2025 Hobsons Bay Cup Juniors Rounds 4-6
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23 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 01 Jul 2025 to 29 Jul 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. Top 10 Elo average was 1400, and top seed was Ian Kirk (🇦🇺 AUS, 1626).
Kaisar Batyrbekov (🇦🇺 AUS, 1543) won with 3.0/6, ahead of Michael Huang (2.5) and Ashwin Ramanathan (2.0). Batyrbekov shared the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.
Location
🇦🇺Melbourne, Australia
Dates
01 Jul 2025 → 29 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇦🇺Australia×22
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsTitle race narrowed from 18 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
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R4–R6 · WIN STREAK
Kaisar Batyrbekov won 3 in a row (R4–R6).
R4 · LATE SURGE
Nyra Venkat was #19 at R4, climbed to #1 over the final stretch.
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kaisar Batyrbekov | * | — | — | 1 |
| 2Michael Huang | — | * | 1 | — |
| 3Nyra Venkat | — | 0 | * | — |
| 4William Ngo | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Batyrbekov, Kaisar | 1543 | AUS | F | F | F | +4B | +3N | +16B | 3.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.00 | 2404 | +40.8 |
| 2 | Huang, Michael | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | +10B | =14N | +6B | 2.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.75 | 1567 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Ramanathan, Ashwin | 1556 | AUS | F | F | F | +16N | −1B | +9N | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 3.00 | 1579 | -7.6 |
| 4 | Ngo, William | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | −1N | +5B | +?N | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.00 | 1610 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Yendru, Srikrishna | 1610 | AUS | F | F | F | +18B | −4N | +14B | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.50 | 2293 | +6.6 |
| 6 | Kirk, Ian | 1626 | AUS | F | F | F | +21N | +17B | −2N | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.50 | 2293 | +14.2 |
| 7 | Balaji, Sai Sivesh | 1526 | AUS | F | F | F | +23B | −16B | +11N | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.50 | 760 | -19.2 |
| 8 | Nema, Nivaan | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | −17N | +15B | +22N | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.00 | 611 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Vemula, Thamoghna | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | +?B | +18N | −3B | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1559 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Venkat, Nyra | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | −2N | +21B | +?N | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.50 | 1543 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Manoj, Dev | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | +?N | +?B | −7B | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1502 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Guggilla, Krithvik | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | +?N | −?B | +17N | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 1525 | 0.0 |
| 13 | FIDE 3291189 | 0 | — | F | F | F | −?N | +?B | +?N | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1452 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Batyrbekov, Aidan | 1564 | AUS | F | F | F | +22N | =2B | −5N | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.75 | 816 | -13.2 |
| 15 | Fang, Candice | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | +?B | −8N | =21N | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.25 | 1574 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Wei, Andrew | 1560 | AUS | F | F | F | −3B | +7N | −1N | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.00 | 1471 | -14.0 |
| 17 | Balamurugan, Soorya | 1432 | AUS | F | F | F | +8B | −6N | −12B | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.00 | 800 | -10.0 |
| 18 | Yegnavajjula, Aryan Srivatsav | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | −5N | −9B | +?B | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 816 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Ganesh Kumar, Mukunth | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | −?N | +?B | F | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1451 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Yendru, Sriram | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | −?N | +?B | −?N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 757 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Jyothi Nikhil, Neev | 1581 | AUS | F | F | F | −6B | −10N | =15B | 0.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.75 | 800 | -18.4 |
| 22 | Palta, Sameer | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | −14B | =?N | −8B | 0.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 693 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Spriggs, Harvey | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | −7N | −?B | =?B | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 689 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Batyrbekov, KaisarAUS+40.83.0 pts · #2
- 2Kirk, IanAUS+14.22.0 pts · #5
- 3Yendru, SrikrishnaAUS+6.62.0 pts · #11
Top rating losers
- 1Balaji, Sai SiveshAUS-19.22.0 pts · #16
- 2Jyothi Nikhil, NeevAUS-18.40.5 pts · #23
- 3Wei, AndrewAUS-14.01.0 pts · #13