2025 Hobsons Bay Koshnitsky Cup Rounds 1-3

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33 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held from 12 Aug 2025 to 26 Aug 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. 3 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1686, and top seed was Dean Hogg (🇦🇺 AUS, 1930).

Dean Hogg (🇦🇺 AUS, 1930) won with 3.0/3, ahead of Tony J Davis (3.0) and Renaldo Wongso (2.5). Hogg shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

Location

🇦🇺Melbourne, Australia

Dates

12 Aug 2025 → 26 Aug 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 3 rounds

Top seed

🇦🇺Dean Hogg1930

Avg top 10

1,686

Participants

Titled players · 3

CM×3

Federations · 3 represented

🇦🇺Australia×28

🇮🇩Indonesia×1

🇺🇸United States of America×1

Top 3

🥇
Dean Hogg
🇦🇺AUS·1930
3.0pts·2490perf+12.4
🥈
CMTony J Davis
🇦🇺AUS
3.0pts·2574perf+21.2
🥉
Renaldo Wongso
🇮🇩INA
2.5pts·2007perf+17.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 3 rounds

Tight race until R3; 2 players tied at 3.0/3, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Hogg3Davis3Wongso2.5Lingineni2Paul2Hibberd2

R3 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 3.0/3. Hogg takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (4.0).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Dean Hogg 3 wins (R1–R3)CM Tony J Davis 3 wins (R1–R3)

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Hogg, Dean	1930	AUS	+15B	+6N	+4B	3.0	4.0	5.0	5.00	2490	+12.4
2	Davis, Tony JCM	0	AUS	+29B	+19N	+7B	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.00	2574	+21.2
3	Renaldo Wongso	0	INA	+11B	+5N	=13B	2.5	3.5	5.0	4.25	2007	+17.6
4	Paul, Cijo	0	USA	+9B	+14N	−1N	2.0	5.0	6.0	3.00	1824	+6.0
5	Hibberd, Nathan	0	AUS	+12N	−3B	+14N	2.0	4.0	5.0	2.50	1785	-8.6
6	Hogan, Steven	1620	AUS	+24N	−1B	+31N	2.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	1721	+4.2
7	Nguyen, Anh KietCM	0	AUS	+27N	+28B	−2N	2.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	1730	-20.8
8	Lingineni, KhushalCM	1835	AUS	+17N	+18B	F	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.00	2440	+20.0
9	Annadasu, Shreyansh	1506	AUS	−4N	+24B	+25N	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	1609	+11.2
10	Matijas, Dejan	0	AUS	F	+26B	+16B	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2630	+16.0
11	Singh, Abhyuday	1542	AUS	−3N	=12B	+30N	1.5	4.0	4.0	0.75	1460	-8.4
12	Annapureddy, Dhruthin Reddy	0	AUS	−5B	=11N	+24N	1.5	3.5	3.5	0.75	1539	-3.6
13	Hari, Dhruv	1737	AUS	F	+25B	=3N	1.5	2.5	2.5	1.25	1810	+8.4
14	Whitford, Matthew	0	AUS	+32N	−4B	−5B	1.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	1038	-11.6
15	Bodke, Krishna	1696	AUS	−1N	+32B	−21N	1.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	996	-30.4
16	Krishnan, Anirudh	0	AUS	F	+22B	−10N	1.0	3.0	3.0	1.00	1632	-10.2
17	Ramanathan, Ashwin	1613	AUS	−8B	F	+18N	1.0	3.0	3.0	1.00	1751	+14.0
18	Nowak, Ruben	1667	AUS	+33B	−8N	−17B	1.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	1511	-12.2
19	Picone, James	0	AUS	F	−2B	+28N	1.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	1095	-3.8
20	McIntyre, Julian	0	AUS	F	+23N	F	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2336	+4.8
21	Pasukov, Leo	0	AUS	F	F	+15B	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2497	+11.0
22	Paul, Nikash	0	AUS	+30B	−16N	F	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	1030	-5.8
23	Marasinghe, Claire	0	AUS	F	−20B	+26N	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	942	-9.6
24	Nguyen, Tuan Kiet	0	AUS	−6B	−9N	−12B	0.0	4.0	5.5	0.00	750	0.0
25	Clerk, Max	0	AUS	F	−13N	−9B	0.0	3.5	3.5	0.00	816	-12.6
26	Nicdao, Joseph	0	AUS	F	−10N	−23B	0.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	765	0.0
27	Veginati, Cherish	0	AUS	−7B	F	F	0.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	1083	-3.2
28	FIDE 3294137	0	—	F	−7N	−19B	0.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	1003	0.0
29	Smyth, Ben	1717	AUS	−2N	F	F	0.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	1095	-10.8
30	FIDE 3292487	0	—	−22N	F	−11B	0.0	2.5	2.5	0.00	806	0.0
31	Wilkinson, Greg	0	AUS	F	F	−6B	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	820	-7.0
32	FIDE 3295290	0	—	−14B	−15N	F	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	886	0.0
33	Shaiek, Nihal	0	AUS	−18N	F	F	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	866	-9.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Davis, Tony JCMAUS
+21.2
3.0 pts · #2
2Lingineni, KhushalCMAUS
+20.0
2.0 pts · #4
3Renaldo WongsoINA
+17.6
2.5 pts · #3

Top rating losers

1Bodke, KrishnaAUS
-30.4
1.0 pts · #31
2Nguyen, Anh KietCMAUS
-20.8
2.0 pts · #16
3Clerk, MaxAUS
-12.6
0.0 pts · #20