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Posted on 18 March 2016 by Scott

Welcome to all visitors to Hobsons Bay Chess Club Inc. 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.

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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
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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)

‘I’m going to beat Magnus Carlsen’: 8-year-old chess star beats players almost twice his age

Posted on 16 January 2023 by Joemar Lacson

Our very own Club Champion for 2022, 8-year-old Rheyansh Annapureddy from Point Cook suburb, is featured in an article at THE AGE website!
Read the full story >>

2022 wrap up and looking forward to 2023

Posted on 12 December 2022 by Scott

From our President, Steven Hogan, following the recent AGM.

Firstly thanks to the many who attended presentation night (and well done to award winners) and also for those who contributed to the AGM. Pictures from presentations will shortly be on the facebook page.

The senior calendar for 2023 has been drafted, with chess to start back on 31 January.

Significant outcomes from the AGM were as follows:

Commitee for 2023 is below. Great to see many people on board, and helping out with various aspects of an expanding club

Steve Hogan – President
Casey Goh – Vice President
Mark Salanowski – Secretary
Steve Hogan – Treasurer
Chris Ruaya – Juniors Treasurer
Casey Goh – Junior Director
Matthew Whitford – General Committee
Tony Davis – General Committee
Dejan Matijas – General Committee
Joemar Lacson – General Committee
Ashok Reddy Arumalla – General Committee (juniors)
Srikrishna Majeti – General Committee (juniors)
Brendan Chan – General Committee (juniors)
Grace Yong – General Committee (juniors)

Major AGM Decisions:

The club will incorporate itself as an incorporated association.
Best in the West likely for 2023. Tentative dates 2-3 September
If there are two joint winners in any qualification event, both will automatically qualify
Hobsons Bay Cup and Western Masters to swap places in the calendar.

Wishing you each a merry Christmas, thank you for 2022 and looking forward to the year ahead. Regards Steve

Ratings movement to the end of 2022…

Posted on 6 December 2022 by Scott

As we wind down for 2022, here is something 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.

Championship and Reserves finalised (adults and juniors)

Posted on 1 December 2022 by Scott

Congratulations to the adult winners: Rheyansh Annapureddy (Championship), Anirudh Krishnan (Reserves), and to the junior winners: Anjana Reddy Arumalla (Championship), Sumay Kothari (Reserves).

The full junior standings can be found here.

The 2022 AGM will be held next Tuesday 6th Dec at 7pm (party and prize giving, and resolutions), with the club re-opening on the 17th January.

Adult Championship cross table

NAME                 Pts  |  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8 
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Paul,Cijo            4.0  |  *   0   1   0   1   1   0   1  
Annapureddy,Rheyansh 6.5  |  1   *   1   ½   1   +   1   1  
McIntyre,Julian      1.5  |  0   0   *   0   ½   0   1   0  
Hogan,Steven         4.5  |  1   ½   1   *   1   ½   0   ½  
Matijas,Dejan        0.5  |  0   0   ½   0   *   0   0   0  
Saric,Sergey         2.5  |  0   -   1   ½   1   *   -   0  
Davis,Tony J         5.0  |  1   0   0   1   1   +   *   1  
Whitford,Matthew     3.5  |  0   0   1   ½   1   1   0   *

Adult Reserves standings

Pos Name Score TB1 TB2

1 Krishnan,Anirudh 7.0 26.5
2 Lacson,Joemar 6.0 29.0
3 Paul,Nikash 5.0 26.5
4 Davis,Sophie 5.0 25.5
5 Ilic,Milan 4.5 23.5
6 Kirk,Ian 4.0 20.0
7 De Rooy,Samuel 4.0 19.5
8 Palyam,Pranshiv 4.0 16.0
9 Pramod,Rishaan 3.5 28.0
10 Lingineni,Khushal 3.5 27.0
11 Richards,Derek 3.5 26.5
12 Nowak,Ruben 3.5 24.5
13 Picone,James 3.5 24.0 27.0
14 Hari,Dhruv 3.5 24.0 25.0
15 De Rooy,Jack 3.5 22.0
16 Condick,Peter 3.5 18.0
17 Wilkinson,Greg 3.0 23.0 26.0
18 Kostakakis,Angelo 3.0 23.0 24.0
19 Kothari,Sumay 3.0 21.0
20 Clerk,Max 2.0 23.5
21 Majety,Rohan 2.0 22.0
22 Sharma,Annika 2.0 18.0
23 Moreta,Simon 2.0 16.0
24 Liu,Tina 1.0 21.0
25 Gopalan,Pradyun 1.0 20.5 22.0
26 Nadella,Hitansh 1.0 20.5 20.5

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