THE WEEK IN CHESS 1626 5th January 2026 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2025
3) 99th Hastings Congress 2025-26
4) 53rd Rilton Cup 2025-26
5) 61st Groningen Chess Festival 2025
6) 133rd New Zealand Congress 2026
7) 16th Chennai Open 2026
8) 30th Bosnjaci Open 2026
9) 36th Staufer-Open 2026
10) 37th Roquetas de Mar Festival 2026
11) Fantastico GM Mix 11 2026
12) ch-HUN U20 2026
13) 10th Frankenthaler Weihnachtsopen 2025
14) 10th Johor Open 2025
15) 14th Palmanova Open 2025
16) 22nd Vandoeuvre Open 2025
17) 35th North American Open 2025
18) 36th Cracovia 2025-26
19) 41st Boeblinger Open 2025
20) 5th Athens of the East Open 2025
21) Bambuchess Chess Festival 2025
22) Barcelona Christmas RR 2025
23) Basel Christmas Schachfestival 2025
24) Bremen Silvester Open 2025
25) Cornerstone Holidays 2025
26) Cornerstone Holidays #2 2025-26
27) Cornerstone New Year's Classic Swiss 2026
28) Montreal Pere Noel Open 2025
29) XLIV Ludwika Zamenhofa Memorial 2025
30) ch-IRQ 2025
31) Obro x CXU New Year 2025
32) Hong Kong International Open 2025
33) 10th Hanoi Chess 2026
34) Brazil Chess Series - Sao Paulo 2025
35) GM-Turnier im Atomis 2025
36) Irish New Year Norm Events 2026
37) ch-Lower Saxony 2026
38) Marburger Schachtage 2025
39) Pan-American Intercollegiate 2026
40) TCh-CZE 2025-26
41) Titled Tuesday Blitz 30th December 2025
42) 3-0 Thursday 1st Jan 2026
43) China Women's Chess Open 2026
44) Forthcoming Events and Links

Games Section
EventTimeGames
World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2025rap,bli1118 games
99th Hastings Congress 2025-26cl354 games
53rd Rilton Cup 2025-26cl147 games
61st Groningen Chess Festival 2025cl44 games
133rd New Zealand Congress 2026cl55 games
16th Chennai Open 2026cl59 games
30th Bosnjaci Open 2026cl60 games
36th Staufer-Open 2026cl210 games
37th Roquetas de Mar Festival 2026cl135 games
ch-HUN U20 2026cl15 games
10th Johor Open 2025cl48 games
14th Palmanova Open 2025cl112 games
22nd Vandoeuvre Open 2025cl8 games
35th North American Open 2025cl44 games
36th Cracovia 2025-26cl483 games
5th Athens of the East Open 2025cl28 games
Barcelona Christmas RR 2025cl60 games
Basel Christmas Schachfestival 2025cl11 games
Bremen Silvester Open 2025cl24 games
Cornerstone Holidays 2025cl85 games
Cornerstone Holidays #2 2025-26cl135 games
Cornerstone New Year's Classic Swiss 2026cl68 games
XLIV Ludwika Zamenhofa Memorial 2025cl90 games
ch-IRQ 2025cl12 games
Obro x CXU New Year 2025cl60 games
Hong Kong International Open 2025cl180 games
10th Hanoi Chess 2026cl86 games
Brazil Chess Series - Sao Paulo 2025cl176 games
GM-Turnier im Atomis 2025cl70 games
Irish New Year Norm Events 2026cl45 games
ch-Lower Saxony 2026cl84 games
Marburger Schachtage 2025cl800 games
Pan-American Intercollegiate 2026cl152 games
Titled Tuesday Blitz 30th December 2025bli1200 games
3-0 Thursday 1st Jan 2026bli1670 games
China Women's Chess Open 2026rap,bli484 games
8412 games

Abbreviations: cl - classical, rap - rapid, bli - blitz, arm - armageddon, bul - Bullet, cor - correspondence or similar.

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1) Introduction

My thanks to Olexandr Prohorov, Holger Lieske, Gregory Joseph, Thomas Henrich, and everyone else who helped with this issue.

Magnus Carlsen completed a fine double of World Rapid and Blitz Champion to finish 2025 with a bang. Carlsen's road to blitz victory was paved with painful losses, knocking over pieces and losing on time and dropping a piece that had just been attacked. Carlsen plays blitz all the time online, the physical skills of extreme time trouble let him down. In all cases he was extremely upset after losing, but whilst he might have looked slightly shaky following these games there was no tilt, and that powered his win in the blitz. It should be said that whilst there are icemen in blitz, they were not really on show on the top boards, you can't be a nervous-wreck but I didn't notice anyone unnaturally calm as the clock ticked down. I think I've said before there's far too much fast chess at the elite level, I don't count the World Rapid and Blitz, that's earned its place as an event to be taken seriously, but I couldn't spend all year watching it live. In a few days there is the Tata Steel India Rapid and Blitz, World Champion Gukesh has withdrawn, it's still strong, it's got Anand, I'm not sure why it's being held a few days before Tata Steel's main chess sponsored event starts in Wijk aan Zee. I'd have put it as far away in the chess calendar as possible. It's 10 days to Wijk aan Zee, I'm looking forward to that a lot.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

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2) World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2025

The World Rapid and Blitz Championships took place Fri 26th Dec to Tue 30th Dec 2025 in Doha, Qatar.

Players: Magnus Carlsen, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Levon Aronian, Alireza Firouzja, Fabiano Caruana, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Vladislav Artemiev, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Arjun Erigaisi, Jan Krzysztof Duda, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Javokhir Sindarov, Leinier Dominguez Perez, Richard Rapport, Wesley So, D Gukesh, Daniil Dubov, Anish Giri, Yangyi Yu, Alexander Grischuk, Dmitry Andreikin, Parham Maghsoodloo, Jaime Santos Latasa, Sarin Nihal, Praggnanandhaa, Teimour Radjabov, Sam Sevian, Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Ray Robson, Andrey Esipenko etc

Women Players: Ju Wenjun, Tan Zhongyi, Aleksandra Goryachkina, Tingjie Lei, Bibisara Assaubayeva, Kateryna Lagno, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Humpy Koneru, Harika Dronavalli, Zhu Jiner, Nana Dzagnidze, Mariya Muzychuk, Deshmukh Divya, Anna Muzychuk, Meruert Kamalidenova, Eline Roebers, Irina Bulmaga, Antoaneta Stefanova, Yuxin Song, Bella Khotenashvili etc

Magnus Carlsen won both the Rapid and the Blitz, a double he completed for the fifth time. Aleksandra Goryachkina beat Zhu Jiner in a tie-break match to with the rapid, Humpy Koneru also scored 8.5/11 but missed out on the chance to play off due to a worse technical tie-break. Bibisara Assaubayeva won the women's blitz and also took the final qualification place for the Women's Candidates.

World Rapid 2025 Doha QAT Fri 26th Dec 2025 - Tue 30th Dec 2025
Leading Final Round 13 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Carlsen, MagnusGMNOR282410.599105.52639
27Artemiev, VladislavGMFID27279.5105.51112666
39Erigaisi, ArjunGMIND27149.598104.52608
448Niemann, Hans MokeGMUSA26129.597.5103.52593
513Dominguez Perez, LeinierGMUSA27039.595.51002562
66Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeGMFRA27309100105.52655
712Sindarov, JavokhirGMUZB2704993.599.52603
815So, WesleyGMUSA2702993982592
918Giri, AnishGMNED2685992.5982575
1030Esipenko, AndreyGMFID2649991.5972563
1127Sevian, SamuelGMUSA2658990.5962571
1217Dubov, DaniilGMFID2686990.5962552
1311Mamedyarov, ShakhriyarGMAZE270799095.52558
1485Shimanov, AleksandrGMFID25548.598.5103.52634
15156Erdogmus, Yagiz KaanGMTUR24468.5981012660
1662Aravindh, Chithambaram VR.GMIND25908.596101.52566
1774Lazavik, DenisGMFID25768.596100.52646
185Caruana, FabianoGMUSA27518.595.51022579
1924Nihal, SarinGMIND26648.594.5100.52532
2016Gukesh, DGMIND26928.592.598.52606
21203Meng, YihanIMCHN23558.592.5982619
2247Lu, ShangleiGMCHN26168.59297.52490
238Abdusattorov, NodirbekGMUZB27178.59296.52581
2422Maghsoodloo, ParhamGMIRI26698.591962544
25122Gurel, EdizGMTUR25028.59093.52629
2621Andreikin, DmitryGMFID26718.589.597.52527
2720Grischuk, AlexanderGMFID26778.589.5952547
2825Praggnanandhaa, RGMIND26638.588.5942555
2955Motylev, AlexanderGMROU26038.58792.52491
304Firouzja, AlirezaGMFRA27548.58791.52525
3177Bjerre, Jonas BuhlGMDEN25708.585.5902523
32107Sahidi, SamirIMSVK25248.585.5892535
3365Henriquez Villagra, CristobalGMCHI2586897.51032612
3436Sarana, AlexeyGMSRB26418951012616
3552Mamedov, RaufGMAZE26108951002560
36106Makarian, RudikGMFID2524894.598.52648
37138Amar, ElhamGMNOR2482892.5992604
3851Sargsyan, ShantGMARM2611892.597.52569
3919Yu, YangyiGMCHN268089297.52550
402Nepomniachtchi, IanGMFID2762891.5982585
247 players
World Rapid Women 2025 Doha QAT Fri 26th Dec 2025 - Tue 30th Dec 2025
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
110Zhu, JinerGMCHN24358.572.577.52410
23Goryachkina, AleksandraGMFID25058.571.5772360
38Koneru, HumpyGMIND24488.569742335
467Savitha, Shri BIMIND2238870.5732380
525Vaishali, RameshbabuGMIND235986569.52319
633Atalik, EkaterinaIMTUR232886266.52274
74Lei, TingjieGMCHN24967.571.5772354
813Divya, DeshmukhGMIND24197.57175.52318
96Lagno, KaterynaGMFID24527.568.5732303
102Tan, ZhongyiGMCHN25077.568722340
117Kosteniuk, AlexandraGMSUI24507.56772.52286
1231Arabidze, MeriIMGEO23337.566.5712353
1324Shuvalova, PolinaIMFID23607.56569.52286
1414Muzychuk, AnnaGMUKR23987.56367.52307
1529Batsiashvili, NinoGMGEO2346774792413
1650Mungunzul, Bat-ErdeneWIMMGL2288770.574.52376
1796Chen, YiningFMCHN214377075.52386
1812Muzychuk, MariyaGMUKR2421769.573.52344
199Dronavalli, HarikaGMIND2435767.5732305
2018Stefanova, AntoanetaGMBUL2379767722297
2111Dzagnidze, NanaGMGEO2425766712293
2222Khamdamova, AfruzaWGMUZB2365764682288
2319Song, YuxinIMCHN2375763.5682295
2444Maltsevskaya, AleksandraIMPOL2293763.565.52275
2520Khotenashvili, BellaGMGEO237376266.52263
2634Vantika, AgrawalIMIND232176265.52247
2740Preobrazhenskaya, DianaWFMFID2306759632243
2832Munkhzul, TurmunkhWGMMGL2330756.560.52236
2941Mkrtchian, LilitIMARM2300756.560.52203
3027Khademalsharieh, SarasadatIMESP23566.57075.52373
3151Tokhirjonova, GulrukhbegimIMUZB22866.56770.52343
3247Padmini, RoutIMIND22906.56468.52288
3316Roebers, ElineIMNED23926.56467.52226
3435Mammadzada, GunayIMAZE23156.563.5682324
3538Salimova, NurgyulIMBUL23116.563682255
3674Rudzinska, MichalinaWGMPOL22106.56367.52293
371Ju, WenjunGMCHN25306.562662286
3826Krush, IrinaGMUSA23586.562662215
3956Kiolbasa, OliwiaIMPOL22706.561.5652320
4062Shukhman, AnnaWGMFID22476.559.5642245
141 players
World Rapid Women TB 2025 Doha QAT Fri 26th Dec 2025 - Tue 30th Dec 2025
Leading Final Round 2 Standings:
RkNameRtg12Pts
1Goryachkina, Aleksandra25341=1.5
2Zhu, Jiner25790=0.5
2 players
World Blitz 2025 Doha QAT Fri 26th Dec 2025 - Tue 30th Dec 2025
Leading Final Round 19 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
110Erigaisi, ArjunGMIND2749152192262684
28Caruana, FabianoGMUSA275114215.5225.52663
31Carlsen, MagnusGMNOR288113.52172262656
47Abdusattorov, NodirbekGMUZB276813216.52252666
512Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeGMFRA274513214222.52681
65So, WesleyGMUSA279013203.52112611
725Nihal, SarinGMIND268113203212.52583
853Lazavik, DenisGMFID261713196.5204.52583
966Matlakov, MaximGMFID259113185192.52551
104Dubov, DaniilGMFID279512.52172272672
1130Lu, ShangleiGMCHN265712.52162252670
1237Radjabov, TeimourGMAZE264612.5212.52202660
133Nepomniachtchi, IanGMFID280112.5207.52172606
1440Sindarov, JavokhirGMUZB263212.5207.52162646
152Firouzja, AlirezaGMFRA281312.5206213.52628
169Duda, Jan-KrzysztofGMPOL275012.5204.52122609
1714Artemiev, VladislavGMFID273312.5202.52102616
1874Hakobyan, AramGMARM258112.5190.5198.52550
19143Samunenkov, IhorGMUKR248712.5190.51972602
2019Yu, YangyiGMCHN270412210.52192625
2115Bu, XiangzhiGMCHN271912210217.52631
2228Grischuk, AlexanderGMFID2665122082172628
2331Van Foreest, JordenGMNED265712207.5216.52622
2495Pranesh, MGMIND2553122062142620
25194Pranav, AnandGMIND2393122052142649
2626Martirosyan, Haik M.GMARM2679122022112597
276Aronian, LevonGMUSA2774122002062576
28110Paravyan, DavidGMFID252812199205.52674
2954Mamedov, RaufGMAZE261212197205.52583
3044Moussard, JulesGMFRA262912196204.52579
3152Narayanan, S LGMIND2619121962042626
3236Murzin, VolodarGMFID2647121962042592
3323Le, Quang LiemGMVIE269512195203.52551
3451Alekseenko, KirillGMAUT2620121891972529
3529Esipenko, AndreyGMFID265912188.5197.52538
3684Uskov, ArtemGMFID256912188.51952535
37175Ahmad, KhaganIMAZE242112188196.52601
3862Keymer, VincentGMGER259912187.51952578
3955Santos Latasa, JaimeGMESP261112182.5190.52499
4033Salem, A.R. SalehGMUAE265111.5197205.52573
252 players
World Blitz Women 2025 Doha QAT Fri 26th Dec 2025 - Tue 30th Dec 2025
Leading Final Round 15 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
17Assaubayeva, BibisaraGMKAZ242811130.51372312
213Muzychuk, AnnaGMUKR239711125.51322247
317Roebers, ElineIMNED237711125.51312288
49Zhu, JinerGMCHN2425111211272285
533Gunina, ValentinaGMFID231411120.5126.52288
621Stefanova, AntoanetaGMBUL236710.5130136.52312
75Goryachkina, AleksandraGMFID243910136.5144.52324
843Omonova, UmidaWIMUZB227810133138.52347
966Shukhman, AnnaWGMFID2204101321362377
1020Song, YuxinIMCHN2371101261322253
1126Salimova, NurgyulIMBUL2336101261322251
1230Nurman, AluaWGMKAZ232410125.5130.52238
1310Garifullina, LeyaIMFID2407101221282239
1450Bulmaga, IrinaIMROU2251101201252218
1535Munkhzul, TurmunkhWGMMGL230710111117.52220
16118Iudina, VeronikaWFMFID20379.5129.5136.52300
171Ju, WenjunGMCHN24899.51251322260
1822Arabidze, MeriIMGEO23569.5121128.52209
194Lagno, KaterynaGMFID24489.51211282291
2031Injac, TeodoraIMSRB23239.5120125.52258
2165Badelka, OlgaIMAUT22089.51201252298
2215Divya, DeshmukhGMIND23889.5115.5121.52259
236Koneru, HumpyGMIND24309.5113.5119.52236
2432Maltsevskaya, AleksandraIMPOL23239.5113.5119.52189
2540Kamalidenova, MeruertIMKAZ22959.51081132206
2634Yip, CarissaIMUSA23139132.5138.52288
2764Nurgaliyeva, ZarinaWIMKAZ220991321332344
2819Muzychuk, MariyaGMUKR237391261332298
29120Khafizova, DianaWFMFID203391261322335
3028Mungunzul, Bat-ErdeneWIMMGL23299125.51322260
3168Nomin-Erdene, DavaademberelIMHUN22019117.5119.52293
328Kosteniuk, AlexandraGMSUI24289113.5119.52209
3375Mammadova, GulnarIMAZE21859113118.52324
3453Charkhalashvili, IngaWGMGEO22489111.5116.52227
3523Khademalsharieh, SarasadatIMESP23529110.51172169
3629Mammadzada, GunayIMAZE2326999.51052164
3742Buksa, NataliyaIMUKR22818.51311372349
3818Danielian, ElinaGMARM23738.51231292262
3912Shuvalova, PolinaIMFID23998.5120.51272244
4098Vo, Thi Kim PhungWGMVIE21228.5118.51232308
140 players
World Blitz Final KO 2025 Doha QAT Fri 26th Dec 2025 - Tue 30th Dec 2025
Leading Final Round 2 Standings:
RkNamePts
Final
1Carlsen, Magnus2.5
2Abdusattorov, Nodirbek1.5
Semi-final
1Carlsen, Magnus3.0
2Caruana, Fabiano1.0
1Abdusattorov, Nodirbek2.5
2Erigaisi, Arjun0.5
8 players
World Blitz Women Final Doha QAT Fri 26th Dec 2025 - Tue 30th Dec 2025
Leading Final Round 2 Standings:
RkNamePts
Final
1Assaubayeva, Bibisara2.5
2Muzychuk, Anna1.5
Semi-final
1Muzychuk, Anna2.5
2Roebers, Eline1.5
1Assaubayeva, Bibisara3.0
2Zhu, Jiner0.0
8 players

3) 99th Hastings Congress 2025-26

The 99th Hastings Congress took place 28th December to 4th January 2025. Alexander Kovchan edged out Alex Golding on tie-break after both scored 7/9, Marius Deuer led going into the final round but was beaten by Kovchan whilst Golding beat Simon Williams.

