2026 Honourable Bob Rookies and Juniors

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78 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 31 Jan 2026 to 28 Feb 2026 in Melbourne, Australia. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1638, and top seed was Addison Djatschenko (🇦🇺 AUS, 1705).

Ashwin Ramanathan (🇦🇺 AUS, 1579) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Addison Djatschenko (4.5) and Kaisar Batyrbekov (4.5). Ramanathan clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Sai Sivesh Balaji (1499) beat Aarya Subramanya Gadham (1615), a +116-point gap.

Location

🇦🇺Melbourne, Australia

Dates

31 Jan 2026 → 28 Feb 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇦🇺Addison Djatschenko1705

Avg top 10

1,638

Participants

Federations · 3 represented

🇦🇺Australia×49

🇧🇩Bangladesh×1

🇳🇿New Zealand×1

Top 3

🥇
Ashwin Ramanathan
🇦🇺AUS·1579
5.0pts·2376perf+80.0
🥈
Addison Djatschenko
🇦🇺AUS·1705
4.5pts·1891perf+16.8
🥉
Kaisar Batyrbekov
🇦🇺AUS·1591
4.5pts·1900perf+54.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Ashwin Ramanathan led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Ramanathan5Djatschenko4.5Batyrbekov4.5Martin4Wilson4Ilic4

