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Abbreviations: cl - classical, rap - rapid, bli - blitz, arm - armageddon, bul - Bullet, cor - correspondence or similar. |
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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 In a few days there is the Tata Steel India Rapid and Blitz, World Champion Gukesh has withdrawn, it's still strong, it's got Anand, I'm not sure why it's being held a few days before Tata Steel's main chess sponsored event starts in Wijk aan Zee.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.
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The Doctor
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: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 1 | Carlsen, Magnus | GM | NOR | 2824 | 10.5 | 99 | 105.5 | 2639 |
| 2 | 7 | Artemiev, Vladislav | GM | FID | 2727 | 9.5 | 105.5 | 111 | 2666 |
| 3 | 9 | Erigaisi, Arjun | GM | IND | 2714 | 9.5 | 98 | 104.5 | 2608 |
| 4 | 48 | Niemann, Hans Moke | GM | USA | 2612 | 9.5 | 97.5 | 103.5 | 2593 |
| 5 | 13 | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | GM | USA | 2703 | 9.5 | 95.5 | 100 | 2562 |
| 6 | 6 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | GM | FRA | 2730 | 9 | 100 | 105.5 | 2655 |
| 7 | 12 | Sindarov, Javokhir | GM | UZB | 2704 | 9 | 93.5 | 99.5 | 2603 |
| 8 | 15 | So, Wesley | GM | USA | 2702 | 9 | 93 | 98 | 2592 |
| 9 | 18 | Giri, Anish | GM | NED | 2685 | 9 | 92.5 | 98 | 2575 |
| 10 | 30 | Esipenko, Andrey | GM | FID | 2649 | 9 | 91.5 | 97 | 2563 |
| 11 | 27 | Sevian, Samuel | GM | USA | 2658 | 9 | 90.5 | 96 | 2571 |
| 12 | 17 | Dubov, Daniil | GM | FID | 2686 | 9 | 90.5 | 96 | 2552 |
| 13 | 11 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | GM | AZE | 2707 | 9 | 90 | 95.5 | 2558 |
| 14 | 85 | Shimanov, Aleksandr | GM | FID | 2554 | 8.5 | 98.5 | 103.5 | 2634 |
| 15 | 156 | Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan | GM | TUR | 2446 | 8.5 | 98 | 101 | 2660 |
| 16 | 62 | Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. | GM | IND | 2590 | 8.5 | 96 | 101.5 | 2566 |
| 17 | 74 | Lazavik, Denis | GM | FID | 2576 | 8.5 | 96 | 100.5 | 2646 |
| 18 | 5 | Caruana, Fabiano | GM | USA | 2751 | 8.5 | 95.5 | 102 | 2579 |
| 19 | 24 | Nihal, Sarin | GM | IND | 2664 | 8.5 | 94.5 | 100.5 | 2532 |
| 20 | 16 | Gukesh, D | GM | IND | 2692 | 8.5 | 92.5 | 98.5 | 2606 |
| 21 | 203 | Meng, Yihan | IM | CHN | 2355 | 8.5 | 92.5 | 98 | 2619 |
| 22 | 47 | Lu, Shanglei | GM | CHN | 2616 | 8.5 | 92 | 97.5 | 2490 |
| 23 | 8 | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | GM | UZB | 2717 | 8.5 | 92 | 96.5 | 2581 |
| 24 | 22 | Maghsoodloo, Parham | GM | IRI | 2669 | 8.5 | 91 | 96 | 2544 |
| 25 | 122 | Gurel, Ediz | GM | TUR | 2502 | 8.5 | 90 | 93.5 | 2629 |
| 26 | 21 | Andreikin, Dmitry | GM | FID | 2671 | 8.5 | 89.5 | 97.5 | 2527 |
| 27 | 20 | Grischuk, Alexander | GM | FID | 2677 | 8.5 | 89.5 | 95 | 2547 |
| 28 | 25 | Praggnanandhaa, R | GM | IND | 2663 | 8.5 | 88.5 | 94 | 2555 |
| 29 | 55 | Motylev, Alexander | GM | ROU | 2603 | 8.5 | 87 | 92.5 | 2491 |
| 30 | 4 | Firouzja, Alireza | GM | FRA | 2754 | 8.5 | 87 | 91.5 | 2525 |
| 31 | 77 | Bjerre, Jonas Buhl | GM | DEN | 2570 | 8.5 | 85.5 | 90 | 2523 |
| 32 | 107 | Sahidi, Samir | IM | SVK | 2524 | 8.5 | 85.5 | 89 | 2535 |
| 33 | 65 | Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal | GM | CHI | 2586 | 8 | 97.5 | 103 | 2612 |
| 34 | 36 | Sarana, Alexey | GM | SRB | 2641 | 8 | 95 | 101 | 2616 |
| 35 | 52 | Mamedov, Rauf | GM | AZE | 2610 | 8 | 95 | 100 | 2560 |
| 36 | 106 | Makarian, Rudik | GM | FID | 2524 | 8 | 94.5 | 98.5 | 2648 |
| 37 | 138 | Amar, Elham | GM | NOR | 2482 | 8 | 92.5 | 99 | 2604 |
| 38 | 51 | Sargsyan, Shant | GM | ARM | 2611 | 8 | 92.5 | 97.5 | 2569 |
| 39 | 19 | Yu, Yangyi | GM | CHN | 2680 | 8 | 92 | 97.5 | 2550 |
| 40 | 2 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | GM | FID | 2762 | 8 | 91.5 | 98 | 2585 |
| 247 players | |||||||||
| World Rapid Women 2025 Doha QAT Fri 26th Dec 2025 - Tue 30th Dec 2025
Leading Final Round 11 Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 10 | Zhu, Jiner | GM | CHN | 2435 | 8.5 | 72.5 | 77.5 | 2410 |
| 2 | 3 | Goryachkina, Aleksandra | GM | FID | 2505 | 8.5 | 71.5 | 77 | 2360 |
| 3 | 8 | Koneru, Humpy | GM | IND | 2448 | 8.5 | 69 | 74 | 2335 |
| 4 | 67 | Savitha, Shri B | IM | IND | 2238 | 8 | 70.5 | 73 | 2380 |
| 5 | 25 | Vaishali, Rameshbabu | GM | IND | 2359 | 8 | 65 | 69.5 | 2319 |
| 6 | 33 | Atalik, Ekaterina | IM | TUR | 2328 | 8 | 62 | 66.5 | 2274 |
| 7 | 4 | Lei, Tingjie | GM | CHN | 2496 | 7.5 | 71.5 | 77 | 2354 |
| 8 | 13 | Divya, Deshmukh | GM | IND | 2419 | 7.5 | 71 | 75.5 | 2318 |
| 9 | 6 | Lagno, Kateryna | GM | FID | 2452 | 7.5 | 68.5 | 73 | 2303 |
| 10 | 2 | Tan, Zhongyi | GM | CHN | 2507 | 7.5 | 68 | 72 | 2340 |
| 11 | 7 | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | GM | SUI | 2450 | 7.5 | 67 | 72.5 | 2286 |
| 12 | 31 | Arabidze, Meri | IM | GEO | 2333 | 7.5 | 66.5 | 71 | 2353 |
| 13 | 24 | Shuvalova, Polina | IM | FID | 2360 | 7.5 | 65 | 69.5 | 2286 |
| 14 | 14 | Muzychuk, Anna | GM | UKR | 2398 | 7.5 | 63 | 67.5 | 2307 |
| 15 | 29 | Batsiashvili, Nino | GM | GEO | 2346 | 7 | 74 | 79 | 2413 |
| 16 | 50 | Mungunzul, Bat-Erdene | WIM | MGL | 2288 | 7 | 70.5 | 74.5 | 2376 |
| 17 | 96 | Chen, Yining | FM | CHN | 2143 | 7 | 70 | 75.5 | 2386 |
| 18 | 12 | Muzychuk, Mariya | GM | UKR | 2421 | 7 | 69.5 | 73.5 | 2344 |
| 19 | 9 | Dronavalli, Harika | GM | IND | 2435 | 7 | 67.5 | 73 | 2305 |
| 20 | 18 | Stefanova, Antoaneta | GM | BUL | 2379 | 7 | 67 | 72 | 2297 |
| 21 | 11 | Dzagnidze, Nana | GM | GEO | 2425 | 7 | 66 | 71 | 2293 |
| 22 | 22 | Khamdamova, Afruza | WGM | UZB | 2365 | 7 | 64 | 68 | 2288 |
| 23 | 19 | Song, Yuxin | IM | CHN | 2375 | 7 | 63.5 | 68 | 2295 |
| 24 | 44 | Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra | IM | POL | 2293 | 7 | 63.5 | 65.5 | 2275 |
| 25 | 20 | Khotenashvili, Bella | GM | GEO | 2373 | 7 | 62 | 66.5 | 2263 |
| 26 | 34 | Vantika, Agrawal | IM | IND | 2321 | 7 | 62 | 65.5 | 2247 |
| 27 | 40 | Preobrazhenskaya, Diana | WFM | FID | 2306 | 7 | 59 | 63 | 2243 |
| 28 | 32 | Munkhzul, Turmunkh | WGM | MGL | 2330 | 7 | 56.5 | 60.5 | 2236 |
| 29 | 41 | Mkrtchian, Lilit | IM | ARM | 2300 | 7 | 56.5 | 60.5 | 2203 |
| 30 | 27 | Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat | IM | ESP | 2356 | 6.5 | 70 | 75.5 | 2373 |
| 31 | 51 | Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim | IM | UZB | 2286 | 6.5 | 67 | 70.5 | 2343 |
| 32 | 47 | Padmini, Rout | IM | IND | 2290 | 6.5 | 64 | 68.5 | 2288 |
| 33 | 16 | Roebers, Eline | IM | NED | 2392 | 6.5 | 64 | 67.5 | 2226 |
| 34 | 35 | Mammadzada, Gunay | IM | AZE | 2315 | 6.5 | 63.5 | 68 | 2324 |
| 35 | 38 | Salimova, Nurgyul | IM | BUL | 2311 | 6.5 | 63 | 68 | 2255 |
| 36 | 74 | Rudzinska, Michalina | WGM | POL | 2210 | 6.5 | 63 | 67.5 | 2293 |
| 37 | 1 | Ju, Wenjun | GM | CHN | 2530 | 6.5 | 62 | 66 | 2286 |
| 38 | 26 | Krush, Irina | GM | USA | 2358 | 6.5 | 62 | 66 | 2215 |
| 39 | 56 | Kiolbasa, Oliwia | IM | POL | 2270 | 6.5 | 61.5 | 65 | 2320 |
| 40 | 62 | Shukhman, Anna | WGM | FID | 2247 | 6.5 | 59.5 | 64 | 2245 |
| 141 players | |||||||||
| World Rapid Women TB 2025 Doha QAT Fri 26th Dec 2025 - Tue 30th Dec 2025
Leading Final Round 2 Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Rtg | 1 | 2 | Pts |
| 1 | Goryachkina, Aleksandra | 2534 | 1 | = | 1.5 |
| 2 | Zhu, Jiner | 2579 | 0 | = | 0.5 |
| 2 players | |||||
| World Blitz 2025 Doha QAT Fri 26th Dec 2025 - Tue 30th Dec 2025
Leading Final Round 19 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 10 | Erigaisi, Arjun | GM | IND | 2749 | 15 | 219 | 226 | 2684 |
| 2 | 8 | Caruana, Fabiano | GM | USA | 2751 | 14 | 215.5 | 225.5 | 2663 |
| 3 | 1 | Carlsen, Magnus | GM | NOR | 2881 | 13.5 | 217 | 226 | 2656 |
| 4 | 7 | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | GM | UZB | 2768 | 13 | 216.5 | 225 | 2666 |
| 5 | 12 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | GM | FRA | 2745 | 13 | 214 | 222.5 | 2681 |
| 6 | 5 | So, Wesley | GM | USA | 2790 | 13 | 203.5 | 211 | 2611 |
| 7 | 25 | Nihal, Sarin | GM | IND | 2681 | 13 | 203 | 212.5 | 2583 |
| 8 | 53 | Lazavik, Denis | GM | FID | 2617 | 13 | 196.5 | 204.5 | 2583 |
| 9 | 66 | Matlakov, Maxim | GM | FID | 2591 | 13 | 185 | 192.5 | 2551 |
| 10 | 4 | Dubov, Daniil | GM | FID | 2795 | 12.5 | 217 | 227 | 2672 |
| 11 | 30 | Lu, Shanglei | GM | CHN | 2657 | 12.5 | 216 | 225 | 2670 |
| 12 | 37 | Radjabov, Teimour | GM | AZE | 2646 | 12.5 | 212.5 | 220 | 2660 |
| 13 | 3 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | GM | FID | 2801 | 12.5 | 207.5 | 217 | 2606 |
| 14 | 40 | Sindarov, Javokhir | GM | UZB | 2632 | 12.5 | 207.5 | 216 | 2646 |
| 15 | 2 | Firouzja, Alireza | GM | FRA | 2813 | 12.5 | 206 | 213.5 | 2628 |
| 16 | 9 | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | GM | POL | 2750 | 12.5 | 204.5 | 212 | 2609 |
| 17 | 14 | Artemiev, Vladislav | GM | FID | 2733 | 12.5 | 202.5 | 210 | 2616 |
| 18 | 74 | Hakobyan, Aram | GM | ARM | 2581 | 12.5 | 190.5 | 198.5 | 2550 |
| 19 | 143 | Samunenkov, Ihor | GM | UKR | 2487 | 12.5 | 190.5 | 197 | 2602 |
| 20 | 19 | Yu, Yangyi | GM | CHN | 2704 | 12 | 210.5 | 219 | 2625 |
| 21 | 15 | Bu, Xiangzhi | GM | CHN | 2719 | 12 | 210 | 217.5 | 2631 |
| 22 | 28 | Grischuk, Alexander | GM | FID | 2665 | 12 | 208 | 217 | 2628 |
| 23 | 31 | Van Foreest, Jorden | GM | NED | 2657 | 12 | 207.5 | 216.5 | 2622 |
| 24 | 95 | Pranesh, M | GM | IND | 2553 | 12 | 206 | 214 | 2620 |
| 25 | 194 | Pranav, Anand | GM | IND | 2393 | 12 | 205 | 214 | 2649 |
| 26 | 26 | Martirosyan, Haik M. | GM | ARM | 2679 | 12 | 202 | 211 | 2597 |
| 27 | 6 | Aronian, Levon | GM | USA | 2774 | 12 | 200 | 206 | 2576 |
| 28 | 110 | Paravyan, David | GM | FID | 2528 | 12 | 199 | 205.5 | 2674 |
| 29 | 54 | Mamedov, Rauf | GM | AZE | 2612 | 12 | 197 | 205.5 | 2583 |
| 30 | 44 | Moussard, Jules | GM | FRA | 2629 | 12 | 196 | 204.5 | 2579 |
| 31 | 52 | Narayanan, S L | GM | IND | 2619 | 12 | 196 | 204 | 2626 |
| 32 | 36 | Murzin, Volodar | GM | FID | 2647 | 12 | 196 | 204 | 2592 |
| 33 | 23 | Le, Quang Liem | GM | VIE | 2695 | 12 | 195 | 203.5 | 2551 |
| 34 | 51 | Alekseenko, Kirill | GM | AUT | 2620 | 12 | 189 | 197 | 2529 |
| 35 | 29 | Esipenko, Andrey | GM | FID | 2659 | 12 | 188.5 | 197.5 | 2538 |
| 36 | 84 | Uskov, Artem | GM | FID | 2569 | 12 | 188.5 | 195 | 2535 |
| 37 | 175 | Ahmad, Khagan | IM | AZE | 2421 | 12 | 188 | 196.5 | 2601 |
| 38 | 62 | Keymer, Vincent | GM | GER | 2599 | 12 | 187.5 | 195 | 2578 |
| 39 | 55 | Santos Latasa, Jaime | GM | ESP | 2611 | 12 | 182.5 | 190.5 | 2499 |
| 40 | 33 | Salem, A.R. Saleh | GM | UAE | 2651 | 11.5 | 197 | 205.5 | 2573 |
| 252 players | |||||||||
| World Blitz Women 2025 Doha QAT Fri 26th Dec 2025 - Tue 30th Dec 2025
Leading Final Round 15 Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 7 | Assaubayeva, Bibisara | GM | KAZ | 2428 | 11 | 130.5 | 137 | 2312 |
| 2 | 13 | Muzychuk, Anna | GM | UKR | 2397 | 11 | 125.5 | 132 | 2247 |
| 3 | 17 | Roebers, Eline | IM | NED | 2377 | 11 | 125.5 | 131 | 2288 |
| 4 | 9 | Zhu, Jiner | GM | CHN | 2425 | 11 | 121 | 127 | 2285 |
| 5 | 33 | Gunina, Valentina | GM | FID | 2314 | 11 | 120.5 | 126.5 | 2288 |
| 6 | 21 | Stefanova, Antoaneta | GM | BUL | 2367 | 10.5 | 130 | 136.5 | 2312 |
| 7 | 5 | Goryachkina, Aleksandra | GM | FID | 2439 | 10 | 136.5 | 144.5 | 2324 |
| 8 | 43 | Omonova, Umida | WIM | UZB | 2278 | 10 | 133 | 138.5 | 2347 |
| 9 | 66 | Shukhman, Anna | WGM | FID | 2204 | 10 | 132 | 136 | 2377 |
| 10 | 20 | Song, Yuxin | IM | CHN | 2371 | 10 | 126 | 132 | 2253 |
| 11 | 26 | Salimova, Nurgyul | IM | BUL | 2336 | 10 | 126 | 132 | 2251 |
| 12 | 30 | Nurman, Alua | WGM | KAZ | 2324 | 10 | 125.5 | 130.5 | 2238 |
| 13 | 10 | Garifullina, Leya | IM | FID | 2407 | 10 | 122 | 128 | 2239 |
| 14 | 50 | Bulmaga, Irina | IM | ROU | 2251 | 10 | 120 | 125 | 2218 |
| 15 | 35 | Munkhzul, Turmunkh | WGM | MGL | 2307 | 10 | 111 | 117.5 | 2220 |
| 16 | 118 | Iudina, Veronika | WFM | FID | 2037 | 9.5 | 129.5 | 136.5 | 2300 |
| 17 | 1 | Ju, Wenjun | GM | CHN | 2489 | 9.5 | 125 | 132 | 2260 |
| 18 | 22 | Arabidze, Meri | IM | GEO | 2356 | 9.5 | 121 | 128.5 | 2209 |
| 19 | 4 | Lagno, Kateryna | GM | FID | 2448 | 9.5 | 121 | 128 | 2291 |
| 20 | 31 | Injac, Teodora | IM | SRB | 2323 | 9.5 | 120 | 125.5 | 2258 |
| 21 | 65 | Badelka, Olga | IM | AUT | 2208 | 9.5 | 120 | 125 | 2298 |
| 22 | 15 | Divya, Deshmukh | GM | IND | 2388 | 9.5 | 115.5 | 121.5 | 2259 |
| 23 | 6 | Koneru, Humpy | GM | IND | 2430 | 9.5 | 113.5 | 119.5 | 2236 |
| 24 | 32 | Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra | IM | POL | 2323 | 9.5 | 113.5 | 119.5 | 2189 |
| 25 | 40 | Kamalidenova, Meruert | IM | KAZ | 2295 | 9.5 | 108 | 113 | 2206 |
| 26 | 34 | Yip, Carissa | IM | USA | 2313 | 9 | 132.5 | 138.5 | 2288 |
| 27 | 64 | Nurgaliyeva, Zarina | WIM | KAZ | 2209 | 9 | 132 | 133 | 2344 |
| 28 | 19 | Muzychuk, Mariya | GM | UKR | 2373 | 9 | 126 | 133 | 2298 |
| 29 | 120 | Khafizova, Diana | WFM | FID | 2033 | 9 | 126 | 132 | 2335 |
| 30 | 28 | Mungunzul, Bat-Erdene | WIM | MGL | 2329 | 9 | 125.5 | 132 | 2260 |
| 31 | 68 | Nomin-Erdene, Davaademberel | IM | HUN | 2201 | 9 | 117.5 | 119.5 | 2293 |
| 32 | 8 | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | GM | SUI | 2428 | 9 | 113.5 | 119.5 | 2209 |
| 33 | 75 | Mammadova, Gulnar | IM | AZE | 2185 | 9 | 113 | 118.5 | 2324 |
| 34 | 53 | Charkhalashvili, Inga | WGM | GEO | 2248 | 9 | 111.5 | 116.5 | 2227 |
| 35 | 23 | Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat | IM | ESP | 2352 | 9 | 110.5 | 117 | 2169 |
| 36 | 29 | Mammadzada, Gunay | IM | AZE | 2326 | 9 | 99.5 | 105 | 2164 |
| 37 | 42 | Buksa, Nataliya | IM | UKR | 2281 | 8.5 | 131 | 137 | 2349 |
| 38 | 18 | Danielian, Elina | GM | ARM | 2373 | 8.5 | 123 | 129 | 2262 |
| 39 | 12 | Shuvalova, Polina | IM | FID | 2399 | 8.5 | 120.5 | 127 | 2244 |
| 40 | 98 | Vo, Thi Kim Phung | WGM | VIE | 2122 | 8.5 | 118.5 | 123 | 2308 |
| 140 players | |||||||||
| World Blitz Final KO 2025 Doha QAT Fri 26th Dec 2025 - Tue 30th Dec 2025
Leading Final Round 2 Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Pts |
| Final | ||
| 1 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2.5 |
| 2 | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | 1.5 |
| Semi-final | ||
| 1 | Carlsen, Magnus | 3.0 |
| 2 | Caruana, Fabiano | 1.0 |
| 1 | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | 2.5 |
| 2 | Erigaisi, Arjun | 0.5 |
| 8 players | ||
| World Blitz Women Final Doha QAT Fri 26th Dec 2025 - Tue 30th Dec 2025
Leading Final Round 2 Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Pts |
| Final | ||
| 1 | Assaubayeva, Bibisara | 2.5 |
| 2 | Muzychuk, Anna | 1.5 |
| Semi-final | ||
| 1 | Muzychuk, Anna | 2.5 |
| 2 | Roebers, Eline | 1.5 |
| 1 | Assaubayeva, Bibisara | 3.0 |
| 2 | Zhu, Jiner | 0.0 |
| 8 players | ||
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: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts |
| 1 | 9 | Kovchan, Alexander | GM | UKR | 2447 | 7 |
| 2 | 16 | Golding, Alex | IM | ENG | 2370 | 7 |
| 3 | 3 | Deuer, Marius | IM | GER | 2475 | 6.5 |
| 4 | 7 | Hagner, Bennet | IM | GER | 2451 | 6.5 |
| 5 | 11 | Ghimpu, Samuel-Timotei | IM | ROU | 2428 | 6.5 |
| 6 | 1 | Laurent-Paoli, Pierre | GM | FRA | 2539 | 6 |
| 7 | 4 | Kaasen, Tor Fredrik | IM | NOR | 2471 | 6 |
| 8 | 5 | Gordon, Stephen J | GM | ENG | 2465 | 6 |
| 9 | 6 | Plat, Vojtech | GM | CZE | 2461 | 6 |
| 10 | 8 | Kuru, Atilla | IM | TUR | 2449 | 6 |
| 11 | 10 | Williams, Simon K | GM | ENG | 2434 | 6 |
| 12 | 12 | Wang, Hao(Zj) | IM | CHN | 2426 | 6 |
| 13 | 19 | Kalavannan, Koby | FM | ENG | 2275 | 6 |
| 14 | 32 | Vaidyanathan, Adithya | ENG | 2189 | 6 | |
| 15 | 2 | Sulskis, Sarunas | GM | LTU | 2475 | 5.5 |
| 16 | 13 | Grutter, Tim | IM | NED | 2397 | 5.5 |
| 17 | 14 | Gormally, Daniel W | GM | ENG | 2396 | 5.5 |
| 18 | 15 | Mazur, Stefan | IM | SVK | 2392 | 5.5 |
| 19 | 17 | Skytte, Rasmus | IM | DEN | 2354 | 5.5 |
| 20 | 18 | Badacsonyi, Stanley | FM | ENG | 2317 | 5.5 |
| 21 | 22 | Hobson, Kenneth | FM | ENG | 2264 | 5.5 |
| 22 | 25 | Demac, Elias | NOR | 2230 | 5.5 | |
| 23 | 26 | Sivanandan, Bodhana | WIM | ENG | 2229 | 5.5 |
| 24 | 33 | Kapechun, Mikhailo | UKR | 2184 | 5.5 | |
| 25 | 40 | Blanquet, Camille | WFM | FRA | 2132 | 5.5 |
| 26 | 41 | Verbin, Valentina | WFM | MDA | 2122 | 5.5 |
| 27 | 79 | Lee, Younggyu | KOR | 1892 | 5.5 | |
| 28 | 101 | Liu, Yiyi | ENG | 1791 | 5.5 | |
| 29 | 20 | Balaji, Aaravamudhan | IM | ENG | 2270 | 5 |
| 30 | 21 | Southcott-Moyers, Indy | FM | ENG | 2266 | 5 |
| 31 | 30 | Saunders, Aron | ENG | 2201 | 5 | |
| 32 | 39 | Adams, Henry | ENG | 2159 | 5 | |
| 33 | 43 | Hill, Alistair | ENG | 2104 | 5 | |
| 34 | 47 | Rida, Ruqayyah | WFM | ENG | 2068 | 5 |
| 35 | 54 | Barbu, Simon-Alexandru | ROU | 2051 | 5 | |
| 36 | 56 | Herzwurm, Robert | GER | 2047 | 5 | |
| 37 | 58 | Verbytski, Oleg | ENG | 2039 | 5 | |
| 38 | 67 | Ashton, Alannah | WCM | ENG | 1983 | 5 |
| 39 | 71 | Ward, Cian | ENG | 1947 | 5 | |
| 40 | 74 | Gorskovs, Andrejs | ENG | 1920 | 5 | |
| 111 players | ||||||
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 3 | XU, Xiangyu | CHN | 2601 | 8 | 48.5 | 48.5 | 42 |
| 2 | 1 | DEMCHENKO, Anton | SLO | 2631 | 7 | 50 | 54.5 | 37 |
| 3 | 29 | SIVA, Mahadevan | IND | 2427 | 7 | 45.5 | 49.5 | 34 |
| 4 | 7 | DAI, Changren | CHN | 2551 | 7 | 44 | 48 | 35 |
| 5 | 30 | XIE, Kaifan | CHN | 2426 | 6.5 | 46.5 | 46.5 | 35.5 |
| 6 | 16 | DOTZER, Lukas | AUT | 2478 | 6.5 | 46 | 50 | 34.5 |
| 7 | 8 | LI, Di | CHN | 2549 | 6.5 | 45.5 | 50 | 35 |
| 8 | 4 | MESHKOVS, Nikita | LAT | 2561 | 6.5 | 45 | 48.5 | 33 |
| 9 | 15 | SENGUPTA, Deep | IND | 2479 | 6.5 | 45 | 48 | 34.5 |
| 10 | 13 | RACZEK, Krzysztof | POL | 2489 | 6.5 | 44 | 46.5 | 34.5 |
| 11 | 9 | HEBERLA, Bartlomiej | POL | 2508 | 6.5 | 42 | 45 | 33 |
| 12 | 61 | RIEHLE, Marco | GER | 2363 | 6.5 | 41.5 | 44.5 | 28.5 |
| 13 | 22 | SARDANA, Rishi | AUS | 2459 | 6.5 | 40 | 43 | 31 |
| 14 | 24 | ZHALMAKHANOV, Ramazan | KAZ | 2454 | 6 | 49 | 52.5 | 34.5 |
| 15 | 6 | BAUER, Christian | FRA | 2552 | 6 | 43.5 | 46 | 30 |
| 16 | 17 | CIESLAK, Patryk | POL | 2477 | 6 | 42 | 46 | 31.5 |
| 17 | 38 | MAKKAR, Rajat | FRA | 2396 | 6 | 42 | 44.5 | 30 |
| 18 | 37 | JAIN, Kashish Manoj | IND | 2396 | 6 | 40.5 | 44 | 30.5 |
| 19 | 40 | DIXIT, Nikhil | IND | 2392 | 6 | 40 | 44 | 28.5 |
| 20 | 10 | SEEMANN, Jakub | POL | 2507 | 6 | 40 | 43 | 27.5 |
| 21 | 11 | GHASI, Ameet K | ENG | 2500 | 6 | 39.5 | 42.5 | 29 |
| 22 | 52 | RITVIZ, Parab | IND | 2369 | 6 | 39 | 43 | 26.5 |
| 23 | 27 | DAS, Sayantan | IND | 2434 | 6 | 39 | 42.5 | 31 |
| 24 | 28 | HILLARP PERSSON, Tiger | SWE | 2428 | 6 | 38.5 | 41.5 | 32 |
| 25 | 47 | DELGERDALAI, Bayarjavkhlan | CZE | 2376 | 5.5 | 48 | 52.5 | 33 |
| 26 | 33 | SAI, Krishna G V | CAN | 2415 | 5.5 | 48 | 52 | 34 |
| 27 | 90 | DAAKSHIN, Arun | IND | 2274 | 5.5 | 45.5 | 49.5 | 29.5 |
| 28 | 39 | WALDHAUSEN GORDON, Frederick | SCO | 2393 | 5.5 | 45 | 48 | 29.5 |
| 29 | 2 | HAMMER, Jon Ludvig | NOR | 2606 | 5.5 | 43.5 | 48 | 29 |