Hastings Masters 2025-26 Hastings ENG Sun 28th Dec 2025 - Sun 4th Jan 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPts
19Kovchan, AlexanderGMUKR24477
216Golding, AlexIMENG23707
33Deuer, MariusIMGER24756.5
47Hagner, BennetIMGER24516.5
511Ghimpu, Samuel-TimoteiIMROU24286.5
61Laurent-Paoli, PierreGMFRA25396
74Kaasen, Tor FredrikIMNOR24716
85Gordon, Stephen JGMENG24656
96Plat, VojtechGMCZE24616
108Kuru, AtillaIMTUR24496
1110Williams, Simon KGMENG24346
1212Wang, Hao(Zj)IMCHN24266
1319Kalavannan, KobyFMENG22756
1432Vaidyanathan, AdithyaENG21896
152Sulskis, SarunasGMLTU24755.5
1613Grutter, TimIMNED23975.5
1714Gormally, Daniel WGMENG23965.5
1815Mazur, StefanIMSVK23925.5
1917Skytte, RasmusIMDEN23545.5
2018Badacsonyi, StanleyFMENG23175.5
2122Hobson, KennethFMENG22645.5
2225Demac, EliasNOR22305.5
2326Sivanandan, BodhanaWIMENG22295.5
2433Kapechun, MikhailoUKR21845.5
2540Blanquet, CamilleWFMFRA21325.5
2641Verbin, ValentinaWFMMDA21225.5
2779Lee, YounggyuKOR18925.5
28101Liu, YiyiENG17915.5
2920Balaji, AaravamudhanIMENG22705
3021Southcott-Moyers, IndyFMENG22665
3130Saunders, AronENG22015
3239Adams, HenryENG21595
3343Hill, AlistairENG21045
3447Rida, RuqayyahWFMENG20685
3554Barbu, Simon-AlexandruROU20515
3656Herzwurm, RobertGER20475
3758Verbytski, OlegENG20395
3867Ashton, AlannahWCMENG19835
3971Ward, CianENG19475
4074Gorskovs, AndrejsENG19205
111 players

4) 53rd Rilton Cup 2025-26

The 53rd Rilton Cup took place 27th December to 5th January 2025. Xu Xiangyu won with 8/9 a point clear of the field.

53rd Rilton Cup 2025-26 Stockholm SWE Sat 27th Dec 2025 - Mon 5th Jan 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
13XU, XiangyuCHN2601848.548.542
21DEMCHENKO, AntonSLO263175054.537
329SIVA, MahadevanIND2427745.549.534
47DAI, ChangrenCHN25517444835
530XIE, KaifanCHN24266.546.546.535.5
616DOTZER, LukasAUT24786.5465034.5
78LI, DiCHN25496.545.55035
84MESHKOVS, NikitaLAT25616.54548.533
915SENGUPTA, DeepIND24796.5454834.5
1013RACZEK, KrzysztofPOL24896.54446.534.5
119HEBERLA, BartlomiejPOL25086.5424533
1261RIEHLE, MarcoGER23636.541.544.528.5
1322SARDANA, RishiAUS24596.5404331
1424ZHALMAKHANOV, RamazanKAZ245464952.534.5
156BAUER, ChristianFRA2552643.54630
1617CIESLAK, PatrykPOL24776424631.5
1738MAKKAR, RajatFRA239664244.530
1837JAIN, Kashish ManojIND2396640.54430.5
1940DIXIT, NikhilIND23926404428.5
2010SEEMANN, JakubPOL25076404327.5
2111GHASI, Ameet KENG2500639.542.529
2252RITVIZ, ParabIND23696394326.5
2327DAS, SayantanIND243463942.531
2428HILLARP PERSSON, TigerSWE2428638.541.532
2547DELGERDALAI, BayarjavkhlanCZE23765.54852.533
2633SAI, Krishna G VCAN24155.5485234
2790DAAKSHIN, ArunIND22745.545.549.529.5
2839WALDHAUSEN GORDON, FrederickSCO23935.5454829.5
292HAMMER, Jon LudvigNOR26065.543.54829
305HORVATH, DominikAUT25575.543.547.529.5
3167KATSANIS, Vasileios DimGRE23365.542.54627
3219BRONSTEIN, OrISR24705.5424629.5
3349AVINASH, RameshIND23705.541.545.529
3448MIEZIS, NormundsLAT23755.5414529
3546BHAGAT, KushIND23815.540.54428.5
3635KURMANN, OliverSUI24095.540.543.528.5
3763KAVUTSKIY, KostyaUSA23545.540.543.526.5
3820TROST, EdvinSWE24665.540.54328.5
39113MYAGMARSUREN, EvsuldNOR22295.540.54222.5
4021ROZENTALIS, EduardasLTU24615.5394229.5
168 players

5) 61st Groningen Chess Festival 2025

The 61st Groningen Chess Festival took place 21st to 30th December 2025. Elias Ruzhansky won with 7/9.

61st Groningen Open 2025 Groningen NED Sun 21st Dec 2025 - Tue 30th Dec 2025
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
110Ruzhansky, EliasIMBEL2432705138.5
21Kazakouski, ValeryGMLTU25856.515135.5
35Vignesh, N RGMIND24886.525236
412Korchynskyi, MykolaFMGER24186.535034.5
53Bernadskiy, VitaliyGMUKR2522605333,75
66Prraneeth, VuppalaGMIND24696050.531.5
78Manafov, VugarIMAZE2438604830,75
84Babazada, KhazarIMAZE2507604729
915Shyaam, Nikhil PGMIND2400604629
107Martins, David Pires TavaresIMPOR2443604527,25
112Beerdsen, ThomasGMNED25265.5047.526,75
1217Jin, YuehengIMCHN23875.5046.526,25
1313Elmi, Saad AbobakerIMNOR24095.504626.5
1411Dhulipalla, Bala Chandra PrasadIMIND24305.504626,25
1530Krishnan, RitvikFMIND22655.5042.523
1633Grooten, TommyNED22175.5041.523
1726Aakash, GFMIND23005.504123,75
1824Koster, RamonFMNED23075.504123,25
1934Wempe, JoostFMNED22125.5040.522,75
2020Sydykov, BayastanFMKGZ2366504521.5
2148Duijker, RickFMNED21485044.523,25
2227Van Roon, SjoerdFMNED22845044.521
2322Van Foreest, MachteldWGMNED23285040.520,25
2437Advaitt, Srikant KoduriFMIND21925036.518.5
2536Keuning, SelwinNED21965034.517,25
2646Krylov, PhilippeNED2151503418,75
2716Lahaye, RickNED23904.504921,75
2819Elgersma, OnnoFMNED23664.5043.519.5
2925Smeets, KobeFMNED23014.504319.5
309De Boer, EelkeIMNED24364.5042.518,75
3149Sanjay, Narayanan P SIND21424.504218,75
3221Albers, SasaFMNED23454.5041.519,25
3342Edwardss, DylanNED21654.5041.519
3435Filindash, NikitaCMCZE22104.5041.516
3529Dordevic, TomGER22684.5037.516,25
3657Chua, EthanNED2089404217,25
3750Bakija, AlanNED2139404216.5
3831De Jong, MigchielIMNED22634041.514.5
3938Grooten, HermanIMNED2176404115,25
4039Rebers, EugeneFMNED2174403915,25
63 players

6) 133rd New Zealand Congress 2026

The 133rd New Zealand Congress takes place 2nd to 10th January 2026.

133rd ch-NZL Open 2026 Invercargill NZL Fri 2nd Jan 2026 - Sat 10th Jan 2026
Leading Round 4 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
12Stopa, JacekGMPOL233040.09.58.0
21Fernandez, Daniel HowardGMENG25273.50.510.08.0
33Xie, FelixFMNZL23183.50.57.06.5
415Wang, Justin ZhideCMNZL196230.010.58.5
521Steele, HaydenNZL178130.010.08.0
611Liu, William RuiCMNZL200630.09.59.0
76Dive, Russell JIMNZL213030.08.07.5
817Wilson, Dion ANZL19282.50.08.06.5
94Ker, Anthony FIMNZL21712.50.07.56.0
109Salasan, HaranCMAUS19892.50.07.56.0
1127Feng, SophiaWCMNZL17492.50.06.05.0
1213Yu, ZacharyCMNZL199020.09.58.5
1329Sun, NathanNZL164320.09.08.0
1412Lee, Edward SNZL200120.09.08.0
155Smith, Robert WFMNZL213920.09.07.0
167Rains, EdwardCMNZL208520.08.57.5
1710Dowden, R AnthonyCMNZL203020.07.05.0
188McNabb, Matthew DNZL206720.06.56.0
1918Van Meter, LesterFMUSA19181.50.010.59.0
2024Braganza, NadiaWFMNZL17681.50.08.07.5
2120Liu, Richard JingjieNZL17851.50.07.57.0
2226Forster, WilliamCMNZL17521.50.07.56.0
2330Yu, Weiyang (Cadence)NZL15961.50.06.05.5
2428Gan, Emily CathayWCMNZL17081.50.04.54.0
2514Keith, MatthewNZL197710.09.58.0
2623Thurner, AnyaNZL177210.08.06.0
2722Zhou, Ryan YihengNZL177410.06.56.0
2819Nicholls, LeightonCMNZL17860.50.08.06.5
2916Johnson, Quentin J FNZL19540.50.06.55.0
3025Gogate, AshwinNZL175600.07.07.0
30 players

7) 16th Chennai Open 2026

The 16th Chennai Open takes place 2nd to 9th January 2026.

16th Chennai Open 2026 Chennai IND Fri 2nd Jan 2026 - Fri 9th Jan 2026
Leading Round 6 (of 10) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Rohith, Krishna SGMIND24895.521.524.522,25
211Fedorov, AlexeiGMBLR23775.521.52320,25
32Srihari, L RGMIND24725.5212421.5
49Aleksandrov, AleksejGMBLR24095.52123.520,75
525Arnav, AgrawalIND2258521.524.519.5
634Elgabry, MohsenIMEGY2177521.524.519
710Mehar, Chinna Reddy C.H.IMIND23845212419,25
821Madhvendra, Pratap SharmaCMIND228452022.518,25
93Mayank, ChakrabortyIMIND246852022.517.5
1048Vandan, Alankar SawaiCMIND209451921.516
1138Banik, Hrishikesh KumarAIMIND2147518.52117.5
128Nguyen, Duc HoaGMVIE24165182117,25
1331Palencia Morales, Wilson GuillermoIMCOL220751719.516.5
1432Pradeep, Kumar R AIND21955171915
1519Dhananjay, SFMIND22994.522.52517,25
1643Jihan, Tejas ShahIND21284.522.52517
174Savchenko, BorisGMRUS24644.521.52417,25
1822Bhoir, Paras DilipIND22764.521.522.514,75
1916Jinan, JomonFMIND23234.520.523.515,75
2023Laxman, R.R.GMIND22694.52023.517,25
2144Agnivo, ChakrabortyIND21144.52022.514,75
2245Aadik, Theophane LeninCMIND21134.52022.514,75
236Burmakin, VladimirGMRUS24284.52021.515,25
2427Manik, MikulasGMSVK22514.519.52317,25
2515Slizhevsky, AlexanderIMRUS23384.519.52215,75
2669Shashveen, A KIND20284.519.52114,75
2760Haridev, SIND20594.51921.515
2864Karan, J PIND20414.51820.514.5
2940Avirat, ChauhanIND21384.5182015
3035Hoang, Thi Bao TramWGMVIE21754.517.520.515,25
3157Aarav, ACMIND20704.517.519.514
3212Nguyen, Van HuyGMVIE23604.517.519.513
33102Ghadge, HarshIND19324.517.519.512,75
3452Aarav, Saish AmonkarIND20794.516.518.513,25
3526Saravana, Krishnan P.IMIND2255422.52616.5
3675Parambrata, SarkarAFMIND201142224.514,75
375Ayush, SharmaIMIND245442124.515,75
3847Adhiraj, MitraAIMIND210142123.513
3996Joshi, Aditya ShripadIND1948420.52314
407Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.GMIND2426420.52313,75
290 players

8) 30th Bosnjaci Open 2026

The 30th Bosnjaci Open takes place 3rd to 9th January 2026.

30th Bosnjaci Open Bosnjaci CRO Sat 3rd Jan 2026 - Fri 9th Jan 2026
Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
14Culum, SanjinIMBIH2439345.50
210Arnav, MaheshwariFMIND2339345.50
323Starcević, Ante LeonNMCRO22383450
49HadEović, AmirFMBIH2343344.50
511Safar, SandroFMCRO232233.550
624Cupić, LovroFMCRO22232.54.56.50
714Gal, AndrejFMCRO23132.54.560
839Konjević, NikolaMKCRO21012.54.560
92Sarić, AnteGMCRO24712.54.55.50
105Zaja, IvanGMCRO24052.54.55.50
1131Vidović, SasaFMCRO21452.54.55.50
1216Grgantov, MarinFMCRO23042.54.550
131Jovanović, ZoranGMCRO25012.5450
143Zelcić, RobertGMCRO24462.5450
1517Gagic, Milan AFMSRB22832.5450
1642Ljubicić, MarioMKCRO20842.544.50
1720Zovko, MarioFMCRO22482.53.560
1825Milat, MarcelFMCAN21872.53.560
1913Besedes, DaniloFMSRB23192.53.54.50
2015Pein, JonathanFMENG23132.53.54.50
2118Manea, AlexandruIMROU22772.53.54.50
2222Sajin, MirkoFMBIH22412.535.50
2312Zufić, MiroslavIMCRO23202.534.50
2429Bobanac, MiroFMCRO21502.5340
258Fercec, NenadGMCRO2357256.50
2621Ghersinich, EnricoFMCRO22442560
2727Pehar, BornaMKCRO21552560
2828Vucenović, DamianFMCRO21512560
2926Sipić, HrvojeMKCRO216324.55.50
3043Tuković, DarioMKCRO208124.55.50
3151Burns, MichaelMKD204624.550
3269Lacmanović, StipeCMCRO192024.54.50
336Kovacević, BlaEimirGMCRO23822450
3437Sarić, KristinaWIMCRO21152450
3519Glavas, DraganFMCRO22492450
3644Carić, MatoMKCRO20662450
3747Topalić, FranMKCRO2057244.50
3866ZuEić, IvanIIICRO19352440
3953Mestrović, ToniMKCRO199323.55.50
4035Đurić, LeonMKCRO213423.54.50
141 players

9) 36th Staufer-Open 2026

The 36th Staufer-Open takes place 2nd to 6th January 2026.

36th Staufer-Open 2025 Schwaebisch Gmuend GER Fri 2nd Jan 2026 - Tue 6th Jan 2026
Leading Round 7 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2
12Sivuk, VitalyGMSWE25136.534.5239
23Noe, ChristopherGMGER25125.537227
34Harsh Suresh,IMIND24405.535237
414Kolb, TobiasFMGER24015.535222
58Mohamed Anees M,IMIND24165.533.5217.5
625Klaska, Philipp LeonFMGER23195.533219
732Boder, JanFMGER23045.532.5219.5
818Holtel, JasperFMGER23635.529.5214
913Vuckovic, ZarkoGER24095.528.5198
101Peng, Li MinGMSUI2530537216
119Toktomushev, TeimurIMSUI2412534.5218
1235Nunez Gregoire, DanielGER2299534.5216
135Petrovskiy, VadymIMGER2433533220.5
1416Stork, OliverFMGER2373533209
1542Weber, SamuelFMGER2280532.5211.5
167Korneev, OlegGMESP2427532.5211.5
176Lumachi, GabrieleIMITA2431532215.5
1826Herbrig, AlexanderFMGER2315531.5217.5
1915Sydykov, BayastanFMKGZ2388531.5204.5
2023Zeller, FrankIMGER2324531214
2144Schuricht, Emil FrederickFMGER2271531209
2227Stoettner, MoritzGER2312531209
2356Redzisz, MichalFMPOL2218530.5204
24102Smolny, FriederGER2109530193
2524Biastoch, BennetFMGER2322529.5217
2628Skembris, SpyridonGMGRE2310529.5202
2721Neukirchner, PascalFMGER2341529210
2847Seitz, PatrickGER2257529198
2980Eull, EmilGER2165528.5198
3010Besou, HussainFMGER2411528.5194
3150Pallas, SebastianGER2240528200
3277Butenandt, SvenjaWFMGER2171527.5192.5
3331Chittka, JuliusFMGER23064.535217.5
3411Karsay, PascalFMGER24104.534.5221.5
3568Schulz, KarstenFMGER21954.533.5205.5
3669Herrmann, ArthurGER21944.533162.5
3770Haubold, SebastianGER21874.532.5208.5
3840Lymar, VladislavCMUKR22844.531203.5
3946Yasmo, DaniilGER22674.531202
4043Browning, AlexFMGER22724.530.5211
317 players

10) 37th Roquetas de Mar Festival 2026

The 37th Roquetas de Mar Festival takes place 2nd to 7th January 2026.

37th Roquetas de Mar Open Roquetas de Mar ESP Fri 2nd Jan 2026 - Wed 7th Jan 2026
Leading Round 5 (of 9) Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgGms+PtsTB1TB2
1Prraneeth VuppalaGMIND2496555.015.514.5
2Marin Ferragut, PauFMESP2330544.515.113.5
3Fiorito, FranciscoIMARG2447544.014.712.5
4Bernadskiy, VitaliyGMUKR2554534.014.614.0
5Leiva, GianmarcoIMPER2335544.014.314.5
6Brodowski, PiotrIMPOL2454544.014.313.5
7Vignesh N RGMIND2505534.014.313.0
8Luch, MichalIMPOL2353534.014.015.0
9Neelash SahaIMIND2474534.014.014.0
10Cao, QingfengIMCHN2390534.013.914.0
11Gloeckler, ChristianIMGER2444544.013.910.5
12Chasin, NicoIMUSA2524544.013.710.0
13Bacrot, AlexandreFRA2444534.013.613.0
14Fiorito, JoaquinIMARG2429534.013.514.5
15Shahil DeyIMIND2409544.013.411.5
16Shyaam Nikhil PGMIND2405534.013.311.0
17Licznerski, LukaszIMPOL2479523.514.711.5
18Bogdanov, ArtyomFMKAZ2402533.514.615.5
19Raja Rithvik RGMIND2544533.514.412.0
20Aronyak GhoshIMIND2522523.514.313.0
21Povshednyi, IvanFMUKR2357533.514.013.0
22Mikrut, DariuszIMPOL2313533.513.911.5
23Balakrishnan, PraveenGMUSA2488523.513.713.5
24Ghosh, DiptayanGMIND2577523.513.612.0
25Cabanas Lopez, Manuel AnxoESP2014533.513.611.0
26Torres Rebolledo, AlvaroFMESP2331533.513.412.5
27Perez Marimon, Jorge De JesusFMCUB2390533.513.312.5
28Das, ArghyadipIMIND2337523.513.214.0
29Zhang, LanlinWIMCHN2291533.513.211.5
30Dong, HongfuCHN2322523.512.912.0
31Narciso Dublan, MarcGMESP2391523.512.911.5
32Ilinca, Felix-AntonioIMROU2445533.512.911.0
33Suarez Hernan, SantiagoESP2187533.512.812.5
34Muratov, BatyrkhanFMKAZ2337533.512.611.0
35Moral Garcia, SerafinFMESP2277533.512.511.0
36Chavez Suarez, Carlos AlbertoFMCUB2294533.013.813.0
37Arce Gonzalez, DarioESP2237533.013.811.0
38Iglesias Ferreira, AndresFMESP2264523.013.810.0
39Cukrowski, FilipIMPOL2417533.013.713.0
40Gomez Arce, AlejandroESP2229523.013.612.0
151 players

11) Fantastico GM Mix 11 2026

The Fantastico GM Mix 11 takes place 3rd to 8th January 2026.

