Just a short post to welcome our visitors to the Hobsons Bay chess club site. Please browse around and get in touch with any comments (or use the contact form under Contact Us to ask a question). Please use the Follow button alongside here so that future posts will be delivered to your inbox. We meet near Altona beach (see About). All Junior info is found here. Note that Junior chess has now been restarted from 17th May 2022, since being disbanded since Feb 2020. We also wish to thank our sponsors Bendigo Bank and Barry Plant for their previous and continuing support. You should also be aware of our Hobsons Bay Chess Club Privacy Policy.
Hobson Bay Cup Juniors 2022 Final Standings
The Juniors have completed their Hobsons Bay Cup, with full results available here. But a summary of the top place getters is below:
Open Under 1000 category
- Champion: Ma,Yat Alfred (medal + certificate)
- 1st Runner up: Mogullapalli,Advaith (certificate)
- 2nd Runner up: Nadella,Hitansh (certificate)
Girls Category
- Champion: Arumalla,Anjana Reddy (medal + certificate)
- 1st Runner up: Santoso,Crystin (certificate)
- 2nd Runner up: Syed,Habibah (certificate)
Open Under 500 category
- Champion: Cyrus, Noah (medal + certificate)
- 1st Runner up: Schreiber,Kenny (certificate)
- 2nd Runner up: Prideaux,Heidi (certificate)
Arbiter Award for most improved- Abby Chan (certificate)
Live view of Western Masters
We can now show our Board 1 games live (crossing fingers!). Please see the link to our Western Masters DGT e-board Live View (Round 1 to Round 5).
Many thanks to Casey for getting this happening!
Western Masters events coming soon!
I hope that you are looking forward to a well attended Western Masters series.
The Western Masters will be played over 5 weeks from 21 June. If you will be away week 1 or will be late arriving please advise Steven so he can include you in the pairings. The event is a round robin, played over 5 weeks with players paired with opponents with a similar rating as follows:
- Western Masters Round Robin – Players 1 to 6
- Western Major Round Robin – Players 7 to 12
- Western Minor Round Robin – Players 13 to 18
- Western Swiss – Remaining Players
If you are unavailable for a week, this can be accommodated as we will have a week off for lightning between rounds 4 and 5. Players are free to play catch-up games that evening.
Lightning results
Please see the standings from this week’s FAST event. Well done to Hamish.
Lightning Standings
Pos N NAME Rtg PRtg Pts ------------------------------------------------- 1 1 Bassig,Hamish 1806 1915 6.5 2 15 CM Davis,Tony J 1818 1646 5.5 3 6 Nowak,Ruben 1407 1464 5.5 4 16 Davis,Sophie 1144 1099 4.0 5 4 McIntyre,Julian 1556 954 4.0 6 8 Kirk,Ian 1294 996 4.0 7 2 Paul,Cijo 1686 1449 3.5 8 3 Walkerden,Christian 1577 1221 3.0 9 9 Clerk,Max 736 1036 3.0 10 5 Hogan,Steven 1545 779 3.0 11 12 Ma,Alfred 0 624 3.0 12 7 Paul,Nikash 1366 1643 2.0 13 10 Eldridge,Dylan 0 911 2.0 14 13 Maistry,Jezreel 0 221 2.0 15 14 Prideaux,Heidi 0 337 2.0 16 11 Liu,Tina 0 482 1.0
Ratings movement between March 2021 and now…
For those that track or are concerned about such matters, I have updated the page of member’s ACF ratings here. You can also see the full and detailed June lists on the ACF web site.

Club Championship Standings after 3 events
The standings for club championship qualification have been updated here. Cijo and Dean have already qualified.

Tomorrow will be a 7 round lightning event, the Western Masters will commence the following week.
Hobsons Bay Cup – final results
Please find result of Round 7 and final standing for Hobson Bay Cup 2022.
Congratulations to Dean Hogg for coming out on top with 6.5 points out of 7 games!
