HBCC Junior Club Championship + Reserves Rookies & Juniors 2026
Tournament is catered for beginners, juniors and rookies (including adults) below ACF 1500 or FIDE 1700.
Venue: Hobsons Bay Chess Club, 108 Queen Street Altona
Rating: FIDE/ ACF Classical Rating
Contact/CA: FA Kuanysh Batyrbekov tournaments@hobsonsbaychess.com
Deputy Chief Arbiter: NA Joemar Lacson
Arbiters: NA Krishna Bodke, NA Nancy Arora, NA Uma Ramalingam, NA Elisa Watson
Entry: $45 (members only price) $65 (non-members)
Divisions: 8-player Round Robin for the 2026 Junior Club Championship (no "byes" allowed). List of qualifiers available here (still ongoing subject to the results of the Koshnitsky R&J). Regular Swiss format for the Rookies & Juniors Reserves Championship (only club member Juniors are eligible to win the Reserves title, adults can play and win monetary prizes).
To register as member: https://portal.hobsonsbaychess.com/member/memberships
Early Bird ends strictly 1 week in advance: 10th October 2026 (SATURDAY), Late Entry $75 with no exceptions.
Last Day to Register: 15th OCTOBER 2026 (THURSDAY) for R&J Reserves, preliminary R1 pairings to be distributed on 16th OCTOBER (Friday). Last day to register for the Junior Club Championship is 10th October 2026 (qualifiers must be club members).
Schedule: 6:00 PM - Tournament starts
Format: 7 rounds, 60 minutes + 30 seconds per move (1 round per week), with 2 weeks' break in September (school holidays)
Notation is mandatory
Two Half Point byes available per player between Rounds 1 to 5. Must be notified at least one day in advance of the round.
Eligibility:
- Unrated (rating by Close of tournament registration) or
- ACF below 1500 (rating by Close of tournament registration) or
- FIDE rating below 1700 (rating by Close of tournament registration)
- Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident OR FIDE ID (registered with home country chess federation)
- Non Citizen or PR holder are required to register your FIDE ID with your home country. No exception on this.
Trophies/ Medals + Cash Prizes
Cash prizes are as below
- First Prize Rating Group 1: $200
- Second Prize Group 1: $100
- Third Prize Group 1: $50
- Rating Group 2 Winner: $50
- Rating Group 3 Winner: $50 (based on number of entries)
- Rating Group 4 Winner: $50 (based on number of entries)
Tournament Rules - please view here
Participants (80)
| # | Name | FIDE ID | Ratings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aadhirai Kannappan | 573008230 | — |
| 2 | Aarnika Parepally | — | — |
| 3 | Addison Djatschenko | 3256391 | — |
| 4 | Analita Aquino | 573003255 | — |
| 5 | Anurag Mohanraju | — | — |
| 6 | Arjun Ashok | 3275108 | — |
| 7 | Arjun Ashok | 3275108 | — |
| 8 | Aryan Bodke | — | — |
| 9 | Ashwin Ramanathan | 3275221 | — |
| 10 | Avijit Saha | 3264173 | — |
| 11 | Balaji Sekar | 3286258 | — |
| 12 | Bharat Bhat | — | — |
| 13 | Casey Goh | 3251098 | — |
| 14 | Casey Goh | 3251098 | — |
| 15 | Casey Goh | 3251098 | — |
| 16 | Charvi Manjunath | — | — |
| 17 | deepali mukkamala | 1166 | — |
| 18 | Dhanya Lukose | — | — |
| 19 | Dhanya Lukose | — | — |
| 20 | Diana Plekhova | — | — |
| 21 | Elisa Watson | — | — |
| 22 | Elisa Watson | — | — |
| 23 | Ganesh Krishnan | 3289915 | — |
| 24 | Han Thu Win | — | — |
| 25 | Haneesh Koppuravuri | — | — |
| 26 | Hari prasad | — | — |
| 27 | Heesan Yang | 573005983 | — |
| 28 | Jack Huang | — | — |
| 29 | Jarred Spriggs | — | — |
| 30 | Jill Zhang | — | — |
| 31 | Kabir Ahmad | 532011059 | — |
| 32 | Kanchanee Kurunayakage | — | — |
| 33 | kaustuva Das | — | — |
| 34 | Kuanysh Batyrbekov | 3265447 | — |
| 35 | Kuanysh Batyrbekov | 3265447 | — |
| 36 | Lakshmi Srinivas Kommina | 573002267 | — |
| 37 | Lakshmi Srinivas Kommina | 573002267 | — |
| 38 | Lakshmi Srinivas Kommina | 573002267 | — |
| 39 | Lamiah Husain | 3278905 | — |
| 40 | Levi Bacon | — | — |
| 41 | Mahesh Golla | — | — |
| 42 | Mahesh Madduluri | — | — |
| 43 | Mandeep Arora | Na | — |
| 44 | Mel Cruzado | — | — |
| 45 | Michael Daffey | — | — |
| 46 | Mudit Malhotra | — | — |
| 47 | Naresh Hasanabada | — | — |
| 48 | Naresh Hasanabada | — | — |
| 49 | Nikhil PK | 3293840 | — |
| 50 | Nikhil PK | 3293840 | — |
| 51 | Nivaan Nema | 3289923 | — |
| 52 | Nyra Venkat | 3286410 | — |
| 53 | Rabia Saima | 3286380 | — |
| 54 | Raj Paul | 3294110 | — |
| 55 | Ramu Guggilla | — | — |
| 56 | Ranjith Padoli | — | — |
| 57 | Rashmi Kantharaj | — | — |
| 58 | Sachin Borle | — | — |
| 59 | Sachin Borle | — | — |
| 60 | Sandhya Gulur Ramachandraiah | 3297438 | — |
| 61 | Sandhya Teegala | — | — |
| 62 | Saravanakumar Subramanian | — | — |
| 63 | Saravanakumar Subramanian | — | — |
| 64 | Satvindar Singh | — | — |
| 65 | Sebastien Vos | — | — |
| 66 | Sefa Sepusione | — | — |
| 67 | Shashank Samraat | — | — |
| 68 | Soorya Balamurugan | 3286266 | — |
| 69 | Soorya Balamurugan | 3286266 | — |
| 70 | Sridhar Ravi | — | — |
| 71 | Srivaths Mallajosyula | 3297969 | — |
| 72 | Sruthi Sudarshan | — | — |
| 73 | Sudha Panchaparvala | — | — |
| 74 | Suki Jiang | — | — |
| 75 | Tim Wang | 573003476 | — |
| 76 | Tim Wang | 573003476 | — |
| 77 | Venkata Kalyan Raman Yegnavajjula | — | — |
| 78 | Vidushi Thusithana | — | — |
| 79 | Vishnu Vemula | 3291251 | — |
| 80 | Vismay Bhadrapura | 573003263 | — |