Fantastico GM Mix 11 2026 Senta SRB Sat 3rd Jan 2026 - Thu 8th Jan 2026
Leading Round 4 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
15Tsydypov ZhamsaranGMRUS24953.5826850
22Vaz EthanIMIND25163.57.527430
31Afanasiev NikitaGMRUS254139.526250
414Gong SunleIMCHN23943825540
543Kudrin IvanFID223837.525970
63Bryakin MikhailGMSRB25023725310
77Meng YihanIMCHN24553724710
89Ajay Santhosh ParvathareddyIMIND245236.524850
923Kosic DraganGMMNE234935.524670
1048Gusev MikhailFMSRB22172.58.525300
114Shariyazdanov AndreyGMSRB25002.5824470
1211Ljepic AndrejFMSRB24092.5823970
1330Dumbelovic NovakFMSRB23122.57.524190
1412Atalik SuatGMSRB24072.57.524130
158Glek IgorGMBEL24522.57.523880
1619Daaevik WadhawanIMIND23702.5725040
1721Sutormin DanilaFMRUS23572.5724870
1813Yurovskykh OleksandrFMUKR23952.5723280
1944Garifulin YuryCMSRB22352.56.523900
2029Citak SelimFMTUR23122.56.523730
2135Velpula SarayuWIMIND22812.56.523050
2210Apoorv KambleFMIND24192.56.522970
2316Yermolinsky AlexGMUSA23802.5623330
2418Rosh JainFMIND23732.55.522960
2537Aarav SinhaFMIND227428.523690
266Shabalov AlexanderGMUSA24702823390
2717Xie JiaxiangCHN23762823100
2822Xie JianjunFMCHN23572822770
2950Esshan WadhawanIND220527.523830
3045Indzhiev AldarRUS222927.523540
3124Nikcevic NebojsaGMMNE233727.523380
3228Vivaan Vishal ShahFMIND232127.523100
3315Sedlak NikolaGMSRB239027.522380
3457Bulatov RamilRUS21292723710
3542Odeev HandszarGMTKM224526.523700
3636Warchol KamilFMPOL228025.522570
3738Rupesh Reddy YFMIND22732522660
3825Postnikov ArtemFMRUS233424.521650
3958Fisher TimofeyFID21271.5722480
4051Levitan Judah NathanCMRSA21891.5722450
60 players

12) ch-HUN U20 2026

The Hungarian Junior Chamnpionship takes place 3rd to 11th January 2026.

ch-HUN U20 2026 Budapest HUN Sat 3rd Jan 2026 - Sun 11th Jan 2026
Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
19Bodrogi, BendeguzIMHUN2445302.51
28Palczert, MatyasFMHUN24382.501,750.5
310Kolimar, Kristof PalFMHUN23592021
44Matyassy, LazarFMHUN22861.502,751.5
57Gathi, DonatFMHUN22951.501,751
61Pasztor, BalazsIMHUN24301.501.50.5
6Foldes, Marton GaborFMHUN22521.501.50.5
82Fule, SimonFMHUN22910.500,750.5
3Szikszai, BertalanFMHUN22580.500,750.5
5Turcsanyi, Vince GergoFMHUN23360.500,750.5
10 players

13) 10th Frankenthaler Weihnachtsopen 2025

The 10th Frankenthaler Weihnachtsopen took place 27th to 30th December 2025. Martin Jablonicky won on tie-break from Lukas Bango, Paul Hinrichs and Daniel Kupriyanov after all scored 5.5/7. It doesn't look like there will be games.

Frankenthaler Christmas Frankenthal GER Sat 27th Dec 2025 - Tue 30th Dec 2025
Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2
13Jablonicky, MartinSVK23045.529.522
24Bango, LukasSVK22925.528.520.5
31Hinrichs, PaulGER23615.527.521
45Kupriyanov, DanielUKR22105.52720
52Syrov, ArkadiGER2323526.519.5
623Lukas, AnneGER202852317
728Wacker, FelixGER20084.52718.5
86Perske, PaulGER22024.526.517,75
910Windmüller, SimonGER21094.52615.5
1012Schnitzer, PeterGER21064.524.515
1164Mayer, LucasGER18084.52316,25
1226Frohnhäuser, SimonGER20224.52213,75
137Hüseynov, AhadGER21794.521.513,25
1435Mukazhanov, MansurGER194942715
1516Schreidl, MichaelGER204942616,25
1634Scholz, AlexanderGER1953425.512.5
178Schwarz, DavidGER217242413,75
1811Lambert, AndreasGER2106423.513,25
1932Oswald, TimGER1965423.513,25
2020Plaumann, ArvinGER2044423.512
2131Steinbrenner, PeterGER1982422.512,25
2213Heinisch, NiklasGER2105421.513
2314Müller, MarkusGER2082421.512
2442Ast, PaulGER189741810,25
2527Warter, SiegfriedGER20133.524.510,75
2660Böttcher, FabianGER18233.52413
2749Anissimova, MariyaGER18723.52312.5
2846Beinrucker, ClemensGER18833.52311,75
2939Hellriegel, HannesGER19083.522.511,75
3038Feith, Bernhard Dr.GER19153.522.511.5
3115Misini, BurhanudinKOS20683.52211.5
3233Hrytseniuk, YanislavUKR19603.521.59,75
3330Schmidt, Kai-UweGER19853.519.59.5
3462Stein, JulianGER18203.517.57.5
3561Sautner, SaschaGER1823322.58
3636Völpel, RobertGER1946322.56,75
3721Marquardt, ChristianGER2030321.59,75
3840Barthel, BergitGER1904321.59.5
3919Barthel, AnsgarGER20453219,25
4037Brunck, OleGER19393217,75
65 players

14) 10th Johor Open 2025

The 10th Johor Open took place 26th to 31st December 2025. Novendra Priasmoro won with 7.5/9.

10th Johor Open 2025 Johor MAS Fri 26th Dec 2025 - Wed 31st Dec 2025
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
16Priasmoro, NovendraGMINA23947.5045.550
214Ulhaq, Zacky DhiaFMINA23117143.547
39Dang, Hoang SonIMVIE23787248.553
43Nguyen, Quoc HyIMVIE24186.5047.551.5
516Karthik, RajaaIMIND22986.5042.546
64Mohammad, Nubairshah ShaikhIMIND23996.5041.543.5
717Ang, Ern Jie AndersonFMMAS2280604853
81Raahul, V SGMIND24426047.552
924Yu, ShiCHN21196042.547
1038Hamdan, YelpiINA20036042.545.5
115Wagh, SuyogIMIND2395604246.5
1218Yuan, QingyuAGMCHN2268604246
1312Nguyen, Van HuyGMVIE2363604145
147Mariano, Fabian GlenFMINA23895.5049.553
1527Sidabutar, Uriel Noah OloanINA20995.5047.550.5
1613Polschikov, AlexeyIMRUS23215.504650
1721Dziththauly, RamadhanCMINA21715.504548.5
188Arfan, Aditya BagusIMINA23825.504245.5
1919Syaputra, Arifa RizkiINA22475.504144
2041Muraley, RitteshMAS19885.5038.540
2136Vijay, RegeSGP20135.503638
2240Baardeh, TahmooresIRI1992504346
232Nguyen, Duc HoaGMVIE24325042.546.5
2428Abd Aziz, A Qil A LauddinAIMMAS20785042.546.5
2560Ghanbarpour, MahanIRI1828504246
2642Tan, Jun HaoCMSGP1987504245
2720Li, BoIMCHN21875040.543
2834Esplanada, JethroPHI20305040.543
2956Leong, Jyuin Pang Alexx XanderSGP1855504044
3057Ainul Fikri, Aqilah HusnaMAS1851504043
3144Mai, Duc KienVIE19425039.543.5
3245Patini, Vishant NaiduMAS19315039.543
3349Chan, Jing Fong JoashSGP19125039.541.5
3464Nik Norhisham, Nik Muhd HaziqMAS1786503436.5
3533Bonnet, Gabriel Misa JeanSGP2035503436
3630Chow, Yi ChenCMMAS20704.504347
3746Mohd Saprin, Amir GhaaziMAS19234.5042.546.5
3829Shahar, UzairMAS20784.5041.544.5
3939Tin, Shan WenMAS19974.503738.5
4075Shen, HoulinCHN16614.503639.5
80 players

15) 14th Palmanova Open 2025

The 14th Palmanova Open took place 27th December to 3rd January 2025. Vladyslav Larkin edged out Vladimir Baklan, Leonardo Costa, Fulvio Zamengo and Nikola Kanov after all scored 6.5/9.

14th Palmanova Open 2025 Palmanova ITA Sat 27th Dec 2025 - Sat 3rd Jan 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
14Larkin, VladyslavUKR24786.5949.545
23Solodovnichenko, YuriUKR25106.5949.545
31Baklan, VladimirUKR25626.594945
42Costa, LeonardoGER25476.5946.542.5
517Zamengo, FulvioITA23576.594541.5
610Kanov, NikolaBUL24226.5938.535.5
77Di Benedetto, EdoardoITA2447695046
89Plenca, JadrankoCRO24336949.545
920Perossa, NicolasITA23206943.540.5
105Gusain, HimalIND24725.5948.544.5
1112Poltorak, SebastianPOL24075.594845
128Martinovici, IliaMDA24475.594844.5
1313Hovhannisyan, MherBEL23935.594542.5
1419Hercegovac, NevenITA23325.5944.541.5
1527Skrbec, LeonSLO22895.5943.539.5
1615Marn, JanSLO23865.594339.5
1714Bettalli, FrancescoITA23885.594037
1830Urbani, GabrielITA22675.5939.536.5
1941Bakalarz, MietekLUX22045.5938.536
2036Casadio, Niccolo`ITA22325946.542.5
216Carnicelli, ValerioITA2454594642
2234Pegno, MattiaITA22405944.541.5
2323Yao, LanENG23075944.540.5
2418Cina`, VittorioITA23505943.539.5
2531Maldonado Gonzales, StefanoITA2266594239.5
2643Centrih, AleksSLO2192594238.5
2733Beliman, AlexandroITA2244593835
2826Piddubna, BozhenaUKR2291593736.5
2938Arsenie, Cristian MarcSUI2213593532.5
3011Bailet, PierreFRA2410584540
3140Heldenbergh, NilsBEL22054.594138.5
3246Costantino, Claudio EmanueleITA21644.594138
3321Panelo, MarceloARG23184.594036.5
3429Kalosha, Zhiulien OleksiiITA22824.5937.535
3524Herega, NejcSLO23024.593734
3673Beber, AnjaSLO19984.593734
3742Shefer, UriISR21994.5936.536
3855Gimenez Menchon, CesarESP20954.593633.5
3953Von Schlippe, NikolaiGER21314.593433.5
4022Skawinski, ArkadiuszPOL23124.584540.5
74 players

16) 22nd Vandoeuvre Open 2025

The 22nd Vandoeuvre Open took place 26th to 30th December 2025. Tom Decuigniere edged out Andrey Sumets, Daniel Fridman and Danyil Mosesov on tie-breka after they all scored 6.5/9.

22nd Vandoeuvre Open 2025 Vandoeuvre les Nancy FRA Fri 26th Dec 2025 - Tue 30th Dec 2025
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiRtgPtsTB1
1DECUIGNIERE Tomm240736
2SUMETS Andreyg252334
3FRIDMAN Danielg258532
4MOSESOV Danyilm245432
5SAMMED JAYKUMAR Shetem2383637
6BUCKELS Valentinm2437634
7SHAGBAZYAN Taronm2429634
8KARTHIKEYAN P.g2285629½
9DOVGALIUK Oleksandrf2273628
10ERNST Lucaf226130
11HOPPSTAEDTER Daniel227628
12GRYSHKO Vitaliif236528
13LOISEAU Quentinm237828
14DECROP Benjamin228927
15ZIENKIEWICZ Janf228126
16PROKOFIEV Valentynm246425
17TREVISIOL Antoinef2265529½
18HAUB Thorsten Michaelg2303528
19DGEBUADZE Alexandreg2396527
20VERMOESEN Jordan2154524
21DECROP Hendrik2173523
22KUFFERATH Camille2104521
23SAAD Gabriel2196519
24SENTHIL MARAN Km233126
25REYMANN Nathan223325½
26DEGARDIN Sylvainf220325
27MALTEZEANU Stefan226924½
28DAESCHLER Florianf224324
29KAUNY Mathis206323½
30VAROQUIER Romain214223½
31IWANESKO Alexandref227122
32MARTINEZ MARTINEZ Mateo216421
33BELLUIRE Beatriceff210820
34SOLA Flavien205320
35BALTZER Yoan212516
36VENKATESH M.r.g2363426½
37TURESHBAYEV Anuar2097421½
38ZHANG Xiheng2063420½
39ALIFERENKO Aleksei2194420
40GIJSEN Stief2171420
57 players

17) 35th North American Open 2025

The 35th North American Open took place 26th to 30th December 2025. There was a 10 way tie for first place between Abdimalik Abdisalimov, Ehsan Ghaemmaghami, Koustav Chatterjee, Eytan Rozen, Mukhammadali Abdurakhmonov, Amilal Munkhdalai, Sachin Samant Aditya Alexander Ross Katz, Jianchao Zhou and Santiago Avila Pavas.

35th North American Open Las Vegas USA Fri 26th Dec 2025 - Tue 30th Dec 2025
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiRtgPtsPrize
1Abdisalimov, AbdimalikGM25616.52880
2Ghaemmaghami, EhsanGM24276.52880
3Chatterjee, KoustavGM24756.52880
4Rozen, EytanIM25156.52880
5Abdurakhmonov, MukhammadaliIM23546.52880
6Munkhdalai, AmilalIM24556.52880
7Samant, Aditya SachinGM25296.52880
8Katz, Alexander RossIM23586.52880
9Zhou, JianchaoGM25926.52880
10Pavas, Santiago AvilaGM25196.52880
11Liu, Eric ChangIM23906250
12Ozenir, Ekin BarisIM24336183.33
13Daza, Emilio CordovaGM24896183.33
14Silva, Lokumannage Susal Thew DeIM24056183.33
15Sethuraman, SandeepIM24176183.33
16Singh, Siddharth23626250
17Sonis, FrancescoGM25606183.33
18Petesch, Gabriel NicholasFM23336250
19Mikaelyan, ArmanGM24936183.33
20Feng, Eric Z21346250
21Boyer, MahelGM25275.5
22Li, RachaelWIM23255.5
23Lamaze, SimonIM24665.5
24Girel, JosephGM25035.5
25Schmakel, Sam AIM24395.5
26Colas, JoshuaFM22715.5
27Saydaliev, SaidakbarIM24575.5
28Khaledi, OmidFM23005.5
29Guo, EthanFM22955.5
30Mikhalevski, VictorGM25205.5
31Omelja, ArtemGM23955
32Zhu, LinxiFM22895
33Yang, RyanFM23195
34Wu, DerekFM22265
35Vivekananthan, AnishIM24125
36Jagirapu, Harshin Reddy21155
37Jagirapu, Jasmine Zhixin SFM22995
38Patel, Maahir M21215
39Fang, Elbert22005
40Shetty, Anshul P20075
125 players

18) 36th Cracovia 2025-26

The 36th Cracovia open took place 27th December to 4th January 2025. Casper Schoppen won with 7.5/9.

36th Cracovia Open A Krakow POL Sat 27th Dec 2025 - Sun 4th Jan 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiRtg+PtsTB1TB2TB3
1Schoppen, CasperGM256777.546.549.541
2Gumularz, SzymonGM260657495340
3Polak, TomasGM24446747.551.537
4Firman, NazarGM244167465338.5
5Balint, PeterFM24275745.54937.25
6Czernek, TymonFM239866.541.544.531
7Szczurek, KrzysztofFM225756.540.543.530.5
8Vingris,MikelisFM233956.534.537.527.75
9Kucza, KarolFM22635648.55332.25
10Alexiadis, HristosFM237046465031.25
11Pasti, AronIM2356364346.530.75
12Jarmula, LukaszGM241446434629.25
13Radzimski, AntoniFM23563642.546.530.75
14Stefanou, DimitriosFM2356564245.527.25
15Rudolf, MichalFM23024641.544.527.5
16Pankiv, MaksymFM230856404629.5
17Adharsh KFM23504638.54227.5
18Negrean, AndreiFM23345638.54226.5
19Musial, TomaszCM22133637.543.529.25
20Van der Merwe, Alexander21035637.54125.75
21Kaczmarek, AleksanderIM233456374024.75
22Ugorek, KacperCM224835.545.54826.5
23Dziewonski, DariuszFM228435.5444725.75
24Stickler, Florentin224935.543.54725.75
25Lewicki, MiroslawIM233845.543.54725.5
26Gierulski, Kamilk++224445.5434727
27Grygierczyk, Wojciechk214435.5434626.5
28Shilon Rahav, EliranFM236345.542.545.526
29Sidletskyi, IvanFM228955.54245.525.25
30Mrozowski, PatrykCM217745.541.54526.25
31Dubinski, MateuszFM221145.539.54323.75
32Koelber, Daniel227435.53843.524.5
33Brozyna, MateuszFM224735.537.541.524.75
34Sian, ShadiCM224045.537.540.523.5
35Golis, WiktorFM232145.5374023.25
36Jares, MichalFM232545.536.539.523.75
37Brzezina, PiotrFM236135454925
38Karwowski, KacperCM2267454447.523.75
39Madej, MarekFM22413543.547.523.75
40Goderdzishvili, GigaCM2233354245.524
148 players

19) 41st Boeblinger Open 2025

The 41st Boeblinger Open takes place 26th to 30th December 2025. Tobia Kölle won with 7.5/9. I don't think there will be games.

41st Boeblinger Open 2025 Boeblingen GER Fri 26th Dec 2025 - Tue 30th Dec 2025
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1
11Kölle, TobiasIMGER24717.52281
22Dann, MatthiasIMGER243472211
33Fedorovsky, MichaelIMGER238872182
45Ehmann, ThiloFMGER23536.52267
57Dubkov, AndrejFMGER23076.52203
64Docx, StefanIMBEL23716.52183
76Ngo, Quang ThaiFMVIE23246.52066
816Kutsanyan, AndranikUKR21846.51987
960Goldinov, DanielGER197462148
1044Young, MicahCMAUS201962111
1111Jochens, Arne, Dr.FMGER224562094
1248Thiemann, MarcGER20165.52167
1328Muller-Moingt, BastienFMFRA20805.52130
1426Doll, StefanGER20835.52126
1522Meyer, RolandGER21125.52115
1610Junesch, GerhardFMGER22525.52112
1767Sadbhav Rautela,IND19595.52101
1821Goossens, HanneWIMBEL21325.52083
1920Roos, DavidBEL21425.52075
2072Schramm, LucaGER19445.52068
2113Geltz, NoahGER22305.52036
2217Stotyn, FabianCMGER21765.52035
238Engel, BrunoGER22905.52026
249Chassard, CedricFMGER22815.52010
2519Weber, DanielGER21485.51973
2636Perreard, NicolasSUI204652150
2746Bräutigam, KaterinaWFMGER201752128
2815Dorst, JohannesFMGER219952123
2952Schulte, TorstenGER199652121
3069Aryan Goyal,IND195152040
87Wang, LachlanAUS191552040
3282Mallevaey, ArmandFRA192752038
3339Schupp, UweGER203852015
3451Kauth, LukasGER199652008
3534Foksha, MischaGER205152000
3623Wagner, RobertGER210851994
3718Förster, ErikGER216851979
3825Gärtner, MichaelGER208751954
3924Messner, HarryGER209551936
4041Lishoy Gengis Paratazham, DildarENG20324.52170
95 players

20) 5th Athens of the East Open 2025

The 5th Athens of the East Open took place 24th to 31st December 2025. Chakkravarthy J. Deepan won with 8.5/10.

