2025 Hobsons Bay Koshnitsky Cup Juniors Rounds 4-6
39 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 02 Sept 2025 to 16 Sept 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1629, and top seed was Michael Huang (🇦🇺 AUS, 1739).
Andrew Wei (🇦🇺 AUS, 1562) won with 3.0/6, ahead of Srikrishna Yendru (3.0) and Nivaan Nema (2.5). Wei shared the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Nicholas Goh (1432) beat Nyra Venkat (1721), a +289-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsTight race until R6; 2 players tied at 3.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 19 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
2 players finish on 3.0/6. Wei takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (5.0).
Andrew Wei 3 wins (R4–R6)Srikrishna Yendru 3 wins (R4–R6)
Nivaan Nema was #20 at R4, climbed to #2 over the final stretch.
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wei, Andrew | 1562 | AUS | F | F | F | +23N | +7B | +5N | 3.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.00 | 2351 | +57.2 |
| 2 | Yendru, Srikrishna | 1642 | AUS | F | F | F | +6B | +22N | +21B | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.00 | 2461 | +22.6 |
| 3 | Nema, Nivaan | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | =19N | +8B | +25N | 2.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.75 | 1750 | +22.0 |
| 4 | Guggilla, Krithvik | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | +39B | =17N | +33B | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.75 | 1431 | -4.4 |
| 5 | Balaji, Sai Sivesh | 1526 | AUS | F | F | F | +21N | +9B | −1B | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 3.00 | 1745 | +32.8 |
| 6 | Balamurugan, Soorya | 1401 | AUS | F | F | F | −2N | +26B | +20N | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.50 | 1607 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Rawat, Vivaan | 1459 | AUS | F | F | F | +30B | −1N | +22B | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.00 | 1710 | +39.6 |
| 8 | Goh, Nicholas | 1432 | AUS | F | F | F | +24B | −3N | +27N | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.00 | 1606 | +16.8 |
| 9 | Ihtiram Ahmad | 1682 | BAN | F | F | F | +31B | −5N | +29B | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.00 | 1552 | -13.2 |
| 10 | Jyothi Nikhil, Neev | 1505 | AUS | F | F | F | +32B | −29N | +28B | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.00 | 2392 | +25.6 |
| 11 | Ruaya, Rohan | 1459 | AUS | F | F | F | +27N | −21B | +23N | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.00 | 1635 | +20.4 |
| 12 | Shayan, Ray | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | +17B | F | +34N | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.50 | 1451 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Gadham, Aarya Subramanya | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | +?B | =18N | =24B | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.25 | 1602 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Batyrbekov, Kaisar | 1612 | AUS | F | F | F | +25N | +38B | F | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2328 | +13.6 |
| 15 | Batyrbekov, Kuanysh | 1481 | AUS | F | F | F | +37B | +28N | F | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2392 | +26.8 |
| 16 | Goh, Daphne | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | +?B | +?B | −26N | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 802 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Das, Ayush | 1430 | AUS | F | F | F | −12N | =4B | +32N | 1.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.25 | 1514 | +4.4 |
| 18 | Morris, Elijah | 1582 | AUS | F | F | F | +36N | =13B | −35N | 1.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.00 | 655 | -26.8 |
| 19 | Batyrbekov, Aidan | 1480 | AUS | F | F | F | =3B | +31N | F | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.25 | 1769 | +33.2 |
| 20 | Barar, Ridam | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | +?B | =24N | −6B | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.50 | 1624 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Ashok, Arjun | 1557 | AUS | F | F | F | −5B | +11N | −2N | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.00 | 1405 | -33.2 |
| 22 | Huang, Michael | 1739 | AUS | F | F | F | +26N | −2B | −7N | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.00 | 1433 | -43.2 |
| 23 | Verma, Vivaan | 1641 | AUS | F | F | F | −1B | +33N | −11B | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.00 | 705 | -56.0 |
| 24 | Venkat, Nyra | 1721 | AUS | F | F | F | −8N | =20B | =13N | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.75 | 648 | -29.2 |
| 25 | Husain, Lamiah | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | −14B | +35N | −3B | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.00 | 1438 | -14.4 |
| 26 | Yegnavajjula, Aryan Srivatsav | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | −22B | −6N | +16B | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.00 | 906 | -14.4 |
| 27 | Kaur, Mishleen | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | −11B | +30N | −8B | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.00 | 1330 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Manoj, Dev | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | +34N | −15B | −10N | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.00 | 678 | -52.4 |
| 29 | Vemula, Thamoghna | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | +10B | −9N | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.00 | 1581 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Yendru, Sriram | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | −7N | −27B | +36N | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.00 | 659 | -21.2 |
| 31 | Jagannathan, Shashvath | 1548 | AUS | F | F | F | −9N | −19B | +37N | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 765 | -40.0 |
| 32 | FIDE 3291189 | 0 | — | F | F | F | −10N | +?B | −17B | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 659 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Ganesh Kumar, Mukunth | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | +?N | −23B | −4N | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 785 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Fang, Candice | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | −28B | +?N | −12B | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 792 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Yug Shinde | 1471 | IND | F | F | F | F | −25B | +18B | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.50 | 1554 | +10.8 |
| 36 | FIDE 3286312 | 0 | — | F | F | F | −18B | +?N | −30B | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 729 | 0.0 |
| 37 | FIDE 3286282 | 0 | — | F | F | F | −15N | F | −31B | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 716 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Palta, Sameer | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | −14N | F | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 845 | 0.0 |
| 39 | Bodke, Aryan | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | −4N | −?B | −?N | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 714 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Wei, AndrewAUS+57.23.0 pts · #1
- 2Rawat, VivaanAUS+39.62.0 pts · #4
- 3Batyrbekov, AidanAUS+33.21.5 pts · #6
- 1Verma, VivaanAUS-56.01.0 pts · #37
- 2Manoj, DevAUS-52.41.0 pts · #39
- 3Huang, MichaelAUS-43.21.0 pts · #19
- R4+289 Elo gap
- R6+280 Elo gap
- R6+182 Elo gap