Round 7 results
1 = Cajes,Conrado (4.0)-Hogg,Dean (5.5)= 9- 2=0-1 2 = Davis,Tony J (5.0)-Szuveges,Narelle S (4.0)= 4- 5=1-0 3 = Paul,Nikash (3.5)-Hari,Dhruv (3.5)= 8-33=0-1 4 = Annapureddy,Rheyansh (3.5)-Davis,Sophie (3.0)=11-22=1-0 5 = Whitford,Matthew (2.5)-De Rooy,Jack (2.5)= 7-31=0-1 6 = Saric,Sergey (2.5)-Richards,Derek (2.5)=15-13=1-0 7 = Clerk,Max (2.5)-McIntyre,Julian (2.5)=26-16=0-1 8 = Matijas,Dejan (2.5)-De Rooy,Samuel (2.0)=17-32=1-0 9 = Waadhwa,Ehsaas (2.0)-Herlihy,Brian (2.0)=23-36=0-1 10 = Kirk,Ian (2.0)-Kostakakis,Angelo (1.0)=20-25=1-0 11 = Mogullupalli,Advaith (1.0)-Pramod,Rishaan (0.0)=38-35=½-½ 12 = Hogan,Steven (4.0)- ( not paired ) 13 = Hibberd,Nathan (3.5)- ( not paired ) 14 = Beaumont,David (3.5)- ( not paired ) 15 = Enano,Ronald (3.0)- ( not paired ) 16 = Condick,Peter (3.0)- ( not paired ) 17 = Chettri,Vedish (3.0)- ( not paired ) 18 = Krishnan,Anirudh (2.5)- ( not paired ) 19 = Maure,Eric (2.5)- ( not paired ) 20 = Salanowski,Mark (2.0)- ( not paired ) 21 = Wilkinson,Greg (2.0)- ( not paired ) 22 = Hibberd,Aaron (1.5)- ( not paired ) 23 = Galia,Aaryan (1.0)- ( not paired ) 24 = Christian,Gavin (1.0)- ( not paired ) 25 = Santoso,Crystin (1.0)- ( not paired ) 26 = Liu,Tina (1.0)- ( not paired ) 27 = Mahajan,Laksh (0.0)- ( not paired )
Standings
Pos NAME Pts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 Hogg,Dean 6.5 =BYE +B12 +W3 +B8 +W2 +W6 +B5 2 Davis,Tony J 6.0 +B15 +W21 +B5 +W9 -B1 +W8 +W7 3 Annapureddy,Rheyansh 4.5 =BYE +W24 -B1 +W23 -B8 +F14 +W18 4 Hari,Dhruv 4.5 -- +W34 +B21 -F24 =B22 +W10 +B8 5 Cajes,Conrado 4.0 +W26 +B11 -W2 +F10 -B6 +W12 -W1 6 Hogan,Steven 4.0 +B31 -W9 +B32 +W12 +W5 -B1 -- 7 Szuveges,Narelle S 4.0 +W17 -B10 +W22 =BYE +B13 =W23 -B2 8 Paul,Nikash 3.5 +B18 =W13 +B27 -W1 +W3 -B2 -W4 9 Beaumont,David 3.5 +W22 +B6 +W10 -B2 =BYE -- -- 10 Saric,Sergey 3.5 +B35 +W7 -B9 -F5 =W16 -B4 +W21 11 Hibberd,Nathan 3.5 +B32 -W5 +B15 +W13 =BYE -- -- 12 Matijas,Dejan 3.5 +B36 -W1 +F18 -B6 =W25 -B5 +W29 13 McIntyre,Julian 3.5 +W38 =B8 +W16 -B11 -W7 -- +B25 14 De Rooy,Jack 3.5 -- -W18 =B26 +W15 +F32 -F3 +B23 15 Kirk,Ian 3.0 -W2 +B25 -W11 -B14 -W19 +B30 +W33 16 Enano,Ronald 3.0 =BYE +W28 -B13 +W27 =B10 -- -- 17 Condick,Peter 3.0 -B7 +W36 -F28 +B33 +F28 -- -- 18 Davis,Sophie 3.0 -W8 +B14 -F12 =W21 =B27 +W22 -B3 19 Herlihy,Brian 3.0 -- -- -- +W37 +B15 -- +B26 20 Chettri,Vedish 3.0 -- -- -- +W30 +B26 +W27 -- 21 Richards,Derek 2.5 +W25 -B2 -W4 =B18 -W24 +B33 -B10 22 Maure,Eric 2.5 -B9 +W35 -B7 +F31 =W4 -B18 -- 23 Whitford,Matthew 2.5 =BYE =BYE -- -B3 +W33 =B7 -W14 24 Krishnan,Anirudh 2.5 =BYE -B3 +W29 -F4 +B21 -- -- 25 Clerk,Max 2.5 -B21 -W15 +B38 +W32 =B12 -- -W13 26 Waadhwa,Ehsaas 2.0 -B5 -- =W14 =B29 -W20 +B37 -W19 27 Wilkinson,Greg 2.0 +BYE =BYE -W8 -B16 =W18 -B20 -- 28 Salanowski,Mark 2.0 =BYE -B16 +F17 =BYE -F17 -- -- 29 De Rooy,Samuel 2.0 -- =W31 -B24 =W26 +B37 -- -B12 30 Mogullupalli,Advaith 1.5 -- -- -- -B20 +BYE -W15 =W37 31 Hibberd,Aaron 1.5 -W6 =B29 =W33 -F22 =BYE -- -- 32 Galia,Aaryan 1.0 -W11 +B33 -W6 -B25 -F14 -- -- 33 Kostakakis,Angelo 1.0 =BYE -W32 =B31 -W17 -B23 -W21 -B15 34 Liu,Tina 1.0 -- -B4 -W35 =BYE =BYE -- -- 35 Christian,Gavin 1.0 -W10 -B22 +B34 -- -- -- -- 36 Santoso,Crystin 1.0 -W12 -B17 +BYE -- -- -- -- 37 Pramod,Rishaan 0.5 -- -- -- -B19 -W29 -W26 =B30 38 Mahajan,Laksh 0.0 -B13 -- -W25 -- -- -- --
Junior calendar has been updated
The current junior calendar has its own page now on this site. See here for details for all 2022 dates. It can also be fonud ofrom our home page, looking under the Juniors @ HBCC drop down.
