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How to upload your game to club game database

Posted on 6 April 2024 by hbcctruong

Step 1: Record the notation game from your tournament (rapid & classical)

Step 2: Generate PGN file using chess.com analysis feature

Go to chess.com, select learn and analysis as picture below. Or you can go directly to this URL https://www.chess.com/analysis?tab=analysis

Start moving pieces on the board to repeat your game for both sides
If you made a mistake, you can right click on the move and choose remove them. this will save tonne of time instead of repeat everything from beginning. see below picture

One you finishes all the moves, go to detail tab and fill in tournament & pairing details for the games. You can enter the information from your record, or just go to https://tournament.hobsonsbaychess.com/ and copy the tournament name & information of pairing from website.

Step 3: Download the PGN and upload

On the same screen, click on Share icon and download the pgn file

Click on download button, the files then will be saved in your downloads folder (depend on devices that you use
Going to games database https://games.hobsonsbaychess.com/
Click on Upload game button on top -right screen

Select the pgn file that you download in previous step in the below screen

Review the information display and click Upload

Repeat this step for other games that you have.
Your game will appear on the website after few minutes

Alternative: if you have multiple games you can send email to hbcc.it+games@outlook.com, add the pgns file as attachments for the email

Honourable Bob 2024 – Open

Posted on 2 February 2024 by hbcctruong

Honourable Bob 2024: Pairing of round 5, at 19:30 of 27/02/2024


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  1 = Lacson,Joemar        ( 4.0) - Kulkarni,Yogesh      ( 4.0) =   6 -   8 =  ... 
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  2 = Beaumont,David       ( 3.5) - Davis,Tony J         ( 3.5) =   2 -   5 =  ... 
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  3 = Paul,Cijo            ( 3.0) - Ilic,Milan           ( 3.0) =   7 -  16 =  ... 
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  4 = Enano,Ronald         ( 3.0) - Nowak,Ruben          ( 3.0) =  10 -  19 =  ... 
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  5 = Lingineni,Khushal    ( 3.0) - Salanowski,Mark      ( 3.0) =  27 -  14 =  ... 
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  6 = Saric,Sergey         ( 3.0) - Hogan,Steven         ( 3.0) =  17 -  15 =  ... 
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  7 = Hogg,Dean            ( 2.5) - Davis,Sophie         ( 3.0) =   1 -  22 =  ... 
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  8 = Hari,Dhruv           ( 2.5) - Szuveges,Narelle S   ( 2.5) =  18 -   9 =  ... 
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  9 = Dakic,Dusan          ( 2.0) - Temizel,Hazar        ( 2.0) =   3 -  32 =  ... 
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 10 = Condick,Peter        ( 2.0) - Krishnan,Anirudh     ( 2.0) =  30 -   4 =  ... 
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 11 = Whitford,Matthew     ( 2.0) - Li,LiYuan            ( 2.0) =  13 -  31 =  ... 
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 12 = Bodke,Krishna        ( 2.0) - Picone,James         ( 2.0) =  36 -  20 =  ... 
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 13 = Kothari,Sumay        ( 2.0) - Wootten,Rory         ( 2.0) =  38 -  21 =  ... 
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 14 = Kirk,Ian             ( 2.0) - Lugton,James         ( 2.0) =  24 -  35 =  ... 
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 15 = Korunovski,Hristijan ( 2.0) - Nguyen,Anh Kiet      ( 2.0) =  43 -  25 =  ... 
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 16 = Cajes,Conrado        ( 1.5) - McIntyre,Julian      ( 1.5) =  11 -  12 =  ... 
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 17 = Wilkinson,Greg       ( 1.5) - Chalamcharla,Shrevin ( 1.5) =  28 -  34 =  ... 
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 18 = Yendru,Srikrishna    ( 1.5) - Richards,Derek       ( 1.0) =  26 -  29 =  ... 
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 19 = Liu,Tina             ( 1.0) - Clerk,Max            ( 1.0) =  45 -  33 =  ... 
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 20 = Kostakakis,Angelo    ( 1.0) - Muddugangaiah,Mahesh ( 1.0) =  37 -  47 =  ... 
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 21 = Karthick,Deepshika   ( 1.0) - Settu,Karthick       ( 1.0) =  40 -  48 =  ... 
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 22 = Pasukov,Leo          ( 0.5) - Marasinghe,Claire    ( 0.5) =  23 -  42 =  ... 
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 23 = Santoso,Crystin      ( 1.0) - Vagh,Riyan           ( 1.0) =  41 -  39 =  ... 
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 24 = Velkur,Gagan         ( 1.0) - Velkur,Raghav        ( 1.0) =  49 -  50 =  ... 
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 25 = Muddu,Tejas          ( 0.0) - ( bye )              ( 0.0) =  46 -   0 = 1    
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 26 = Kriska,Mario         ( 0.0) - ( not paired )       ( 0.0) =  44 -   0 = 0    
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Honourable Bob 2024: Pairing of round 4, at 19:30 of 20/02/2024



