2025 Hobsons Bay Cup Juniors Round 7
Open SwissStandard
13 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held on 05 Aug 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. Top 10 Elo average was 622, and top seed was Ian Kirk (🇦🇺 AUS, 1626).
Arjun Ashok (🇦🇺 AUS, 1544) won with 1.0/7, ahead of Vivaan Verma (1.0) and Kaisar Batyrbekov (1.0).
Location
🇦🇺Melbourne, Australia
Dates
05 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Avg top 10
622
Participants
13
Federations · 1 represented
🇦🇺Australia×12
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R7; 3 players tied at 1.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 41 co-leaders at R4 to 15 at the finish.
Co-leaders
41
41
41
41
41
41
15
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
3 players finish on 1.0/7. Ashok takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (0.0).
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ashok, Arjun | 1544 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | +6N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2520 | +28.8 |
| 2 | Verma, Vivaan | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | +5N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2326 | +13.6 |
| 3 | Batyrbekov, Kaisar | 1543 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | +7N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2438 | +21.6 |
| 4 | Nema, Nivaan | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | =?N | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1604 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Balaji, Sai Sivesh | 1526 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | −2B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 841 | -13.6 |
| 6 | Venkat, Nyra | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | −1B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 757 | -28.8 |
| 7 | Yendru, Srikrishna | 1610 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | −3B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 811 | -10.8 |
| 8 | Yendru, Sriram | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 632 | 0.0 |
| 9 | FIDE 3286355 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 748 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Yegnavajjula, Aryan Srivatsav | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 655 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Guggilla, Krithvik | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 935 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Vemula, Thamoghna | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 746 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Goh, Daphne | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 671 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Ashok, ArjunAUS+28.81.0 pts · #1
- 2Batyrbekov, KaisarAUS+21.61.0 pts · #3
- 3Verma, VivaanAUS+13.61.0 pts · #2
Top rating losers
- 1Venkat, NyraAUS-28.80.0 pts · #10
- 2Balaji, Sai SiveshAUS-13.60.0 pts · #5
- 3Yendru, SrikrishnaAUS-10.80.0 pts · #12