2025 Hobsons Bay Reserves Championship Juniors Round 7
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17 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held on 09 Dec 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1529, and top seed was Lucas Parker (🇦🇺 AUS, 1618).
Vivaan Verma (🇦🇺 AUS, 1533) won with 1.0/7, ahead of Candice Fang (1.0) and Lucas Parker (1.0). Verma won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
Location
🇦🇺Melbourne, Australia
Dates
09 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Federations · 2 represented
🇦🇺Australia×16
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R7; 5 players tied at 1.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 39 co-leaders at R4 to 12 at the finish.
Co-leaders
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R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
5 players finish on 1.0/7. Verma 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 | Verma, Vivaan | 1533 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | +11B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2231 | +16.0 |
| 2 | Fang, Candice | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | +14B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2227 | +20.0 |
| 3 | Parker, Lucas | 1618 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | +12N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2371 | +15.6 |
| 4 | Jyothi Nikhil, Neev | 1514 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | +10B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2410 | +28.0 |
| 5 | Jagannathan, Shashvath | 1504 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | +13B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2245 | +20.0 |
| 6 | Yug Shinde | 1466 | IND | F | F | F | F | F | F | =7N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1458 | -0.8 |
| 7 | Das, Ayush | 1435 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | =6B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1470 | +0.8 |
| 8 | Kaur, Mishleen | 1541 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | =9N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1455 | -1.2 |
| 9 | Venkat, Nyra | 1562 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | =8B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1480 | +1.2 |
| 10 | Morris, Elijah | 1555 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | −4N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 659 | -28.0 |
| 11 | Shaiek, Nihal | 1434 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | −1N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 706 | -16.0 |
| 12 | Manoj, Dev | 1541 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | −3B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 851 | -15.6 |
| 13 | Yendru, Sriram | 1457 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | −5N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 644 | -20.0 |
| 14 | Veeragandham, Gowtham | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | −2N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 624 | -20.0 |
| 15 | Shayan, Ray | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 644 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Bodke, Aryan | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 814 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Stefan Jiace Tham, Keanu | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 781 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Jyothi Nikhil, NeevAUS+28.01.0 pts · #4
- 2Jagannathan, ShashvathAUS+20.01.0 pts · #5
- 3Fang, CandiceAUS+20.01.0 pts · #2
Top rating losers
- 1Morris, ElijahAUS-28.00.0 pts · #11
- 2Yendru, SriramAUS-20.00.0 pts · #16
- 3Veeragandham, GowthamAUS-20.00.0 pts · #17