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  1 = Hogan,Steven         ( 3.0) - Lacson,Joemar        ( 3.0) =  15 -   6 =  ... 
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  2 = Ilic,Milan           ( 3.0) - Kulkarni,Yogesh      ( 3.0) =  16 -   8 =  ... 
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  3 = Davis,Tony J         ( 2.5) - Hogg,Dean            ( 2.5) =   5 -   1 =  ... 
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  4 = Krishnan,Anirudh     ( 2.0) - Beaumont,David       ( 2.5) =   4 -   2 =  ... 
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  5 = Nowak,Ruben          ( 2.0) - Dakic,Dusan          ( 2.0) =  19 -   3 =  ... 
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  6 = Paul,Cijo            ( 2.0) - Wootten,Rory         ( 2.0) =   7 -  21 =  ... 
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  7 = Picone,James         ( 2.0) - Enano,Ronald         ( 2.0) =  20 -  10 =  ... 
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  8 = Davis,Sophie         ( 2.0) - Whitford,Matthew     ( 2.0) =  22 -  13 =  ... 
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  9 = Salanowski,Mark      ( 2.0) - Kirk,Ian             ( 2.0) =  14 -  24 =  ... 
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 10 = Nguyen,Anh Kiet      ( 2.0) - Saric,Sergey         ( 2.0) =  25 -  17 =  ... 
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 11 = Lingineni,Khushal    ( 2.0) - Cajes,Conrado        ( 1.5) =  27 -  11 =  ... 
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 12 = Szuveges,Narelle S   ( 1.5) - Yendru,Srikrishna    ( 1.5) =   9 -  26 =  ... 
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 13 = Hari,Dhruv           ( 1.5) - McIntyre,Julian      ( 1.5) =  18 -  12 =  ... 
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 14 = Richards,Derek       ( 1.0) - Kothari,Sumay        ( 1.0) =  29 -  38 =  ... 
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 15 = Vagh,Riyan           ( 1.0) - Condick,Peter        ( 1.0) =  39 -  30 =  ... 
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 16 = Li,LiYuan            ( 1.0) - Karthick,Deepshika   ( 1.0) =  31 -  40 =  ... 
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 17 = Santoso,Crystin      ( 1.0) - Temizel,Hazar        ( 1.0) =  41 -  32 =  ... 
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 18 = Korunovski,Hristijan ( 1.0) - Clerk,Max            ( 1.0) =  43 -  33 =  ... 
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 19 = Lugton,James         ( 1.0) - Velkur,Gagan         ( 1.0) =  35 -  49 =  ... 
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 20 = Muddugangaiah,Mahesh ( 1.0) - Bodke,Krishna        ( 1.0) =  47 -  36 =  ... 
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 21 = Kostakakis,Angelo    ( 1.0) - Velkur,Raghav        ( 1.0) =  37 -  50 =  ... 
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 22 = Pasukov,Leo          ( 0.5) - Chalamcharla,Shrevin ( 0.5) =  23 -  34 =  ... 
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 23 = Marasinghe,Claire    ( 0.5) - Wilkinson,Greg       ( 0.5) =  42 -  28 =  ... 
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 24 = Liu,Tina             ( 0.0) - Muddu,Tejas          ( 0.0) =  45 -  46 =  ... 
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 25 = Settu,Karthick       ( 0.0) - ( bye )              ( 0.0) =  48 -   0 = 1    
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 26 = Kriska,Mario         ( 0.0) - ( not paired )       ( 0.0) =  44 -   0 = 0    
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Honourable Bob 2024: Pairing of round 3, at 19:30 of 13/02/2024



