2026 Hobsons Bay Rookies and Juniors Cup Rounds 3-5
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57 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 30 May 2026 to 20 Jun 2026 in Melbourne, Australia. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1631, and top seed was Addison Djatschenko (🇦🇺 AUS, 1703).
Ihtiram Ahmad (🇧🇩 BAN, 1645) won with 3.0/5, ahead of Aidan Batyrbekov (3.0) and Sumair Singh (3.0). Ahmad shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Aidan Batyrbekov (1498) beat Ruben Nowak (1664), a +166-point gap.
Location
🇦🇺Melbourne, Australia
Dates
30 May 2026 → 20 Jun 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Federations · 4 represented
🇦🇺Australia×40
🇮🇳India×2
🇧🇩Bangladesh×1
🇳🇿New Zealand×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 3 players tied at 3.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 9 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.
Co-leaders
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R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
3 players finish on 3.0/5. Ahmad takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (3.0).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
Aidan Batyrbekov 3 wins (R3–R5)Sumair Singh 3 wins (R3–R5)Ihtiram Ahmad 3 wins (R3–R5)
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ihtiram Ahmad | 1645 | BAN | F | F | +33N | +34B | +32N | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.00 | 2354 | +14.8 |
| 2 | Batyrbekov, Aidan | 1498 | AUS | F | F | +51N | +31B | +25N | 3.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.50 | 2435 | +73.6 |
| 3 | Singh, Sumair | 0 | AUS | F | F | +50N | +9B | +46N | 3.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.50 | 1628 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Djatschenko, Addison | 1703 | AUS | F | F | +18B | +16B | =8N | 2.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.00 | 1819 | +6.6 |
| 5 | Saha, Avinandan (Arjun) | 1418 | AUS | F | F | +36B | =37N | +12B | 2.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.50 | 2276 | +23.2 |
| 6 | Huang, Michael | 1601 | AUS | F | F | =8N | +46B | +27N | 2.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.00 | 1935 | +51.2 |
| 7 | Batyrbekov, Kaisar | 1584 | AUS | F | F | =48N | +35B | +31N | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.25 | 2583 | +25.6 |
| 8 | Ramanathan, Ashwin | 1698 | AUS | F | F | =6B | +28N | =4B | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 4.00 | 1718 | -4.0 |
| 9 | Annadasu, Shreyansh | 1490 | AUS | F | F | +21B | −3N | +34B | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 3.00 | 2354 | +19.6 |
| 10 | Balaji, Sai Sivesh | 1465 | AUS | F | F | −25B | +15N | +20B | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.00 | 1619 | +1.6 |
| 11 | Samraat, Aayush | 0 | AUS | F | F | +19B | =30N | =29B | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.50 | 1536 | +4.0 |
| 12 | Wang, Evan | 0 | AUS | F | F | +23N | +47B | −5N | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.50 | 619 | -23.2 |
| 13 | Yendru, Sriram | 1424 | AUS | F | F | +22B | −26N | +49N | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.50 | 1493 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Gajula, Karan | 1528 | AUS | F | F | +32N | +39B | −17B | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.00 | 787 | -14.4 |
| 15 | Goh, Nicholas | 1444 | AUS | F | F | +38N | −10B | +35N | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.00 | 812 | -10.0 |
| 16 | Watson, Jacob | 0 | AUS | F | F | +53B | −4N | +26B | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.50 | 894 | -10.0 |
| 17 | Wei, Andrew | 1601 | AUS | F | F | −31N | +48B | +14N | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.50 | 1634 | +4.4 |
| 18 | Vinayak Vinu | 0 | IND | F | F | −4N | +41B | +?N | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.00 | 1605 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Bodke, Aryan | 0 | AUS | F | F | −11N | +38B | +?N | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 665 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Shaiek, Nihal | 1422 | AUS | F | F | +52N | +40B | −10N | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 812 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Vaishnav Vinu | 0 | IND | F | F | −9N | +36B | +?N | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 760 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Mallajosyula, Srivaths | 0 | AUS | F | F | −13N | +50B | +47N | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.50 | 614 | -23.2 |
| 23 | Jyothi Nikhil, Vihaan | 0 | AUS | F | F | −12B | +?N | +?B | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 676 | 0.0 |