5th Athens of the East Op Madurai IND Wed 24th Dec 2025 - Wed 31st Dec 2025
Leading Final Round 10 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
14Deepan, Chakkravarthy J.GMIND24268.5555848,75
26Fedorov, AlexeiGMBLR23777.558.562.544.5
38Srihari, LIMIND23587.557.561.545
41Rohith, Krishna SGMIND2489759.564.543,75
526Sri, Sai Baswanth PIND2268759.56440,75
671Sharnarthi, ShlokIND20737596341,75
72Srihari, L RGMIND247275962.540.5
839Prasannaa.S,FMIND2167758.56343
996Premshankar, B UIND203675661.542.5
1023Laxman, R.R.GMIND22737566142
1157Mani, SarbarthoCMIND2099755.55939,25
1220Jai, Sankar SubramanianFMIND228375357.538,25
1361Swain, AshirwadIND20917515437,25
1412Madhesh, Kumar SFMIND2324750.554.537,25
1528Manik, MikulasGMSVK2251748.55234,25
165Aleksandrov, AleksejGMBLR24096.55861.535.5
1733Palencia Morales, Wilson GuillermoIMCOL21856.5545734,25
1816Siddhanth, PoonjaIND23156.552.55633,75
1925Bhoir, Paras DilipIND22726.5525634,75
209Arpan, Das (Jr)IND23506.550.554.534.5
2129Sekar, BFMIND22186.55053.532,25
2214Gochelashvili, DavidIMRUS23206.548.55232,75
233Burmakin, VladimirGMRUS24286.548.55232,75
2413Tologon Tegin, SemeteiIMKGZ23226.547.55432,75
257John, Veny AkkarakaranFMIND23676.54649.531,25
2627Sherla, PrathameshCMIND22646.54649.531
2710Slizhevsky, AlexanderIMRUS23386.544.54831.5
2847Balkishan, A.IND2134653.557.529,25
2932Ahaz, E UIND2194652.556.531.5
30105Mayukh, MajumderIND20256525633,75
3144Arpith, S BijoyIND214365255.530
3262Murugan, KrishnamoorthyIMIND209065254.529.5
3358Bhosale, ShrirajIND2092651.555.530
3422Saravana, Krishnan P.IMIND2278649.553.528,25
3536Elgabry, MohsenIMEGY21776495329,75
3686Gokul, GIND2049648.552.528,75
3724Oblitas, CarlomagnoIMPER2272647.55129,75
38123Umashankar, AIND2006646.549.528
3965Vijay, Shreeram PIND208664649.527,25
40116Badamundi, TapanIND201164547.524.5
152 players

21) Bambuchess Chess Festival 2025

The Bambuchess Chess Festival took place 26th to 30th December 2025. The live coverage failed after four rounds. Beksultan Moldagali won the Masters A, Ivan Povshednyi the Masters B and Julian Francisco Figuero Toro the open.

Bambuchess Masters A 2025 Villablanca (Huelva) ESP Fri 26th Dec 2025 - Tue 30th Dec 2025
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg+PtsTB1TB2TB3
1Moldagali, BeksultanFMKAZ236657.00.528.03.0
2Adarsh TripathiIMIND229257.00.527.22.5
3Perez Marimon, Jorge De JesusFMCUB238046.00.522.51.5
4Balbuena Fuentes, MarioFMESP229146.00.521.21.5
5Buscara, SevanIMFRA219335.00.017.81.5
6Rodriguez Avila, AlvaroCMESP225144.00.013.01.0
7Elissalt Cardenas, HectorIMESP227123.50.511.21.0
8Gavilan Diaz, MarioFMESP222013.50.513.81.5
9Sanchez Gonzalez, Diego 2012ESP207222.00.05.00.0
10Biedma Martin, EnriqueFMESP216101.00.04.80.5
10 players
Bambuchess Masters B 2025 Villablanca (Huelva) ESP Fri 26th Dec 2025 - Tue 30th Dec 2025
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg+PtsTB1TB2TB3
1Povshednyi, IvanFMUKR237467.00.526.51.0
2Martin Carmona, Gaston ManuelFMESP230757.00.528.02.0
3Truter, MaximilianESP213045.50.023.51.5
4Minero Pineda, SergioIMCRC234225.00.020.51.5
5Feal Albala, AlonsoCMESP216434.02.017.81.5
6Barrero Garcia, CarlosIMESP227614.01.017.01.5
7Muratov, BatyrkhanFMKAZ233734.00.013.81.0
8Lazaro Azcutia, MiguelCMESP221223.50.012.20.5
9Touzane, OlivierIMFRA217422.51.08.50.0
10Roquero Redondo, MiguelESP217912.50.011.21.0
10 players
Bambuchess Open U2400 Villablanca (Huelva) ESP Fri 26th Dec 2025 - Tue 30th Dec 2025
Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg+PtsTB1TB2TB3
1Figuero Toro, Julian FranciscoFMESP221256.026.529.53
2Esquivias Quintero, Luis ManuelFMESP227945.027.530.04
3Bittner, TitusPOR206735.025.528.03
4Dupuis, Denis KENG204555.024.526.54
5Gutierrez Toro, RaulESP207745.022.525.54
6Alshameary Puente, IsmaelIMESP236534.528.532.04
7Sukhodolskyi, OleksiiUKR198934.527.028.53
8Chacon Perez, JuanESP217024.525.028.03
9Rios Gallardo, GuillermoESP205834.524.527.54
10Andreev, StanislavBUL203044.521.024.04
11Morales Araujo, Francisco JavierESP202234.026.529.53
12Riera Brito, RaulESP208434.025.028.04
13Luque Garcia, JuanESP185834.024.527.03
14Jeremias, Bianca AlbanoPOR194634.023.025.54
15Andres Flores, Antonio JoseESP201834.021.523.54
16Magi, RamonEST182123.524.527.03
17Banos Rosique, RafaelESP193533.523.525.53
18Vicente Garrote, Jose MariaESP201623.522.526.03
19Luna Ordonez, AlejandroESP190733.521.523.53
20Herrera Oliva, EnriqueESP199933.521.023.04
21Gutierrez Toro, DavidESP193713.027.030.03
22Mana Sierra, ManuelESP176423.023.025.54
23Sierra Ruiz, DanielESP186723.022.524.03
24Castillo Trujillo, LuisESP184723.022.023.53
25Dupy, LucasFRA185923.020.523.53
26Morell Altozano, NicolasESP181623.020.022.54
27Ramirez Sanchez, SamuelESP175713.019.522.52
28Camacho Belmonte, Angel LuisESP185022.520.522.53
29Roldan Moreno, IsabelESP179022.519.021.54
30Natale, RodolpheFRA189022.518.019.53
31Lopez Perea, MarioESP182912.518.019.53
32Fernandez Vargas, IsidroESP177022.517.519.03
33Escobar Rodriguez, AlvaroESP181612.019.521.54
34Pineda Ortega, VictorESP167922.017.519.03
35Vega Castilla, Antonio MiguelESP176711.518.020.03
36Villegas Fernandez, JuanESP186911.515.517.01
37Gomez Ledo, Roberto CarlosIMCUB237111.011.512.51
37 players
Bambuchess Rapid Open Villablanca (Huelva) ESP Fri 26th Dec 2025 - Tue 30th Dec 2025
Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg+PtsTB1TB2
1Franco Alonso, AlejandroIMESP239566.531.535.5
2Bittner, TitusPOR206766.030.533.5
3Barrero Garcia, CarlosIMESP227655.532.035.0
4Riera Brito, RaulHU208445.529.032.0
5Gomez Fernandez, DavidESP162455.528.530.5
6Andreev, StanislavBUL203055.528.031.0
7Escobar Rodriguez, AlvaroESP181655.527.530.5
8Dumont, Andre JulesBEL187955.028.530.5
9Ruiz de Toro, Carlos RobertoESP193155.028.031.0
10Vicente Garrote, Jose MariaESP201655.027.531.5
11Loulad, Mohamed ChekhMAR055.027.531.5
12Infantes Gonzalez, DavidESP212045.027.531.5
13Magi, RamonEST182155.026.528.5
14De la Cruz Diaz, VictorESP158455.026.027.0
15Neble Espina, ManuelESP055.024.025.5
16Caro Bellerin, JavierNF187344.527.529.5
17Luna Ordonez, AlejandroESP190734.526.529.5
18Santos Serrano, AlvaroESP162044.525.527.5
19Gomez Trigo, Jose JulioESP200744.525.028.0
20Infantes Gonzalez, MariaESP185344.523.526.5
21Villa Martinez, BasilioESP172734.028.029.0
22Dasi Llisto, PabloNF044.027.030.0
23Benjumea Cejudo, PabloHU172544.027.029.0
24Povhednyy, DenisUKR182234.026.529.5
25Vega Castilla, Antonio MiguelESP176734.026.527.5
26Soriano Salvatella, JacintoESP176744.026.526.5
27Morell Altozano, NicolasSE181644.025.528.5
28Fernandez Macias, EzequielESP156544.025.026.0
29Cepeda Gonzalez, DanielESP157644.024.526.5
30Dasi Acosta, PabloNF034.024.027.0
31Orta Garcia, RaulESP155534.024.026.5
32Camacho Belmonte, Angel LuisESP185044.023.526.5
33Caba de Guzman, MiguelESP178144.023.025.5
34Silva Martin, SantiagoESP169944.023.025.0
35Munoz Chaves, GinesESP173944.022.524.5
36Ramirez Sanchez, SamuelSE175734.022.524.5
37Pan, Angel JiayeESP171944.022.025.0
38Aguaded Pereira, Jose ManuelESP148534.022.024.5
39Marin Aroca, ManuelESP156044.022.024.0
40Franco Orbegozo, AlexESP149144.021.522.5
85 players

22) Barcelona Christmas RR 2025

The Barcelona Christmas Round Robins took place 26th to 30th December 2025. Carles Diaz Camallonga won the GM Group, Daniel Garcia Ramos the GM 2 and Carlos Alberto Chavez Suarez the IM Group.

Barcelona Christmas GM 1 Barcelona ESP Fri 26th Dec 2025 - Tue 30th Dec 2025
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
12Diaz Camallonga, CarlesIMESP24966.5051.5
23Gines Esteo, Pedro AntonioGMESP24665.51.532.5
36Tahay, AlexisIMFRA23305.5141
41Sosa, TomasGMARG25405.50.531
58Mompel Ferruz, XavierFMGEQ23064211.5
65Movsziszian, KarenGMARM237441.511.5
77Cruz, JonathanIMPER232741.511
84Prado Lobo, JonasIMESP23954111.5
99Del Prado Rodriguez, XulioFMESP24093.5031
1010Vergara Jofre, FelipeFMCHI22732.5010.5
10 players
Barcelona Christmas GM 1 Barcelona ESP Fri 26th Dec 2025 - Tue 30th Dec 2025. Category: 6. Ave: (2392)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Diaz Camallonga, Carles IM ESP 2496 # 0 1 = = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2546
2 Gines Esteo, Pedro Antonio GM ESP 2466 1 # 1 = = = = = 0 1 5.5 2463
3 Tahay, Alexis IM FRA 2330 0 0 # 1 = 1 = 1 1 = 5.5 2478
4 Sosa, Tomas GM ARG 2540 = = 0 # 1 = = = 1 1 5.5 2455
5 Mompel Ferruz, Xavier FM GEQ 2306 = = = 0 # 1 = = 0 = 4 2358
6 Prado Lobo, Jonas IM ESP 2395 = = 0 = 0 # = = 1 = 4 2348
7 Movsziszian, Karen GM ARM 2374 0 = = = = = # = 0 1 4 2351
8 Cruz, Jonathan IM PER 2327 0 = 0 = = = = # = 1 4 2356
9 Del Prado Rodriguez, Xulio FM ESP 2409 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 = # 0 3.5 2310
10 Vergara Jofre, Felipe FM CHI 2273 0 0 = 0 = = 0 0 1 # 2.5 2239
Barcelona Christmas GM 2 Barcelona ESP Fri 26th Dec 2025 - Tue 30th Dec 2025
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
14Garcia Ramos, DanielIMESP24406142.5
29Perea Fruet, LorenzoFMESP23916043
310Lu, MaximillianIMUSA23885032.5
41Kocharin, TimurFMGER23324.5112.5
56Fantinel, ThibaultIMFRA23944.5112
68Munoz, MiguelGMPER23244.5102.5
73Cesar Maestre, BernardoIMESP236940.502.5
7Oratovsky, MichaelGMISR237440.502.5
92Alonso Garcia, AaronIMESP24453.5011.5
105Moskalenko, ViktorGMESP24163002
10 players
Barcelona Christmas GM 2 Barcelona ESP Fri 26th Dec 2025 - Tue 30th Dec 2025. Category: 6. Ave: (2387)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Garcia Ramos, Daniel IM ESP 2440 # 1 0 = = = = 1 1 1 6 2506
2 Perea Fruet, Lorenzo FM ESP 2391 0 # 1 = 1 = 1 = = 1 6 2512
3 Lu, Maximillian IM USA 2388 1 0 # = 0 1 = = 1 = 5 2430
4 Munoz, Miguel GM PER 2324 = = = # = = = = = = 4.5 2394
5 Kocharin, Timur FM GER 2332 = 0 1 = # = = = = = 4.5 2393
6 Fantinel, Thibault IM FRA 2394 = = 0 = = # = = 1 = 4.5 2387
7 Cesar Maestre, Bernardo IM ESP 2369 = 0 = = = = # = = = 4 2346
8 Oratovsky, Michael GM ISR 2374 0 = = = = = = # = = 4 2346
9 Alonso Garcia, Aaron IM ESP 2445 0 = 0 = = 0 = = # 1 3.5 2301
10 Moskalenko, Viktor GM ESP 2416 0 0 = = = = = = 0 # 3 2259
Barcelona Christmas IM Barcelona ESP Fri 26th Dec 2025 - Tue 30th Dec 2025
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
16Chavez Suarez, Carlos AlbertoFMCUB22946.5053.5
27Travesset Sagre, JanFMESP23286054
310Cruz, FilemonIMPER22485.50.543.5
45Valenzuela Gomez, FernandoIMCHI23215.50.542.5
59Mellado Trivino, JuanIMESP23105013.5
61Suarez, SebastianUSA22684.5142.5
78Esplugas Esteve, VicencFMESP22714.5041.5
82Botta, MassimilianoITA22784032.5
94Atienza Alvarez, JavierESP21582011.5
103Boukhris-Ferre, YacineFRA21051.5000.5
10 players
Barcelona Christmas IM Barcelona ESP Fri 26th Dec 2025 - Tue 30th Dec 2025. Category: 1. Ave: (2258)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Chavez Suarez, Carlos Alberto FM CUB 2294 # = 0 = = 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2420
2 Travesset Sagre, Jan FM ESP 2328 = # 1 1 = 0 1 1 0 1 6 2375
3 Valenzuela Gomez, Fernando IM CHI 2321 1 0 # = = = 0 1 1 1 5.5 2331
4 Cruz, Filemon IM PER 2248 = 0 = # = 1 1 0 1 1 5.5 2339
5 Mellado Trivino, Juan IM ESP 2310 = = = = # 1 = = = = 5 2295
6 Esplugas Esteve, Vicenc FM ESP 2271 0 1 = 0 0 # 0 1 1 1 4.5 2257
7 Suarez, Sebastian USA 2268 0 0 1 0 = 1 # 0 1 1 4.5 2257
8 Botta, Massimiliano ITA 2278 0 0 0 1 = 0 1 # 1 = 4 2213
9 Atienza Alvarez, Javier ESP 2158 0 1 0 0 = 0 0 0 # = 2 2049
10 Boukhris-Ferre, Yacine FRA 2105 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = # 1.5 2002

23) Basel Christmas Schachfestival 2025

The Basel Christmas Schachfestival took place 26th to 30th December 2025. Matthieu Cornette won with 7.5/9.

Basel Christmas Open 2025 Basel SUI Fri 26th Dec 2025 - Tue 30th Dec 2025
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
14Cornette MatthieuGMFRA25177.54751.52344
21Lagarde MaximeGMFRA2608749.554.52362
33Chatalbashev BorisGMDEN2522748.552.52338
419Mehmed ElifWGMSRB22906.547.5512356
56Toktomushev TeimurIMSUI24126.54548.52310
62Maze SebastienGMFRA25346.54244.52253
78Pavlovic MilosGMSRB24036.53945.52239
816Citak SelimFMTUR231464851.52334
911Besou HussainFMGER2396645.5502267
107Martinez Ramirez LennisIMCUB2409644.5482261
1113Ostensen Nicolai MaximeFMNOR236564447.52298
125Lumachi GabrieleIMITA2427643472252
139Riff Jean-NoelGMFRA2399642.545.52225
1425Zheng Harry ZENG2270642442196
1531Yilmaz BaverFMTUR224464144.52214
1626Xu YangCHN2266637.540.52232
1714Farokhi KeyvanFMGER23455.54851.52357
1817Fiskaaen Martin HoltenFMNOR23015.544.547.52299
1939Federer ColinFMSUI22165.544482297
2021Llari MarcFMFRA22855.541442244
2149Kappeler KasparFMSUI21415.538.5412180
2233Schellenberg SimonSUI22335.53538.52133
2335Fernandez Barbosa Dos Santos GabrielCMSUI2227545.5482277
2428Ternault MathieuFMFRA2251543.547.52243
2512Sedlak NikolaGMSRB2394543462267
2624Manko MariiaWIMSUI227454345.52246
2722Ciric PavleFMSRB2282542.5462229
2827Borne FelixFMFRA2261540.543.52249
2915Malinowsky LeviFMGER2321539.543.52237
3045Chen MuxiCHN217753941.52224
3136Frey FabianSUI2227538.5422152
3248Tsiapko AndriiPOL2143538.540.52262
3385Rahimi RahimGER2018537.540.52158
3455Foerster-Yialamas LucasCMGER2125537.539.52218
3529Nemeth ZalanFMIRL2249536.541.52179
3663Keerti Shree ReddyWFMIND2092536.5402221
3741Neuhoff LaertesGER2210536.5402203
3823Pak AlexanderFRA2282531.534.52109
3946Kochavi DanaFMISR21634.540.5442258
4079Pal RohanENG20544.538.5422244
90 players

24) Bremen Silvester Open 2025

The Bremen Silvester Open took place 27th to 30th December 2025. Julian Kramer won with 6/7.