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  1 = Lacson,Joemar        ( 2.0) - Nowak,Ruben          ( 2.0) =   6 -  19 =  ... 
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  2 = Kulkarni,Yogesh      ( 2.0) - Picone,James         ( 2.0) =   8 -  20 =  ... 
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  3 = Hogan,Steven         ( 2.0) - Lingineni,Khushal    ( 2.0) =  15 -  27 =  ... 
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  4 = Wootten,Rory         ( 2.0) - Ilic,Milan           ( 2.0) =  21 -  16 =  ... 
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  5 = Hogg,Dean            ( 1.5) - Szuveges,Narelle S   ( 1.5) =   1 -   9 =  ... 
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  6 = Beaumont,David       ( 1.5) - Hari,Dhruv           ( 1.5) =   2 -  18 =  ... 
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  7 = Yendru,Srikrishna    ( 1.5) - Davis,Tony J         ( 1.5) =  26 -   5 =  ... 
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  8 = Dakic,Dusan          ( 1.0) - Li,LiYuan            ( 1.0) =   3 -  31 =  ... 
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  9 = Krishnan,Anirudh     ( 1.0) - Clerk,Max            ( 1.0) =   4 -  33 =  ... 
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 10 = Bodke,Krishna        ( 1.0) - Paul,Cijo            ( 1.0) =  36 -   7 =  ... 
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 11 = Enano,Ronald         ( 1.0) - Kostakakis,Angelo    ( 1.0) =  10 -  37 =  ... 
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 12 = Whitford,Matthew     ( 1.0) - Lugton,James         ( 1.0) =  13 -  35 =  ... 
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 13 = Temizel,Hazar        ( 1.0) - Salanowski,Mark      ( 1.0) =  32 -  14 =  ... 
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 14 = Saric,Sergey         ( 1.0) - Vagh,Riyan           ( 1.0) =  17 -  39 =  ... 
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 15 = Kothari,Sumay        ( 1.0) - Davis,Sophie         ( 1.0) =  38 -  22 =  ... 
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 16 = Kirk,Ian             ( 1.0) - Santoso,Crystin      ( 1.0) =  24 -  41 =  ... 
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 17 = Karthick,Deepshika   ( 1.0) - Nguyen,Anh Kiet      ( 1.0) =  40 -  25 =  ... 
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 18 = Richards,Derek       ( 0.5) - Cajes,Conrado        ( 0.5) =  29 -  11 =  ... 
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 19 = Condick,Peter        ( 0.5) - McIntyre,Julian      ( 0.5) =  30 -  12 =  ... 
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 20 = Chalamcharla,Shrevin ( 0.5) - Pasukov,Leo          ( 0.5) =  34 -  23 =  ... 
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 21 = Marasinghe,Claire    ( 0.0) - Muddugangaiah,Mahesh ( 0.0) =  42 -  47 =  ... 
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 22 = Settu,Karthick       ( 0.0) - Korunovski,Hristijan ( 0.0) =  48 -  43 =  ... 
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 23 = Velkur,Raghav        ( 0.0) - Liu,Tina             ( 0.0) =  50 -  45 =  ... 
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 24 = Muddu,Tejas          ( 0.0) - Velkur,Gagan         ( 0.0) =  46 -  49 =  ... 
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 25 = Wilkinson,Greg       ( 0.5) - ( not paired )       ( 0.0) =  28 -   0 = 0    
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 26 = Kriska,Mario         ( 0.0) - ( not paired )       ( 0.0) =  44 -   0 = 0    
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Honourable Bob 2024: Pairing of round 2, at 19:30 of 06/02/2024