R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

Ashwin Ramanathan held the sole lead from R5 through R5 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Ashwin Ramanathan 5 wins (R1–R5)Addison Djatschenko 4 wins (R1–R4)Kaisar Batyrbekov 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Ashwin Ramanathan	*	—	—	—
2Addison Djatschenko	—	*	½	—
3Kaisar Batyrbekov	—	½	*	—
4Dion Martin	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Ramanathan, Ashwin	1579	AUS	+42B	+15N	+6B	+14N	+4B	5.0	14.0	16.0	16.00	2376	+80.0
2	Djatschenko, Addison	1705	AUS	+38B	+16N	+26B	+19N	=3B	4.5	13.5	15.5	13.25	1891	+16.8
3	Batyrbekov, Kaisar	1591	AUS	+52B	+40N	+37B	+18N	=2N	4.5	11.5	13.5	11.25	1900	+54.8
4	Batyrbekov, Aidan	1614	AUS	+78B	+43N	+12B	+5N	−1N	4.0	14.5	14.5	9.50	1706	+13.6
5	Ilic, Milan	1632	AUS	+70N	+25B	+8N	−4B	+16N	4.0	14.0	14.5	10.50	1742	+11.0
6	Wei, Andrew	1601	AUS	+39N	+56B	−1N	+24B	+17N	4.0	13.0	14.5	9.50	1553	-4.8
7	Nowak, Ruben	1686	AUS	+32N	F	+13B	+29N	+22B	4.0	12.5	14.5	12.50	2274	+14.0
8	Ashok, Arjun	1561	AUS	+17B	+35N	−5B	+38N	+21B	4.0	12.5	14.5	10.50	1644	+13.2
9	Wilson, Andrew	1588	AUS	+77N	+27B	−14N	+28B	+20N	4.0	12.0	12.0	9.00	1688	+20.4
10	Ihtiram Ahmad	1644	BAN	+72N	+23B	−18B	+43N	+15B	4.0	11.0	11.0	8.00	1694	+8.0
11	Martin, Dion	0	AUS	+?N	+?B	−19B	+40N	+14B	4.0	8.0	8.0	5.00	1588	0.0
12	Annapureddy, Dhruthin Reddy	1536	AUS	+60N	+57B	−4N	=20N	+35B	3.5	11.0	12.0	6.50	1624	+18.8
13	Venkat, Nyra	1428	AUS	=58B	+67N	−7N	+56B	+36B	3.5	9.5	10.5	5.75	885	-7.2
14	Huang, Michael	1604	AUS	+68B	+54N	+9B	−1B	−11N	3.0	15.0	16.0	7.00	1583	-2.0
15	Jyothi Nikhil, Neev	1497	AUS	+24N	−1B	+50N	+41B	−10N	3.0	14.0	16.0	7.00	1458	-4.8
16	Jagannathan, Shashvath	1460	AUS	+30N	−2B	+60N	+46B	−5B	3.0	13.5	14.5	6.00	869	-19.2
17	FIDE 573002232	0	—	−8N	+62B	+27N	+37B	−6B	3.0	13.0	14.0	6.00	1508	0.0
18	Li, Liyuan	1663	AUS	+64N	+22B	+10N	−3B	F	3.0	12.5	12.5	8.00	1709	+6.8
19	Yendru, Srikrishna	1619	AUS	+49N	+45B	+11N	−2B	F	3.0	12.5	12.5	8.00	1575	-2.0
20	Nema, Nivaan	1539	AUS	+41N	+48B	=34N	=12B	−9B	3.0	12.0	14.0	7.00	1403	-21.6
21	Watson, Jacob	0	AUS	−23N	+72B	+51N	+25B	−8N	3.0	12.0	12.0	5.00	1570	0.0
22	Rawat, Vivaan	1517	AUS	+73N	−18N	+42B	+23B	−7N	3.0	12.0	12.0	5.00	1509	-1.2
23	Manoj, Dev	1556	AUS	+21B	−10N	+74B	−22N	+44B	3.0	12.0	12.0	5.00	781	-37.2
24	Yegnavajjula, Aryan Srivatsav	0	AUS	−15B	+53N	+44B	−6N	+61N	3.0	11.0	12.0	5.00	742	-38.4
25	Vemula, Thamoghna	1555	AUS	+59B	−5N	+65B	−21N	+49B	3.0	10.5	11.5	4.50	832	-15.6
26	Balaji, Sai Sivesh	1499	AUS	+50N	+51B	−2N	F	+47B	3.0	10.5	10.5	6.00	1713	+34.4
27	Shaiek, Nihal	1422	AUS	+65B	−9N	−17B	+69N	+39B	3.0	10.0	11.0	4.00	788	-10.8
28	Balamurugan, Soorya	1428	AUS	−56N	+39B	+61N	−9N	+41B	3.0	9.5	10.5	5.00	788	-11.6
29	Kaur, Mishleen	1479	AUS	+63N	−34B	+71N	−7B	+46N	3.0	9.5	10.0	3.50	773	-30.8
30	FIDE 573002267	0	—	−16B	+47N	−40B	+76N	+45N	3.0	9.0	9.0	4.00	1444	0.0
31	Vignesh, Prajeeth Balaji	1580	NZL	−54B	+58N	−43B	+53N	+38B	3.0	8.0	9.5	5.50	2259	+13.2
32	Spriggs, Harvey	0	AUS	−7B	F	+?N	+57B	+34N	3.0	8.0	8.0	4.00	1572	0.0
33	Wilkinson, Greg	1469	AUS	+36B	F	+55N	+34B	F	3.0	7.0	7.0	7.00	2296	+21.6
34	Veginati, Cherish	1461	AUS	+53B	+29N	=20B	−33N	−32B	2.5	12.0	14.0	6.50	1495	+6.0
35	Husain, Lamiah	1467	AUS	+62N	−8B	=56N	+58B	−12N	2.5	10.5	11.5	3.25	747	-31.2
36	FIDE 3297934	0	—	−33N	+63B	=57N	+48B	−13N	2.5	10.0	11.0	3.75	1189	0.0
37	Ruaya, Rohan	1467	AUS	+46B	F	−3N	−17N	+60B	2.0	13.5	14.5	3.00	790	-13.2
38	Das, Ayush	1459	AUS	−2N	+73B	+48N	−8B	−31N	2.0	13.5	13.5	2.00	815	-35.2
39	Jyothi Nikhil, Vihaan	0	AUS	−6B	−28N	+62B	+42N	−27N	2.0	12.0	13.0	3.00	679	0.0