Bremen Silvester Open A Bremen GER Sat 27th Dec 2025 - Tue 30th Dec 2025
Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2
11Kramer, JulianGER248762531
24Zude, ArnoGER22875.52331
35Nechitaylo, NikitaGER22335.522.529
46Ziegenfuß, AntoniaGER22305.52029
515Bundan, EdwardGER208051930
616Lu, Yunong EliasGER206251826.5
79Pahl, TheisGER22144.52330
83Lammers, MarkusGER22974.52130
918Tibke, JonasGER20424.51621
1011Hedke, FredGER21624.515.526
1110Pahl, ErikGER219441931
128Müer, SebastianGER221541828.5
1319Hundack, RolfGER203641826.5
1428Eßer, JulianGER1963416.530
1513Rudolph, PeterGER2116416.525.5
162Schulze, LaraGER23353.51922.5
177Tiarks, Jann-ChristianGER22223.518.528
1822Möwisch, DaveGER20143.516.525.5
1920Kovalov, YaroslavGER20243.514.523
2017Berresheim, HelmutGER20503.514.523
2121Pautz, PeterGER20193.51423
2236Ziegenfuß, LarissaGER19013.513.523
2324Walz, FabianGER19963.512.522
2423Benecke, TorstenGER19983.51125.5
2526Stern, PhilippGER19783.51120.5
2630Braun, JulianGER1940312.523
2742Schmidt, BjarneGER181531119.5
2840Tegetmeier, BirgerGER1826310.524
2932Viet, SilasGER19193818
3025Thomas, JeremyGER19852.51124
3141Viet, KianGER18202.510.521
3233Czappa, Fabian AlexanderGER19142.59.520.5
3337Ditmas, HughGER19012.5823
3435Goldenstein, ArndGER19052.5819
3531Pienski, OlafGER19242.5520.5
3614Wichtrup, Jan-LouisGER211521224
3739Reich, ElisabethGER1839210.526
3838Hentrop, MalteGER18471.59.519
3943Laakmann, JanGER18041518.5
4027Gerhardt, Peter-MichaelGER19761220
42 players

25) Cornerstone Holidays 2025

The Cornerstone Holidays tournaments took place in Sunnyvale, California 26th to 30th December 2025. Josiah Stearman won the GM Group, Ivan Soriano the IMA and Diego Flores the IMB.

Cornerstone Holidays GM Sunnyvale USA Fri 26th Dec 2025 - Tue 30th Dec 2025
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPts
17Stearman, JosiahIMUSA24755.5
22Jing, AndrewFMUSA23535
25Nagy, GaborGMHUN24435
44Levine, JosephIMUSA23995
56Kunka, HarshidIMUSA24724.5
58Lee, AliceIMUSA24084.5
510Delgado, NeurisGMPAR25034.5
89Sorokin, AlekseyGMRUS25304
93Lohia, SohumIMENG24103.5
101Griffith, KyronIMUSA24173.5
10 players
Cornerstone Holidays GM Sunnyvale USA Fri 26th Dec 2025 - Tue 30th Dec 2025. Category: 8. Ave: (2441)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Stearman, Josiah IM USA 2475 # = = 0 = = = 1 1 1 5.5 2517
2 Nagy, Gabor GM HUN 2443 = # = 1 = = = = = = 5 2484
3 Jing, Andrew FM USA 2353 = = # = 1 = 1 0 = = 5 2494
4 Levine, Joseph IM USA 2399 1 0 = # = 0 = 1 = 1 5 2489
5 Kunka, Harshid IM USA 2472 = = 0 = # 1 = = 1 0 4.5 2438
6 Lee, Alice IM USA 2408 = = = 1 0 # 0 = = 1 4.5 2445
7 Delgado Ramirez, Neuris GM PAR 2503 = = 0 = = 1 # = = = 4.5 2434
8 Sorokin, Aleksey GM RUS 2530 0 = 1 0 = = = # = = 4 2388
9 Lohia, Sohum IM ENG 2410 0 = = = 0 = = = # = 3.5 2364
10 Griffith, Kyron IM USA 2417 0 = = 0 1 0 = = = # 3.5 2364
Cornerstone Holidays IMA Sunnyvale USA Fri 26th Dec 2025 - Tue 30th Dec 2025
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPts
15Soriano, IvanIMPER23697.5
21Mirzoev, AzerGMAZE24716.5
310Jimenez, EmmanuelIMCRC23635.5
49Jiang, LucasFMUSA22565.5
56Yan, NathanFMUSA21555
62Wongso, SteveUSA21994
78Singhania, VatsalFMIND22284
87Zhou, RuoyuUSA21713.5
94Champsi, ImranUSA20782
103Bagdasarian, AraratUSA20501.5
10 players
Cornerstone Holidays IMA Sunnyvale USA Fri 26th Dec 2025 - Tue 30th Dec 2025. Category: None. Ave: (2228)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Soriano Quispe, Ivan Excender IM PER 2369 # = = 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 7.5 2486
2 Mirzoev, Azer GM AZE 2471 = # 1 = 1 0 1 = 1 1 6.5 2367
3 Jimenez Garcia, Emmanuel IM CRC 2363 = 0 # 1 = 1 = = = 1 5.5 2293
4 Jiang, Lucas FM USA 2256 0 = 0 # 0 1 1 1 1 1 5.5 2305
5 Yan, Nathan FM USA 2155 0 0 = 1 # = = = 1 1 5 2280
6 Wongso, Steve USA 2199 0 1 0 0 = # = 1 = = 4 2189
7 Vatsal, Singhania FM IND 2228 0 0 = 0 = = # = 1 1 4 2185
8 Zhou, Ruoyu USA 2171 = = = 0 = 0 = # = = 3.5 2155
9 Champsi, Imran USA 2078 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 = # = 2 2025
10 Bagdasarian, Ararat USA 1994 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = = # 1.5 1981
Cornerstone Holidays IMB Sunnyvale USA Fri 26th Dec 2025 - Tue 30th Dec 2025
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPts
16Flores, DiegoIMPER24097
21Atwell, RoseFMUSA23307
33Sivakumar, ShaakethFMUSA22646
49Arenas, DavidGMCOL23525.5
510Figueredo, LeonelIMMEX22975.5
67Doknjas, NeilCMCAN22423.5
72Guntaka, AayanshFMUSA21443
85Xia, JoshuaUSA20503
94Chinni, RishabhUSA21202.5
108Nasta, KirenUSA22002
10 players

26) Cornerstone Holidays #2 2025-26

The Cornerstone Holidays #2 took place 31st December to 4th January 2026. Joshua Sheng, Diego Flores, and Neuris Delgado were the winners of the GM, IMA and IMB.

Cornerstone Holiday #2 GM Sunnyvale USA Wed 31st Dec 2025 - Sun 4th Jan 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPts
19Sheng, JoshuaGMUSA6.5
23Mirzoev, AzerGMAZE5.5
310Jiang, LucasFMUSA5.5
45Nagy, GaborGMHUN5
57Lohia, SohumIMENG4.5
61Li, RachaelWIMUSA4
74Lee, AliceIMUSA3.5
86Shankar, GauriIMIND3.5
92Atwell, RoseFMUSA3.5
108Colville, JulianFMUSA3.5
10 players
Cornerstone Holiday #2 GM Sunnyvale USA Wed 31st Dec 2025 - Sun 4th Jan 2026. Category: 6. Ave: (2384)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Sheng, Joshua GM USA 2492 # = = = 1 1 = = 1 1 6.5 2538
2 Mirzoev, Azer GM AZE 2471 = # 1 = = = = = = 1 5.5 2454
3 Jiang, Lucas FM USA 2256 = 0 # = 1 = = 1 = 1 5.5 2478
4 Nagy, Gabor GM HUN 2443 = = = # = = = = = 1 5 2420
5 Lohia, Sohum IM ENG 2410 0 = 0 = # 1 = 1 1 0 4.5 2381
6 Li, Rachael WIM USA 2325 0 = = = 0 # 1 = 0 1 4 2347
7 Lee, Alice IM USA 2408 = = = = = 0 # = = 0 3.5 2301
8 Gauri, Shankar IM IND 2400 = = 0 = 0 = = # = = 3.5 2302
9 Atwell, Rose FM USA 2330 0 = = = 0 1 = = # 0 3.5 2310
10 Colville, Julian FM USA 2301 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 = 1 # 3.5 2313
Cornerstone Hols #2 IMA Sunnyvale USA Wed 31st Dec 2025 - Sun 4th Jan 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPts
12Flores, DiegoIMPER24097.5
27Guo, EthanFMUSA22956
35Figueredo, LeonelIMMEX22975.5
310Soriano, IvanIMPER23695.5
53Guo, FelixUSA21115
61Venkatesh, NarayanFMUSA22884.5
76Doknjas, NeilCMCAN22424
89Liu, PatrickFMUSA22113
98Chinni, RishabhUSA21203
104Singhal, SanatIND19271
10 players
Cornerstone Hols #2 IMA Sunnyvale USA Wed 31st Dec 2025 - Sun 4th Jan 2026. Category: None. Ave: (2227)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Flores Quillas, Diego Saul Rodri IM PER 2409 # 1 = = = 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2480
2 Guo, Ethan FM USA 2295 0 # 1 = = = 1 = 1 1 6 2344
3 Figueredo Losada, Leonel IM MEX 2297 = 0 # = 1 = = 1 = 1 5.5 2299
4 Soriano Quispe, Ivan Excender IM PER 2369 = = = # = = 0 1 1 1 5.5 2291
5 Guo, Felix USA 2111 = = 0 = # 1 0 = 1 1 5 2283
6 Venkatesh, Narayan FM USA 2288 0 = = = 0 # 1 0 1 1 4.5 2220
7 Doknjas, Neil CM CAN 2242 0 0 = 1 1 0 # = 0 1 4 2182
8 Liu, Patrick FM USA 2211 0 = 0 0 = 1 = # = 0 3 2104
9 Chinni, Rishabh USA 2120 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 = # 1 3 2114
10 Sanat Singhal IND 1927 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 # 1 1909
Cornerstone Hols #2 IMB Sunnyvale USA Wed 31st Dec 2025 - Sun 4th Jan 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPts
16Delgado, NeurisGMPAR25037.5
24Tang, DylanFMUSA22186
39Arenas, DavidGMCOL23525.5
48Jimenez, EmmanuelIMCRC23635.5
510Sivakumar, ShaakethFMUSA22645
65Nasta, KirenUSA22004.5
73Singhania, VatsalFMIND22284
82Talwalkar, VedantFMUSA20953
97Pulijala, AkshajUSA18302
101Ling, ChenxuanCMUSA20992
10 players
Cornerstone Hols #2 IMB Sunnyvale USA Wed 31st Dec 2025 - Sun 4th Jan 2026. Category: None. Ave: (2215)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Delgado Ramirez, Neuris GM PAR 2503 # 1 = = = 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2456
2 Tang, Dylan FM USA 2218 0 # = 1 = 1 = 1 1 = 6 2340
3 Arenas, David GM COL 2352 = = # = = 0 1 = 1 1 5.5 2280
4 Jimenez Garcia, Emmanuel IM CRC 2363 = 0 = # = = = 1 1 1 5.5 2279
5 Sivakumar, Shaaketh FM USA 2264 = = = = # 1 0 1 0 1 5 2253
6 Nasta, Kiren Vivek USA 2200 0 0 1 = 0 # 1 = 1 = 4.5 2217
7 Vatsal, Singhania FM IND 2228 0 = 0 = 1 0 # 1 0 1 4 2171
8 Talwalkar, Vedant FM USA 2095 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 # 1 1 3 2104
9 Pulijala, Akshaj USA 1830 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 # 0 2 2038
10 Ling, Chenxuan CM USA 2099 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 # 2 2008

27) Cornerstone New Year's Classic Swiss 2026

The Cornerstone New Year's Classic Swiss took place 2nd to 4th January 2026. Aleksey Sorokin, Abdimalik Abdisalimov and Mukhammadali Abdurakhmonov shared first with 4/5.

Cornerstone NY Swiss 2026 Sunnyvale USA Sat 3rd Jan 2026 - Mon 5th Jan 2026
Leading Final Round 5 Standings:
RkNameTiRtg12345PtsPrize
1Sorokin, AlekseyGM2644W18W3D6W4D241250
2Abdisalimov, AbdimalikGM2561W25W10D8W6D141250
3Abdurakhmonov, MukhammadaliIM2354W22L1W28W23W841250
4Heimann, MarkGM2599W19D7W11L1W103.5
5Bick, GabrielIM2450W28L11W15W13D73.5
6Taghizadeh, RayanFM2385W30W27D1L2W143.5
7Virtanen, TeemuFM2364W21D4D13W16D53.5
8Jing, AndrewFM2374W20W15D2D14L33
9Petrov, VladimirIM2335D23D13W27L10W173
10Rajaram, RohanCM2308W12L2W20W9L43
11Mahajan, RushaanFM2265W17W5L4H---H---3250
12Mallela, Abhishek2131L10L28B---W27W203250
13Paragiri, Reyansh2119B---D9D7L5W193250
14Saydaliev, SaidakbarIM2457L27W30W25D8L62.5
15Ai, Evan2259W31L8L5W24D162.5
16Iinuma, Paul2161H---W24D23L7D152.5
17Qi, JennyWFM2130L11B---D19W21L92.5
18Yao, Hanchi2236L1L20D24D22W262
19Nanugonda, Vishva2225L4D21D17W28L132
20Dasika, Archit2189L8W18L10W25L122
21Gopalakrishnan, Kritin2166L7D19W26L17D252
22Bagdasarian, Ararat2146L3L25D30D18W272
23Karthikeyan, Harishkumar2134D9W26D16L3U---2
24Bhatta, Rohit2117H---L16D18L15B---2
25Gattani, Sarthak2202L2W22L14L20D211.5
26Vidyarthi, OmyaWIM2202D29L23L21W30L181.5
27Biyiasas, Theo2200W14L6L9L12L221
28Winslow, ElliottIM2200L5W12L3L19U---1
29Sethuraman, SandeepIM2503D26U---U---U---U---0.5
30Senthilkumar, PranavCM2195L6L14D22L26U---0.5
31Lomasov, SemyonGM2678L15U---U---U---U---0
31 players

28) Montreal Pere Noel Open 2025

The Montreal Pere Noel Open took place 27th to 30th December 2025. Druska Juraj won with 4.5/5, I don't have any games but they often turn up.

Pere Noel Open 2025 Montreal CAN Sat 27th Dec 2025 - Tue 30th Dec 2025
Leading Final Round 5 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgTB1TB2TB3
11Juraj, DruskaGMSVK26064.5015.5
22Le Siege, AlexandreGMCAN25084016.5
33Chiku-Ratte, Olivier-KentaIMCAN24574016.5
410Batorshyn, IliaNMCAN22704014.5
54Ouellet, Maili-JadeWGMCAN24464014
68Clyde, JordanNMCAN22794014
726Sun, JonathanCAN20454012
85Latorre, VincentFMCAN24163.5015.5
96Guillemette, HugoNMCAN23333.5015
1011Saha, AnandaNMCAN22683.5014.5
1112Kraiouchkine, NikitaNMCAN22623.5014.5
127Duong, Thanh NhaIMCAN23003.5013.5
1317Bérubé, MaximilienCAN21373.5013.5
1419Jutras, ArnaudCAN21103.5011
1525Turcotte, JonathanCAN20543.509.5
1615Iordanescu, Victor NicolaeCAN21933017
179Gutierrez, RenzoPER22753016
1832Duval, MathieuCAN20013014.5
1922Di Matteo, AlessioCAN20753014
2024Atmani, AmineALG20623014
2130Hartner, RianCAN20163014
2214Genzling, JérômeFRA22163013.5
2333Saillant, ChristopherCAN19983013
2469Doshi, NabhyaCAN16423013
2520Ramesan, Raunak AmitCAN21013012
2631Jacquet, StéphaneFRA20153012
2742Alcantara, MaximoCAN19123012
2813Hrivnak, VladimirSVK22383011.5
2927Charaf, BasselLBN20423011
3050Digeon, TristanFRA1845309.5
3134Porlier, XavierCAN19912.5014.5
3240Steinberg, EllisCAN19562.5014.5
3357Mahfoudh, Baha EddineTUN18222.5013.5
3459Yang, Jing YaoCAN18002.5013.5
3535Landry, SylvainCAN19832.5012.5
3618Morin, RicherCAN21372.5012
3736Zhang, YitianCAN19732.5012
3816Lopez Linares, Lizandro FernandoNMCAN21902.5011.5
3923Mok, Yuen TakCAN20662.5011.5
4066Ramos, HeidiCAN16792.5010
72 players

29) XLIV Ludwika Zamenhofa Memorial 2025

The XLIV Ludwika Zamenhofa Memorial took place 27th to 31st December 2025. Aleksandras Salna won with 7/9.

