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2025 Hobsons Bay Reserves Championship Rounds 4-6

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21 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 11 Nov 2025 to 25 Nov 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 0.

Ruben Nowak (🇦🇺 AUS, 0) won with 3.0/6, ahead of Thamoghna Vemula (3.0) and Max Clerk (3.0). Nowak shared the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.

Location
🇦🇺Melbourne, Australia
Dates
11 Nov 2025 → 25 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Avg top 10
0
Participants
21
Federations · 2 represented
🇦🇺Australia×17
🇺🇸United States of America×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 3 players tied at 3.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 9 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders
25
25
25
9
4
3
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 3.0/6. Nowak takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (3.0).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Ruben Nowak 3 wins (R4–R6)Thamoghna Vemula 3 wins (R4–R6)Max Clerk 3 wins (R4–R6)

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Nowak, Ruben0AUSFFF+16B+12B+7N3.03.03.03.002445+29.0
2Vemula, Thamoghna0AUSFFF+17B+16N+4B3.02.52.52.502377+49.6
3Clerk, Max0AUSFFF+6N+18B+17N3.02.02.02.002255+10.0
4Nawar, Mena0AUSFFF+18N+15B2N2.04.04.01.001447-10.0
5Hibberd, Nathan0AUSFFF7N+20B+8N2.03.03.01.501711-10.2
6Veginati, Cherish0AUSFFF3B+21N+19B2.03.03.00.001500+5.2
7Paul, Cijo0USAFFF+5B=14N1B1.56.06.02.501781+1.8
8Annapureddy, Dhruthin Reddy0AUSFFF+11B=9N5B1.55.05.02.251719+30.0
9Matijas, Dejan0AUSFFF13N=8B+15N1.53.53.51.751533-7.0
10Hari, Dhruv0AUSFFF=14BF+12N1.53.03.01.501924+8.8
11Yendru, Srikrishna0AUSFFF8N+19N=16B1.52.02.00.251521-9.8
12Paul, Nikash0AUSFFF+20B1N10B1.04.54.50.001532-10.8
13Davis, Sophie0AUSFFF+9BFF1.04.04.01.502424+8.4
14Bodke, Krishna0AUSFFF=10N=7BF1.04.04.01.501798+0.4
15Kostakakis, Angelo0AUSFFF+19B4N9B1.03.53.50.001480+4.8
16Annadasu, Shreyansh0AUSFFF1N2B=11N0.57.57.50.751321-26.0
17FIDE 32979850FFF2NF3B0.06.06.00.006690.0
18FIDE 32924870FFF4B3NF0.05.05.00.007490.0
19Nicdao, Joseph0AUSFFF15N11B6N0.04.54.50.00702-67.2
20Wilkinson, Greg0AUSFFF12N5NF0.03.03.00.00972-6.6
21FIDE 32053800FFFF6BF0.02.02.00.006550.0

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