| 30 | 5 | HORVATH, Dominik | AUT | 2557 | 5.5 | 43.5 | 47.5 | 29.5 |
| 31 | 67 | KATSANIS, Vasileios Dim | GRE | 2336 | 5.5 | 42.5 | 46 | 27 |
| 32 | 19 | BRONSTEIN, Or | ISR | 2470 | 5.5 | 42 | 46 | 29.5 |
| 33 | 49 | AVINASH, Ramesh | IND | 2370 | 5.5 | 41.5 | 45.5 | 29 |
| 34 | 48 | MIEZIS, Normunds | LAT | 2375 | 5.5 | 41 | 45 | 29 |
| 35 | 46 | BHAGAT, Kush | IND | 2381 | 5.5 | 40.5 | 44 | 28.5 |
| 36 | 35 | KURMANN, Oliver | SUI | 2409 | 5.5 | 40.5 | 43.5 | 28.5 |
| 37 | 63 | KAVUTSKIY, Kostya | USA | 2354 | 5.5 | 40.5 | 43.5 | 26.5 |
| 38 | 20 | TROST, Edvin | SWE | 2466 | 5.5 | 40.5 | 43 | 28.5 |
| 39 | 113 | MYAGMARSUREN, Evsuld | NOR | 2229 | 5.5 | 40.5 | 42 | 22.5 |
| 40 | 21 | ROZENTALIS, Eduardas | LTU | 2461 | 5.5 | 39 | 42 | 29.5 |
| 168 players | ||||||||
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 10 | Ruzhansky, Elias | IM | BEL | 2432 | 7 | 0 | 51 | 38.5 |
| 2 | 1 | Kazakouski, Valery | GM | LTU | 2585 | 6.5 | 1 | 51 | 35.5 |
| 3 | 5 | Vignesh, N R | GM | IND | 2488 | 6.5 | 2 | 52 | 36 |
| 4 | 12 | Korchynskyi, Mykola | FM | GER | 2418 | 6.5 | 3 | 50 | 34.5 |
| 5 | 3 | Bernadskiy, Vitaliy | GM | UKR | 2522 | 6 | 0 | 53 | 33,75 |
| 6 | 6 | Prraneeth, Vuppala | GM | IND | 2469 | 6 | 0 | 50.5 | 31.5 |
| 7 | 8 | Manafov, Vugar | IM | AZE | 2438 | 6 | 0 | 48 | 30,75 |
| 8 | 4 | Babazada, Khazar | IM | AZE | 2507 | 6 | 0 | 47 | 29 |
| 9 | 15 | Shyaam, Nikhil P | GM | IND | 2400 | 6 | 0 | 46 | 29 |
| 10 | 7 | Martins, David Pires Tavares | IM | POR | 2443 | 6 | 0 | 45 | 27,25 |
| 11 | 2 | Beerdsen, Thomas | GM | NED | 2526 | 5.5 | 0 | 47.5 | 26,75 |
| 12 | 17 | Jin, Yueheng | IM | CHN | 2387 | 5.5 | 0 | 46.5 | 26,25 |
| 13 | 13 | Elmi, Saad Abobaker | IM | NOR | 2409 | 5.5 | 0 | 46 | 26.5 |
| 14 | 11 | Dhulipalla, Bala Chandra Prasad | IM | IND | 2430 | 5.5 | 0 | 46 | 26,25 |
| 15 | 30 | Krishnan, Ritvik | FM | IND | 2265 | 5.5 | 0 | 42.5 | 23 |
| 16 | 33 | Grooten, Tommy | NED | 2217 | 5.5 | 0 | 41.5 | 23 | |
| 17 | 26 | Aakash, G | FM | IND | 2300 | 5.5 | 0 | 41 | 23,75 |
| 18 | 24 | Koster, Ramon | FM | NED | 2307 | 5.5 | 0 | 41 | 23,25 |
| 19 | 34 | Wempe, Joost | FM | NED | 2212 | 5.5 | 0 | 40.5 | 22,75 |
| 20 | 20 | Sydykov, Bayastan | FM | KGZ | 2366 | 5 | 0 | 45 | 21.5 |
| 21 | 48 | Duijker, Rick | FM | NED | 2148 | 5 | 0 | 44.5 | 23,25 |
| 22 | 27 | Van Roon, Sjoerd | FM | NED | 2284 | 5 | 0 | 44.5 | 21 |
| 23 | 22 | Van Foreest, Machteld | WGM | NED | 2328 | 5 | 0 | 40.5 | 20,25 |
| 24 | 37 | Advaitt, Srikant Koduri | FM | IND | 2192 | 5 | 0 | 36.5 | 18.5 |
| 25 | 36 | Keuning, Selwin | NED | 2196 | 5 | 0 | 34.5 | 17,25 | |
| 26 | 46 | Krylov, Philippe | NED | 2151 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 18,75 | |
| 27 | 16 | Lahaye, Rick | NED | 2390 | 4.5 | 0 | 49 | 21,75 | |
| 28 | 19 | Elgersma, Onno | FM | NED | 2366 | 4.5 | 0 | 43.5 | 19.5 |
| 29 | 25 | Smeets, Kobe | FM | NED | 2301 | 4.5 | 0 | 43 | 19.5 |
| 30 | 9 | De Boer, Eelke | IM | NED | 2436 | 4.5 | 0 | 42.5 | 18,75 |
| 31 | 49 | Sanjay, Narayanan P S | IND | 2142 | 4.5 | 0 | 42 | 18,75 | |
| 32 | 21 | Albers, Sasa | FM | NED | 2345 | 4.5 | 0 | 41.5 | 19,25 |
| 33 | 42 | Edwardss, Dylan | NED | 2165 | 4.5 | 0 | 41.5 | 19 | |
| 34 | 35 | Filindash, Nikita | CM | CZE | 2210 | 4.5 | 0 | 41.5 | 16 |
| 35 | 29 | Dordevic, Tom | GER | 2268 | 4.5 | 0 | 37.5 | 16,25 | |
| 36 | 57 | Chua, Ethan | NED | 2089 | 4 | 0 | 42 | 17,25 | |
| 37 | 50 | Bakija, Alan | NED | 2139 | 4 | 0 | 42 | 16.5 | |
| 38 | 31 | De Jong, Migchiel | IM | NED | 2263 | 4 | 0 | 41.5 | 14.5 |
| 39 | 38 | Grooten, Herman | IM | NED | 2176 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 15,25 |
| 40 | 39 | Rebers, Eugene | FM | NED | 2174 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 15,25 |
| 63 players | |||||||||
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 2 | Stopa, Jacek | GM | POL | 2330 | 4 | 0.0 | 9.5 | 8.0 |
| 2 | 1 | Fernandez, Daniel Howard | GM | ENG | 2527 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 10.0 | 8.0 |
| 3 | 3 | Xie, Felix | FM | NZL | 2318 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 7.0 | 6.5 |
| 4 | 15 | Wang, Justin Zhide | CM | NZL | 1962 | 3 | 0.0 | 10.5 | 8.5 |
| 5 | 21 | Steele, Hayden | NZL | 1781 | 3 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 8.0 | |
| 6 | 11 | Liu, William Rui | CM | NZL | 2006 | 3 | 0.0 | 9.5 | 9.0 |
| 7 | 6 | Dive, Russell J | IM | NZL | 2130 | 3 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 7.5 |
| 8 | 17 | Wilson, Dion A | NZL | 1928 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 6.5 | |
| 9 | 4 | Ker, Anthony F | IM | NZL | 2171 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 7.5 | 6.0 |
| 10 | 9 | Salasan, Haran | CM | AUS | 1989 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 7.5 | 6.0 |
| 11 | 27 | Feng, Sophia | WCM | NZL | 1749 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 5.0 |
| 12 | 13 | Yu, Zachary | CM | NZL | 1990 | 2 | 0.0 | 9.5 | 8.5 |
| 13 | 29 | Sun, Nathan | NZL | 1643 | 2 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 8.0 | |
| 14 | 12 | Lee, Edward S | NZL | 2001 | 2 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 8.0 | |
| 15 | 5 | Smith, Robert W | FM | NZL | 2139 | 2 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 7.0 |
| 16 | 7 | Rains, Edward | CM | NZL | 2085 | 2 | 0.0 | 8.5 | 7.5 |
| 17 | 10 | Dowden, R Anthony | CM | NZL | 2030 | 2 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 5.0 |
| 18 | 8 | McNabb, Matthew D | NZL | 2067 | 2 | 0.0 | 6.5 | 6.0 | |
| 19 | 18 | Van Meter, Lester | FM | USA | 1918 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 10.5 | 9.0 |
| 20 | 24 | Braganza, Nadia | WFM | NZL | 1768 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 7.5 |
| 21 | 20 | Liu, Richard Jingjie | NZL | 1785 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 7.5 | 7.0 | |
| 22 | 26 | Forster, William | CM | NZL | 1752 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 7.5 | 6.0 |
| 23 | 30 | Yu, Weiyang (Cadence) | NZL | 1596 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 5.5 | |
| 24 | 28 | Gan, Emily Cathay | WCM | NZL | 1708 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.0 |
| 25 | 14 | Keith, Matthew | NZL | 1977 | 1 | 0.0 | 9.5 | 8.0 | |
| 26 | 23 | Thurner, Anya | NZL | 1772 | 1 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 6.0 | |
| 27 | 22 | Zhou, Ryan Yiheng | NZL | 1774 | 1 | 0.0 | 6.5 | 6.0 | |
| 28 | 19 | Nicholls, Leighton | CM | NZL | 1786 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 6.5 |
| 29 | 16 | Johnson, Quentin J F | NZL | 1954 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 6.5 | 5.0 | |
| 30 | 25 | Gogate, Ashwin | NZL | 1756 | 0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | |
| 30 players | |||||||||
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 1 | Rohith, Krishna S | GM | IND | 2489 | 5.5 | 21.5 | 24.5 | 22,25 |
| 2 | 11 | Fedorov, Alexei | GM | BLR | 2377 | 5.5 | 21.5 | 23 | 20,25 |
| 3 | 2 | Srihari, L R | GM | IND | 2472 | 5.5 | 21 | 24 | 21.5 |
| 4 | 9 | Aleksandrov, Aleksej | GM | BLR | 2409 | 5.5 | 21 | 23.5 | 20,75 |
| 5 | 25 | Arnav, Agrawal | IND | 2258 | 5 | 21.5 | 24.5 | 19.5 | |
| 6 | 34 | Elgabry, Mohsen | IM | EGY | 2177 | 5 | 21.5 | 24.5 | 19 |
| 7 | 10 | Mehar, Chinna Reddy C.H. | IM | IND | 2384 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 19,25 |
| 8 | 21 | Madhvendra, Pratap Sharma | CM | IND | 2284 | 5 | 20 | 22.5 | 18,25 |
| 9 | 3 | Mayank, Chakraborty | IM | IND | 2468 | 5 | 20 | 22.5 | 17.5 |
| 10 | 48 | Vandan, Alankar Sawai | CM | IND | 2094 | 5 | 19 | 21.5 | 16 |
| 11 | 38 | Banik, Hrishikesh Kumar | AIM | IND | 2147 | 5 | 18.5 | 21 | 17.5 |
| 12 | 8 | Nguyen, Duc Hoa | GM | VIE | 2416 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 17,25 |
| 13 | 31 | Palencia Morales, Wilson Guillermo | IM | COL | 2207 | 5 | 17 | 19.5 | 16.5 |
| 14 | 32 | Pradeep, Kumar R A | IND | 2195 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 15 | |
| 15 | 19 | Dhananjay, S | FM | IND | 2299 | 4.5 | 22.5 | 25 | 17,25 |
| 16 | 43 | Jihan, Tejas Shah | IND | 2128 | 4.5 | 22.5 | 25 | 17 | |
| 17 | 4 | Savchenko, Boris | GM | RUS | 2464 | 4.5 | 21.5 | 24 | 17,25 |
| 18 | 22 | Bhoir, Paras Dilip | IND | 2276 | 4.5 | 21.5 | 22.5 | 14,75 | |
| 19 | 16 | Jinan, Jomon | FM | IND | 2323 | 4.5 | 20.5 | 23.5 | 15,75 |
| 20 | 23 | Laxman, R.R. | GM | IND | 2269 | 4.5 | 20 | 23.5 | 17,25 |
| 21 | 44 | Agnivo, Chakraborty | IND | 2114 | 4.5 | 20 | 22.5 | 14,75 | |
| 22 | 45 | Aadik, Theophane Lenin | CM | IND | 2113 | 4.5 | 20 | 22.5 | 14,75 |
| 23 | 6 | Burmakin, Vladimir | GM | RUS | 2428 | 4.5 | 20 | 21.5 | 15,25 |
| 24 | 27 | Manik, Mikulas | GM | SVK | 2251 | 4.5 | 19.5 | 23 | 17,25 |
| 25 | 15 | Slizhevsky, Alexander | IM | RUS | 2338 | 4.5 | 19.5 | 22 | 15,75 |
| 26 | 69 | Shashveen, A K | IND | 2028 | 4.5 | 19.5 | 21 | 14,75 | |
| 27 | 60 | Haridev, S | IND | 2059 | 4.5 | 19 | 21.5 | 15 | |
| 28 | 64 | Karan, J P | IND | 2041 | 4.5 | 18 | 20.5 | 14.5 | |
| 29 | 40 | Avirat, Chauhan | IND | 2138 | 4.5 | 18 | 20 | 15 | |
| 30 | 35 | Hoang, Thi Bao Tram | WGM | VIE | 2175 | 4.5 | 17.5 | 20.5 | 15,25 |
| 31 | 57 | Aarav, A | CM | IND | 2070 | 4.5 | 17.5 | 19.5 | 14 |
| 32 | 12 | Nguyen, Van Huy | GM | VIE | 2360 | 4.5 | 17.5 | 19.5 | 13 |
| 33 | 102 | Ghadge, Harsh | IND | 1932 | 4.5 | 17.5 | 19.5 | 12,75 | |
| 34 | 52 | Aarav, Saish Amonkar | IND | 2079 | 4.5 | 16.5 | 18.5 | 13,25 | |
| 35 | 26 | Saravana, Krishnan P. | IM | IND | 2255 | 4 | 22.5 | 26 | 16.5 |
| 36 | 75 | Parambrata, Sarkar | AFM | IND | 2011 | 4 | 22 | 24.5 | 14,75 |
| 37 | 5 | Ayush, Sharma | IM | IND | 2454 | 4 | 21 | 24.5 | 15,75 |
| 38 | 47 | Adhiraj, Mitra | AIM | IND | 2101 | 4 | 21 | 23.5 | 13 |
| 39 | 96 | Joshi, Aditya Shripad | IND | 1948 | 4 | 20.5 | 23 | 14 | |
| 40 | 7 | Deepan, Chakkravarthy J. | GM | IND | 2426 | 4 | 20.5 | 23 | 13,75 |
| 290 players | |||||||||
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 4 | Culum, Sanjin | IM | BIH | 2439 | 3 | 4 | 5.5 | 0 |
| 2 | 10 | Arnav, Maheshwari | FM | IND | 2339 | 3 | 4 | 5.5 | 0 |
| 3 | 23 | Starcević, Ante Leon | NM | CRO | 2238 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | 9 | HadEović, Amir | FM | BIH | 2343 | 3 | 4 | 4.5 | 0 |
| 5 | 11 | Safar, Sandro | FM | CRO | 2322 | 3 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | 24 | Cupić, Lovro | FM | CRO | 2223 | 2.5 | 4.5 | 6.5 | 0 |
| 7 | 14 | Gal, Andrej | FM | CRO | 2313 | 2.5 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | 39 | Konjević, Nikola | MK | CRO | 2101 | 2.5 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | 2 | Sarić, Ante | GM | CRO | 2471 | 2.5 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 0 |
| 10 | 5 | Zaja, Ivan | GM | CRO | 2405 | 2.5 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 0 |
| 11 | 31 | Vidović, Sasa | FM | CRO | 2145 | 2.5 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 0 |
| 12 | 16 | Grgantov, Marin | FM | CRO | 2304 | 2.5 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
| 13 | 1 | Jovanović, Zoran | GM | CRO | 2501 | 2.5 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | 3 | Zelcić, Robert | GM | CRO | 2446 | 2.5 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| 15 | 17 | Gagic, Milan A | FM | SRB | 2283 | 2.5 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | 42 | Ljubicić, Mario | MK | CRO | 2084 | 2.5 | 4 | 4.5 | 0 |
| 17 | 20 | Zovko, Mario | FM | CRO | 2248 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 |
| 18 | 25 | Milat, Marcel | FM | CAN | 2187 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 |
| 19 | 13 | Besedes, Danilo | FM | SRB | 2319 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 0 |
| 20 | 15 | Pein, Jonathan | FM | ENG | 2313 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 0 |
| 21 | 18 | Manea, Alexandru | IM | ROU | 2277 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 0 |
| 22 | 22 | Sajin, Mirko | FM | BIH | 2241 | 2.5 | 3 | 5.5 | 0 |
| 23 | 12 | Zufić, Miroslav | IM | CRO | 2320 | 2.5 | 3 | 4.5 | 0 |
| 24 | 29 | Bobanac, Miro | FM | CRO | 2150 | 2.5 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | 8 | Fercec, Nenad | GM | CRO | 2357 | 2 | 5 | 6.5 | 0 |
| 26 | 21 | Ghersinich, Enrico | FM | CRO | 2244 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| 27 | 27 | Pehar, Borna | MK | CRO | 2155 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| 28 | 28 | Vucenović, Damian | FM | CRO | 2151 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| 29 | 26 | Sipić, Hrvoje | MK | CRO | 2163 | 2 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 0 |
| 30 | 43 | Tuković, Dario | MK | CRO | 2081 | 2 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 0 |
| 31 | 51 | Burns, Michael | MKD | 2046 | 2 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 | |
| 32 | 69 | Lacmanović, Stipe | CM | CRO | 1920 | 2 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0 |
| 33 | 6 | Kovacević, BlaEimir | GM | CRO | 2382 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| 34 | 37 | Sarić, Kristina | WIM | CRO | 2115 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| 35 | 19 | Glavas, Dragan | FM | CRO | 2249 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| 36 | 44 | Carić, Mato | MK | CRO | 2066 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| 37 | 47 | Topalić, Fran | MK | CRO | 2057 | 2 | 4 | 4.5 | 0 |
| 38 | 66 | ZuEić, Ivan | III | CRO | 1935 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 39 | 53 | Mestrović, Toni | MK | CRO | 1993 | 2 | 3.5 | 5.5 | 0 |
| 40 | 35 | Đurić, Leon | MK | CRO | 2134 | 2 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 0 |
| 141 players | |||||||||
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 |
| 1 | 2 | Sivuk, Vitaly | GM | SWE | 2513 | 6.5 | 34.5 | 239 |
| 2 | 3 | Noe, Christopher | GM | GER | 2512 | 5.5 | 37 | 227 |
| 3 | 4 | Harsh Suresh, | IM | IND | 2440 | 5.5 | 35 | 237 |
| 4 | 14 | Kolb, Tobias | FM | GER | 2401 | 5.5 | 35 | 222 |
| 5 | 8 | Mohamed Anees M, | IM | IND | 2416 | 5.5 | 33.5 | 217.5 |
| 6 | 25 | Klaska, Philipp Leon | FM | GER | 2319 | 5.5 | 33 | 219 |
| 7 | 32 | Boder, Jan | FM | GER | 2304 | 5.5 | 32.5 | 219.5 |
| 8 | 18 | Holtel, Jasper | FM | GER | 2363 | 5.5 | 29.5 | 214 |
| 9 | 13 | Vuckovic, Zarko | GER | 2409 | 5.5 | 28.5 | 198 | |
| 10 | 1 | Peng, Li Min | GM | SUI | 2530 | 5 | 37 | 216 |
| 11 | 9 | Toktomushev, Teimur | IM | SUI | 2412 | 5 | 34.5 | 218 |
| 12 | 35 | Nunez Gregoire, Daniel | GER | 2299 | 5 | 34.5 | 216 | |
| 13 | 5 | Petrovskiy, Vadym | IM | GER | 2433 | 5 | 33 | 220.5 |
| 14 | 16 | Stork, Oliver | FM | GER | 2373 | 5 | 33 | 209 |
| 15 | 42 | Weber, Samuel | FM | GER | 2280 | 5 | 32.5 | 211.5 |
| 16 | 7 | Korneev, Oleg | GM | ESP | 2427 | 5 | 32.5 | 211.5 |
| 17 | 6 | Lumachi, Gabriele | IM | ITA | 2431 | 5 | 32 | 215.5 |
| 18 | 26 | Herbrig, Alexander | FM | GER | 2315 | 5 | 31.5 | 217.5 |
| 19 | 15 | Sydykov, Bayastan | FM | KGZ | 2388 | 5 | 31.5 | 204.5 |
| 20 | 23 | Zeller, Frank | IM | GER | 2324 | 5 | 31 | 214 |
| 21 | 44 | Schuricht, Emil Frederick | FM | GER | 2271 | 5 | 31 | 209 |
| 22 | 27 | Stoettner, Moritz | GER | 2312 | 5 | 31 | 209 | |
| 23 | 56 | Redzisz, Michal | FM | POL | 2218 | 5 | 30.5 | 204 |
| 24 | 102 | Smolny, Frieder | GER | 2109 | 5 | 30 | 193 | |
| 25 | 24 | Biastoch, Bennet | FM | GER | 2322 | 5 | 29.5 | 217 |
| 26 | 28 | Skembris, Spyridon | GM | GRE | 2310 | 5 | 29.5 | 202 |
| 27 | 21 | Neukirchner, Pascal | FM | GER | 2341 | 5 | 29 | 210 |
| 28 | 47 | Seitz, Patrick | GER | 2257 | 5 | 29 | 198 | |
| 29 | 80 | Eull, Emil | GER | 2165 | 5 | 28.5 | 198 | |
| 30 | 10 | Besou, Hussain | FM | GER | 2411 | 5 | 28.5 | 194 |
| 31 | 50 | Pallas, Sebastian | GER | 2240 | 5 | 28 | 200 | |
| 32 | 77 | Butenandt, Svenja | WFM | GER | 2171 | 5 | 27.5 | 192.5 |
| 33 | 31 | Chittka, Julius | FM | GER | 2306 | 4.5 | 35 | 217.5 |
| 34 | 11 | Karsay, Pascal | FM | GER | 2410 | 4.5 | 34.5 | 221.5 |
| 35 | 68 | Schulz, Karsten | FM | GER | 2195 | 4.5 | 33.5 | 205.5 |
| 36 | 69 | Herrmann, Arthur | GER | 2194 | 4.5 | 33 | 162.5 | |
| 37 | 70 | Haubold, Sebastian | GER | 2187 | 4.5 | 32.5 | 208.5 | |
| 38 | 40 | Lymar, Vladislav | CM | UKR | 2284 | 4.5 | 31 | 203.5 |
| 39 | 46 | Yasmo, Daniil | GER | 2267 | 4.5 | 31 | 202 | |
| 40 | 43 | Browning, Alex | FM | GER | 2272 | 4.5 | 30.5 | 211 |
| 317 players | ||||||||
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Gms | + | Pts | TB1 | TB2 |
| 1 | Prraneeth Vuppala | GM | IND | 2496 | 5 | 5 | 5.0 | 15.5 | 14.5 |
| 2 | Marin Ferragut, Pau | FM | ESP | 2330 | 5 | 4 | 4.5 | 15.1 | 13.5 |
| 3 | Fiorito, Francisco | IM | ARG | 2447 | 5 | 4 | 4.0 | 14.7 | 12.5 |
| 4 | Bernadskiy, Vitaliy | GM | UKR | 2554 | 5 | 3 | 4.0 | 14.6 | 14.0 |
| 5 | Leiva, Gianmarco | IM | PER | 2335 | 5 | 4 | 4.0 | 14.3 | 14.5 |
| 6 | Brodowski, Piotr | IM | POL | 2454 | 5 | 4 | 4.0 | 14.3 | 13.5 |
| 7 | Vignesh N R | GM | IND | 2505 | 5 | 3 | 4.0 | 14.3 | 13.0 |
| 8 | Luch, Michal | IM | POL | 2353 | 5 | 3 | 4.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 |
| 9 | Neelash Saha | IM | IND | 2474 | 5 | 3 | 4.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 |
| 10 | Cao, Qingfeng | IM | CHN | 2390 | 5 | 3 | 4.0 | 13.9 | 14.0 |
| 11 | Gloeckler, Christian | IM | GER | 2444 | 5 | 4 | 4.0 | 13.9 | 10.5 |
| 12 | Chasin, Nico | IM | USA | 2524 | 5 | 4 | 4.0 | 13.7 | 10.0 |
| 13 | Bacrot, Alexandre | FRA | 2444 | 5 | 3 | 4.0 | 13.6 | 13.0 | |
| 14 | Fiorito, Joaquin | IM | ARG | 2429 | 5 | 3 | 4.0 | 13.5 | 14.5 |
| 15 | Shahil Dey | IM | IND | 2409 | 5 | 4 | 4.0 | 13.4 | 11.5 |
| 16 | Shyaam Nikhil P | GM | IND | 2405 | 5 | 3 | 4.0 | 13.3 | 11.0 |
| 17 | Licznerski, Lukasz | IM | POL | 2479 | 5 | 2 | 3.5 | 14.7 | 11.5 |
| 18 | Bogdanov, Artyom | FM | KAZ | 2402 | 5 | 3 | 3.5 | 14.6 | 15.5 |
| 19 | Raja Rithvik R | GM | IND | 2544 | 5 | 3 | 3.5 | 14.4 | 12.0 |
| 20 | Aronyak Ghosh | IM | IND | 2522 | 5 | 2 | 3.5 | 14.3 | 13.0 |
| 21 | Povshednyi, Ivan | FM | UKR | 2357 | 5 | 3 | 3.5 | 14.0 | 13.0 |
| 22 | Mikrut, Dariusz | IM | POL | 2313 | 5 | 3 | 3.5 | 13.9 | 11.5 |
| 23 | Balakrishnan, Praveen | GM | USA | 2488 | 5 | 2 | 3.5 | 13.7 | 13.5 |
| 24 | Ghosh, Diptayan | GM | IND | 2577 | 5 | 2 | 3.5 | 13.6 | 12.0 |
| 25 | Cabanas Lopez, Manuel Anxo | ESP | 2014 | 5 | 3 | 3.5 | 13.6 | 11.0 | |
| 26 | Torres Rebolledo, Alvaro | FM | ESP | 2331 | 5 | 3 | 3.5 | 13.4 | 12.5 |
| 27 | Perez Marimon, Jorge De Jesus | FM | CUB | 2390 | 5 | 3 | 3.5 | 13.3 | 12.5 |
| 28 | Das, Arghyadip | IM | IND | 2337 | 5 | 2 | 3.5 | 13.2 | 14.0 |
| 29 | Zhang, Lanlin | WIM | CHN | 2291 | 5 | 3 | 3.5 | 13.2 | 11.5 |
| 30 | Dong, Hongfu | CHN | 2322 | 5 | 2 | 3.5 | 12.9 | 12.0 | |
| 31 | Narciso Dublan, Marc | GM | ESP | 2391 | 5 | 2 | 3.5 | 12.9 | 11.5 |
| 32 | Ilinca, Felix-Antonio | IM | ROU | 2445 | 5 | 3 | 3.5 | 12.9 | 11.0 |
| 33 | Suarez Hernan, Santiago | ESP | 2187 | 5 | 3 | 3.5 | 12.8 | 12.5 | |
| 34 | Muratov, Batyrkhan | FM | KAZ | 2337 | 5 | 3 | 3.5 | 12.6 | 11.0 |
| 35 | Moral Garcia, Serafin | FM | ESP | 2277 | 5 | 3 | 3.5 | 12.5 | 11.0 |