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  1 = Picone,James         ( 1.0) - Krishnan,Anirudh     ( 1.0) =  19 -   3 =  ... 
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  2 = Davis,Sophie         ( 1.0) - Lacson,Joemar        ( 1.0) =  21 -   5 =  ... 
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  3 = Paul,Cijo            ( 1.0) - Nowak,Ruben          ( 1.0) =   6 -  18 =  ... 
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  4 = Nguyen,Anh Kiet      ( 1.0) - Kulkarni,Yogesh      ( 1.0) =  24 -   7 =  ... 
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  5 = Lingineni,Khushal    ( 1.0) - Whitford,Matthew     ( 1.0) =  26 -  12 =  ... 
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  6 = Salanowski,Mark      ( 1.0) - Wootten,Rory         ( 1.0) =  13 -  20 =  ... 
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  7 = Santoso,Crystin      ( 1.0) - Hogan,Steven         ( 1.0) =  40 -  14 =  ... 
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  8 = Ilic,Milan           ( 1.0) - Kirk,Ian             ( 1.0) =  15 -  23 =  ... 
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  9 = Hari,Dhruv           ( 1.0) - Yendru,Srikrishna    ( 1.0) =  17 -  25 =  ... 
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 10 = McIntyre,Julian      ( 0.5) - Hogg,Dean            ( 0.5) =  11 -   1 =  ... 
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 11 = Pasukov,Leo          ( 0.5) - Beaumont,David       ( 0.5) =  22 -   2 =  ... 
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 12 = Davis,Tony J         ( 0.5) - Chalamcharla,Shrevin ( 0.5) =   4 -  33 =  ... 
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 13 = Szuveges,Narelle S   ( 0.5) - Condick,Peter        ( 0.5) =   8 -  29 =  ... 
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 14 = Lugton,James         ( 0.5) - Enano,Ronald         ( 0.5) =  34 -   9 =  ... 
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 15 = Wilkinson,Greg       ( 0.5) - Cajes,Conrado        ( 0.5) =  27 -  10 =  ... 
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 16 = Richards,Derek       ( 0.0) - Bodke,Krishna        ( 0.5) =  28 -  35 =  ... 
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 17 = Korunovski,Hristijan ( 0.0) - Saric,Sergey         ( 0.0) =  42 -  16 =  ... 
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 18 = Li,LiYuan            ( 0.0) - Marasinghe,Claire    ( 0.0) =  30 -  41 =  ... 
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 19 = Liu,Tina             ( 0.0) - Temizel,Hazar        ( 0.0) =  44 -  31 =  ... 
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 20 = Clerk,Max            ( 0.0) - Kriska,Mario         ( 0.0) =  32 -  43 =  ... 
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 21 = Kostakakis,Angelo    ( 0.0) - Muddu,Tejas          ( 0.0) =  36 -  45 =  ... 
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 22 = Muddugangaiah,Mahesh ( 0.0) - Kothari,Sumay        ( 0.0) =  46 -  37 =  ... 
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 23 = Vagh,Riyan           ( 0.0) - Settu,Karthick       ( 0.0) =  38 -  47 =  ... 
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 24 = Velkur,Gagan         ( 0.0) - Karthick,Deepshika   ( 0.0) =  48 -  39 =  ... 
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 25 = Velkur,Raghav        ( 0.0) - ( bye )              ( 0.0) =  49 -   0 = 1    
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Honourable Bob 2024: Pairing of round 1, at 19:30 of 30/01/2024

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  1 = Krishnan,Anirudh     ( 0.0) - Richards,Derek       ( 0.0) =   3 -  28 = 1 - 0
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  2 = Condick,Peter        ( 0.0) - Davis,Tony J         ( 0.0) =  29 -   4 = ½ - ½
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  3 = Lacson,Joemar        ( 0.0) - Li,LiYuan            ( 0.0) =   5 -  30 = 1 - 0
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  4 = Temizel,Hazar        ( 0.0) - Paul,Cijo            ( 0.0) =  31 -   6 = 0 - 1
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  5 = Kulkarni,Yogesh      ( 0.0) - Clerk,Max            ( 0.0) =   7 -  32 = 1 - 0
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  6 = Chalamcharla,Shrevin ( 0.0) - Szuveges,Narelle S   ( 0.0) =  33 -   8 = ½ - ½
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  7 = Cajes,Conrado        ( 0.0) - Lugton,James         ( 0.0) =  10 -  34 = ½ - ½
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  8 = Bodke,Krishna        ( 0.0) - McIntyre,Julian      ( 0.0) =  35 -  11 = ½ - ½
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  9 = Whitford,Matthew     ( 0.0) - Kostakakis,Angelo    ( 0.0) =  12 -  36 = 1 - 0
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 10 = Kothari,Sumay        ( 0.0) - Salanowski,Mark      ( 0.0) =  37 -  13 = 0 - 1
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 11 = Hogan,Steven         ( 0.0) - Vagh,Riyan           ( 0.0) =  14 -  38 = 1 - 0
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 12 = Karthick,Deepshika   ( 0.0) - Ilic,Milan           ( 0.0) =  39 -  15 = 0 - 1
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 13 = Saric,Sergey         ( 0.0) - Santoso,Crystin      ( 0.0) =  16 -  40 = 0 - 1
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 14 = Marasinghe,Claire    ( 0.0) - Hari,Dhruv           ( 0.0) =  41 -  17 = 0 - 1
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 15 = Nowak,Ruben          ( 0.0) - Korunovski,Hristijan ( 0.0) =  18 -  42 = 1 - 0
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 16 = Kriska,Mario         ( 0.0) - Picone,James         ( 0.0) =  43 -  19 = 0 - 1
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 17 = Wootten,Rory         ( 0.0) - Liu,Tina             ( 0.0) =  20 -  44 = 1 - 0
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 18 = Muddu,Tejas          ( 0.0) - Davis,Sophie         ( 0.0) =  45 -  21 = 0 - 1
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 19 = Kirk,Ian             ( 0.0) - Muddugangaiah,Mahesh ( 0.0) =  23 -  46 = 1 - 0
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 20 = Settu,Karthick       ( 0.0) - Nguyen,Anh Kiet      ( 0.0) =  47 -  24 = 0 - 1
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 21 = Yendru,Srikrishna    ( 0.0) - Velkur,Gagan         ( 0.0) =  25 -  48 = 1 - 0
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 22 = Velkur,Raghav        ( 0.0) - Lingineni,Khushal    ( 0.0) =  49 -  26 = 0 - 1
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 23 = Hogg,Dean            ( 0.0) - ( half point bye )   ( 0.0) =   1 -   0 = ½    
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 24 = Beaumont,David       ( 0.0) - ( half point bye )   ( 0.0) =   2 -   0 = ½    
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 25 = Enano,Ronald         ( 0.0) - ( half point bye )   ( 0.0) =   9 -   0 = ½    
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 26 = Pasukov,Leo          ( 0.0) - ( half point bye )   ( 0.0) =  22 -   0 = ½    
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 27 = Wilkinson,Greg       ( 0.0) - ( half point bye )   ( 0.0) =  27 -   0 = ½    
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Juniors 2023 Winners