Note that all junior events are ACF rated.
Hobsons Bay Cup – penultimate round
Please see attached the results for Tuesday and next week’s pairings. Dean and Tony are neck and neck. And a word from our President:
I’d like to take the opportunity to thank the several players who advised me in advance they were unwell and unable to make chess. This is greatly appreciated and allowed the evening to run smoothly. I wish those players who are unwell a speedy recovery. I will be on holiday this week. Casey and Tony have kindly agreed to run the club on Tuesday.
Round 6 results
1=Hogg,Dean (4.5)-Hogan,Steven (4.0)= 2-10=1-0 2=Davis,Tony J (4.0)-Paul,Nikash (3.5)= 4- 8=1-0 3=Szuveges,Narelle S (3.5)-Whitford,Matthew (2.0)= 5- 7=½-½ 4=Cajes,Conrado (3.0)-Matijas,Dejan (2.5)= 9-17=1-0 5=Annapureddy,Rheyansh (2.5)-De Rooy,Jack (2.5)=11-31=1F-0F 6=Hari,Dhruv (2.5)-Saric,Sergey (2.5)=33-15=1-0 7=Davis,Sophie (2.0)-Maure,Eric (2.5)=22-19=1-0 8=Chettri,Vedish (2.0)-Wilkinson,Greg (2.0)=37-30=1-0 9=Kostakakis,Angelo (1.0)-Richards,Derek (1.5)=25-13=0-1 10=Mogullupalli,Advaith (1.0)-Kirk,Ian (1.0)=38-20=0-1 11=Pramod,Rishaan (0.0)-Waadhwa,Ehsaas (1.0)=35-23=0-1 12=Hibberd,Nathan (3.5)-( not paired ) 13=Beaumont,David (3.5)-( not paired ) 14=Enano,Ronald (3.0)-( not paired ) 15=Salanowski,Mark (2.0)-( not paired ) 16=Krishnan,Anirudh (2.5)-( not paired ) 17=McIntyre,Julian (2.5)-( not paired ) 18=Galia,Aaryan (1.0)-( not paired ) 19=Condick,Peter (3.0)-( not paired ) 20=Hibberd,Aaron (1.5)-( not paired ) 21=Clerk,Max (2.5)-( not paired ) 22=Christian,Gavin (1.0)-( not paired ) 23=Mahajan,Laksh (0.0)-( not paired ) 24=Santoso,Crystin (1.0)-( not paired ) 25=De Rooy,Samuel (2.0)-( not paired ) 26=Liu,Tina (1.0)-( not paired ) 27=Herlihy,Brian (2.0)-( not paired )
Hobsons Bay Cup – round 5
Please see attached the results for round 5 and pairings for round 6. With 2 rounds to go, it is still not clear who will be the winner.
Round 5
1= Hogg,Dean (3.5)-Davis,Tony J (4.0)= 2- 4=1 - 0 2= Hogan,Steven (3.0)-Cajes,Conrado (3.0)=10- 9=1 - 0 3= McIntyre,Julian (2.5)-Szuveges,Narelle S (2.5)=16- 5=0 - 1 4= Paul,Nikash (2.5)-Annapureddy,Rheyansh (2.5)= 8-11=1 - 0 5= Saric,Sergey (2.0)-Enano,Ronald (2.5)=15- 6=½ - ½ 6= Salanowski,Mark (2.0)-Condick,Peter (2.0)=12-21=0F-1F 7= Matijas,Dejan (2.0)-Clerk,Max (2.0)=17-26=½ - ½ 8= Maure,Eric (2.0)-Hari,Dhruv (2.0)=19-33=½ - ½ 9= Richards,Derek (1.5)-Krishnan,Anirudh (1.5)=13-14=0 - 1 10= Wilkinson,Greg (1.5)-Davis,Sophie (1.5)=30-22=½ - ½ 11= Galia,Aaryan (1.0)-De Rooy,Jack (1.5)=18-31=0F-1F 12= Whitford,Matthew (1.0)-Kostakakis,Angelo (1.0)= 7-25=1 - 0 13= Kirk,Ian (1.0)-Herlihy,Brian (1.0)=20-36=0 - 1 14= Waadhwa,Ehsaas (1.0)-Chettri,Vedish (1.0)=23-37=0 - 1 15= Pramod,Rishaan (0.0)-De Rooy,Samuel (1.0)=35-32=0 - 1 16= Mogullupalli,Advaith (0.0)-( bye ) (0.0)=38- 0=1 17= Hibberd,Nathan (3.0)-( half point bye ) (0.0)= 1- 0=½ 18= Beaumont,David (3.0)-( half point bye ) (0.0)= 3- 0=½ 19= Hibberd,Aaron (1.0)-( half point bye ) (0.0)=24- 0=½ 20= Liu,Tina (0.5)-( half point bye ) (0.0)=34- 0=½ 21= Christian,Gavin (1.0)-( not paired ) (0.0)=27- 0=0 22= Santoso,Crystin (1.0)-( not paired ) (0.0)=29- 0=0 23= Mahajan,Laksh (0.0)-( not paired ) (0.0)=28- 0=0