| 36 | Chavez Suarez, Carlos Alberto | FM | CUB | 2294 | 5 | 3 | 3.0 | 13.8 | 13.0 |
| 37 | Arce Gonzalez, Dario | ESP | 2237 | 5 | 3 | 3.0 | 13.8 | 11.0 | |
| 38 | Iglesias Ferreira, Andres | FM | ESP | 2264 | 5 | 2 | 3.0 | 13.8 | 10.0 |
| 39 | Cukrowski, Filip | IM | POL | 2417 | 5 | 3 | 3.0 | 13.7 | 13.0 |
| 40 | Gomez Arce, Alejandro | ESP | 2229 | 5 | 2 | 3.0 | 13.6 | 12.0 | |
| 151 players | |||||||||
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 5 | Tsydypov Zhamsaran | GM | RUS | 2495 | 3.5 | 8 | 2685 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | Vaz Ethan | IM | IND | 2516 | 3.5 | 7.5 | 2743 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | Afanasiev Nikita | GM | RUS | 2541 | 3 | 9.5 | 2625 | 0 |
| 4 | 14 | Gong Sunle | IM | CHN | 2394 | 3 | 8 | 2554 | 0 |
| 5 | 43 | Kudrin Ivan | FID | 2238 | 3 | 7.5 | 2597 | 0 | |
| 6 | 3 | Bryakin Mikhail | GM | SRB | 2502 | 3 | 7 | 2531 | 0 |
| 7 | 7 | Meng Yihan | IM | CHN | 2455 | 3 | 7 | 2471 | 0 |
| 8 | 9 | Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy | IM | IND | 2452 | 3 | 6.5 | 2485 | 0 |
| 9 | 23 | Kosic Dragan | GM | MNE | 2349 | 3 | 5.5 | 2467 | 0 |
| 10 | 48 | Gusev Mikhail | FM | SRB | 2217 | 2.5 | 8.5 | 2530 | 0 |
| 11 | 4 | Shariyazdanov Andrey | GM | SRB | 2500 | 2.5 | 8 | 2447 | 0 |
| 12 | 11 | Ljepic Andrej | FM | SRB | 2409 | 2.5 | 8 | 2397 | 0 |
| 13 | 30 | Dumbelovic Novak | FM | SRB | 2312 | 2.5 | 7.5 | 2419 | 0 |
| 14 | 12 | Atalik Suat | GM | SRB | 2407 | 2.5 | 7.5 | 2413 | 0 |
| 15 | 8 | Glek Igor | GM | BEL | 2452 | 2.5 | 7.5 | 2388 | 0 |
| 16 | 19 | Daaevik Wadhawan | IM | IND | 2370 | 2.5 | 7 | 2504 | 0 |
| 17 | 21 | Sutormin Danila | FM | RUS | 2357 | 2.5 | 7 | 2487 | 0 |
| 18 | 13 | Yurovskykh Oleksandr | FM | UKR | 2395 | 2.5 | 7 | 2328 | 0 |
| 19 | 44 | Garifulin Yury | CM | SRB | 2235 | 2.5 | 6.5 | 2390 | 0 |
| 20 | 29 | Citak Selim | FM | TUR | 2312 | 2.5 | 6.5 | 2373 | 0 |
| 21 | 35 | Velpula Sarayu | WIM | IND | 2281 | 2.5 | 6.5 | 2305 | 0 |
| 22 | 10 | Apoorv Kamble | FM | IND | 2419 | 2.5 | 6.5 | 2297 | 0 |
| 23 | 16 | Yermolinsky Alex | GM | USA | 2380 | 2.5 | 6 | 2333 | 0 |
| 24 | 18 | Rosh Jain | FM | IND | 2373 | 2.5 | 5.5 | 2296 | 0 |
| 25 | 37 | Aarav Sinha | FM | IND | 2274 | 2 | 8.5 | 2369 | 0 |
| 26 | 6 | Shabalov Alexander | GM | USA | 2470 | 2 | 8 | 2339 | 0 |
| 27 | 17 | Xie Jiaxiang | CHN | 2376 | 2 | 8 | 2310 | 0 | |
| 28 | 22 | Xie Jianjun | FM | CHN | 2357 | 2 | 8 | 2277 | 0 |
| 29 | 50 | Esshan Wadhawan | IND | 2205 | 2 | 7.5 | 2383 | 0 | |
| 30 | 45 | Indzhiev Aldar | RUS | 2229 | 2 | 7.5 | 2354 | 0 | |
| 31 | 24 | Nikcevic Nebojsa | GM | MNE | 2337 | 2 | 7.5 | 2338 | 0 |
| 32 | 28 | Vivaan Vishal Shah | FM | IND | 2321 | 2 | 7.5 | 2310 | 0 |
| 33 | 15 | Sedlak Nikola | GM | SRB | 2390 | 2 | 7.5 | 2238 | 0 |
| 34 | 57 | Bulatov Ramil | RUS | 2129 | 2 | 7 | 2371 | 0 | |
| 35 | 42 | Odeev Handszar | GM | TKM | 2245 | 2 | 6.5 | 2370 | 0 |
| 36 | 36 | Warchol Kamil | FM | POL | 2280 | 2 | 5.5 | 2257 | 0 |
| 37 | 38 | Rupesh Reddy Y | FM | IND | 2273 | 2 | 5 | 2266 | 0 |
| 38 | 25 | Postnikov Artem | FM | RUS | 2334 | 2 | 4.5 | 2165 | 0 |
| 39 | 58 | Fisher Timofey | FID | 2127 | 1.5 | 7 | 2248 | 0 | |
| 40 | 51 | Levitan Judah Nathan | CM | RSA | 2189 | 1.5 | 7 | 2245 | 0 |
| 60 players | |||||||||
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 9 | Bodrogi, Bendeguz | IM | HUN | 2445 | 3 | 0 | 2.5 | 1 |
| 2 | 8 | Palczert, Matyas | FM | HUN | 2438 | 2.5 | 0 | 1,75 | 0.5 |
| 3 | 10 | Kolimar, Kristof Pal | FM | HUN | 2359 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | 4 | Matyassy, Lazar | FM | HUN | 2286 | 1.5 | 0 | 2,75 | 1.5 |
| 5 | 7 | Gathi, Donat | FM | HUN | 2295 | 1.5 | 0 | 1,75 | 1 |
| 6 | 1 | Pasztor, Balazs | IM | HUN | 2430 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 0.5 |
| 6 | Foldes, Marton Gabor | FM | HUN | 2252 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | |
| 8 | 2 | Fule, Simon | FM | HUN | 2291 | 0.5 | 0 | 0,75 | 0.5 |
| 3 | Szikszai, Bertalan | FM | HUN | 2258 | 0.5 | 0 | 0,75 | 0.5 | |
| 5 | Turcsanyi, Vince Gergo | FM | HUN | 2336 | 0.5 | 0 | 0,75 | 0.5 | |
| 10 players | |||||||||
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 |
| 1 | 3 | Jablonicky, Martin | SVK | 2304 | 5.5 | 29.5 | 22 |
| 2 | 4 | Bango, Lukas | SVK | 2292 | 5.5 | 28.5 | 20.5 |
| 3 | 1 | Hinrichs, Paul | GER | 2361 | 5.5 | 27.5 | 21 |
| 4 | 5 | Kupriyanov, Daniel | UKR | 2210 | 5.5 | 27 | 20 |
| 5 | 2 | Syrov, Arkadi | GER | 2323 | 5 | 26.5 | 19.5 |
| 6 | 23 | Lukas, Anne | GER | 2028 | 5 | 23 | 17 |
| 7 | 28 | Wacker, Felix | GER | 2008 | 4.5 | 27 | 18.5 |
| 8 | 6 | Perske, Paul | GER | 2202 | 4.5 | 26.5 | 17,75 |
| 9 | 10 | Windmüller, Simon | GER | 2109 | 4.5 | 26 | 15.5 |
| 10 | 12 | Schnitzer, Peter | GER | 2106 | 4.5 | 24.5 | 15 |
| 11 | 64 | Mayer, Lucas | GER | 1808 | 4.5 | 23 | 16,25 |
| 12 | 26 | Frohnhäuser, Simon | GER | 2022 | 4.5 | 22 | 13,75 |
| 13 | 7 | Hüseynov, Ahad | GER | 2179 | 4.5 | 21.5 | 13,25 |
| 14 | 35 | Mukazhanov, Mansur | GER | 1949 | 4 | 27 | 15 |
| 15 | 16 | Schreidl, Michael | GER | 2049 | 4 | 26 | 16,25 |
| 16 | 34 | Scholz, Alexander | GER | 1953 | 4 | 25.5 | 12.5 |
| 17 | 8 | Schwarz, David | GER | 2172 | 4 | 24 | 13,75 |
| 18 | 11 | Lambert, Andreas | GER | 2106 | 4 | 23.5 | 13,25 |
| 19 | 32 | Oswald, Tim | GER | 1965 | 4 | 23.5 | 13,25 |
| 20 | 20 | Plaumann, Arvin | GER | 2044 | 4 | 23.5 | 12 |
| 21 | 31 | Steinbrenner, Peter | GER | 1982 | 4 | 22.5 | 12,25 |
| 22 | 13 | Heinisch, Niklas | GER | 2105 | 4 | 21.5 | 13 |
| 23 | 14 | Müller, Markus | GER | 2082 | 4 | 21.5 | 12 |
| 24 | 42 | Ast, Paul | GER | 1897 | 4 | 18 | 10,25 |
| 25 | 27 | Warter, Siegfried | GER | 2013 | 3.5 | 24.5 | 10,75 |
| 26 | 60 | Böttcher, Fabian | GER | 1823 | 3.5 | 24 | 13 |
| 27 | 49 | Anissimova, Mariya | GER | 1872 | 3.5 | 23 | 12.5 |
| 28 | 46 | Beinrucker, Clemens | GER | 1883 | 3.5 | 23 | 11,75 |
| 29 | 39 | Hellriegel, Hannes | GER | 1908 | 3.5 | 22.5 | 11,75 |
| 30 | 38 | Feith, Bernhard Dr. | GER | 1915 | 3.5 | 22.5 | 11.5 |
| 31 | 15 | Misini, Burhanudin | KOS | 2068 | 3.5 | 22 | 11.5 |
| 32 | 33 | Hrytseniuk, Yanislav | UKR | 1960 | 3.5 | 21.5 | 9,75 |
| 33 | 30 | Schmidt, Kai-Uwe | GER | 1985 | 3.5 | 19.5 | 9.5 |
| 34 | 62 | Stein, Julian | GER | 1820 | 3.5 | 17.5 | 7.5 |
| 35 | 61 | Sautner, Sascha | GER | 1823 | 3 | 22.5 | 8 |
| 36 | 36 | Völpel, Robert | GER | 1946 | 3 | 22.5 | 6,75 |
| 37 | 21 | Marquardt, Christian | GER | 2030 | 3 | 21.5 | 9,75 |
| 38 | 40 | Barthel, Bergit | GER | 1904 | 3 | 21.5 | 9.5 |
| 39 | 19 | Barthel, Ansgar | GER | 2045 | 3 | 21 | 9,25 |
| 40 | 37 | Brunck, Ole | GER | 1939 | 3 | 21 | 7,75 |
| 65 players | |||||||
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 6 | Priasmoro, Novendra | GM | INA | 2394 | 7.5 | 0 | 45.5 | 50 |
| 2 | 14 | Ulhaq, Zacky Dhia | FM | INA | 2311 | 7 | 1 | 43.5 | 47 |
| 3 | 9 | Dang, Hoang Son | IM | VIE | 2378 | 7 | 2 | 48.5 | 53 |
| 4 | 3 | Nguyen, Quoc Hy | IM | VIE | 2418 | 6.5 | 0 | 47.5 | 51.5 |
| 5 | 16 | Karthik, Rajaa | IM | IND | 2298 | 6.5 | 0 | 42.5 | 46 |
| 6 | 4 | Mohammad, Nubairshah Shaikh | IM | IND | 2399 | 6.5 | 0 | 41.5 | 43.5 |
| 7 | 17 | Ang, Ern Jie Anderson | FM | MAS | 2280 | 6 | 0 | 48 | 53 |
| 8 | 1 | Raahul, V S | GM | IND | 2442 | 6 | 0 | 47.5 | 52 |
| 9 | 24 | Yu, Shi | CHN | 2119 | 6 | 0 | 42.5 | 47 | |
| 10 | 38 | Hamdan, Yelpi | INA | 2003 | 6 | 0 | 42.5 | 45.5 | |
| 11 | 5 | Wagh, Suyog | IM | IND | 2395 | 6 | 0 | 42 | 46.5 |
| 12 | 18 | Yuan, Qingyu | AGM | CHN | 2268 | 6 | 0 | 42 | 46 |
| 13 | 12 | Nguyen, Van Huy | GM | VIE | 2363 | 6 | 0 | 41 | 45 |
| 14 | 7 | Mariano, Fabian Glen | FM | INA | 2389 | 5.5 | 0 | 49.5 | 53 |
| 15 | 27 | Sidabutar, Uriel Noah Oloan | INA | 2099 | 5.5 | 0 | 47.5 | 50.5 | |
| 16 | 13 | Polschikov, Alexey | IM | RUS | 2321 | 5.5 | 0 | 46 | 50 |
| 17 | 21 | Dziththauly, Ramadhan | CM | INA | 2171 | 5.5 | 0 | 45 | 48.5 |
| 18 | 8 | Arfan, Aditya Bagus | IM | INA | 2382 | 5.5 | 0 | 42 | 45.5 |
| 19 | 19 | Syaputra, Arifa Rizki | INA | 2247 | 5.5 | 0 | 41 | 44 | |
| 20 | 41 | Muraley, Rittesh | MAS | 1988 | 5.5 | 0 | 38.5 | 40 | |
| 21 | 36 | Vijay, Rege | SGP | 2013 | 5.5 | 0 | 36 | 38 | |
| 22 | 40 | Baardeh, Tahmoores | IRI | 1992 | 5 | 0 | 43 | 46 | |
| 23 | 2 | Nguyen, Duc Hoa | GM | VIE | 2432 | 5 | 0 | 42.5 | 46.5 |
| 24 | 28 | Abd Aziz, A Qil A Lauddin | AIM | MAS | 2078 | 5 | 0 | 42.5 | 46.5 |
| 25 | 60 | Ghanbarpour, Mahan | IRI | 1828 | 5 | 0 | 42 | 46 | |
| 26 | 42 | Tan, Jun Hao | CM | SGP | 1987 | 5 | 0 | 42 | 45 |
| 27 | 20 | Li, Bo | IM | CHN | 2187 | 5 | 0 | 40.5 | 43 |
| 28 | 34 | Esplanada, Jethro | PHI | 2030 | 5 | 0 | 40.5 | 43 | |
| 29 | 56 | Leong, Jyuin Pang Alexx Xander | SGP | 1855 | 5 | 0 | 40 | 44 | |
| 30 | 57 | Ainul Fikri, Aqilah Husna | MAS | 1851 | 5 | 0 | 40 | 43 | |
| 31 | 44 | Mai, Duc Kien | VIE | 1942 | 5 | 0 | 39.5 | 43.5 | |
| 32 | 45 | Patini, Vishant Naidu | MAS | 1931 | 5 | 0 | 39.5 | 43 | |
| 33 | 49 | Chan, Jing Fong Joash | SGP | 1912 | 5 | 0 | 39.5 | 41.5 | |
| 34 | 64 | Nik Norhisham, Nik Muhd Haziq | MAS | 1786 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 36.5 | |
| 35 | 33 | Bonnet, Gabriel Misa Jean | SGP | 2035 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 36 | |
| 36 | 30 | Chow, Yi Chen | CM | MAS | 2070 | 4.5 | 0 | 43 | 47 |
| 37 | 46 | Mohd Saprin, Amir Ghaazi | MAS | 1923 | 4.5 | 0 | 42.5 | 46.5 | |
| 38 | 29 | Shahar, Uzair | MAS | 2078 | 4.5 | 0 | 41.5 | 44.5 | |
| 39 | 39 | Tin, Shan Wen | MAS | 1997 | 4.5 | 0 | 37 | 38.5 | |
| 40 | 75 | Shen, Houlin | CHN | 1661 | 4.5 | 0 | 36 | 39.5 | |
| 80 players | |||||||||
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 4 | Larkin, Vladyslav | UKR | 2478 | 6.5 | 9 | 49.5 | 45 |
| 2 | 3 | Solodovnichenko, Yuri | UKR | 2510 | 6.5 | 9 | 49.5 | 45 |
| 3 | 1 | Baklan, Vladimir | UKR | 2562 | 6.5 | 9 | 49 | 45 |
| 4 | 2 | Costa, Leonardo | GER | 2547 | 6.5 | 9 | 46.5 | 42.5 |
| 5 | 17 | Zamengo, Fulvio | ITA | 2357 | 6.5 | 9 | 45 | 41.5 |
| 6 | 10 | Kanov, Nikola | BUL | 2422 | 6.5 | 9 | 38.5 | 35.5 |
| 7 | 7 | Di Benedetto, Edoardo | ITA | 2447 | 6 | 9 | 50 | 46 |
| 8 | 9 | Plenca, Jadranko | CRO | 2433 | 6 | 9 | 49.5 | 45 |
| 9 | 20 | Perossa, Nicolas | ITA | 2320 | 6 | 9 | 43.5 | 40.5 |
| 10 | 5 | Gusain, Himal | IND | 2472 | 5.5 | 9 | 48.5 | 44.5 |
| 11 | 12 | Poltorak, Sebastian | POL | 2407 | 5.5 | 9 | 48 | 45 |
| 12 | 8 | Martinovici, Ilia | MDA | 2447 | 5.5 | 9 | 48 | 44.5 |
| 13 | 13 | Hovhannisyan, Mher | BEL | 2393 | 5.5 | 9 | 45 | 42.5 |
| 14 | 19 | Hercegovac, Neven | ITA | 2332 | 5.5 | 9 | 44.5 | 41.5 |
| 15 | 27 | Skrbec, Leon | SLO | 2289 | 5.5 | 9 | 43.5 | 39.5 |
| 16 | 15 | Marn, Jan | SLO | 2386 | 5.5 | 9 | 43 | 39.5 |
| 17 | 14 | Bettalli, Francesco | ITA | 2388 | 5.5 | 9 | 40 | 37 |
| 18 | 30 | Urbani, Gabriel | ITA | 2267 | 5.5 | 9 | 39.5 | 36.5 |
| 19 | 41 | Bakalarz, Mietek | LUX | 2204 | 5.5 | 9 | 38.5 | 36 |
| 20 | 36 | Casadio, Niccolo` | ITA | 2232 | 5 | 9 | 46.5 | 42.5 |
| 21 | 6 | Carnicelli, Valerio | ITA | 2454 | 5 | 9 | 46 | 42 |
| 22 | 34 | Pegno, Mattia | ITA | 2240 | 5 | 9 | 44.5 | 41.5 |
| 23 | 23 | Yao, Lan | ENG | 2307 | 5 | 9 | 44.5 | 40.5 |
| 24 | 18 | Cina`, Vittorio | ITA | 2350 | 5 | 9 | 43.5 | 39.5 |
| 25 | 31 | Maldonado Gonzales, Stefano | ITA | 2266 | 5 | 9 | 42 | 39.5 |
| 26 | 43 | Centrih, Aleks | SLO | 2192 | 5 | 9 | 42 | 38.5 |
| 27 | 33 | Beliman, Alexandro | ITA | 2244 | 5 | 9 | 38 | 35 |
| 28 | 26 | Piddubna, Bozhena | UKR | 2291 | 5 | 9 | 37 | 36.5 |
| 29 | 38 | Arsenie, Cristian Marc | SUI | 2213 | 5 | 9 | 35 | 32.5 |
| 30 | 11 | Bailet, Pierre | FRA | 2410 | 5 | 8 | 45 | 40 |
| 31 | 40 | Heldenbergh, Nils | BEL | 2205 | 4.5 | 9 | 41 | 38.5 |
| 32 | 46 | Costantino, Claudio Emanuele | ITA | 2164 | 4.5 | 9 | 41 | 38 |
| 33 | 21 | Panelo, Marcelo | ARG | 2318 | 4.5 | 9 | 40 | 36.5 |
| 34 | 29 | Kalosha, Zhiulien Oleksii | ITA | 2282 | 4.5 | 9 | 37.5 | 35 |
| 35 | 24 | Herega, Nejc | SLO | 2302 | 4.5 | 9 | 37 | 34 |
| 36 | 73 | Beber, Anja | SLO | 1998 | 4.5 | 9 | 37 | 34 |
| 37 | 42 | Shefer, Uri | ISR | 2199 | 4.5 | 9 | 36.5 | 36 |
| 38 | 55 | Gimenez Menchon, Cesar | ESP | 2095 | 4.5 | 9 | 36 | 33.5 |
| 39 | 53 | Von Schlippe, Nikolai | GER | 2131 | 4.5 | 9 | 34 | 33.5 |
| 40 | 22 | Skawinski, Arkadiusz | POL | 2312 | 4.5 | 8 | 45 | 40.5 |
| 74 players | ||||||||
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Ti | Rtg | Pts | TB1 |
| 1 | DECUIGNIERE Tom | m | 2407 | 6½ | 36 |
| 2 | SUMETS Andrey | g | 2523 | 6½ | 34 |
| 3 | FRIDMAN Daniel | g | 2585 | 6½ | 32 |
| 4 | MOSESOV Danyil | m | 2454 | 6½ | 32 |
| 5 | SAMMED JAYKUMAR Shete | m | 2383 | 6 | 37 |
| 6 | BUCKELS Valentin | m | 2437 | 6 | 34 |
| 7 | SHAGBAZYAN Taron | m | 2429 | 6 | 34 |
| 8 | KARTHIKEYAN P. | g | 2285 | 6 | 29½ |
| 9 | DOVGALIUK Oleksandr | f | 2273 | 6 | 28 |
| 10 | ERNST Luca | f | 2261 | 5½ | 30 |
| 11 | HOPPSTAEDTER Daniel | 2276 | 5½ | 28 | |
| 12 | GRYSHKO Vitalii | f | 2365 | 5½ | 28 |
| 13 | LOISEAU Quentin | m | 2378 | 5½ | 28 |
| 14 | DECROP Benjamin | 2289 | 5½ | 27 | |
| 15 | ZIENKIEWICZ Jan | f | 2281 | 5½ | 26 |
| 16 | PROKOFIEV Valentyn | m | 2464 | 5½ | 25 |
| 17 | TREVISIOL Antoine | f | 2265 | 5 | 29½ |
| 18 | HAUB Thorsten Michael | g | 2303 | 5 | 28 |
| 19 | DGEBUADZE Alexandre | g | 2396 | 5 | 27 |
| 20 | VERMOESEN Jordan | 2154 | 5 | 24 | |
| 21 | DECROP Hendrik | 2173 | 5 | 23 | |
| 22 | KUFFERATH Camille | 2104 | 5 | 21 | |
| 23 | SAAD Gabriel | 2196 | 5 | 19 | |
| 24 | SENTHIL MARAN K | m | 2331 | 4½ | 26 |
| 25 | REYMANN Nathan | 2233 | 4½ | 25½ | |
| 26 | DEGARDIN Sylvain | f | 2203 | 4½ | 25 |
| 27 | MALTEZEANU Stefan | 2269 | 4½ | 24½ | |
| 28 | DAESCHLER Florian | f | 2243 | 4½ | 24 |
| 29 | KAUNY Mathis | 2063 | 4½ | 23½ | |
| 30 | VAROQUIER Romain | 2142 | 4½ | 23½ | |
| 31 | IWANESKO Alexandre | f | 2271 | 4½ | 22 |
| 32 | MARTINEZ MARTINEZ Mateo | 2164 | 4½ | 21 | |
| 33 | BELLUIRE Beatrice | ff | 2108 | 4½ | 20 |
| 34 | SOLA Flavien | 2053 | 4½ | 20 | |
| 35 | BALTZER Yoan | 2125 | 4½ | 16 | |
| 36 | VENKATESH M.r. | g | 2363 | 4 | 26½ |
| 37 | TURESHBAYEV Anuar | 2097 | 4 | 21½ | |
| 38 | ZHANG Xiheng | 2063 | 4 | 20½ | |
| 39 | ALIFERENKO Aleksei | 2194 | 4 | 20 | |
| 40 | GIJSEN Stief | 2171 | 4 | 20 | |
| 57 players | |||||
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Ti | Rtg | Pts | Prize |
| 1 | Abdisalimov, Abdimalik | GM | 2561 | 6.5 | 2880 |
| 2 | Ghaemmaghami, Ehsan | GM | 2427 | 6.5 | 2880 |
| 3 | Chatterjee, Koustav | GM | 2475 | 6.5 | 2880 |
| 4 | Rozen, Eytan | IM | 2515 | 6.5 | 2880 |
| 5 | Abdurakhmonov, Mukhammadali | IM | 2354 | 6.5 | 2880 |
| 6 | Munkhdalai, Amilal | IM | 2455 | 6.5 | 2880 |
| 7 | Samant, Aditya Sachin | GM | 2529 | 6.5 | 2880 |
| 8 | Katz, Alexander Ross | IM | 2358 | 6.5 | 2880 |
| 9 | Zhou, Jianchao | GM | 2592 | 6.5 | 2880 |
| 10 | Pavas, Santiago Avila | GM | 2519 | 6.5 | 2880 |
| 11 | Liu, Eric Chang | IM | 2390 | 6 | 250 |
| 12 | Ozenir, Ekin Baris | IM | 2433 | 6 | 183.33 |
| 13 | Daza, Emilio Cordova | GM | 2489 | 6 | 183.33 |
| 14 | Silva, Lokumannage Susal Thew De | IM | 2405 | 6 | 183.33 |
| 15 | Sethuraman, Sandeep | IM | 2417 | 6 | 183.33 |
| 16 | Singh, Siddharth | 2362 | 6 | 250 | |
| 17 | Sonis, Francesco | GM | 2560 | 6 | 183.33 |
| 18 | Petesch, Gabriel Nicholas | FM | 2333 | 6 | 250 |
| 19 | Mikaelyan, Arman | GM | 2493 | 6 | 183.33 |
| 20 | Feng, Eric Z | 2134 | 6 | 250 | |
| 21 | Boyer, Mahel | GM | 2527 | 5.5 | |
| 22 | Li, Rachael | WIM | 2325 | 5.5 | |
| 23 | Lamaze, Simon | IM | 2466 | 5.5 | |
| 24 | Girel, Joseph | GM | 2503 | 5.5 | |
| 25 | Schmakel, Sam A | IM | 2439 | 5.5 | |
| 26 | Colas, Joshua | FM | 2271 | 5.5 | |
| 27 | Saydaliev, Saidakbar | IM | 2457 | 5.5 | |
| 28 | Khaledi, Omid | FM | 2300 | 5.5 | |
| 29 | Guo, Ethan | FM | 2295 | 5.5 | |
| 30 | Mikhalevski, Victor | GM | 2520 | 5.5 | |
| 31 | Omelja, Artem | GM | 2395 | 5 | |
| 32 | Zhu, Linxi | FM | 2289 | 5 | |
| 33 | Yang, Ryan | FM | 2319 | 5 | |
| 34 | Wu, Derek | FM | 2226 | 5 | |
| 35 | Vivekananthan, Anish | IM | 2412 | 5 | |
| 36 | Jagirapu, Harshin Reddy | 2115 | 5 | ||
| 37 | Jagirapu, Jasmine Zhixin S | FM | 2299 | 5 | |
| 38 | Patel, Maahir M | 2121 | 5 | ||
| 39 | Fang, Elbert | 2200 | 5 | ||
| 40 | Shetty, Anshul P | 2007 | 5 | ||
| 125 players | |||||
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Ti | Rtg | + | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | Schoppen, Casper | GM | 2567 | 7 | 7.5 | 46.5 | 49.5 | 41 |
| 2 | Gumularz, Szymon | GM | 2606 | 5 | 7 | 49 | 53 | 40 |
| 3 | Polak, Tomas | GM | 2444 | 6 | 7 | 47.5 | 51.5 | 37 |
| 4 | Firman, Nazar | GM | 2441 | 6 | 7 | 46 | 53 | 38.5 |
| 5 | Balint, Peter | FM | 2427 | 5 | 7 | 45.5 | 49 | 37.25 |
| 6 | Czernek, Tymon | FM | 2398 | 6 | 6.5 | 41.5 | 44.5 | 31 |
| 7 | Szczurek, Krzysztof | FM | 2257 | 5 | 6.5 | 40.5 | 43.5 | 30.5 |
| 8 | Vingris,Mikelis | FM | 2339 | 5 | 6.5 | 34.5 | 37.5 | 27.75 |
| 9 | Kucza, Karol | FM | 2263 | 5 | 6 | 48.5 | 53 | 32.25 |
| 10 | Alexiadis, Hristos | FM | 2370 | 4 | 6 | 46 | 50 | 31.25 |
| 11 | Pasti, Aron | IM | 2356 | 3 | 6 | 43 | 46.5 | 30.75 |
| 12 | Jarmula, Lukasz | GM | 2414 | 4 | 6 | 43 | 46 | 29.25 |
| 13 | Radzimski, Antoni | FM | 2356 | 3 | 6 | 42.5 | 46.5 | 30.75 |
| 14 | Stefanou, Dimitrios | FM | 2356 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 45.5 | 27.25 |
| 15 | Rudolf, Michal | FM | 2302 | 4 | 6 | 41.5 | 44.5 | 27.5 |
| 16 | Pankiv, Maksym | FM | 2308 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 46 | 29.5 |
| 17 | Adharsh K | FM | 2350 | 4 | 6 | 38.5 | 42 | 27.5 |
| 18 | Negrean, Andrei | FM | 2334 | 5 | 6 | 38.5 | 42 | 26.5 |
| 19 | Musial, Tomasz | CM | 2213 | 3 | 6 | 37.5 | 43.5 | 29.25 |
| 20 | Van der Merwe, Alexander | 2103 | 5 | 6 | 37.5 | 41 | 25.75 | |
| 21 | Kaczmarek, Aleksander | IM | 2334 | 5 | 6 | 37 | 40 | 24.75 |
| 22 | Ugorek, Kacper | CM | 2248 | 3 | 5.5 | 45.5 | 48 | 26.5 |
| 23 | Dziewonski, Dariusz | FM | 2284 | 3 | 5.5 | 44 | 47 | 25.75 |
| 24 | Stickler, Florentin | 2249 | 3 | 5.5 | 43.5 | 47 | 25.75 | |
| 25 | Lewicki, Miroslaw | IM | 2338 | 4 | 5.5 | 43.5 | 47 | 25.5 |
| 26 | Gierulski, Kamil | k++ | 2244 | 4 | 5.5 | 43 | 47 | 27 |
| 27 | Grygierczyk, Wojciech | k | 2144 | 3 | 5.5 | 43 | 46 | 26.5 |
| 28 | Shilon Rahav, Eliran | FM | 2363 | 4 | 5.5 | 42.5 | 45.5 | 26 |
| 29 | Sidletskyi, Ivan | FM | 2289 | 5 | 5.5 | 42 | 45.5 | 25.25 |
| 30 | Mrozowski, Patryk | CM | 2177 | 4 | 5.5 | 41.5 | 45 | 26.25 |
| 31 | Dubinski, Mateusz | FM | 2211 | 4 | 5.5 | 39.5 | 43 | 23.75 |
| 32 | Koelber, Daniel | 2274 | 3 | 5.5 | 38 | 43.5 | 24.5 | |
| 33 | Brozyna, Mateusz | FM | 2247 | 3 | 5.5 | 37.5 | 41.5 | 24.75 |
| 34 | Sian, Shadi | CM | 2240 | 4 | 5.5 | 37.5 | 40.5 | 23.5 |
| 35 | Golis, Wiktor | FM | 2321 | 4 | 5.5 | 37 | 40 | 23.25 |
| 36 | Jares, Michal | FM | 2325 | 4 | 5.5 | 36.5 | 39.5 | 23.75 |
| 37 | Brzezina, Piotr | FM | 2361 | 3 | 5 | 45 | 49 | 25 |
| 38 | Karwowski, Kacper | CM | 2267 | 4 | 5 | 44 | 47.5 | 23.75 |
| 39 | Madej, Marek | FM | 2241 | 3 | 5 | 43.5 | 47.5 | 23.75 |
| 40 | Goderdzishvili, Giga | CM | 2233 | 3 | 5 | 42 | 45.5 | 24 |
| 148 players | ||||||||
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 |
| 1 | 1 | Kölle, Tobias | IM | GER | 2471 | 7.5 | 2281 |
| 2 | 2 | Dann, Matthias | IM | GER | 2434 | 7 | 2211 |
| 3 | 3 | Fedorovsky, Michael | IM | GER | 2388 | 7 | 2182 |
| 4 | 5 | Ehmann, Thilo | FM | GER | 2353 | 6.5 | 2267 |
| 5 | 7 | Dubkov, Andrej | FM | GER | 2307 | 6.5 | 2203 |
| 6 | 4 | Docx, Stefan | IM | BEL | 2371 | 6.5 | 2183 |
| 7 | 6 | Ngo, Quang Thai | FM | VIE | 2324 | 6.5 | 2066 |
| 8 | 16 | Kutsanyan, Andranik | UKR | 2184 | 6.5 | 1987 | |
| 9 | 60 | Goldinov, Daniel | GER | 1974 | 6 | 2148 | |
| 10 | 44 | Young, Micah | CM | AUS | 2019 | 6 | 2111 |
| 11 | 11 | Jochens, Arne, Dr. | FM | GER | 2245 | 6 | 2094 |
| 12 | 48 | Thiemann, Marc | GER | 2016 | 5.5 | 2167 | |
| 13 | 28 | Muller-Moingt, Bastien | FM | FRA | 2080 | 5.5 | 2130 |
| 14 | 26 | Doll, Stefan | GER | 2083 | 5.5 | 2126 | |
| 15 | 22 | Meyer, Roland | GER | 2112 | 5.5 | 2115 | |
| 16 | 10 | Junesch, Gerhard | FM | GER | 2252 | 5.5 | 2112 |
| 17 | 67 | Sadbhav Rautela, | IND | 1959 | 5.5 | 2101 | |
| 18 | 21 | Goossens, Hanne | WIM | BEL | 2132 | 5.5 | 2083 |
| 19 | 20 | Roos, David | BEL | 2142 | 5.5 | 2075 | |
| 20 | 72 | Schramm, Luca | GER | 1944 | 5.5 | 2068 | |
| 21 | 13 | Geltz, Noah | GER | 2230 | 5.5 | 2036 | |
| 22 | 17 | Stotyn, Fabian | CM | GER | 2176 | 5.5 | 2035 |
| 23 | 8 | Engel, Bruno | GER | 2290 | 5.5 | 2026 | |
| 24 | 9 | Chassard, Cedric | FM | GER | 2281 | 5.5 | 2010 |
| 25 | 19 | Weber, Daniel | GER | 2148 | 5.5 | 1973 | |
| 26 | 36 | Perreard, Nicolas | SUI | 2046 | 5 | 2150 | |
| 27 | 46 | Bräutigam, Katerina | WFM | GER | 2017 | 5 | 2128 |
| 28 | 15 | Dorst, Johannes | FM | GER | 2199 | 5 | 2123 |
| 29 | 52 | Schulte, Torsten | GER | 1996 | 5 | 2121 | |
| 30 | 69 | Aryan Goyal, | IND | 1951 | 5 | 2040 | |
| 87 | Wang, Lachlan | AUS | 1915 | 5 | 2040 | ||
| 32 | 82 | Mallevaey, Armand | FRA | 1927 | 5 | 2038 | |
| 33 | 39 | Schupp, Uwe | GER | 2038 | 5 | 2015 | |
| 34 | 51 | Kauth, Lukas | GER | 1996 | 5 | 2008 | |
| 35 | 34 | Foksha, Mischa | GER | 2051 | 5 | 2000 | |
| 36 | 23 | Wagner, Robert | GER | 2108 | 5 | 1994 | |
| 37 | 18 | Förster, Erik | GER | 2168 | 5 | 1979 | |
| 38 | 25 | Gärtner, Michael | GER | 2087 | 5 | 1954 | |
| 39 | 24 | Messner, Harry | GER | 2095 | 5 | 1936 | |
| 40 | 41 | Lishoy Gengis Paratazham, Dildar | ENG | 2032 | 4.5 | 2170 | |
| 95 players | |||||||
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 4 | Deepan, Chakkravarthy J. | GM | IND | 2426 | 8.5 | 55 | 58 | 48,75 |
| 2 | 6 | Fedorov, Alexei | GM | BLR | 2377 | 7.5 | 58.5 | 62.5 | 44.5 |
| 3 | 8 | Srihari, L | IM | IND | 2358 | 7.5 | 57.5 | 61.5 | 45 |
| 4 | 1 | Rohith, Krishna S | GM | IND | 2489 | 7 | 59.5 | 64.5 | 43,75 |
| 5 | 26 | Sri, Sai Baswanth P | IND | 2268 | 7 | 59.5 | 64 | 40,75 | |
| 6 | 71 | Sharnarthi, Shlok | IND | 2073 | 7 | 59 | 63 | 41,75 | |
| 7 | 2 | Srihari, L R | GM | IND | 2472 | 7 | 59 | 62.5 | 40.5 |
| 8 | 39 | Prasannaa.S, | FM | IND | 2167 | 7 | 58.5 | 63 | 43 |
| 9 | 96 | Premshankar, B U | IND | 2036 | 7 | 56 | 61.5 | 42.5 | |
| 10 | 23 | Laxman, R.R. | GM | IND | 2273 | 7 | 56 | 61 | 42 |
| 11 | 57 | Mani, Sarbartho | CM | IND | 2099 | 7 | 55.5 | 59 | 39,25 |
| 12 | 20 | Jai, Sankar Subramanian | FM | IND | 2283 | 7 | 53 | 57.5 | 38,25 |
| 13 | 61 | Swain, Ashirwad | IND | 2091 | 7 | 51 | 54 | 37,25 | |
| 14 | 12 | Madhesh, Kumar S | FM | IND | 2324 | 7 | 50.5 | 54.5 | 37,25 |
| 15 | 28 | Manik, Mikulas | GM | SVK | 2251 | 7 | 48.5 | 52 | 34,25 |
| 16 | 5 | Aleksandrov, Aleksej | GM | BLR | 2409 | 6.5 | 58 | 61.5 | 35.5 |
| 17 | 33 | Palencia Morales, Wilson Guillermo | IM | COL | 2185 | 6.5 | 54 | 57 | 34,25 |
| 18 | 16 | Siddhanth, Poonja | IND | 2315 | 6.5 | 52.5 | 56 | 33,75 | |
| 19 | 25 | Bhoir, Paras Dilip | IND | 2272 | 6.5 | 52 | 56 | 34,75 | |
| 20 | 9 | Arpan, Das (Jr) | IND | 2350 | 6.5 | 50.5 | 54.5 | 34.5 | |
| 21 | 29 | Sekar, B | FM | IND | 2218 | 6.5 | 50 | 53.5 | 32,25 |
| 22 | 14 | Gochelashvili, David | IM | RUS | 2320 | 6.5 | 48.5 | 52 | 32,75 |
| 23 | 3 | Burmakin, Vladimir | GM | RUS | 2428 | 6.5 | 48.5 | 52 | 32,75 |
| 24 | 13 | Tologon Tegin, Semetei | IM | KGZ | 2322 | 6.5 | 47.5 | 54 | 32,75 |
| 25 | 7 | John, Veny Akkarakaran | FM | IND | 2367 | 6.5 | 46 | 49.5 | 31,25 |
| 26 | 27 | Sherla, Prathamesh | CM | IND | 2264 | 6.5 | 46 | 49.5 | 31 |
| 27 | 10 | Slizhevsky, Alexander | IM | RUS | 2338 | 6.5 | 44.5 | 48 | 31.5 |
| 28 | 47 | Balkishan, A. | IND | 2134 | 6 | 53.5 | 57.5 | 29,25 | |
| 29 | 32 | Ahaz, E U | IND | 2194 | 6 | 52.5 | 56.5 | 31.5 | |
| 30 | 105 | Mayukh, Majumder | IND | 2025 | 6 | 52 | 56 | 33,75 | |
| 31 | 44 | Arpith, S Bijoy | IND | 2143 | 6 | 52 | 55.5 | 30 | |
| 32 | 62 | Murugan, Krishnamoorthy | IM | IND | 2090 | 6 | 52 | 54.5 | 29.5 |
| 33 | 58 | Bhosale, Shriraj | IND | 2092 | 6 | 51.5 | 55.5 | 30 | |
| 34 | 22 | Saravana, Krishnan P. | IM | IND | 2278 | 6 | 49.5 | 53.5 | 28,25 |
| 35 | 36 | Elgabry, Mohsen | IM | EGY | 2177 | 6 | 49 | 53 | 29,75 |
| 36 | 86 | Gokul, G | IND | 2049 | 6 | 48.5 | 52.5 | 28,75 | |
| 37 | 24 | Oblitas, Carlomagno | IM | PER | 2272 | 6 | 47.5 | 51 | 29,75 |
| 38 | 123 | Umashankar, A | IND | 2006 | 6 | 46.5 | 49.5 | 28 | |
| 39 | 65 | Vijay, Shreeram P | IND | 2086 | 6 | 46 | 49.5 | 27,25 | |
| 40 | 116 | Badamundi, Tapan | IND | 2011 | 6 | 45 | 47.5 | 24.5 | |
| 152 players | |||||||||
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: |
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| Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | + | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | Moldagali, Beksultan | FM | KAZ | 2366 | 5 | 7.0 | 0.5 | 28.0 | 3.0 |
| 2 | Adarsh Tripathi | IM | IND | 2292 | 5 | 7.0 | 0.5 | 27.2 | 2.5 |
| 3 | Perez Marimon, Jorge De Jesus | FM | CUB | 2380 | 4 | 6.0 | 0.5 | 22.5 | 1.5 |
| 4 | Balbuena Fuentes, Mario | FM | ESP | 2291 | 4 | 6.0 | 0.5 | 21.2 | 1.5 |
| 5 | Buscara, Sevan | IM | FRA | 2193 | 3 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 17.8 | 1.5 |
| 6 | Rodriguez Avila, Alvaro | CM | ESP | 2251 | 4 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 13.0 | 1.0 |
| 7 | Elissalt Cardenas, Hector | IM | ESP | 2271 | 2 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 11.2 | 1.0 |
| 8 | Gavilan Diaz, Mario | FM | ESP | 2220 | 1 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 13.8 | 1.5 |
| 9 | Sanchez Gonzalez, Diego 2012 | ESP | 2072 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | |
| 10 | Biedma Martin, Enrique | FM | ESP | 2161 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 0.5 |
| 10 players | |||||||||
| Bambuchess Masters B 2025 Villablanca (Huelva) ESP Fri 26th Dec 2025 - Tue 30th Dec 2025
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | + | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | Povshednyi, Ivan | FM | UKR | 2374 | 6 | 7.0 | 0.5 | 26.5 | 1.0 |
| 2 | Martin Carmona, Gaston Manuel | FM | ESP | 2307 | 5 | 7.0 | 0.5 | 28.0 | 2.0 |
| 3 | Truter, Maximilian | ESP | 2130 | 4 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 23.5 | 1.5 | |
| 4 | Minero Pineda, Sergio | IM | CRC | 2342 | 2 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 20.5 | 1.5 |
| 5 | Feal Albala, Alonso | CM | ESP | 2164 | 3 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 17.8 | 1.5 |
| 6 | Barrero Garcia, Carlos | IM | ESP | 2276 | 1 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 17.0 | 1.5 |
| 7 | Muratov, Batyrkhan | FM | KAZ | 2337 | 3 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 13.8 | 1.0 |
| 8 | Lazaro Azcutia, Miguel | CM | ESP | 2212 | 2 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 12.2 | 0.5 |
| 9 | Touzane, Olivier | IM | FRA | 2174 | 2 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 8.5 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Roquero Redondo, Miguel | ESP | 2179 | 1 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 11.2 | 1.0 | |
| 10 players | |||||||||
| Bambuchess Open U2400 Villablanca (Huelva) ESP Fri 26th Dec 2025 - Tue 30th Dec 2025
Leading Final Round 7 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | + | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | Figuero Toro, Julian Francisco | FM | ESP | 2212 | 5 | 6.0 | 26.5 | 29.5 | 3 |
| 2 | Esquivias Quintero, Luis Manuel | FM | ESP | 2279 | 4 | 5.0 | 27.5 | 30.0 | 4 |
| 3 | Bittner, Titus | POR | 2067 | 3 | 5.0 | 25.5 | 28.0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Dupuis, Denis K | ENG | 2045 | 5 | 5.0 | 24.5 | 26.5 | 4 | |
| 5 | Gutierrez Toro, Raul | ESP | 2077 | 4 | 5.0 | 22.5 | 25.5 | 4 | |
| 6 | Alshameary Puente, Ismael | IM | ESP | 2365 | 3 | 4.5 | 28.5 | 32.0 | 4 |
| 7 | Sukhodolskyi, Oleksii | UKR | 1989 | 3 | 4.5 | 27.0 | 28.5 | 3 | |
| 8 | Chacon Perez, Juan | ESP | 2170 | 2 | 4.5 | 25.0 | 28.0 | 3 | |
| 9 | Rios Gallardo, Guillermo | ESP | 2058 | 3 | 4.5 | 24.5 | 27.5 | 4 | |
| 10 | Andreev, Stanislav | BUL | 2030 | 4 | 4.5 | 21.0 | 24.0 | 4 | |
| 11 | Morales Araujo, Francisco Javier | ESP | 2022 | 3 | 4.0 | 26.5 | 29.5 | 3 | |
| 12 | Riera Brito, Raul | ESP | 2084 | 3 | 4.0 | 25.0 | 28.0 | 4 | |
| 13 | Luque Garcia, Juan | ESP | 1858 | 3 | 4.0 | 24.5 | 27.0 | 3 | |
| 14 | Jeremias, Bianca Albano | POR | 1946 | 3 | 4.0 | 23.0 | 25.5 | 4 | |
| 15 | Andres Flores, Antonio Jose | ESP | 2018 | 3 | 4.0 | 21.5 | 23.5 | 4 | |
| 16 | Magi, Ramon | EST | 1821 | 2 | 3.5 | 24.5 | 27.0 | 3 | |
| 17 | Banos Rosique, Rafael | ESP | 1935 | 3 | 3.5 | 23.5 | 25.5 | 3 | |
| 18 | Vicente Garrote, Jose Maria | ESP | 2016 | 2 | 3.5 | 22.5 | 26.0 | 3 | |
| 19 | Luna Ordonez, Alejandro | ESP | 1907 | 3 | 3.5 | 21.5 | 23.5 | 3 | |
| 20 | Herrera Oliva, Enrique | ESP | 1999 | 3 | 3.5 | 21.0 | 23.0 | 4 | |
| 21 | Gutierrez Toro, David | ESP | 1937 | 1 | 3.0 | 27.0 | 30.0 | 3 | |
| 22 | Mana Sierra, Manuel | ESP | 1764 | 2 | 3.0 | 23.0 | 25.5 | 4 | |
| 23 | Sierra Ruiz, Daniel | ESP | 1867 | 2 | 3.0 | 22.5 | 24.0 | 3 | |
| 24 | Castillo Trujillo, Luis | ESP | 1847 | 2 | 3.0 | 22.0 | 23.5 | 3 | |
| 25 | Dupy, Lucas | FRA | 1859 | 2 | 3.0 | 20.5 | 23.5 | 3 | |
| 26 | Morell Altozano, Nicolas | ESP | 1816 | 2 | 3.0 | 20.0 | 22.5 | 4 | |
| 27 | Ramirez Sanchez, Samuel | ESP | 1757 | 1 | 3.0 | 19.5 | 22.5 | 2 | |
| 28 | Camacho Belmonte, Angel Luis | ESP | 1850 | 2 | 2.5 | 20.5 | 22.5 | 3 | |
| 29 | Roldan Moreno, Isabel | ESP | 1790 | 2 | 2.5 | 19.0 | 21.5 | 4 | |
| 30 | Natale, Rodolphe | FRA | 1890 | 2 | 2.5 | 18.0 | 19.5 | 3 | |
| 31 | Lopez Perea, Mario | ESP | 1829 | 1 | 2.5 | 18.0 | 19.5 | 3 | |
| 32 | Fernandez Vargas, Isidro | ESP | 1770 | 2 | 2.5 | 17.5 | 19.0 | 3 | |
| 33 | Escobar Rodriguez, Alvaro | ESP | 1816 | 1 | 2.0 | 19.5 | 21.5 | 4 | |
| 34 | Pineda Ortega, Victor | ESP | 1679 | 2 | 2.0 | 17.5 | 19.0 | 3 | |
| 35 | Vega Castilla, Antonio Miguel | ESP | 1767 | 1 | 1.5 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 3 | |
| 36 | Villegas Fernandez, Juan | ESP | 1869 | 1 | 1.5 | 15.5 | 17.0 | 1 | |
| 37 | Gomez Ledo, Roberto Carlos | IM | CUB | 2371 | 1 | 1.0 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 1 |
| 37 players | |||||||||
| Bambuchess Rapid Open Villablanca (Huelva) ESP Fri 26th Dec 2025 - Tue 30th Dec 2025
Leading Final Round 7 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | + | Pts | TB1 | TB2 |
| 1 | Franco Alonso, Alejandro | IM | ESP | 2395 | 6 | 6.5 | 31.5 | 35.5 |
| 2 | Bittner, Titus | POR | 2067 | 6 | 6.0 | 30.5 | 33.5 | |
| 3 | Barrero Garcia, Carlos | IM | ESP | 2276 | 5 | 5.5 | 32.0 | 35.0 |
| 4 | Riera Brito, Raul | HU | 2084 | 4 | 5.5 | 29.0 | 32.0 | |
| 5 | Gomez Fernandez, David | ESP | 1624 | 5 | 5.5 | 28.5 | 30.5 | |
| 6 | Andreev, Stanislav | BUL | 2030 | 5 | 5.5 | 28.0 | 31.0 | |
| 7 | Escobar Rodriguez, Alvaro | ESP | 1816 | 5 | 5.5 | 27.5 | 30.5 | |
| 8 | Dumont, Andre Jules | BEL | 1879 | 5 | 5.0 | 28.5 | 30.5 | |
| 9 | Ruiz de Toro, Carlos Roberto | ESP | 1931 | 5 | 5.0 | 28.0 | 31.0 | |
| 10 | Vicente Garrote, Jose Maria | ESP | 2016 | 5 | 5.0 | 27.5 | 31.5 | |
| 11 | Loulad, Mohamed Chekh | MAR | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 27.5 | 31.5 | |
| 12 | Infantes Gonzalez, David | ESP | 2120 | 4 | 5.0 | 27.5 | 31.5 | |
| 13 | Magi, Ramon | EST | 1821 | 5 | 5.0 | 26.5 | 28.5 | |
| 14 | De la Cruz Diaz, Victor | ESP | 1584 | 5 | 5.0 | 26.0 | 27.0 | |
| 15 | Neble Espina, Manuel | ESP | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 24.0 | 25.5 | |
| 16 | Caro Bellerin, Javier | NF | 1873 | 4 | 4.5 | 27.5 | 29.5 | |
| 17 | Luna Ordonez, Alejandro | ESP | 1907 | 3 | 4.5 | 26.5 | 29.5 | |
| 18 | Santos Serrano, Alvaro | ESP | 1620 | 4 | 4.5 | 25.5 | 27.5 | |
| 19 | Gomez Trigo, Jose Julio | ESP | 2007 | 4 | 4.5 | 25.0 | 28.0 | |
| 20 | Infantes Gonzalez, Maria | ESP | 1853 | 4 | 4.5 | 23.5 | 26.5 | |
| 21 | Villa Martinez, Basilio | ESP | 1727 | 3 | 4.0 | 28.0 | 29.0 | |
| 22 | Dasi Llisto, Pablo | NF | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 27.0 | 30.0 | |
| 23 | Benjumea Cejudo, Pablo | HU | 1725 | 4 | 4.0 | 27.0 | 29.0 | |
| 24 | Povhednyy, Denis | UKR | 1822 | 3 | 4.0 | 26.5 | 29.5 | |
| 25 | Vega Castilla, Antonio Miguel | ESP | 1767 | 3 | 4.0 | 26.5 | 27.5 | |
| 26 | Soriano Salvatella, Jacinto | ESP | 1767 | 4 | 4.0 | 26.5 | 26.5 | |
| 27 | Morell Altozano, Nicolas | SE | 1816 | 4 | 4.0 | 25.5 | 28.5 | |
| 28 | Fernandez Macias, Ezequiel | ESP | 1565 | 4 | 4.0 | 25.0 | 26.0 | |
| 29 | Cepeda Gonzalez, Daniel | ESP | 1576 | 4 | 4.0 | 24.5 | 26.5 | |
| 30 | Dasi Acosta, Pablo | NF | 0 | 3 | 4.0 | 24.0 | 27.0 | |
| 31 | Orta Garcia, Raul | ESP | 1555 | 3 | 4.0 | 24.0 | 26.5 | |
| 32 | Camacho Belmonte, Angel Luis | ESP | 1850 | 4 | 4.0 | 23.5 | 26.5 | |
| 33 | Caba de Guzman, Miguel | ESP | 1781 | 4 | 4.0 | 23.0 | 25.5 | |
| 34 | Silva Martin, Santiago | ESP | 1699 | 4 | 4.0 | 23.0 | 25.0 | |
| 35 | Munoz Chaves, Gines | ESP | 1739 | 4 | 4.0 | 22.5 | 24.5 | |
| 36 | Ramirez Sanchez, Samuel | SE | 1757 | 3 | 4.0 | 22.5 | 24.5 | |
| 37 | Pan, Angel Jiaye | ESP | 1719 | 4 | 4.0 | 22.0 | 25.0 | |
| 38 | Aguaded Pereira, Jose Manuel | ESP | 1485 | 3 | 4.0 | 22.0 | 24.5 | |
| 39 | Marin Aroca, Manuel | ESP | 1560 | 4 | 4.0 | 22.0 | 24.0 | |
| 40 | Franco Orbegozo, Alex | ESP | 1491 | 4 | 4.0 | 21.5 | 22.5 | |
| 85 players | ||||||||
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 2 | Diaz Camallonga, Carles | IM | ESP | 2496 | 6.5 | 0 | 5 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 3 | Gines Esteo, Pedro Antonio | GM | ESP | 2466 | 5.5 | 1.5 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 6 | Tahay, Alexis | IM | FRA | 2330 | 5.5 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | Sosa, Tomas | GM | ARG | 2540 | 5.5 | 0.5 | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | 8 | Mompel Ferruz, Xavier | FM | GEQ | 2306 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 6 | 5 | Movsziszian, Karen | GM | ARM | 2374 | 4 | 1.5 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 7 | 7 | Cruz, Jonathan | IM | PER | 2327 | 4 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 4 | Prado Lobo, Jonas | IM | ESP | 2395 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 9 | 9 | Del Prado Rodriguez, Xulio | FM | ESP | 2409 | 3.5 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | 10 | Vergara Jofre, Felipe | FM | CHI | 2273 | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 |
| 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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 4 | Garcia Ramos, Daniel | IM | ESP | 2440 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 9 | Perea Fruet, Lorenzo | FM | ESP | 2391 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | 10 | Lu, Maximillian | IM | USA | 2388 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 4 | 1 | Kocharin, Timur | FM | GER | 2332 | 4.5 | 1 | 1 | 2.5 |
| 5 | 6 | Fantinel, Thibault | IM | FRA | 2394 | 4.5 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 8 | Munoz, Miguel | GM | PER | 2324 | 4.5 | 1 | 0 | 2.5 |
| 7 | 3 | Cesar Maestre, Bernardo | IM | ESP | 2369 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 2.5 |
| 7 | Oratovsky, Michael | GM | ISR | 2374 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 2.5 | |
| 9 | 2 | Alonso Garcia, Aaron | IM | ESP | 2445 | 3.5 | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 10 | 5 | Moskalenko, Viktor | GM | ESP | 2416 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 6 | Chavez Suarez, Carlos Alberto | FM | CUB | 2294 | 6.5 | 0 | 5 | 3.5 |
| 2 | 7 | Travesset Sagre, Jan | FM | ESP | 2328 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 3 | 10 | Cruz, Filemon | IM | PER | 2248 | 5.5 | 0.5 | 4 | 3.5 |
| 4 | 5 | Valenzuela Gomez, Fernando | IM | CHI | 2321 | 5.5 | 0.5 | 4 | 2.5 |
| 5 | 9 | Mellado Trivino, Juan | IM | ESP | 2310 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3.5 |
| 6 | 1 | Suarez, Sebastian | USA | 2268 | 4.5 | 1 | 4 | 2.5 | |
| 7 | 8 | Esplugas Esteve, Vicenc | FM | ESP | 2271 | 4.5 | 0 | 4 | 1.5 |
| 8 | 2 | Botta, Massimiliano | ITA | 2278 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2.5 | |
| 9 | 4 | Atienza Alvarez, Javier | ESP | 2158 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.5 | |
| 10 | 3 | Boukhris-Ferre, Yacine | FRA | 2105 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | |
| 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 | |
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 4 | Cornette Matthieu | GM | FRA | 2517 | 7.5 | 47 | 51.5 | 2344 |
| 2 | 1 | Lagarde Maxime | GM | FRA | 2608 | 7 | 49.5 | 54.5 | 2362 |
| 3 | 3 | Chatalbashev Boris | GM | DEN | 2522 | 7 | 48.5 | 52.5 | 2338 |
| 4 | 19 | Mehmed Elif | WGM | SRB | 2290 | 6.5 | 47.5 | 51 | 2356 |
| 5 | 6 | Toktomushev Teimur | IM | SUI | 2412 | 6.5 | 45 | 48.5 | 2310 |
| 6 | 2 | Maze Sebastien | GM | FRA | 2534 | 6.5 | 42 | 44.5 | 2253 |
| 7 | 8 | Pavlovic Milos | GM | SRB | 2403 | 6.5 | 39 | 45.5 | 2239 |
| 8 | 16 | Citak Selim | FM | TUR | 2314 | 6 | 48 | 51.5 | 2334 |
| 9 | 11 | Besou Hussain | FM | GER | 2396 | 6 | 45.5 | 50 | 2267 |
| 10 | 7 | Martinez Ramirez Lennis | IM | CUB | 2409 | 6 | 44.5 | 48 | 2261 |
| 11 | 13 | Ostensen Nicolai Maxime | FM | NOR | 2365 | 6 | 44 | 47.5 | 2298 |
| 12 | 5 | Lumachi Gabriele | IM | ITA | 2427 | 6 | 43 | 47 | 2252 |
| 13 | 9 | Riff Jean-Noel | GM | FRA | 2399 | 6 | 42.5 | 45.5 | 2225 |
| 14 | 25 | Zheng Harry Z | ENG | 2270 | 6 | 42 | 44 | 2196 | |
| 15 | 31 | Yilmaz Baver | FM | TUR | 2244 | 6 | 41 | 44.5 | 2214 |
| 16 | 26 | Xu Yang | CHN | 2266 | 6 | 37.5 | 40.5 | 2232 | |
| 17 | 14 | Farokhi Keyvan | FM | GER | 2345 | 5.5 | 48 | 51.5 | 2357 |
| 18 | 17 | Fiskaaen Martin Holten | FM | NOR | 2301 | 5.5 | 44.5 | 47.5 | 2299 |
| 19 | 39 | Federer Colin | FM | SUI | 2216 | 5.5 | 44 | 48 | 2297 |
| 20 | 21 | Llari Marc | FM | FRA | 2285 | 5.5 | 41 | 44 | 2244 |
| 21 | 49 | Kappeler Kaspar | FM | SUI | 2141 | 5.5 | 38.5 | 41 | 2180 |
| 22 | 33 | Schellenberg Simon | SUI | 2233 | 5.5 | 35 | 38.5 | 2133 | |
| 23 | 35 | Fernandez Barbosa Dos Santos Gabriel | CM | SUI | 2227 | 5 | 45.5 | 48 | 2277 |
| 24 | 28 | Ternault Mathieu | FM | FRA | 2251 | 5 | 43.5 | 47.5 | 2243 |