Posted on 24 January 2024 by hbcctruong

Club Championship	Open	U12	U10	U8	Girls
Champion	Kiet Anh Nguyen	Lucas Parker	Rohan Ruaya	n/a	Claire Marasinghe
	Rohan Majety		Michael Huang
			Shreyansh Annadasu
1st runner up	Elijah Morris	Kabilan Shenbaga Pandian Shenbagaraj	Tuan Kiet Nguyen		Lamiah Husain
2nd runner up	Kai Hockey	Krithvik	Karthika Nethi		Iris Bruno

Koshnitsky Juniors Cup	Open	U12	U10	U8	Girls
Champion	Kiet Anh Nguyen	Tuan Kiet Nguyen	Lucas Parker	Jeremy Bo	Claire Marasinghe
1st runner up	Krishna Bodke	Rohan Majety	Kaiser Batyrbekov	Aidan Batyrbekov	Annika Annika
2nd runner up	Kai Hockey	Shubham Dhar	Michael Huang	Ashwin Ramanathan	Srisakthi Shenbagakumar

Hobson Bay Juniors Cup	Open	U12	U10	U8	Girls
Champion	Kiet Anh Nguyen	Shubham Dhar	Michael Huang	Jeremy Bo	Claire Marasinghe
1st runner up	Krishna Bodke	Rohan Ruaya	Tuan Kiet Nguyen	Raghav Velkur	Deepshika Karthick
2nd runner up	Kai Hockey	Gagan Velkur	Krithvik Guggilla	Jamie Bo	Srisakthi Shenbagakumar

Western Juniors	Open	U12	U10	U8	Girls
Champion	Rohan Ruaya	Andrew Wei	Michael Huang	Arjun Ashok
1st runner up	Alfred Ma	Kiet Anh Nguyen	Arjun Saha	Dilesh Babu
2nd runner up	Chris Morrow	Shubham Dhar	Srivetri Shenbagakumar

Purdy Juniors Cup	Open	U12	U10	U8	Girls
Champion	Andrew Wei	Shrevin Chalamcharla	Riyan Vagh	Arjun Ashok	Srisakthi Shenbagakumar
1st runner up	Alfred Ma	Ayush Das	Rohan Ruaya	Rithvik	Annika Annika
2nd runner up	Michael Huang		Jeremy Bo	Jamie Bo	Deepshika Karthick

Honourable Bob	Open	U12	U10	U8	Girls
Champion	Jihu Song	Shubham Dhar	Rohan Majety	Anjana Reddy	Abby Chan
1st Runner Up	Alfred Ma	Andrew Wei	Srivetri Shenbagakumar	Rithvik Vijaykumar	Deepshika Karthick
2nd Runner Up	Kenneth Screiber	Arjun Saha	Yongjun Lee	Arjun Ashok	Claire Marashinge

Looking forward to 2024!

