2025 Hobsons Bay Reserves Championship Rounds 1-3
Open SwissStandard
22 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held from 14 Oct 2025 to 28 Oct 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 0.
Dhruv Hari (🇦🇺 AUS, 0) won with 3.0/3, ahead of Cijo Paul (2.5) and Nathan Hibberd (2.0). Hari broke clear in the final round.
Location
🇦🇺Melbourne, Australia
Dates
14 Oct 2025 → 28 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 3 rounds
Avg top 10
0
Participants
22
Federations · 2 represented
🇦🇺Australia×19
🇺🇸United States of America×1
Top 3
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- 🥈
- 🥉
How it unfolded
Top 6 · 3 roundsDhruv Hari led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
8
3
1
R3–R3 · LEAD HELD
Dhruv Hari held the sole lead from R3 through R3 without losing it.
R1–R3 · WIN STREAK
Dhruv Hari won 3 in a row (R1–R3).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dhruv Hari | * | — | 1 | 1 |
| 2Cijo Paul | — | * | — | — |
| 3Nathan Hibberd | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Ruben Nowak | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hari, Dhruv | 0 | AUS | +11B | +4N | +3N | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.00 | 2468 | +41.2 |
| 2 | Paul, Cijo | 0 | USA | =5N | +10B | +21N | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.00 | 1831 | +4.8 |
| 3 | Hibberd, Nathan | 0 | AUS | +14B | +6N | −1B | 2.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 3.00 | 1836 | -4.2 |
| 4 | Nowak, Ruben | 0 | AUS | +18N | −1B | +15N | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 1.50 | 1763 | +10.2 |
| 5 | Wilkinson, Greg | 0 | AUS | =2B | +20N | =9B | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.00 | 1689 | +10.6 |
| 6 | Paul, Nikash | 0 | AUS | +19N | −3B | +10N | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1790 | +10.4 |
| 7 | Davis, Sophie | 0 | AUS | −10N | +17B | +13N | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 1.50 | 1650 | -2.4 |
| 8 | Bodke, Krishna | 0 | AUS | +17B | +12N | F | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 2225 | +10.4 |
| 9 | Matijas, Dejan | 0 | AUS | F | +16B | =5N | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.00 | 1727 | +5.4 |
| 10 | Yendru, Srikrishna | 0 | AUS | +7B | −2N | −6B | 1.0 | 4.5 | 6.5 | 2.00 | 1575 | -4.6 |
| 11 | Annadasu, Shreyansh | 0 | AUS | −1N | F | +12B | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 1.00 | 1603 | +11.6 |
| 12 | Kostakakis, Angelo | 0 | AUS | +15N | −8B | −11N | 1.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 1.00 | 1494 | +5.2 |
| 13 | Annapureddy, Dhruthin Reddy | 0 | AUS | F | +14N | −7B | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1679 | +19.2 |
| 14 | Nawar, Mena | 0 | AUS | −3N | −13B | +19B | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1493 | -28.8 |
| 15 | Picone, James | 0 | AUS | −12B | +22N | −4B | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 721 | -25.8 |
| 16 | Nicdao, Joseph | 0 | AUS | F | −9N | +20B | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 818 | -18.4 |
| 17 | Veginati, Cherish | 0 | AUS | −8N | −7N | =18B | 0.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 0.25 | 1363 | -12.0 |
| 18 | Vemula, Thamoghna | 0 | AUS | −4B | F | =17N | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 0.25 | 1348 | -13.2 |
| 19 | Clerk, Max | 0 | AUS | −6B | F | −14N | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 866 | -9.6 |
| 20 | FIDE 3297985 | 0 | — | F | −5B | −16N | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 734 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Marasinghe, Claire | 0 | AUS | F | F | −2B | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 959 | -10.0 |
| 22 | FIDE 3292487 | 0 | — | −?N | −15B | F | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 842 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Hari, DhruvAUS+41.23.0 pts · #1
- 2Annapureddy, Dhruthin ReddyAUS+19.21.0 pts · #13
- 3Annadasu, ShreyanshAUS+11.61.0 pts · #14
Top rating losers
- 1Nawar, MenaAUS-28.81.0 pts · #10
- 2Picone, JamesAUS-25.81.0 pts · #20
- 3Nicdao, JosephAUS-18.41.0 pts · #19