| 25 | 12 | Sedlak Nikola | GM | SRB | 2394 | 5 | 43 | 46 | 2267 |
| 26 | 24 | Manko Mariia | WIM | SUI | 2274 | 5 | 43 | 45.5 | 2246 |
| 27 | 22 | Ciric Pavle | FM | SRB | 2282 | 5 | 42.5 | 46 | 2229 |
| 28 | 27 | Borne Felix | FM | FRA | 2261 | 5 | 40.5 | 43.5 | 2249 |
| 29 | 15 | Malinowsky Levi | FM | GER | 2321 | 5 | 39.5 | 43.5 | 2237 |
| 30 | 45 | Chen Muxi | CHN | 2177 | 5 | 39 | 41.5 | 2224 | |
| 31 | 36 | Frey Fabian | SUI | 2227 | 5 | 38.5 | 42 | 2152 | |
| 32 | 48 | Tsiapko Andrii | POL | 2143 | 5 | 38.5 | 40.5 | 2262 | |
| 33 | 85 | Rahimi Rahim | GER | 2018 | 5 | 37.5 | 40.5 | 2158 | |
| 34 | 55 | Foerster-Yialamas Lucas | CM | GER | 2125 | 5 | 37.5 | 39.5 | 2218 |
| 35 | 29 | Nemeth Zalan | FM | IRL | 2249 | 5 | 36.5 | 41.5 | 2179 |
| 36 | 63 | Keerti Shree Reddy | WFM | IND | 2092 | 5 | 36.5 | 40 | 2221 |
| 37 | 41 | Neuhoff Laertes | GER | 2210 | 5 | 36.5 | 40 | 2203 | |
| 38 | 23 | Pak Alexander | FRA | 2282 | 5 | 31.5 | 34.5 | 2109 | |
| 39 | 46 | Kochavi Dana | FM | ISR | 2163 | 4.5 | 40.5 | 44 | 2258 |
| 40 | 79 | Pal Rohan | ENG | 2054 | 4.5 | 38.5 | 42 | 2244 | |
| 90 players | |||||||||
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 |
| 1 | 1 | Kramer, Julian | GER | 2487 | 6 | 25 | 31 |
| 2 | 4 | Zude, Arno | GER | 2287 | 5.5 | 23 | 31 |
| 3 | 5 | Nechitaylo, Nikita | GER | 2233 | 5.5 | 22.5 | 29 |
| 4 | 6 | Ziegenfuß, Antonia | GER | 2230 | 5.5 | 20 | 29 |
| 5 | 15 | Bundan, Edward | GER | 2080 | 5 | 19 | 30 |
| 6 | 16 | Lu, Yunong Elias | GER | 2062 | 5 | 18 | 26.5 |
| 7 | 9 | Pahl, Theis | GER | 2214 | 4.5 | 23 | 30 |
| 8 | 3 | Lammers, Markus | GER | 2297 | 4.5 | 21 | 30 |
| 9 | 18 | Tibke, Jonas | GER | 2042 | 4.5 | 16 | 21 |
| 10 | 11 | Hedke, Fred | GER | 2162 | 4.5 | 15.5 | 26 |
| 11 | 10 | Pahl, Erik | GER | 2194 | 4 | 19 | 31 |
| 12 | 8 | Müer, Sebastian | GER | 2215 | 4 | 18 | 28.5 |
| 13 | 19 | Hundack, Rolf | GER | 2036 | 4 | 18 | 26.5 |
| 14 | 28 | Eßer, Julian | GER | 1963 | 4 | 16.5 | 30 |
| 15 | 13 | Rudolph, Peter | GER | 2116 | 4 | 16.5 | 25.5 |
| 16 | 2 | Schulze, Lara | GER | 2335 | 3.5 | 19 | 22.5 |
| 17 | 7 | Tiarks, Jann-Christian | GER | 2222 | 3.5 | 18.5 | 28 |
| 18 | 22 | Möwisch, Dave | GER | 2014 | 3.5 | 16.5 | 25.5 |
| 19 | 20 | Kovalov, Yaroslav | GER | 2024 | 3.5 | 14.5 | 23 |
| 20 | 17 | Berresheim, Helmut | GER | 2050 | 3.5 | 14.5 | 23 |
| 21 | 21 | Pautz, Peter | GER | 2019 | 3.5 | 14 | 23 |
| 22 | 36 | Ziegenfuß, Larissa | GER | 1901 | 3.5 | 13.5 | 23 |
| 23 | 24 | Walz, Fabian | GER | 1996 | 3.5 | 12.5 | 22 |
| 24 | 23 | Benecke, Torsten | GER | 1998 | 3.5 | 11 | 25.5 |
| 25 | 26 | Stern, Philipp | GER | 1978 | 3.5 | 11 | 20.5 |
| 26 | 30 | Braun, Julian | GER | 1940 | 3 | 12.5 | 23 |
| 27 | 42 | Schmidt, Bjarne | GER | 1815 | 3 | 11 | 19.5 |
| 28 | 40 | Tegetmeier, Birger | GER | 1826 | 3 | 10.5 | 24 |
| 29 | 32 | Viet, Silas | GER | 1919 | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 30 | 25 | Thomas, Jeremy | GER | 1985 | 2.5 | 11 | 24 |
| 31 | 41 | Viet, Kian | GER | 1820 | 2.5 | 10.5 | 21 |
| 32 | 33 | Czappa, Fabian Alexander | GER | 1914 | 2.5 | 9.5 | 20.5 |
| 33 | 37 | Ditmas, Hugh | GER | 1901 | 2.5 | 8 | 23 |
| 34 | 35 | Goldenstein, Arnd | GER | 1905 | 2.5 | 8 | 19 |
| 35 | 31 | Pienski, Olaf | GER | 1924 | 2.5 | 5 | 20.5 |
| 36 | 14 | Wichtrup, Jan-Louis | GER | 2115 | 2 | 12 | 24 |
| 37 | 39 | Reich, Elisabeth | GER | 1839 | 2 | 10.5 | 26 |
| 38 | 38 | Hentrop, Malte | GER | 1847 | 1.5 | 9.5 | 19 |
| 39 | 43 | Laakmann, Jan | GER | 1804 | 1 | 5 | 18.5 |
| 40 | 27 | Gerhardt, Peter-Michael | GER | 1976 | 1 | 2 | 20 |
| 42 players | |||||||
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts |
| 1 | 7 | Stearman, Josiah | IM | USA | 2475 | 5.5 |
| 2 | 2 | Jing, Andrew | FM | USA | 2353 | 5 |
| 2 | 5 | Nagy, Gabor | GM | HUN | 2443 | 5 |
| 4 | 4 | Levine, Joseph | IM | USA | 2399 | 5 |
| 5 | 6 | Kunka, Harshid | IM | USA | 2472 | 4.5 |
| 5 | 8 | Lee, Alice | IM | USA | 2408 | 4.5 |
| 5 | 10 | Delgado, Neuris | GM | PAR | 2503 | 4.5 |
| 8 | 9 | Sorokin, Aleksey | GM | RUS | 2530 | 4 |
| 9 | 3 | Lohia, Sohum | IM | ENG | 2410 | 3.5 |
| 10 | 1 | Griffith, Kyron | IM | USA | 2417 | 3.5 |
| 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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts |
| 1 | 5 | Soriano, Ivan | IM | PER | 2369 | 7.5 |
| 2 | 1 | Mirzoev, Azer | GM | AZE | 2471 | 6.5 |
| 3 | 10 | Jimenez, Emmanuel | IM | CRC | 2363 | 5.5 |
| 4 | 9 | Jiang, Lucas | FM | USA | 2256 | 5.5 |
| 5 | 6 | Yan, Nathan | FM | USA | 2155 | 5 |
| 6 | 2 | Wongso, Steve | USA | 2199 | 4 | |
| 7 | 8 | Singhania, Vatsal | FM | IND | 2228 | 4 |
| 8 | 7 | Zhou, Ruoyu | USA | 2171 | 3.5 | |
| 9 | 4 | Champsi, Imran | USA | 2078 | 2 | |
| 10 | 3 | Bagdasarian, Ararat | USA | 2050 | 1.5 | |
| 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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts |
| 1 | 6 | Flores, Diego | IM | PER | 2409 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | Atwell, Rose | FM | USA | 2330 | 7 |
| 3 | 3 | Sivakumar, Shaaketh | FM | USA | 2264 | 6 |
| 4 | 9 | Arenas, David | GM | COL | 2352 | 5.5 |
| 5 | 10 | Figueredo, Leonel | IM | MEX | 2297 | 5.5 |
| 6 | 7 | Doknjas, Neil | CM | CAN | 2242 | 3.5 |
| 7 | 2 | Guntaka, Aayansh | FM | USA | 2144 | 3 |
| 8 | 5 | Xia, Joshua | USA | 2050 | 3 | |
| 9 | 4 | Chinni, Rishabh | USA | 2120 | 2.5 | |
| 10 | 8 | Nasta, Kiren | USA | 2200 | 2 | |
| 10 players | ||||||
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts |
| 1 | 9 | Sheng, Joshua | GM | USA | 6.5 | |
| 2 | 3 | Mirzoev, Azer | GM | AZE | 5.5 | |
| 3 | 10 | Jiang, Lucas | FM | USA | 5.5 | |
| 4 | 5 | Nagy, Gabor | GM | HUN | 5 | |
| 5 | 7 | Lohia, Sohum | IM | ENG | 4.5 | |
| 6 | 1 | Li, Rachael | WIM | USA | 4 | |
| 7 | 4 | Lee, Alice | IM | USA | 3.5 | |
| 8 | 6 | Shankar, Gauri | IM | IND | 3.5 | |
| 9 | 2 | Atwell, Rose | FM | USA | 3.5 | |
| 10 | 8 | Colville, Julian | FM | USA | 3.5 | |
| 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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts |
| 1 | 2 | Flores, Diego | IM | PER | 2409 | 7.5 |
| 2 | 7 | Guo, Ethan | FM | USA | 2295 | 6 |
| 3 | 5 | Figueredo, Leonel | IM | MEX | 2297 | 5.5 |
| 3 | 10 | Soriano, Ivan | IM | PER | 2369 | 5.5 |
| 5 | 3 | Guo, Felix | USA | 2111 | 5 | |
| 6 | 1 | Venkatesh, Narayan | FM | USA | 2288 | 4.5 |
| 7 | 6 | Doknjas, Neil | CM | CAN | 2242 | 4 |
| 8 | 9 | Liu, Patrick | FM | USA | 2211 | 3 |
| 9 | 8 | Chinni, Rishabh | USA | 2120 | 3 | |
| 10 | 4 | Singhal, Sanat | IND | 1927 | 1 | |
| 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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts |
| 1 | 6 | Delgado, Neuris | GM | PAR | 2503 | 7.5 |
| 2 | 4 | Tang, Dylan | FM | USA | 2218 | 6 |
| 3 | 9 | Arenas, David | GM | COL | 2352 | 5.5 |
| 4 | 8 | Jimenez, Emmanuel | IM | CRC | 2363 | 5.5 |
| 5 | 10 | Sivakumar, Shaaketh | FM | USA | 2264 | 5 |
| 6 | 5 | Nasta, Kiren | USA | 2200 | 4.5 | |
| 7 | 3 | Singhania, Vatsal | FM | IND | 2228 | 4 |
| 8 | 2 | Talwalkar, Vedant | FM | USA | 2095 | 3 |
| 9 | 7 | Pulijala, Akshaj | USA | 1830 | 2 | |
| 10 | 1 | Ling, Chenxuan | CM | USA | 2099 | 2 |
| 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 |
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Ti | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Pts | Prize |
| 1 | Sorokin, Aleksey | GM | 2644 | W18 | W3 | D6 | W4 | D2 | 4 | 1250 |
| 2 | Abdisalimov, Abdimalik | GM | 2561 | W25 | W10 | D8 | W6 | D1 | 4 | 1250 |
| 3 | Abdurakhmonov, Mukhammadali | IM | 2354 | W22 | L1 | W28 | W23 | W8 | 4 | 1250 |
| 4 | Heimann, Mark | GM | 2599 | W19 | D7 | W11 | L1 | W10 | 3.5 | |
| 5 | Bick, Gabriel | IM | 2450 | W28 | L11 | W15 | W13 | D7 | 3.5 | |
| 6 | Taghizadeh, Rayan | FM | 2385 | W30 | W27 | D1 | L2 | W14 | 3.5 | |
| 7 | Virtanen, Teemu | FM | 2364 | W21 | D4 | D13 | W16 | D5 | 3.5 | |
| 8 | Jing, Andrew | FM | 2374 | W20 | W15 | D2 | D14 | L3 | 3 | |
| 9 | Petrov, Vladimir | IM | 2335 | D23 | D13 | W27 | L10 | W17 | 3 | |
| 10 | Rajaram, Rohan | CM | 2308 | W12 | L2 | W20 | W9 | L4 | 3 | |
| 11 | Mahajan, Rushaan | FM | 2265 | W17 | W5 | L4 | H--- | H--- | 3 | 250 |
| 12 | Mallela, Abhishek | 2131 | L10 | L28 | B--- | W27 | W20 | 3 | 250 | |
| 13 | Paragiri, Reyansh | 2119 | B--- | D9 | D7 | L5 | W19 | 3 | 250 | |
| 14 | Saydaliev, Saidakbar | IM | 2457 | L27 | W30 | W25 | D8 | L6 | 2.5 | |
| 15 | Ai, Evan | 2259 | W31 | L8 | L5 | W24 | D16 | 2.5 | ||
| 16 | Iinuma, Paul | 2161 | H--- | W24 | D23 | L7 | D15 | 2.5 | ||
| 17 | Qi, Jenny | WFM | 2130 | L11 | B--- | D19 | W21 | L9 | 2.5 | |
| 18 | Yao, Hanchi | 2236 | L1 | L20 | D24 | D22 | W26 | 2 | ||
| 19 | Nanugonda, Vishva | 2225 | L4 | D21 | D17 | W28 | L13 | 2 | ||
| 20 | Dasika, Archit | 2189 | L8 | W18 | L10 | W25 | L12 | 2 | ||
| 21 | Gopalakrishnan, Kritin | 2166 | L7 | D19 | W26 | L17 | D25 | 2 | ||
| 22 | Bagdasarian, Ararat | 2146 | L3 | L25 | D30 | D18 | W27 | 2 | ||
| 23 | Karthikeyan, Harishkumar | 2134 | D9 | W26 | D16 | L3 | U--- | 2 | ||
| 24 | Bhatta, Rohit | 2117 | H--- | L16 | D18 | L15 | B--- | 2 | ||
| 25 | Gattani, Sarthak | 2202 | L2 | W22 | L14 | L20 | D21 | 1.5 | ||
| 26 | Vidyarthi, Omya | WIM | 2202 | D29 | L23 | L21 | W30 | L18 | 1.5 | |
| 27 | Biyiasas, Theo | 2200 | W14 | L6 | L9 | L12 | L22 | 1 | ||
| 28 | Winslow, Elliott | IM | 2200 | L5 | W12 | L3 | L19 | U--- | 1 | |
| 29 | Sethuraman, Sandeep | IM | 2503 | D26 | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | 0.5 | |
| 30 | Senthilkumar, Pranav | CM | 2195 | L6 | L14 | D22 | L26 | U--- | 0.5 | |
| 31 | Lomasov, Semyon | GM | 2678 | L15 | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | 0 | |
| 31 players | ||||||||||
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 1 | Juraj, Druska | GM | SVK | 2606 | 4.5 | 0 | 15.5 |
| 2 | 2 | Le Siege, Alexandre | GM | CAN | 2508 | 4 | 0 | 16.5 |
| 3 | 3 | Chiku-Ratte, Olivier-Kenta | IM | CAN | 2457 | 4 | 0 | 16.5 |
| 4 | 10 | Batorshyn, Ilia | NM | CAN | 2270 | 4 | 0 | 14.5 |
| 5 | 4 | Ouellet, Maili-Jade | WGM | CAN | 2446 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| 6 | 8 | Clyde, Jordan | NM | CAN | 2279 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| 7 | 26 | Sun, Jonathan | CAN | 2045 | 4 | 0 | 12 | |
| 8 | 5 | Latorre, Vincent | FM | CAN | 2416 | 3.5 | 0 | 15.5 |
| 9 | 6 | Guillemette, Hugo | NM | CAN | 2333 | 3.5 | 0 | 15 |
| 10 | 11 | Saha, Ananda | NM | CAN | 2268 | 3.5 | 0 | 14.5 |
| 11 | 12 | Kraiouchkine, Nikita | NM | CAN | 2262 | 3.5 | 0 | 14.5 |
| 12 | 7 | Duong, Thanh Nha | IM | CAN | 2300 | 3.5 | 0 | 13.5 |
| 13 | 17 | Bérubé, Maximilien | CAN | 2137 | 3.5 | 0 | 13.5 | |
| 14 | 19 | Jutras, Arnaud | CAN | 2110 | 3.5 | 0 | 11 | |
| 15 | 25 | Turcotte, Jonathan | CAN | 2054 | 3.5 | 0 | 9.5 | |
| 16 | 15 | Iordanescu, Victor Nicolae | CAN | 2193 | 3 | 0 | 17 | |
| 17 | 9 | Gutierrez, Renzo | PER | 2275 | 3 | 0 | 16 | |
| 18 | 32 | Duval, Mathieu | CAN | 2001 | 3 | 0 | 14.5 | |
| 19 | 22 | Di Matteo, Alessio | CAN | 2075 | 3 | 0 | 14 | |
| 20 | 24 | Atmani, Amine | ALG | 2062 | 3 | 0 | 14 | |
| 21 | 30 | Hartner, Rian | CAN | 2016 | 3 | 0 | 14 | |
| 22 | 14 | Genzling, Jérôme | FRA | 2216 | 3 | 0 | 13.5 | |
| 23 | 33 | Saillant, Christopher | CAN | 1998 | 3 | 0 | 13 | |
| 24 | 69 | Doshi, Nabhya | CAN | 1642 | 3 | 0 | 13 | |
| 25 | 20 | Ramesan, Raunak Amit | CAN | 2101 | 3 | 0 | 12 | |
| 26 | 31 | Jacquet, Stéphane | FRA | 2015 | 3 | 0 | 12 | |
| 27 | 42 | Alcantara, Maximo | CAN | 1912 | 3 | 0 | 12 | |
| 28 | 13 | Hrivnak, Vladimir | SVK | 2238 | 3 | 0 | 11.5 | |
| 29 | 27 | Charaf, Bassel | LBN | 2042 | 3 | 0 | 11 | |
| 30 | 50 | Digeon, Tristan | FRA | 1845 | 3 | 0 | 9.5 | |
| 31 | 34 | Porlier, Xavier | CAN | 1991 | 2.5 | 0 | 14.5 | |
| 32 | 40 | Steinberg, Ellis | CAN | 1956 | 2.5 | 0 | 14.5 | |
| 33 | 57 | Mahfoudh, Baha Eddine | TUN | 1822 | 2.5 | 0 | 13.5 | |
| 34 | 59 | Yang, Jing Yao | CAN | 1800 | 2.5 | 0 | 13.5 | |
| 35 | 35 | Landry, Sylvain | CAN | 1983 | 2.5 | 0 | 12.5 | |
| 36 | 18 | Morin, Richer | CAN | 2137 | 2.5 | 0 | 12 | |
| 37 | 36 | Zhang, Yitian | CAN | 1973 | 2.5 | 0 | 12 | |
| 38 | 16 | Lopez Linares, Lizandro Fernando | NM | CAN | 2190 | 2.5 | 0 | 11.5 |
| 39 | 23 | Mok, Yuen Tak | CAN | 2066 | 2.5 | 0 | 11.5 | |
| 40 | 66 | Ramos, Heidi | CAN | 1679 | 2.5 | 0 | 10 | |
| 72 players | ||||||||
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | Salna, Aleksandras | FM | LTU | 2290 | 7.0 | 38.00 | 47.50 | 36.75 |
| 2 | Psyk, Radoslaw | k++ | POL | 2504 | 6.5 | 38.50 | 50.00 | 34.25 |
| 3 | Jakubowski, Krzysztof | GM | POL | 2437 | 6.5 | 35.00 | 44.50 | 31.50 |
| 4 | Nasuta, Grzegorz | GM | POL | 2498 | 6.0 | 38.00 | 49.00 | 32.00 |
| 5 | Krawczyk, Flawian | CM | POL | 2292 | 6.0 | 36.00 | 45.50 | 28.50 |
| 6 | Piesik, Piotr | IM | CZE | 2407 | 5.5 | 40.00 | 51.00 | 29.25 |
| 7 | Obrycki, Tomasz | I++ | POL | 2068 | 5.5 | 39.50 | 51.00 | 32.25 |
| 8 | Baum, Jonasz | IM | POL | 2446 | 5.5 | 36.00 | 47.50 | 26.75 |
| 9 | Kozak, Antoni | m | POL | 2426 | 5.5 | 35.50 | 46.50 | 26.75 |
| 10 | Terkiewicz, Bruno | CM | POL | 2211 | 5.5 | 35.00 | 44.50 | 22.75 |
| 11 | Turski, Bartlomiej | FM | POL | 2411 | 5.5 | 35.00 | 43.50 | 24.75 |
| 12 | Pidluznij, Gleb | IM | LTU | 2411 | 5.5 | 34.50 | 44.50 | 25.00 |
| 13 | Mayorau, Mikita | GM | POL | 2472 | 5.5 | 34.00 | 45.00 | 24.25 |
| 14 | Kokoszczynski, Jan | FM | POL | 2275 | 5.5 | 34.00 | 43.00 | 24.00 |
| 15 | Lecki, Leonard | k+ | POL | 2194 | 5.5 | 33.50 | 43.50 | 23.50 |
| 16 | Lewtak, Damian | IM | POL | 2333 | 5.5 | 32.50 | 42.00 | 23.00 |
| 17 | Niedbala, Bartlomiej | IM | POL | 2380 | 5.0 | 36.00 | 45.50 | 23.00 |
| 18 | Krol, Jan | k | POL | 2202 | 5.0 | 34.00 | 43.50 | 22.50 |
| 19 | Kulig, Pawel | I++ | POL | 2172 | 5.0 | 34.00 | 43.00 | 20.75 |
| 20 | Wojdak, Jan | k++ | POL | 2214 | 4.5 | 36.50 | 47.00 | 22.50 |
| 21 | Rekuc, Patryk | FM | POL | 2288 | 4.5 | 36.00 | 46.00 | 19.25 |
| 22 | Rajbharath, Harjith | I | POL | 2002 | 4.5 | 34.00 | 43.00 | 16.00 |
| 23 | Sernecki, Franciszek | FM | POL | 2306 | 4.5 | 34.00 | 42.50 | 17.75 |
| 24 | Cukrowski, Filip | IM | POL | 2417 | 4.5 | 32.50 | 41.00 | 15.50 |
| 25 | Greicius, Pijus | k | LTU | 2170 | 4.5 | 31.50 | 39.50 | 17.25 |
| 26 | Rozycki, Bartlomiej | k++ | POL | 2197 | 4.5 | 29.50 | 39.00 | 15.75 |
| 27 | Kondys, Piotr | CM | POL | 2136 | 4.5 | 27.50 | 36.50 | 15.00 |
| 28 | Karut, Kacper | k | POL | 2148 | 4.5 | 27.00 | 35.00 | 15.75 |
| 29 | Kaczmarek, Arkadiusz | k | POL | 2062 | 4.5 | 26.50 | 34.50 | 12.50 |
| 30 | Backiel, Hubert | k | POL | 2258 | 4.5 | 26.50 | 33.50 | 15.00 |
| 31 | Butkiewicz, Jan | k | POL | 2199 | 4.0 | 31.50 | 40.50 | 15.50 |
| 32 | Przybylski, Jan | k | POL | 2152 | 4.0 | 28.00 | 36.00 | 15.25 |
| 33 | Borowik, Wojciech | k | POL | 2204 | 4.0 | 27.50 | 35.50 | 12.50 |
| 34 | Buklaho, Ignacy | I++ | POL | 2049 | 4.0 | 25.50 | 32.50 | 11.25 |
| 35 | Podgorski, Maciej | I++ | POL | 2030 | 4.0 | 25.50 | 32.00 | 13.25 |
| 36 | Ejsymont, Eryk | I++ | POL | 2022 | 3.5 | 30.50 | 40.50 | 9.50 |
| 37 | Haladaj, Adam | I++ | POL | 2062 | 3.5 | 28.00 | 36.00 | 12.75 |
| 38 | Obolonin, Filipp | k | EST | 2103 | 3.0 | 30.50 | 39.00 | 12.00 |
| 39 | Korszanski, Stanislaw | CM | POL | 2187 | 3.0 | 29.50 | 37.50 | 11.50 |
| 40 | Serafin, Franciszek | I | POL | 2033 | 3.0 | 27.00 | 34.50 | 9.50 |
| 49 players | ||||||||
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 11 | Zozek, Salah Mohammed | IRQ | 2203 | 8.5 | 42,75 | 40,75 | 0 |
| 2 | 4 | Aryan, Ali Ehsan | IRQ | 2144 | 8 | 38.5 | 36.5 | 0 |
| 3 | 12 | Alothman, Ali Layth Ahmed | IRQ | 2201 | 7.5 | 35.5 | 33.5 | 0 |
| 4 | 5 | Salih, Akar Ali Salih | IRQ | 2191 | 6.5 | 31 | 30 | 0 |
| 5 | 3 | Moazaz, Dhahir Habeeb | IRQ | 2171 | 6.5 | 29,25 | 27,25 | 0 |
| 6 | 6 | Al-Ali, Hussein Ali Hussein | IRQ | 2148 | 6 | 29 | 27 | 0 |
| 7 | 2 | Ali, Zain Al Abdin Hameed Al-Musawi | IRQ | 2100 | 5.5 | 28 | 26 | 0 |
| 8 | 1 | Baqer, Hameed Khalaf Al-Musawi | IRQ | 1995 | 4.5 | 22,75 | 21,75 | 0 |
| 9 | 7 | Ali, Firas Qassim | IRQ | 2017 | 4.5 | 20,25 | 19,25 | 0 |
| 10 | 8 | Rabeea, Sabah Nori | IRQ | 2112 | 4 | 19.5 | 17.5 | 0 |
| 11 | 10 | Rawaz, Omar Hama | IRQ | 1997 | 2.5 | 10.5 | 9.5 | 0 |
| 12 | 9 | Rebaz, Nasir Jamal | IRQ | 2093 | 2 | 9 | 7,75 | 0 |
| 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 | |
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Rtg | Gms | Pts | Perf |
| 1 | IM Viktor Haarmark Nielsen | 2368 | 7 | 6 | |
| 2 | IM Nicolai Kistrup | 2365 | 7 | 5½ | |
| 2 | IM Jakob Aabling-Thomsen | 2340 | 7 | 5½ | |
| 2 | IM Jens Ove Fries Nielsen | 2273 | 7 | 5½ | |
| 5 | GM Jonny Hector | 2418 | 7 | 5 | |
| 5 | FM Jens Albert Ramsdal | 2317 | 7 | 5 | |
| 5 | IM Hilmir Freyr Heimisson | 2303 | 7 | 5 | |
| 5 | FM Jeppe Hald Falkesgaard | 2240 | 7 | 5 | |
| 9 | FM Martin Matthiesen | 2289 | 6 | 4½ | |
| 9 | Daniel Tuk Hartsø Jarlskov | 2202 | 7 | 4½ | |
| 9 | FM Mogens Moe | 2097 | 7 | 4½ | |
| 9 | Thorbjørn Rosenlund | 2062 | 7 | 4½ | |
| 9 | Andreas Peitersen | 2054 | 7 | 4½ | |
| 9 | Luis Alzaga | 1996 | 7 | 4½ | |
| 15 | FM Søren Bech Hansen | 2243 | 7 | 4 | |
| 15 | FM August Jalving | 2231 | 7 | 4 | |
| 15 | Oscar Jacob Veiergang | 2208 | 7 | 4 | |
| 15 | WIM Ellen Fredericia Nilssen | 2142 | 7 | 4 | |
| 15 | Asbjørn Vesterkær Slavensky | 2118 | 7 | 4 | |
| 15 | Andreas Skovgaard | 2098 | 7 | 4 | |
| 15 | Bjarke Gregor | 2056 | 7 | 4 | |
| 15 | Mikkel Ramsdal | 1935 | 7 | 4 | |
| 15 | Hanesh Ravikumar | 1907 | 7 | 4 | |
| 15 | Lasse Emil Petersen | 1904 | 7 | 4 | |
| 25 | Jan Nordenbæk Pedersen | 2171 | 7 | 3½ | |
| 25 | Peter Thorsbro | 2157 | 5 | 3½ | |
| 25 | Henrik Porte | 2122 | 7 | 3½ | |
| 25 | Michael R. W. Olsen | 2115 | 7 | 3½ | |
| 25 | Martin Lee Lauritsen | 2115 | 7 | 3½ | |
| 25 | Mogens Henrik Thuesen | 2113 | 7 | 3½ | |
| 25 | Richard Lilja | 2104 | 7 | 3½ | |
| 25 | Vedant Kumar Saravana | 2063 | 7 | 3½ | |
| 25 | Noah Paludan | 1999 | 7 | 3½ | |
| 25 | Oliver Kaehne Snedker | 1944 | 7 | 3½ | |
| 25 | Tristan Lund Elnegaard | 1867 | 7 | 3½ | |
| 25 | Christoffer Vinther | 1747 | 7 | 3½ | |
| 25 | Pia Nielsen | 1541 | 7 | 3½ | |
| 38 | Lasse Andreas Ramsdal | 1948 | 7 | 3 | |
| 38 | Valdemar Hirshals | 0 | 7 | 3 | |
| 38 | Yogasimman Kamal | 1762 | 7 | 3 | |
| 60 players | |||||
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 12 | Amartuvshin, Ganzorig | IM | MGL | 2415 | 7.5 | 0 | 5 | 45.5 |
| 2 | 3 | Peng, Xiongjian | GM | CHN | 2521 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 48 |
| 3 | 2 | Visakh, N R | GM | IND | 2526 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 47.5 |
| 4 | 6 | Sipila, Vilka | IM | FIN | 2478 | 6.5 | 0 | 3 | 48.5 |
| 5 | 4 | Ilamparthi, A R | IM | IND | 2520 | 6.5 | 0 | 3 | 44.5 |
| 6 | 17 | Stopa, Jacek | GM | POL | 2335 | 6.5 | 0 | 3 | 40 |
| 7 | 10 | Pang, Tao | GM | CHN | 2445 | 6.5 | 0 | 2 | 45.5 |
| 8 | 5 | Gupta, Abhijeet | GM | IND | 2507 | 6.5 | 0 | 1 | 43.5 |
| 9 | 20 | Kwon, Sehyun | FM | KOR | 2298 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 41 |
| 10 | 1 | Vavulin, Maxim | GM | GER | 2542 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 50.5 |
