2025 Hobsons Bay Reserves Championship Round 7
Open SwissStandard
7 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held on 02 Dec 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 0.
Nathan Hibberd (🇦🇺 AUS, 0) won with 1.0/7, ahead of Dhruv Hari (0.5) and Ruben Nowak (0.5). Hibberd won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
Location
🇦🇺Melbourne, Australia
Dates
02 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Avg top 10
0
Participants
7
Federations · 2 represented
🇦🇺Australia×5
🇺🇸United States of America×1
Top 3
- 🥇
- 🥈
- 🥉
How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTitle race narrowed from 25 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
25
25
25
25
25
25
2
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Nathan Hibberd | * | — | — | — |
| 2Dhruv Hari | — | * | — | ½ |
| 3Ruben Nowak | — | — | * | — |
| 4Cijo Paul | — | ½ | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hibberd, Nathan | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | +6B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2490 | +5.0 |
| 2 | Hari, Dhruv | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | =4B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1761 | -5.6 |
| 3 | Nowak, Ruben | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | =5B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1756 | +2.0 |
| 4 | Paul, Cijo | 0 | USA | F | F | F | F | F | F | =2N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1865 | +2.8 |
| 5 | Bodke, Krishna | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | =3N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1681 | -4.0 |
| 6 | Davis, Sophie | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | −1N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1082 | -5.0 |
| 7 | FIDE 3297985 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 615 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Hibberd, NathanAUS+5.01.0 pts · #1
- 2Paul, CijoUSA+2.80.5 pts · #4
- 3Nowak, RubenAUS+2.00.5 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1Hari, DhruvAUS-5.60.5 pts · #2
- 2Davis, SophieAUS-5.00.0 pts · #6
- 3Bodke, KrishnaAUS-4.00.5 pts · #5