidan               1243      OS  7.0 | +B44  +W16  -W15  -B5   +W29  +B32  =W10  +B22  -W3   +B9   =W4   |   64.0  68.5 
  7  Smith,Jordan                 0      WA  7.0 | +W14  -B22  -W21  +B17  +W34  -B12  +W23  -B15  +W24  +B25  +W19  |   58.0  62.5 
  8  Huang,Yuqi (Ricky)        1357      WA  6.5 | +B19  +W9   -B2   +W16  -W4   +B21  +W12  -B1   =W11  +B20  -W3   |   73.5  79.0 
  9  Szijarto,Andras           2098      WA  6.5 | +W33  -B8   +W17  +B15  +W12  +B10  =W1   -B3   -B2   -W6   +W21  |   72.5  77.0 
 10  De Vas,Yonal              1419      WA  6.5 | +W29  +B4   +W5   -B1   +W15  -W9   =B6   -B11  +W25  +B14  -W2   |   71.0  76.0 
 11  Shah Mansouri,Kevin       1906      WA  6.5 | =W35  +B25  -W4   +B32  +W14  -W2   =B13  +W10  =B8   +B19  -W1   |   68.0  72.5 
 12  McAteer,Ian               1420      WA  6.5 | +B38  -B1   +W29  +W27  -B9   +W7   -B8   +W28  -B5   +W16  =B13  |   64.0  68.0 
 13  While,Lyndon              1270      WA  6.5 | -W25  +B36  =W32  +B30  -W16  +B14  =W11  +B21  -W15  +B27  =W12  |   56.5  60.5 
 14  Le,Quang Minh             1200      WA  6.5 | -B7   +W37  =B34  +W35  -B11  -W13  +B32  +W39  +B26  -W10  +B22  |   54.5  58.5 
 15  Wong,Aaron                1604      WA  6.0 | +B43  +W34  +B6   -W9   -B10  +W18  -B3   +W7   +B13  -W2   -B5   |   70.0  72.0 
 16  Bradley,Luke              1575      WA  6.0 | +W36  -B6   +W33  -B8   +B13  +W28  +B26  -W2   -W19  -B12  +W23  |   62.0  66.0 
 17  Luong,Daniel               777      WA  6.0 | -B2   +W19  -B9   -W7   +B31  +W30  -B22  -W18  +B32  +W28  +B25  |   60.5  65.0 
 18  Gough,Sebastian            935      WA  6.0 | -W4   -B29  +W36  +B19  +W30  -B15  -W20  +B17  -W23  +B33  +W31  |   56.5  60.5 
 19  Elamparithi,Arvind           0     AUS  6.0 | -W8   -B17  +B43  -W18  +B24  +W41  +B27  +W26  +B16  -W11  -B7   |   56.5  58.5 
 20  Huang,Hui                 1348      WA  6.0 | -W32  +B35  +W28  -B4   +W37  -W5   +B18  -B25  +W33  -W8   +B26  |   55.5  59.5 
 21  Koppolu,Rohit             1320      WA  5.5 | +B28  -W2   +B7   +W22  -B26  -W8   +B36  -W13  =B27  +W34  -B9   |   61.0  65.0 
 22  Verma,Abhinav             1480      WA  5.5 | +B37  +W7   -W1   -B21  +W41  -B25  +W17  -W6   +B28  =B23  -W14  |   61.0  64.0 
 23  Wolstencroft,Alan         1243      WA  5.5 | +W30  -B3   -W25  +B34  -B28  +W29  -B7   +W41  +B18  =W22  -B16  |   58.5  61.5 
 24  Perera,Kaviru              955      WA  5.5 | -W1   +B31  -W30  -B29  -W19  =B39  +W43  +B35  -B7   +W37  +B34  |   54.5  56.5 
 25  Mutsengi,Tadiwanashe         0      WA  5.0 | +B13  -W11  +B23  -W26  +B27  +W22  -B5   +W20  -B10  -W7   -W17  |   61.5  66.5 
 26  Gough,Dylan               1435      WA  5.0 | +W31  +B32  -W3   +B25  +W21  -B4   -W16  -B19  -W14  +B36  -W20  |   61.5  65.5 
 27  De Vas,Senudi             1013      WA  5.0 | +W40  -B5   +F44  -B12  -W25  +B37  -W19  +B36  =W21  -W13  =B33  |   54.0  58.0 
 28  Mutsengi,Julius              0      WA  5.0 | -W21  +W42  -B20  +B33  +W23  -B16  +W35  -B12  -W22  -B17  +W36  |   54.0  56.5 
 29  Coulding,Bradley             0      WA  5.0 | -B10  +W18  -B12  +W24  -B6   -B23  -W33  +W43  -B31  +W41  +B39  |   53.5  55.5 
 30  Seethamraju,Pravan           0      WA  5.0 | -B23  +W41  +B24  -W13  -B18  -B17  +W37  -B33  -W36  +W42  +B38  |   49.0  51.5 
 31  Absolom,Logan                0      WA  5.0 | -B26  -W24  =B42  =W43  -W17  -B33  +PAB  +B40  +W29  +W39  -B18  |   47.5  49.5 
 32  Hannan,Kelsey                0      WA  4.5 | +B20  -W26  =B13  -W11  +B35  -W6   -W14  -B34  -W17  +PAB  +B41  |   57.0  60.0 
 33  Ashok,Akash                941      WA  4.5 | -B9   +W38  -B16  -W28  -B36  +W31  +B29  +W30  -B20  -W18  =W27  |   53.5  57.5 
 34  Ashok,Anish                569      WA  4.5 | +F39  -B15  =W14  -W23  -B7   -W35  +B42  +W32  +B38  -B21  -W24  |   53.5  56.0 
 35  Brackenridge,Zeno          651      WA  4.5 | =B11  -W20  +W40  -B14  -W32  +B34  -B28  -W24  -B41  +W43  +B42  |   48.0  50.0 
 36  Chandna,Vivek              301      WA  4.0 | -B16  -W13  -B18  +B38  +W33  +B40  -W21  -W27  +B30  -W26  -B28  |   52.5  56.5 
 37  Wang,Walter                209      WA  4.0 | -W22  -B14  +W39  +B40  -B20  -W27  -B30  -W38  +PAB  -B24  +B43  |   49.5  51.5 
 38  Athimoolam,Elamparithy       0      WA  4.0 | -W12  -B33  -B41  -W36  +PAB  +W42  -B39  +B37  -W34  +B40  -W30  |   43.5  46.0 
 39  Ketor,Kingsley Kofi       1732      WA  4.0 | -F34   --   -B37  =W42  +B43  =W24  +W38  -B14  +W40  -B31  -W29  |   42.5  46.5 
 40  Vignesh,Aadhav               0      WA  4.0 | -B27  +W43  -B35  -W37  +B42  -W36  +B41  -W31  -B39  -W38  +PAB  |   40.0  42.0 
 41  Srikanth,Siddarth          610      WA  3.0 | -W5   -B30  +W38  +F44  -B22  -B19  -W40  -B23  +W35  -B29  -W32  |   51.0  54.0 
 42  Singh,Harvigas             706      WA  2.5 | -W3   -B28  =W31  =B39  -W40  -B38  -W34  +PAB  =B43  -B30  -W35  |   48.0  50.0 
 43  Perera,Damsara             368      WA  2.0 | -W15  -B40  -W19  =B31  -W39  +PAB  -B24  -B29  =W42  -B35  -W37  |   46.5  48.5 
 44  Palanti,Krishiv       (W)    0      WA  1.0 | -W6   +PAB  -F27  -F41   --    --    --    --    --    --    --   |   16.0  17.0