Tournament
2026 Best in the West
2026 Best in the West brings a 5 round Swiss field to Hobsons Bay Chess Club, Altona, Victoria, Australia from 28-30 August 2026. Follow the standings and pairings, download each round PGN, and replay the games as the event unfolds.
- Dates
- 28-30 August 2026
- Location
- Hobsons Bay Chess Club, Altona, Victoria, Australia
- Format
- 5 round Swiss
Main
Players
- IM Hernandez Sanchez, Jairo Andres
- FM Soo, Kai Jie
- FM Annapureddy, Rheyansh Reddy
- FM Dragicevic, Domagoj
- FM Nemeth, John
- FM Li, Jackie
- CM Smith, Declan
- FM Bassig, Hamish
- Poberezovsky, Daniel
- Bodke, Krishna Manthan
- CM Nguyen, Anh Kiet
- Zheng, Ryan
- Krishnan, Anirudh
- Hogg, Dean
- Lacson, Joemar
- Pitono, Abraham
- Smith, Jack
- Dakic, Dusan
- CM Davis, Tony J
- Tai, Ethan
- Ramanathan, Ashwin
- Parker, Lucas
- Ngo, William
- Davis, Sophie
- Whitford, Matthew
- Suman Pentela
- WCM Katakam, Deethya Sai
- Rathore, Akshobhya
- Milic, James
- Bambridge, Greg
- Kodituwakku, Damhiru
- Mondal, Jahnavi
- Singh, Sumair
- Bhadrapura, Vismay
- Tempany, Ayden
- Saha, Arya
- Vemula, Thamoghna
- Chatha, Harmandeep
Standings
- Dragicevic, Domagoj — 4.5
- Hernandez Sanchez, Jairo Andres — 4.5
- Nemeth, John — 4.5
- Soo, Kai Jie — 4.5
- Annapureddy, Rheyansh Reddy — 4
- Davis, Sophie — 4
- Poberezovsky, Daniel — 2
- Bassig, Hamish — 1
- Krishnan, Anirudh — 1
- Nguyen, Anh Kiet — 1
- Rathore, Akshobhya — 1
- Smith, Declan — 1
- Suman Pentela — 1
- Bambridge, Greg — 0
- Bhadrapura, Vismay — 0
- Bodke, Krishna Manthan — 0
- Chatha, Harmandeep — 0
- Dakic, Dusan — 0
- Davis, Tony J — 0
- Hogg, Dean — 0
- Katakam, Deethya Sai — 0
- Kodituwakku, Damhiru — 0
- Lacson, Joemar — 0
- Li, Jackie — 0
- Milic, James — 0
- Mondal, Jahnavi — 0
- Ngo, William — 0
- Parker, Lucas — 0
- Pitono, Abraham — 0
- Ramanathan, Ashwin — 0
- Saha, Arya — 0
- Singh, Sumair — 0
- Smith, Jack — 0
- Tai, Ethan — 0
- Tempany, Ayden — 0
- Vemula, Thamoghna — 0
- Whitford, Matthew — 0
- Zheng, Ryan — 0