2025 Hobsons Bay Club Championship Juniors Rounds 4-6 plus postponed
Round-RobinStandard
8 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 11 Nov 2025 to 25 Nov 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. Top 10 Elo average was 1587, and top seed was Michael Huang (🇦🇺 AUS, 1666).
Arjun Ashok (🇦🇺 AUS, 1561) won with 3.0/6, ahead of Kaisar Batyrbekov (3.0) and Andrew Wei (2.0). Ashok shared the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Rohan Ruaya (1437) beat Andrew Wei (1640), a +203-point gap.
Location
🇦🇺Melbourne, Australia
Dates
11 Nov 2025 → 25 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 6 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇦🇺Australia×8
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 8 · 6 roundsTitle race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
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R3–R6 · WIN STREAK
Kaisar Batyrbekov won 3 in a row (R3–R6).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 🇦🇺Ashok, Arjun | 1561 | * | — | — | 0 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.0 | 3.00 | 4.5 | +57.2 | 1793 |
| 1 | 🇦🇺Batyrbekov, Kaisar | 1656 | — | * | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3.0 | 3.50 | 3.5 | +62.8 | 2408 |
| 3 | 🇦🇺Wei, Andrew | 1640 | — | 0 | * | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | 2.0 | 2.50 | 7.0 | -5.2 | 1579 |
| 4 | 🇦🇺Batyrbekov, Aidan | 1560 | 1 | — | 0 | * | ½ | — | — | — | 1.5 | 3.75 | 6.5 | -15.6 | 1528 |
| 6 | 🇦🇺Ruaya, Rohan | 1437 | — | — | 1 | ½ | * | 0 | 0 | — | 1.5 | 2.75 | 6.0 | +12.4 | 1522 |
| 5 | 🇦🇺Nema, Nivaan | 1602 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | * | — | ½ | 1.5 | 1.75 | 5.0 | -6.8 | 1516 |
| 7 | 🇦🇺Huang, Michael | 1666 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | * | — | 1.0 | 1.50 | 9.5 | -62.4 | 1350 |
| 8 | 🇦🇺Balaji, Sai Sivesh | 1576 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | ½ | — | * | 0.5 | 0.75 | 7.5 | -42.4 | 1284 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Batyrbekov, KaisarAUS+62.83.0 pts · #1
- 2Ashok, ArjunAUS+57.23.0 pts · #2
- 3Ruaya, RohanAUS+12.41.5 pts · #6
Top rating losers
- 1Huang, MichaelAUS-62.41.0 pts · #7
- 2Balaji, Sai SiveshAUS-42.40.5 pts · #8
- 3Batyrbekov, AidanAUS-15.61.5 pts · #4
Biggest upsets
- R5+203 Elo gap
- R5+105 Elo gap