40	Yendru, Sriram	1425	AUS	+75N	−3B	+30N	−11B	F	2.0	11.5	11.5	3.00	790	-11.2
41	Mallajosyula, Srivaths	0	AUS	−20B	+52N	+68B	−15N	−28N	2.0	11.0	12.0	3.00	684	0.0
42	FIDE 3286312	0	—	−1N	+64B	−22N	−39B	+63N	2.0	11.0	12.0	2.00	747	0.0
43	Barar, Ridam	0	AUS	+74N	−4B	+31N	−10B	−?N	2.0	11.0	11.0	3.00	1490	0.0
44	Samraat, Aayush	0	AUS	−45N	+49B	−24N	+51B	−23N	2.0	10.0	12.0	4.00	1342	0.0
45	Goh, Nicholas	1444	AUS	+44B	−19N	−46B	+63N	−30B	2.0	10.0	11.0	3.00	814	-11.2
46	FIDE 573002259	0	—	−37N	+70B	+45N	−16N	−29B	2.0	10.0	10.5	2.50	1270	0.0
47	Fang, Candice	1447	AUS	−48N	−30B	+73N	+50B	−26N	2.0	10.0	10.0	2.00	697	-17.2
48	Nguyen, Lucas	1429	AUS	+47B	−20N	−38B	−36N	+64B	2.0	9.5	10.5	3.00	1355	0.0
49	FIDE 573002216	0	—	−19B	−44N	+59B	+65N	−25N	2.0	9.5	10.5	2.50	783	0.0
50	Goh, Daphne	0	AUS	−26B	+66N	−15B	−47N	+62B	2.0	9.0	10.0	2.00	677	0.0
51	Gadham, Aarya Subramanya	1615	AUS	+66B	−26N	−21B	−44N	+75B	2.0	9.0	9.0	1.00	697	-26.4
52	FIDE 3286860	0	—	−3N	−41B	+64N	−61B	+66B	2.0	8.5	9.5	2.00	790	0.0
53	FIDE 573002208	0	—	−34N	−24B	+75N	−31B	+74N	2.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	723	0.0
54	Gajula, Nishitha	0	AUS	+31N	−14B	F	−?N	+57B	2.0	7.5	7.5	4.50	1546	0.0
55	Prince, Aliza	1531	AUS	F	+76N	−33B	F	+56N	2.0	5.5	5.5	1.50	669	-23.6
56	Wang, Evan	0	AUS	+28B	−6N	=35B	−13N	−55B	1.5	13.0	15.0	4.25	1340	0.0
57	Guggilla, Krithvik	1492	AUS	+61B	−12N	=36B	−32N	−54N	1.5	11.0	12.0	2.25	735	-17.6
58	FIDE 3291235	0	—	=13N	−31B	+76B	−35N	−?B	1.5	9.0	9.0	1.75	1170	0.0
59	FIDE 3297403	0	—	−25N	−60B	−49N	=70B	+72N	1.5	6.5	6.5	0.25	752	0.0
60	Bodke, Aryan	0	AUS	−12B	+59N	−16B	F	−37N	1.0	10.0	10.0	1.50	687	0.0
61	FIDE 573002283	0	—	−57N	F	−28B	+52N	−24B	1.0	9.5	9.5	2.00	682	0.0
62	FIDE 573002348	0	—	−35B	−17N	−39N	+72B	−50N	1.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	667	0.0
63	FIDE 573002313	0	—	−29B	−36N	+72N	−45B	−42B	1.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	662	0.0
64	FIDE 3295311	0	—	−18B	−42N	−52B	+68N	−48N	1.0	9.0	10.0	1.00	863	0.0
65	FIDE 573002186	0	—	−27N	+75B	−25N	−49B	F	1.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	684	0.0
66	FIDE 573002356	0	—	−51N	−50B	F	+73B	−52N	1.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	814	0.0
67	FIDE 3297438	0	—	F	−13B	+70N	F	−?B	1.0	6.0	6.0	0.50	670	0.0
68	FIDE 3296695	0	—	−14N	F	−41N	−64B	+73B	1.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	800	0.0
69	Subhash, Ryan	0	AUS	=?N	=71B	F	−27B	F	1.0	4.5	4.5	0.25	615	0.0
70	FIDE 3291189	0	—	−5B	−46N	−67B	=59N	F	0.5	8.5	8.5	0.75	832	0.0
71	FIDE 3298213	0	—	F	=69N	−29B	−?B	F	0.5	4.0	4.0	0.50	679	0.0
72	FIDE 573002224	0	—	−10B	−21N	−63B	−62N	−59B	0.0	9.5	10.5	0.00	844	0.0
73	FIDE 573002240	0	—	−22B	−38N	−47B	−66N	−68N	0.0	8.0	9.0	0.00	673	0.0
74	FIDE 573002364	0	—	−43B	F	−23N	F	−53B	0.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	755	0.0
75	FIDE 573002291	0	—	−40B	−65N	−53B	F	−51N	0.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	720	0.0
76	FIDE 3286355	0	—	F	−55B	−58N	−30B	F	0.0	6.5	6.5	0.00	731	0.0
77	FIDE 573002194	0	—	−9B	F	F	F	F	0.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	788	0.0
78	FIDE 3291170	0	—	−4N	−?B	F	F	F	0.0	4.5	4.5	0.00	766	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Ramanathan, AshwinAUS
+80.0
5.0 pts · #3
2Batyrbekov, KaisarAUS
+54.8
4.5 pts · #4
3Balaji, Sai SiveshAUS
+34.4
3.0 pts · #15

Top rating losers

1Yegnavajjula, Aryan SrivatsavAUS
-38.4
3.0 pts · #44
2Manoj, DevAUS
-37.2
3.0 pts · #35
3Das, AyushAUS
-35.2
2.0 pts · #38

Biggest upsets

R2+116 Elo gap
Balaji, Sai Sivesh1499 beat Gadham, Aarya Subramanya1615