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2026 Hobsons Bay Cup Rounds 1-4

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34 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 02 Jun 2026 to 23 Jun 2026 in Melbourne, Australia. 4 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1901, and top seed was Kai Jie Soo (🇦🇺 AUS, FM, 2289).

Anh Kiet Nguyen (🇦🇺 AUS, CM, 1957) won with 4.0/4, ahead of Krishna Bodke (3.5) and Joemar Lacson (3.0). Nguyen broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Ruben Nowak (1665) beat Nathan Hibberd (1868), a +203-point gap.

Location
🇦🇺Melbourne, Australia
Dates
02 Jun 2026 → 23 Jun 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 4 rounds
Top seed
🇦🇺FMKai Jie Soo2289
Avg top 10
1,901
Participants
34
Titled players · 4
FM×1
CM×2
WIM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇦🇺Australia×29
FIDE (no federation)×1
🇺🇸United States of America×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 4 rounds

CM Anh Kiet Nguyen led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
11
6
2
1
1234R1R2R3R4
R4–R4 · LEAD HELD

CM Anh Kiet Nguyen held the sole lead from R4 through R4 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

CM Anh Kiet Nguyen 4 wins (R1–R4)Dean Hogg 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1CMAnh Kiet Nguyen*
1
2Krishna Bodke*
½
3Dean Hogg
0
*
4Joemar Lacson
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Nguyen, Anh KietCM1957AUS+11B+5N+7B+4N4.08.510.510.502584+44.8
2Bodke, Krishna1870AUS+16N+6B=3N+10B3.58.09.58.002078+34.8
3Lacson, Joemar1859AUS+9B+26N=2B=7N3.08.59.56.501964+10.6
4Hogg, Dean1904AUS+30N+8B+10N1B3.08.59.05.001964+7.0
5Whitford, Matthew1709AUS+17N1B+30B+32N3.06.06.52.501845+10.4
6Ramanathan, Ashwin1790AUS+33B2N+23B+20N3.06.06.02.501780-1.2
7Davis, Tony JCM1797AUS+13B+24N1N=3B2.59.010.04.501828+2.6
8Hill, James1769AUS+28B4N=11B+16N2.56.57.53.501739-1.4
9Nowak, Ruben1665AUS3N=16B+31N+18B2.56.06.52.751798+13.6
10Paul, Cijo1782USA+14B+23N4B2N2.08.59.53.001718-5.0
11Menezes, Eric1725AUS1N+31B=8N=12B2.08.59.02.751726-0.2
12Hogan, Steven1632AUS=19B15N+24B=11N2.05.56.52.751758+7.4
13Balogun, Olalekan1668FID7N17B+27N+25B2.05.06.02.001594-15.2
14Martin, Dion1755AUS10N+27B+25NF2.04.55.52.001703-5.2
15Soo, Kai JieFM2289AUSF+12B+18NF2.03.53.53.502689+3.2
16Biju, Alberto1537AUS2B=9N+29N8B1.58.59.52.251646+18.8
17Ashok, Arjun1627AUS5B+13N20B=30N1.56.57.02.251574-12.4
18Hibberd, Nathan1868AUS=31N+29B15B9N1.55.56.01.251690-20.2
19Krishnan, Anirudh1892AUS=12NF+21BF1.55.55.52.501891+0.2
20Szuveges, Narelle SWIM1689AUSF=32B+17N6B1.55.05.01.751709+1.0
21McIntyre, Julian1763AUSF+34B19N=22N1.53.03.00.751582-9.4
22Thomson, Kynan1658AUSFF+34N=21B1.51.51.50.751763+2.8
23Wang, Tim0AUSF10B6N+28N1.06.06.01.0015360.0
24Gali, Joyel Evan0AUS+25N7B12NF1.05.56.51.0015110.0
25Wang, Evan1480AUS24B+28N14B13N1.05.06.01.001486-1.2
26Cheema, Mohammad1750AUS+27N3BFF1.05.05.51.001666-3.6
27Manoj, Dev1472AUS26B14N13B+33N1.05.05.00.00924-23.2
28Kostakakis, Angelo1410AUS8N25B+33N23B1.04.54.50.00825-10.0
29Paul, Nikash1629AUSF18N16B+34N1.03.03.00.00903-16.6
30Annapureddy, Dhruthin Reddy1576AUS4BF5N=17B0.57.57.50.751474-15.2
31Wilkinson, Greg1547AUS=18B11N9BF0.56.06.00.751480-4.8
32FIDE 5610159620F=20NF5B0.55.55.50.7515060.0
33FIDE 57300745506NF28B27B0.05.05.50.007570.0
34FIDE 32924870F21N22B29B0.04.04.00.008830.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets