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The 88th Tata Steel Masters has started, the early leaders are Hans Moke Niemann, Matthias Bluebaum, Jorden van Foreest, Arjun Erigaisi and Nodirbek Abdusattorov all have a win and two draws. It's very early stages yet. Aydin Suleymanli leads the Challengers. This is always one of the busiest days for me with a round summary to write so I'll leave it there.
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The 88th Tata Steel Chess tournament takes place in Wijk aan Zee Fri 16th Jan to Sun 1st Feb 2026. Players: Masters: Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus, Aravindh Chithambaram, Hans Niemann, Vincent Keymer, Javokhir Sindarov, Jorden van Foreest, Arjun Erigaisi, Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, Van Nguyen Thai Dai, Gukesh Dommaraju, Anish Giri, Vladimir Fedoseev, Matthias Bluebaum and Nodirbek Abdusattorov.
Challengers: Vasyl Ivanchuk, Marc Andria Maurizzi, Velimir Ivic, Erwin l'Ami, Bibisara Assaubayeva, Eline Roebers, Miaoyi Lu, Max Warmerdam, Panesar Vedant, Andy Woodward, Aydin Suleymanli, Faustino Oro, Daniil Yuffa and Carissa Yip.
| 88th Tata Steel Masters Wijk aan Zee NED Fri 16th Jan 2026 - Sun 1st Feb 2026
Leading Round 3 (of 13) Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | TB1 |
| 1 | 3 | Niemann, Hans Moke | GM | USA | 2725 | 2 |
| 6 | Van Foreest, Jorden | GM | NED | 2703 | 2 | |
| 7 | Erigaisi, Arjun | GM | IND | 2775 | 2 | |
| 13 | Bluebaum, Matthias | GM | GER | 2679 | 2 | |
| 14 | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | GM | UZB | 2751 | 2 | |
| 6 | 1 | Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan | GM | TUR | 2658 | 1.5 |
| 2 | Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr. | GM | IND | 2700 | 1.5 | |
| 5 | Sindarov, Javokhir | GM | UZB | 2726 | 1.5 | |
| 9 | Nguyen, Thai Dai Van | GM | CZE | 2656 | 1.5 | |
| 10 | Gukesh, D | GM | IND | 2754 | 1.5 | |
| 12 | Fedoseev, Vladimir | GM | SLO | 2705 | 1.5 | |
| 12 | 4 | Keymer, Vincent | GM | GER | 2776 | 1 |
| 13 | 8 | Praggnanandhaa, R | GM | IND | 2758 | 0.5 |
| 11 | Giri, Anish | GM | NED | 2760 | 0.5 | |
| 14 players | ||||||
| 88th Tata Steel Masters Wijk aan Zee NED Fri 16th Jan 2026 - Sun 1st Feb 2026. Category: 19. Ave: (2723) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Niemann, Hans Moke | GM | USA | 2725 | # | = | = | 1 | 2 | 2806 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Bluebaum, Matthias | GM | GER | 2679 | = | # | = | 1 | 2 | 2859 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | GM | UZB | 2751 | # | = | = | 1 | 2 | 2830 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Van Foreest, Jorden | GM | NED | 2703 | # | = | = | 1 | 2 | 2848 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Erigaisi, Arjun | GM | IND | 2775 | # | = | = | 1 | 2 | 2848 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan | GM | TUR | 2658 | = | = | # | = | 1.5 | 2725 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. | GM | IND | 2700 | = | = | = | # | 1.5 | 2696 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Gukesh, D | GM | IND | 2754 | = | = | # | = | 1.5 | 2735 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Nguyen, Thai Dai Van | GM | CZE | 2656 | = | = | # | = | 1.5 | 2745 | ||||||||||
| 10 | Fedoseev, Vladimir | GM | SLO | 2705 | 0 | # | = | 1 | 1.5 | 2742 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Sindarov, Javokhir | GM | UZB | 2726 | = | = | # | = | 1.5 | 2740 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Keymer, Vincent | GM | GER | 2776 | 0 | 0 | # | 1 | 1 | 2590 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Praggnanandhaa, R | GM | IND | 2758 | 0 | 0 | = | # | 0.5 | 2454 | ||||||||||
| 14 | Giri, Anish | GM | NED | 2760 | 0 | = | 0 | # | 0.5 | 2462 | ||||||||||
| Round 1. Sat 17th Jan 2026 | |||||
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| Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan | 1/2-1/2 | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | 41 | C69 | Ruy Lopez |
| Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. | 1/2-1/2 | Bluebaum, Matthias | 41 | E06 | Catalan |
| Niemann, Hans Moke | 1-0 | Fedoseev, Vladimir | 16 | C42 | Petrov |
| Keymer, Vincent | 1-0 | Giri, Anish | 23 | D27 | QGA |
| Sindarov, Javokhir | 1/2-1/2 | Gukesh, D | 78 | D37 | QGD |
| Van Foreest, Jorden | 1/2-1/2 | Nguyen, Thai Dai Van | 27 | C43 | Petrov |
| Erigaisi, Arjun | 1-0 | Praggnanandhaa, R | 32 | D20 | QGA |
| Round 2. Sun 18th Jan 2026 | |||||
| Bluebaum, Matthias | 1/2-1/2 | Niemann, Hans Moke | 28 | D41 | QGD |
| Giri, Anish | 1/2-1/2 | Sindarov, Javokhir | 44 | A13 | English opening |
| Gukesh, D | 1/2-1/2 | Van Foreest, Jorden | 33 | E60 | King's Indian defence |
| Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | 1-0 | Praggnanandhaa, R | 60 | D37 | QGD |
| Nguyen, Thai Dai Van | 1/2-1/2 | Erigaisi, Arjun | 56 | D37 | QGD |
| Fedoseev, Vladimir | 1-0 | Keymer, Vincent | 44 | E32 | Nimzo-Indian |
| Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan | 1/2-1/2 | Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. | 46 | B56 | Sicilian |
| Round 3. Mon 19th Jan 2026 | |||||
| Praggnanandhaa, R | 1/2-1/2 | Nguyen, Thai Dai Van | 75 | A05 | Reti opening |
| Erigaisi, Arjun | 1/2-1/2 | Gukesh, D | 34 | D20 | QGA |
| Keymer, Vincent | 0-1 | Bluebaum, Matthias | 33 | D35 | QGD |
| Van Foreest, Jorden | 1-0 | Giri, Anish | 64 | B90 | Sicilian |
| Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. | 1/2-1/2 | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | 42 | C46 | Four knights game |
| Niemann, Hans Moke | 1/2-1/2 | Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan | 37 | B12 | Caro-Kann |
| Sindarov, Javokhir | 1/2-1/2 | Fedoseev, Vladimir | 29 | C42 | Petrov |
| Tata Steel Challengers Wijk aan Zee NED Fri 16th Jan 2026 - Sun 1st Feb 2026
Leading Round 3 (of 13) Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | TB1 |
| 1 | 11 | Suleymanli, Aydin | GM | AZE | 2628 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 1 | Ivanchuk, Vasyl | GM | UKR | 2605 | 2 |
| 2 | Maurizzi, Marcandria | GM | FRA | 2611 | 2 | |
| 5 | Assaubayeva, Bibisara | GM | KAZ | 2497 | 2 | |
| 7 | Lu, Miaoyi | IM | CHN | 2431 | 2 | |
| 10 | Woodward, Andy | GM | USA | 2608 | 2 | |
| 12 | Oro, Faustino | IM | ARG | 2516 | 2 | |
| 13 | Yuffa, Daniil | GM | ESP | 2604 | 2 | |
| 9 | 14 | Yip, Carissa | IM | USA | 2466 | 1.5 |
| 10 | 3 | Ivic, Velimir | GM | SRB | 2638 | 1 |
| 8 | Warmerdam, Max | GM | NED | 2576 | 1 | |
| 9 | Panesar, Vedant | FM | IND | 2406 | 1 | |
| 13 | 4 | L'ami, Erwin | GM | NED | 2634 | 0 |
| 6 | Roebers, Eline | IM | NED | 2398 | 0 | |
| 14 players | ||||||
| Tata Steel Challengers Wijk aan Zee NED Fri 16th Jan 2026 - Sun 1st Feb 2026. Category: 12. Ave: (2544) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Suleymanli, Aydin | GM | AZE | 2628 | # | = | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | 2783 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Assaubayeva, Bibisara | GM | KAZ | 2497 | = | # | 1 | = | 2 | 2709 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Maurizzi, MarcAndria | GM | FRA | 2611 | # | = | = | 1 | 2 | 2683 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Ivanchuk, Vasyl | GM | UKR | 2605 | = | # | = | 1 | 2 | 2697 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Woodward, Andy | GM | USA | 2608 | 0 | # | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2567 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Lu, Miaoyi | IM | CHN | 2431 | 0 | # | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2655 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Yuffa, Daniil | GM | ESP | 2604 | = | # | = | 1 | 2 | 2753 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Oro, Faustino | IM | ARG | 2516 | = | # | = | 1 | 2 | 2715 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Yip, Carissa | IM | USA | 2466 | 0 | = | # | 1 | 1.5 | 2597 | ||||||||||
| 10 | Ivic, Velimir | GM | SRB | 2638 | 0 | = | = | # | 1 | 2450 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Warmerdam, Max | GM | NED | 2576 | 0 | 0 | # | 1 | 1 | 2309 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Panesar, Vedant | FM | IND | 2406 | 0 | 0 | # | 1 | 1 | 2343 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Roebers, Eline | IM | NED | 2398 | 0 | 0 | 0 | # | 0 | 2547 | ||||||||||
| 14 | L'Ami, Erwin | GM | NED | 2634 | 0 | 0 | 0 | # | 0 | 2583 | ||||||||||
| Round 1. Sat 17th Jan 2026 | |||||
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| Ivanchuk, Vasyl | 1/2-1/2 | Yip, Carissa | 35 | E21 | Nimzo-Indian |
| Maurizzi, MarcAndria | 1/2-1/2 | Yuffa, Daniil | 36 | B40 | Sicilian defence |
| Ivic, Velimir | 1/2-1/2 | Oro, Faustino | 46 | E10 | Queen's pawn game |
| L'Ami, Erwin | 0-1 | Suleymanli, Aydin | 45 | D05 | Queen's pawn game, Rubinstein (Colle-Zukertort) variation |
| Assaubayeva, Bibisara | 1-0 | Woodward, Andy | 41 | D38 | QGD |
| Roebers, Eline | 0-1 | Panesar, Vedant | 34 | E00 | Queen's pawn game |
| Lu, Miaoyi | 1-0 | Warmerdam, Max | 51 | B23 | Sicilian |
| Round 2. Sun 18th Jan 2026 | |||||
| Woodward, Andy | 1-0 | Roebers, Eline | 27 | E04 | Catalan |
| Yip, Carissa | 1-0 | Warmerdam, Max | 39 | B22 | Sicilian |
| Suleymanli, Aydin | 1/2-1/2 | Assaubayeva, Bibisara | 81 | A11 | English |
| Panesar, Vedant | 0-1 | Lu, Miaoyi | 40 | A45 | Queen's pawn game |
| Ivanchuk, Vasyl | 1/2-1/2 | Maurizzi, MarcAndria | 62 | D55 | QGD |
| Yuffa, Daniil | 1/2-1/2 | Ivic, Velimir | 58 | D17 | QGD Slav |
| Oro, Faustino | 1-0 | L'Ami, Erwin | 36 | A21 | English opening |
| Round 3. Mon 19th Jan 2026 | |||||
| L'Ami, Erwin | 0-1 | Yuffa, Daniil | 44 | B42 | Sicilian |
| Lu, Miaoyi | 0-1 | Woodward, Andy | 58 | C50 | Giuoco Pianissimo |
| Roebers, Eline | 0-1 | Suleymanli, Aydin | 80 | B10 | Caro-Kann |
| Ivic, Velimir | 0-1 | Ivanchuk, Vasyl | 52 | C43 | Petrov |
| Maurizzi, MarcAndria | 1-0 | Yip, Carissa | 55 | C25 | Vienna game, Max Lange defence |
| Warmerdam, Max | 1-0 | Panesar, Vedant | 35 | C22 | Centre game |
| Assaubayeva, Bibisara | 1/2-1/2 | Oro, Faustino | 36 | D37 | QGD |
The 86th ch-ARM Highest League takes place 13th to 21st January 2026.
| 86th ch-ARM HL 2026 Yerevan ARM Tue 13th Jan 2026 - Wed 21st Jan 2026
Leading Round 6 (of 9) Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 10 | Davtyan, Artur | ARM | 2489 | 4 | 11,75 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | 7 | Andriasian, Zaven | ARM | 2545 | 4 | 11,25 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | 4 | Petrosyan, Manuel | ARM | 2572 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | 2 | Hakobyan, Aram | ARM | 2625 | 3 | 9,25 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | 1 | Sargsyan, Sargis Vach. | ARM | 2403 | 3 | 7,75 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | 5 | Gharibyan, Mamikon | ARM | 2484 | 3 | 6,75 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | 8 | Harutyunyan, Tigran K. | ARM | 2511 | 2.5 | 7.5 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | 3 | Ohanyan, Emin | ARM | 2489 | 2.5 | 6.5 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | 9 | Grigoryan, Karen H. | ARM | 2475 | 2 | 6,75 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | 6 | Davtyan, Arsen | ARM | 2451 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 players | ||||||||
| 86th ch-ARM HL 2026 Yerevan ARM Tue 13th Jan 2026 - Wed 21st Jan 2026. Category: 11. Ave: (2504) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Davtyan, Artur | IM | ARM | 2489 | # | = | 1 | 1 | = | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2629 | |||
| 2 | Andriasian, Zaven | GM | ARM | 2545 | = | # | = | 1 | = | = | 1 | 4 | 2622 | |||
| 3 | Petrosyan, Manuel | GM | ARM | 2572 | = | # | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | = | 4 | 2633 | |||
| 4 | Hakobyan, Aram | GM | ARM | 2625 | 0 | 1 | # | 0 | 1 | = | = | 3 | 2485 | |||
| 5 | Sargsyan, Sargis Vach. | FM | ARM | 2403 | 0 | 0 | 1 | # | = | = | 1 | 3 | 2518 | |||
| 6 | Gharibyan, Mamikon | GM | ARM | 2484 | 0 | 0 | = | # | = | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2502 | |||
| 7 | Harutyunyan, Tigran K. | GM | ARM | 2511 | = | = | 0 | = | # | 0 | 1 | 2.5 | 2448 | |||
| 8 | Ohanyan, Emin | GM | ARM | 2489 | 0 | 0 | = | = | 1 | # | = | 2.5 | 2456 | |||
| 9 | Grigoryan, Karen H. | GM | ARM | 2475 | = | = | = | 0 | = | # | 0 | 2 | 2403 | |||
| 10 | Davtyan, Arsen | IM | ARM | 2451 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | # | 2 | 2360 | |||
| 81st ch-ARM w 2026 Yerevan ARM Tue 13th Jan 2026 - Wed 21st Jan 2026
Leading Round 6 (of 9) Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 5 | Hakobyan, Astghik | ARM | 1976 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | Mkrtchyan, Anahit H. | ARM | 2048 | 4.5 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | Krkyasharyan, Sona | ARM | 2105 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | 10 | Khachatryan, Anna | ARM | 2100 | 4 | 6,75 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | 6 | Hayrapetyan, Nvard | ARM | 2078 | 3.5 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | 4 | Avetisyan, Ani | ARM | 2066 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | 9 | Avetisyan, Mariam | ARM | 2091 | 2.5 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | 8 | Mirakyan, Angelina | ARM | 1830 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | 7 | Kasinyan, Lilit | ARM | 1911 | 1 | 2,75 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | 1 | Dzhalalian, Nelli | ARM | 1874 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 players | ||||||||
| 81st ch-ARM w 2026 Yerevan ARM Tue 13th Jan 2026 - Wed 21st Jan 2026. Category: None. Ave: (2008) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Hakobyan, Astghik | WFM | ARM | 1976 | # | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2245 | |||
| 2 | Mkrtchyan, Anahit H. | ARM | 2048 | 0 | # | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 2228 | ||||
| 3 | Krkyasharyan, Sona | ARM | 2105 | = | # | = | 1 | = | = | 1 | 4 | 2127 | ||||
| 4 | Khachatryan, Anna | WFM | ARM | 2100 | 0 | = | # | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2099 | |||
| 5 | Hayrapetyan, Nvard | WFM | ARM | 2078 | 0 | = | # | 1 | = | = | 1 | 3.5 | 2021 | |||
| 6 | Avetisyan, Ani | ARM | 2066 | 0 | 0 | # | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | 3.5 | 2034 | ||||
| 7 | Avetisyan, Mariam | WFM | ARM | 2091 | 1 | 0 | = | 0 | 0 | # | 1 | 2.5 | 1974 | |||
| 8 | Mirakyan, Angelina | ARM | 1830 | 0 | = | 0 | = | = | # | = | 2 | 1914 | ||||
| 9 | Kasinyan, Lilit | ARM | 1911 | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | 0 | = | # | 1 | 1751 | ||||
| 10 | Dzhalalian, Nelli | ARM | 1874 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | # | 0 | 2062 | ||||
The Bob Wade Masters takes place 15th to 20th January 2026.
| Bob Wade Masters 2026 Auckland NZL Thu 15th Jan 2026 - Tue 20th Jan 2026. Category: 7. Ave: (2417) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Fernandez, Daniel Howard | GM | ENG | 2527 | # | = | = | 1 | = | = | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2525 | ||
| 2 | Adams, Michael | GM | ENG | 2635 | # | = | = | = | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2539 | ||
| 3 | Yeoh, Li Tian | GM | MAS | 2503 | = | = | # | = | 1 | = | = | = | 4 | 2489 | ||
| 4 | Nagy, Gabor | GM | HUN | 2439 | = | = | # | = | = | = | = | 1 | 4 | 2458 | ||
| 5 | Xie, Felix | FM | NZL | 2379 | = | = | 0 | = | # | = | = | 1 | 3.5 | 2446 | ||
| 6 | Renjith, Sravan | IM | NZL | 2342 | 0 | = | = | = | # | = | 1 | = | 3.5 | 2409 | ||
| 7 | Stopa, Jacek | GM | POL | 2330 | = | = | = | = | = | # | 0 | = | 3 | 2389 | ||
| 8 | Morris, James | IM | AUS | 2422 | = | 0 | = | = | = | # | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2384 | ||
| 9 | Middelburg, Tom | IM | NZL | 2345 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | # | = | 2.5 | 2310 | ||
| 10 | Gong, Daniel Hanwen | FM | NZL | 2246 | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | = | 0 | = | # | 1.5 | 2204 | ||
The Muscat Nights International Chess takes place 15th to 23rd January 2026.
| Muscat Nights Int. 2026 Muscat OMA Thu 15th Jan 2026 - Fri 23rd Jan 2026
Leading Round 5 (of 9) Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 14 | Tarhan, Adar | IM | TUR | 2452 | 4.5 | 0 | 13.5 | 15.5 |
| 2 | 3 | Iniyan, Pa | GM | IND | 2595 | 4 | 0 | 14.5 | 15 |
| 3 | 12 | Akbas, Umut Ata | IM | TUR | 2464 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 16 |
| 4 | 1 | Pranesh, M | GM | IND | 2628 | 4 | 0 | 13.5 | 16 |
| 5 | 15 | Yadegar, Radin | FM | IRI | 2433 | 4 | 0 | 13.5 | 15.5 |
| 6 | 7 | Mozharov, Mikhail | GM | RUS | 2524 | 4 | 0 | 12.5 | 14.5 |
| 7 | 5 | Adly, Ahmed | GM | EGY | 2583 | 4 | 0 | 12.5 | 14 |
| 8 | 11 | Mayank, Chakraborty | IM | IND | 2468 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 13 |
| 9 | 41 | Chekh Adm Khedr, Aram | FM | SYR | 2139 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 12 |
| 10 | 13 | Fawzy, Adham | GM | EGY | 2462 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 11.5 |
| 11 | 2 | Mendonca, Leon Luke | GM | IND | 2615 | 3.5 | 0 | 16 | 19.5 |
| 12 | 6 | Naiditsch, Arkadij | GM | BUL | 2574 | 3.5 | 0 | 13 | 15.5 |
| 13 | 19 | Risteski, Emil | IM | MKD | 2406 | 3.5 | 0 | 13 | 14.5 |
| 14 | 23 | Rogov, Matfey | FM | RUS | 2368 | 3.5 | 0 | 12.5 | 14 |
| 15 | 9 | Suleymenov, Alisher | GM | KAZ | 2505 | 3.5 | 0 | 12 | 13.5 |
| 16 | 10 | Anuj, Shrivatri | IM | IND | 2481 | 3.5 | 0 | 12 | 13.5 |
| 17 | 24 | Kandil, Adham | GM | EGY | 2343 | 3.5 | 0 | 10.5 | 12 |
| 18 | 21 | Poormosavi, Seyed Kian | IM | IRI | 2393 | 3.5 | 0 | 10 | 10.5 |
| 19 | 22 | Jacobson, Aaron | IM | USA | 2371 | 3.5 | 0 | 9.5 | 11 |
| 20 | 32 | Abbasi Abeluie, Mohammad Mehdi | FM | IRI | 2241 | 3 | 0 | 14.5 | 15.5 |
| 21 | 68 | Biglarifard, Koorosh | CM | IRI | 2000 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 16.5 |
| 22 | 34 | Rami, Talab | SYR | 2173 | 3 | 0 | 13.5 | 15 | |
| 23 | 40 | Bhuvan, Krishna Prasanth | IND | 2143 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 13.5 | |
| 24 | 17 | Stupak, Kirill | GM | BLR | 2411 | 3 | 0 | 12.5 | 14.5 |
| 25 | 61 | Roshantab, Sadra | IRI | 2031 | 3 | 0 | 12.5 | 14.5 | |
| 26 | 18 | Labib, Ibrahim Hasan | IM | EGY | 2409 | 3 | 0 | 12.5 | 14 |
| 27 | 4 | Karthik, Venkataraman | GM | IND | 2595 | 3 | 0 | 11.5 | 14.5 |
| 28 | 37 | Poormosavi, Seyed Kanan | IRI | 2150 | 3 | 0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | |
| 29 | 38 | Seder, Mohammed | FM | PLE | 2148 | 3 | 0 | 10.5 | 11.5 |
| 30 | 29 | Khalesi, Vahid | FM | IRI | 2248 | 3 | 0 | 10.5 | 11 |
| 31 | 39 | Moradi, Behrooz | FM | IRI | 2145 | 3 | 0 | 9.5 | 10.5 |
| 32 | 31 | Yousry, Salah | FM | EGY | 2242 | 3 | 0 | 8.5 | 9 |
| 33 | 8 | Travadon, Loic | IM | FRA | 2507 | 2.5 | 0 | 14.5 | 16.5 |
| 34 | 30 | Ojas, Kulkarni | FM | IND | 2248 | 2.5 | 0 | 13.5 | 15 |
| 35 | 62 | Deak-Sala, Emilia | WFM | AUT | 2024 | 2.5 | 0 | 12.5 | 14.5 |
| 36 | 36 | Ahmad, Al Khatib | GM | JOR | 2155 | 2.5 | 0 | 12.5 | 14 |
| 37 | 20 | Borgaonkar, Akshay | IM | IND | 2397 | 2.5 | 0 | 12 | 14.5 |
| 38 | 45 | Abhinessh, S | IND | 2099 | 2.5 | 0 | 12 | 13.5 | |
| 39 | 44 | Warnier, Yanis | FRA | 2114 | 2.5 | 0 | 11.5 | 12 | |
| 40 | 25 | Sharon, Rafael | IM | ZAM | 2333 | 2.5 | 0 | 11 | 13 |
| 41 | 27 | Ezat, Mohamed | IM | EGY | 2294 | 2.5 | 0 | 10.5 | 12 |
| 42 | 33 | Habibifard, Parham | IRI | 2186 | 2.5 | 0 | 10.5 | 12 | |
| 43 | 58 | Shashish, Subbiah | AIM | IND | 2043 | 2.5 | 0 | 10.5 | 12 |
| 44 | 59 | Shivika, Rohilla | WFM | IND | 2041 | 2.5 | 0 | 10.5 | 11 |
| 45 | 35 | Devnani, Kush | IND | 2157 | 2.5 | 0 | 10 | 11 | |
| 46 | 66 | Khalafvand, Dorsa Sadat | WCM | IRI | 2007 | 2.5 | 0 | 9.5 | 11 |
| 47 | 50 | Velavaa, Ragavesh | CM | IND | 2076 | 2.5 | 0 | 9 | 9.5 |
| 48 | 43 | Kakavand, Ramtin | FM | IRI | 2118 | 2.5 | 0 | 8.5 | 9 |
| 49 | 52 | Samarth, Sreeni Warrier | IND | 2055 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 16.5 | |
| 50 | 51 | Samimi, Armin | FM | IRI | 2059 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 14 |
| 79 players | |||||||||
The Brazil Chess Series - Floripa takes place 17th to 25th January 2026.
| Brazil Chess - Floripa Florianopolis BRA Sat 17th Jan 2026 - Sun 25th Jan 2026
Leading Round 1 (of 10) Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 26 | Perez, Maximiliano | IM | ARG | 2373 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 49 | Lima, Stefan Moisei Vieira | FM | BRA | 2249 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 150 | Deretti, Lucas Jurk | NM | BRA | 1992 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 158 | Do Amaral, Gabriel Barbosa | BRA | 1979 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | 196 | De Souza, Mateus Nascimento | BRA | 1921 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | 226 | Oviedo Acosta, Paula | WFM | PAR | 1877 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 443 | Schappo, Fernanda Lais | BRA | 1547 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | 510 | Centenaro, Josue Faustini | BRA | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | 1 | Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo | GM | MEX | 2667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 2 | Tari, Aryan | GM | NOR | 2637 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 3 | Leitao, Rafael | GM | BRA | 2595 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 4 | Huschenbeth, Niclas | GM | GER | 2587 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 5 | Jacobson, Brandon | GM | USA | 2584 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 6 | Supi, Luis Paulo | GM | BRA | 2576 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 7 | Fier, Alexandr | GM | BRA | 2560 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 8 | Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag | GM | BRA | 2540 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 9 | Santiago, Yago De Moura | GM | BRA | 2505 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 10 | Delgado Ramirez, Neuris | GM | PAR | 2503 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | 11 | Elias Reyes, Jorge Roberto | IM | CUB | 2493 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | 12 | Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando | GM | ESP | 2486 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | 13 | Diamant, Andre | GM | BRA | 2482 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | 14 | Quintiliano, Renato R. | GM | BRA | 2480 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | 15 | Rodriguez Vila, Andres | GM | URU | 2449 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | 16 | Di Berardino, Diego Rafael | IM | BRA | 2447 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | 17 | Larino Nieto, David | GM | ESP | 2436 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | 18 | Vazquez, Facundo | IM | URU | 2420 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | 19 | Cubas, Jose | GM | PAR | 2410 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | 20 | Schnaider, Ilan | IM | ARG | 2403 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | 21 | Flores Quillas, Diego Saul Rodri | IM | PER | 2400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | 22 | Ticona Rocabado, Licael Roderick | IM | BOL | 2394 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | 23 | Melian, Juan Sebastian | FM | PAR | 2394 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | 24 | Filgueiras, Nathan Felipe | IM | BRA | 2392 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | 25 | Lima, Darcy | GM | BRA | 2378 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | 27 | Soriano Quispe, Ivan Excender | IM | PER | 2369 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | 28 | Sunye Neto, Jaime | GM | BRA | 2368 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | 29 | Vivas Zamora, Fabian Ernesto | IM | VEN | 2365 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | 30 | Umetsubo, Cesar Hidemitsu | IM | BRA | 2356 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | 31 | Matsuura, Everaldo | GM | BRA | 2353 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | 32 | Gemy, Jose Daniel | IM | BOL | 2347 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | 33 | Ibarra, Juan Martin | IM | ARG | 2344 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 540 players | |||||||||
The Budapest One Week January takes place 19th to 24th January 2026.
The Charlotte Open takes place 17th to 19th January 2026.
| Charlotte Open 2026 Charlotte USA Sat 17th Jan 2026 - Mon 19th Jan 2026
Leading Round 4 (of 6) Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Ti | Rtg | Pts |
| 1 | Preotu, Razvan | GM | 2606 | 4 |
| 2 | Liang, Awonder | GM | 2777 | 3.5 |
| 3 | Cordova, Emilio | GM | 2569 | 3.5 |
| 4 | Fishbein, Alexander | GM | 2494 | 3.5 |
| 5 | Chirilov, James | FM | 2336 | 3.5 |
| 6 | Bruzon, Lazaro | GM | 2604 | 3 |
| 7 | Prabhu, Naveen | 2376 | 3 | |
| 8 | Uz, Kagan | 2323 | 3 | |
| 9 | Kung, Thomas | 2319 | 3 | |
| 10 | Sanchez, Kelvin | FM | 2303 | 3 |
| 11 | Fishbein, Mitch | 2287 | 3 | |
| 12 | Bondalapati, Sri Vibhav | 2220 | 3 | |
| 13 | Jiang, Andrew | FM | 2372 | 2.5 |
| 14 | Horobetz, Graham | 2334 | 2.5 | |
| 15 | Panda, Vedic | 2325 | 2.5 | |
| 16 | Wu, Andrew | 2270 | 2.5 | |
| 17 | Mulay, Vivan | FM | 2236 | 2.5 |
| 18 | Ramirez, Robert | 2236 | 2.5 | |
| 19 | Prasanna, Advik | 2204 | 2.5 | |
| 20 | Wofford, Matthew | 2191 | 2.5 | |
| 21 | Wang, Aaron | 2177 | 2.5 | |
| 22 | Chu, Alex | FM | 2150 | 2.5 |
| 23 | Kumar, Sanjay | 2131 | 2.5 | |
| 24 | Manchanda, Advik | 2099 | 2.5 | |
| 25 | Chetlapalli, Vishnu | 2080 | 2.5 | |
| 26 | Diao, Matthew | FM | 2389 | 2 |
| 27 | Moon, Benjamin | FM | 2363 | 2 |
| 28 | Santosh, Saharsh | 2274 | 2 | |
| 29 | Gadi, Varun | 2244 | 2 | |
| 30 | Nguyen, James | 2243 | 2 | |
| 31 | Baliga, Zubin | 2169 | 2 | |
| 32 | Gurumoorthi, Gurugrahan | 2141 | 2 | |
| 33 | Duren, Andrew | 2126 | 2 | |
| 34 | Chen, Alan | 2109 | 2 | |
| 35 | Bates, Evan | 2108 | 2 | |
| 36 | Zhang, Andrew | 2103 | 2 | |
| 37 | Vuyyuru, Shriyan | 2071 | 2 | |
| 38 | Schmitz, David | 2044 | 2 | |
| 39 | Meadors, Landon | 2038 | 2 | |
| 40 | Santhosh, Pranav | 2034 | 2 | |
| 66 players | ||||
The Tigran Nalbandyan Memorial takes place 18th to 24th January 2026.
| Tigran Nalbandyan Mem Yerevan ARM Sun 18th Jan 2026 - Sat 24th Jan 2026
Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 5 | Okara, Andrey | RUS | 2329 | 2.5 | 4,25 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 8 | Hakobyan, Menua | ARM | 2313 | 2.5 | 2,25 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 9 | Mohammadian Sechani, Arshia | IRI | 2303 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | 1 | Sahakyan, Aleks | ARM | 2401 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | 7 | Manvelyan, Mikayel | ARM | 2377 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | 3 | Davtyan, Davit M. | ARM | 2350 | 1 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | 6 | Hakobyan, Erik | ARM | 2427 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | 2 | Aarit, Kapil | IND | 2133 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | 10 | Pashikyan, Rudolf | ARM | 2330 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | 4 | Petukhov, Dmitriy | RUS | 2214 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 players | ||||||||
The NY Marshall Winter Six Day takes place 14th to 19th January 2026.
| NY Marshall Winter GM A New York USA Wed 14th Jan 2026 - Mon 19th Jan 2026
Leading Round 7 (of 9) Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 |
| 1 | 5 | Matviishen, Viktor | GM | UKR | 2528 | 4.5 | 14 |
| 2 | 10 | Ozenir, Ekin Baris | IM | TUR | 2433 | 4 | 14 |
| 3 | 7 | Stremavicius, Titas | GM | LTU | 2552 | 4 | 13.5 |
| 4 | 6 | Lu, Maximillian | IM | USA | 2411 | 4 | 12.5 |
| 5 | 4 | Griffith, Kyron | IM | USA | 2419 | 4 | 12,25 |
| 6 | 8 | Mirzoev, Azer | GM | AZE | 2471 | 3.5 | 13,25 |
| 7 | 3 | Narayanan, Samrug | IM | USA | 2428 | 3.5 | 12 |
| 8 | 1 | Adewumi, Tanitoluwa | IM | USA | 2448 | 3 | 10 |
| 9 | 9 | Guo, Ethan | FM | USA | 2303 | 2.5 | 8,25 |
| 10 | 2 | Tanenbaum, Zachary | FM | USA | 2371 | 2 | 7,25 |
| 10 players | |||||||
| NY Marshall Winter GM A New York USA Wed 14th Jan 2026 - Mon 19th Jan 2026. Category: 8. Ave: (2436) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Matviishen, Viktor | GM | UKR | 2528 | # | = | = | = | = | 1 | 1 | = | 4.5 | 2528 | ||
| 2 | Ozenir, Ekin Baris | IM | TUR | 2433 | # | = | 1 | = | = | = | = | = | 4 | 2493 | ||
| 3 | Stremavicius, Titas | GM | LTU | 2552 | = | = | # | 0 | = | = | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2480 | ||
| 4 | Lu, Maximillian | IM | USA | 2411 | = | 0 | 1 | # | = | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2494 | ||
| 5 | Griffith, Kyron | IM | USA | 2419 | = | = | # | = | = | = | = | 1 | 4 | 2479 | ||
| 6 | Mirzoev, Azer | GM | AZE | 2471 | = | = | = | = | = | # | = | = | 3.5 | 2439 | ||
| 7 | Narayanan, Samrug | IM | USA | 2428 | = | = | = | = | # | 1 | 0 | = | 3.5 | 2425 | ||
| 8 | Adewumi, Tanitoluwa | IM | USA | 2448 | 0 | = | 0 | 1 | = | 0 | # | 1 | 3 | 2399 | ||
| 9 | Guo, Ethan | FM | USA | 2303 | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | = | 1 | # | = | 2.5 | 2352 | ||
| 10 | Tanenbaum, Zachary | FM | USA | 2371 | = | = | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | = | # | 2 | 2266 | ||
| NY Marshall Winter GM B New York USA Wed 14th Jan 2026 - Mon 19th Jan 2026
Leading Round 7 (of 9) Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 |
| 1 | 6 | Fus, Jakub | IM | POL | 2422 | 4.5 | 15 |
| 2 | 9 | De Silva, L M S T | IM | SRI | 2404 | 4.5 | 13,75 |
| 3 | 3 | Lin, Bryan Enming | FM | USA | 2340 | 4.5 | 12.5 |
| 4 | 2 | Koustav, Chatterjee | GM | IND | 2488 | 4 | 14,25 |
| 5 | 8 | Schitco, Ivan | GM | MDA | 2490 | 4 | 13 |
| 6 | 1 | Atwell, Rose | FM | USA | 2290 | 4 | 10.5 |
| 7 | 10 | Lenderman, Aleksandr | GM | USA | 2468 | 3.5 | 10,75 |
| 8 | 7 | Ludwig, John | IM | USA | 2344 | 3 | 9,25 |
| 9 | 5 | Hebbar, Eshaan | IM | USA | 2233 | 2 | 7 |
| 10 | 4 | Kaplan, Avi Harrison | FM | USA | 2372 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 players | |||||||
| NY Marshall Winter GM B New York USA Wed 14th Jan 2026 - Mon 19th Jan 2026. Category: 6. Ave: (2385) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Fus, Jakub | IM | POL | 2422 | # | = | = | = | = | = | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 2490 | ||
| 2 | De Silva, L M S T | IM | SRI | 2404 | = | # | 1 | = | = | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 2486 | ||
| 3 | Lin, Bryan Enming | FM | USA | 2340 | 0 | # | 0 | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 2494 | ||
| 4 | Koustav, Chatterjee | GM | IND | 2488 | = | = | 1 | # | = | = | = | = | 4 | 2411 | ||
| 5 | Schitco, Ivan | GM | MDA | 2490 | = | = | = | # | = | 1 | = | = | 4 | 2419 | ||
| 6 | Atwell, Rose | FM | USA | 2290 | = | 0 | = | # | = | = | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2431 | ||
| 7 | Lenderman, Aleksandr | GM | USA | 2468 | = | 0 | = | = | = | # | = | 1 | 3.5 | 2392 | ||
| 8 | Ludwig, John | IM | USA | 2344 | 0 | 1 | 0 | = | = | # | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2333 | ||
| 9 | Hebbar, Eshaan | IM | USA | 2233 | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | = | 0 | 1 | # | 2 | 2239 | ||
| 10 | Kaplan, Avi Harrison | FM | USA | 2372 | 0 | 0 | = | = | 0 | 0 | 0 | # | 1 | 2094 | ||
| NY Marshall Winter IM C New York USA Wed 14th Jan 2026 - Mon 19th Jan 2026
Leading Round 7 (of 9) Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 |
| 1 | 5 | Bortnyk, Mykola | IM | UKR | 2421 | 5.5 | 18,25 |
| 2 | 3 | Xu, Grant | FM | USA | 2289 | 5 | 14 |
| 3 | 1 | Kostolansky, Sebastian Lukas | IM | SVK | 2429 | 4.5 | 13.5 |
| 4 | 9 | Cherukuri, Nitesh | FM | USA | 2256 | 4 | 12,25 |
| 5 | 10 | Stremavicius, Pijus | IM | LTU | 2345 | 3.5 | 9,75 |
| 6 | 6 | Paragua, Megan Althea | FM | USA | 2222 | 3.5 | 9,25 |
| 7 | 7 | Peycheva, Gergana | FM | BUL | 2182 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | 4 | Hoffman, Luc | CM | USA | 2172 | 2.5 | 7 |
| 9 | 8 | Adam, Rafael | CM | CAN | 2291 | 2 | 7,25 |
| 10 | 2 | Ho, Carter | CM | USA | 2267 | 1.5 | 4,25 |
| 10 players | |||||||
| NY Marshall Winter IM C New York USA Wed 14th Jan 2026 - Mon 19th Jan 2026. Category: 2. Ave: (2287) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Bortnyk, Mykola | IM | UKR | 2421 | # | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 2507 | ||
| 2 | Xu, Grant | FM | USA | 2289 | 0 | # | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2470 | ||
| 3 | Kostolansky, Sebastian Lukas | IM | SVK | 2429 | = | 0 | # | = | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 2373 | ||
| 4 | Cherukuri, Nitesh | FM | USA | 2256 | 0 | 1 | # | = | = | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2313 | ||
| 5 | Stremavicius, Pijus | IM | LTU | 2345 | 0 | = | # | = | 1 | 0 | 1 | = | 3.5 | 2265 | ||
| 6 | Paragua, Megan Althea | FM | USA | 2222 | 0 | 0 | = | = | # | 1 | = | 1 | 3.5 | 2313 | ||
| 7 | Peycheva, Gergana | FM | BUL | 2182 | 1 | = | = | 0 | 0 | # | = | = | 3 | 2255 | ||
| 8 | Hoffman, Luc | CM | USA | 2172 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | = | # | 1 | 0 | 2.5 | 2192 | ||
| 9 | Adam, Rafael | CM | CAN | 2291 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | = | = | 0 | # | 2 | 2112 | ||
| 10 | Ho, Carter | CM | USA | 2267 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | 1 | # | 1.5 | 2075 | ||
| NY Marshall Winter IM D New York USA Wed 14th Jan 2026 - Mon 19th Jan 2026
Leading Round 7 (of 9) Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 |
| 1 | 10 | Bilych, Oleksii | IM | UKR | 2449 | 5 | 16,25 |
| 2 | 6 | Paragua, Mark | GM | PHI | 2403 | 5 | 14,25 |
| 3 | 4 | Latorre, Vincent | FM | CAN | 2301 | 4.5 | 12,25 |
| 4 | 1 | Munkhzul, Davaakhuu | WIM | MGL | 2124 | 4 | 14.5 |
| 5 | 2 | Singh, Hersh | FM | USA | 2185 | 4 | 13.5 |
| 6 | 3 | Goodrich, Elliott | USA | 2165 | 3.5 | 12,75 | |
| 7 | 5 | Adamson, Robby | FM | USA | 2188 | 3.5 | 8,75 |
| 8 | 8 | Barbosa, Oliver | GM | PHI | 2396 | 2.5 | 6,75 |
| 9 | 9 | Nasta, Kiren Vivek | USA | 2089 | 2 | 5 | |
| 10 | 7 | Shangin, Lev | USA | 2185 | 1 | 3 | |
| 10 players | |||||||
| NY Marshall Winter IM D New York USA Wed 14th Jan 2026 - Mon 19th Jan 2026. Category: None. Ave: (2249) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Bilych, Oleksii | IM | UKR | 2449 | # | = | 1 | = | = | = | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2409 | ||
| 2 | Paragua, Mark | GM | PHI | 2403 | = | # | 0 | 1 | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2389 | ||
| 3 | Latorre, Vincent | FM | CAN | 2301 | 0 | # | = | 1 | = | 1 | = | 1 | 4.5 | 2330 | ||
| 4 | Munkhzul, Davaakhuu | WIM | MGL | 2124 | = | 1 | = | # | = | 0 | = | 1 | 4 | 2318 | ||
| 5 | Singh, Hersh | FM | USA | 2185 | = | 0 | 0 | = | # | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2296 | ||
| 6 | Goodrich, Elliott | USA | 2165 | = | = | 1 | 0 | # | = | = | = | 3.5 | 2247 | |||
| 7 | Adamson, Robby | FM | USA | 2188 | 0 | = | 0 | = | # | 1 | 1 | = | 3.5 | 2221 | ||
| 8 | Barbosa, Oliver | GM | PHI | 2396 | 0 | = | 0 | = | 0 | # | 1 | = | 2.5 | 2152 | ||
| 9 | Nasta, Kiren Vivek | USA | 2089 | 0 | = | 0 | = | 0 | 0 | # | 1 | 2 | 2102 | |||
| 10 | Shangin, Lev | USA | 2185 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | = | 0 | # | 1 | 1970 | |||
The Odisha Open takes place 16th to 24th January 2026.
| Odisha Open Cat.A 2026 Bhubaneswar IND Fri 16th Jan 2026 - Sat 24th Jan 2026
Leading Round 5 (of 10) Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 13 | Srihari, L | IM | IND | 2358 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 16 |
| 2 | 20 | Gomez Sanchez, Jorge Marcos | IM | CUB | 2298 | 4.5 | 14.5 | 17 | 15 |
| 3 | 1 | Gupta, Abhijeet | GM | IND | 2500 | 4.5 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 13,25 |
| 4 | 18 | Gochelashvili, David | IM | RUS | 2316 | 4.5 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 13,25 |
| 5 | 23 | Madhvendra, Pratap Sharma | CM | IND | 2284 | 4.5 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 12.5 |
| 6 | 12 | Nguyen, Van Huy | GM | VIE | 2360 | 4.5 | 12.5 | 13 | 11.5 |
| 7 | 118 | Vivaan, Vijay Saraogi | CM | IND | 1951 | 4 | 15.5 | 18.5 | 14.5 |
| 8 | 57 | Aarav, Saish Amonkar | IND | 2079 | 4 | 15 | 17.5 | 12.5 | |
| 9 | 11 | Fedorov, Alexei | GM | BLR | 2377 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 12 |
| 10 | 14 | Otero Acosta, Diasmany | IM | CUB | 2341 | 4 | 14.5 | 17 | 13,25 |
| 11 | 6 | Vignesh, Advaith Vemula | IM | IND | 2434 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 12,25 |
| 12 | 27 | Manik, Mikulas | GM | SVK | 2251 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 12 |
| 13 | 3 | Srihari, L R | GM | IND | 2472 | 4 | 14 | 15.5 | 11,25 |
| 14 | 8 | Nguyen, Duc Hoa | GM | VIE | 2416 | 4 | 13.5 | 16.5 | 13,25 |
| 15 | 5 | Ayush, Sharma | IM | IND | 2454 | 4 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 11,75 |
| 16 | 61 | Jaiswal, Rupesh | FM | NEP | 2076 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 11 |
| 17 | 4 | Savchenko, Boris | GM | RUS | 2464 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 10,75 |
| 18 | 9 | Aleksandrov, Aleksej | GM | BLR | 2409 | 4 | 12.5 | 15 | 11 |
| 19 | 51 | Adhiraj, Mitra | AIM | IND | 2101 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 10 |
| 20 | 100 | Venkatesh, Das | AIM | IND | 1986 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 8.5 |
| 21 | 46 | Alekhya, Mukhopadhyay | IND | 2126 | 4 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 7.5 | |
| 22 | 56 | Krishay, Jain | IND | 2088 | 4 | 11 | 12.5 | 8.5 | |
| 23 | 19 | Dhananjay, S | FM | IND | 2299 | 4 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 6.5 |
| 24 | 10 | Mehar, Chinna Reddy C.H. | IM | IND | 2384 | 3.5 | 15 | 18 | 11,75 |
| 25 | 31 | Palencia Morales, Wilson Guillermo | IM | COL | 2207 | 3.5 | 14 | 16 | 10 |
| 26 | 7 | Burmakin, Vladimir | GM | RUS | 2428 | 3.5 | 14 | 16 | 9,75 |
| 27 | 2 | Chanda, Sandipan | GM | IND | 2490 | 3.5 | 14 | 16 | 9,75 |
| 28 | 16 | Slizhevsky, Alexander | IM | RUS | 2338 | 3.5 | 13 | 15 | 9,25 |
| 29 | 44 | Balkishan, A. | IND | 2134 | 3.5 | 13 | 15 | 9,25 | |
| 30 | 78 | Abhinav, Anand | IND | 2030 | 3.5 | 13 | 15 | 8.5 | |
| 31 | 41 | Advik, Amit Agrawal | CM | IND | 2158 | 3.5 | 13 | 14.5 | 9 |
| 32 | 17 | Tologon Tegin, Semetei | IM | KGZ | 2322 | 3.5 | 13 | 14.5 | 8 |
| 33 | 82 | Goutham, Ramesh | IND | 2023 | 3.5 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 9,25 | |
| 34 | 77 | Ritabrata, Chakraborty | IND | 2032 | 3.5 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 8,75 | |
| 35 | 25 | Arnav, Agrawal | IND | 2258 | 3.5 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 7,75 | |
| 36 | 176 | Rishabh, Kumar | IND | 1872 | 3.5 | 12 | 14 | 9.5 | |
| 37 | 108 | Nidhish, Shyamal | IND | 1975 | 3.5 | 12 | 14 | 9,25 | |
| 38 | 174 | Kota, Kalpak Harsha Keertan | IND | 1875 | 3.5 | 12 | 14 | 8,75 | |
| 39 | 117 | Vigneshwaran, S | IND | 1952 | 3.5 | 12 | 14 | 8,25 | |
| 40 | 149 | Mani, Bharathy | AGM | IND | 1914 | 3.5 | 11.5 | 14 | 9.5 |
| 220 players | |||||||||
The Orsha Masters takes place 18th to 25th January 2026.
| Orsha Masters 2026 Orsha BLR Sun 18th Jan 2026 - Sun 25th Jan 2026
Leading Round 1 (of 9) Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 5 | Yezhel, Valiantsin | FID | 2225 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Khamitskiy, Sergei | BLR | 2241 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | 1 | Potapova, Margarita | FID | 2265 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2 | Kushko, Dmitriy | IRL | 2449 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| 4 | Fomkin, Dmitry | RUS | 2407 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| 7 | Scheglov, Gleb | FID | 2354 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| 9 | Korzubov, Peter | BLR | 2323 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| 10 | Gerasimov, Kirill An. | RUS | 2050 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| 9 | 3 | Fotchenkov, Timofey | RUS | 1949 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Gafurov, Aidan | FID | 2125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 players | ||||||||
The Fantastico GM Mix 13 takes place 17th to 22nd January 2026.
| Fantastico GM Mix 13 2026 Senta SRB Sat 17th Jan 2026 - Thu 22nd Jan 2026
Leading Round 4 (of 9) Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 |
| 1 | 7 | Meng Yihan | IM | CHN | 2455 | 3.5 | 9.5 |
| 2 | 11 | Atalik Suat | GM | SRB | 2407 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | 1 | Afanasiev Nikita | GM | RUS | 2541 | 3 | 9.5 |
| 4 | 5 | Dau Khuong Duy | IM | VIE | 2489 | 3 | 9.5 |
| 5 | 12 | Bukreev Stanislav | FM | RUS | 2405 | 3 | 9.5 |
| 6 | 9 | Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy | IM | IND | 2452 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | 2 | Vaz Ethan | IM | IND | 2516 | 3 | 8.5 |
| 8 | 3 | Bryakin Mikhail | GM | SRB | 2502 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | 54 | Preobrazhenskaya Diana | WFM | FID | 2131 | 3 | 8 |
| 10 | 6 | Shabalov Alexander | GM | USA | 2470 | 3 | 7.5 |
| 11 | 8 | Jiang Haochen | IM | CHN | 2454 | 3 | 6.5 |
| 12 | 27 | Vivaan Vishal Shah | FM | IND | 2321 | 2.5 | 9.5 |
| 13 | 4 | Tsydypov Zhamsaran | GM | RUS | 2495 | 2.5 | 8 |
| 14 | 19 | Podolchenko Evgeniy | GM | BLR | 2361 | 2.5 | 8 |
| 15 | 29 | Vershinin Igor | FM | RUS | 2297 | 2.5 | 8 |
| 16 | 56 | Fisher Timofey | FID | 2127 | 2.5 | 8 | |
| 17 | 10 | Apoorv Kamble | FM | IND | 2419 | 2.5 | 7.5 |
| 18 | 49 | Yonal Timur | FM | TUR | 2173 | 2.5 | 7 |
| 19 | 18 | Daaevik Wadhawan | IM | IND | 2370 | 2.5 | 6 |
| 20 | 20 | Sutormin Danila | FM | RUS | 2357 | 2 | 11.5 |
| 21 | 15 | Yermolinsky Alex | GM | USA | 2380 | 2 | 10 |
| 22 | 17 | Rosh Jain | FM | IND | 2373 | 2 | 10 |
| 23 | 39 | Ribeiro Gustavo | FM | POR | 2250 | 2 | 9.5 |
| 24 | 13 | Yurovskykh Oleksandr | FM | UKR | 2395 | 2 | 9 |
| 25 | 22 | Kosic Dragan | GM | MNE | 2349 | 2 | 8.5 |
| 26 | 26 | Yurasov Matfey | FM | FID | 2326 | 2 | 8.5 |
| 27 | 36 | Zhong Kangmin | FM | CHN | 2260 | 2 | 8.5 |
| 28 | 21 | Xie Jianjun | FM | CHN | 2357 | 2 | 8 |
| 29 | 24 | Postnikov Artem | FM | RUS | 2334 | 2 | 8 |
| 30 | 28 | Drazic Sinisa | GM | SRB | 2298 | 2 | 8 |
| 31 | 30 | Prishita Gupta | FM | IND | 2287 | 2 | 8 |
| 32 | 45 | Baghdasaryan Davit | ARM | 2203 | 2 | 8 | |
| 33 | 50 | Popchev Milko | GM | BUL | 2172 | 2 | 8 |
| 34 | 53 | Phatak Aanjaneya | IND | 2154 | 2 | 8 | |
| 35 | 40 | Tregubenko Nikolay | FM | FID | 2246 | 2 | 7.5 |
| 36 | 57 | Sachi Jain | WFM | IND | 2116 | 2 | 7 |
| 37 | 14 | Sedlak Nikola | GM | SRB | 2390 | 2 | 5.5 |
| 38 | 35 | Adarsh Tripathi | IM | IND | 2262 | 1.5 | 9.5 |
| 39 | 31 | Maslovskiy Vladimir | FM | FID | 2283 | 1.5 | 9 |
| 40 | 25 | Raicevic Vladimir | GM | SRB | 2331 | 1.5 | 8.5 |
| 58 players | |||||||
There was a match between Levy Rozman and Julien Song, 2 classical, 4 rapid and 8 blitz. The Classical games were tied, Levy won the rapid 2-1 with a draw and the blitz 6-2.
| Gotham vs. Song Classical Madrid ESP Thu 15th Jan 2026 - Sun 18th Jan 2026
Leading Final Round 2 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Ti | Rtg | 1 | 2 | Pts |
| 1 | Rozman, Levy | IM | 2323 | = | = | 3 |
| 1 | Song, Julien | IM | 2320 | = | = | 3 |
| 2 players | ||||||
| Gotham vs. Song Rapid Madrid ESP Thu 15th Jan 2026 - Sun 18th Jan 2026
Leading Final Round 4 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Ti | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Pts |
| 1 | Rozman, Levy | IM | 2323 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Song, Julien | IM | 2320 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 players | ||||||||
| Gotham vs. Song Blitz Madrid ESP Thu 15th Jan 2026 - Sun 18th Jan 2026
Leading Final Round 8 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Ti | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pts |
| 1 | Rozman, Levy | IM | 2323 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Song, Julien | IM | 2320 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 players | ||||||||||||
The 16th Andranik Margaryan Memorial took place 9th to 17th January 2026. Varshney Aaryan won the GM event with 7/9. Erik Chaqryan edged out Edgar Hayrapetyan and Stefan Pogosyan on tie-break in the IM event after all scored 6/9.
| Andranik Margaryan Mem GM Yerevan ARM Fri 9th Jan 2026 - Sat 17th Jan 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 2 | Aaryan, Varshney | IND | 2513 | 7 | 29 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | 3 | Goganov, Aleksey | RUS | 2487 | 5.5 | 20,25 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | 8 | Lashkin, Jegor | MDA | 2494 | 5 | 22 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | 1 | Agasarov, Benik | ARM | 2403 | 5 | 21,75 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | 6 | Sukiasyan, Vahe A. | ARM | 2442 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | 10 | Hakobyan, Erik | ARM | 2427 | 4.5 | 19,25 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | 9 | Hayrapetyan, Hovik | ARM | 2407 | 4.5 | 17,25 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | 4 | Nozdrachev, Vladislav | RUS | 2514 | 3.5 | 12,75 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | 7 | Ambartsumian, Tyhran | ARM | 2375 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | 5 | Sahakyan, Aleks | ARM | 2401 | 2 | 9,75 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 players | ||||||||
| Andranik Margaryan Mem GM Yerevan ARM Fri 9th Jan 2026 - Sat 17th Jan 2026. Category: 8. Ave: (2446) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Aaryan, Varshney | IM | IND | 2513 | # | 1 | = | = | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | = | 1 | 7 | 2659 |
| 2 | Goganov, Aleksey | GM | RUS | 2487 | 0 | # | 0 | = | = | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 2522 |
| 3 | Lashkin, Jegor | GM | MDA | 2494 | = | 1 | # | 0 | = | = | = | 1 | = | = | 5 | 2484 |
| 4 | Agasarov, Benik | IM | ARM | 2403 | = | = | 1 | # | = | 0 | = | = | 1 | = | 5 | 2494 |
| 5 | Sukiasyan, Vahe A. | IM | ARM | 2442 | = | = | = | = | # | 0 | = | 1 | 1 | = | 5 | 2490 |
| 6 | Hakobyan, Erik | IM | ARM | 2427 | 0 | = | = | 1 | 1 | # | 0 | 0 | 1 | = | 4.5 | 2448 |
| 7 | Hayrapetyan, Hovik | GM | ARM | 2407 | 0 | 0 | = | = | = | 1 | # | = | = | 1 | 4.5 | 2451 |
| 8 | Nozdrachev, Vladislav | IM | RUS | 2514 | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | 1 | = | # | = | 1 | 3.5 | 2359 |
| 9 | Ambartsumian, Tyhran | FM | ARM | 2375 | = | 0 | = | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | = | # | 1 | 3 | 2329 |
| 10 | Sahakyan, Aleks | IM | ARM | 2401 | 0 | 0 | = | = | = | = | 0 | 0 | 0 | # | 2 | 2231 |
| Andranik Margaryan Mem IM Yerevan ARM Fri 9th Jan 2026 - Sat 17th Jan 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 2 | Chaqryan, Erik | ARM | 2362 | 6 | 25,75 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | 10 | Hayrapetyan, Edgar | ARM | 2346 | 6 | 24,75 | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | Pogosyan, Stefan | ARM | 2368 | 6 | 24,25 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | 1 | Melnikov, Fedor | RUS | 2315 | 4.5 | 20 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | 7 | Ivanov, Sergey | RUS | 2438 | 4.5 | 19,25 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | 6 | Barseghyan, Armen Ar. | ARM | 2335 | 4.5 | 18,25 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | 9 | Hovakimyan, Vache | ARM | 2277 | 4 | 16.5 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | 4 | Kornienko, Konstantin | RUS | 2416 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | 5 | Bagaturov, Giorgi | GEO | 2311 | 3 | 13,25 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | 8 | Arakelyan, Manvel | ARM | 2339 | 2.5 | 11 | 5 | 0 |
| 10 players | ||||||||
| Andranik Margaryan Mem IM Yerevan ARM Fri 9th Jan 2026 - Sat 17th Jan 2026. Category: 5. Ave: (2351) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Chaqryan, Erik | FM | ARM | 2362 | # | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | = | 1 | = | 6 | 2474 |
| 2 | Hayrapetyan, Edgar | FM | ARM | 2346 | 1 | # | 0 | = | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | = | 1 | 6 | 2476 |
| 3 | Pogosyan, Stefan | IM | ARM | 2368 | 0 | 1 | # | = | 0 | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2474 |
| 4 | Melnikov, Fedor | FM | FID | 2315 | 0 | = | = | # | = | 1 | 1 | = | 0 | = | 4.5 | 2355 |
| 5 | Ivanov, Sergey | GM | RUS | 2438 | 0 | 0 | 1 | = | # | = | 1 | = | = | = | 4.5 | 2341 |
| 6 | Barseghyan, Armen Ar. | IM | ARM | 2335 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | = | # | 1 | = | = | 1 | 4.5 | 2352 |
| 7 | Hovakimyan, Vache | FM | ARM | 2277 | 1 | 0 | = | 0 | 0 | 0 | # | = | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2316 |
| 8 | Kornienko, Konstantin | FM | RUS | 2416 | = | 0 | 0 | = | = | = | = | # | 1 | = | 4 | 2300 |
| 9 | Bagaturov, Giorgi | GM | GEO | 2311 | 0 | = | 0 | 1 | = | = | 0 | 0 | # | = | 3 | 2230 |
| 10 | Arakelyan, Manvel | FM | ARM | 2339 | = | 0 | 0 | = | = | 0 | 0 | = | = | # | 2.5 | 2186 |
The 24th Prague Open took place 9th to 16th January 2026. Luca Jr Moroni won with 7.5/9.
| 24th Prague Open 2026 Prague CZE Fri 9th Jan 2026 - Fri 16th Jan 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 1 | Moroni, Luca Jr | GM | ITA | 2560 | 7.5 | 48.5 | 50 | 41,25 |
| 2 | 2 | Neelash, Saha | IM | IND | 2474 | 7 | 50 | 55 | 41 |
| 3 | 11 | Pankiv, Maksym | FM | UKR | 2296 | 7 | 47.5 | 52 | 38.5 |
| 4 | 3 | Prokofiev, Valentyn | IM | UKR | 2464 | 6.5 | 52 | 56 | 38.5 |
| 5 | 4 | Poetsch, Hagen | GM | GER | 2441 | 6.5 | 50.5 | 53 | 36.5 |
| 6 | 8 | Kuegel, Tobias | IM | GER | 2388 | 6.5 | 48.5 | 53 | 37 |
| 7 | 14 | Karwowski, Kacper | CM | POL | 2267 | 6.5 | 47 | 51 | 34,75 |
| 8 | 25 | Ouaki, Mark | BEL | 2128 | 6.5 | 45 | 50 | 36,25 | |
| 9 | 23 | Terhuven, Patrick | GER | 2167 | 6.5 | 45 | 48 | 32,25 | |
| 10 | 5 | Korneev, Oleg | GM | ESP | 2427 | 6.5 | 43 | 49.5 | 34 |
| 11 | 29 | Klys, Kacper | CM | POL | 2076 | 6.5 | 43 | 46.5 | 31.5 |
| 12 | 7 | Stojanovic, Mihajlo | GM | SRB | 2388 | 6.5 | 42.5 | 46.5 | 33 |
| 13 | 69 | Bohatyrov, Mykola | CZE | 1953 | 6.5 | 38 | 39.5 | 29,25 | |
| 14 | 12 | Tolmacevs, Artjoms | FM | LAT | 2293 | 6 | 46.5 | 50.5 | 32 |
| 15 | 20 | Gunebakan, Yunus Emre | TUR | 2182 | 6 | 46.5 | 50.5 | 29,75 | |
| 16 | 6 | Dobosiewicz, Dawid | FM | POL | 2391 | 6 | 46.5 | 50 | 30,25 |
| 17 | 39 | Didmanidze, Tengiz | GEO | 2042 | 6 | 44.5 | 49 | 30 | |
| 18 | 30 | Lieberwirth, Kasimir | GER | 2071 | 6 | 44.5 | 47.5 | 30 | |
| 19 | 33 | Ejsymont, Blanka | WFM | POL | 2051 | 6 | 43.5 | 46.5 | 27,75 |
| 20 | 45 | Peglau, Paul David | GER | 2022 | 6 | 43 | 44.5 | 25,75 | |
| 21 | 9 | Lalic, Bogdan | GM | CRO | 2320 | 6 | 42 | 46 | 29,75 |
| 22 | 60 | Korniichuk, Oleksandra | CZE | 1980 | 6 | 37.5 | 40.5 | 26.5 | |
| 23 | 24 | Lihotsky, Lukas | CZE | 2135 | 5.5 | 46 | 49.5 | 27 | |
| 24 | 22 | Krivanek, Vladimir | CZE | 2179 | 5.5 | 45.5 | 49.5 | 26,75 | |
| 25 | 10 | Lukiyanchuk, Vladislav | UKR | 2299 | 5.5 | 45.5 | 48.5 | 26,25 | |
| 26 | 54 | Badenhorst, Chloe | WFM | RSA | 1997 | 5.5 | 43.5 | 47.5 | 27,75 |
| 27 | 55 | Munier, Alexis | FRA | 1996 | 5.5 | 42.5 | 48 | 27,25 | |
| 28 | 15 | Mueer, Sebastian | GER | 2206 | 5.5 | 42.5 | 47 | 26.5 | |
| 29 | 17 | Andre, Tomas | CM | SVK | 2202 | 5.5 | 42.5 | 46 | 25 |
| 30 | 19 | Svadlenka, Dominik | FM | CZE | 2185 | 5.5 | 41.5 | 45 | 26 |
| 31 | 32 | Ghazaryan, Raffi | ARM | 2063 | 5.5 | 40.5 | 43.5 | 22 | |
| 32 | 126 | Rabiej, Mateusz | POL | 1765 | 5.5 | 40 | 42 | 20,75 | |
| 33 | 65 | Bartak, Josef | CZE | 1963 | 5.5 | 40 | 41.5 | 22.5 | |
| 34 | 16 | Mannion, Stephen R | IM | SCO | 2202 | 5.5 | 39.5 | 45 | 25.5 |
| 35 | 86 | Simakhin, Martin | CZE | 1906 | 5.5 | 39.5 | 41.5 | 21,75 | |
| 36 | 44 | Engert, Marvin | GER | 2023 | 5.5 | 37.5 | 41 | 24 | |
| 37 | 27 | Novotny, David | CZE | 2093 | 5.5 | 36.5 | 40 | 25 | |
| 38 | 52 | Jiricek, Jakub | CZE | 2006 | 5.5 | 36.5 | 39 | 21,75 | |
| 39 | 59 | Marcinkowski, Adam | POL | 1983 | 5.5 | 36 | 39.5 | 21.5 | |
| 40 | 134 | Lee, Onbin | KOR | 1708 | 5.5 | 35.5 | 39 | 22,25 | |
| 150 players | |||||||||
The 41st Tamil Nadu IM took place 9th to 14th January 2026. Aleksej Aleksandrov, won with 7.5/9.
| 41st Tamil Nadu IM 2026 Chennai IND Fri 9th Jan 2026 - Wed 14th Jan 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 7 | Aleksandrov, Aleksej | GM | BLR | 2409 | 7.5 | 0 | 31,25 | 6 |
| 2 | 2 | Gomez Sanchez, Jorge Marcos | IM | CUB | 2298 | 6.5 | 0 | 26.5 | 5 |
| 3 | 3 | Vaibhav, Jayant Raut | FM | IND | 2344 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 3 |
| 4 | 6 | Hari, Ganesh T | CM | IND | 2240 | 4.5 | 1 | 17.5 | 3 |
| 5 | 8 | Madhesh, Kumar S | FM | IND | 2324 | 4.5 | 2 | 18,25 | 3 |
| 6 | 1 | Ashwin, Sairam | FM | IND | 2305 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 2 |
| 7 | 4 | Palencia Morales, Wilson Guillermo | IM | COL | 2207 | 3.5 | 1 | 12,75 | 2 |
| 8 | 5 | Pranav, K P | FM | IND | 2368 | 3.5 | 2 | 12,75 | 2 |
| 9 | 9 | Claverie, Raul | IM | ARG | 2185 | 3 | 0 | 14.5 | 0 |
| 10 | 10 | Rahman, Yehya | IM | EGY | 1974 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| 10 players | |||||||||
| 41st Tamil Nadu IM 2026 Chennai IND Fri 9th Jan 2026 - Wed 14th Jan 2026. Category: 1. Ave: (2265) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Aleksandrov, Aleksej | GM | BLR | 2409 | # | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | = | = | 7.5 | 2522 |
| 2 | Gomez Sanchez, Jorge Marcos | IM | CUB | 2298 | = | # | 1 | 0 | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | = | 1 | 6.5 | 2428 |
| 3 | Vaibhav, Jayant Raut | FM | IND | 2344 | 0 | 0 | # | 1 | 1 | = | = | = | 1 | = | 5 | 2300 |
| 4 | Madhesh Kumar S | FM | IND | 2324 | 0 | 1 | 0 | # | 0 | = | 1 | = | 1 | = | 4.5 | 2259 |
| 5 | Hari Ganesh T | CM | IND | 2240 | 0 | = | 0 | 1 | # | 0 | = | 1 | = | 1 | 4.5 | 2268 |
| 6 | Ashwin Sairam | FM | IND | 2305 | 0 | 0 | = | = | 1 | # | = | 1 | = | 0 | 4 | 2218 |
| 7 | Pranav K P | FM | IND | 2368 | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | = | = | # | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.5 | 2174 |
| 8 | Palencia Morales, Wilson Guillermo | IM | COL | 2207 | 0 | 0 | = | = | 0 | 0 | 1 | # | = | 1 | 3.5 | 2192 |
| 9 | Claverie, Raul | IM | ARG | 2185 | = | = | 0 | 0 | = | = | 0 | = | # | = | 3 | 2149 |
| 10 | Rahman, Yehya | IM | EGY | 1974 | = | 0 | = | = | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | = | # | 3 | 2173 |
The 42nd Tamil Nadu IM took place 9th to 14th January 2026. NR Jaidambareesh won on tie-break from Mahendru Jaiveer and Harshad after all scored 6.5/9.
| 42nd Tamil Nadu IM 2026 Chennai IND Fri 9th Jan 2026 - Wed 14th Jan 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 2 | Jaidambareesh, N R | CM | IND | 2293 | 6.5 | 1 | 27,75 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | Jaiveer, Mahendru | FM | IND | 2247 | 6.5 | 2 | 24,25 | 6 |
| 3 | 9 | Harshad, S | FM | IND | 2364 | 6.5 | 3 | 25,75 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | Burmakin, Vladimir | GM | RUS | 2428 | 5.5 | 0 | 22,75 | 4 |
| 5 | 5 | Manik, Mikulas | GM | SVK | 2251 | 4.5 | 0 | 17 | 3 |
| 6 | 8 | Elgabry, Mohsen | IM | EGY | 2177 | 3.5 | 1 | 12,75 | 3 |
| 7 | 7 | Sri, Sai Baswanth P | IND | 2268 | 3.5 | 2 | 16 | 2 | |
| 8 | 6 | Gochelashvili, David | IM | RUS | 2316 | 3 | 1 | 9.5 | 2 |
| 9 | 4 | Dinesh, Rajan M | FM | IND | 2342 | 3 | 2 | 10.5 | 3 |
| 10 | 10 | Hemanth, Raam | IND | 2258 | 2.5 | 0 | 12,75 | 1 | |
| 10 players | |||||||||
| 42nd Tamil Nadu IM 2026 Chennai IND Fri 9th Jan 2026 - Wed 14th Jan 2026. Category: 2. Ave: (2294) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Jaidambareesh N R | CM | IND | 2293 | # | = | 1 | = | 1 | = | = | 1 | 1 | = | 6.5 | 2461 |
| 2 | Harshad, S | FM | IND | 2364 | = | # | 0 | 1 | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | = | 6.5 | 2453 |
| 3 | Jaiveer, Mahendru | FM | IND | 2247 | 0 | 1 | # | 0 | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | 2466 |
| 4 | Burmakin, Vladimir | GM | RUS | 2428 | = | 0 | 1 | # | = | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | = | 5.5 | 2360 |
| 5 | Manik, Mikulas | GM | SVK | 2251 | 0 | 0 | = | = | # | 1 | 1 | 0 | = | 1 | 4.5 | 2299 |
| 6 | Sri, Sai Baswanth P | IND | 2268 | = | = | 0 | 1 | 0 | # | 0 | 0 | = | 1 | 3.5 | 2217 | |
| 7 | Elgabry, Mohsen | IM | EGY | 2177 | = | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | # | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.5 | 2227 |
| 8 | Dinesh, Rajan M | FM | IND | 2342 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | # | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2164 |
| 9 | Gochelashvili, David | IM | RUS | 2316 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | = | 0 | 1 | # | 1 | 3 | 2167 |
| 10 | Hemanth, Raam | IND | 2258 | = | = | 0 | = | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | # | 2.5 | 2132 | |
The 43rd Tamil Nadu IM took place 9th to 14th January 2026. Alexei Fedorov won with 7.5/9.
| 43rd Tamil Nadu IM 2026 Chennai IND Fri 9th Jan 2026 - Wed 14th Jan 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 9 | Fedorov, Alexei | GM | BLR | 2377 | 7.5 | 0 | 29.5 | 6 |
| 2 | 7 | Slizhevsky, Alexander | IM | RUS | 2338 | 5.5 | 0 | 22,75 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | Tologon Tegin, Semetei | IM | KGZ | 2322 | 5.5 | 0 | 21 | 4 |
| 4 | 8 | Sherla, Prathamesh | CM | IND | 2259 | 5 | 1 | 19,25 | 4 |
| 5 | 6 | Prasannaa.S, | FM | IND | 2183 | 5 | 2 | 23,25 | 3 |
| 6 | 4 | Daakshin, Arun | FM | IND | 2304 | 4.5 | 0 | 17,25 | 2 |
| 7 | 3 | Jai, Sankar Subramanian | FM | IND | 2215 | 4 | 1 | 14.5 | 2 |
| 8 | 1 | Jinan, Jomon | FM | IND | 2323 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 3 |
| 9 | 5 | Sobh, Amrou | IM | EGY | 2001 | 2 | 0 | 8,25 | 1 |
| 10 | 10 | Jaiswal, Rupesh | FM | NEP | 2076 | 2 | 0 | 8,25 | 0 |
| 10 players | |||||||||
| 43rd Tamil Nadu IM 2026 Chennai IND Fri 9th Jan 2026 - Wed 14th Jan 2026. Category: None. Ave: (2240) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Fedorov, Alexei | GM | BLR | 2377 | # | = | = | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.5 | 2498 |
| 2 | Slizhevsky, Alexander | IM | RUS | 2338 | = | # | = | = | = | = | 1 | = | = | 1 | 5.5 | 2309 |
| 3 | Tologon tegin, Semetei | IM | KGZ | 2322 | = | = | # | 0 | 0 | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 2311 |
| 4 | Prasannaa, S | FM | IND | 2183 | = | = | 1 | # | 0 | = | 1 | 1 | = | 0 | 5 | 2289 |
| 5 | Sherla Prathamesh | CM | IND | 2259 | 0 | = | 1 | 1 | # | 0 | = | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2281 |
| 6 | Daakshin, Arun | FM | IND | 2304 | 0 | = | 0 | = | 1 | # | = | = | 1 | = | 4.5 | 2233 |
| 7 | Jai Sankar Subramanian | FM | IND | 2215 | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | = | = | # | 1 | = | 1 | 4 | 2200 |
| 8 | Jinan, Jomon | FM | IND | 2323 | 0 | = | 0 | 0 | 1 | = | 0 | # | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2188 |
| 9 | Jaiswal, Rupesh | FM | NEP | 2076 | 0 | = | 0 | = | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | # | = | 2 | 2038 |
| 10 | Sobh, Amrou | IM | EGY | 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | = | 0 | 0 | = | # | 2 | 2046 |
The 44th Tamil Nadu IM took place 9th to 14th January 2026. Boris Savchenko won with 7.5/9.
| 44th Tamil Nadu IM 2026 Chennai IND Fri 9th Jan 2026 - Wed 14th Jan 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 6 | Savchenko, Boris | GM | RUS | 2464 | 7.5 | 0 | 29 | 6 |
| 2 | 3 | Madhvendra, Pratap Sharma | CM | IND | 2284 | 7 | 0 | 26,75 | 5 |
| 3 | 9 | Nguyen, Van Huy | GM | VIE | 2360 | 5.5 | 0 | 21.5 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | Vignesh, B | AGM | IND | 2222 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 3 |
| 5 | 5 | Kalyani, Sirin | WIM | IND | 2186 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 2 |
| 6 | 10 | Nivedita, V C | WFM | IND | 2144 | 4.5 | 0 | 17.5 | 2 |
| 7 | 8 | Siddhanth, Poonja | IND | 2298 | 4 | 0 | 14,25 | 2 | |
| 8 | 4 | Otero Acosta, Diasmany | IM | CUB | 2341 | 3 | 0 | 8,75 | 2 |
| 9 | 2 | Sarwat, Walaa | IM | EGY | 2048 | 3 | 0 | 8,75 | 1 |
| 10 | 7 | Singgih, Diajeng Theresa | WIM | INA | 2089 | 0.5 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 |
| 10 players | |||||||||
| 44th Tamil Nadu IM 2026 Chennai IND Fri 9th Jan 2026 - Wed 14th Jan 2026. Category: None. Ave: (2244) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Savchenko, Boris | GM | RUS | 2464 | # | = | = | 1 | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.5 | 2492 |
| 2 | Madhvendra Pratap Sharma | CM | IND | 2284 | = | # | = | = | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2459 |
| 3 | Nguyen Van Huy | GM | VIE | 2360 | = | = | # | = | = | = | = | = | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 2311 |
| 4 | Kalyani Sirin | WIM | IND | 2186 | 0 | = | = | # | = | = | = | 1 | = | 1 | 5 | 2293 |
| 5 | Vignesh, B | IND | 2222 | 0 | 0 | = | = | # | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | = | 5 | 2289 | |
| 6 | Nivedita V C | WFM | IND | 2144 | = | = | = | = | 0 | # | 0 | 1 | = | 1 | 4.5 | 2255 |
| 7 | Siddhanth Poonja | IND | 2298 | 0 | 0 | = | = | = | 1 | # | 0 | = | 1 | 4 | 2195 | |
| 8 | Otero Acosta, Diasmany | IM | CUB | 2341 | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | # | = | 1 | 3 | 2108 |
| 9 | Sarwat, Walaa | IM | EGY | 2048 | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | = | = | = | # | 1 | 3 | 2140 |
| 10 | Singgih, Diajeng Theresa | WIM | INA | 2089 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | # | 0.5 | 1817 |
The 51st Seville Open took place 9th to 17th January 2026. Liam Putnam won with 8/9.
| 51st Seville Open 2026 Seville ESP Fri 9th Jan 2026 - Sat 17th Jan 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Gms | + | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | Putnam, Liam | IM | USA | 2467 | 9 | 7 | 8.0 | 47.0 | 52.0 | 2316 |
| 2 | Balakrishnan, Praveen | GM | USA | 2488 | 9 | 7 | 8.0 | 46.5 | 52.5 | 2342 |
| 3 | Aronyak Ghosh | IM | IND | 2522 | 9 | 6 | 7.5 | 45.0 | 50.0 | 2269 |
| 4 | Del Rio De Angelis, Salvador G. | GM | ESP | 2405 | 9 | 6 | 7.0 | 47.5 | 53.0 | 2296 |
| 5 | Shyaam Nikhil P | GM | IND | 2405 | 9 | 6 | 7.0 | 47.5 | 52.0 | 2302 |
| 6 | Das, Sayantan | GM | IND | 2434 | 9 | 6 | 7.0 | 47.0 | 52.0 | 2323 |
| 7 | Vignesh N R | GM | IND | 2505 | 9 | 6 | 7.0 | 45.5 | 51.0 | 2270 |
| 8 | Shahil Dey | IM | IND | 2409 | 9 | 6 | 7.0 | 44.5 | 49.5 | 2246 |
| 9 | Goh, Zi Han | FM | SGP | 2368 | 9 | 6 | 7.0 | 43.5 | 48.0 | 2188 |
| 10 | Valsecchi, Alessio | GM | ITA | 2440 | 9 | 5 | 7.0 | 42.5 | 48.0 | 2257 |
| 11 | Licznerski, Lukasz | IM | POL | 2479 | 9 | 5 | 7.0 | 42.5 | 47.5 | 2229 |
| 12 | Ibrayev, Nurlan | GM | KAZ | 2351 | 8 | 6 | 7.0 | 42.5 | 47.0 | 2236 |
| 13 | Martinez Duany, Lelys Stanley | GM | CUB | 2441 | 9 | 6 | 7.0 | 42.0 | 47.0 | 2191 |
| 14 | Yu, Jennifer | FM | USA | 2291 | 9 | 6 | 7.0 | 40.5 | 45.0 | 2192 |
| 15 | Duran Vega, Sergio | IM | CRC | 2345 | 9 | 6 | 7.0 | 39.5 | 43.5 | 2159 |
| 16 | Brodowski, Piotr | IM | POL | 2454 | 9 | 5 | 6.5 | 44.5 | 50.0 | 2224 |
| 17 | Barria, Jose | IM | POR | 2374 | 9 | 6 | 6.5 | 44.0 | 49.5 | 2230 |
| 18 | Friedel, Joshua | GM | USA | 2552 | 9 | 6 | 6.5 | 44.0 | 49.0 | 2255 |
| 19 | Cina, Vittorio | FM | ITA | 2316 | 9 | 5 | 6.5 | 42.5 | 47.5 | 2166 |
| 20 | Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel | GM | ESP | 2499 | 9 | 6 | 6.5 | 42.0 | 47.0 | 2242 |
| 21 | Martins, Bruno Andre Leite | IM | POR | 2373 | 9 | 5 | 6.5 | 42.0 | 46.5 | 2201 |
| 22 | Kavutskiy, Kostya | IM | USA | 2323 | 9 | 5 | 6.5 | 42.0 | 46.5 | 2186 |
| 23 | Starostits, Ilmars | GM | LAT | 2346 | 9 | 6 | 6.5 | 41.5 | 46.5 | 2098 |
| 24 | Perez Mitjans, Orelvis | GM | ESP | 2191 | 9 | 6 | 6.5 | 41.5 | 46.0 | 2161 |
| 25 | Sanchez Negreiros, Jose Alberto | FM | PER | 2301 | 9 | 6 | 6.5 | 41.0 | 45.5 | 2178 |
| 26 | Ralison, Milanto Harifidy | IM | MAD | 2283 | 9 | 6 | 6.5 | 40.5 | 44.5 | 2135 |
| 27 | La Barbera, Manfredi | ITA | 2195 | 9 | 6 | 6.5 | 39.0 | 43.5 | 2116 | |
| 28 | Youssoupov, Moissei | FM | FRA | 2200 | 9 | 6 | 6.5 | 39.0 | 43.5 | 2094 |
| 29 | Abrahamyan, Tatev | IM | USA | 2389 | 9 | 5 | 6.5 | 39.0 | 43.0 | 2095 |
| 30 | Butkiewicz, Lukasz | IM | POL | 2337 | 9 | 4 | 6.5 | 37.5 | 42.5 | 2143 |
| 31 | Xu, Chang(CQ) | CHN | 2097 | 9 | 5 | 6.5 | 37.5 | 42.0 | 2008 | |
| 32 | Luch, Michal | IM | POL | 2353 | 9 | 5 | 6.5 | 36.0 | 40.5 | 2096 |
| 33 | Ribeiro, Bruno | POR | 2119 | 8 | 6 | 6.5 | 35.5 | 39.5 | 2004 | |
| 34 | Aditya Varun Gampa | FM | IND | 2226 | 9 | 5 | 6.5 | 44.5 | 49.0 | 2206 |
| 35 | Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan | IM | SRI | 2384 | 9 | 5 | 6.5 | 42.0 | 47.0 | 2190 |
| 36 | Moreto Quintana, Alex | ESP | 2074 | 9 | 5 | 6.0 | 45.5 | 51.5 | 2277 | |
| 37 | Requejo Cotrina, Oswaldo Valenti | FM | PER | 2235 | 9 | 5 | 6.0 | 45.5 | 50.5 | 2228 |
| 38 | Sabuk, Piotr | IM | POL | 2341 | 9 | 6 | 6.0 | 45.0 | 50.0 | 2241 |
| 39 | Sanket Chakravarty | IM | IND | 2350 | 9 | 5 | 6.0 | 44.0 | 49.0 | 2207 |
| 40 | Matamoros Franco, Carlos S. | GM | ECU | 2371 | 9 | 5 | 6.0 | 44.0 | 49.0 | 2185 |
| 356 players | ||||||||||
The 92nd Belarus Championship took place 9th to 17th January 2026. Mihail Nikitenko won with 7.5/9. Varvara Poliakova won the women's event with 7/9.
| 92nd ch-BLR 2026 Minsk BLR Fri 9th Jan 2026 - Sat 17th Jan 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 6 | Nikitenko, Mihail | BLR | 2476 | 7.5 | 0 | 2.5 | 6 |
| 2 | 3 | Stribuk, Artiom | FID | 2476 | 6 | 0.5 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 5 | Tsaruk, Maksim | FID | 2515 | 6 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 4 |
| 4 | 9 | Zarubitski, Viachaslau | BLR | 2417 | 5.5 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 8 | Navumenka, Mikhei | FID | 2248 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 4 | Naumovich, Yaroslav | BLR | 2049 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 7 | Bulgak, Damir | FID | 2196 | 3.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 3 |
| 8 | 2 | Korzubov, Peter | BLR | 2323 | 3.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 1 |
| 9 | 10 | Gvozdev, Timur | BLR | 2161 | 2.5 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | 1 | Siniauski, Artsiom | FID | 2200 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 players | ||||||||
| 92nd ch-BLR 2026 Minsk BLR Fri 9th Jan 2026 - Sat 17th Jan 2026. Category: 3. Ave: (2306) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Nikitenko, Mihail | GM | BLR | 2476 | # | = | = | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.5 | 2560 |
| 2 | Stribuk, Artiom | IM | FID | 2476 | = | # | = | = | = | = | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2412 |
| 3 | Tsaruk, Maksim | GM | FID | 2515 | = | = | # | 0 | = | 1 | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2408 |
| 4 | Zarubitski, Viachaslau | IM | BLR | 2417 | = | = | 1 | # | 0 | 1 | = | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.5 | 2374 |
| 5 | Navumenka, Mikhei | FM | FID | 2248 | 0 | = | = | 1 | # | = | = | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2356 |
| 6 | Naumovich, Yaroslav | BLR | 2049 | 0 | = | 0 | 0 | = | # | = | 1 | 1 | = | 4 | 2292 | |
| 7 | Korzubov, Peter | IM | BLR | 2323 | 0 | = | 0 | = | = | = | # | 0 | 1 | = | 3.5 | 2224 |
| 8 | Bulgak, Damir | CM | FID | 2196 | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | # | 1 | 1 | 3.5 | 2238 |
| 9 | Gvozdev, Timur | BLR | 2161 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | # | = | 2.5 | 2156 | |
| 10 | Siniauski, Artsiom | FM | FID | 2200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | = | 0 | = | # | 1.5 | 2045 |
| 92nd ch-BLR w 2026 Minsk BLR Fri 9th Jan 2026 - Sat 17th Jan 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 3 | Poliakova, Varvara | FID | 2078 | 7 | 0 | 2.5 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | Tarasenka, Aliaksandra | BLR | 2267 | 6 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 4 |
| 3 | 9 | Abramkina, Veranika | FID | 1958 | 6 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 4 |
| 4 | 5 | Liavonava, Yuliya | FID | 2205 | 5.5 | 0.5 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 8 | Zeliantsova, Kseniya | FID | 2074 | 5.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | Sidorenja, Milena | BLR | 1878 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 2 |
| 7 | 4 | Bendik, Margarita | FID | 2133 | 3.5 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 7 | Venskaya, Nika | FID | 1998 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | 10 | Borovikova, Marija | BLR | 1862 | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 10 | 6 | Lagvilava, Genrieta | BLR | 2086 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 players | ||||||||
| 92nd ch-BLR w 2026 Minsk BLR Fri 9th Jan 2026 - Sat 17th Jan 2026. Category: None. Ave: (2054) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Poliakova, Varvara | WFM | FID | 2078 | # | = | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | = | 6 | 2240 | |
| 2 | Tarasenka, Aliaksandra | WIM | BLR | 2267 | = | # | = | 1 | = | 0 | 1 | 1 | = | 1 | 6 | 2155 |
| 3 | Abramkina, Veranika | FID | 1958 | 0 | = | # | = | = | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2190 | |
| 4 | Liavonava, Yuliya | WFM | FID | 2205 | 1 | 0 | = | # | = | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.5 | 2117 |
| 5 | Zeliantsova, Kseniya | WFM | FID | 2074 | 0 | = | = | = | # | = | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 2132 |
| 6 | Venskaya, Nika | WCM | FID | 1998 | 0 | 1 | 0 | = | = | # | = | = | 0 | = | 3.5 | 1980 |
| 7 | Sidorenja, Milena | BLR | 1878 | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | 0 | = | # | = | 1 | 1 | 3.5 | 1993 | |
| 8 | Borovikova, Marija | BLR | 1862 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | = | = | # | = | 1 | 3 | 1950 | |
| 9 | Bendik, Margarita | WFM | FID | 2133 | = | = | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | = | # | 2.5 | 1899 | |
| 10 | Lagvilava, Genrieta | WGM | BLR | 2086 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | = | 0 | 0 | # | 1.5 | 1805 | ||
The Fantastico GM Mix 12 took place 10th to 15th January 2026. Meng Yihan won on tie-break from Apoorv Kamble and David Kaufman after all scored 6.5/9.
| Fantastico GM Mix 12 2026 Senta SRB Sat 10th Jan 2026 - Thu 15th Jan 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 7 | Meng Yihan | IM | CHN | 2455 | 6.5 | 45.5 | 2586 | 0 |
| 2 | 11 | Apoorv Kamble | FM | IND | 2419 | 6.5 | 44.5 | 2558 | 0 |
| 3 | 8 | Kaufman David | IM | FID | 2454 | 6.5 | 39.5 | 2460 | 0 |
| 4 | 24 | Sutormin Danila | FM | RUS | 2357 | 6 | 45.5 | 2517 | 0 |
| 5 | 21 | Rosh Jain | FM | IND | 2373 | 6 | 44.5 | 2507 | 0 |
| 6 | 2 | Vaz Ethan | IM | IND | 2516 | 6 | 44 | 2486 | 0 |
| 7 | 5 | Dau Khuong Duy | IM | VIE | 2489 | 6 | 43.5 | 2484 | 0 |
| 8 | 12 | Mohamed Anees M | IM | IND | 2416 | 6 | 43 | 2489 | 0 |
| 9 | 14 | Atalik Suat | GM | SRB | 2407 | 6 | 41.5 | 2443 | 0 |
| 10 | 1 | Afanasiev Nikita | GM | RUS | 2541 | 6 | 40.5 | 2483 | 0 |
| 11 | 13 | Ljepic Andrej | FM | SRB | 2409 | 6 | 40.5 | 2465 | 0 |
| 12 | 16 | Yurovskykh Oleksandr | FM | UKR | 2395 | 6 | 39 | 2410 | 0 |
| 13 | 9 | Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy | IM | IND | 2452 | 5.5 | 45 | 2459 | 0 |
| 14 | 29 | Jake Shanty | FM | IND | 2323 | 5.5 | 43 | 2408 | 0 |
| 15 | 3 | Bryakin Mikhail | GM | SRB | 2502 | 5.5 | 42.5 | 2380 | 0 |
| 16 | 17 | Gong Sunle | IM | CHN | 2394 | 5.5 | 39.5 | 2393 | 0 |
| 17 | 4 | Tsydypov Zhamsaran | GM | RUS | 2495 | 5.5 | 38 | 2399 | 0 |
| 18 | 10 | Harsh Suresh | IM | IND | 2440 | 5.5 | 37.5 | 2363 | 0 |
| 19 | 27 | Postnikov Artem | FM | RUS | 2334 | 5 | 45 | 2417 | 0 |
| 20 | 25 | Xie Jianjun | FM | CHN | 2357 | 5 | 43.5 | 2423 | 0 |
| 21 | 40 | Zhong Kangmin | FM | CHN | 2260 | 5 | 43 | 2328 | 0 |
| 22 | 34 | Velpula Sarayu | WIM | IND | 2281 | 5 | 40.5 | 2345 | 0 |
| 23 | 41 | Gao Muziyan | WIM | CHN | 2258 | 5 | 39 | 2400 | 0 |
| 24 | 19 | Yermolinsky Alex | GM | USA | 2380 | 5 | 36 | 2317 | 0 |
| 25 | 49 | Esshan Wadhawan | IND | 2205 | 5 | 36 | 2290 | 0 | |
| 26 | 26 | Nikcevic Nebojsa | GM | MNE | 2337 | 5 | 32 | 2209 | 0 |
| 27 | 23 | Podolchenko Evgeniy | GM | BLR | 2361 | 4.5 | 42.5 | 2338 | 0 |
| 28 | 54 | Yonal Timur | FM | TUR | 2173 | 4.5 | 38 | 2367 | 0 |
| 29 | 50 | Arshiya Das | WFM | IND | 2200 | 4.5 | 38 | 2355 | 0 |
| 30 | 18 | Sedlak Nikola | GM | SRB | 2390 | 4.5 | 38 | 2290 | 0 |
| 31 | 20 | Xie Jiaxiang | CHN | 2376 | 4.5 | 37.5 | 2313 | 0 | |
| 32 | 44 | Tregubenko Nikolay | FM | FID | 2246 | 4.5 | 37.5 | 2234 | 0 |
| 33 | 31 | Karaokcu Erkin | FM | TUR | 2311 | 4.5 | 35.5 | 2270 | 0 |
| 34 | 28 | Raicevic Vladimir | GM | SRB | 2331 | 4.5 | 35 | 2110 | 0 |
| 35 | 59 | Bulatov Ramil | RUS | 2129 | 4.5 | 34 | 2278 | 0 | |
| 36 | 6 | Shabalov Alexander | GM | USA | 2470 | 4.5 | 33 | 2237 | 0 |
| 37 | 47 | Gusev Mikhail | FM | SRB | 2217 | 4.5 | 33 | 2197 | 0 |
| 38 | 64 | Porozhnyak Maya | WCM | RUS | 1870 | 4.5 | 32 | 2281 | 0 |
| 39 | 30 | Vivaan Vishal Shah | FM | IND | 2321 | 4 | 43 | 2408 | 0 |
| 40 | 38 | Zhou Yuxu | CM | CHN | 2264 | 4 | 43 | 2350 | 0 |
| 65 players | |||||||||
The GM mix Bijeljina took place 10th to 16th January 2026. Dengla Aarav edged out Milovan Ratkovic on tie-break after both scored 7/9.
| GM mix Bijeljina 2026 Bijeljina BIH Sat 10th Jan 2026 - Fri 16th Jan 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 5 | Aarav, Dengla | IM | IND | 2471 | 7 | 40.5 | 44.5 | 47.5 |
| 2 | 4 | Ratkovic, Milovan | IM | SRB | 2481 | 7 | 40 | 44.5 | 47.5 |
| 3 | 2 | Dimitrov, Radoslav | GM | BUL | 2485 | 6 | 39.5 | 43 | 49 |
| 4 | 1 | Bernadskiy, Vitaliy | GM | UKR | 2554 | 6 | 39.5 | 43 | 46.5 |
| 5 | 19 | Besedes, Danilo | FM | SRB | 2319 | 6 | 33.5 | 37 | 38.5 |
| 6 | 6 | Ratkovic, Miloje | GM | SRB | 2443 | 5.5 | 37.5 | 40.5 | 46 |
| 7 | 29 | Rogulj, Branko | IM | CRO | 2243 | 5.5 | 37 | 41 | 45 |
| 8 | 18 | Garv, Gaur | FM | IND | 2331 | 5.5 | 36.5 | 40.5 | 44 |
| 9 | 7 | Savic, Miodrag R | GM | SRB | 2430 | 5 | 39 | 42.5 | 46 |
| 10 | 23 | Milosevic, Milos | IM | SRB | 2287 | 5 | 38.5 | 43.5 | 47.5 |
| 11 | 12 | Turdyev, Anvar | FM | CRO | 2363 | 5 | 37.5 | 41 | 44.5 |
| 12 | 10 | Avinash, Ramesh | IM | IND | 2370 | 5 | 36.5 | 41 | 46 |
| 13 | 13 | Damljanovic, Branko | GM | SRB | 2355 | 5 | 35 | 39.5 | 44 |
| 14 | 24 | Gagic, Milan A | FM | SRB | 2283 | 5 | 35 | 39 | 42 |
| 15 | 11 | Spasov, Vasil | GM | BUL | 2368 | 5 | 35 | 38.5 | 42 |
| 16 | 32 | Garifulin, Yury | CM | SRB | 2235 | 5 | 34.5 | 38 | 41 |
| 17 | 15 | Kosic, Dragan | GM | MNE | 2349 | 5 | 34 | 38.5 | 42 |
| 18 | 37 | Radlovacki, Jovan | IM | SRB | 2214 | 5 | 34 | 37.5 | 41 |
| 19 | 38 | Apaar, Saxena | FM | IND | 2210 | 5 | 33.5 | 37 | 40.5 |
| 20 | 9 | Cvitan, Ognjen | GM | CRO | 2399 | 5 | 33.5 | 37 | 40.5 |
| 21 | 41 | Lazic, Emanuel | FM | BIH | 2196 | 5 | 30 | 33 | 36 |
| 22 | 8 | Nikolov, Momchil | GM | BUL | 2424 | 4.5 | 40 | 43 | 47.5 |
| 23 | 20 | Vukic, Milan | GM | BIH | 2302 | 4.5 | 36 | 39.5 | 42.5 |
| 24 | 40 | Remecki, Sinisa | FM | SRB | 2203 | 4.5 | 34.5 | 38 | 41 |
| 25 | 22 | Aashman, Gupta | CM | IND | 2294 | 4.5 | 34 | 37.5 | 40.5 |
| 26 | 17 | Dizdarevic, Emir | GM | CRO | 2332 | 4.5 | 33 | 36.5 | 40 |
| 27 | 43 | Puric, Nenad | FM | BIH | 2184 | 4.5 | 32 | 35 | 38 |
| 28 | 42 | Elci, Eren | FM | TUR | 2190 | 4.5 | 31 | 34 | 37 |
| 29 | 36 | Ratkovic, Petar | FM | SRB | 2216 | 4.5 | 29.5 | 32.5 | 35.5 |
| 30 | 16 | Arnav, Maheshwari | FM | IND | 2339 | 4.5 | 28 | 31.5 | 36 |
| 31 | 45 | Sahbudak, Baris Cinar | CM | TUR | 2112 | 4.5 | 27.5 | 30.5 | 32 |
| 32 | 3 | Muratovic, Alija | GM | SRB | 2481 | 4 | 39 | 42.5 | 46.5 |
| 33 | 14 | Pavan, Karthikeya Varma Gunturi | FM | IND | 2351 | 4 | 35.5 | 39.5 | 43 |
| 34 | 44 | Pantelic, Sasa | FM | SRB | 2180 | 4 | 30 | 33 | 36 |
| 35 | 25 | Nagarkatte, Vedant | FM | IND | 2281 | 3.5 | 35.5 | 40 | 43.5 |
| 36 | 27 | Lazic, Miroljub | GM | SRB | 2276 | 3.5 | 34 | 37.5 | 41 |
| 37 | 26 | Mesic, Ismet | FM | BIH | 2278 | 3.5 | 34 | 37.5 | 41 |
| 38 | 33 | Pikula, Dejan | GM | SRB | 2234 | 3.5 | 33.5 | 37 | 38.5 |
| 39 | 34 | Gaivoronskii, Andrei | SRB | 2223 | 3.5 | 33 | 36.5 | 40 | |
| 40 | 31 | Plakalovic, Predrag | BIH | 2238 | 3.5 | 29.5 | 32.5 | 34 | |
| 48 players | |||||||||
The III Temuco Open took place 9th to 14th January 2026. Jose Fernando Cuenca Jimenez won on tie-break from Diego Flores after both scored 7.5/9.
| III Temuco Open 2026 Temuco CHI Fri 9th Jan 2026 - Wed 14th Jan 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 6 | Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando | GM | 2486 | 7.5 | 0.5 | 48,75 | 54 |
| 2 | 3 | Flores, Diego | GM | 2581 | 7.5 | 0.5 | 45,25 | 50.5 |
| 3 | 10 | Vasquez Schroeder, Rodrigo | GM | 2446 | 7 | 0 | 42.5 | 52.5 |
| 4 | 8 | Almeida Quintana, Omar | GM | 2463 | 7 | 0 | 40.5 | 50.5 |
| 5 | 23 | Tokman, Ariel | FM | 2271 | 7 | 0 | 40 | 50 |
| 6 | 9 | Krysa, Leandro | GM | 2449 | 7 | 0 | 38,75 | 47 |
| 7 | 7 | Salinas Herrera, Pablo | GM | 2473 | 7 | 0 | 38.5 | 47 |
| 8 | 17 | Soriano Quispe, Ivan Excender | IM | 2369 | 7 | 0 | 38.5 | 47 |
| 9 | 5 | Elias Reyes, Jorge Roberto | IM | 2493 | 7 | 0 | 38 | 46 |
| 10 | 1 | Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian | GM | 2656 | 7 | 0 | 35 | 42 |
| 11 | 12 | Larino Nieto, David | GM | 2436 | 6.5 | 0 | 38,75 | 50.5 |
| 12 | 14 | Hernandez Guerrero, Gilberto | GM | 2411 | 6.5 | 0 | 37,25 | 50 |
| 13 | 26 | Soza De La Carrera, Jose | CM | 2206 | 6.5 | 0 | 37 | 45.5 |
| 14 | 29 | Estay Torreblanca, Oscar | 2160 | 6.5 | 0 | 35.5 | 45.5 | |
| 15 | 41 | Huallpa Fernandez, Hector Manuel | 2040 | 6.5 | 0 | 35 | 46.5 | |
| 16 | 43 | Ramirez Camilla, Agustin | 2024 | 6.5 | 0 | 32,75 | 42 | |
| 17 | 60 | Bedoya Rosales, Luis | 1938 | 6.5 | 0 | 31,25 | 41 | |
| 18 | 85 | Medina Castillo, Benjamin Ignacio | 1872 | 6.5 | 0 | 29,75 | 41 | |
| 19 | 16 | Lopez Silva, Hugo | IM | 2373 | 6 | 0 | 37,75 | 53 |
| 20 | 22 | Vasquez Toledo, Cristian | IM | 2275 | 6 | 0 | 35.5 | 50.5 |
| 21 | 39 | Arias Diaz, Miguel Angel | 2060 | 6 | 0 | 35 | 49 | |
| 22 | 15 | Flores Quillas, Diego Saul Rodri | IM | 2400 | 6 | 0 | 34 | 50 |
| 23 | 19 | Silva Sanchez, Carlos | FM | 2307 | 6 | 0 | 33,75 | 48.5 |
| 24 | 20 | Valdes Escobar, Alvaro | IM | 2294 | 6 | 0 | 33,75 | 48 |
| 25 | 13 | Vazquez, Facundo | IM | 2420 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 46.5 |
| 26 | 33 | Orrego Palermo, Marcelo | 2112 | 6 | 0 | 32,75 | 46.5 | |
| 27 | 34 | Vigil, Lucas | 2106 | 6 | 0 | 32.5 | 48 | |
| 28 | 4 | Santiago, Yago De Moura | GM | 2505 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 46.5 |
| 29 | 70 | Candia Gomez, Matias Vicente | AGM | 1913 | 6 | 0 | 31.5 | 46 |
| 30 | 25 | Miranda Camus, Joaquin Ignacio | FM | 2215 | 6 | 0 | 31.5 | 46 |
| 31 | 62 | Fica Cruz, Joaquin | 1932 | 6 | 0 | 30,75 | 44.5 | |
| 32 | 66 | Rodriguez Alarcon, Vicente Benjamin | 1922 | 6 | 0 | 30.5 | 45 | |
| 33 | 68 | Allende Munoz, Daniel Alonso | 1919 | 6 | 0 | 30,25 | 44 | |
| 34 | 105 | Freire Catalan, Sebastian Luis | 1829 | 6 | 0 | 30,25 | 43.5 | |
| 35 | 42 | Cuevas Araya, Walter | FM | 2036 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 43 |
| 36 | 46 | Donoso Aguirre, Maximiliano | CM | 2008 | 6 | 0 | 29,75 | 43 |
| 37 | 31 | Castro Salgado, Pablo | FM | 2140 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 45 |
| 38 | 27 | Fernandez, Maria Florencia | WIM | 2198 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 43 |
| 39 | 64 | Silva, Juliana Figueira Theophilo | WFM | 1923 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 40.5 |
| 40 | 51 | Herize Godoy, Miguel Andres | CM | 1974 | 6 | 0 | 28,75 | 43 |
| 280 players | ||||||||
The Paracin Winter Chess Festival took place 11th to 18th January 2026. Dalibor Radisavljevic edged out Sulejman Suljovic and Dejan Brankovic on tie-break after all scored 6.5/9.
| Paracin Prestige Open Paracin SRB Sun 11th Jan 2026 - Sun 18th Jan 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 3 | Radisavljevic, Dalibor | SRB | 2253 | 6.5 | 43 | 33 | 4 | |
| 2 | 7 | Suljovic, Sulejman | FM | SRB | 2162 | 6.5 | 42 | 36 | 4 |
| 3 | 5 | Brankovic, Dejan | IM | SRB | 2218 | 6.5 | 41.5 | 32 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | Khodko, Yurii N. | FM | RUS | 2302 | 6 | 41.5 | 30 | 5 |
| 5 | 4 | Scekic, Veljko | MNE | 2221 | 5.5 | 40.5 | 30.5 | 4 | |
| 6 | 9 | Kholopov, Alexander A. | FM | FID | 2064 | 5 | 40 | 24.5 | 1 |
| 7 | 13 | Gunesli, Eymen Giray | TUR | 1975 | 5 | 37 | 23 | 4 | |
| 8 | 19 | Okhitin, Lev | FID | 1845 | 4.5 | 40.5 | 24 | 2 | |
| 9 | 6 | Pogorelskikh, Sergey | FM | SRB | 2194 | 4.5 | 39.5 | 23 | 3 |
| 10 | 20 | Ozkan, Mehmet Emir | TUR | 1761 | 4 | 38.5 | 21 | 3 | |
| 11 | 10 | Tsolov, Aleksandar | AFM | BUL | 2033 | 4 | 37 | 21 | 2 |
| 12 | 18 | Karatiken, Beray | TUR | 1871 | 4 | 33.5 | 19 | 4 | |
| 13 | 8 | Radosavljevic, Slobodan D | FM | SRB | 2066 | 3.5 | 41 | 22.5 | 3 |
| 14 | 14 | Paunovic, Lazar | SRB | 1945 | 3.5 | 37.5 | 20 | 2 | |
| 15 | 16 | Milosevic, Andrej | SRB | 1922 | 3.5 | 33 | 14 | 2 | |
| 16 | 12 | Trifunovic, Borisav | SRB | 2021 | 3 | 35 | 14 | 2 | |
| 17 | 15 | Jankovic, Uros | SRB | 1931 | 2.5 | 33 | 13.5 | 2 | |
| 18 | 1 | Cvetanovic, Uros | CM | SRB | 2318 | 2 | 39 | 16.5 | 1 |
| 19 | 17 | Ilic, Mia | SRB | 1913 | 1 | 30.5 | 7 | 1 | |
| 20 | 11 | Ivanov, Sergei V. | FID | 2029 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 players | |||||||||
The Australian Championship took place 5th to 15th January 2026. Yi Liu won with 9/11.
| ch-AUS 2026 Sydney AUS Mon 5th Jan 2026 - Thu 15th Jan 2026
Leading Final Round 11 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Ti | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | Liu, Yi | FM | 2329 | 9 | 72.5 | 67 | 61.5 |
| 2 | Li, Tedric | CM | 2224 | 8.5 | 67.5 | 63 | 58 |
| 3 | Soo, Kai Jie | FM | 2276 | 7.5 | 62.5 | 58.5 | 54 |
| 4 | Cannon, David | IM | 2262 | 7 | 67 | 62.5 | 57.5 |
| 5 | Tao, Trevor | IM | 2341 | 6.5 | 73 | 68.5 | 63 |
| 6 | Le, Tri Kien | CM | 2272 | 6.5 | 70.5 | 66 | 60.5 |
| 7 | Testolin, Ryder | FM | 2238 | 6.5 | 68 | 64 | 59.5 |
| 8 | Bayaca, Sterling | FM | 2250 | 6.5 | 65.5 | 61.5 | 57 |
| 9 | Xie, George Wendi | IM | 2309 | 6.5 | 63 | 60 | 55.5 |
| 10 | Khishigbaatar, Bayasgalan | WCM | 2249 | 6 | 66.5 | 62 | 57 |
| 11 | Tang, Terrence | CM | 2108 | 6 | 62 | 57.5 | 53 |
| 12 | Johansen, Darryl K | GM | 2272 | 6 | 61 | 57 | 52.5 |
| 13 | Zafirakos, Jesse | CM | 2146 | 6 | 58.5 | 55 | 50.5 |
| 14 | Chakrabarty, Reyaansh | FM | 2271 | 5.5 | 73 | 68 | 63 |
| 15 | Zhu, Harvey (Hanchen) | 2238 | 5.5 | 72.5 | 67.5 | 62 | |
| 16 | Chang, Ethan | 2052 | 5.5 | 59 | 55.5 | 51 | |
| 17 | Odenthal, Aidan | FM | 2071 | 5.5 | 56.5 | 53 | 49 |
| 18 | Rodgers, Jack | FM | 2198 | 5.5 | 52 | 49 | 45.5 |
| 19 | Richards, Heather S | WIM | 2125 | 5 | 61 | 56 | 51 |
| 20 | Papantoniou, John | 2052 | 5 | 59.5 | 54.5 | 51.5 | |
| 21 | Kalina, Leo | CM | 2002 | 5 | 56 | 53 | 49 |
| 22 | Power, Ted | 1995 | 5 | 54 | 51 | 47.5 | |
| 23 | Lane, Gary W | IM | 2230 | 4.5 | 62.5 | 58.5 | 54 |
| 24 | Zhang, Jilin | WGM | 2182 | 4.5 | 58.5 | 54.5 | 50 |
| 25 | Leong, Benjamin | CM | 2089 | 4.5 | 55.5 | 52.5 | 49 |
| 26 | Naraharasetty, Saisiddharth | CM | 2077 | 4.5 | 54 | 51 | 47.5 |
| 27 | Min, Ren (Alex) | 2012 | 4.5 | 53 | 50 | 46.5 | |
| 28 | Rusakov, Jean | CM | 2002 | 4 | 61 | 57 | 52.5 |
| 29 | Kargosha, Bahman | FM | 2035 | 4 | 57.5 | 53.5 | 49.5 |
| 30 | Kundu, Pritam | 1934 | 4 | 49.5 | 46.5 | 43 | |
| 31 | Rumley, William | 1953 | 3.5 | 51.5 | 48.5 | 45 | |
| 32 | Solomon, Stephen J | IM | 2188 | 3 | 51.5 | 48.5 | 45.5 |
| 33 | Wang, Daniel | CM | 2111 | 3 | 51.5 | 48.5 | 45 |
| 33 players | |||||||
The XVIII Premium Budapest took place 2nd to 4th January 2026. Tibor Balint Bodi edged out Adam Kormos, Nhat Minh To and Csaba Zoltan Varga on tie-break after all scored 5.5/7.
| XVIII Premium Budapest Budapest HUN Fri 2nd Jan 2026 - Sun 4th Jan 2026
Leading Final Round 7 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 1 | Bodi, Tibor Balint | FM | HUN | 2295 | 5.5 | 30.5 | 34.5 | 25 |
| 2 | 6 | Kormos, Adam | HUN | 2151 | 5.5 | 27.5 | 29.5 | 22 | |
| 3 | 2 | To, Nhat Minh | IM | HUN | 2285 | 5.5 | 27.5 | 29.5 | 21.5 |
| 4 | 3 | Varga, Csaba Zoltan | FM | HUN | 2279 | 5.5 | 24 | 29.5 | 23.5 |
| 5 | 5 | Baski, Barnabas | HUN | 2160 | 5 | 26 | 28.5 | 22 | |
| 6 | 4 | Balint, Vilmos | FM | HUN | 2179 | 5 | 24.5 | 27.5 | 19 |
| 7 | 9 | Salamon, Laszlo | HUN | 2125 | 4.5 | 27 | 29 | 21.5 | |
| 8 | 13 | Minga-Nagy, Abel Inti | HUN | 2094 | 4.5 | 26 | 29 | 19 | |
| 9 | 23 | Schmelowszky, David | HUN | 1951 | 4.5 | 24 | 27 | 16 | |
| 10 | 17 | Saar, Patrik | HUN | 2020 | 4.5 | 21 | 24 | 17 | |
| 11 | 14 | Czegledi, Barna Jr. | HUN | 2076 | 4.5 | 21 | 23 | 16 | |
| 12 | 12 | Kassay, Krisztian | HUN | 2111 | 4 | 28.5 | 29.5 | 20.5 | |
| 13 | 36 | Nagy, Norbert | HUN | 1839 | 4 | 27 | 30.5 | 18 | |
| 14 | 15 | Kovacs, Zoltan | HUN | 2075 | 4 | 26 | 28 | 17 | |
| 15 | 8 | Kovacs, Marton | HUN | 2129 | 4 | 24.5 | 27 | 18.5 | |
| 16 | 40 | Kovacs, Balazs | ROU | 1806 | 4 | 24.5 | 27 | 16.5 | |
| 17 | 26 | Haszon, Abel | HUN | 1934 | 4 | 22.5 | 24.5 | 13 | |
| 18 | 10 | Nemeth, Zoltan | IM | HUN | 2121 | 4 | 21 | 24.5 | 17.5 |
| 19 | 21 | Szabo, Marton Nandor | HUN | 1973 | 3.5 | 26.5 | 29.5 | 17 | |
| 20 | 19 | Samu, Sorin-Mihai | ROU | 1995 | 3.5 | 25 | 27 | 16 | |
| 21 | 7 | Sarok, Peter | HUN | 2138 | 3.5 | 22.5 | 25 | 14.5 | |
| 22 | 35 | Laszlo, Daniel Aron | HUN | 1852 | 3.5 | 20.5 | 22.5 | 11 | |
| 23 | 18 | Ladanyi, Tibor | HUN | 2002 | 3.5 | 20 | 21 | 13.5 | |
| 24 | 27 | Tagai, Marton | HUN | 1924 | 3.5 | 19.5 | 20.5 | 11 | |
| 25 | 29 | Hideg, Istvan Benjamin | HUN | 1901 | 3.5 | 19 | 21 | 12 | |
| 26 | 11 | Fellegi, Zoltan | HUN | 2115 | 3.5 | 18 | 19.5 | 11 | |
| 27 | 20 | Papp, Bence | AFM | HUN | 1982 | 3 | 22 | 24 | 13 |
| 28 | 33 | Schmied, Erik Rajmund | HUN | 1861 | 3 | 22 | 24 | 12.5 | |
| 29 | 32 | Illes, Andras | HUN | 1864 | 3 | 20.5 | 22.5 | 10 | |
| 30 | 16 | Sulyok, Eszter | HUN | 2073 | 3 | 20 | 22 | 12.5 | |
| 31 | 44 | Toth, Benedek | HUN | 1719 | 3 | 20 | 21.5 | 11.5 | |
| 32 | 39 | Floss, Jonas | AUT | 1819 | 3 | 19.5 | 22 | 10.5 | |
| 33 | 43 | Tessedik, Karoly | HUN | 1790 | 3 | 17.5 | 18.5 | 10 | |
| 34 | 22 | Giles, Benjamin | NZL | 1972 | 2.5 | 21.5 | 24 | 10.5 | |
| 35 | 30 | Horvath, Laszlo | HUN | 1890 | 2.5 | 21.5 | 23.5 | 11.5 | |
| 36 | 42 | Bolla, Zsofia | HUN | 1791 | 2.5 | 21 | 22.5 | 11.5 | |
| 37 | 37 | Miko, Biborka | HUN | 1835 | 2.5 | 17.5 | 19.5 | 7 | |
| 38 | 38 | Kellner, Nikolaus | AUT | 1822 | 2 | 21 | 23 | 10 | |
| 39 | 28 | Gangler, Zoltan Dr. | HUN | 1915 | 2 | 21 | 22.5 | 3 | |
| 40 | 31 | Somogyi, Barbara | HUN | 1877 | 2 | 20.5 | 21.5 | 8.5 | |
| 44 players | |||||||||
The Montreal Pere Noel Open took place 27th to 30th December 2025. Druska Juraj won with 4.5/5, my thanks to Hugh Brodie for the games.
| 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 Swedish Elitserien had rounds 4-6 this weekend.
| TCh-SWE Elitserien Sweden SWE Fri 28th Nov 2025 - Sun 8th Mar 2026
Leading Round 6 (of 9) Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Team | Gms | + | - | = | Mpts | Bpts |
| 1 | SK Rockaden Sthlm | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 33.5 |
| 2 | Wasa SK | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 27.5 |
| 3 | SS 4 Springare | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 28.5 |
| 4 | Stockholms SS | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 28 |
| 5 | Lunds ASK | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 28 |
| 6 | Limhamns SK | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 24 |
| 7 | Eksjo SK | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 21.5 |
| 8 | SS Lulea | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 22.5 |
| 9 | Vaxjo SK | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14.5 |
| 10 | Västeraas SK | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 players | |||||||
The Arab Clubs Championship took place 8th to 13th January 2026. Tadhamon Shabwa - Yemen won.
| Arab Clubs 2026 Sohar OMA Thu 8th Jan 2026 - Tue 13th Jan 2026
Leading Final Round 7 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Team | Gms | TB1 | TB2 |
| 1 | 1 | Tadhamon Shabwa - Yemen | 7 | 12 | 18 |
| 2 | 4 | Barada- SYRIA | 7 | 11 | 18 |
| 3 | 5 | Al Rawad - Egypt | 7 | 9 | 17 |
| 4 | 2 | Sharjah - UAE | 7 | 8 | 17.5 |
| 5 | 3 | Peshmarga - Iraq | 7 | 8 | 15.5 |
| 6 | 7 | Masirah - Oman | 7 | 8 | 13.5 |
| 7 | 6 | Fujairah -UAE | 7 | 6 | 14.5 |
| 8 | 8 | Palestin Chess Association | 7 | 5 | 13 |
| 9 | 9 | Salalah - OMAN | 7 | 3 | 9.5 |
| 10 | 10 | Nakhal - Oman | 7 | 0 | 3.5 |
| 10 players | |||||
The final stages of the Chinese Division finals took place 8th to 13th January, it was only at the end I realised this was a two round knockout, it's what I thought at first but chess-results led me astray. Hangzhou Bank won. There is a relegation battle to come.
| TCh-CHN DivA Finals 2025 Shaoxing CHN Thu 8th Jan 2026 - Tue 13th Jan 2026
Leading Final Round 6 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Pts |
| Final | ||
| 1 | Hangzhou Bank | 12.0 |
| 2 | Shenzhen Pengcheng | 8.0 |
| 3rd-4th | ||
| 3 | Chongqing Sports Lottery | 11.0 |
| 4 | Tianjin | 4.0 |
| Semi-final | ||
| 1 | Shenzhen Pengcheng | 6.0 |
| 2 | Chongqing Sports Lottery | 4.0 |
| 1 | Hangzhou Bank | 5.5 |
| 2 | Tianjin | 4.5 |
| 11 players | ||
The Titled Tuesday Blitz 13th January was won by Javokhir Sindarov with 9.5/11.
| Titled Tue 13th Jan 2026 chess.com INT Tue 13th Jan 2026 - Tue 13th 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 | 13 | Javokhir Sindarov | GM | UZB | 3224 | W410B | W51W | W57B | W332W | W341W | W2B | D8W | D16B | W7W | W9B | D5W | 9.5 | 74.5 | 75.5 | 62.75 |
| 2 | 26 | Arjun Erigaisi | GM | IND | 3166 | W366W | W108B | W336W | W35B | W23B | L1W | W38B | L31W | W84B | W68W | W19B | 9 | 72.5 | 75.5 | 58.5 |
| 3 | 16 | Fabiano Caruana | GM | USA | 3203 | W209W | W90B | W52W | W46W | D17B | W162B | D16W | L7B | W118W | W30B | W21W | 9 | 72 | 76.5 | 60 |
| 4 | 3 | Denis Lazavik | GM | BLR | 3286 | W158B | W177W | W77B | W48W | L18B | D118B | W83W | D17B | W45W | W37B | W8W | 9 | 70.5 | 75.5 | 60.5 |
| 5 | 18 | Nodirbek Abdusattorov | GM | UZB | 3196 | W364W | W392B | L35W | W115B | W105W | W49B | D17W | W149B | W32W | W29B | D1B | 9 | 67.5 | 69.5 | 53.25 |
| 6 | 24 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | GM | RUS | 3162 | W178W | W337B | W159W | L149B | W72W | L33B | W51W | W335B | W328B | W22W | W17B | 9 | 64.5 | 69.5 | 56.5 |
| 7 | 30 | Rinat Jumabayev | GM | KAZ | 3144 | W240W | W55B | W28W | W19B | L16B | W35W | W44B | W3W | L1B | D14B | W40W | 8.5 | 80 | 84 | 62.25 |
| 8 | 22 | Aleksei Sarana | GM | SRB | 3206 | W407W | W383B | W50W | W83B | W29B | W44W | D1B | W19B | D31W | D11B | L4B | 8.5 | 72.5 | 73.5 | 51.75 |
| 9 | 39 | Vahap Sanal | GM | TUR | 3094 | W141B | L120W | W178B | W278W | W87B | W172B | W14W | W12W | W16B | L1W | D11W | 8.5 | 71 | 74 | 54.25 |
| 10 | 15 | Vincent Keymer | GM | DEU | 3187 | W180B | W104W | W56B | L17W | W61W | W103B | L48W | W52B | D24W | W77W | W36B | 8.5 | 70 | 75 | 56 |
| 11 | 5 | Pranav V | GM | IND | 3244 | W294B | W352W | D333B | W34W | W32B | D21W | W30B | D325W | W77B | D8W | D9B | 8.5 | 68.5 | 71 | 52.75 |
| 12 | 20 | Haik Martirosyan | GM | ARM | 3180 | W186W | W402B | W354W | W24B | D149W | D17B | W20W | L9B | D34W | W43B | W32W | 8.5 | 68.5 | 69.5 | 50.5 |
| 13 | 19 | Dmitry Andreikin | GM | GEO | 3173 | W113B | D348W | D78B | W379W | D336B | W80W | L37B | W97W | W50B | W33W | W29W | 8.5 | 63.5 | 66 | 51 |
| 14 | 17 | Matthias Bluebaum | GM | DEU | 3178 | D147B | W311W | W262W | W333B | D118W | W340B | L9B | W56W | W101B | D7W | W37B | 8.5 | 61.5 | 62.5 | 44 |
| 15 | 27 | Bogdan Daniel Deac | GM | ROU | 3161 | W360B | W363W | D330B | W376W | W228B | W149W | L19W | L77B | W85W | W34B | W31W | 8.5 | 57.5 | 60 | 42.75 |
| 16 | 14 | Renato Terry | IM | INT | 3193 | W155W | W145B | W47W | W54B | W7W | W18W | D3B | D1W | L9W | L21B | W53W | 8 | 78 | 83.5 | 57.75 |
| 17 | 48 | Cristobal Henriquez | GM | CHL | 3089 | W191W | W121B | W115W | W10B | D3W | D12W | D5B | D4W | W327W | W44B | L6W | 8 | 78 | 83 | 56.25 |
| 18 | 23 | Tuan Minh Le | GM | VNM | 3173 | W132B | W176W | W61B | W43W | W4W | L16B | W45B | L21W | D33B | D24B | W57W | 8 | 75 | 80 | 56.25 |
| 19 | 1 | Hikaru Nakamura | GM | USA | 3403 | W183B | W109W | W53B | L7W | W85B | W332W | W15B | L8W | W25B | W31B | L2W | 8 | 74.5 | 79.5 | 53.5 |
| 20 | 42 | Rasmus Svane | GM | DEU | 3074 | W334W | W114B | W26W | D31W | D22B | W55W | L12B | D39W | W82B | D23B | W69W | 8 | 74 | 79 | 55 |
| 21 | 29 | Liem Le | GM | VNM | 3135 | W213B | W82W | D80B | W42W | W339B | D11B | W22W | W18B | L29W | W16W | L3B | 8 | 74 | 78.5 | 54.5 |
| 22 | 10 | Pranesh M | GM | INT | 3209 | W188W | W58B | W307W | D32B | D20W | W24W | L21B | W57W | W46B | L6B | W49W | 8 | 73.5 | 75.5 | 50.75 |
| 23 | 8 | Sam Sevian | GM | USA | 3214 | W140W | W73B | W38W | W45B | L2W | L46B | W58W | W106B | D326B | D20W | W66B | 8 | 72 | 77.5 | 54.25 |
| 24 | 53 | Mark Smirnov | FM | KAZ | 3048 | W152B | W405W | W79B | L12W | W104W | L22B | W112W | W55B | D10B | D18W | W68B | 8 | 71 | 72 | 47.25 |
| 25 | 33 | Matvey Galchenko | IM | RUS | 3099 | W144B | L375W | W186B | W95W | W89B | W52W | L31B | W336W | L19W | W101B | W56B | 8 | 64 | 66.5 | 48.5 |
| 26 | 103 | Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis | GM | GRC | 2882 | W187B | W389W | L20B | W272W | W27B | L45W | L68B | W160B | W81W | W46W | W54B | 8 | 64 | 66 | 44 |
| 27 | 34 | Nodirbek Yakubboev | GM | UZB | 3070 | L272W | W173B | W407W | W182B | L26W | W355B | W104B | L101W | W331W | W61B | W64B | 8 | 55.5 | 56.5 | 39.5 |
| 28 | 95 | Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian | GM | BRA | 2885 | W276B | W269W | L7B | D294B | L170W | W213B | D181W | W189B | W102W | W45B | W48W | 8 | 54 | 56.5 | 39.25 |
| 29 | 2 | Magnus Carlsen | GM | NOR | 3336 | W315W | W69B | W49W | W30B | L8W | D54B | W33W | W48B | W21B | L5W | L13B | 7.5 | 77 | 78 | 48.5 |
| 30 | 31 | Shamsiddin Vokhidov | GM | UZB | 3103 | W99B | W172W | W39B | L29W | W101B | W56B | L11W | W61W | W115B | L3W | D35B | 7.5 | 72.5 | 77.5 | 48.75 |
| 31 | 12 | Jeffery Xiong | GM | USA | 3196 | W184W | W403B | W106W | D20B | D326W | W342B | W25W | W2B | D8B | L19W | L15B | 7.5 | 71.5 | 72.5 | 44.5 |
| 32 | 41 | Frederik Svane | GM | DEU | 3079 | W388B | W67W | W382B | D22W | L11W | W177B | W50W | W47B | L5B | W41W | L12B | 7.5 | 69.5 | 71.5 | 41.5 |
| 33 | 71 | Aleksandar Indjic | GM | SRB | 3007 | W230B | W343W | W327B | L325B | W125W | W6W | L29B | W86W | D18W | L13B | W92B | 7.5 | 68.5 | 72.5 | 46 |
| 34 | 62 | JosĂŠ Carlos Ibarra Jerez | GM | ESP | 3006 | W373W | D347B | W169W | L11B | W92W | D90B | W116W | W102B | D12B | L15W | W78B | 7.5 | 66.5 | 69.5 | 43 |
| 35 | 83 | Timothe Razafindratsima | IM | FRA | 2944 | W351B | W272W | W5B | L2W | W81B | L7B | L60W | W347W | W338B | W70W | D30W | 7.5 | 66.5 | 69.5 | 41.25 |
| 36 | 38 | Oleksandr Bortnyk | GM | USA | 3079 | W197W | W185B | W89W | L44W | W84B | D50W | L47B | W177W | W330B | W38W | L10W | 7.5 | 65.5 | 70.5 | 44.5 |
| 37 | 60 | Antoni Kozak | NM | POL | 3022 | W134W | L79B | W231B | D174W | W347B | W119W | W13W | W162B | W325B | L4W | L14W | 7.5 | 65.5 | 69.5 | 43 |
| 38 | 72 | Igor Janik | GM | POL | 2975 | W394W | W148B | L23B | W211W | W102B | W341W | L2W | D44B | W143W | L36B | W91W | 7.5 | 63.5 | 65.5 | 37.5 |
| 39 | 96 | MatĂas PĂŠrez Gormaz | IM | CHL | 2884 | W409W | W238B | L30W | L140B | W144W | W113B | W141W | D20B | L43B | W143W | W77B | 7.5 | 61.5 | 62.5 | 38 |
| 40 | 9 | Alexander Grischuk | GM | RUS | 3190 | L401B | W142W | W364B | D114W | W146W | W330B | L77W | W62B | W47W | W326B | L7B | 7.5 | 61 | 62 | 43 |
| 436 players | ||||||||||||||||||||
The 3-0 Thursday 15th January events were won by Aleksei Sarana, Denis Lazavik and Jeffery Xiong.
| 1st 3-0 Thu 15th Jan 2026 chess.com INT Thu 15th Jan 2026 - Thu 15th 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 | 5 | Aleksei Sarana | GM | SRB | 3200 | W83B | W163W | W27B | W24W | W23B | W5B | D2W | L3B | W21W | W8W | W7B | 9.5 | 75 | 78 | 64.5 |
| 2 | 8 | Jose Martinez | GM | MEX | 3150 | W186W | W42B | W17W | W15B | W8B | W3W | D1B | L22W | W5B | W6W | D4W | 9 | 80 | 80 | 63.75 |
| 3 | 2 | Magnus Carlsen | GM | NOR | 3338 | W178W | W43B | W149W | W6B | W22W | L2B | W21B | W1W | L7B | W9W | W12W | 9 | 76.5 | 78.5 | 61.5 |
| 4 | 1 | Hikaru Nakamura | GM | USA | 3403 | L161B | W125W | W166B | W26W | D14B | W12W | W79B | W6W | W22B | W7W | D2B | 9 | 67.5 | 70.5 | 58.5 |
| 5 | 3 | Denis Lazavik | GM | BLR | 3318 | W67B | W44W | W50B | D21W | W9B | L1W | W16B | W36B | L2W | D11W | W24B | 8 | 75 | 80.5 | 54.5 |
| 6 | 12 | Bogdan Daniel Deac | GM | ROU | 3162 | W118W | W153B | W162W | L3W | W29B | W14W | W11B | L4B | W13W | L2B | W27W | 8 | 74 | 77 | 50 |
| 7 | 17 | Vahap Sanal | GM | TUR | 3137 | W58B | L51W | W81B | W132W | W60B | W40W | W15W | W8B | W3W | L4B | L1W | 8 | 72.5 | 75.5 | 51 |
| 8 | 4 | Jan-Krzysztof Duda | GM | POL | 3235 | W131W | W39B | W31W | W52B | L2W | W155B | W24B | L7W | W15W | L1B | W16W | 8 | 72 | 75 | 48.5 |
| 9 | 10 | Arjun Erigaisi | GM | IND | 3177 | W65W | W33B | W148W | W51B | L5W | L50B | W35W | W25B | W30W | L3B | W29W | 8 | 70 | 76 | 53 |
| 10 | 9 | Dmitry Andreikin | GM | GEO | 3140 | W61B | W54W | L15B | W39W | W148B | L11W | D37B | W55W | W40W | D26B | W36W | 8 | 66.5 | 72.5 | 50.25 |
| 11 | 22 | Mukhammadzokhid Suyarov | IM | UZB | 3102 | W85W | W56B | W170W | L22B | W112W | W10B | L6W | D40B | W37W | D5B | W25W | 8 | 66.5 | 69 | 46.75 |
| 12 | 45 | Alan Pichot | GM | ESP | 3004 | W115B | W177W | L23W | W73B | W52W | L4B | W58W | W149W | W50B | W22W | L3B | 8 | 65 | 67 | 42 |
| 13 | 34 | Aleksandar Indjic | GM | SRB | 2976 | W59W | W173B | L22W | W94B | D68W | D84B | W51W | W33B | L6B | W53W | W21W | 8 | 62.5 | 64.5 | 44.25 |
| 14 | 26 | Sergei Zhigalko | GM | INT | 3108 | W62W | D161B | W142W | W38B | D4W | L6B | U-- | W157W | W54B | W148B | W22W | 8 | 56 | 57.5 | 43.25 |
| 15 | 38 | Bharath Subramaniyam.H Harishankkar | GM | IND | 3014 | W167W | W122B | W10W | L2W | W67B | W23W | L7B | W28W | L8B | D39W | W38B | 7.5 | 69.5 | 72.5 | 44.25 |
| 16 | 41 | Gianmarco Leiva | IM | PER | 2952 | W74B | D70W | W161W | L25B | W75W | W80B | L5W | W68B | W36W | W23B | L8B | 7.5 | 63.5 | 67 | 41.25 |
| 17 | 36 | Zbigniew Pakleza | GM | POL | 2986 | W95W | W87B | L2B | W55W | D80B | L68W | W71B | L26W | W75B | W46W | W43W | 7.5 | 61.5 | 66.5 | 42.5 |
| 18 | 64 | Semyon Puzyrevsky | FM | ALB | 2882 | W107W | L23B | W174W | D149B | D70B | W45W | D151B | W110B | L24W | W40B | W37W | 7.5 | 58.5 | 60.5 | 38.5 |
| 19 | 39 | Alexander Rustemov | GM | RUS | 3005 | L87B | W117W | D105B | D53W | W104B | W65W | L30W | D69B | W80W | W41W | W39B | 7.5 | 56.5 | 60.5 | 40.5 |
| 20 | 184 | Ivan Yeletsky | FM | INT | 3064 | U-- | U-- | U-- | W107W | W121B | W103W | W81W | W63B | W153W | D38W | W26B | 7.5 | 38.5 | 42.5 | 39.25 |
| 21 | 13 | Tuan Minh Le | GM | VNM | 3183 | W71B | W28W | W35B | D5B | W79W | W25B | L3W | W23W | L1B | D29W | L13B | 7 | 75 | 80.5 | 46.5 |
| 22 | 7 | Elham Amar | GM | NOR | 3215 | W108B | W132W | W13B | W11W | L3B | W151W | W50W | W2B | L4W | L12B | L14B | 7 | 74.5 | 77.5 | 43.5 |
| 23 | 11 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | GM | RUS | 3145 | W81B | W18W | W12B | W80W | L1W | L15B | W44W | L21B | W28B | L16W | W42W | 7 | 72 | 77 | 45.5 |
| 24 | 21 | Oleksandr Bortnyk | GM | USA | 3106 | W106B | W82W | W152B | L1B | W162W | W34B | L8W | L30B | W18B | W31W | L5W | 7 | 68.5 | 71.5 | 39 |
| 25 | 6 | Renato Terry | IM | INT | 3139 | W69W | W182B | D150W | W16W | W36B | L21W | W38B | L9W | D29B | W30W | L11B | 7 | 68.5 | 69.5 | 40.25 |
| 26 | 77 | Matvii Sobol | CM | UKR | 2831 | W130B | W151W | D36B | L4B | W31W | L79B | W74W | W17B | W150B | D10W | L20W | 7 | 67 | 70 | 40.75 |
| 27 | 30 | Cem Kaan Gokerkan | GM | TUR | 3007 | W57W | W73B | L1W | W41B | L34W | L55B | W61W | W67B | W51W | W50W | L6B | 7 | 66.5 | 72 | 41.5 |
| 28 | 66 | Allahverdi Hamidov | FM | AZE | 2850 | W45W | L21B | W89W | D31B | W150W | D149W | W32B | L15B | L23W | W66B | W52W | 7 | 65 | 70 | 42.25 |
| 29 | 33 | Mitrabha Guha | GM | IND | 3009 | L173B | W93W | W98B | W56W | L6W | W72B | W34W | W84B | D25W | D21B | L9B | 7 | 63.5 | 65.5 | 40.5 |
| 30 | 32 | Egor Koshulyan | FM | RUS | 2986 | L97W | L57B | W127W | W103B | W61W | W66W | W19B | W24W | L9B | L25B | W51W | 7 | 63 | 66.5 | 40.5 |
| 31 | 29 | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | GM | ARM | 2963 | W126B | W72W | L8B | D28W | L26B | D166W | W83B | W73W | W34B | L24B | W55W | 7 | 61.5 | 64.5 | 37.5 |
| 32 | 16 | Mark Smirnov | FM | KAZ | 3005 | W76W | W157B | L51W | W163B | L40W | W94B | L28W | W56B | L33W | W71B | W54W | 7 | 58.5 | 61.5 | 35 |
| 33 | 63 | Svyatoslav Lisenkov | FM | RUS | 2872 | W187B | L9W | W119B | L151W | W88B | W113B | W155W | L13W | W32B | L36B | W53W | 7 | 57.5 | 57.5 | 30 |
| 34 | 69 | Alexander Gelman | IM | DEU | 2801 | L181B | W159W | W120B | W164W | W27B | L24W | L29B | W52W | L31W | W83B | W50W | 7 | 56 | 57 | 35 |
| 35 | 49 | Vjacheslav Weetik | FM | RUS | 2923 | W183B | W179W | L21W | W69B | L155W | W105B | L9B | W58W | L53B | W82B | W56W | 7 | 54 | 55 | 30 |
| 36 | 18 | Matvey Galchenko | IM | RUS | 3042 | W98W | W55B | D26W | W150B | L25W | W43B | W68B | L5W | L16B | W33W | L10B | 6.5 | 68 | 73 | 39 |
| 37 | 43 | Maksym Dubnevych | FM | UKR | 2814 | L96B | W78W | W57B | L67W | W76B | W53W | D10W | W154B | L11B | W68W | L18B | 6.5 | 62.5 | 67 | 37 |
| 38 | 48 | Alexandros Papasimakopoulos | IM | GRC | 2949 | D114W | W64B | W70B | L14W | W82B | W154W | L25W | D151B | W84W | D20B | L15W | 6.5 | 61 | 65 | 34.25 |
| 39 | 56 | Artur Gabrielian | GM | RUS | 2893 | W134W | L8W | W59B | L10B | L105W | W77W | W136B | W152W | W64B | D15B | L19W | 6.5 | 61 | 64 | 32.25 |
| 40 | 180 | Ilan Schnaider | IM | ARG | 2944 | U-- | W95B | W88W | W72W | W32B | L7B | W56W | D11W | L10B | L18W | W69B | 6.5 | 60.5 | 65.5 | 38 |
| 188 players | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd 3-0 Thu 15th Jan 2026 chess.com INT Thu 15th Jan 2026 - Thu 15th 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 | Denis Lazavik | GM | BLR | 3318 | W109B | W30W | W14B | W4W | W3B | W5W | D2B | W7W | W16B | W8B | W10W | 10.5 | 76.5 | 78.5 | 74.25 |
| 2 | 3 | Jan-Krzysztof Duda | GM | POL | 3235 | W40B | W28W | D42B | W98W | W11W | W6B | D1W | W10B | L4W | W12B | D3B | 8.5 | 74.5 | 79.5 | 59.25 |
| 3 | 11 | Mahammad Muradli | GM | AZE | 3121 | W83B | W74W | W19B | W23B | L1W | W98W | L10B | W18W | W27B | W4B | D2W | 8.5 | 70 | 73 | 50.75 |
| 4 | 13 | Sergei Zhigalko | GM | INT | 3108 | W79B | W10W | W29B | L1B | W30W | W28B | W27B | W6W | W2B | L3W | L8W | 8 | 75 | 78.5 | 51.5 |
| 5 | 18 | Sanan Sjugirov | GM | HUN | 3065 | W105W | W20B | W15W | W97B | W27W | L1B | L6W | W95B | L10W | W21W | W16B | 8 | 71 | 74 | 48 |
| 6 | 5 | Fabiano Caruana | GM | USA | 3202 | D39B | W116W | W67W | W31B | W96W | L2W | W5B | L4B | W14W | D10B | W17W | 8 | 67 | 67.5 | 44.5 |
| 7 | 16 | Mahel Boyer | GM | FRA | 3089 | W57W | W55B | L23W | W101B | W99B | W15W | W97W | L1B | L8W | W19B | W14W | 8 | 66 | 70 | 45 |
| 8 | 46 | Magnus Carlsen | GM | NOR | 3338 | U-- | W54B | L24W | W102B | W32W | W21B | W96W | W11W | W7B | L1W | W4B | 8 | 64 | 67.5 | 50.5 |
| 9 | 17 | Eric Hansen | GM | CAN | 3101 | W63B | W101W | W13W | L27B | L28W | W20B | W30W | L16B | W25B | W29W | W22B | 8 | 63.5 | 67.5 | 48.5 |
| 10 | 41 | Eric Rosen | IM | USA | 2832 | W107B | L4B | W87W | W48W | W104B | W17B | W3W | L2W | W5B | D6W | L1B | 7.5 | 69.5 | 71.5 | 40.5 |
| 11 | 8 | Vahap Sanal | GM | TUR | 3137 | W110W | W99B | D31W | W42W | L2B | W24W | W25W | L8B | W48W | L16W | W27B | 7.5 | 64.5 | 66.5 | 40 |
| 12 | 6 | Bogdan Daniel Deac | GM | ROU | 3162 | W33W | L13B | D102W | W39B | W29W | L25B | W101W | W99B | W96B | L2W | W23B | 7.5 | 61 | 64.5 | 40.25 |
| 13 | 34 | Alexander Khlebovich | IM | RUS | 2950 | W73W | W12W | L9B | W105B | L17W | W106W | L14B | D43B | W40W | W25W | W31B | 7.5 | 60 | 63 | 38.25 |
| 14 | 19 | Vugar Rasulov | GM | AZE | 3040 | W56B | W46W | L1W | W55B | W21B | L27W | W13W | W97B | L6B | W15W | L7B | 7 | 69.5 | 74.5 | 42 |
| 15 | 48 | Dmitriy Kushko | IM | IRL | 2826 | W62W | W100W | L5B | W22W | W19B | L7B | D23W | D24W | W30B | L14B | W28W | 7 | 66.5 | 70.5 | 41 |
| 16 | 2 | Aleksei Sarana | GM | SRB | 3200 | L61W | W51B | W64B | L96W | W33B | W86W | W28B | W9W | L1W | W11B | L5W | 7 | 66 | 69 | 40.5 |
| 17 | 15 | Anton Demchenko | GM | SVN | 3045 | W44B | W52W | L98B | W67W | W13B | L10W | L18B | W101W | W24B | W95W | L6B | 7 | 62 | 66 | 38.5 |
| 18 | 33 | Artem Galaktionov | FM | ARE | 2952 | W72B | L27W | L44B | W35B | W83W | W41B | W17W | L3B | L22W | W53W | W33B | 7 | 60.5 | 63.5 | 36.5 |
| 19 | 27 | Alexander Rustemov | GM | RUS | 3005 | W114B | W68W | L3W | W61B | L15W | W52B | W67W | L27W | W99B | L7W | W38B | 7 | 58 | 59 | 29.5 |
| 20 | 46 | Grzegorz Nasuta | GM | POL | 2804 | W81W | L5W | W107B | L104B | W45W | L9W | W35B | L98B | W54W | W48B | W29B | 7 | 55 | 57.5 | 33.5 |
| 21 | 37 | Marcin Krzyżanowski | GM | POL | 2911 | W118B | L97B | W68W | W106B | L14W | L8W | W105B | W54W | W98W | L5B | W34W | 7 | 54 | 54 | 26 |
| 22 | 22 | Egor Koshulyan | FM | RUS | 2986 | L87W | W59B | W115W | L15B | L53W | W107B | W44W | W67B | W18B | W27W | L9W | 7 | 52 | 53 | 31 |
| 23 | 30 | Alexandros Papasimakopoulos | IM | GRC | 2949 | W41W | W88B | W7B | L3W | L97W | W53B | D15B | L96W | W46B | W26W | L12W | 6.5 | 64 | 66 | 36 |
| 24 | 38 | Miraziz Matyakubov | CM | UZB | 2901 | W70W | D96W | W8B | L103B | W42W | L11B | W40W | D15B | L17W | D36B | W50B | 6.5 | 61.5 | 64.5 | 37.75 |
| 25 | 26 | Ilan Schnaider | IM | ARG | 2944 | W117W | W115B | L97W | D32B | W40W | W12W | L11B | W26B | L9W | L13B | W46W | 6.5 | 60 | 60.5 | 29.5 |
| 26 | 39 | Dennis Wagner | GM | DEU | 2867 | D116B | L39W | W62B | W49W | W31W | L96B | W78B | L25W | W45W | L23B | W44W | 6.5 | 54.5 | 55 | 30.75 |
| 27 | 4 | Jose Martinez | GM | MEX | 3150 | W102W | W18B | W104W | W9W | L5B | W14B | L4W | W19B | L3W | L22B | L11W | 6 | 71.5 | 74.5 | 35.5 |
| 28 | 32 | Miłosz Szpar | GM | POL | 2939 | W69W | L2B | W112W | W44B | W9B | L4W | L16W | W33B | L95W | W39B | L15B | 6 | 65.5 | 66.5 | 30 |
| 29 | 28 | Markus Ragger | GM | AUT | 2953 | W59W | W87B | L4W | D40B | L12B | W39W | D32B | W34W | W38B | L9B | L20W | 6 | 64.5 | 66.5 | 30.25 |
| 30 | 31 | Maksym Dubnevych | FM | UKR | 2814 | W47B | L1B | W83W | W53W | L4B | W105W | L9B | W32W | L15W | L33B | W57B | 6 | 64 | 67 | 27.5 |
| 31 | 25 | Zbigniew Pakleza | GM | POL | 2986 | W37B | W43W | D11B | L6W | L26B | W50W | L46B | W102W | D39B | W32W | L13W | 6 | 63.5 | 67 | 33 |
| 32 | 49 | Timur Kocharin | FM | GNQ | 2748 | W71B | L42B | W81W | D25W | L8B | W68W | D29W | L30B | W41W | L31B | W54W | 6 | 56.5 | 59.5 | 27.75 |
| 33 | 55 | Anna M. Sargsyan | IM | USA | 2728 | L12B | W70W | L108B | W69W | L16W | W87B | W106W | L28W | W71B | W30W | L18W | 6 | 50.5 | 52.5 | 23 |
| 34 | 18 | Duc Minh Lai | NM | VNM | 2740 | U-- | L106B | L41W | W120B | W58W | W57B | W63W | L29B | W76W | W42W | L21B | 6 | 45.5 | 45.5 | 24 |
| 35 | 112 | Dashgyn Ibadov | IM | RUS | 2633 | U-- | U-- | W120B | L18W | W65B | W74W | L20W | W72B | W67W | L38W | W61B | 6 | 41 | 41 | 21 |
| 36 | 2 | Sharath Radhakrishnan | NM | SPM | 2690 | U-- | W118W | L103W | L41B | L47B | W75W | W69B | W106B | W73W | D24W | D48B | 6 | 41 | 41 | 21 |
| 37 | 74 | Witold Klepek | CM | POL | 2576 | L31W | L103B | W82W | L109W | W88B | L83B | W111W | L74B | W52W | W71B | W53B | 6 | 37 | 39 | 21 |
| 38 | 115 | Miroslav Baturin-Vinogradov | CM | NOR | 2866 | U-- | U-- | U-- | W70W | W114B | W60W | W56B | W71W | L29W | W35B | L19W | 6 | 37 | 38 | 25 |
| 39 | 54 | Nikolai Vlassov | IM | INT | 2674 | D6W | W26B | L96B | L12W | W75B | L29B | W62W | W61B | D31W | L28W | D41B | 5.5 | 60 | 64 | 29.25 |
| 40 | 52 | Artemii Khanbutaev | NM | USA | 2689 | L2W | W72B | W88W | D29W | L25B | W62W | L24B | W78W | L13B | D45B | D51W | 5.5 | 58 | 60 | 22.5 |
| 121 players | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd 3-0 Thu 15th Jan 2026 chess.com INT Thu 15th Jan 2026 - Thu 15th 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 | 2 | Jeffery Xiong | GM | USA | 3217 | W25W | L55B | W34W | W7B | W41W | W52B | W3W | L2B | W6W | W4W | W8B | 9 | 65 | 68 | 56 |
| 2 | 4 | Haik Martirosyan | GM | ARM | 3204 | W60W | W58B | L41W | W18B | W51W | W4B | W5B | W1W | L3B | W6W | W10B | 9 | 63.5 | 64.5 | 52 |
| 3 | 5 | Tuan Minh Le | GM | VNM | 3183 | W30B | W61W | W11B | W4W | W52B | W6W | L1B | W12W | W2W | L8B | D5B | 8.5 | 69.5 | 70.5 | 50.75 |
| 4 | 10 | Eric Hansen | GM | CAN | 3101 | W38W | W56B | W10W | L3B | W8W | L2W | W13B | D11W | W7W | L1B | W12W | 7.5 | 71 | 74 | 44.25 |
| 5 | 7 | Renato Terry | IM | INT | 3139 | W18B | W28W | L51B | W15B | W13W | W10B | L2W | L6B | W14W | W11B | D3W | 7.5 | 68.5 | 73.5 | 47.75 |
| 6 | 9 | Oleksandr Bortnyk | GM | USA | 3106 | W29B | W32W | D55B | W41B | W12W | L3B | W8W | W5W | L1B | L2B | W13W | 7.5 | 68 | 71 | 43 |
| 7 | 36 | Andrew Jiang | FM | USA | 2757 | W54B | L11B | W9W | L1W | W57B | W23B | W53W | W51W | L4B | D10B | W21W | 7.5 | 60 | 62 | 35.75 |
| 8 | 1 | Aleksei Sarana | GM | SRB | 3200 | W63B | L51W | W16B | W56W | L4B | W24W | L6B | W21W | W23B | W3W | L1W | 7 | 64 | 64 | 35 |
| 9 | 18 | Roman Pyrih | IM | USA | 2931 | L33W | W57B | L7B | L38W | W35W | W39B | D17B | W24W | W28W | D12B | W20W | 7 | 54 | 56 | 33.5 |
| 10 | 3 | Jose Martinez | GM | MEX | 3150 | W34B | W14W | L4B | W17W | W11B | L5W | L12B | W20W | W16B | D7W | L2W | 6.5 | 70 | 74.5 | 40.25 |
| 11 | 13 | Gleb Dudin | GM | HUN | 3015 | W24B | W7W | L3W | W42B | L10W | W20B | W18W | D4B | D12B | L5W | D15B | 6.5 | 68 | 72 | 39.25 |
| 12 | 11 | Mahel Boyer | GM | FRA | 3089 | W15B | D16W | W53B | W55W | L6B | W54W | W10W | L3B | D11W | D9W | L4B | 6.5 | 63.5 | 66.5 | 33 |
| 13 | 23 | Aradhya Garg | IM | IND | 2830 | W50B | L52W | W31B | W19W | L5B | W17W | L4W | D15B | W35W | W16B | L6B | 6.5 | 61.5 | 62.5 | 32.75 |
| 14 | 19 | Alexander Rustemov | GM | RUS | 3005 | W48B | L10B | L17W | W29B | D20W | W33W | W24B | D16W | L5B | D27B | W28W | 6.5 | 58.5 | 60.5 | 31 |
| 15 | 39 | Peko Djurovic | FM | MNE | 2698 | L12W | W22B | W61B | L5W | L28B | W44B | W56W | D13W | W17B | D23W | D11W | 6.5 | 56.5 | 57.5 | 29.25 |
| 16 | 27 | Terry Luo | IM | USA | 2815 | W43B | D12B | L8W | W35B | D55W | W30B | W41W | D14B | L10W | L13W | W24B | 6.5 | 56 | 59 | 31 |
| 17 | 34 | Anna M. Sargsyan | IM | USA | 2728 | L52B | W45W | W14B | L10B | W59W | L13B | D9W | W26B | L15W | W33W | W23B | 6.5 | 55.5 | 57.5 | 30.5 |
| 18 | 35 | Henry Deng | FM | MDG | 2710 | L5W | W37B | W58W | L2W | W42B | W28W | L11B | L23B | W19W | L21W | W27B | 6 | 59.5 | 61.5 | 27 |
| 19 | 53 | Cale McCormick | NM | USA | 2401 | L32W | W29W | W26B | L13B | L30W | L31B | W25W | W38B | L18B | W34W | W33B | 6 | 52.5 | 56.5 | 29 |
| 20 | 23 | Duc Minh Lai | NM | VNM | 2740 | U-- | W44W | D35W | W36B | D14B | L11W | W40W | L10B | W29W | W28B | L9B | 6 | 49.5 | 53 | 27.5 |
| 21 | 28 | Vidip Kona | NM | USA | 2754 | W47W | L41W | L40B | U-- | W50W | W59B | W31W | L8B | W30W | W18B | L7B | 6 | 42.5 | 43.5 | 21 |
| 22 | 54 | Geiner Jose Andrade Truyol | CM | COL | 2299 | L56B | L15W | L57W | L50B | BYE | L37B | W49W | W47B | W44B | W38W | W30W | 6 | 32.5 | 33.5 | 16.5 |
| 23 | 14 | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | GM | ARM | 2963 | W57W | W35B | L52B | W40W | L54B | L7W | W27B | W18W | L8W | D15B | L17W | 5.5 | 55 | 57 | 25.25 |
| 24 | 41 | Juan Pablo Castro Lombana | CM | COL | 2618 | L11W | W47B | W28B | D54W | W53B | L8B | L14W | L9B | W39B | W26W | L16W | 5.5 | 55 | 57 | 21.75 |
| 25 | 30 | Yibai Ren | NM | CHN | 2658 | L1B | W48W | D36B | L53W | L33B | L35W | L19B | W37W | W42B | W31W | W38B | 5.5 | 49.5 | 51.5 | 21.75 |
| 26 | 21 | Eric Rosen | IM | USA | 2832 | L35B | D39W | L19W | W62B | W40B | L53W | W33B | L17W | W36B | L24B | W29W | 5.5 | 48 | 49 | 21 |
| 27 | 61 | Asish Panda | NM | USA | 2706 | U-- | U-- | W48B | W44W | W38B | L51W | L23W | W40B | W31B | D14W | L18W | 5.5 | 39.5 | 41.5 | 21.75 |
| 28 | 24 | Villarreal Agustin | FM | ARG | 2766 | W45W | L5B | L24W | W39B | W15W | L18B | W30W | W29W | L9B | L20W | L14B | 5 | 59 | 62 | 23.5 |
| 29 | 37 | Logan Clark Shafer | NM | USA | 2685 | L6W | L19B | W45B | L14W | W49B | W42W | W32W | L28B | L20B | W40W | L26B | 5 | 52.5 | 54.5 | 18 |
| 30 | 33 | Nikolai Vlassov | IM | INT | 2674 | L3W | W50B | L54B | W47W | W19B | L16W | L28B | W44W | L21B | W39W | L22B | 5 | 51 | 52 | 16.5 |
| 31 | 40 | Akeem Brown | CM | JAM | 2594 | L41B | W43W | L13W | W58B | L56B | W19W | L21B | W34B | L27W | L25B | W40W | 5 | 49 | 51 | 20.5 |
| 32 | 25 | Hoang Minh Tho Do | WFM | VNM | 2705 | W19B | L6B | L42W | L59B | W62W | W34W | L29B | L39W | L33B | W36W | W35B | 5 | 46.5 | 47.5 | 20.5 |
| 33 | 46 | Amudan Mangudi | NM | USA | 2445 | W9B | L53W | L56W | D34B | W25W | L14B | L26W | W43B | W32W | L17B | L19W | 4.5 | 54 | 57 | 23.75 |
| 34 | 31 | Gustavo Amezquita | NM | MEX | 2705 | L10W | W62B | L1B | D33W | W36W | L32B | L35B | L31W | W43W | L19B | W39W | 4.5 | 53 | 54 | 15.75 |
| 35 | 49 | Nicolas Cogan | NM | CIV | 2438 | W26W | L23W | D20B | L16W | L9B | W25B | W34W | W56B | L13B | U-- | L32W | 4.5 | 52 | 55 | 21.5 |
| 36 | 1 | Yilin Li | WFM | CAN | 2316 | U-- | W38B | D25W | L20W | L34B | W62B | L39W | W42B | L26W | L32B | W44B | 4.5 | 42 | 43 | 15.25 |
| 37 | 2 | Gustavo Horokoski De Souza | NM | BRA | 2321 | U-- | L18W | L38W | L48B | L45B | W22W | W47W | L25B | W49B | D44W | W43B | 4.5 | 36 | 38 | 15.75 |
| 38 | 38 | Le Thao Nguyen Pham | IM | VNM | 2608 | L4B | L36W | W37B | W9B | L27W | L40B | W48W | L19W | W45B | L22B | L25W | 4 | 53.5 | 55.5 | 16.5 |
| 39 | 43 | Can Baylav | NM | TUR | 2546 | L51W | D26B | D59W | L28W | W43B | L9W | W36B | W32B | L24W | L30B | L34B | 4 | 51 | 53 | 17.25 |
| 40 | 50 | Nicolas Kulik | NM | URY | 2393 | L61B | W60B | W21W | L23B | L26W | W38W | L20B | L27W | W56W | L29B | L31B | 4 | 46.5 | 47.5 | 14 |
| 63 players | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nodirbek Abdusattorov beat V Pranav to qualify for the FIDE Freestyle World Chess Championships in February in a play in on Chess.com.
| WCh Play-In Swiss 2026 chess.com INT Wed 14th Jan 2026 - Thu 15th Jan 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 7 | Nodirbek Abdusattorov | GM | UZB | 2747 | W28B | W82W | W80B | L2W | W8W | D7B | D4W | W14B | W3W | 7 | 47 | 49 | 35.25 |
| 2 | 17 | Pranav V | GM | IND | 2698 | W90B | W88W | W18B | W1B | W17W | L3W | L5B | W25B | W6W | 7 | 44 | 45 | 31.5 |
| 3 | 28 | Grigoriy Oparin | GM | USA | 2669 | W79W | W34B | W54B | W68W | W5W | W2B | D6B | D17W | L1B | 7 | 43.5 | 45.5 | 32.5 |
| 4 | 18 | Amin Tabatabaei | GM | IRN | 2723 | D64W | W70B | W32W | L6B | W52W | W33B | D1B | W18W | W5B | 7 | 41 | 41.5 | 31.25 |
| 5 | 11 | Arseniy Nesterov | GM | RUS | 2697 | W76B | W16W | W29B | W26W | L3B | W10W | W2W | D6B | L4W | 6.5 | 50 | 52 | 34.75 |
| 6 | 9 | Bogdan Daniel Deac | GM | ROU | 2713 | W92B | W35W | D19B | W4W | W15B | W17B | D3W | D5W | L2B | 6.5 | 49 | 50 | 33.5 |
| 7 | 23 | Leinier Dominguez Perez | GM | USA | 2660 | D37B | W94W | D12B | W71W | W27B | D1W | D9W | W15B | D8W | 6.5 | 45 | 45.5 | 30.5 |
| 8 | 30 | Arman Mikaelyan | GM | USA | 2633 | W65W | L17B | W72W | W56W | L1B | W28B | W70W | W12W | D7B | 6.5 | 39.5 | 39.5 | 23.75 |
| 9 | 13 | Aleksei Sarana | GM | SRB | 2688 | W85B | D81W | W52B | D19W | W26B | D25W | D7B | D10W | W17B | 6.5 | 38.5 | 40.5 | 27.75 |
| 10 | 33 | Shamsiddin Vokhidov | GM | UZB | 2626 | W48B | L54W | W90B | W53W | W12B | L5B | W68W | D9B | W21W | 6.5 | 36.5 | 37.5 | 25.25 |
| 11 | 7 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | GM | RUS | 2815 | U-- | L38W | W40B | W90W | D32B | W73W | W71B | W27W | W22B | 6.5 | 30 | 31 | 24.75 |
| 12 | 10 | Mahammad Muradli | GM | AZE | 2714 | D44W | W24B | D7W | W51B | L10W | W13B | W35W | L8B | W29W | 6 | 44 | 47 | 29 |
| 13 | 16 | Xiao Tong | GM | CHN | 2666 | W72W | W27B | L26B | W18W | D45B | L12W | D20B | W35W | W30B | 6 | 40 | 43 | 27.5 |
| 14 | 15 | Alexander Grischuk | GM | RUS | 2669 | W95B | W23W | W75B | L17B | D33W | W22B | D25W | L1W | W26B | 6 | 40 | 40 | 22.75 |
| 15 | 12 | Yu Yangyi | GM | CHN | 2704 | W100W | D52B | W81W | W22B | L6W | D69B | W26B | L7W | W27B | 6 | 37 | 37 | 20.75 |
| 16 | 36 | Rinat Jumabayev | GM | KAZ | 2628 | W50W | L5B | L34W | W49B | L38W | W84B | W73B | W39W | W25W | 6 | 33 | 35 | 20 |
| 17 | 1 | Salem AR Saleh | GM | ARE | 2777 | W33B | W8W | W30B | W14W | L2B | L6W | W19B | D3B | L9W | 5.5 | 50 | 54.5 | 31 |
| 18 | 51 | Prraneeth Vuppala | GM | IND | 2538 | W83B | W87W | L2W | L13B | W39W | W29B | W31W | L4B | D20B | 5.5 | 41.5 | 42.5 | 19.75 |
| 19 | 29 | Maxim Matlakov | GM | RUS | 2633 | W66B | W77W | D6W | D9B | W34W | D68B | L17W | L21W | W33B | 5.5 | 39 | 39 | 19.5 |
| 20 | 45 | Sergey Sklokin | FM | INT | 2570 | W55B | L30W | L25B | W47W | D21W | W52B | D13W | W31B | D18W | 5.5 | 37.5 | 40 | 21.5 |
| 21 | 3 | Oleksandr Bortnyk | GM | USA | 2731 | L45B | W79W | L33B | W62W | D20B | W74W | W23W | W19B | L10B | 5.5 | 35.5 | 36.5 | 19.25 |
| 22 | 20 | David Anton Guijarro | GM | ESP | 2652 | D70W | W64B | W74B | L15W | W54B | L14W | W45B | W32W | L11W | 5.5 | 35.5 | 36 | 15.5 |
| 23 | 40 | David Navara | GM | CZE | 2569 | W53W | L14B | W77W | D54W | L69B | W24W | L21B | W36W | W32B | 5.5 | 35 | 37 | 20.25 |
| 24 | 50 | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | GM | ARM | 2507 | D68W | L12W | W58B | L69W | W86W | L23B | W53W | W46B | W39B | 5.5 | 31 | 32.5 | 15 |
| 25 | 2 | Denis Lazavik | GM | BLR | 2755 | L74W | W41B | W20W | W35B | W29W | D9B | D14B | L2W | L16B | 5 | 44.5 | 47 | 25.25 |
| 26 | 43 | Martyn Kravtsiv | GM | UKR | 2538 | W42B | W31B | W13W | L5B | L9W | W38B | L15W | W70B | L14W | 5 | 44 | 48 | 23 |
| 27 | 41 | Georgijs Germanovs | CM | LVA | 2513 | W60B | L13W | W93B | W39B | L7W | W34B | W69W | L11B | L15W | 5 | 38.5 | 39.5 | 14.5 |
| 28 | 52 | Timothe Razafindratsima | IM | FRA | 2507 | L1W | W103B | W83B | W80W | L68B | L8W | W34B | L29B | W37W | 5 | 35 | 35 | 12.5 |
| 29 | 31 | Cem Kaan Gokerkan | GM | TUR | 2625 | W97B | W91W | L5W | W76B | L25B | L18W | W43B | W28W | L12B | 5 | 35 | 35 | 12 |
| 30 | 22 | Eray Kilic | IM | TUR | 2599 | W96W | W20B | L17W | L45B | L44B | W47W | W72B | W71W | L13W | 5 | 34 | 34 | 15.5 |
| 31 | 19 | Nodirbek Yakubboev | GM | UZB | 2643 | W102B | L26W | L76B | W79W | W56B | W45W | L18B | L20W | W43B | 5 | 30 | 30 | 12 |
| 32 | 44 | Harshavardhan GB | IM | IND | 2518 | D94W | W37B | L4B | D70W | D11W | W36B | W33W | L22B | L23W | 4.5 | 41.5 | 42 | 18.5 |
| 33 | 46 | Ilamparthi A R | IM | IND | 2528 | L17W | W48B | W21W | W78W | D14B | L4W | L32B | W44W | L19W | 4.5 | 40.5 | 42.5 | 17 |
| 34 | 69 | Beglar Jobava | IM | GEO | 2376 | W98B | L3W | W16B | W82W | L19B | L27W | L28W | W40B | D35B | 4.5 | 39 | 39 | 14.25 |
| 35 | 34 | Anton Demchenko | GM | SVN | 2582 | W73W | L6B | W62W | L25W | W72B | W44W | L12B | L13B | D34W | 4.5 | 37.5 | 38.5 | 12.75 |
| 36 | 49 | Vladimir Fedoseev | GM | SVN | 2487 | L91B | L73W | D84B | W37W | W85B | L32W | W52W | L23B | W46W | 4.5 | 27 | 28 | 13 |
| 37 | 68 | Anna Shukhman | WGM | RUS | 2355 | D7W | L32W | L44B | L36B | W48W | D40W | W84B | W38W | L28B | 4 | 35 | 37 | 14.25 |
| 38 | 66 | Svyatoslav Lisenkov | FM | RUS | 2374 | L69W | W11B | L82B | W61W | W16B | L26W | L39W | L37B | W49W | 4 | 34.5 | 35.5 | 16.5 |
| 39 | 43 | Shilong Li | GM | CHN | 2642 | U-- | W42W | W87B | L27W | L18B | W41W | W38B | L16B | L24W | 4 | 34 | 35 | 13 |
| 40 | 53 | Dennis Wagner | GM | DEU | 2432 | L54B | D84W | L11W | W48B | L74W | D37B | W49W | L34W | W44B | 4 | 29.5 | 31.5 | 12.5 |
| 106 players | ||||||||||||||||||
| WCh Play-In KO chess.com INT Wed 14th Jan 2026 - Thu 15th Jan 2026
Leading Final Round 2 Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Pts |
| Final | ||
| 1 | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | 2.0 |
| 2 | Pranav, V | 0.0 |
| 3rd-4th | ||
| 3 | Tabatabaei, M. Amin | 1.5* |
| 4 | Oparin, Grigoriy | 1.5 |
| Semi-final | ||
| 1 | Pranav, V | 1.5 |
| 2 | Oparin, Grigoriy | 0.5 |
| 1 | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | 1.5 |
| 2 | Tabatabaei, M. Amin | 0.5 |
| 11 players | ||