44 Ludwika Zamenhofa Mem Bialystok POL Sat 27th Dec 2025 - Wed 31st Dec 2025
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
1Salna, AleksandrasFMLTU22907.038.0047.5036.75
2Psyk, Radoslawk++POL25046.538.5050.0034.25
3Jakubowski, KrzysztofGMPOL24376.535.0044.5031.50
4Nasuta, GrzegorzGMPOL24986.038.0049.0032.00
5Krawczyk, FlawianCMPOL22926.036.0045.5028.50
6Piesik, PiotrIMCZE24075.540.0051.0029.25
7Obrycki, TomaszI++POL20685.539.5051.0032.25
8Baum, JonaszIMPOL24465.536.0047.5026.75
9Kozak, AntonimPOL24265.535.5046.5026.75
10Terkiewicz, BrunoCMPOL22115.535.0044.5022.75
11Turski, BartlomiejFMPOL24115.535.0043.5024.75
12Pidluznij, GlebIMLTU24115.534.5044.5025.00
13Mayorau, MikitaGMPOL24725.534.0045.0024.25
14Kokoszczynski, JanFMPOL22755.534.0043.0024.00
15Lecki, Leonardk+POL21945.533.5043.5023.50
16Lewtak, DamianIMPOL23335.532.5042.0023.00
17Niedbala, BartlomiejIMPOL23805.036.0045.5023.00
18Krol, JankPOL22025.034.0043.5022.50
19Kulig, PawelI++POL21725.034.0043.0020.75
20Wojdak, Jank++POL22144.536.5047.0022.50
21Rekuc, PatrykFMPOL22884.536.0046.0019.25
22Rajbharath, HarjithIPOL20024.534.0043.0016.00
23Sernecki, FranciszekFMPOL23064.534.0042.5017.75
24Cukrowski, FilipIMPOL24174.532.5041.0015.50
25Greicius, PijuskLTU21704.531.5039.5017.25
26Rozycki, Bartlomiejk++POL21974.529.5039.0015.75
27Kondys, PiotrCMPOL21364.527.5036.5015.00
28Karut, KacperkPOL21484.527.0035.0015.75
29Kaczmarek, ArkadiuszkPOL20624.526.5034.5012.50
30Backiel, HubertkPOL22584.526.5033.5015.00
31Butkiewicz, JankPOL21994.031.5040.5015.50
32Przybylski, JankPOL21524.028.0036.0015.25
33Borowik, WojciechkPOL22044.027.5035.5012.50
34Buklaho, IgnacyI++POL20494.025.5032.5011.25
35Podgorski, MaciejI++POL20304.025.5032.0013.25
36Ejsymont, ErykI++POL20223.530.5040.509.50
37Haladaj, AdamI++POL20623.528.0036.0012.75
38Obolonin, FilippkEST21033.030.5039.0012.00
39Korszanski, StanislawCMPOL21873.029.5037.5011.50
40Serafin, FranciszekIPOL20333.027.0034.509.50
49 players

30) ch-IRQ 2025

The Iraq Championship took place 23rd to 30th December 2025. Salah Mohammed Zozek won with 8.5/11.

ch-IRQ 2025 Sulaymaniyah IRQ Tue 23rd Dec 2025 - Tue 30th Dec 2025
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
111Zozek, Salah MohammedIRQ22038.542,7540,750
24Aryan, Ali EhsanIRQ2144838.536.50
312Alothman, Ali Layth AhmedIRQ22017.535.533.50
45Salih, Akar Ali SalihIRQ21916.531300
53Moazaz, Dhahir HabeebIRQ21716.529,2527,250
66Al-Ali, Hussein Ali HusseinIRQ2148629270
72Ali, Zain Al Abdin Hameed Al-MusawiIRQ21005.528260
81Baqer, Hameed Khalaf Al-MusawiIRQ19954.522,7521,750
97Ali, Firas QassimIRQ20174.520,2519,250
108Rabeea, Sabah NoriIRQ2112419.517.50
1110Rawaz, Omar HamaIRQ19972.510.59.50
129Rebaz, Nasir JamalIRQ2093297,750
12 players
ch-IRQ 2025 Sulaymaniyah IRQ Tue 23rd Dec 2025 - Tue 30th Dec 2025. Category: None. Ave: (2114)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts TPR
1 Zozek Salah Mohammed FM IRQ 2203 # = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 0 1 1 8.5 2317
2 Aryan, Ali Ehsan CM IRQ 2144 = # = = = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 8 2287
3 Alothman , Ali Layth Ahmed FM IRQ 2201 = = # = = 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 7.5 2239
4 Salih, Akar Ali Salih FM IRQ 2191 0 = = # = = = = 1 1 1 = 6.5 2172
5 Moazaz, Dhahir Habeeb FM IRQ 2171 0 = = = # = 0 = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2174
6 Al-Ali, Hussein Ali Hussein IM IRQ 2148 = 0 1 = = # 0 0 = 1 1 1 6 2147
7 ALI ZAIN Al ABDIN HAMEED AL-MUSAWI IRQ 2100 0 = 0 = 1 1 # = 0 1 0 1 5.5 2116
8 BAQER HAMEED KHALAF AL-MUSAWI CM IRQ 1995 0 = 0 = = 1 = # 0 0 1 = 4.5 2060
9 Ali Firas Qassim IRQ 2017 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 1 # 0 1 = 4.5 2058
10 Rabeea, Sabah Nori FM IRQ 2112 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 # 0 1 4 2013
11 Rawaz, Omar Hama IRQ 1997 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 # = 2.5 1914
12 Rebaz, Nasir Jamal IRQ 2093 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 = = 0 = # 2 1854

31) Obro x CXU New Year 2025

The Obro x CXU New Year took place 27th to 30th December 2025. Viktor Haarmark Nielsen won with 6/7.

Obro x CXU New Year 2025 Copenhagen DEN Sat 27th Dec 2025 - Tue 30th Dec 2025
Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
RkNameRtgGmsPtsPerf
1IM Viktor Haarmark Nielsen236876
2IM Nicolai Kistrup23657
2IM Jakob Aabling-Thomsen23407
2IM Jens Ove Fries Nielsen22737
5GM Jonny Hector241875
5FM Jens Albert Ramsdal231775
5IM Hilmir Freyr Heimisson230375
5FM Jeppe Hald Falkesgaard224075
9FM Martin Matthiesen22896
9Daniel Tuk Hartsø Jarlskov22027
9FM Mogens Moe20977
9Thorbjørn Rosenlund20627
9Andreas Peitersen20547
9Luis Alzaga19967
15FM Søren Bech Hansen224374
15FM August Jalving223174
15Oscar Jacob Veiergang220874
15WIM Ellen Fredericia Nilssen214274
15Asbjørn Vesterkær Slavensky211874
15Andreas Skovgaard209874
15Bjarke Gregor205674
15Mikkel Ramsdal193574
15Hanesh Ravikumar190774
15Lasse Emil Petersen190474
25Jan Nordenbæk Pedersen21717
25Peter Thorsbro21575
25Henrik Porte21227
25Michael R. W. Olsen21157
25Martin Lee Lauritsen21157
25Mogens Henrik Thuesen21137
25Richard Lilja21047
25Vedant Kumar Saravana20637
25Noah Paludan19997
25Oliver Kaehne Snedker19447
25Tristan Lund Elnegaard18677
25Christoffer Vinther17477
25Pia Nielsen15417
38Lasse Andreas Ramsdal194873
38Valdemar Hirshals073
38Yogasimman Kamal176273
60 players

32) Hong Kong International Open 2025

The Hong Kong International Open took place 23rd to 29th December 2025. Ganzorig Amartuvshin won with 7.5/9. Additional games now available.

Hong Kong Open 2025 Hong Kong HKG Tue 23rd Dec 2025 - Mon 29th Dec 2025
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
112Amartuvshin, GanzorigIMMGL24157.50545.5
23Peng, XiongjianGMCHN252170248
32Visakh, N RGMIND252670247.5
46Sipila, VilkaIMFIN24786.50348.5
54Ilamparthi, A RIMIND25206.50344.5
617Stopa, JacekGMPOL23356.50340
710Pang, TaoGMCHN24456.50245.5
85Gupta, AbhijeetGMIND25076.50143.5
920Kwon, SehyunFMKOR229860441
101Vavulin, MaximGMGER254260350.5
1118Yan, TianqiWIMCHN233460348
1236Jin, RuijunCHN216460344
137Jiang, HaochenIMCHN245960245.5
148Poetsch, HagenGMGER245760244
1552Gopal, Krishna MaheshwariIND208260238
1631Asaka, SamuelAUS219560236.5
1711Zhao, Zong-YuanGMAUS244260146
1845Tenguundalai, GanbatFMMGL211660144.5
1933Hong, MingrenCHN217660144
2023Nolte, RolandoIMPHI227860142
219Triapishko, AlexandrIMFID245160141.5
2232Shen, FuyanCHN219060042
2347Bhuvan, Krishna PrasanthIND21075.50337
2414Nie, XinyangIMCHN23915.50245
2528Zhu, Harvey (Hanchen)AUS22085.50241.5
2619Yun, HungiFMKOR23105.50241.5
2774Naransolongo, ZorigooWCMMGL19825.50240.5
2844Kao, Jamison EdrichCMHKG21275.50237.5
2913Zou, ChenIMCHN24145.50146.5
3064Xu, WeiCHN20235.50141.5
3127Aakanksha, HagawaneWIMIND22425.50140.5
3242Bancod, RonaldIMPHI21355.50140
3322Chen, ZhenCHN22815.50139.5
3430Wen, GehuaCMCHN21975.50138.5
3540Hu, YifeiFMAUS21515.50137.5
3638Casiguran, Phil MartinPHI21575.50137
3724Gao, MuziyanWIMCHN227550242.5
3841Zhang, XiaoWIMCHN214850241
3937Gong, ChangdaCHN215850240.5
4016Liu, ZhaoqiIMCHN236450240
129 players

33) 10th Hanoi Chess 2026

The 10th Hanoi Chess took place 30th December to 5th January 2026. Pham Tran Gia Phuc, Jan Emmanuel Garcia and Nguyen Xuan Phuong were the winners of the GM, IM and FM events.

10th Hanoi Chess GM 2026 Hanoi VIE Tue 30th Dec 2025 - Mon 5th Jan 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1
19Pham Tran Gia PhucIMVIE2463627,75
25Ravi Teja S.IMIND24085.523.5
38Quizon DanielGMPHI24205.522,75
410Dinh Nho KietFMVIE23265.521.5
52Chernyavsky AlexanderFMRUS23175.520,75
63Laohawirapap PrinIMTHA2412521,25
76Gomez John PaulGMPHI2371419,75
84Wynn Zaw HtunIMMYA23483.512
91Lee JunhyeokIMKOR24412.510.5
107Tu Hoang ThongGMVIE236828,25
10 players
10th Hanoi Chess GM 2026 Hanoi VIE Tue 30th Dec 2025 - Mon 5th Jan 2026. Category: 6. Ave: (2387)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Ravi, Teja S. IM IND 2408 # 1 = = = = = = = 1 5.5 2465
2 Quizon, Daniel GM PHI 2420 0 # = = 1 = = 1 = 1 5.5 2464
3 Dinh Nho Kiet FM VIE 2326 = = # = 0 1 = = 1 1 5.5 2474
4 Chernyavsky, Alexander FM RUS 2317 = = = # 0 = = 1 1 1 5.5 2475
5 Pham Tran Gia Phuc IM VIE 2463 = 0 1 1 # = 0 1 1 5 2466
6 Laohawirapap, Prin IM THA 2412 = = 0 = = # 1 1 1 0 5 2428
7 Gomez, John Paul GM PHI 2371 = = = = 1 0 # = 0 = 4 2346
8 Wynn, Zaw Htun IM MYA 2348 = 0 = 0 0 0 = # 1 1 3.5 2312
9 Lee, Junhyeok IM KOR 2441 = = 0 0 0 1 0 # = 2.5 2230
10 Tu, Hoang Thong GM VIE 2368 0 0 0 0 0 1 = 0 = # 2 2170
10th Hanoi Chess IM 2026 Hanoi VIE Tue 30th Dec 2025 - Mon 5th Jan 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1
13Garcia Jan EmmanuelIMPHI2425727
26Soham KamotraIMIND24046.524.5
31Bao KhoaIMVIE22186.524,25
410Bui VinhGMVIE2347622,75
58Le Phan Hoang QuanCMVIE2185515
64Liyanage Pesandu RashmithaFMSRI21464.517,25
79Ngo Duc TriFMVIE2234412
85Nguyen Vuong Tung LamCMVIE2136313,75
97Harshit AmarnaniIND20711.52.5
102Nguyen Thanh Thuy TienWIMVIE198213
10 players
10th Hanoi Chess IM 2026 Hanoi VIE Tue 30th Dec 2025 - Mon 5th Jan 2026. Category: None. Ave: (2215)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Garcia, Jan Emmanuel IM PHI 2425 # = = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 7 2411
2 Soham, Kamotra IM IND 2404 = # = = = 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2360
3 Bao Khoa IM VIE 2218 = = # = 0 1 1 1 1 5.5 2353
4 Bui Vinh GM VIE 2347 = = = # = = = 1 1 5 2291
5 Liyanage, Pesandu Rashmitha FM SRI 2146 0 = 1 = # 0 = 0 1 1 4.5 2222
6 Le Phan Hoang Quan CM VIE 2185 0 0 0 = 1 # = 1 1 4 2248
7 Ngo, Duc Tri FM VIE 2234 0 = = = # = 1 1 4 2243
8 Nguyen, Vuong Tung Lam CM VIE 2136 = 0 0 = 1 0 = # = 0 3 2099
9 Harshit Amarnani IND 2071 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = # 1 1.5 1958
10 Nguyen Thanh Thuy Tien WIM VIE 1982 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 # 1 1926
10th Hanoi Chess FM 2026 Hanoi VIE Tue 30th Dec 2025 - Mon 5th Jan 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
15Nguyen Xuan Phuong,CMVIE19998041.545
22Nguyen Quang Anh,CMVIE20697.504347
39Nguyen Truong An Khang,VIE18416.5043.547.5
413Nguyen Duy Dat,VIE18095.5142.543.5
53Tran, Ngoc LanFMVIE20435.524548.5
618Do Quang Minh,VIE16485045.549
74Bui, Quang HuyACMVIE20114.503438.5
87Dang Thai Vu,VIE18814.5033.537
912Nguyen, Anh DungVIE1813404142
108Le, Huy HaiVIE18444037.541.5
1116Le Nguyen Phong,VIE17074037.540.5
1210Truong Thanh Van,VIE18264035.539.5
1311Nguyen, Anh Bao ThyVIE1825403438
1415Mai Duy Hung,VIE17423.503637
1517Nguyen, Hong Ha MyVIE16963.503435
1614Trinh, Hoang LamVIE17783.503134.5
176Kim, Taewoo A,KOR19213.5028.529.5
1819Tran Thi Bich Thuy,VIE16193026.529.5
1921Nguyen Quang Nam,VIE1530202830
2020Hein Than Htun,MYA1575102930
211Buraczewski, Rafal,CMPOL21350000
21 players

34) Brazil Chess Series - Sao Paulo 2025

The Brazil Chess Series - Sao Paulo took place 26th to 31st December 2025. Alexandr Fier won with 9/9.

Brazil Chess Series - SP Sao Paulo BRA Fri 26th Dec 2025 - Wed 31st Dec 2025
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Fier, AlexandrGMBRA2556904217282
23Silva, Kaua MarquesFMBRA23517043.516980
311Lima, Vinicius TaishunNMBRA20086.514417206
44Ribeiro, Matheus Mendes DominguesFMBRA23176.5239.515836
59Pironti, Francisco FerrariNMBRA2103604316794
65Saiz Rodriguez, Daniel EvelioFMCUB22045.504517264
76Lage, Pedro FerreiraCMBRA22035.504214261
822Campagnolo, FabiolaNMBRA17695.504015885
97Tsuboi, Edson KenjiIMBRA21865.503916065
1015Suzuki, Ernesto KohNMBRA18075.503514967
1131Nobre, Jose Adalberto BarbosaBRA16785.502712218
1214Maset, Pedro Yuki YoshidaNMBRA1835503915156
1323Nunes, Rafael KlanferBRA1757503815675
1416Bonilla Viamonte, Diego ArmandoVEN18055036.514990
1540Dos Reis, Caique MendesBRA0503614949
1613Serra, Alberto GadelhaCNMBRA18485034.514317
1727Spieker, Otavio SchmidtBRA17135033.515409
1830Dos Santos, Rafaela AlvesWNMBRA1691503312840
1944Mazzolla, Marcos FlavioBRA0503311377
2036Jurado, Laura AlvesWNMBRA1597503114262
2126Leal, Guilherme Alves De SouzaNMBRA17275030.514494
2210El Zwei, Aiman MohamedBRA20674.5039.514076
2318Kikuchi, Alexandre Hideki LopesNMBRA17974.5037.515609
2417Mariani, Kim PaulNMBRA18034.503614282
258Poeta, Caio MedeirosNMBRA21604035.512179
2619De Souza, Samuel B OrnelasNMBRA1788403515404
2737Maset, Lis Yumi YoshidaWCNMBRA1592403414412
2812Santos, Abel Cardoso DosNMBRA1889403414351
2925Ishida, Leopoldo TetsuoBRA17374032.515342
3021Muniz, Henrique RochaNMBRA17714032.510942
3124Dos Santos, Eduardo Zeraib AntunBRA17574030.514706
3229Fiorindo Pereira, GuilhermeBRA17054030.514264
3328Vieira, Luana SaddiWNMBRA1711403011193
3443Rodrigues, Jhonatan Gilberto LimaBRA03.503111982
3533Shintate Junior, Paulo SunaoNMBRA16413.503012271
3620Da Silva, Camila EvaristoBRA17743.5029.514101
3738Da Silva, Joao Pedro M SoaresNMBRA15773.502814176
3839Ferreira De Souza, RicardoBRA1530302913798
3934Yokomizo, WiltonBRA162030278881
4035Takahara, FabioNMBRA1601302510647
47 players

35) GM-Turnier im Atomis 2025

The GM- and IM-Turnier im Atomis took place 26th to 31st December 2025. Aswath won the GM and Ruben Gideon Köllner the IM. The final two rounds of both events are missing.

GM-Turnier im Atomis 2025 Oberding GER Fri 26th Dec 2025 - Wed 31st Dec 2025
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
19Aswath, SIND2488728,2550
24Shyam, Sundar M.IND24666.52740
32Hasanov, ZaurGER23095.52040
45Durak, CanTUR241252030
51Parvanyan, AshotGER2431517,7540
610Miller, EduardGER2352516,7540
77Glek, IgorBEL2446415,2510
86Aczel, GergelyHUN24563.513.510
93Duong, Quang BachGER22442.51210
108Stöttner, MoritzGER229012.510
10 players
IM-Turnier im Atomis 2025 Oberding GER Fri 26th Dec 2025 - Wed 31st Dec 2025
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
18Köllner, Ruben GideonGER2524728,2550
22Petriashvili, NikolozGEO2507727.550
31Zuferi, EnisGER23445.521.540
47Hemanth Raam,IND2250518,7520
56Wunderlich, EliasGER23204.518,2530
64Zysk, RobertGER23754.516,2520
710Stöttner, LukasGER22383.514.520
83Logvinov, PetroUKR21633.512,7520
99Darshan G,IND20663.511,2530
105Walter, RichardGER217314.500
10 players

36) Irish New Year Norm Events 2026

The Irish New Year Norm Events took place 31st December to 4th January 2026. Jude Shearsby won the IM event with 6/9.

Irish New Year IM 2026 Dublin IRL Wed 31st Dec 2025 - Sun 4th Jan 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1
14Shearsby, JudeENG2310623,25
23Dunnington, AngusSCO22035.524,25
37Czebe, AttilaHUN22895.523,75
45Venkatesan, KavinIRL2291522.5
56Carroll, PeterIRL2171521
62Collins, AdamIRL2300520,25
79Rakhmangulov, AndreiUKR2271417.5
88Wafa, ShrookEGY21903.513
91O'Cuilleanain, OisinIRL2171312
1010Liu, JasonIRL22572.512.5
10 players
Irish New Year IM 2026 Dublin IRL Wed 31st Dec 2025 - Sun 4th Jan 2026. Category: None. Ave: (2245)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Shearsby, Jude FM ENG 2310 # 0 0 = = 1 1 1 1 1 6 2363
2 Dunnington, Angus J IM SCO 2203 1 # = = = = = = 1 = 5.5 2330
3 Carroll, Peter FM IRL 2171 1 = # 0 = = = 1 1 = 5.5 2334
4 Venkatesan, Kavin FM IRL 2291 = = 1 # 0 1 = 1 0 = 5 2283
5 Czebe, Attila GM HUN 2289 = = = 1 # 0 = = 1 = 5 2283
6 Collins, Adam FM IRL 2300 0 = = 0 1 # = 1 = 1 5 2282
7 Rakhmangulov, Andrei IM UKR 2271 0 = = = = = # = = = 4 2199
8 Wafa, Shrook WGM EGY 2190 0 = 0 0 = 0 = # 1 1 3.5 2171
9 O'cuilleanain, Oisin IRL 2171 0 0 0 1 0 = = 0 # 1 3 2129
10 Liu, Jason FM IRL 2257 0 = = = = 0 = 0 0 # 2.5 2078

37) ch-Lower Saxony 2026

The ch-Lower Saxony took place 2nd to 5th January 2026. Felix Hampel won with 5.5/7.

ch-Lower Saxony 2026 Verden an der Aller GER Fri 2nd Jan 2026 - Mon 5th Jan 2026
Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg+-=PtsTB1TB2TB3
1Hampel, FelixFMGER23334035.525.519.004
2von Mettenheim, JohannesGER23754125.027.017.754
3Bundan, EdwardGER21034125.024.014.754
4Voge, TobiasFMGER23073134.527.017.003
5Meiwes, ThoreGER21643134.522.512.003
6Nechitaylo, NikitaFMGER22552144.027.513.252
7Reimer, PhilipGER22262144.026.012.752
8Stelmaszyk, NicoFMGER23602144.024.512.002
9Polster, ChristianFMGER22573224.024.011.753
10Plischki, SebastianIMGER22821064.023.013.251
11Tonndorf, MatthiasFMGER21632144.022.510.002
12Riemay, DavidCMGER22504304.021.08.504
13Peters, TomGER21553313.523.08.753
14Bargsten, JustusCMGER22831153.522.511.251
15Muer, SebastianGER22063313.520.06.753
16Weigand, AntonCMGER22331243.024.58.001
17von Estorff, JacobGER22312323.024.57.252
18Scheffner, JarnoGER20103403.018.54.503
19Holtwessels, JanGER20622412.521.07.002
20Hollman, LudgerGER19962412.520.53.252
21Sauer, TimCMGER22691332.520.05.001
22Sieber, BertGER21672502.019.52.002
23Kieselbach, MarvinGER19362502.017.02.502
24Lau, TheodorGER18360610.517.51.250
24 players

38) Marburger Schachtage 2025

The Marburger Schachtage took place in October but the games from both sections are now only just available. Ashot Parvanyan edged out Vojtech Plat and Petro Golubka on tie-break after they both scored 6/9.

