2025 Hobsons Bay Western Juniors Round 5
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17 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held on 03 Jun 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. Top 10 Elo average was 1201, and top seed was Srikrishna Yendru (🇦🇺 AUS, 1613).
Sai Sivesh Balaji (🇦🇺 AUS, 0) won with 1.0/5, ahead of Rohan Ruaya (1.0) and Kaisar Batyrbekov (1.0).
Location
🇦🇺Melbourne, Australia
Dates
03 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Avg top 10
1,201
Participants
17
Federations · 1 represented
🇦🇺Australia×17
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 7 players tied at 1.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 24 co-leaders at R4 to 10 at the finish.
Co-leaders
24
24
24
24
10
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
7 players finish on 1.0/5. Balaji takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (0.0).
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Balaji, Sai Sivesh | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +11B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2426 | +25.6 |
| 2 | Ruaya, Rohan | 1465 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +12N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2267 | +20.0 |
| 3 | Batyrbekov, Kaisar | 1569 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +10N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2417 | +24.0 |
| 4 | Das, Ayush | 1462 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +13B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2232 | +21.2 |
| 5 | Batyrbekov, Aidan | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +14B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2404 | +24.0 |
| 6 | Huang, Michael | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +?N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1625 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Ashok, Arjun | 1520 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +15B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2245 | +14.8 |
| 8 | Jyothi Nikhil, Neev | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =9N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1475 | -5.6 |
| 9 | Batyrbekov, Kuanysh | 1478 | AUS | F | F | F | F | =8B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1580 | +5.6 |
| 10 | Jagannathan, Shashvath | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −3B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 744 | -24.0 |
| 11 | Kirk, Ian | 1602 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −1N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 727 | -12.8 |
| 12 | Goh, Nicholas | 1491 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −2B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 664 | -20.0 |
| 13 | Balamurugan, Soorya | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −4N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 610 | -21.2 |
| 14 | Morris, Elijah | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −5N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 733 | -24.0 |
| 15 | Veginati, Cherish | 1422 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −7N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 743 | -14.8 |
| 16 | Shaiek, Nihal | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −?N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 760 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Husain, Lamiah | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −?N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 688 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Balaji, Sai SiveshAUS+25.61.0 pts · #1
- 2Batyrbekov, AidanAUS+24.01.0 pts · #5
- 3Batyrbekov, KaisarAUS+24.01.0 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1Jagannathan, ShashvathAUS-24.00.0 pts · #12
- 2Morris, ElijahAUS-24.00.0 pts · #16
- 3Balamurugan, SooryaAUS-21.20.0 pts · #15