2025 Hobsons Bay Reserves Championship Rounds 4-6
Open SwissStandard
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
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- 🥉
How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsTight 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
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
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nowak, Ruben | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | +16B | +12B | +7N | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.00 | 2445 | +29.0 |
| 2 | Vemula, Thamoghna | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | +17B | +16N | +4B | 3.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.50 | 2377 | +49.6 |
| 3 | Clerk, Max | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | +6N | +18B | +17N | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2255 | +10.0 |
| 4 | Nawar, Mena | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | +18N | +15B | −2N | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.00 | 1447 | -10.0 |
| 5 | Hibberd, Nathan | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | −7N | +20B | +8N | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.50 | 1711 | -10.2 |
| 6 | Veginati, Cherish | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | −3B | +21N | +19B | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1500 | +5.2 |
| 7 | Paul, Cijo | 0 | USA | F | F | F | +5B | =14N | −1B | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.50 | 1781 | +1.8 |
| 8 | Annapureddy, Dhruthin Reddy | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | +11B | =9N | −5B | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.25 | 1719 | +30.0 |
| 9 | Matijas, Dejan | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | −13N | =8B | +15N | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.75 | 1533 | -7.0 |
| 10 | Hari, Dhruv | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | =14B | F | +12N | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.50 | 1924 | +8.8 |
| 11 | Yendru, Srikrishna | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | −8N | +19N | =16B | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.25 | 1521 | -9.8 |
| 12 | Paul, Nikash | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | +20B | −1N | −10B | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 1532 | -10.8 |
| 13 | Davis, Sophie | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | +9B | F | F | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.50 | 2424 | +8.4 |
| 14 | Bodke, Krishna | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | =10N | =7B | F | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.50 | 1798 | +0.4 |
| 15 | Kostakakis, Angelo | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | +19B | −4N | −9B | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 1480 | +4.8 |
| 16 | Annadasu, Shreyansh | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | −1N | −2B | =11N | 0.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.75 | 1321 | -26.0 |
| 17 | FIDE 3297985 | 0 | — | F | F | F | −2N | F | −3B | 0.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 669 | 0.0 |
| 18 | FIDE 3292487 | 0 | — | F | F | F | −4B | −3N | F | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 749 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Nicdao, Joseph | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | −15N | −11B | −6N | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 702 | -67.2 |
| 20 | Wilkinson, Greg | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | −12N | −5N | F | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 972 | -6.6 |
| 21 | FIDE 3205380 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | −6B | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 655 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Vemula, ThamoghnaAUS+49.63.0 pts · #2
- 2Annapureddy, Dhruthin ReddyAUS+30.01.5 pts · #4
- 3Nowak, RubenAUS+29.03.0 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Nicdao, JosephAUS-67.20.0 pts · #20
- 2Annadasu, ShreyanshAUS-26.00.5 pts · #16
- 3Paul, NikashAUS-10.81.0 pts · #11