Marburger Schachtage 2025 Marburg GER Thu 16th Oct 2025 - Sun 19th Oct 2025
Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2
15Parvanyan, AshotGER2419634.52170
21Plat, VojtechCZE25206342151
38Golubka, PetroUKR23116312054
43Petrovskiy, VadymGER24815.534.52131
57Sydykov, BayastanKGZ23545.5342170
66Besou, HussainGER24065.533.52146
712Mester, PhilippGER21815.532.52174
84Pulpan, JakubCZE24485.530.52098
914Helms, FinnGER21395.528.51935
102Ikonnikov, VyacheslavFID24925332095
1137Trunz, MichelleGER20105322027
1221Fruth, DavidGER21015312079
1319Erdmann, StefanGER2112529.52071
1418Rolle, EricGER21185292095
1511Dorst, JohannesGER2193528.52045
169Englert, LucaGER22735281986
1731von Bargen, LukasGER2051526.51956
1823Meuer, DavidGER20945251846
1917Forster, LukasGER21274.529.52084
2033Meulner, FabianGER20364.527.51971
2127Suranyi, PalHUN20754.5272029
2224Sreeramulu, AarushGER20884.5271876
2325Mueller, MarcusGER20784.526.51937
2439Wannemacher, ThomasGER19934.526.51823
25148Neumark, Jan-LucaGER15534.5261926
2630Weyer, JonasGER20524.5261825
2743Dolidze, DavidGER19764.5251962
2868Reichelt, FlorianGER18864.5251941
2928Pradeep, HarshillGER20714.524.51835
3041Blübaum, JohannaGER19884.5241882
3148Sasikumar Anitha, SarveshGER19604.5241775
3213Kratochvil, KarelCZE21804.523.51934
3344Mandalka, JustusGER19754.523.51864
3446Kuhn, GerhardGER19614.523.51852
3551Pralle, FinneganGER19554.5231837
3640Müller, MarkGER19914.522.51742
3732Jiang, BrandonUSA20464301991
3815Derr, OlegGER2135429.52018
3920Duncker, JoachimGER21094291988
4026Burkart, Lloyd ShangGER20774291970
155 players
Marburger Schachtage B Marburg GER Thu 16th Oct 2025 - Sun 19th Oct 2025
Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2
11Maerz, MaximilianGER18136.5321560
27Petersen, MalteGER1698631.51602
39Alkin, MertGER16706251482
422Bender, NilsGER15845.528.51502
588Zahn, EmelyGER05331627
628Laterveer, LaurensGER15705321563
719Koleber, Michael GerdGER1595529.51497
82Kemp, LutzGER18085291511
913Gao, Chen FanGER16525291472
105Hallen, MaximeGER1767527.51462
1137Germann, PhilGER14935261596
1223Deniz, Ata GökayGER1574524.51499
1316Avhopulo, KirillGER1626524.51345
1426Boschert, LukasGER15724.5301560
154Besou, JadGER17694.5301546
1625Brucker, FrankGER15724.529.51438
1717Schweisgut, JensGER16204.528.51418
1870Arslan, Abdussamed12624.526.51518
1920Euler, KlausGER15944.5261485
2055Scherer, MarkGER13604.5241584
2142Hüttinger, SiegfriedGER14214.5241499
2286Bischoff, LauraGER04.5241419
2329Bajramovic, EnedinGER15504.5211430
2431Ferderer, AlbertGER1546430.51536
2571Royen, JanGER1259428.51551
263Kravchenko, KostiantynGER1786427.51450
2714Eckert, MichaelGER16474271422
2824Wolf, HelenaGER15744271394
2946Kim, DavidKGZ1397426.51634
3044Freund, DominikGER1400426.51458
3112Guzdziol, Grzegorz16574241412
3238von Oesen, RubenGER14784231412
3341Käding, WolfgangGER1429421.51385
3478Goel, ArchitGER11384191438
3532Seidler, OttmarGER15444191243
3615Fettig, KonradGER1635417.51325
3756Witt, AlexanderGER13533.532.51630
3833Schimming, WilhelmGER15253.5281442
398Duchstein, AnnaGER16963.5281416
4034Waluga, KilianGER15183.5271497
416Kolker, VladislavGER17513.5271420
4240Will, ElinaGER14733.526.51521
4336Kaiser, DannyGER15013.525.51460
4443Derr, GeorgGER14153.525.51429
4558Burbaum, ClemensGER13503.5251449
4618Baumgartner, ColinGER16033.5251424
4753Sydykova, ZaremaGER13673.524.51434
4849Piacentino, MircoGER13733.5211308
4935Adam, MaximilianGER15063.5181254
5011Stiehler, KlausGER16623281419
89 players

39) Pan-American Intercollegiate 2026

The Pan-American Intercollegiate took place 2nd to 5th January 2026. Webster University A won.

Pan-Am Intercollegiate Oak Brook, IL USA Fri 2nd Jan 2026 - Mon 5th Jan 2026
Leading Final Round 6 Standings:
RkSNoTeamGms+-=TB1TB2TB3
11Webster University A650111145.518
23The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley A651010111.516
32University of Missouri A65101011015
45Saint Louis University A64119133.517.5
516University of Toronto, Hart House, Team A641199114.5
66Texas Tech A6420810616
77Harvard6312897.514.5
88UTD B63217101.514
910UNC Chapel Hill A632177114
1017Georgia Tech A6321761.512.5
114UTD A6330695.514
1212University of Chicago-A6222673.513.5
1313UCLA A6222670.512.5
1411Brown University A633066613
159University of Maryland, Baltimore County6222657.511
1621Saint Louis University C6222655.512.5
1724UNC Chapel Hill B6222654.513
1818Saint Louis University B622265412
1914UTD C633065310.5
2022University of Minnesota6222648.510
2115Webster University B622264512
2219Northwestern University A623155712.5
2323Vanderbilt University623154810
2432The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley B623153510.5
2520University of Pennsylvania52304369
2627University of Toronto, Hart House, Team B6132432.59.5
2728Arizona State University - ASU A62404247
2829UCLA B6141336.57.5
2930Georgia Tech B6141333.58.5
3025Washington University in St. Louis Team A6150238.57
3131Brown University B60422307.5
3226Texas Tech B50412249
32 teams

40) TCh-CZE 2025-26

The Czech Extraliga Vychod and Zapad divisions had round 5 this weekend, games should follow soon.

TCh-CZE Extraliga 2025-26 Czech Republic CZE Sat 29th Nov 2025 - Sun 29th Mar 2026
Leading Round 2 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
1Vystaviste Lysa nad Labem*6611.57
21. Novoborsky SK*5610.56
3BSS Frydek-Mistek*6106
4SK Slavoj Poruba*448.53
5SS Vavra a Cernousek Unichess*383
6Moravska Slavia Brno B3*37.54
6Moravska Slavia Brno A*537.54
8SK ZIKUDA Turnov A*372
9Sigil Fund Pardubice4*16.54
10Slavia Kromeriz*070
11OAZA loznice.cz3*06.54
12SK ZIKUDA Turnov B2*05.51
12 players
TCh-CZE 1 Liga Zapad Czech Republic CZE Sat 29th Nov 2025 - Sun 29th Mar 2026
Leading Round 5 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
1BIOMEDICA Ricany 1925 B*557152921
2SK Slavoj Litomerice*43551022.515
3MGMBA Unichess4*51022.513
4Cesky lev Kolesovice3*5451022.513
5SK mesta Lysa nad Labem3*6923.515
6TJ Spartak Vlasim5*4720.512
7SK Dopravni podnik Praha334*71912
8Chess Club Pisek3*4718.510
9TJ Bohemians Praha*562011
10BIOMEDICA Ricany 1925 A32*316.511
11SK Line3443*215.58
12TJ Neratovice1*0102
12 players
TCh-CZE 1 Liga Vychod Czech Republic CZE Sat 29th Nov 2025 - Sun 29th Mar 2026
Leading Round 5 (of 11) Standings:
RkTeam123456789101112TB1TB2TB3
1BSS Frydek-Mistek B*365122520
2SK Lipa*431021.512
3A64 PROCLIENT Grygov*921.511
4Sachy Hostalkova5*335920.515
5SK Stare Mesto*2569209
6Jezdci Jundrov246*72013
7SK Slavia Orlova53*472012
8SK Slavoj Poruba B4*72010
9Duras Charlie’s Street Brno5*5619.511
10TJ TZ Trinec5*½6159
112222 SK Polabiny B333*32012
12SK Podluzan Prusanky z.s.2*3177
12 players

41) Titled Tuesday Blitz 30th December 2025

The Titled Tuesday Blitz 30th December was won by Vincent Keymer won with 10/11.

Titled Tue 30th Dec 2025 chess.com INT Tue 30th Dec 2025 - Tue 30th Dec 2025
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtg1234567891011PtsTB1TB2TB3
17Vincent KeymerGMDEU3201W226WW15BW49WD5WW212BW18WD12BW206WW7BW17WW3B10747768.75
22Jan-Krzysztof DudaGMPOL3226W92BW34WL218BW230BW36WW5WW30BW4BW6WL3BW11W97375.562.5
313Aleksei SaranaGMSRB3154W255WW53BL217WW211BW55WW28BW25WW11WW4BW2WL1W972.572.558.5
43Bogdan Daniel DeacGMROU3204W74WW70BW31WW48BW208WW17BW11BL2WL3WW13BD8W8.575.58158.75
530Bharath Subramaniyam.H HarishankkarGMIND3021W172BW75WW67WD1BW37WL2BW51WL7BW47BW56WW21W8.573.57754.5
64Matthias BluebaumGMDEU3198W89BW59WW33BL17WW39BW216WW210BW12WL2BD19WW18B8.570.574.554.25
76Jeffery XiongGMUSA3176W159BW154WW56BD18WW217BL12WW24BW5WL1WW32BW19B8.570.574.552.75
88Renato TerryIMINT3170W133BW38WW28BW218WW32BL11WL206WW22BW49WW33WD4B8.569.573.555.25
940Semyon PuzyrevskyFMALB2834W65BD94WW83WL37BL69WW214WW225BW215WW51BW29BW17W8.56164.548.75
1025Marco MateriaIMFRA3001W227WL219BW124WW232BL27WW110WW15BD45WW68WW22BW20W8.5606247.25
111Praggnanandhaa RameshbabuGMIND3242W150WW240BW24WW19BW29WW8BL4WL3BW14WW18WL2B876.578.552
1217Haowen XueGMCHN3106W25WW77BW50WD46BW47WW7BD1WL6BD28WD31BW32W875.581.557.5
1316Eray KilicIMTUR3052W264BD90WW219BW35WD46WL27BW52WW50WW40BL4WW36B8666644
1433Zbigniew PaklezaGMPOL2951W222WL67BW93WW214BW159WL29BW72BW34WL11BW35WW38B8626645
1576Lương Vũ NguyễnCMVNM2714W241BL1WL111BW102WW222BW227BL10WW165BW108WW207BW31W8586036.5
1621Ethan SheehanNMDNK2945W254WW225BD35WL90BL173BW174WW58WD46BW44WW52WW34B8565741.25
1727Maciej KlekowskiGMPOL3003W147WW232BW68WW6BW209BL4WW29WD20BW21WL1BL9B7.5737544.25
1829Martyn KravtsivGMUKR2998W112WW214BW52WD7BW90WL1BW46BW209WW20WL11BL6W7.571.57645.25
1922Eric HansenGMCAN3064W144BW152WW62BL11WW34BL25BW55WW35BW38WD6BL7W7.5717546.75
2012Grigoriy OparinGMUSA3077W93BW211WW148BL32WW117BW49WW31BD17WL18BW28WL10B7.5677144.25
2111Rasmus SvaneGMDEU3094W79WW72BW54WL217BW50WD56BW212BW47WL17BW24WL5B7.5667046.75
2256Nitish BelurkarIMIND2858W86BW220WL208WD89BW94WW69BW48BL8WW26BL10WW53W7.5667044.75
2310Zhamsaran TsydypovGMRUS3075W223BW27WL36BW72WW54BL31WL45BW92WD53BW75WW33B7.565.569.545.75
2432Rodrigo VasquezGMCHL2970W100BW233WL11BW82WW153BD209WL7WW76BW45WL21BW46B7.5646639.25
25139Roger LabruyereFMNLD2597L12BW175WW161WW236BW33BW19WL3BL32WW117BW54BD30W7.5646638.5
2620Matvey GalchenkoIMRUS3050W193BW73WL46BD78WW58WW71BL47WW89BL22WW59BW45W7.563.564.541
2779Kevin GeorgeIMEGY2805W200WL23BW100WW242BW10BW13WL209BD31WL56WW70BW50W7.5636340
2843Seyed Abolfazl MoosavifarFMPRK3034W256WW237BL8WW96BW121WL3WW153BW30WD12BL20BW55W7.5636334
299Pranav VGMIND3143W97WW61BW39WW36WL11BW14WL17BW208WL33BL9WW73B77176.545.5
3014Rustam RustamovFMAZE3043W41BW60WL32BW53WW45BW217WL2WL28BW37WD50BD25B7717544.5
3137Miłosz SzparGMPOL2929W66WW235BL4BW75WW226BW23BL20WD27BW60WD12WL15B7697139.25
3251Adar TARHANIMTUR2925W138WW132BW30WW20BL8WL210BW71WW25BW209BL7WL12B76872.542.5
3338Artem GalaktionovFMARE2927W245BW99WL6WW233BL25WW85BW37BW211WW29WL8BL23W764.56634
3469David HaydonFMGBE2814W137WL2BW254WW111BL19WW226WW57BL14BW79WW49BL16W7646532.5
3558Tyhran AmbartsumianFMARM2832W116BW231WD16BL13BD89WW150WW93BL19WW71WL14BW79B763.56635.75
3646Bryan Enming LinFMUSA2895W123BW80WW23WL29BL2BL153WW227BW224WW67BW73WL13W762.565.537.5
3787Mykhaylo OleksiyenkoGMUKR2745D247WW118BW126WW9WL5BD221BL33WW57BL30BW109WW81B762.56438.75
3877Ante BrkicGMHRV2792W114WL8BW112WL220BW108WW109BW221WW207BL19BW40WL14W7616537
3945Marcin KrzyżanowskiGMPOL2882W57WW71BL29BW229WL6WL99BW128WW153BL73WW89WW77B7606336
4039Dmitriy KushkoIMIRL2886W201WW51BL209BL153WW113BW75WW219BW99WL13WL38BW67W757.557.533
268 players

42) 3-0 Thursday 1st Jan 2026

3-0 Thursday returned after giving Christmas Day a miss. Tuan Minh Le won the first, Hikaru Nakamura the second and Jose Martinez the third.