| 11 | 18 | Yan, Tianqi | WIM | CHN | 2334 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 48 |
| 12 | 36 | Jin, Ruijun | CHN | 2164 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 44 | |
| 13 | 7 | Jiang, Haochen | IM | CHN | 2459 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 45.5 |
| 14 | 8 | Poetsch, Hagen | GM | GER | 2457 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 44 |
| 15 | 52 | Gopal, Krishna Maheshwari | IND | 2082 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 38 | |
| 16 | 31 | Asaka, Samuel | AUS | 2195 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 36.5 | |
| 17 | 11 | Zhao, Zong-Yuan | GM | AUS | 2442 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 46 |
| 18 | 45 | Tenguundalai, Ganbat | FM | MGL | 2116 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 44.5 |
| 19 | 33 | Hong, Mingren | CHN | 2176 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 44 | |
| 20 | 23 | Nolte, Rolando | IM | PHI | 2278 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 42 |
| 21 | 9 | Triapishko, Alexandr | IM | FID | 2451 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 41.5 |
| 22 | 32 | Shen, Fuyan | CHN | 2190 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |
| 23 | 47 | Bhuvan, Krishna Prasanth | IND | 2107 | 5.5 | 0 | 3 | 37 | |
| 24 | 14 | Nie, Xinyang | IM | CHN | 2391 | 5.5 | 0 | 2 | 45 |
| 25 | 28 | Zhu, Harvey (Hanchen) | AUS | 2208 | 5.5 | 0 | 2 | 41.5 | |
| 26 | 19 | Yun, Hungi | FM | KOR | 2310 | 5.5 | 0 | 2 | 41.5 |
| 27 | 74 | Naransolongo, Zorigoo | WCM | MGL | 1982 | 5.5 | 0 | 2 | 40.5 |
| 28 | 44 | Kao, Jamison Edrich | CM | HKG | 2127 | 5.5 | 0 | 2 | 37.5 |
| 29 | 13 | Zou, Chen | IM | CHN | 2414 | 5.5 | 0 | 1 | 46.5 |
| 30 | 64 | Xu, Wei | CHN | 2023 | 5.5 | 0 | 1 | 41.5 | |
| 31 | 27 | Aakanksha, Hagawane | WIM | IND | 2242 | 5.5 | 0 | 1 | 40.5 |
| 32 | 42 | Bancod, Ronald | IM | PHI | 2135 | 5.5 | 0 | 1 | 40 |
| 33 | 22 | Chen, Zhen | CHN | 2281 | 5.5 | 0 | 1 | 39.5 | |
| 34 | 30 | Wen, Gehua | CM | CHN | 2197 | 5.5 | 0 | 1 | 38.5 |
| 35 | 40 | Hu, Yifei | FM | AUS | 2151 | 5.5 | 0 | 1 | 37.5 |
| 36 | 38 | Casiguran, Phil Martin | PHI | 2157 | 5.5 | 0 | 1 | 37 | |
| 37 | 24 | Gao, Muziyan | WIM | CHN | 2275 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 42.5 |
| 38 | 41 | Zhang, Xiao | WIM | CHN | 2148 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 41 |
| 39 | 37 | Gong, Changda | CHN | 2158 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 40.5 | |
| 40 | 16 | Liu, Zhaoqi | IM | CHN | 2364 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 40 |
| 129 players | |||||||||
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 |
| 1 | 9 | Pham Tran Gia Phuc | IM | VIE | 2463 | 6 | 27,75 |
| 2 | 5 | Ravi Teja S. | IM | IND | 2408 | 5.5 | 23.5 |
| 3 | 8 | Quizon Daniel | GM | PHI | 2420 | 5.5 | 22,75 |
| 4 | 10 | Dinh Nho Kiet | FM | VIE | 2326 | 5.5 | 21.5 |
| 5 | 2 | Chernyavsky Alexander | FM | RUS | 2317 | 5.5 | 20,75 |
| 6 | 3 | Laohawirapap Prin | IM | THA | 2412 | 5 | 21,25 |
| 7 | 6 | Gomez John Paul | GM | PHI | 2371 | 4 | 19,75 |
| 8 | 4 | Wynn Zaw Htun | IM | MYA | 2348 | 3.5 | 12 |
| 9 | 1 | Lee Junhyeok | IM | KOR | 2441 | 2.5 | 10.5 |
| 10 | 7 | Tu Hoang Thong | GM | VIE | 2368 | 2 | 8,25 |
| 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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 |
| 1 | 3 | Garcia Jan Emmanuel | IM | PHI | 2425 | 7 | 27 |
| 2 | 6 | Soham Kamotra | IM | IND | 2404 | 6.5 | 24.5 |
| 3 | 1 | Bao Khoa | IM | VIE | 2218 | 6.5 | 24,25 |
| 4 | 10 | Bui Vinh | GM | VIE | 2347 | 6 | 22,75 |
| 5 | 8 | Le Phan Hoang Quan | CM | VIE | 2185 | 5 | 15 |
| 6 | 4 | Liyanage Pesandu Rashmitha | FM | SRI | 2146 | 4.5 | 17,25 |
| 7 | 9 | Ngo Duc Tri | FM | VIE | 2234 | 4 | 12 |
| 8 | 5 | Nguyen Vuong Tung Lam | CM | VIE | 2136 | 3 | 13,75 |
| 9 | 7 | Harshit Amarnani | IND | 2071 | 1.5 | 2.5 | |
| 10 | 2 | Nguyen Thanh Thuy Tien | WIM | VIE | 1982 | 1 | 3 |
| 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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 5 | Nguyen Xuan Phuong, | CM | VIE | 1999 | 8 | 0 | 41.5 | 45 |
| 2 | 2 | Nguyen Quang Anh, | CM | VIE | 2069 | 7.5 | 0 | 43 | 47 |
| 3 | 9 | Nguyen Truong An Khang, | VIE | 1841 | 6.5 | 0 | 43.5 | 47.5 | |
| 4 | 13 | Nguyen Duy Dat, | VIE | 1809 | 5.5 | 1 | 42.5 | 43.5 | |
| 5 | 3 | Tran, Ngoc Lan | FM | VIE | 2043 | 5.5 | 2 | 45 | 48.5 |
| 6 | 18 | Do Quang Minh, | VIE | 1648 | 5 | 0 | 45.5 | 49 | |
| 7 | 4 | Bui, Quang Huy | ACM | VIE | 2011 | 4.5 | 0 | 34 | 38.5 |
| 8 | 7 | Dang Thai Vu, | VIE | 1881 | 4.5 | 0 | 33.5 | 37 | |
| 9 | 12 | Nguyen, Anh Dung | VIE | 1813 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 42 | |
| 10 | 8 | Le, Huy Hai | VIE | 1844 | 4 | 0 | 37.5 | 41.5 | |
| 11 | 16 | Le Nguyen Phong, | VIE | 1707 | 4 | 0 | 37.5 | 40.5 | |
| 12 | 10 | Truong Thanh Van, | VIE | 1826 | 4 | 0 | 35.5 | 39.5 | |
| 13 | 11 | Nguyen, Anh Bao Thy | VIE | 1825 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 38 | |
| 14 | 15 | Mai Duy Hung, | VIE | 1742 | 3.5 | 0 | 36 | 37 | |
| 15 | 17 | Nguyen, Hong Ha My | VIE | 1696 | 3.5 | 0 | 34 | 35 | |
| 16 | 14 | Trinh, Hoang Lam | VIE | 1778 | 3.5 | 0 | 31 | 34.5 | |
| 17 | 6 | Kim, Taewoo A, | KOR | 1921 | 3.5 | 0 | 28.5 | 29.5 | |
| 18 | 19 | Tran Thi Bich Thuy, | VIE | 1619 | 3 | 0 | 26.5 | 29.5 | |
| 19 | 21 | Nguyen Quang Nam, | VIE | 1530 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 30 | |
| 20 | 20 | Hein Than Htun, | MYA | 1575 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 30 | |
| 21 | 1 | Buraczewski, Rafal, | CM | POL | 2135 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 players | |||||||||
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 1 | Fier, Alexandr | GM | BRA | 2556 | 9 | 0 | 42 | 17282 |
| 2 | 3 | Silva, Kaua Marques | FM | BRA | 2351 | 7 | 0 | 43.5 | 16980 |
| 3 | 11 | Lima, Vinicius Taishun | NM | BRA | 2008 | 6.5 | 1 | 44 | 17206 |
| 4 | 4 | Ribeiro, Matheus Mendes Domingues | FM | BRA | 2317 | 6.5 | 2 | 39.5 | 15836 |
| 5 | 9 | Pironti, Francisco Ferrari | NM | BRA | 2103 | 6 | 0 | 43 | 16794 |
| 6 | 5 | Saiz Rodriguez, Daniel Evelio | FM | CUB | 2204 | 5.5 | 0 | 45 | 17264 |
| 7 | 6 | Lage, Pedro Ferreira | CM | BRA | 2203 | 5.5 | 0 | 42 | 14261 |
| 8 | 22 | Campagnolo, Fabiola | NM | BRA | 1769 | 5.5 | 0 | 40 | 15885 |
| 9 | 7 | Tsuboi, Edson Kenji | IM | BRA | 2186 | 5.5 | 0 | 39 | 16065 |
| 10 | 15 | Suzuki, Ernesto Koh | NM | BRA | 1807 | 5.5 | 0 | 35 | 14967 |
| 11 | 31 | Nobre, Jose Adalberto Barbosa | BRA | 1678 | 5.5 | 0 | 27 | 12218 | |
| 12 | 14 | Maset, Pedro Yuki Yoshida | NM | BRA | 1835 | 5 | 0 | 39 | 15156 |
| 13 | 23 | Nunes, Rafael Klanfer | BRA | 1757 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 15675 | |
| 14 | 16 | Bonilla Viamonte, Diego Armando | VEN | 1805 | 5 | 0 | 36.5 | 14990 | |
| 15 | 40 | Dos Reis, Caique Mendes | BRA | 0 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 14949 | |
| 16 | 13 | Serra, Alberto Gadelha | CNM | BRA | 1848 | 5 | 0 | 34.5 | 14317 |
| 17 | 27 | Spieker, Otavio Schmidt | BRA | 1713 | 5 | 0 | 33.5 | 15409 | |
| 18 | 30 | Dos Santos, Rafaela Alves | WNM | BRA | 1691 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 12840 |
| 19 | 44 | Mazzolla, Marcos Flavio | BRA | 0 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 11377 | |
| 20 | 36 | Jurado, Laura Alves | WNM | BRA | 1597 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 14262 |
| 21 | 26 | Leal, Guilherme Alves De Souza | NM | BRA | 1727 | 5 | 0 | 30.5 | 14494 |
| 22 | 10 | El Zwei, Aiman Mohamed | BRA | 2067 | 4.5 | 0 | 39.5 | 14076 | |
| 23 | 18 | Kikuchi, Alexandre Hideki Lopes | NM | BRA | 1797 | 4.5 | 0 | 37.5 | 15609 |
| 24 | 17 | Mariani, Kim Paul | NM | BRA | 1803 | 4.5 | 0 | 36 | 14282 |
| 25 | 8 | Poeta, Caio Medeiros | NM | BRA | 2160 | 4 | 0 | 35.5 | 12179 |
| 26 | 19 | De Souza, Samuel B Ornelas | NM | BRA | 1788 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 15404 |
| 27 | 37 | Maset, Lis Yumi Yoshida | WCNM | BRA | 1592 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 14412 |
| 28 | 12 | Santos, Abel Cardoso Dos | NM | BRA | 1889 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 14351 |
| 29 | 25 | Ishida, Leopoldo Tetsuo | BRA | 1737 | 4 | 0 | 32.5 | 15342 | |
| 30 | 21 | Muniz, Henrique Rocha | NM | BRA | 1771 | 4 | 0 | 32.5 | 10942 |
| 31 | 24 | Dos Santos, Eduardo Zeraib Antun | BRA | 1757 | 4 | 0 | 30.5 | 14706 | |
| 32 | 29 | Fiorindo Pereira, Guilherme | BRA | 1705 | 4 | 0 | 30.5 | 14264 | |
| 33 | 28 | Vieira, Luana Saddi | WNM | BRA | 1711 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 11193 |
| 34 | 43 | Rodrigues, Jhonatan Gilberto Lima | BRA | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 31 | 11982 | |
| 35 | 33 | Shintate Junior, Paulo Sunao | NM | BRA | 1641 | 3.5 | 0 | 30 | 12271 |
| 36 | 20 | Da Silva, Camila Evaristo | BRA | 1774 | 3.5 | 0 | 29.5 | 14101 | |
| 37 | 38 | Da Silva, Joao Pedro M Soares | NM | BRA | 1577 | 3.5 | 0 | 28 | 14176 |
| 38 | 39 | Ferreira De Souza, Ricardo | BRA | 1530 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 13798 | |
| 39 | 34 | Yokomizo, Wilton | BRA | 1620 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 8881 | |
| 40 | 35 | Takahara, Fabio | NM | BRA | 1601 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 10647 |
| 47 players | |||||||||
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 9 | Aswath, S | IND | 2488 | 7 | 28,25 | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | 4 | Shyam, Sundar M. | IND | 2466 | 6.5 | 27 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | Hasanov, Zaur | GER | 2309 | 5.5 | 20 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | 5 | Durak, Can | TUR | 2412 | 5 | 20 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | 1 | Parvanyan, Ashot | GER | 2431 | 5 | 17,75 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | 10 | Miller, Eduard | GER | 2352 | 5 | 16,75 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | 7 | Glek, Igor | BEL | 2446 | 4 | 15,25 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | 6 | Aczel, Gergely | HUN | 2456 | 3.5 | 13.5 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | 3 | Duong, Quang Bach | GER | 2244 | 2.5 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | 8 | Stöttner, Moritz | GER | 2290 | 1 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 players | ||||||||
| IM-Turnier im Atomis 2025 Oberding GER Fri 26th Dec 2025 - Wed 31st Dec 2025
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 8 | Köllner, Ruben Gideon | GER | 2524 | 7 | 28,25 | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | Petriashvili, Nikoloz | GEO | 2507 | 7 | 27.5 | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | Zuferi, Enis | GER | 2344 | 5.5 | 21.5 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | 7 | Hemanth Raam, | IND | 2250 | 5 | 18,75 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | 6 | Wunderlich, Elias | GER | 2320 | 4.5 | 18,25 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | 4 | Zysk, Robert | GER | 2375 | 4.5 | 16,25 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | 10 | Stöttner, Lukas | GER | 2238 | 3.5 | 14.5 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | 3 | Logvinov, Petro | UKR | 2163 | 3.5 | 12,75 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | 9 | Darshan G, | IND | 2066 | 3.5 | 11,25 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | 5 | Walter, Richard | GER | 2173 | 1 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 players | ||||||||
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 |
| 1 | 4 | Shearsby, Jude | ENG | 2310 | 6 | 23,25 |
| 2 | 3 | Dunnington, Angus | SCO | 2203 | 5.5 | 24,25 |
| 3 | 7 | Czebe, Attila | HUN | 2289 | 5.5 | 23,75 |
| 4 | 5 | Venkatesan, Kavin | IRL | 2291 | 5 | 22.5 |
| 5 | 6 | Carroll, Peter | IRL | 2171 | 5 | 21 |
| 6 | 2 | Collins, Adam | IRL | 2300 | 5 | 20,25 |
| 7 | 9 | Rakhmangulov, Andrei | UKR | 2271 | 4 | 17.5 |
| 8 | 8 | Wafa, Shrook | EGY | 2190 | 3.5 | 13 |
| 9 | 1 | O'Cuilleanain, Oisin | IRL | 2171 | 3 | 12 |
| 10 | 10 | Liu, Jason | IRL | 2257 | 2.5 | 12.5 |
| 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 |
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | + | - | = | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | Hampel, Felix | FM | GER | 2333 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 5.5 | 25.5 | 19.00 | 4 |
| 2 | von Mettenheim, Johannes | GER | 2375 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5.0 | 27.0 | 17.75 | 4 | |
| 3 | Bundan, Edward | GER | 2103 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5.0 | 24.0 | 14.75 | 4 | |
| 4 | Voge, Tobias | FM | GER | 2307 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4.5 | 27.0 | 17.00 | 3 |
| 5 | Meiwes, Thore | GER | 2164 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4.5 | 22.5 | 12.00 | 3 | |
| 6 | Nechitaylo, Nikita | FM | GER | 2255 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 27.5 | 13.25 | 2 |
| 7 | Reimer, Philip | GER | 2226 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 26.0 | 12.75 | 2 | |
| 8 | Stelmaszyk, Nico | FM | GER | 2360 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 24.5 | 12.00 | 2 |
| 9 | Polster, Christian | FM | GER | 2257 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4.0 | 24.0 | 11.75 | 3 |
| 10 | Plischki, Sebastian | IM | GER | 2282 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4.0 | 23.0 | 13.25 | 1 |
| 11 | Tonndorf, Matthias | FM | GER | 2163 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 22.5 | 10.00 | 2 |
| 12 | Riemay, David | CM | GER | 2250 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4.0 | 21.0 | 8.50 | 4 |
| 13 | Peters, Tom | GER | 2155 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3.5 | 23.0 | 8.75 | 3 | |
| 14 | Bargsten, Justus | CM | GER | 2283 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3.5 | 22.5 | 11.25 | 1 |
| 15 | Muer, Sebastian | GER | 2206 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3.5 | 20.0 | 6.75 | 3 | |
| 16 | Weigand, Anton | CM | GER | 2233 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3.0 | 24.5 | 8.00 | 1 |
| 17 | von Estorff, Jacob | GER | 2231 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3.0 | 24.5 | 7.25 | 2 | |
| 18 | Scheffner, Jarno | GER | 2010 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3.0 | 18.5 | 4.50 | 3 | |
| 19 | Holtwessels, Jan | GER | 2062 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2.5 | 21.0 | 7.00 | 2 | |
| 20 | Hollman, Ludger | GER | 1996 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2.5 | 20.5 | 3.25 | 2 | |
| 21 | Sauer, Tim | CM | GER | 2269 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2.5 | 20.0 | 5.00 | 1 |
| 22 | Sieber, Bert | GER | 2167 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2.0 | 19.5 | 2.00 | 2 | |
| 23 | Kieselbach, Marvin | GER | 1936 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2.0 | 17.0 | 2.50 | 2 | |
| 24 | Lau, Theodor | GER | 1836 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0.5 | 17.5 | 1.25 | 0 | |
| 24 players | |||||||||||
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 |
| 1 | 5 | Parvanyan, Ashot | GER | 2419 | 6 | 34.5 | 2170 |
| 2 | 1 | Plat, Vojtech | CZE | 2520 | 6 | 34 | 2151 |
| 3 | 8 | Golubka, Petro | UKR | 2311 | 6 | 31 | 2054 |
| 4 | 3 | Petrovskiy, Vadym | GER | 2481 | 5.5 | 34.5 | 2131 |
| 5 | 7 | Sydykov, Bayastan | KGZ | 2354 | 5.5 | 34 | 2170 |
| 6 | 6 | Besou, Hussain | GER | 2406 | 5.5 | 33.5 | 2146 |
| 7 | 12 | Mester, Philipp | GER | 2181 | 5.5 | 32.5 | 2174 |
| 8 | 4 | Pulpan, Jakub | CZE | 2448 | 5.5 | 30.5 | 2098 |
| 9 | 14 | Helms, Finn | GER | 2139 | 5.5 | 28.5 | 1935 |
| 10 | 2 | Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav | FID | 2492 | 5 | 33 | 2095 |
| 11 | 37 | Trunz, Michelle | GER | 2010 | 5 | 32 | 2027 |
| 12 | 21 | Fruth, David | GER | 2101 | 5 | 31 | 2079 |
| 13 | 19 | Erdmann, Stefan | GER | 2112 | 5 | 29.5 | 2071 |
| 14 | 18 | Rolle, Eric | GER | 2118 | 5 | 29 | 2095 |
| 15 | 11 | Dorst, Johannes | GER | 2193 | 5 | 28.5 | 2045 |
| 16 | 9 | Englert, Luca | GER | 2273 | 5 | 28 | 1986 |
| 17 | 31 | von Bargen, Lukas | GER | 2051 | 5 | 26.5 | 1956 |
| 18 | 23 | Meuer, David | GER | 2094 | 5 | 25 | 1846 |
| 19 | 17 | Forster, Lukas | GER | 2127 | 4.5 | 29.5 | 2084 |
| 20 | 33 | Meulner, Fabian | GER | 2036 | 4.5 | 27.5 | 1971 |
| 21 | 27 | Suranyi, Pal | HUN | 2075 | 4.5 | 27 | 2029 |
| 22 | 24 | Sreeramulu, Aarush | GER | 2088 | 4.5 | 27 | 1876 |
| 23 | 25 | Mueller, Marcus | GER | 2078 | 4.5 | 26.5 | 1937 |
| 24 | 39 | Wannemacher, Thomas | GER | 1993 | 4.5 | 26.5 | 1823 |
| 25 | 148 | Neumark, Jan-Luca | GER | 1553 | 4.5 | 26 | 1926 |
| 26 | 30 | Weyer, Jonas | GER | 2052 | 4.5 | 26 | 1825 |
| 27 | 43 | Dolidze, David | GER | 1976 | 4.5 | 25 | 1962 |
| 28 | 68 | Reichelt, Florian | GER | 1886 | 4.5 | 25 | 1941 |
| 29 | 28 | Pradeep, Harshill | GER | 2071 | 4.5 | 24.5 | 1835 |
| 30 | 41 | Blübaum, Johanna | GER | 1988 | 4.5 | 24 | 1882 |
| 31 | 48 | Sasikumar Anitha, Sarvesh | GER | 1960 | 4.5 | 24 | 1775 |
| 32 | 13 | Kratochvil, Karel | CZE | 2180 | 4.5 | 23.5 | 1934 |
| 33 | 44 | Mandalka, Justus | GER | 1975 | 4.5 | 23.5 | 1864 |
| 34 | 46 | Kuhn, Gerhard | GER | 1961 | 4.5 | 23.5 | 1852 |
| 35 | 51 | Pralle, Finnegan | GER | 1955 | 4.5 | 23 | 1837 |
| 36 | 40 | Müller, Mark | GER | 1991 | 4.5 | 22.5 | 1742 |
| 37 | 32 | Jiang, Brandon | USA | 2046 | 4 | 30 | 1991 |
| 38 | 15 | Derr, Oleg | GER | 2135 | 4 | 29.5 | 2018 |
| 39 | 20 | Duncker, Joachim | GER | 2109 | 4 | 29 | 1988 |
| 40 | 26 | Burkart, Lloyd Shang | GER | 2077 | 4 | 29 | 1970 |
| 155 players | |||||||
| Marburger Schachtage B Marburg GER Thu 16th Oct 2025 - Sun 19th Oct 2025
Leading Final Round 7 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 |
| 1 | 1 | Maerz, Maximilian | GER | 1813 | 6.5 | 32 | 1560 |
| 2 | 7 | Petersen, Malte | GER | 1698 | 6 | 31.5 | 1602 |
| 3 | 9 | Alkin, Mert | GER | 1670 | 6 | 25 | 1482 |
| 4 | 22 | Bender, Nils | GER | 1584 | 5.5 | 28.5 | 1502 |
| 5 | 88 | Zahn, Emely | GER | 0 | 5 | 33 | 1627 |
| 6 | 28 | Laterveer, Laurens | GER | 1570 | 5 | 32 | 1563 |
| 7 | 19 | Koleber, Michael Gerd | GER | 1595 | 5 | 29.5 | 1497 |
| 8 | 2 | Kemp, Lutz | GER | 1808 | 5 | 29 | 1511 |
| 9 | 13 | Gao, Chen Fan | GER | 1652 | 5 | 29 | 1472 |
| 10 | 5 | Hallen, Maxime | GER | 1767 | 5 | 27.5 | 1462 |
| 11 | 37 | Germann, Phil | GER | 1493 | 5 | 26 | 1596 |
| 12 | 23 | Deniz, Ata Gökay | GER | 1574 | 5 | 24.5 | 1499 |
| 13 | 16 | Avhopulo, Kirill | GER | 1626 | 5 | 24.5 | 1345 |
| 14 | 26 | Boschert, Lukas | GER | 1572 | 4.5 | 30 | 1560 |
| 15 | 4 | Besou, Jad | GER | 1769 | 4.5 | 30 | 1546 |
| 16 | 25 | Brucker, Frank | GER | 1572 | 4.5 | 29.5 | 1438 |
| 17 | 17 | Schweisgut, Jens | GER | 1620 | 4.5 | 28.5 | 1418 |
| 18 | 70 | Arslan, Abdussamed | 1262 | 4.5 | 26.5 | 1518 | |
| 19 | 20 | Euler, Klaus | GER | 1594 | 4.5 | 26 | 1485 |
| 20 | 55 | Scherer, Mark | GER | 1360 | 4.5 | 24 | 1584 |
| 21 | 42 | Hüttinger, Siegfried | GER | 1421 | 4.5 | 24 | 1499 |