Posted on 14 December 2023 by Scott

Just a short note about the changes coming in 2024, following our recent Annual General Meeting.

Cheaper: Membership fees are reduced by $20 for adult and $25 for Juniors. Revised fees can be found on the membership page. Event entry fee is cheapest when paying online to Tornelo.

Names/rates: Blitz replaces Lightning (9 rounds of 5 minutes + 2 seconds per move); Rapid replaces Allegro (5 rounds of 15 minutes + 10 seconds per move).

Dates: The regular calendar has been updated here. Stay tuned for a revised junior calendar.

Chat: Results of our events and promotional material will be posted on chesschat.org so that a much wider audience can see what we are up to and participate.

Best: The Best in West will be returning on 31 Aug – 1 Sep: Our premier weekender event!

Honourable Bob Juniors 2023 Winners

Posted on 2 March 2023 by kayseegoh

Congratulations to all the winners below. As announced, prize giving would be on 14^th March 6:30 PM (before Round 1 Purdy Cup)

Open Category
Champion	Jihu Song
1st Runner Up	Alfred Ma
2nd Runner Up	Kenneth Screiber

Under 12 Category
Champion	Shubham Dhar
1st Runner Up	Andrew Wei
2nd Runner Up	Arjun Saha

Under 10 Category
Champion	Rohan Majety
1st Runner Up	Srivetri
2nd Runner Up	Yongjun Lee

Under 8 Category
Champion	Anjana Reddy
1st Runner Up	Rithvik Vijaykumar
2nd Runner Up	Arjun Ashok

Girls Category
Champion	Abby Chan
1st Runner Up	Deepshika Karthick
2nd Runner Up	Claire Marashinge

Honourable Bob standings after 3 rounds

Posted on 21 February 2023 by Scott

With 3 rounds played, 3 players are still undefeated.Round 4 pairing are below.

Round 4 pairings, provisional

  1 = Lacson,Joemar        3.0 Davis,Tony J      3.0 = 2- 4
  2 = Hari,Dhruv           2.5 Hibberd,Nathan    3.0 =13- 1
  3 = Matijas,Dejan        2.0 Beaumont,David    2.0 =17- 3
  4 = Katsouranis, George  2.0 Paul,Cijo         2.0 =33- 5
  5 = Enano,Ronald         2.0 Nowak,Ruben       2.0 = 7-14
  6 = Krishnan,Anirudh     2.0 Salanowski,Mark   2.0 = 9-12
  7 = McIntyre,Julian      2.0 Kirk,Ian          2.0 =11-15
  8 = Lingineni,Khushal    2.0 Yendru,Srikrishna 1.5 =18-39
  9 = Goh,Nicholas         1.0 Whitford,Matthew  1.0 =31- 8
 10 = Sharma,Annika        1.0 Paul,Nikash       1.0 =37-10
 11 = Richards,Derek       1.0 Clerk,Max         1.0 =43-27
 12 = Davis,Sophie         1.0 Campbell, Lachie  1.0 =16-28
 13 = Picone,James         1.0 Gupta,Nitish      1.0 =20-32
 14 = Vandenberg, Anders   1.0 Wilkinson,Greg    1.0 =38-22
 15 = Hogan,Steven         0.5 Kostakakis,Angelo 1.0 = 6-41
 16 = Pramod,Rishaan       0.5 Clerk,Felix       0.5 =24-26
 17 = Hibberd,Aaron        0.0 Di Pasquale, Tom  0.0 =23-30
 18 = Liu,Tina             0.0 ( bye )           0.0 =35
 19 = De Rooy,Jack         2.0 ( not paired )    0.0 =19
 20 = De Rooy,Samuel       1.0 ( not paired )    0.0 =21
 21 = Li, Nicholas         0.5 ( not paired )    0.0 =34
 22 = Hogg,Dean            0.0 ( not paired )    0.0 =42
 23 = Cox,Tyler            0.0 ( not paired )    0.0 =25
 24 = Cox,Aiden            0.0 ( not paired )    0.0 =29
 25 = Shah, Vihaan         0.0 ( not paired )    0.0 =36
 26 = Turner-Summerton,Ang 0.0 ( not paired )    0.0 =40

