2025 Hobsons Bay Club Championship Juniors Round 7 plus postponed
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8 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held on 02 Dec 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. Top 10 Elo average was 1587, and top seed was Michael Huang (🇦🇺 AUS, 1666).
Aidan Batyrbekov (🇦🇺 AUS, 1560) won with 1.5/7, ahead of Michael Huang (1.5) and Andrew Wei (1.0). Batyrbekov won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 7: Rohan Ruaya (1437) beat Kaisar Batyrbekov (1656), a +219-point gap.
Location
🇦🇺Melbourne, Australia
Dates
02 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 7 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇦🇺Australia×8
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 8 · 7 roundsCo-leaders
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Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇦🇺Batyrbekov, Aidan | 1560 | * | — | — | — | — | ½ | — | 1 | 1.5 | 0.25 | 0.5 | +18.4 | 1796 |
| 2 | 🇦🇺Huang, Michael | 1666 | — | * | — | — | — | — | ½ | 1 | 1.5 | 0.25 | 0.5 | +14.8 | 1734 |
| 4 | 🇦🇺Wei, Andrew | 1640 | — | — | * | 0 | — | — | 1 | — | 1.0 | 0.50 | 1.5 | -6.4 | 1544 |
| 5 | 🇦🇺Ashok, Arjun | 1561 | — | — | 1 | * | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | 1.00 | 1.0 | +23.6 | 2401 |
| 3 | 🇦🇺Ruaya, Rohan | 1437 | — | — | — | — | * | 1 | — | — | 1.0 | 0.50 | 0.5 | +32.4 | 2477 |
| 6 | 🇦🇺Batyrbekov, Kaisar | 1656 | ½ | — | — | — | 0 | * | — | — | 0.5 | 0.75 | 2.5 | -35.6 | 1332 |
| 7 | 🇦🇺Nema, Nivaan | 1602 | — | ½ | 0 | — | — | — | * | — | 0.5 | 0.75 | 2.5 | -15.2 | 1400 |
| 8 | 🇦🇺Balaji, Sai Sivesh | 1576 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | * | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.0 | -32.0 | 802 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Ruaya, RohanAUS+32.41.0 pts · #3
- 2Ashok, ArjunAUS+23.61.0 pts · #5
- 3Batyrbekov, AidanAUS+18.41.5 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Batyrbekov, KaisarAUS-35.60.5 pts · #6
- 2Balaji, Sai SiveshAUS-32.00.0 pts · #8
- 3Nema, NivaanAUS-15.20.5 pts · #7
Biggest upsets
- R7+219 Elo gap