2025 Hobsons Bay Cup Rounds 1-3
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31 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held from 10 Jun 2025 to 24 Jun 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. 3 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1797, and top seed was Dean Hogg (🇦🇺 AUS, 1946).
Anh Kiet Nguyen (🇦🇺 AUS, CM, 1881) won with 3.0/3, ahead of Anirudh Krishnan (2.5) and James Picone (2.5). Nguyen broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 3: James Picone (1624) beat Dean Hogg (1946), a +322-point gap.
Location
🇦🇺Melbourne, Australia
Dates
10 Jun 2025 → 24 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 3 rounds
Titled players · 3
CM×3
Federations · 2 represented
🇦🇺Australia×28
🇮🇩Indonesia×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 3 roundsCM Anh Kiet Nguyen led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
10
2
1
R3–R3 · LEAD HELD
CM Anh Kiet Nguyen held the sole lead from R3 through R3 without losing it.
R1–R3 · WIN STREAK
CM Anh Kiet Nguyen won 3 in a row (R1–R3).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1CMAnh Kiet Nguyen | * | — | — | — |
| 2Anirudh Krishnan | — | * | ½ | — |
| 3James Picone | — | ½ | * | — |
| 4CMTony J Davis | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nguyen, Anh KietCM | 1881 | AUS | +12N | +11B | +6N | 3.0 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 5.00 | 2471 | +28.0 |
| 2 | Krishnan, Anirudh | 1844 | AUS | +13N | =3B | +19N | 2.5 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 3.75 | 1853 | +1.2 |
| 3 | Picone, James | 1624 | AUS | +27N | =2N | +18B | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.25 | 2076 | +32.8 |
| 4 | Enano, Ronald | 1741 | AUS | +17B | =10N | +14B | 2.5 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.25 | 1867 | +9.0 |
| 5 | Davis, Tony JCM | 1908 | AUS | +26B | =16N | +23B | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.25 | 1936 | +2.0 |
| 6 | Renaldo Wongso | 1727 | INA | +8B | +15N | −1B | 2.0 | 5.0 | 6.5 | 3.50 | 1723 | +1.0 |
| 7 | McIntyre, Julian | 1731 | AUS | F | +20B | +17B | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2379 | +12.2 |
| 8 | Ramprasad, Nachiket | 1448 | AUS | −6N | +28B | +26N | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1670 | +22.4 |
| 9 | Lingineni, KhushalCM | 1810 | AUS | F | +30N | +10B | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 2338 | +15.2 |
| 10 | Bodke, Krishna | 1662 | AUS | +24N | =4B | −9N | 1.5 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 1.75 | 1583 | -7.6 |
| 11 | Whitford, Matthew | 1688 | AUS | +29B | −1N | =12B | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.75 | 1547 | -7.4 |
| 12 | Yang, Yifan | 1598 | AUS | −1B | +29N | =11N | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.75 | 1592 | -1.6 |
| 13 | Annapureddy, Dhruthin Reddy | 1469 | AUS | −2B | +27N | =15B | 1.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.75 | 1642 | +24.0 |
| 14 | Veginati, Cherish | 1445 | AUS | =23N | +21B | −4N | 1.5 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 1.25 | 1650 | +30.4 |
| 15 | Ruaya, Rohan | 1466 | AUS | +28N | −6B | =13N | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.75 | 1405 | -6.8 |
| 16 | Pasukov, Leo | 1695 | AUS | +25N | =5B | F | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.75 | 1890 | +10.0 |
| 17 | Nawar, Mena | 1676 | AUS | −4N | +24B | −7N | 1.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 0.50 | 937 | -33.2 |
| 18 | Hogg, Dean | 1946 | AUS | F | +22B | −3N | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.00 | 1585 | -15.8 |
| 19 | Hogan, Steven | 1648 | AUS | F | +31N | −2B | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 1626 | -1.0 |
| 20 | Clerk, Max | 1481 | AUS | F | −7N | +29B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 932 | -3.8 |
| 21 | Wilkinson, Greg | 1528 | AUS | F | −14N | +30B | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 1429 | -5.4 |
| 22 | Annadasu, Shreyansh | 1488 | AUS | F | −18N | +31B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1640 | +13.2 |
| 23 | Nowak, Ruben | 1683 | AUS | =14B | F | −5N | 0.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.75 | 1483 | -10.4 |
| 24 | FIDE 3247902 | 0 | — | −10B | −17N | =25B | 0.5 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 0.25 | 1335 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Cox, Tyler | 1489 | AUS | −16B | F | =24N | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.25 | 894 | -9.2 |
| 26 | Matijas, Dejan | 1612 | AUS | −5N | F | −8B | 0.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 878 | -17.4 |
| 27 | Singh, Abhyuday | 1619 | AUS | −3B | −13B | F | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 746 | -47.6 |
| 28 | FIDE 3292487 | 0 | — | −15B | −8N | F | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 656 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Shaiek, Nihal | 1538 | AUS | −11N | −12B | −20N | 0.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 790 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Kostakakis, Angelo | 1413 | AUS | F | −9B | −21N | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 869 | -8.4 |
| 31 | Nicdao, Joseph | 1408 | AUS | F | −19B | −22N | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 760 | -24.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Picone, JamesAUS+32.82.5 pts · #3
- 2Veginati, CherishAUS+30.41.5 pts · #11
- 3Nguyen, Anh KietCMAUS+28.03.0 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Singh, AbhyudayAUS-47.60.0 pts · #29
- 2Nawar, MenaAUS-33.21.0 pts · #24
- 3Nicdao, JosephAUS-24.40.0 pts · #26
Biggest upsets
- R3+322 Elo gap
- R3+164 Elo gap
- R2+150 Elo gap