Western Summer Juniors 2023 Result @11th Feb 2023

Posted on 11 February 2023 by kayseegoh

Congratulation to all the Western Summer Juniors 2023 winners

Open Category
Champion- Khushal Lingineni
1st Runner Up- Liyuan Li
2nd Runner Up- Fergus Tang

Girls Category
Champion- Anjana Reddy Arumalla
1st Runner Up- Crystin Santoso
2nd Runner Up- Srisakthi Shenbagakumar

Under 12 Category
Champion- Dhruthin Reddy
1st Runner Up- Rishaan Pramod
2nd Runner Up- Shrevin Chalamcharla

Under 10 Category
Champion- Aaron Zeng
1st Runner Up- Andrew Wei
2nd Runner Up- Arjun Saha

Under 8 Category
Champion- Adidev Sheth
1st Runner Up- Jeremie Bo
2nd Runner Up- Aidan Batyrbekov

Rating- If you need to access the individual round result, please click on Tornelo link. Games have been submitted to Tornelo for rating purpose. Note that the final standing in Tornelo is slightly different from Vega. For the submission to Australia Chess Federation, we will be using Vega pairing software to tabulate the final and official result. https://tornelo.com/chess/orgs/hobsons-bay-chess-club/events/western-summer-juniors-championship-2023
Livestream- Games for Board 1 are available here (all 5 rounds)
https://view.livechesscloud.com/#d4e4e93f-18b2-4391-b169-0d02ff5edd4d
Tournament Photos– please link and follow our Facebook page.
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Upcoming Juniors Tournament 11th February 2023

Posted on 5 February 2023 by kayseegoh

Hobsons Bay Chess Club is proud to bring you Western Summer Juniors Chess Championship 2023

Venue: Seabrook Community Centre (Address: 15 Truganina Ave, Seabrook VIC 3028)
Date: 11th Feb 2023 (Saturday)
Date: Last day of Registration 6th Feb 2023 or earlier when capacity is reached.
Due to limited capacity of the venue, we reserved the right to stop accepting registration once capacity limit is reached.
Time Control: 20 minutes +5 seconds increment
Rounds: 5
Rated- ACF if we can get 30% rated players (and Tornelo rating)
Early bird Participation Fee – $30 for Hobsons Bay Chess Club members ($35 for non-members)
Late Registration after 31 January will be $35 (members), $40 (non-members)
Schedule:

Registration: 9.00 am-9:30 am
Round 1: 9:30 am -10.30am
Round 2: 10:30 AM-11:30 pm
Break: 11:30 – 12:15 PM
Round 3: 12.15-1.15pm
Round 4: 2.15-3.15pm
Round 5: 3:15- 4:15 PM
Prize Giving – 4:15- 4:40 PM
Prizes: Medals for top 3 for each age group category

Open:
Under 12:
Under 10:
Under 8:
Best Girls:

To register, click on this link
https://tornelo.com/chess/orgs/hobsons-bay-chess-club/events/western-summer-juniors-championship-2023

Upcoming Juniors Tournament

Posted on 28 January 2023 by kayseegoh

Hi parents
Hobsons Bay Chess Club will be resuming our juniors tournament this coming Tuesday 31st Jan 2023. Tournament is open to kids below age of 16 and we have prizes for 5 categories (Under 8, Under 10, Girls, Under 12,Open)
If you are interested to enrol your child in our 5 rounds weekly tournament (Honourable Bob Juniors Cup), go to the link below
https://tornelo.com/chess/orgs/hobsons-bay-chess-club/events/honourable-bob-juniors

Upcoming Tournament: Honourable Bob 2023

Posted on 25 January 2023 by kayseegoh

Where: Hobsons Bay Chess Club: 108 Queen Street Altona

When: Every Tuesday 7:30pm start, commencing Tuesday 31 January

Format: 5 round Swiss, 90 minutes plus 30 second increment per move. Up to 1 half point bye available in the first 3 rounds. Must be advised a week in advance.

DGT: Up to first 3 boards will be broadcast on DGT. Link for duration of the tournament will be posted below.

Cost: $20, payable at the club.

Entry: At the Club, from 7pm on the first evening of the event.

Ratings: FIDE and ACF rated.

Contact: Casey Goh 0430 032 625 (round 1 to 3) or Steven Hogan 0413 941 467 (from round 4)

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