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2026 Hobsons Bay Western Minor Rounds 3-5

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6 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 05 May 2026 to 26 May 2026 in Melbourne, Australia. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1651, and top seed was Ruben Nowak (🇦🇺 AUS, 1684).

Steven Hogan (🇦🇺 AUS, 1635) won with 2.5/5, ahead of Narelle S Szuveges (2.0) and Dejan Matijas (1.5). Hogan shared the lead from round 4 and broke clear in the final round.

Location
🇦🇺Melbourne, Australia
Dates
05 May 2026 → 26 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇦🇺Ruben Nowak1684
Avg top 10
1,651
Participants
6
Titled players · 1
WIM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇦🇺Australia×6
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Steven Hogan led from R5 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
6
6
2
2
1
#1#2#3#6R1R2R3R4R5
Hogan#1Szuveges#2Matijas#3Mullen#4Nowak#5Paul#6
R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

Steven Hogan held the sole lead from R5 through R5 without losing it.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Steven Hogan beat WIM Narelle S Szuveges (Black).

Cross-table

#PlayerElo123456PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇦🇺Hogan, Steven1635*1½——12.52.753.5+23.21920
2🇦🇺WIMSzuveges, Narelle S16630*—1—12.01.003.5+6.61767
3🇦🇺Matijas, Dejan1612½—*1——1.52.254.5+11.81826
5🇦🇺Nowak, Ruben1684—00*1—1.01.004.5-10.41525
4🇦🇺Mullen, Chris1671———0*11.00.002.5-0.61658
6🇦🇺Paul, Nikash164100——0*0.00.005.5-30.6854

Key insights

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