| 22 | 86 | Bischoff, Laura | GER | 0 | 4.5 | 24 | 1419 |
| 23 | 29 | Bajramovic, Enedin | GER | 1550 | 4.5 | 21 | 1430 |
| 24 | 31 | Ferderer, Albert | GER | 1546 | 4 | 30.5 | 1536 |
| 25 | 71 | Royen, Jan | GER | 1259 | 4 | 28.5 | 1551 |
| 26 | 3 | Kravchenko, Kostiantyn | GER | 1786 | 4 | 27.5 | 1450 |
| 27 | 14 | Eckert, Michael | GER | 1647 | 4 | 27 | 1422 |
| 28 | 24 | Wolf, Helena | GER | 1574 | 4 | 27 | 1394 |
| 29 | 46 | Kim, David | KGZ | 1397 | 4 | 26.5 | 1634 |
| 30 | 44 | Freund, Dominik | GER | 1400 | 4 | 26.5 | 1458 |
| 31 | 12 | Guzdziol, Grzegorz | 1657 | 4 | 24 | 1412 | |
| 32 | 38 | von Oesen, Ruben | GER | 1478 | 4 | 23 | 1412 |
| 33 | 41 | Käding, Wolfgang | GER | 1429 | 4 | 21.5 | 1385 |
| 34 | 78 | Goel, Archit | GER | 1138 | 4 | 19 | 1438 |
| 35 | 32 | Seidler, Ottmar | GER | 1544 | 4 | 19 | 1243 |
| 36 | 15 | Fettig, Konrad | GER | 1635 | 4 | 17.5 | 1325 |
| 37 | 56 | Witt, Alexander | GER | 1353 | 3.5 | 32.5 | 1630 |
| 38 | 33 | Schimming, Wilhelm | GER | 1525 | 3.5 | 28 | 1442 |
| 39 | 8 | Duchstein, Anna | GER | 1696 | 3.5 | 28 | 1416 |
| 40 | 34 | Waluga, Kilian | GER | 1518 | 3.5 | 27 | 1497 |
| 41 | 6 | Kolker, Vladislav | GER | 1751 | 3.5 | 27 | 1420 |
| 42 | 40 | Will, Elina | GER | 1473 | 3.5 | 26.5 | 1521 |
| 43 | 36 | Kaiser, Danny | GER | 1501 | 3.5 | 25.5 | 1460 |
| 44 | 43 | Derr, Georg | GER | 1415 | 3.5 | 25.5 | 1429 |
| 45 | 58 | Burbaum, Clemens | GER | 1350 | 3.5 | 25 | 1449 |
| 46 | 18 | Baumgartner, Colin | GER | 1603 | 3.5 | 25 | 1424 |
| 47 | 53 | Sydykova, Zarema | GER | 1367 | 3.5 | 24.5 | 1434 |
| 48 | 49 | Piacentino, Mirco | GER | 1373 | 3.5 | 21 | 1308 |
| 49 | 35 | Adam, Maximilian | GER | 1506 | 3.5 | 18 | 1254 |
| 50 | 11 | Stiehler, Klaus | GER | 1662 | 3 | 28 | 1419 |
| 89 players | |||||||
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: |
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| Rk | SNo | Team | Gms | + | - | = | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 1 | Webster University A | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 145.5 | 18 |
| 2 | 3 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley A | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 111.5 | 16 |
| 3 | 2 | University of Missouri A | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 110 | 15 |
| 4 | 5 | Saint Louis University A | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 133.5 | 17.5 |
| 5 | 16 | University of Toronto, Hart House, Team A | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 91 | 14.5 |
| 6 | 6 | Texas Tech A | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 106 | 16 |
| 7 | 7 | Harvard | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 97.5 | 14.5 |
| 8 | 8 | UTD B | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 101.5 | 14 |
| 9 | 10 | UNC Chapel Hill A | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 71 | 14 |
| 10 | 17 | Georgia Tech A | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 61.5 | 12.5 |
| 11 | 4 | UTD A | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 95.5 | 14 |
| 12 | 12 | University of Chicago-A | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 73.5 | 13.5 |
| 13 | 13 | UCLA A | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 70.5 | 12.5 |
| 14 | 11 | Brown University A | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 66 | 13 |
| 15 | 9 | University of Maryland, Baltimore County | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 57.5 | 11 |
| 16 | 21 | Saint Louis University C | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 55.5 | 12.5 |
| 17 | 24 | UNC Chapel Hill B | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 54.5 | 13 |
| 18 | 18 | Saint Louis University B | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 54 | 12 |
| 19 | 14 | UTD C | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 53 | 10.5 |
| 20 | 22 | University of Minnesota | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 48.5 | 10 |
| 21 | 15 | Webster University B | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 45 | 12 |
| 22 | 19 | Northwestern University A | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 57 | 12.5 |
| 23 | 23 | Vanderbilt University | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 48 | 10 |
| 24 | 32 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley B | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 10.5 |
| 25 | 20 | University of Pennsylvania | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 9 |
| 26 | 27 | University of Toronto, Hart House, Team B | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 32.5 | 9.5 |
| 27 | 28 | Arizona State University - ASU A | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 7 |
| 28 | 29 | UCLA B | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 36.5 | 7.5 |
| 29 | 30 | Georgia Tech B | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 33.5 | 8.5 |
| 30 | 25 | Washington University in St. Louis Team A | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 38.5 | 7 |
| 31 | 31 | Brown University B | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 7.5 |
| 32 | 26 | Texas Tech B | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 9 |
| 32 teams | |||||||||
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: |
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| Rk | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | Vystaviste Lysa nad Labem | * | 5½ | 6 | 6 | 11.5 | 7 | |||||||||
| 2 | 1. Novoborsky SK | * | 5 | 5½ | 6 | 10.5 | 6 | |||||||||
| 3 | BSS Frydek-Mistek | * | 5½ | 4½ | 6 | 10 | 6 | |||||||||
| 4 | SK Slavoj Poruba | * | 4 | 4½ | 4 | 8.5 | 3 | |||||||||
| 5 | SS Vavra a Cernousek Unichess | * | 3½ | 4½ | 3 | 8 | 3 | |||||||||
| 6 | Moravska Slavia Brno B | 3 | * | 4½ | 3 | 7.5 | 4 | |||||||||
| 6 | Moravska Slavia Brno A | 2½ | * | 5 | 3 | 7.5 | 4 | |||||||||
| 8 | SK ZIKUDA Turnov A | 2½ | 4½ | * | 3 | 7 | 2 | |||||||||
| 9 | Sigil Fund Pardubice | 2½ | 4 | * | 1 | 6.5 | 4 | |||||||||
| 10 | Slavia Kromeriz | 3½ | 3½ | * | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||
| 11 | OAZA loznice.cz | 3½ | 3 | * | 0 | 6.5 | 4 | |||||||||
| 12 | SK ZIKUDA Turnov B | 2 | 3½ | * | 0 | 5.5 | 1 | |||||||||
| 12 players | ||||||||||||||||
| TCh-CZE 1 Liga Zapad Czech Republic CZE Sat 29th Nov 2025 - Sun 29th Mar 2026
Leading Round 5 (of 11) Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | BIOMEDICA Ricany 1925 B | * | 5 | 5 | 5½ | 6½ | 7 | 15 | 29 | 21 | ||||||
| 2 | SK Slavoj Litomerice | * | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5½ | 5 | 10 | 22.5 | 15 | ||||||
| 3 | MGMBA Unichess | 4 | * | 5 | 4½ | 3½ | 5½ | 10 | 22.5 | 13 | ||||||
| 4 | Cesky lev Kolesovice | 3 | * | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5½ | 10 | 22.5 | 13 | ||||||
| 5 | SK mesta Lysa nad Labem | 3½ | 3 | * | 4½ | 6 | 6½ | 9 | 23.5 | 15 | ||||||
| 6 | TJ Spartak Vlasim | 5 | * | 3½ | 3½ | 4½ | 4 | 7 | 20.5 | 12 | ||||||
| 7 | SK Dopravni podnik Praha | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4½ | * | 4½ | 7 | 19 | 12 | ||||||
| 8 | Chess Club Pisek | 3 | 2½ | 4½ | 4½ | * | 4 | 7 | 18.5 | 10 | ||||||
| 9 | TJ Bohemians Praha | 3½ | 3½ | * | 2½ | 5 | 5½ | 6 | 20 | 11 | ||||||
| 10 | BIOMEDICA Ricany 1925 A | 2½ | 3 | 2 | 3½ | 5½ | * | 3 | 16.5 | 11 | ||||||
| 11 | SK Line | 1½ | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | * | 2 | 15.5 | 8 | ||||||
| 12 | TJ Neratovice | 1 | 2½ | 2½ | 1½ | 2½ | * | 0 | 10 | 2 | ||||||
| 12 players | ||||||||||||||||
| TCh-CZE 1 Liga Vychod Czech Republic CZE Sat 29th Nov 2025 - Sun 29th Mar 2026
Leading Round 5 (of 11) Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | BSS Frydek-Mistek B | * | 3 | 6 | 4½ | 6½ | 5 | 12 | 25 | 20 | ||||||
| 2 | SK Lipa | * | 4½ | 4 | 3 | 5½ | 4½ | 10 | 21.5 | 12 | ||||||
| 3 | A64 PROCLIENT Grygov | 3½ | * | 5½ | 3½ | 4½ | 4½ | 9 | 21.5 | 11 | ||||||
| 4 | Sachy Hostalkova | 5 | * | 4½ | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 20.5 | 15 | ||||||
| 5 | SK Stare Mesto | 2½ | * | 2 | 5 | 4½ | 6 | 9 | 20 | 9 | ||||||
| 6 | Jezdci Jundrov | 2 | 4 | 3½ | 6 | * | 4½ | 7 | 20 | 13 | ||||||
| 7 | SK Slavia Orlova | 3½ | 5 | 4½ | 3 | * | 4 | 7 | 20 | 12 | ||||||
| 8 | SK Slavoj Poruba B | 3½ | 4 | * | 3½ | 4½ | 4½ | 7 | 20 | 10 | ||||||
| 9 | Duras Charlie’s Street Brno | 2½ | 3½ | 5 | * | 5 | 3½ | 6 | 19.5 | 11 | ||||||
| 10 | TJ TZ Trinec | 1½ | 5 | 3½ | 4½ | * | ½ | 6 | 15 | 9 | ||||||
| 11 | 2222 SK Polabiny B | 3 | 3 | 3½ | 3 | 7½ | * | 3 | 20 | 12 | ||||||
| 12 | SK Podluzan Prusanky z.s. | 3½ | 3½ | 2 | 3½ | 4½ | * | 3 | 17 | 7 | ||||||
| 12 players | ||||||||||||||||
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: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 7 | Vincent Keymer | GM | DEU | 3201 | W226W | W15B | W49W | D5W | W212B | W18W | D12B | W206W | W7B | W17W | W3B | 10 | 74 | 77 | 68.75 |
| 2 | 2 | Jan-Krzysztof Duda | GM | POL | 3226 | W92B | W34W | L218B | W230B | W36W | W5W | W30B | W4B | W6W | L3B | W11W | 9 | 73 | 75.5 | 62.5 |
| 3 | 13 | Aleksei Sarana | GM | SRB | 3154 | W255W | W53B | L217W | W211B | W55W | W28B | W25W | W11W | W4B | W2W | L1W | 9 | 72.5 | 72.5 | 58.5 |
| 4 | 3 | Bogdan Daniel Deac | GM | ROU | 3204 | W74W | W70B | W31W | W48B | W208W | W17B | W11B | L2W | L3W | W13B | D8W | 8.5 | 75.5 | 81 | 58.75 |
| 5 | 30 | Bharath Subramaniyam.H Harishankkar | GM | IND | 3021 | W172B | W75W | W67W | D1B | W37W | L2B | W51W | L7B | W47B | W56W | W21W | 8.5 | 73.5 | 77 | 54.5 |
| 6 | 4 | Matthias Bluebaum | GM | DEU | 3198 | W89B | W59W | W33B | L17W | W39B | W216W | W210B | W12W | L2B | D19W | W18B | 8.5 | 70.5 | 74.5 | 54.25 |
| 7 | 6 | Jeffery Xiong | GM | USA | 3176 | W159B | W154W | W56B | D18W | W217B | L12W | W24B | W5W | L1W | W32B | W19B | 8.5 | 70.5 | 74.5 | 52.75 |
| 8 | 8 | Renato Terry | IM | INT | 3170 | W133B | W38W | W28B | W218W | W32B | L11W | L206W | W22B | W49W | W33W | D4B | 8.5 | 69.5 | 73.5 | 55.25 |
| 9 | 40 | Semyon Puzyrevsky | FM | ALB | 2834 | W65B | D94W | W83W | L37B | L69W | W214W | W225B | W215W | W51B | W29B | W17W | 8.5 | 61 | 64.5 | 48.75 |
| 10 | 25 | Marco Materia | IM | FRA | 3001 | W227W | L219B | W124W | W232B | L27W | W110W | W15B | D45W | W68W | W22B | W20W | 8.5 | 60 | 62 | 47.25 |
| 11 | 1 | Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu | GM | IND | 3242 | W150W | W240B | W24W | W19B | W29W | W8B | L4W | L3B | W14W | W18W | L2B | 8 | 76.5 | 78.5 | 52 |
| 12 | 17 | Haowen Xue | GM | CHN | 3106 | W25W | W77B | W50W | D46B | W47W | W7B | D1W | L6B | D28W | D31B | W32W | 8 | 75.5 | 81.5 | 57.5 |
| 13 | 16 | Eray Kilic | IM | TUR | 3052 | W264B | D90W | W219B | W35W | D46W | L27B | W52W | W50W | W40B | L4W | W36B | 8 | 66 | 66 | 44 |
| 14 | 33 | Zbigniew Pakleza | GM | POL | 2951 | W222W | L67B | W93W | W214B | W159W | L29B | W72B | W34W | L11B | W35W | W38B | 8 | 62 | 66 | 45 |
| 15 | 76 | Lương Vũ Nguyễn | CM | VNM | 2714 | W241B | L1W | L111B | W102W | W222B | W227B | L10W | W165B | W108W | W207B | W31W | 8 | 58 | 60 | 36.5 |
| 16 | 21 | Ethan Sheehan | NM | DNK | 2945 | W254W | W225B | D35W | L90B | L173B | W174W | W58W | D46B | W44W | W52W | W34B | 8 | 56 | 57 | 41.25 |
| 17 | 27 | Maciej Klekowski | GM | POL | 3003 | W147W | W232B | W68W | W6B | W209B | L4W | W29W | D20B | W21W | L1B | L9B | 7.5 | 73 | 75 | 44.25 |
| 18 | 29 | Martyn Kravtsiv | GM | UKR | 2998 | W112W | W214B | W52W | D7B | W90W | L1B | W46B | W209W | W20W | L11B | L6W | 7.5 | 71.5 | 76 | 45.25 |
| 19 | 22 | Eric Hansen | GM | CAN | 3064 | W144B | W152W | W62B | L11W | W34B | L25B | W55W | W35B | W38W | D6B | L7W | 7.5 | 71 | 75 | 46.75 |
| 20 | 12 | Grigoriy Oparin | GM | USA | 3077 | W93B | W211W | W148B | L32W | W117B | W49W | W31B | D17W | L18B | W28W | L10B | 7.5 | 67 | 71 | 44.25 |
| 21 | 11 | Rasmus Svane | GM | DEU | 3094 | W79W | W72B | W54W | L217B | W50W | D56B | W212B | W47W | L17B | W24W | L5B | 7.5 | 66 | 70 | 46.75 |
| 22 | 56 | Nitish Belurkar | IM | IND | 2858 | W86B | W220W | L208W | D89B | W94W | W69B | W48B | L8W | W26B | L10W | W53W | 7.5 | 66 | 70 | 44.75 |
| 23 | 10 | Zhamsaran Tsydypov | GM | RUS | 3075 | W223B | W27W | L36B | W72W | W54B | L31W | L45B | W92W | D53B | W75W | W33B | 7.5 | 65.5 | 69.5 | 45.75 |
| 24 | 32 | Rodrigo Vasquez | GM | CHL | 2970 | W100B | W233W | L11B | W82W | W153B | D209W | L7W | W76B | W45W | L21B | W46B | 7.5 | 64 | 66 | 39.25 |
| 25 | 139 | Roger Labruyere | FM | NLD | 2597 | L12B | W175W | W161W | W236B | W33B | W19W | L3B | L32W | W117B | W54B | D30W | 7.5 | 64 | 66 | 38.5 |
| 26 | 20 | Matvey Galchenko | IM | RUS | 3050 | W193B | W73W | L46B | D78W | W58W | W71B | L47W | W89B | L22W | W59B | W45W | 7.5 | 63.5 | 64.5 | 41 |
| 27 | 79 | Kevin George | IM | EGY | 2805 | W200W | L23B | W100W | W242B | W10B | W13W | L209B | D31W | L56W | W70B | W50W | 7.5 | 63 | 63 | 40 |
| 28 | 43 | Seyed Abolfazl Moosavifar | FM | PRK | 3034 | W256W | W237B | L8W | W96B | W121W | L3W | W153B | W30W | D12B | L20B | W55W | 7.5 | 63 | 63 | 34 |
| 29 | 9 | Pranav V | GM | IND | 3143 | W97W | W61B | W39W | W36W | L11B | W14W | L17B | W208W | L33B | L9W | W73B | 7 | 71 | 76.5 | 45.5 |
| 30 | 14 | Rustam Rustamov | FM | AZE | 3043 | W41B | W60W | L32B | W53W | W45B | W217W | L2W | L28B | W37W | D50B | D25B | 7 | 71 | 75 | 44.5 |
| 31 | 37 | Miłosz Szpar | GM | POL | 2929 | W66W | W235B | L4B | W75W | W226B | W23B | L20W | D27B | W60W | D12W | L15B | 7 | 69 | 71 | 39.25 |
| 32 | 51 | Adar TARHAN | IM | TUR | 2925 | W138W | W132B | W30W | W20B | L8W | L210B | W71W | W25B | W209B | L7W | L12B | 7 | 68 | 72.5 | 42.5 |
| 33 | 38 | Artem Galaktionov | FM | ARE | 2927 | W245B | W99W | L6W | W233B | L25W | W85B | W37B | W211W | W29W | L8B | L23W | 7 | 64.5 | 66 | 34 |
| 34 | 69 | David Haydon | FM | GBE | 2814 | W137W | L2B | W254W | W111B | L19W | W226W | W57B | L14B | W79W | W49B | L16W | 7 | 64 | 65 | 32.5 |
| 35 | 58 | Tyhran Ambartsumian | FM | ARM | 2832 | W116B | W231W | D16B | L13B | D89W | W150W | W93B | L19W | W71W | L14B | W79B | 7 | 63.5 | 66 | 35.75 |
| 36 | 46 | Bryan Enming Lin | FM | USA | 2895 | W123B | W80W | W23W | L29B | L2B | L153W | W227B | W224W | W67B | W73W | L13W | 7 | 62.5 | 65.5 | 37.5 |
| 37 | 87 | Mykhaylo Oleksiyenko | GM | UKR | 2745 | D247W | W118B | W126W | W9W | L5B | D221B | L33W | W57B | L30B | W109W | W81B | 7 | 62.5 | 64 | 38.75 |
| 38 | 77 | Ante Brkic | GM | HRV | 2792 | W114W | L8B | W112W | L220B | W108W | W109B | W221W | W207B | L19B | W40W | L14W | 7 | 61 | 65 | 37 |
| 39 | 45 | Marcin Krzyżanowski | GM | POL | 2882 | W57W | W71B | L29B | W229W | L6W | L99B | W128W | W153B | L73W | W89W | W77B | 7 | 60 | 63 | 36 |
| 40 | 39 | Dmitriy Kushko | IM | IRL | 2886 | W201W | W51B | L209B | L153W | W113B | W75W | W219B | W99W | L13W | L38B | W67W | 7 | 57.5 | 57.5 | 33 |
| 268 players | ||||||||||||||||||||
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: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 9 | Tuan Minh Le | GM | VNM | 3183 | W125W | W33B | W16W | W2B | L20W | L21W | W11B | W24W | W23B | W5W | W3B | 9 | 76.5 | 77.5 | 63.5 |
| 2 | 17 | Pranav Anand | GM | IND | 3107 | W135W | W100B | W60W | L1W | W69B | W11B | L19W | W133B | W40W | W10W | W4B | 9 | 67 | 71 | 55 |
| 3 | 12 | Aleksei Sarana | GM | SRB | 3155 | W160B | W123W | L20B | W41W | W146B | W12B | W23W | W19B | W4B | W13W | L1W | 9 | 65 | 66 | 50 |
| 4 | 5 | Dmitry Andreikin | GM | GEO | 3197 | W138W | D32B | W18W | W15W | W132B | W5W | W7B | W21B | L3W | W9B | L2W | 8.5 | 76 | 80.5 | 59.25 |
| 5 | 27 | Eric Hansen | GM | CAN | 3065 | W83W | W62B | W10W | W13W | D19B | L4B | W31W | W132W | W8B | L1B | W14W | 8.5 | 72.5 | 77 | 56 |
| 6 | 2 | Bogdan Daniel Deac | GM | ROU | 3205 | D26B | W84W | W56B | W79W | L21B | L15B | W100W | W18W | W131B | W130W | W7B | 8.5 | 63.5 | 67.5 | 49.5 |
| 7 | 11 | Artin Ashraf | FM | TUR | 3168 | W68W | W37B | W48W | W17W | W9B | W20B | L4W | W8B | L13W | W19B | L6W | 8 | 74.5 | 79.5 | 55 |
| 8 | 1 | Hikaru Nakamura | GM | USA | 3400 | W49W | W25B | W46W | D21B | W14W | D19W | W40B | L7W | L5W | W15B | W23B | 8 | 71.5 | 77.5 | 54 |
| 9 | 4 | Matthias Bluebaum | GM | DEU | 3199 | W137B | W140W | W27B | W40W | L7W | W139B | L21W | W12B | W22W | L4W | W13B | 8 | 67.5 | 71.5 | 48 |
| 10 | 8 | Jose Martinez | GM | MEX | 3169 | W104B | W34W | L5B | W47W | D28W | W79B | W92W | W130B | D21W | L2B | W30B | 8 | 66.5 | 70 | 45.5 |
| 11 | 37 | John Veny Akkarakaran | FM | IND | 2961 | W66W | W124B | L40B | W61W | W22B | L2W | L1W | W44B | W68W | W46W | W32B | 8 | 65.5 | 67 | 43 |
| 12 | 25 | Vugar Rasulov | GM | AZE | 3037 | W82W | L56B | W104W | W35B | W44B | L3W | W136B | L9W | W57B | W41W | W19W | 8 | 62.5 | 66 | 43.5 |
| 13 | 3 | Nikolas Theodorou | GM | GRC | 3203 | W122W | W69B | D79W | L5B | W32B | W16W | W20B | W14W | W7B | L3B | L9W | 7.5 | 71.5 | 73.5 | 45.75 |
| 14 | 10 | Pranav V | GM | IND | 3144 | W126B | W47W | D15B | W32W | L8B | W25W | W131W | L13B | W42W | W21B | L5B | 7.5 | 69.5 | 70.5 | 42.75 |
| 15 | 30 | Bharath Subramaniyam.H Harishankkar | GM | IND | 3021 | W163B | W148W | D14W | L4B | W42B | W6W | L130W | W34B | W31W | L8W | W33B | 7.5 | 67.5 | 67.5 | 40.75 |
| 16 | 28 | Kirill Klukin | IM | SRB | 3010 | W64B | W61W | L1B | W43W | D31B | L13B | W59W | L42B | W35W | W36W | W34B | 7.5 | 65.5 | 71 | 45.25 |
| 17 | 18 | Rustam Rustamov | FM | AZE | 3043 | W120B | W35W | W71W | L7B | D34B | L31W | L42B | W70W | W37W | W43B | W22W | 7.5 | 63 | 65 | 41.25 |
| 18 | 45 | Maksym Dubnevych | FM | UKR | 2897 | W116W | D108W | L4B | W145W | W50B | L130B | W51W | L6B | W60W | W59B | W38W | 7.5 | 60 | 62.5 | 37.25 |
| 19 | 6 | Renato Terry | IM | INT | 3171 | W81B | W36W | W24B | W22W | D5W | D8B | W2B | L3W | W46B | L7W | L12B | 7 | 77 | 81.5 | 48.25 |
| 20 | 34 | Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son | GM | VNM | 3000 | W55B | W93W | W3W | W130B | W1B | L7W | L13W | L40B | W134W | L22B | W43W | 7 | 70 | 74 | 45.5 |
| 21 | 14 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | GM | RUS | 3131 | W149B | W134W | W131B | D8W | W6W | W1B | W9B | L4W | D10B | L14W | U-- | 7 | 68 | 71 | 47 |
| 22 | 16 | Faustino Oro | IM | ARG | 3075 | W50B | W143W | W43W | L19B | L11W | W45B | W140W | W28B | L9B | W20W | L17B | 7 | 66.5 | 70.5 | 40 |
| 23 | 19 | Matvey Galchenko | IM | RUS | 3050 | L58W | W52B | W137W | W134B | W33W | W140B | L3B | W41W | L1W | W24B | L8W | 7 | 66.5 | 70.5 | 39 |
| 24 | 26 | Ilan Schnaider | IM | ARG | 3003 | W63B | W70W | L19W | W121B | L57W | W35B | W33W | L1B | W47W | L23W | W41B | 7 | 64 | 66 | 37.5 |
| 25 | 39 | Georgijs Germanovs | CM | LVA | 2923 | W147W | L8W | D68B | W156B | W58W | L14B | W60B | L30W | W62W | D26B | W46B | 7 | 60 | 62 | 33.5 |
| 26 | 75 | Logan Clark Shafer | NM | USA | 2759 | D6W | L42B | W84W | W94B | L79B | W116W | W27B | L131W | W89B | D25W | W48W | 7 | 57.5 | 60 | 36.25 |
| 27 | 24 | Seyed Abolfazl Moosavifar | FM | PRK | 3043 | W80B | W57W | L9W | L45B | W122W | L100B | L26W | W53B | W142W | W56B | W47W | 7 | 56.5 | 58.5 | 33.5 |
| 28 | 29 | Marco Materia | IM | FRA | 2994 | W153W | D159B | W59W | W108W | D10B | L40W | W141B | L22W | L41B | W57W | W45B | 7 | 53.5 | 55 | 31.25 |
| 29 | 35 | Zbigniew Pakleza | GM | POL | 2952 | W98W | W156B | L130B | L57W | W120B | W56B | W68W | L46B | L38W | W49B | W40W | 7 | 53 | 55 | 30.5 |
| 30 | 157 | Egor Baskakov | CM | RUS | 2997 | U-- | U-- | W128W | W93B | W104W | W43W | L41B | W25B | W45W | W40B | L10W | 7 | 46.5 | 46.5 | 32.5 |
| 31 | 95 | Yurii Khodko | FM | RUS | 2687 | L79W | W97B | W37W | W136B | D16W | W17B | L5B | W48W | L15B | L34W | W59W | 6.5 | 64.5 | 68.5 | 37.75 |
| 32 | 43 | Eric Rosen | IM | USA | 2929 | W72W | D4W | W94B | L14B | L13W | W147B | W62B | W79W | L130W | W42B | L11W | 6.5 | 63 | 66 | 32.25 |
| 33 | 48 | Gianmarco Leiva | IM | PER | 2876 | W99B | L1W | W135B | W71W | L23B | W138W | L24B | W49W | W133W | D38B | L15W | 6.5 | 62.5 | 66.5 | 32.75 |
| 34 | 46 | Novak Dumbelovic | FM | POL | 2866 | W154B | L10B | W142W | W53B | D17W | L132W | W80B | L15W | W138W | W31B | L16W | 6.5 | 61 | 63 | 31.25 |
| 35 | 60 | Shamil Arslanov | IM | DJI | 2783 | W111B | L17B | W64W | L12W | W83B | L24W | D86B | W58W | L16B | W80W | W67B | 6.5 | 60 | 63 | 30.75 |
| 36 | 44 | Dmitriy Kushko | IM | IRL | 2887 | W85B | L19B | D88W | L68W | W74B | L62W | W50W | W137B | W86W | L16B | W44W | 6.5 | 55.5 | 60 | 32.75 |
| 37 | 52 | Nikita Shandrygin | FM | SRB | 2828 | W129B | L7W | L31B | W96W | W63B | D80B | L79W | W72W | L17B | W137W | W58B | 6.5 | 55.5 | 55.5 | 26.75 |
| 38 | 86 | Huseyin Said Deveci | CM | TUR | 2707 | L130B | W152W | L140B | L39W | W151B | W87W | W85B | W141W | W29B | D33W | L18B | 6.5 | 54 | 56 | 28.25 |
| 39 | 115 | Efe Aynaoglu | CM | TUR | 2564 | L140B | L137W | W118B | W38B | W61W | L134B | L49W | D82B | W88W | W138B | W57W | 6.5 | 50.5 | 52.5 | 30.75 |
| 40 | 15 | Zhamsaran Tsydypov | GM | RUS | 3075 | W142W | W45B | W11W | L9B | W89W | W28B | L8W | W20W | L2B | L30W | L29B | 6 | 71.5 | 75.5 | 36.5 |
| 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: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 1 | Hikaru Nakamura | GM | USA | 3412 | W54W | W100B | W28W | W4B | L2B | W5W | W3B | W14B | W9W | W15W | W18B | 10 | 74 | 78 | 69.5 |
| 2 | 8 | Jose Martinez | GM | MEX | 3245 | W49B | W6W | W24B | W19B | W1W | L3W | W17B | D9W | W10B | L5B | W14W | 8.5 | 77.5 | 83 | 62.25 |
| 3 | 6 | Jeffery Xiong | GM | USA | 3230 | W76B | W31W | W102B | W7W | W15W | W2B | L1W | W19B | L5W | W14B | D10W | 8.5 | 73.5 | 77.5 | 55.25 |
| 4 | 9 | Artin Ashraf | FM | TUR | 3166 | W97W | W22B | W21W | L1W | W100B | D9B | L14W | W50B | W19W | W13B | W5W | 8.5 | 71 | 71 | 50.25 |
| 5 | 12 | Fabiano Caruana | GM | USA | 3180 | W111B | W106W | W53B | D9W | W11W | L1B | W99W | W24B | W3B | W2W | L4B | 8.5 | 69.5 | 72 | 49.75 |
| 6 | 35 | Maksym Dubnevych | FM | UKR | 2937 | W95B | L2B | W62W | W10W | L27B | W55W | L11W | W44B | W16W | W19B | W15B | 8 | 67 | 68 | 45.5 |
| 7 | 14 | Rasmus Svane | GM | DEU | 3100 | W79B | W36W | W26W | L3B | D23W | D16B | L53B | W22W | W45B | W32W | W17B | 8 | 65.5 | 69.5 | 49.25 |
| 8 | 13 | Matvey Galchenko | IM | RUS | 3070 | U-- | W105W | W35B | W106W | W26B | L19W | W23W | W32B | L14W | W31B | W20W | 8 | 55.5 | 58.5 | 44.5 |
| 9 | 3 | Bogdan Daniel Deac | GM | ROU | 3203 | W57W | W32B | W12W | D5B | W25B | D4W | D24W | D2B | L1B | D23W | W27W | 7.5 | 75 | 80 | 50.75 |
| 10 | 5 | Sina Movahed | GM | IRN | 3176 | W35W | L26B | W115W | L6B | W98W | W20B | W100W | W27B | L2W | W24W | D3B | 7.5 | 66.5 | 67.5 | 40.25 |
| 11 | 2 | Nihal Sarin | GM | IND | 3261 | W40B | W34W | W27B | L25W | L5B | D33W | W6B | L31W | W39B | W38W | W24B | 7.5 | 66 | 72 | 48 |
| 12 | 18 | Etienne Bacrot | GM | FRA | 3025 | W41B | W37W | L9B | W109W | D33W | D23B | L32W | W36B | D26W | W28B | W29W | 7.5 | 63.5 | 66 | 43 |
| 13 | 13 | Pranav V | GM | IND | 3126 | W108W | L29B | W57W | L33B | W54W | W106B | W34W | W16B | D17W | L4W | W23B | 7.5 | 60.5 | 63.5 | 39 |
| 14 | 11 | Yoseph Theolifus Taher | IM | IDN | 3141 | W88W | W33B | L19W | W20B | W53W | W21B | W4B | L1W | W8B | L3W | L2B | 7 | 75.5 | 78.5 | 44.5 |
| 15 | 15 | Eric Hansen | GM | CAN | 3065 | W48W | W39B | W29W | W16W | L3B | L17B | W26W | W53B | W31W | L1B | L6W | 7 | 71 | 76 | 42.5 |
| 16 | 22 | Marco Materia | IM | FRA | 3003 | D59B | W98W | W23W | L15B | W30B | D7W | W33B | L13W | L6B | W36W | W45B | 7 | 66.5 | 71.5 | 42.5 |
| 17 | 23 | Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son | GM | VNM | 3011 | W30W | W43B | L25W | W112B | W88B | W15W | L2W | W45B | D13B | D18W | L7W | 7 | 66 | 68 | 37.75 |
| 18 | 7 | Renato Terry | IM | INT | 3168 | W96W | L23B | W40W | W22B | W34W | L24B | D50W | W48W | W38B | D17B | L1W | 7 | 66 | 66 | 36.75 |
| 19 | 25 | Amir Mohammad Hamidi | FM | IRN | 3001 | W120W | W115B | W14B | L2W | W101W | W8B | W25W | L3W | L4B | L6W | W31B | 7 | 66 | 66 | 32.5 |
| 20 | 37 | Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian | GM | BRA | 2934 | W80B | L25B | W48W | L14W | W107B | L10W | W42B | W101B | W53W | W34W | L8B | 7 | 59.5 | 62.5 | 33.5 |
| 21 | 21 | Ilan Schnaider | IM | ARG | 3003 | W67W | W113B | L4B | W60W | W42B | L14W | L31B | W103W | L23B | W39W | W33W | 7 | 59.5 | 61 | 33 |
| 22 | 36 | Dmitriy Kushko | IM | IRL | 2902 | W114W | L4W | W108B | L18W | W49B | L101B | W30W | L7B | W52B | W58W | W34B | 7 | 59 | 60.5 | 33 |
| 23 | 33 | Justin Wang | IM | USA | 2949 | W118W | W18W | L16B | W61W | D7B | D12W | L8B | W58B | W21W | D9B | L13W | 6.5 | 69.5 | 69.5 | 35.5 |
| 24 | 20 | Dmitrij Kollars | GM | DEU | 3003 | W66B | W117W | L2W | W103B | W39W | W18W | D9B | L5W | W27W | L10B | L11W | 6.5 | 68 | 69 | 33.25 |
| 25 | 10 | Aleksei Sarana | GM | SRB | 3143 | W107B | W20W | W17B | W11B | L9W | D27W | L19B | L38W | L29B | W56W | W32B | 6.5 | 66 | 69 | 38.75 |
| 26 | 31 | Eric Rosen | IM | USA | 2932 | W116W | W10W | L7B | W55B | L8W | W42W | L15B | W59W | D12B | L27B | W48W | 6.5 | 66 | 67 | 33.75 |
| 27 | 17 | Aravindh Chithambaram | GM | IND | 3067 | W68W | W60B | L11W | W36B | W6W | D25B | W101W | L10W | L24B | W26W | L9B | 6.5 | 65.5 | 69.5 | 37.25 |
| 28 | 16 | Seyed Abolfazl Moosavifar | FM | PRK | 2989 | W56B | W103W | L1B | D29W | L38B | W68W | L48B | W30W | W43B | L12W | W37B | 6.5 | 63.5 | 67.5 | 35.25 |
| 29 | 40 | Hamidreza Tahmasebi | FM | IRN | 2854 | W93W | W13W | L15B | D28B | L99W | L30B | W78W | W67B | W25W | W48B | L12B | 6.5 | 60 | 62 | 33.25 |
| 30 | 76 | Ege Oz | CM | TUR | 2632 | L17B | D99W | W59B | W94B | L16W | W29W | L22B | L28B | W105W | W52W | W50B | 6.5 | 58 | 59.5 | 29.75 |
| 31 | 32 | Georgijs Germanovs | CM | LVA | 2919 | W55B | L3B | L42W | W79W | W35B | W58W | W21W | W11B | L15B | L8W | L19W | 6 | 67 | 71 | 34.5 |
| 32 | 29 | MiĹosz Szpar | GM | POL | 2934 | W74W | L9W | W49B | L42B | W46W | W88B | W12B | L8W | W37B | L7B | L25W | 6 | 65 | 68 | 32 |
| 33 | 38 | Gianmarco Leiva | IM | PER | 2888 | W77W | L14W | W56B | W13W | D12B | D11B | L16W | W102W | L34B | W42W | L21B | 6 | 64.5 | 68.5 | 34 |
| 34 | 27 | Levy Rozman | IM | ESP | 2953 | W58W | L11B | W76W | W98B | L18B | W60W | L13B | W62B | W33W | L20B | L22W | 6 | 62 | 66 | 30 |
| 35 | 57 | Yurii Khodko | FM | RUS | 2674 | L10B | W118W | L8W | W80B | L31W | L61B | W70B | W51W | D44W | D63B | W58B | 6 | 56.5 | 56.5 | 24.5 |
| 36 | 41 | Matfey Rogov | FM | ZAF | 2827 | W73B | L7B | W41W | L27W | L108B | W105W | W76B | L12W | W68W | L16B | W56B | 6 | 56 | 59 | 27 |
| 37 | 45 | Maksym Pankiv | FM | UKR | 2780 | W75B | L12B | L55W | W41B | W70W | L50B | W56W | W100B | L32W | W53B | L28W | 6 | 55 | 59 | 28.5 |
| 38 | 28 | Suleyman SuleymanlÄą | FM | AZE | 2934 | D105B | W59W | W94W | L101B | W28W | L99B | W67W | W25B | L18W | L11B | D40W | 6 | 55 | 56.5 | 28.75 |
| 39 | 42 | Lucas Cumpe | FM | ARG | 2797 | W110W | L15W | W67B | W102W | L24B | L100W | W107B | W61B | L11W | L21B | W62B | 6 | 53.5 | 56 | 24 |
| 40 | 54 | Dawid Janaszak | FM | POL | 2716 | L11W | W78B | L18B | W65W | L102B | L63B | W77W | D41W | W104B | W67W | D38B | 6 | 53 | 57 | 27.5 |
| 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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 3 | Jose Martinez | GM | MEX | 3245 | W38W | W56B | W5W | W4B | W53W | D3B | W2W | W11B | W8B | W21W | W7B | 10.5 | 69 | 73 | 69 |
| 2 | 2 | Jeffery Xiong | GM | USA | 3230 | W39B | W20W | W59B | W11W | L3B | W18W | L1B | W4W | W5B | W6B | W12W | 9 | 71 | 74 | 55.5 |
| 3 | 8 | Renato Terry | IM | INT | 3168 | W23B | W14W | W41B | W58B | W2W | D1W | L4B | D53W | W11W | W19B | L5W | 8 | 70 | 73.5 | 49.5 |
| 4 | 13 | Reza Mahdavi | IM | IRN | 3065 | W36W | W60B | W53W | L1W | W57B | W7B | W3W | L2B | W17W | W11B | L6W | 8 | 69 | 72 | 45 |
| 5 | 12 | Aravindh Chithambaram | GM | IND | 3067 | W65B | W7W | L1B | W56W | L55B | W57W | W41B | W13W | L2W | W53B | W3B | 8 | 62.5 | 63.5 | 40 |
| 6 | 1 | Bogdan Daniel Deac | GM | ROU | 3203 | W61W | L41B | D55W | W38B | W8W | L12B | W9W | W19B | W53B | L2W | W4B | 7.5 | 61 | 64 | 42.5 |
| 7 | 26 | Bakhtiyar Askarov | IM | KAZ | 2873 | W48B | L5B | W26W | W41W | W19B | L4W | W55B | L12W | W20W | W13B | L1W | 7 | 65 | 68 | 35 |
| 8 | 9 | Liam Putnam | IM | USA | 3131 | W29W | W57B | D21W | L53B | L6B | W14W | W22B | W54B | L1W | D18B | W20W | 7 | 64.5 | 68.5 | 39 |
| 9 | 22 | Arman Mikaelyan | GM | USA | 2918 | W35B | L11W | W64B | L18B | W10W | W59W | L6B | L24B | W23W | W29B | W19W | 7 | 57.5 | 58.5 | 32.5 |
| 10 | 33 | Nikolai Vlassov | IM | INT | 2738 | L53W | W66B | L17B | W43W | L9B | W26W | W37B | W56B | L54W | W31B | W21W | 7 | 53.5 | 54.5 | 30 |
| 11 | 7 | Yoseph Theolifus Taher | IM | IDN | 3141 | W42W | W9B | W18W | L2B | W20W | W55W | W12B | L1W | L3B | L4W | D13W | 6.5 | 71.5 | 75.5 | 36.75 |
| 12 | 5 | Tuan Minh Le | GM | VNM | 3155 | L25W | W34B | D15W | W42W | W14B | W6W | L11W | W7B | L19W | W17B | L2B | 6.5 | 65.5 | 69.5 | 39.25 |
| 13 | 20 | Ismayil Gurbanov | CM | AZE | 2927 | D34B | W16W | L58W | W27B | D17B | W30W | W18B | L5B | W24W | L7W | D11B | 6.5 | 61.5 | 65 | 37.75 |
| 14 | 23 | Gianmarco Leiva | IM | PER | 2888 | W51W | L3B | D16B | W35W | L12W | L8B | W34W | W40B | L18B | W26W | W25B | 6.5 | 58 | 60 | 29.25 |
| 15 | 26 | Logan Clark Shafer | NM | USA | 2754 | U-- | W40W | D12B | D16W | D54B | L17W | W27B | D22W | W30B | W24B | D18W | 6.5 | 53.5 | 57.5 | 35.75 |
| 16 | 38 | Duc Minh Lai | NM | VNM | 2682 | W19B | L13B | D14W | D15B | L61W | W25B | L31W | W62W | D28B | W44W | W29W | 6.5 | 53.5 | 56.5 | 32.75 |
| 17 | 4 | Ilan Schnaider | IM | ARG | 3003 | U-- | W63B | W10W | L57B | D13W | W15B | W58W | W18W | L4B | L12W | W28B | 6.5 | 53.5 | 55.5 | 33.75 |
| 18 | 14 | Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son | GM | VNM | 3011 | W26B | W25W | L11B | W9W | W59B | L2B | L13W | L17B | W14W | D8W | D15B | 6 | 66.5 | 69.5 | 34.25 |
| 19 | 11 | Vuk Damjanovic | IM | SRB | 3023 | L16W | W30B | W25B | W54W | L7W | W31B | W56W | L6W | W12B | L3W | L9B | 6 | 63.5 | 67.5 | 31.5 |
| 20 | 17 | John Veny Akkarakaran | FM | IND | 2960 | W27W | L2B | W33B | W60W | L11B | W61W | L53B | W28W | L7B | W54W | L8B | 6 | 59.5 | 62.5 | 27.5 |
| 21 | 15 | Anthony Atanasov | IM | CAN | 2962 | W43W | W45B | D8B | L59W | L58W | D42B | W29W | W57B | W31W | L1B | L10B | 6 | 54 | 57 | 27.5 |
| 22 | 43 | Mahsa Alavi | WFM | IRN | 2532 | L41W | D39W | L35B | W48W | W27B | W38B | L8W | D15B | W44B | L28W | W36W | 6 | 49.5 | 52.5 | 26.25 |
| 23 | 35 | Dmitry Zilberstein | IM | USA | 2702 | L3W | W51B | L56W | W45W | L60B | L24B | W39W | W61B | L9B | W40W | W31W | 6 | 48 | 50 | 22 |
| 24 | 63 | Alexander Zhu | NM | USA | 2370 | U-- | U-- | L30W | W32B | W43B | W23W | W61B | W9W | L13B | L15W | W33W | 6 | 45 | 48 | 30 |
| 25 | 32 | Lương Vũ Nguyễn | CM | VNM | 2718 | W12B | L18B | L19W | W63B | L56B | L16W | D26B | W34W | W40W | W42B | L14W | 5.5 | 53.5 | 55.5 | 23.75 |
| 26 | 41 | Ken Arnold | NM | USA | 2562 | L18W | W52B | L7B | L39W | W67B | L10B | D25W | W35B | W38W | L14B | W37B | 5.5 | 51 | 52 | 18.75 |
| 27 | 44 | Zechen Yu | FM | CHN | 2456 | L20B | W62W | D39B | L13W | L22W | W35B | L15W | L38B | W32W | W47W | W44B | 5.5 | 50 | 53 | 22 |
| 28 | 25 | Allahverdi Hamidov | FM | AZE | 2849 | W49W | L59B | L36W | W64B | W44W | L41W | W30B | L20B | D16W | W22B | L17W | 5.5 | 48.5 | 49.5 | 22.25 |
| 29 | 36 | Le Thao Nguyen Pham | IM | VNM | 2668 | L8B | W67W | L54B | L31W | W51B | W39W | L21B | W33B | W37W | L9W | L16B | 5 | 52.5 | 53.5 | 16.5 |
| 30 | 2 | Eleftherios Boutikos | CM | GRC | 2560 | U-- | L19W | W24B | W62W | W39B | L13B | L28W | W42B | L15W | L33B | W46W | 5 | 47.5 | 50.5 | 21 |
| 31 | 63 | Kent Slate | NM | INT | 2847 | U-- | U-- | W32W | W29B | W33W | L19W | W16B | W41W | L21B | L10W | L23B | 5 | 46.5 | 50.5 | 25.5 |
| 32 | 48 | Jonathan Wu | CM | CAN | 2412 | L54B | L33W | L31B | L24W | W48B | W67W | W47W | L37B | L27B | W38W | W43B | 5 | 46 | 47 | 15.5 |
| 33 | 3 | 浩煊 张 | FM | CHN | 2677 | U-- | W32B | L20W | W40B | L31B | L37W | W48B | L29W | W34B | W30W | L24B | 5 | 45 | 48 | 21.5 |
| 34 | 47 | Jesús Alberto Coca Cubillos | FM | COL | 2457 | D13W | L12W | L42B | W47W | W35B | L54W | L14B | L25B | L33W | W50B | W40B | 4.5 | 51.5 | 54 | 17.75 |
| 35 | 49 | Nicolas Kulik | NM | URY | 2372 | L9W | D42B | W22W | L14B | L34W | L27W | W49B | L26W | L47B | W52B | W48W | 4.5 | 48.5 | 50.5 | 16 |
| 36 | 40 | Julian Estrada | IM | MEX | 2615 | L4B | W50W | W28B | L55B | L42W | L62B | W38W | L44W | W39B | D37W | L22B | 4.5 | 47 | 49.5 | 18.25 |
| 37 | 63 | Kyle Leaver | CM | AUS | 2337 | U-- | U-- | L44W | W52W | W63B | W33B | L10W | W32W | L29B | D36B | L26W | 4.5 | 38 | 40 | 16.25 |
| 38 | 30 | Hoang Minh Tho Do | WFM | VNM | 2705 | L1B | W47W | W45B | L6W | L41B | L22W | L36B | W27W | L26B | L32B | W50W | 4 | 56 | 58.5 | 15.5 |
| 39 | 29 | Rohan Rajaram | CM | USA | 2714 | L2W | D22B | D27W | W26B | L30W | L29B | L23B | W48W | L36W | L46B | W47W | 4 | 54 | 57 | 17.75 |
| 40 | 45 | Oscar Ardila | CM | COL | 2423 | L56W | L15B | W50B | L33W | W45B | W44B | W60W | L14W | L25B | L23B | L34W | 4 | 49 | 51.5 | 13.5 |
| 67 players | ||||||||||||||||||||
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: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 1 | Ju, Wenjun | CHN | 2465 | 9 | 71 | 76.5 | 0 |
| 2 | 9 | Zhao, Yunqing | CHN | 2036 | 8.5 | 71 | 76 | 0 |
| 3 | 4 | Ni, Shiqun | CHN | 2258 | 8 | 69.5 | 74.5 | 0 |
| 4 | 10 | Wang, Qinxuanyi | CHN | 2030 | 7.5 | 71 | 75 | 0 |
| 5 | 23 | Pi, Aiying | CHN | 1797 | 7 | 73.5 | 79.5 | 0 |
| 6 | 2 | Zhai, Mo | CHN | 2314 | 7 | 70.5 | 75.5 | 0 |
| 7 | 8 | Gu, Xiaobing | CHN | 2108 | 7 | 68.5 | 73 | 0 |
| 8 | 14 | Ha, Yihan | CHN | 1962 | 7 | 68.5 | 73 | 0 |
| 9 | 3 | Wang, Chuqiao | CHN | 2263 | 7 | 63 | 67 | 0 |
| 10 | 5 | Xiao, Yiyi | CHN | 2207 | 7 | 59 | 63 | 0 |
| 11 | 17 | Shao, Qiyu | CHN | 1899 | 7 | 58 | 62 | 0 |
| 12 | 6 | Chen, Yining | CHN | 2139 | 6.5 | 68 | 73 | 0 |
| 13 | 12 | Zhang, Xiao | CHN | 2019 | 6.5 | 64 | 67 | 0 |
| 14 | 21 | Shi, Yige | CHN | 1855 | 6 | 66 | 69 | 0 |
| 15 | 11 | Gao, Muziyan | CHN | 2027 | 6 | 65.5 | 69.5 | 0 |
| 16 | 24 | Xue, Tianhao | CHN | 1753 | 6 | 63 | 66 | 0 |
| 17 | 7 | Zhao, Shengxin | CHN | 2109 | 6 | 60.5 | 65.5 | 0 |
| 18 | 13 | Wu, Shuang(Hlj) | CHN | 1981 | 6 | 60 | 64 | 0 |
| 19 | 25 | Yang, Youqing | CHN | 1711 | 6 | 60 | 61.5 | 0 |
| 20 | 20 | Peng, Jingyi(Gd) | CHN | 1855 | 6 | 59 | 60.5 | 0 |
| 21 | 18 | Zhou, Shumeng | CHN | 1899 | 6 | 54 | 55.5 | 0 |
| 22 | 27 | Xia, Miaoyan | CHN | 1686 | 5.5 | 59.5 | 63.5 | 0 |
| 23 | 22 | He, Ziyu | CHN | 1814 | 5.5 | 53 | 56 | 0 |
| 24 | 38 | Wang, Hanzhang | CHN | 1556 | 5.5 | 51.5 | 55.5 | 0 |
| 25 | 16 | Mu, Wangxueyao | CHN | 1929 | 5 | 60 | 65 | 0 |
| 26 | 19 | Li, Yilin | CAN | 1872 | 5 | 60 | 64 | 0 |
| 27 | 15 | Peng, Tianlu | CHN | 1959 | 5 | 58.5 | 63 | 0 |
| 28 | 28 | Dong, Jiahui | CHN | 1672 | 5 | 56 | 60.5 | 0 |
| 29 | 34 | Deng, Mingtong | CHN | 1602 | 5 | 54 | 57 | 0 |
| 30 | 30 | Xia, Xuejing | HKG | 1666 | 5 | 53.5 | 56.5 | 0 |
| 31 | 33 | Liu, Yutong(Sz) | CHN | 1609 | 5 | 51.5 | 54.5 | 0 |
| 32 | 37 | Yi, Ruiyu | CHN | 1560 | 5 | 49.5 | 52.5 | 0 |
| 33 | 39 | Zhang, Xiaoyao | CHN | 1525 | 5 | 47.5 | 49 | 0 |
| 34 | 29 | Meng, Qianxun | CHN | 1671 | 4.5 | 53 | 54.5 | 0 |
| 35 | 40 | Zhu, Yixin | CHN | 1438 | 4.5 | 52 | 55 | 0 |
| 36 | 35 | Lin, Yingge | CHN | 1599 | 4.5 | 51.5 | 53 | 0 |
| 37 | 36 | Lei, Xinru | CHN | 1564 | 4.5 | 46.5 | 48 | 0 |
| 38 | 31 | Huang, Zixin | CHN | 1618 | 4 | 59 | 62 | 0 |
| 39 | 32 | Liu, Dijia | CHN | 1615 | 4 | 52 | 55 | 0 |
| 40 | 26 | Yang, Le | CHN | 1694 | 4 | 48 | 49.5 | 0 |
| 43 players | ||||||||
| China Women's Chess Open Shenzhen CHN Thu 1st Jan 2026 - Sat 3rd Jan 2026
Leading Final Round 11 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 2 | Zhai, Mo | CHN | 2355 | 8.5 | 70 | 75 | 0 |
| 2 | 19 | Zhou, Shumeng | CHN | 1884 | 8 | 63.5 | 66.5 | 0 |
| 3 | 5 | Xiao, Yiyi | CHN | 2248 | 7.5 | 72.5 | 78.5 | 0 |
| 4 | 1 | Ju, Wenjun | CHN | 2504 | 7.5 | 70.5 | 75.5 | 0 |
| 5 | 8 | Zhao, Shengxin | CHN | 2160 | 7.5 | 67.5 | 71 | 0 |
| 6 | 9 | Wang, Qinxuanyi | CHN | 2097 | 7.5 | 64.5 | 69.5 | 0 |
| 7 | 7 | Wang, Chuqiao | CHN | 2183 | 7 | 69.5 | 74.5 | 0 |
| 8 | 10 | Gao, Muziyan | CHN | 2093 | 7 | 69.5 | 73.5 | 0 |
| 9 | 3 | Ni, Shiqun | CHN | 2347 | 7 | 64.5 | 69.5 | 0 |
| 10 | 13 | Zhao, Yunqing | CHN | 1994 | 7 | 62 | 63.5 | 0 |
| 11 | 11 | Peng, Tianlu | CHN | 2072 | 7 | 61.5 | 66 | 0 |
| 12 | 18 | Mu, Wangxueyao | CHN | 1896 | 6.5 | 66.5 | 71 | 0 |
| 13 | 4 | Chen, Yining | CHN | 2330 | 6.5 | 65 | 69.5 | 0 |
| 14 | 17 | Wu, Shuang(Hlj) | CHN | 1910 | 6.5 | 63.5 | 68 | 0 |
| 15 | 27 | Shao, Qiyu | CHN | 1708 | 6.5 | 60 | 63 | 0 |
| 16 | 23 | Ha, Yihan | CHN | 1783 | 6 | 70.5 | 72 | 0 |
| 17 | 20 | Xia, Miaoyan | CHN | 1874 | 6 | 65 | 70 | 0 |
| 18 | 12 | Zhang, Xiao | CHN | 2001 | 6 | 64.5 | 69.5 | 0 |
| 19 | 14 | Xue, Tianhao | CHN | 1952 | 6 | 62 | 65.5 | 0 |
| 20 | 16 | Shi, Yige | CHN | 1928 | 6 | 60 | 62.5 | 0 |
| 21 | 6 | Gu, Xiaobing | CHN | 2189 | 6 | 58.5 | 63 | 0 |
| 22 | 33 | Dong, Jiahui | CHN | 1664 | 6 | 55.5 | 59.5 | 0 |
| 23 | 24 | He, Ziyu | CHN | 1782 | 5.5 | 56 | 60 | 0 |
| 24 | 15 | Li, Yilin | CAN | 1940 | 5.5 | 55 | 56.5 | 0 |
| 25 | 35 | Liu, Yutong(Sz) | CHN | 1602 | 5.5 | 54 | 57.5 | 0 |
| 26 | 38 | Deng, Mingtong | CHN | 1557 | 5 | 62.5 | 67.5 | 0 |
| 27 | 26 | Huang, Zixin | CHN | 1725 | 5 | 59.5 | 62 | 0 |
| 28 | 40 | Wang, Leyi | CHN | 1493 | 5 | 55.5 | 59 | 0 |
| 29 | 25 | Xia, Xuejing | HKG | 1751 | 5 | 55.5 | 57 | 0 |
| 30 | 29 | Yang, Youqing | CHN | 1680 | 5 | 55.5 | 57 | 0 |
| 31 | 31 | Meng, Qianxun | CHN | 1671 | 5 | 53 | 56 | 0 |
| 32 | 21 | Pi, Aiying | CHN | 1796 | 5 | 52 | 54.5 | 0 |
| 33 | 32 | Chi, Haoyuan | CHN | 1667 | 5 | 49 | 50.5 | 0 |
| 34 | 36 | Lin, Yingge | CHN | 1599 | 5 | 47.5 | 49 | 0 |
| 35 | 44 | Lei, Xinru | CHN | 0 | 5 | 42.5 | 44 | 0 |
| 36 | 41 | Wang, Hanzhang | CHN | 1469 | 4.5 | 52.5 | 56.5 | 0 |
| 37 | 30 | Yang, Le | CHN | 1679 | 4.5 | 51.5 | 53 | 0 |
| 38 | 28 | Liu, Dijia | CHN | 1700 | 4.5 | 50.5 | 52 | 0 |
| 39 | 46 | Zhai, Wenhui | CHN | 0 | 4 | 52 | 54.5 | 0 |
| 40 | 22 | Peng, Jingyi(Gd) | CHN | 1787 | 4 | 49.5 | 52.5 | 0 |
| 46 players | ||||||||