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1) Introduction
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My thanks to Olexandr Prohorov, Holger Lieske, Lennart Ootes, and everyone else who helped with this issue.
Jan Timman one of the strongest players of the 1980s passed away at the age of 74 last Wednesday. The news came as a surprise to me although it's clear he'd been ill for some time and his retirement from over the board play last year should have been an indication there was something wrong. Timman was well known for his aversion to computers, he and Karpov, both born in 1951, must be among the last players whose play was almost entirely uninfluenced by engines (the only doubt would be the use any seconds they had made of the technology). In his very final years Timman used X to spread the gospel of chess studies, that he was posting regularly made the shock of his passing more painful. My own impression was that he was one of the very strongest and classy players for many years but that he didn't always make the most of the chances he created, in researching my obituary I found Timman admitted this was the case. Timman was also late in almost all his milestones, it seems his marrage in 1978 led to him taking the profession of chess player more seriously than he had been doing. Karpov his age rival had already been World Number one and World Champion for a few years by then. Being five or ten years behind where he could have been meant he ran into a slightly younger generation of chess players and he acquitted himself well. I was struck by just how many tournaments Timman won in the 1980s. Timman's World Championship peak in fact came in the late 80s and early 90s. He lost to Karpov and Short in the late stages of the World Championship cycles where he went deep. When Short and Kasparov left FIDE Timman got the chance of a lifetime, a match for the World Championship against Karpov. Sadly he lost convincingly, even though he generated many good chances he just couldn't convert these games into full points and even lost one. It seems this loss pretty soon knocked the heart out of him and by 2000 his elite career was pretty much over. We did get instead many excellent books as well as studies as Timman used his understanding of the game to produce many great works. Timman seemed to have had a good life and he will be remembered with fondness.
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Mark
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The Isle of Wight Chess Masters took place 16th to 22nd February 2026. Matthew Wadsworth won on tie-break from Tobias Koelle and Matthew Turner after all scored 7/9.
| Isle of Wight Masters Ryde ENG Mon 16th Feb 2026 - Sun 22nd Feb 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts |
| 1 | 5 | Wadsworth, Matthew J | GM | ENG | 2508 | 7 |
| 2 | 6 | Koelle, Tobias | IM | GER | 2487 | 7 |
| 3 | 9 | Turner, Matthew J | GM | SCO | 2448 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | Maroroa Jones, Gawain C B | GM | ENG | 2645 | 6.5 |
| 5 | 2 | Chatalbashev, Boris | GM | DEN | 2529 | 6.5 |
| 6 | 3 | Beerdsen, Thomas | GM | NED | 2525 | 6.5 |
| 7 | 7 | Plat, Vojtech | GM | CZE | 2463 | 6.5 |
| 8 | 8 | Trost, Edvin | IM | SWE | 2458 | 6.5 |
| 9 | 11 | Kanyamarala, Tarun | IM | IRL | 2397 | 6.5 |
| 10 | 34 | Kanyamarala, Trisha | WIM | IRL | 2223 | 6.5 |
| 11 | 4 | Royal, Shreyas | GM | ENG | 2519 | 6 |
| 12 | 16 | Golubka, Petro | GM | CAN | 2345 | 6 |
| 13 | 17 | Mitev, Valentin | FM | BUL | 2313 | 6 |
| 14 | 19 | Khoury, Theo | FM | ENG | 2295 | 6 |
| 15 | 40 | Rami, Talab | SYR | 2187 | 6 | |
| 16 | 14 | Gormally, Daniel W | GM | ENG | 2379 | 5.5 |
| 17 | 15 | Tahay, Alexis | IM | FRA | 2352 | 5.5 |
| 18 | 21 | Badacsonyi, Stanley | FM | ENG | 2290 | 5.5 |
| 19 | 22 | Vaidyanathan, Adithya | FM | ENG | 2286 | 5.5 |
| 20 | 25 | Lindberg, Bengt | IM | SWE | 2276 | 5.5 |
| 21 | 26 | Jalving, August | FM | DEN | 2275 | 5.5 |
| 22 | 27 | Chakrabarty, Reyaansh | FM | AUS | 2272 | 5.5 |
| 23 | 30 | Bozinakis, Pavlos | GRE | 2256 | 5.5 | |
| 24 | 31 | Cummings, David H. | IM | CAN | 2237 | 5.5 |
| 25 | 35 | Stanojevic, Ilija | FM | SRB | 2222 | 5.5 |
| 26 | 36 | Richardson, John R | FM | ENG | 2211 | 5.5 |
| 27 | 37 | Sprenger De La Iglesia, Yevgeni | CM | ESP | 2205 | 5.5 |
| 28 | 45 | Cancedda-Dupuis, Livio | ENG | 2160 | 5.5 | |
| 29 | 46 | Bradbury, Neil H | IM | ENG | 2146 | 5.5 |
| 30 | 48 | Varnam, Liam D | FM | ENG | 2144 | 5.5 |
| 31 | 50 | Dasgupta, Avyukt | CM | ENG | 2129 | 5.5 |
| 32 | 55 | Pereslavtsev, Alexandr | ENG | 2077 | 5.5 | |
| 33 | 18 | Shearsby, Jude | FM | ENG | 2309 | 5 |
| 34 | 24 | Eltigani, Omar | IM | SUD | 2277 | 5 |
| 35 | 33 | Hanache, Kai | CM | ENG | 2234 | 5 |
| 36 | 43 | Kiss, Lajos | HUN | 2166 | 5 | |
| 37 | 47 | Bryant, Harry | CM | ENG | 2146 | 5 |
| 38 | 57 | Patel, Zain | ENG | 2042 | 5 | |
| 39 | 59 | Smolinski, Wojciech | POL | 2034 | 5 | |
| 40 | 60 | Vashisht-Pigem, Raman | ENG | 2034 | 5 | |
| 111 players | ||||||
The Graz open took place 14th to 20th February 2026. Loic Travadon won on tie-break from Babu M R Lalit and Roman Dehtiarov after all scored 7.5/9.
| Graz Open A 2026 Graz AUT Sat 14th Feb 2026 - Fri 20th Feb 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 11 | Travadon, Loic | IM | FRA | 2483 | 7.5 | 0 | 49.5 | 53.5 |
| 2 | 7 | Lalit, Babu M R | GM | IND | 2511 | 7.5 | 0 | 48.5 | 51.5 |
| 3 | 21 | Dehtiarov, Roman | IM | UKR | 2430 | 7.5 | 0 | 44.5 | 48.5 |
| 4 | 10 | Shengelia, David | GM | AUT | 2487 | 7 | 0 | 50 | 53 |
| 5 | 3 | Socko, Bartosz | GM | POL | 2580 | 7 | 0 | 48.5 | 52.5 |
| 6 | 6 | Chasin, Nico | IM | USA | 2523 | 7 | 0 | 47.5 | 51 |
| 7 | 40 | Martins, Bruno Andre Leite | IM | POR | 2376 | 7 | 0 | 46.5 | 50.5 |
| 8 | 2 | Pranav, Anand | GM | IND | 2606 | 7 | 0 | 46.5 | 49 |
| 9 | 4 | Raja, Rithvik R | GM | IND | 2535 | 7 | 0 | 45.5 | 49.5 |
| 10 | 1 | Pranesh, M | GM | IND | 2627 | 7 | 0 | 40.5 | 47.5 |
| 11 | 5 | Klimkowski, Jan | GM | POL | 2532 | 6.5 | 0 | 47 | 52 |
| 12 | 49 | Oktem, Ege Tuna | FM | TUR | 2356 | 6.5 | 0 | 45.5 | 49.5 |
| 13 | 35 | Sherman, Raem | FM | ISR | 2388 | 6.5 | 0 | 42.5 | 46.5 |
| 14 | 19 | Hamitevici, Vladimir | GM | MDA | 2433 | 6.5 | 0 | 41.5 | 45.5 |
| 15 | 45 | Nurman, Alua | WGM | KAZ | 2363 | 6.5 | 0 | 41.5 | 45.5 |
| 16 | 25 | Waldhausen Gordon, Frederick | FM | SCO | 2410 | 6 | 0 | 49.5 | 54 |
| 17 | 24 | Sowinski, Pawel | IM | POL | 2413 | 6 | 0 | 49 | 54 |
| 18 | 22 | Gschnitzer, Adrian | IM | GER | 2429 | 6 | 0 | 46.5 | 50 |
| 19 | 101 | Kozlovic, Jernej | FM | SLO | 2268 | 6 | 0 | 45.5 | 48.5 |
| 20 | 61 | Silva, Pedro Gil Ferreira | FM | POR | 2329 | 6 | 0 | 45 | 48.5 |
| 21 | 29 | Suder, Jakub | FM | POL | 2400 | 6 | 0 | 44.5 | 48.5 |
| 22 | 81 | Schneider, Jana | WGM | GER | 2291 | 6 | 0 | 44.5 | 48 |
| 23 | 98 | Stamatiou, Rodolfos | FM | GRE | 2273 | 6 | 0 | 44 | 48 |
| 24 | 15 | Diermair, Andreas | GM | AUT | 2447 | 6 | 0 | 43 | 47.5 |
| 25 | 26 | Czernek, Tymon | FM | POL | 2403 | 6 | 0 | 43 | 47 |
| 26 | 20 | Kushagra, Mohan | IM | IND | 2432 | 6 | 0 | 43 | 47 |
| 27 | 27 | Radzimski, Antoni | FM | POL | 2400 | 6 | 0 | 43 | 45.5 |
| 28 | 107 | Noy, Eyal | FM | ISR | 2261 | 6 | 0 | 43 | 45.5 |
| 29 | 30 | Roebers, Eline | IM | NED | 2398 | 6 | 0 | 42 | 45 |
| 30 | 65 | Piekielny, Pawel | IM | POL | 2316 | 6 | 0 | 42 | 45 |
| 31 | 28 | Stein, Robert | FM | GER | 2400 | 6 | 0 | 41 | 44.5 |
| 32 | 59 | Krawczyk, Flawian | CM | POL | 2334 | 6 | 0 | 41 | 44 |
| 33 | 261 | Sniedziewski, Emil | POL | 1973 | 6 | 0 | 40.5 | 43 | |
| 34 | 39 | Nunez Gregoire, Daniel | FM | GER | 2377 | 6 | 0 | 40.5 | 42.5 |
| 35 | 84 | Hovakimyan, Vache | FM | ARM | 2287 | 6 | 0 | 40 | 43 |
| 36 | 32 | Brilej, Jaka | FM | SLO | 2397 | 6 | 0 | 39.5 | 42 |
| 37 | 42 | Vantika, Agrawal | IM | IND | 2375 | 6 | 0 | 39.5 | 42 |
| 38 | 31 | Borrmann, Laurenz | IM | AUT | 2397 | 6 | 0 | 39 | 42 |
| 39 | 137 | Kukushkin, Ivan | CM | BUL | 2193 | 6 | 0 | 39 | 41.5 |
| 40 | 23 | Durak, Can | IM | TUR | 2416 | 6 | 0 | 38.5 | 42.5 |
| 275 players | |||||||||
The Russian Chess Crown tournament takes place 19th to 26th February 2026.
| Russian Chess Crown A Odintsovo RUS Thu 19th Feb 2026 - Thu 26th Feb 2026
Leading Round 7 (of 10) Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 36 | Faizrakhmanov, Ramil | IM | FID | 2379 | 6.5 | 29.5 | 33.5 | 6 |
| 2 | 35 | Pogosyan, Stefan | IM | ARM | 2381 | 5.5 | 29.5 | 33 | 5 |
| 3 | 7 | Tsydypov, Zhamsaran | GM | RUS | 2507 | 5.5 | 28.5 | 31 | 5 |
