2025 Hobsons Bay Cup Rounds 4-6
29 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 01 Jul 2025 to 29 Jul 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. 3 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1771, and top seed was Dean Hogg (🇦🇺 AUS, 1946).
Anh Kiet Nguyen (🇦🇺 AUS, CM, 1881) won with 3.0/6, ahead of Mena Nawar (3.0) and Dejan Matijas (2.5). Nguyen shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Nachiket Ramprasad (1448) beat Leo Pasukov (1695), a +247-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsTight race until R6; 2 players tied at 3.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 9 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
2 players finish on 3.0/6. Nguyen takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (4.0).
Mena Nawar 3 wins (R4–R6)CM Anh Kiet Nguyen 3 wins (R4–R6)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mena Nawar | * | — | — | — |
| 2CMAnh Kiet Nguyen | — | * | — | — |
| 3Dejan Matijas | — | — | * | ½ |
| 4Yifan Yang | — | — | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nguyen, Anh KietCM | 1881 | AUS | F | F | F | +4B | +13N | +18B | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.00 | 2630 | +50.4 |
| 2 | Nawar, Mena | 1676 | AUS | F | F | F | +16B | +28N | +14B | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2334 | +41.2 |
| 3 | Matijas, Dejan | 1612 | AUS | F | F | F | +26N | =5B | +15N | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.00 | 1731 | +7.4 |
| 4 | Davis, Tony JCM | 1908 | AUS | F | F | F | −1N | +29B | +7N | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.00 | 1868 | -2.0 |
| 5 | Yang, Yifan | 1598 | AUS | F | F | F | =14B | =3N | +16B | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.75 | 1696 | +15.6 |
| 6 | Krishnan, Anirudh | 1844 | AUS | F | F | F | −13B | +8N | +19B | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.00 | 1783 | -2.4 |
| 7 | Bodke, Krishna | 1662 | AUS | F | F | F | +20B | +21N | −4B | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.00 | 1832 | +24.8 |
| 8 | Whitford, Matthew | 1688 | AUS | F | F | F | +22N | −6B | +17N | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.00 | 1724 | +4.6 |
| 9 | Nicdao, Joseph | 1408 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +24B | +25N | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1553 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Renaldo Wongso | 1727 | INA | F | F | F | F | +27N | +13B | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2556 | +20.8 |
| 11 | FIDE 3247902 | 0 | — | F | F | F | +?N | −17B | +26N | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1455 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Annapureddy, Dhruthin Reddy | 1469 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =14N | +27B | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 1858 | +38.4 |
| 13 | Lingineni, KhushalCM | 1810 | AUS | F | F | F | +6N | −1B | −10N | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.00 | 1696 | -21.6 |
| 14 | Hogan, Steven | 1648 | AUS | F | F | F | =5N | =12B | −2N | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.75 | 1456 | -15.4 |
| 15 | Cox, Tyler | 1489 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +20N | −3B | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.00 | 1551 | +8.0 |
| 16 | Clerk, Max | 1481 | AUS | F | F | F | −2N | +26B | −5N | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 826 | -12.2 |
| 17 | Annadasu, Shreyansh | 1488 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +11N | −8B | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.00 | 869 | -11.2 |
| 18 | Enano, Ronald | 1741 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +19N | −1N | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.00 | 1681 | -3.2 |
| 19 | Ramprasad, Nachiket | 1448 | AUS | F | F | F | +21B | −18B | −6N | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.00 | 1639 | +21.2 |
| 20 | Wilkinson, Greg | 1528 | AUS | F | F | F | −7N | −15B | +24N | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.50 | 1449 | -5.2 |
| 21 | Pasukov, Leo | 1695 | AUS | F | F | F | −19N | −7B | +28N | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1416 | -22.4 |
| 22 | Veginati, Cherish | 1445 | AUS | F | F | F | −8B | F | +29N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1669 | +21.6 |
| 23 | McIntyre, Julian | 1731 | AUS | F | F | F | +29N | F | F | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2469 | +8.2 |
| 24 | Singh, Abhyuday | 1619 | AUS | F | F | F | =25N | −9N | −20B | 0.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.25 | 1292 | -29.6 |
| 25 | Shaiek, Nihal | 1538 | AUS | F | F | F | =24B | F | −9B | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.25 | 1571 | +6.4 |
| 26 | FIDE 3292487 | 0 | — | F | F | F | −3B | −16N | −11B | 0.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 732 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Nowak, Ruben | 1683 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −10B | −12N | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 817 | -23.4 |
| 28 | Ruaya, Rohan | 1466 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −2B | −21B | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 879 | -19.2 |
| 29 | Picone, James | 1624 | AUS | F | F | F | −23B | −4N | −22B | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 899 | -27.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Nguyen, Anh KietCMAUS+50.43.0 pts · #2
- 2Nawar, MenaAUS+41.23.0 pts · #1
- 3Annapureddy, Dhruthin ReddyAUS+38.41.5 pts · #10
- 1Singh, AbhyudayAUS-29.60.5 pts · #22
- 2Picone, JamesAUS-27.80.0 pts · #28
- 3Nowak, RubenAUS-23.40.0 pts · #24
- R4+247 Elo gap
- R6+214 Elo gap
- R5+211 Elo gap