2025 Hobsons Bay Reserves Championship Juniors Rounds 1-3

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32 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held from 14 Oct 2025 to 28 Oct 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1514, and top seed was Lucas Parker (🇦🇺 AUS, 1618).

Elijah Morris (🇦🇺 AUS, 1555) won with 3.0/3, ahead of Neev Jyothi Nikhil (3.0) and Prajeeth Balaji Vignesh (3.0). Morris shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

Location

🇦🇺Melbourne, Australia

Dates

14 Oct 2025 → 28 Oct 2025

Time control

Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 3 rounds

Top seed

🇦🇺Lucas Parker1618

Avg top 10

1,514

Participants

Federations · 3 represented

🇦🇺Australia×21

🇮🇳India×1

🇳🇿New Zealand×1

Top 3

🥇
Elijah Morris
🇦🇺AUS·1555
3.0pts·2288perf+32.8
🥈
Neev Jyothi Nikhil
🇦🇺AUS·1514
3.0pts·2256perf+33.6
🥉
Prajeeth Balaji Vignesh
🇳🇿NZL
3.0pts·1565perf0.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 3 rounds

Tight race until R3; 3 players tied at 3.0/3, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Vignesh3Morris3Jyothi Nikhil3Husain2Venkat2Yendru2

R3 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 3.0/3. Morris takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (4.0).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Prajeeth Balaji Vignesh 3 wins (R1–R3)Elijah Morris 3 wins (R1–R3)Neev Jyothi Nikhil 3 wins (R1–R3)

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Morris, Elijah	1555	AUS	+29B	+6N	+5N	3.0	4.0	4.0	4.00	2288	+32.8
2	Jyothi Nikhil, Neev	1514	AUS	+19N	+12B	+4N	3.0	3.5	4.5	4.50	2256	+33.6
3	Vignesh, Prajeeth Balaji	0	NZL	+13B	+?N	+?B	3.0	1.5	1.5	1.50	1565	0.0
4	Yendru, Sriram	1457	AUS	+24B	+8N	−2B	2.0	5.0	6.0	3.00	1490	+3.6
5	Guggilla, Krithvik	1512	AUS	+30B	+9N	−1B	2.0	5.0	5.0	2.00	753	-17.6
6	Goh, Nicholas	1465	AUS	+22N	−1B	+19N	2.0	4.0	5.0	2.00	753	-15.2
7	Husain, Lamiah	1487	AUS	+21N	=14B	=15N	2.0	3.0	4.0	2.50	1464	-2.8
8	Yug Shinde	1466	IND	+20N	−4B	+23N	2.0	3.0	4.0	2.00	657	-20.4
9	Shayan, Ray	0	AUS	+?N	−5B	+20N	2.0	3.0	3.0	1.00	710	0.0
10	Veeragandham, Gowtham	0	AUS	−12N	+21B	+?N	2.0	2.5	2.5	1.00	655	0.0
11	Venkat, Nyra	1562	AUS	+27B	F	+14N	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.00	2224	+12.4
12	Balamurugan, Soorya	1456	AUS	+10B	−2N	=13B	1.5	5.0	6.5	2.75	1281	-18.0
13	Das, Ayush	1435	AUS	−3N	+16B	=12N	1.5	4.5	6.0	2.25	1455	+1.2
14	Shaiek, Nihal	1434	AUS	+28B	=7N	−11B	1.5	4.0	4.5	1.50	1332	-8.8
15	Jagannathan, Shashvath	1504	AUS	+31B	−25N	=7B	1.5	3.0	3.0	1.00	1363	-14.0
16	FIDE 3291235	0	—	=17B	−13N	+30N	1.5	3.0	3.0	0.75	635	0.0
17	Stefan Jiace Tham, Keanu	0	AUS	=16N	+?B	−?B	1.5	1.5	1.5	0.75	731	0.0
18	Fang, Candice	0	AUS	=?B	−?N	+29B	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.00	1343	0.0
19	FIDE 3291189	0	—	−2B	+31N	−6B	1.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	689	0.0
20	Bodke, Aryan	0	AUS	−8B	+28N	−9B	1.0	4.0	4.5	0.50	666	0.0
21	FIDE 3286860	0	—	−7B	−10N	+?B	1.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	687	0.0
22	FIDE 3297977	0	—	−6B	+27N	F	1.0	2.5	2.5	0.50	665	0.0
23	FIDE 3297403	0	—	−?B	+29N	−8B	1.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	703	0.0
24	Lacson, Alexandria	0	AUS	−4N	+?B	F	1.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	657	0.0
25	Parker, Lucas	1618	AUS	F	+15B	F	1.0	1.5	1.5	1.50	2303	+13.2
26	FIDE 3297950	0	—	F	+?N	−?B	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	740	0.0
27	FIDE 3297934	0	—	−11N	−22B	=28N	0.5	3.0	3.5	0.25	762	0.0
28	Mallajosyula, Srivaths	0	AUS	−14N	−20B	=27B	0.5	2.5	3.0	0.25	624	0.0
29	FIDE 3286312	0	—	−1N	−23B	−18N	0.0	4.5	5.5	0.00	753	0.0
30	Goh, Daphne	0	AUS	−5N	F	−16B	0.0	3.5	3.5	0.00	710	0.0
31	FIDE 3297942	0	—	−15N	−19B	−?N	0.0	2.5	2.5	0.00	703	0.0
32	Ganesh Kumar, Mukunth	0	AUS	F	−?N	F	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	740	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Jyothi Nikhil, NeevAUS
+33.6
3.0 pts · #3
2Morris, ElijahAUS
+32.8
3.0 pts · #2
3Parker, LucasAUS
+13.2
1.0 pts · #5

Top rating losers

1Yug ShindeIND
-20.4
2.0 pts · #30
2Balamurugan, SooryaAUS
-18.0
1.5 pts · #8
3Guggilla, KrithvikAUS
-17.6
2.0 pts · #25