1st 3-0 Thu 1st Jan 2026 chess.com INT Thu 1st Jan 2026 - Thu 1st Jan 2026
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtg1234567891011PtsTB1TB2TB3
19Tuan Minh LeGMVNM3183W125WW33BW16WW2BL20WL21WW11BW24WW23BW5WW3B976.577.563.5
217Pranav AnandGMIND3107W135WW100BW60WL1WW69BW11BL19WW133BW40WW10WW4B9677155
312Aleksei SaranaGMSRB3155W160BW123WL20BW41WW146BW12BW23WW19BW4BW13WL1W9656650
45Dmitry AndreikinGMGEO3197W138WD32BW18WW15WW132BW5WW7BW21BL3WW9BL2W8.57680.559.25
527Eric HansenGMCAN3065W83WW62BW10WW13WD19BL4BW31WW132WW8BL1BW14W8.572.57756
62Bogdan Daniel DeacGMROU3205D26BW84WW56BW79WL21BL15BW100WW18WW131BW130WW7B8.563.567.549.5
711Artin AshrafFMTUR3168W68WW37BW48WW17WW9BW20BL4WW8BL13WW19BL6W874.579.555
81Hikaru NakamuraGMUSA3400W49WW25BW46WD21BW14WD19WW40BL7WL5WW15BW23B871.577.554
94Matthias BluebaumGMDEU3199W137BW140WW27BW40WL7WW139BL21WW12BW22WL4WW13B867.571.548
108Jose MartinezGMMEX3169W104BW34WL5BW47WD28WW79BW92WW130BD21WL2BW30B866.57045.5
1137John Veny AkkarakaranFMIND2961W66WW124BL40BW61WW22BL2WL1WW44BW68WW46WW32B865.56743
1225Vugar RasulovGMAZE3037W82WL56BW104WW35BW44BL3WW136BL9WW57BW41WW19W862.56643.5
133Nikolas TheodorouGMGRC3203W122WW69BD79WL5BW32BW16WW20BW14WW7BL3BL9W7.571.573.545.75
1410Pranav VGMIND3144W126BW47WD15BW32WL8BW25WW131WL13BW42WW21BL5B7.569.570.542.75
1530Bharath Subramaniyam.H HarishankkarGMIND3021W163BW148WD14WL4BW42BW6WL130WW34BW31WL8WW33B7.567.567.540.75
1628Kirill KlukinIMSRB3010W64BW61WL1BW43WD31BL13BW59WL42BW35WW36WW34B7.565.57145.25
1718Rustam RustamovFMAZE3043W120BW35WW71WL7BD34BL31WL42BW70WW37WW43BW22W7.5636541.25
1845Maksym DubnevychFMUKR2897W116WD108WL4BW145WW50BL130BW51WL6BW60WW59BW38W7.56062.537.25
196Renato TerryIMINT3171W81BW36WW24BW22WD5WD8BW2BL3WW46BL7WL12B77781.548.25
2034Nguyen Ngoc Truong SonGMVNM3000W55BW93WW3WW130BW1BL7WL13WL40BW134WL22BW43W7707445.5
2114Ian NepomniachtchiGMRUS3131W149BW134WW131BD8WW6WW1BW9BL4WD10BL14WU--7687147
2216Faustino OroIMARG3075W50BW143WW43WL19BL11WW45BW140WW28BL9BW20WL17B766.570.540
2319Matvey GalchenkoIMRUS3050L58WW52BW137WW134BW33WW140BL3BW41WL1WW24BL8W766.570.539
2426Ilan SchnaiderIMARG3003W63BW70WL19WW121BL57WW35BW33WL1BW47WL23WW41B7646637.5
2539Georgijs GermanovsCMLVA2923W147WL8WD68BW156BW58WL14BW60BL30WW62WD26BW46B7606233.5
2675Logan Clark ShaferNMUSA2759D6WL42BW84WW94BL79BW116WW27BL131WW89BD25WW48W757.56036.25
2724Seyed Abolfazl MoosavifarFMPRK3043W80BW57WL9WL45BW122WL100BL26WW53BW142WW56BW47W756.558.533.5
2829Marco MateriaIMFRA2994W153WD159BW59WW108WD10BL40WW141BL22WL41BW57WW45B753.55531.25
2935Zbigniew PaklezaGMPOL2952W98WW156BL130BL57WW120BW56BW68WL46BL38WW49BW40W7535530.5
30157Egor BaskakovCMRUS2997U--U--W128WW93BW104WW43WL41BW25BW45WW40BL10W746.546.532.5
3195Yurii KhodkoFMRUS2687L79WW97BW37WW136BD16WW17BL5BW48WL15BL34WW59W6.564.568.537.75
3243Eric RosenIMUSA2929W72WD4WW94BL14BL13WW147BW62BW79WL130WW42BL11W6.5636632.25
3348Gianmarco LeivaIMPER2876W99BL1WW135BW71WL23BW138WL24BW49WW133WD38BL15W6.562.566.532.75
3446Novak DumbelovicFMPOL2866W154BL10BW142WW53BD17WL132WW80BL15WW138WW31BL16W6.5616331.25
3560Shamil ArslanovIMDJI2783W111BL17BW64WL12WW83BL24WD86BW58WL16BW80WW67B6.5606330.75
3644Dmitriy KushkoIMIRL2887W85BL19BD88WL68WW74BL62WW50WW137BW86WL16BW44W6.555.56032.75
3752Nikita ShandryginFMSRB2828W129BL7WL31BW96WW63BD80BL79WW72WL17BW137WW58B6.555.555.526.75
3886Huseyin Said DeveciCMTUR2707L130BW152WL140BL39WW151BW87WW85BW141WW29BD33WL18B6.5545628.25
39115Efe AynaogluCMTUR2564L140BL137WW118BW38BW61WL134BL49WD82BW88WW138BW57W6.550.552.530.75
4015Zhamsaran TsydypovGMRUS3075W142WW45BW11WL9BW89WW28BL8WW20WL2BL30WL29B671.575.536.5
166 players
2nd 3-0 Thu 1st Jan 2026 chess.com INT Thu 1st Jan 2026 - Thu 1st Jan 2026
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtg1234567891011PtsTB1TB2TB3
11Hikaru NakamuraGMUSA3412W54WW100BW28WW4BL2BW5WW3BW14BW9WW15WW18B10747869.5
28Jose MartinezGMMEX3245W49BW6WW24BW19BW1WL3WW17BD9WW10BL5BW14W8.577.58362.25
36Jeffery XiongGMUSA3230W76BW31WW102BW7WW15WW2BL1WW19BL5WW14BD10W8.573.577.555.25
49Artin AshrafFMTUR3166W97WW22BW21WL1WW100BD9BL14WW50BW19WW13BW5W8.5717150.25
512Fabiano CaruanaGMUSA3180W111BW106WW53BD9WW11WL1BW99WW24BW3BW2WL4B8.569.57249.75
635Maksym DubnevychFMUKR2937W95BL2BW62WW10WL27BW55WL11WW44BW16WW19BW15B8676845.5
714Rasmus SvaneGMDEU3100W79BW36WW26WL3BD23WD16BL53BW22WW45BW32WW17B865.569.549.25
813Matvey GalchenkoIMRUS3070U--W105WW35BW106WW26BL19WW23WW32BL14WW31BW20W855.558.544.5
93Bogdan Daniel DeacGMROU3203W57WW32BW12WD5BW25BD4WD24WD2BL1BD23WW27W7.5758050.75
105Sina MovahedGMIRN3176W35WL26BW115WL6BW98WW20BW100WW27BL2WW24WD3B7.566.567.540.25
112Nihal SarinGMIND3261W40BW34WW27BL25WL5BD33WW6BL31WW39BW38WW24B7.5667248
1218Etienne BacrotGMFRA3025W41BW37WL9BW109WD33WD23BL32WW36BD26WW28BW29W7.563.56643
1313Pranav VGMIND3126W108WL29BW57WL33BW54WW106BW34WW16BD17WL4WW23B7.560.563.539
1411Yoseph Theolifus TaherIMIDN3141W88WW33BL19WW20BW53WW21BW4BL1WW8BL3WL2B775.578.544.5
1515Eric HansenGMCAN3065W48WW39BW29WW16WL3BL17BW26WW53BW31WL1BL6W7717642.5
1622Marco MateriaIMFRA3003D59BW98WW23WL15BW30BD7WW33BL13WL6BW36WW45B766.571.542.5
1723Nguyen Ngoc Truong SonGMVNM3011W30WW43BL25WW112BW88BW15WL2WW45BD13BD18WL7W7666837.75
187Renato TerryIMINT3168W96WL23BW40WW22BW34WL24BD50WW48WW38BD17BL1W7666636.75
1925Amir Mohammad HamidiFMIRN3001W120WW115BW14BL2WW101WW8BW25WL3WL4BL6WW31B7666632.5
2037Krikor Sevag MekhitarianGMBRA2934W80BL25BW48WL14WW107BL10WW42BW101BW53WW34WL8B759.562.533.5
2121Ilan SchnaiderIMARG3003W67WW113BL4BW60WW42BL14WL31BW103WL23BW39WW33W759.56133
2236Dmitriy KushkoIMIRL2902W114WL4WW108BL18WW49BL101BW30WL7BW52BW58WW34B75960.533
2333Justin WangIMUSA2949W118WW18WL16BW61WD7BD12WL8BW58BW21WD9BL13W6.569.569.535.5
2420Dmitrij KollarsGMDEU3003W66BW117WL2WW103BW39WW18WD9BL5WW27WL10BL11W6.5686933.25
2510Aleksei SaranaGMSRB3143W107BW20WW17BW11BL9WD27WL19BL38WL29BW56WW32B6.5666938.75
2631Eric RosenIMUSA2932W116WW10WL7BW55BL8WW42WL15BW59WD12BL27BW48W6.5666733.75
2717Aravindh ChithambaramGMIND3067W68WW60BL11WW36BW6WD25BW101WL10WL24BW26WL9B6.565.569.537.25
2816Seyed Abolfazl MoosavifarFMPRK2989W56BW103WL1BD29WL38BW68WL48BW30WW43BL12WW37B6.563.567.535.25
2940Hamidreza TahmasebiFMIRN2854W93WW13WL15BD28BL99WL30BW78WW67BW25WW48BL12B6.5606233.25
3076Ege OzCMTUR2632L17BD99WW59BW94BL16WW29WL22BL28BW105WW52WW50B6.55859.529.75
3132Georgijs GermanovsCMLVA2919W55BL3BL42WW79WW35BW58WW21WW11BL15BL8WL19W6677134.5
3229Miłosz SzparGMPOL2934W74WL9WW49BL42BW46WW88BW12BL8WW37BL7BL25W6656832
3338Gianmarco LeivaIMPER2888W77WL14WW56BW13WD12BD11BL16WW102WL34BW42WL21B664.568.534
3427Levy RozmanIMESP2953W58WL11BW76WW98BL18BW60WL13BW62BW33WL20BL22W6626630
3557Yurii KhodkoFMRUS2674L10BW118WL8WW80BL31WL61BW70BW51WD44WD63BW58B656.556.524.5
3641Matfey RogovFMZAF2827W73BL7BW41WL27WL108BW105WW76BL12WW68WL16BW56B6565927
3745Maksym PankivFMUKR2780W75BL12BL55WW41BW70WL50BW56WW100BL32WW53BL28W6555928.5
3828Suleyman SuleymanlÄąFMAZE2934D105BW59WW94WL101BW28WL99BW67WW25BL18WL11BD40W65556.528.75
3942Lucas CumpeFMARG2797W110WL15WW67BW102WL24BL100WW107BW61BL11WL21BW62B653.55624
4054Dawid JanaszakFMPOL2716L11WW78BL18BW65WL102BL63BW77WD41WW104BW67WD38B6535727.5
120 players
3rd 3-0 Thu 1st Jan 2026 chess.com INT Thu 1st Jan 2026 - Thu 1st Jan 2026
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtg1234567891011PtsTB1TB2TB3
13Jose MartinezGMMEX3245W38WW56BW5WW4BW53WD3BW2WW11BW8BW21WW7B10.5697369
22Jeffery XiongGMUSA3230W39BW20WW59BW11WL3BW18WL1BW4WW5BW6BW12W9717455.5
38Renato TerryIMINT3168W23BW14WW41BW58BW2WD1WL4BD53WW11WW19BL5W87073.549.5
413Reza MahdaviIMIRN3065W36WW60BW53WL1WW57BW7BW3WL2BW17WW11BL6W8697245
512Aravindh ChithambaramGMIND3067W65BW7WL1BW56WL55BW57WW41BW13WL2WW53BW3B862.563.540
61Bogdan Daniel DeacGMROU3203W61WL41BD55WW38BW8WL12BW9WW19BW53BL2WW4B7.5616442.5
726Bakhtiyar AskarovIMKAZ2873W48BL5BW26WW41WW19BL4WW55BL12WW20WW13BL1W7656835
89Liam PutnamIMUSA3131W29WW57BD21WL53BL6BW14WW22BW54BL1WD18BW20W764.568.539
922Arman MikaelyanGMUSA2918W35BL11WW64BL18BW10WW59WL6BL24BW23WW29BW19W757.558.532.5
1033Nikolai VlassovIMINT2738L53WW66BL17BW43WL9BW26WW37BW56BL54WW31BW21W753.554.530
117Yoseph Theolifus TaherIMIDN3141W42WW9BW18WL2BW20WW55WW12BL1WL3BL4WD13W6.571.575.536.75
125Tuan Minh LeGMVNM3155L25WW34BD15WW42WW14BW6WL11WW7BL19WW17BL2B6.565.569.539.25
1320Ismayil GurbanovCMAZE2927D34BW16WL58WW27BD17BW30WW18BL5BW24WL7WD11B6.561.56537.75
1423Gianmarco LeivaIMPER2888W51WL3BD16BW35WL12WL8BW34WW40BL18BW26WW25B6.5586029.25
1526Logan Clark ShaferNMUSA2754U--W40WD12BD16WD54BL17WW27BD22WW30BW24BD18W6.553.557.535.75
1638Duc Minh LaiNMVNM2682W19BL13BD14WD15BL61WW25BL31WW62WD28BW44WW29W6.553.556.532.75
174Ilan SchnaiderIMARG3003U--W63BW10WL57BD13WW15BW58WW18WL4BL12WW28B6.553.555.533.75
1814Nguyen Ngoc Truong SonGMVNM3011W26BW25WL11BW9WW59BL2BL13WL17BW14WD8WD15B666.569.534.25
1911Vuk DamjanovicIMSRB3023L16WW30BW25BW54WL7WW31BW56WL6WW12BL3WL9B663.567.531.5
2017John Veny AkkarakaranFMIND2960W27WL2BW33BW60WL11BW61WL53BW28WL7BW54WL8B659.562.527.5
2115Anthony AtanasovIMCAN2962W43WW45BD8BL59WL58WD42BW29WW57BW31WL1BL10B6545727.5
2243Mahsa AlaviWFMIRN2532L41WD39WL35BW48WW27BW38BL8WD15BW44BL28WW36W649.552.526.25
2335Dmitry ZilbersteinIMUSA2702L3WW51BL56WW45WL60BL24BW39WW61BL9BW40WW31W6485022
2463Alexander ZhuNMUSA2370U--U--L30WW32BW43BW23WW61BW9WL13BL15WW33W6454830
2532Lương Vũ NguyễnCMVNM2718W12BL18BL19WW63BL56BL16WD26BW34WW40WW42BL14W5.553.555.523.75
2641Ken ArnoldNMUSA2562L18WW52BL7BL39WW67BL10BD25WW35BW38WL14BW37B5.5515218.75
2744Zechen YuFMCHN2456L20BW62WD39BL13WL22WW35BL15WL38BW32WW47WW44B5.5505322
2825Allahverdi HamidovFMAZE2849W49WL59BL36WW64BW44WL41WW30BL20BD16WW22BL17W5.548.549.522.25
2936Le Thao Nguyen PhamIMVNM2668L8BW67WL54BL31WW51BW39WL21BW33BW37WL9WL16B552.553.516.5
302Eleftherios BoutikosCMGRC2560U--L19WW24BW62WW39BL13BL28WW42BL15WL33BW46W547.550.521
3163Kent SlateNMINT2847U--U--W32WW29BW33WL19WW16BW41WL21BL10WL23B546.550.525.5
3248Jonathan WuCMCAN2412L54BL33WL31BL24WW48BW67WW47WL37BL27BW38WW43B5464715.5
333浩煊 张FMCHN2677U--W32BL20WW40BL31BL37WW48BL29WW34BW30WL24B5454821.5
3447Jesús Alberto Coca CubillosFMCOL2457D13WL12WL42BW47WW35BL54WL14BL25BL33WW50BW40B4.551.55417.75
3549Nicolas KulikNMURY2372L9WD42BW22WL14BL34WL27WW49BL26WL47BW52BW48W4.548.550.516
3640Julian EstradaIMMEX2615L4BW50WW28BL55BL42WL62BW38WL44WW39BD37WL22B4.54749.518.25
3763Kyle LeaverCMAUS2337U--U--L44WW52WW63BW33BL10WW32WL29BD36BL26W4.5384016.25
3830Hoang Minh Tho DoWFMVNM2705L1BW47WW45BL6WL41BL22WL36BW27WL26BL32BW50W45658.515.5
3929Rohan RajaramCMUSA2714L2WD22BD27WW26BL30WL29BL23BW48WL36WL46BW47W4545717.75
4045Oscar ArdilaCMCOL2423L56WL15BW50BL33WW45BW44BW60WL14WL25BL23BL34W44951.513.5
67 players

43) China Women's Chess Open 2026

The China Women's Chess Open took place 1st to 4th January. There was a rapid won by Zhai Mo with 8.5/11 and a blitz won by Ju Wenjun with 9/11.

China Women's Open Blitz Shenzhen CHN Thu 1st Jan 2026 - Sat 3rd Jan 2026
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Ju, WenjunCHN246597176.50
29Zhao, YunqingCHN20368.571760
34Ni, ShiqunCHN2258869.574.50
410Wang, QinxuanyiCHN20307.571750
523Pi, AiyingCHN1797773.579.50
62Zhai, MoCHN2314770.575.50
78Gu, XiaobingCHN2108768.5730
814Ha, YihanCHN1962768.5730
93Wang, ChuqiaoCHN2263763670
105Xiao, YiyiCHN2207759630
1117Shao, QiyuCHN1899758620
126Chen, YiningCHN21396.568730
1312Zhang, XiaoCHN20196.564670
1421Shi, YigeCHN1855666690
1511Gao, MuziyanCHN2027665.569.50
1624Xue, TianhaoCHN1753663660
177Zhao, ShengxinCHN2109660.565.50
1813Wu, Shuang(Hlj)CHN1981660640
1925Yang, YouqingCHN171166061.50
2020Peng, Jingyi(Gd)CHN185565960.50
2118Zhou, ShumengCHN189965455.50
2227Xia, MiaoyanCHN16865.559.563.50
2322He, ZiyuCHN18145.553560
2438Wang, HanzhangCHN15565.551.555.50
2516Mu, WangxueyaoCHN1929560650
2619Li, YilinCAN1872560640
2715Peng, TianluCHN1959558.5630
2828Dong, JiahuiCHN167255660.50
2934Deng, MingtongCHN1602554570
3030Xia, XuejingHKG1666553.556.50
3133Liu, Yutong(Sz)CHN1609551.554.50
3237Yi, RuiyuCHN1560549.552.50
3339Zhang, XiaoyaoCHN1525547.5490
3429Meng, QianxunCHN16714.55354.50
3540Zhu, YixinCHN14384.552550
3635Lin, YinggeCHN15994.551.5530
3736Lei, XinruCHN15644.546.5480
3831Huang, ZixinCHN1618459620
3932Liu, DijiaCHN1615452550
4026Yang, LeCHN169444849.50
43 players
China Women's Chess Open Shenzhen CHN Thu 1st Jan 2026 - Sat 3rd Jan 2026
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
12Zhai, MoCHN23558.570750
219Zhou, ShumengCHN1884863.566.50
35Xiao, YiyiCHN22487.572.578.50
41Ju, WenjunCHN25047.570.575.50
58Zhao, ShengxinCHN21607.567.5710
69Wang, QinxuanyiCHN20977.564.569.50
77Wang, ChuqiaoCHN2183769.574.50
810Gao, MuziyanCHN2093769.573.50
93Ni, ShiqunCHN2347764.569.50
1013Zhao, YunqingCHN199476263.50
1111Peng, TianluCHN2072761.5660
1218Mu, WangxueyaoCHN18966.566.5710
134Chen, YiningCHN23306.56569.50
1417Wu, Shuang(Hlj)CHN19106.563.5680
1527Shao, QiyuCHN17086.560630
1623Ha, YihanCHN1783670.5720
1720Xia, MiaoyanCHN1874665700
1812Zhang, XiaoCHN2001664.569.50
1914Xue, TianhaoCHN195266265.50
2016Shi, YigeCHN192866062.50
216Gu, XiaobingCHN2189658.5630
2233Dong, JiahuiCHN1664655.559.50
2324He, ZiyuCHN17825.556600
2415Li, YilinCAN19405.55556.50
2535Liu, Yutong(Sz)CHN16025.55457.50
2638Deng, MingtongCHN1557562.567.50
2726Huang, ZixinCHN1725559.5620
2840Wang, LeyiCHN1493555.5590
2925Xia, XuejingHKG1751555.5570
3029Yang, YouqingCHN1680555.5570
3131Meng, QianxunCHN1671553560
3221Pi, AiyingCHN179655254.50
3332Chi, HaoyuanCHN166754950.50
3436Lin, YinggeCHN1599547.5490
3544Lei, XinruCHN0542.5440
3641Wang, HanzhangCHN14694.552.556.50
3730Yang, LeCHN16794.551.5530
3828Liu, DijiaCHN17004.550.5520
3946Zhai, WenhuiCHN045254.50
4022Peng, Jingyi(Gd)CHN1787449.552.50
46 players

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