2025 Hobsons Bay Cup Juniors Rounds 1-3
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30 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held from 10 Jun 2025 to 24 Jun 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1392, and top seed was Ian Kirk (🇦🇺 AUS, 1626).
Kaisar Batyrbekov (🇦🇺 AUS, 1543) won with 3.0/3, ahead of Ashwin Ramanathan (3.0) and William Ngo (3.0). Batyrbekov won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
Location
🇦🇺Melbourne, Australia
Dates
10 Jun 2025 → 24 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 3 rounds
Federations · 2 represented
🇦🇺Australia×23
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 3 roundsTight race until R3; 3 players tied at 3.0/3, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R3 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
3 players finish on 3.0/3. Batyrbekov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (4.0).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
Kaisar Batyrbekov 3 wins (R1–R3)Ashwin Ramanathan 3 wins (R1–R3)William Ngo 3 wins (R1–R3)
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Batyrbekov, Kaisar | 1543 | AUS | +27N | +6B | +8N | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.00 | 2311 | +36.0 |
| 2 | Ramanathan, Ashwin | 1556 | AUS | +29B | +16N | +7B | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.00 | 2305 | +33.6 |
| 3 | Ngo, William | 0 | AUS | +?B | +?N | +?B | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1639 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Yendru, Srikrishna | 1610 | AUS | +22N | =17B | +14N | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.00 | 2426 | +10.6 |
| 5 | Yegnavajjula, Aryan Srivatsav | 0 | AUS | =?B | +?N | +16B | 2.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 1490 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Yug Shinde | 1488 | IND | +10B | −1N | +18B | 2.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 3.00 | 744 | -16.8 |
| 7 | Ashok, Arjun | 1544 | AUS | +18B | +15N | −2N | 2.0 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 2.50 | 763 | -18.8 |
| 8 | Batyrbekov, Aidan | 1564 | AUS | +19B | +23N | −1B | 2.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 2.00 | 744 | -19.2 |
| 9 | Yendru, Sriram | 0 | AUS | +12B | −?N | +19B | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.00 | 760 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Palta, Sameer | 0 | AUS | −6N | +27B | +24N | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 688 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Balaji, Sai Sivesh | 1526 | AUS | +20N | =14B | =17N | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 2.25 | 1626 | +5.6 |
| 12 | Spriggs, Harvey | 0 | AUS | −9N | +28B | +?B | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1430 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Venkat, Nyra | 0 | AUS | +?B | +?N | −?B | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1485 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Kirk, Ian | 1626 | AUS | +21B | =11N | −4B | 1.5 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 2.00 | 1373 | -13.4 |
| 15 | Nema, Nivaan | 0 | AUS | +?N | −7B | =?B | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1529 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Goh, Nicholas | 1467 | AUS | +30N | −2B | −5N | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 763 | -14.8 |
| 17 | Huang, Michael | 0 | AUS | F | =4N | =11B | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.25 | 1566 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Kaur, Mishleen | 0 | AUS | −7N | +25B | −6N | 1.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 1.00 | 716 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Manoj, Dev | 0 | AUS | −8N | +?B | −9N | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 733 | 0.0 |
| 20 | FIDE 3286355 | 0 | — | −11B | −21N | +27N | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 727 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Gadham, Aarya Subramanya | 0 | AUS | −14N | +20B | −?B | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.00 | 826 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Ganesh Kumar, Mukunth | 0 | AUS | −4B | −?N | +?B | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 805 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Verma, Vivaan | 0 | AUS | +?N | −8B | −?N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 733 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Stefan Jiace Tham, Keanu | 0 | AUS | +?B | −?N | −10B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 817 | 0.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 3292371 | 0 | — | −?B | −18N | +28N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 780 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 3291189 | 0 | — | −?B | −?N | +30B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 714 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 3286312 | 0 | — | −1B | −10N | −20B | 0.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 744 | 0.0 |
| 28 | FIDE 3286860 | 0 | — | −?B | −12N | −25B | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 760 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Goh, Daphne | 0 | AUS | −2N | F | −?B | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 698 | 0.0 |
| 30 | FIDE 3292363 | 0 | — | −16B | −?N | −26N | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 667 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Batyrbekov, KaisarAUS+36.03.0 pts · #1
- 2Ramanathan, AshwinAUS+33.63.0 pts · #2
- 3Yendru, SrikrishnaAUS+10.62.5 pts · #8
Top rating losers
- 1Batyrbekov, AidanAUS-19.22.0 pts · #22
- 2Ashok, ArjunAUS-18.82.0 pts · #28
- 3Yug ShindeIND-16.82.0 pts · #12