| 24 | FIDE 573002194 | 0 | — | F | F | +?N | +33B | −?B | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 627 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Nowak, Ruben | 1664 | AUS | F | F | +10N | =27B | −2B | 1.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.75 | 1593 | -5.2 |
| 26 | Bhadrapura, Vismay | 0 | AUS | F | F | =47N | +13B | −16N | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.25 | 1459 | -15.6 |
| 27 | Ashok, Arjun | 1527 | AUS | F | F | +54B | =25N | −6B | 1.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.75 | 1606 | -2.4 |
| 28 | Jyothi Nikhil, Neev | 1438 | AUS | F | F | =46N | −8B | +37N | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.25 | 1489 | -0.8 |
| 29 | Luan, William | 0 | AUS | F | F | F | +49B | =11N | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.50 | 1465 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Nema, Nivaan | 1538 | AUS | F | F | +55N | =11B | F | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1648 | +10.8 |
| 31 | Martin, Dion | 0 | AUS | F | F | +17B | −2N | −7B | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.00 | 1478 | -47.6 |
| 32 | Fang, Candice | 1447 | AUS | F | F | −14B | +?N | −1B | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 1407 | 0.0 |
| 33 | FIDE 573006238 | 0 | — | F | F | −1B | −24N | +50B | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 852 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Gadham, Aarya Subramanya | 1614 | AUS | F | F | +56B | −1N | −9N | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 806 | -34.4 |
| 35 | FIDE 573003255 | 0 | — | F | F | +?B | −7N | −15B | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 749 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Veeragandham, Gowtham | 1407 | AUS | F | F | −5N | −21N | +52B | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 619 | 0.0 |
| 37 | FIDE 3294110 | 0 | — | F | F | =?N | =5B | −28B | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.25 | 1351 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Rajan, Viaan | 0 | AUS | F | F | −15B | −19N | +?B | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 621 | 0.0 |
| 39 | Saha, Arya | 0 | AUS | F | F | +?B | −14N | F | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1456 | -7.2 |
| 40 | FIDE 573006254 | 0 | — | F | F | +?B | −20N | F | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1410 | 0.0 |
| 41 | Venkat, Nyra | 1404 | AUS | F | F | +?B | −18N | −?B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 616 | 0.0 |
| 42 | Goh, Daphne | 0 | AUS | F | F | +?B | −?N | −?B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 627 | 0.0 |
| 43 | FIDE 573002224 | 0 | — | F | F | −?B | −?N | +?B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 811 | 0.0 |
| 44 | FIDE 573002186 | 0 | — | F | F | +?B | −?N | −?B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 616 | 0.0 |
| 45 | FIDE 3295729 | 0 | — | F | F | +?N | −?B | −?B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 764 | 0.0 |
| 46 | Yendru, Srikrishna | 1618 | AUS | F | F | =28B | −6N | −3B | 0.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.75 | 1350 | -14.0 |
| 47 | Kaur, Mishleen | 1479 | AUS | F | F | =26B | −12N | −22B | 0.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.75 | 675 | 0.0 |
| 48 | Polus, Elyano | 0 | AUS | F | F | =7B | −17N | F | 0.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.25 | 1439 | 0.0 |
| 49 | FIDE 573002208 | 0 | — | F | F | =?B | −29N | −13B | 0.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 1243 | 0.0 |
| 50 | FIDE 3297438 | 0 | — | F | F | −3B | −22N | −33N | 0.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 673 | 0.0 |
| 51 | Ruaya, Rohan | 1475 | AUS | F | F | −2B | F | F | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 745 | -15.6 |
| 52 | FIDE 3286860 | 0 | — | F | F | −20B | −?N | −36N | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 708 | 0.0 |
| 53 | Balamurugan, Soorya | 1427 | AUS | F | F | −16N | F | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 704 | 0.0 |
| 54 | Vignesh, Prajeeth Balaji | 1582 | NZL | F | F | −27N | F | F | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 821 | -17.2 |
| 55 | Ganesh Kumar, Mukunth | 1456 | AUS | F | F | −30B | F | F | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 736 | -14.8 |
| 56 | FIDE 573002356 | 0 | — | F | F | −34N | F | F | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 754 | 0.0 |
| 57 | FIDE 573006246 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | −?B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 658 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Batyrbekov, AidanAUS+73.63.0 pts · #1
- 2Huang, MichaelAUS+51.22.5 pts · #2
- 3Batyrbekov, KaisarAUS+25.62.5 pts · #14
Top rating losers
- 1Martin, DionAUS-47.61.0 pts · #15
- 2Gadham, Aarya SubramanyaAUS-34.41.0 pts · #44
- 3Mallajosyula, SrivathsAUS-23.22.0 pts · #37
Biggest upsets
- R5+166 Elo gap
- R5+124 Elo gap