2025 Hobsons Bay Koshnitsky Cup Juniors Round 7
Open SwissStandard
25 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held on 07 Oct 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1607, and top seed was Michael Huang (🇦🇺 AUS, 1739).
Ridam Barar (🇦🇺 AUS, 0) won with 1.0/7, ahead of Srikrishna Yendru (1.0) and Krithvik Guggilla (1.0).
Location
🇦🇺Melbourne, Australia
Dates
07 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Federations · 2 represented
🇦🇺Australia×23
🇧🇩Bangladesh×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R7; 11 players tied at 1.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 45 co-leaders at R4 to 16 at the finish.
Co-leaders
45
45
45
45
45
45
16
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
11 players finish on 1.0/7. Barar 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 | Barar, Ridam | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | +?N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1573 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Yendru, Srikrishna | 1642 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | +20N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2428 | +9.8 |
| 3 | Guggilla, Krithvik | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | +21N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2362 | +22.8 |
| 4 | Batyrbekov, Kuanysh | 1481 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | +23B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2340 | +22.4 |
| 5 | Vemula, Thamoghna | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | +16B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2303 | +21.6 |
| 6 | Rawat, Vivaan | 1459 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | +17N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2265 | +18.0 |
| 7 | Palta, Sameer | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | +?B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1486 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Huang, Michael | 1739 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | +19B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2287 | +10.8 |
| 9 | Batyrbekov, Kaisar | 1612 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | +22N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2255 | +9.6 |
| 10 | Ihtiram Ahmad | 1682 | BAN | F | F | F | F | F | F | +18N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2361 | +16.4 |
| 11 | Veeragandham, Gowtham | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | +?N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1560 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Ruaya, Rohan | 1459 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | =15N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1541 | +5.6 |
| 13 | Balaji, Sai Sivesh | 1526 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | =14N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1600 | +1.2 |
| 14 | Nema, Nivaan | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | =13B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1575 | -1.2 |
| 15 | Batyrbekov, Aidan | 1480 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | =12B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1435 | -5.6 |
| 16 | Jagannathan, Shashvath | 1548 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | −5N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 676 | -21.6 |
| 17 | Goh, Nicholas | 1432 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | −6B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 699 | -18.0 |
| 18 | Ashok, Arjun | 1557 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | −10B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 828 | -16.4 |
| 19 | Husain, Lamiah | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | −8N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 863 | -10.8 |
| 20 | Wei, Andrew | 1562 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | −2B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 835 | -19.6 |
| 21 | Venkat, Nyra | 1721 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | −3B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 710 | -22.8 |
| 22 | Balamurugan, Soorya | 1401 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | −9B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 855 | -9.6 |
| 23 | Kaur, Mishleen | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | −4N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 695 | -22.4 |
| 24 | Shayan, Ray | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 713 | 0.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 3286282 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 635 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Guggilla, KrithvikAUS+22.81.0 pts · #3
- 2Batyrbekov, KuanyshAUS+22.41.0 pts · #4
- 3Vemula, ThamoghnaAUS+21.61.0 pts · #5
Top rating losers
- 1Venkat, NyraAUS-22.80.0 pts · #22
- 2Kaur, MishleenAUS-22.40.0 pts · #25
- 3Jagannathan, ShashvathAUS-21.60.0 pts · #16