| 4 | 12 | Samusenko, Maksim | IM | RUS | 2453 | 5 | 29 | 32.5 | 4 |
| 5 | 55 | Bacojo, Mark Jay | IM | PHI | 2305 | 5 | 28.5 | 32.5 | 4 |
| 6 | 14 | Savchenko, Boris | GM | RUS | 2445 | 5 | 28.5 | 32 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | Afanasiev, Nikita | GM | RUS | 2536 | 5 | 26 | 29.5 | 4 |
| 8 | 9 | Khubukshanov, Erdem | IM | FID | 2502 | 5 | 26 | 29 | 4 |
| 9 | 19 | Triapishko, Alexandr | IM | RUS | 2430 | 5 | 26 | 28.5 | 3 |
| 10 | 48 | Kleimenov, Nikolay | FM | FID | 2332 | 5 | 25.5 | 28.5 | 4 |
| 11 | 29 | Bukreev, Stanislav | FM | RUS | 2402 | 5 | 24.5 | 27.5 | 3 |
| 12 | 30 | Kornienko, Konstantin | FM | RUS | 2402 | 5 | 22.5 | 25.5 | 4 |
| 13 | 57 | Arakelyan, Manvel | FM | ARM | 2302 | 5 | 22 | 24.5 | 4 |
| 14 | 100 | Medina, Vince Angelo | PHI | 2174 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 4 | |
| 15 | 1 | Nesterov, Arseniy | GM | FID | 2598 | 4.5 | 28.5 | 30.5 | 4 |
| 16 | 10 | Atabayev, Saparmyrat | GM | TKM | 2487 | 4.5 | 27.5 | 30.5 | 3 |
| 17 | 4 | Khismatullin, Denis | GM | RUS | 2532 | 4.5 | 26.5 | 29.5 | 3 |
| 18 | 47 | Lad, Mandar Pradip | IND | 2334 | 4.5 | 26.5 | 28.5 | 4 | |
| 19 | 5 | Iljiushenok, Ilia | GM | FID | 2518 | 4.5 | 26 | 29.5 | 2 |
| 20 | 52 | Spizharny, Mikhail | FM | BLR | 2320 | 4.5 | 25.5 | 28.5 | 3 |
| 21 | 22 | Shogdzhiev, Roman | IM | FID | 2416 | 4.5 | 25.5 | 28 | 4 |
| 22 | 26 | Timoshin, Maxim | FM | FID | 2405 | 4.5 | 25 | 28 | 3 |
| 23 | 41 | Goltseva, Ekaterina | WGM | RUS | 2364 | 4.5 | 24.5 | 27.5 | 3 |
| 24 | 73 | Nouri, Alekhine | FM | PHI | 2243 | 4.5 | 24 | 26.5 | 3 |
| 25 | 15 | Rozum, Ivan | GM | RUS | 2444 | 4.5 | 24 | 26.5 | 2 |
| 26 | 46 | Gilfanov, Marat | FM | FID | 2337 | 4.5 | 23.5 | 27 | 3 |
| 27 | 20 | Annaberdiyev, Meylis | GM | TKM | 2424 | 4.5 | 23.5 | 26.5 | 4 |
| 28 | 53 | Zhurova, Anna | WFM | FID | 2311 | 4.5 | 23 | 25.5 | 4 |
| 29 | 58 | Chertkov, Maksim | FM | RUS | 2298 | 4.5 | 23 | 25.5 | 3 |
| 30 | 6 | Mitrabha, Guha | GM | IND | 2508 | 4.5 | 22 | 25 | 4 |
| 31 | 92 | Halynyazov, Vepaly | TKM | 2195 | 4.5 | 21.5 | 23.5 | 4 | |
| 32 | 28 | Moskalenko, Alexander | GM | RUS | 2402 | 4.5 | 21 | 23 | 3 |
| 33 | 85 | Zakirov, Musa | FM | RUS | 2223 | 4.5 | 19.5 | 22 | 4 |
| 34 | 70 | Shoboev, Dandar | FM | RUS | 2257 | 4 | 27 | 30.5 | 2 |
| 35 | 23 | Laohawirapap, Prin | IM | THA | 2414 | 4 | 26.5 | 28.5 | 3 |
| 36 | 11 | Zakhartsov, Vladimir | GM | RUS | 2469 | 4 | 26 | 30 | 2 |
| 37 | 39 | Volkov, Maksim | FM | RUS | 2366 | 4 | 26 | 29 | 3 |
| 38 | 43 | Concio, Michael Jr. | IM | PHI | 2359 | 4 | 26 | 29 | 2 |
| 39 | 21 | Audi, Ameya | IM | IND | 2418 | 4 | 26 | 28 | 3 |
| 40 | 31 | Usov, Aleksandr | FM | RUS | 2402 | 4 | 25.5 | 29 | 2 |
| 158 players | |||||||||
The 3rd Kumania GM tournaments take place 18th to 25th February 2026. The standings are a bit confusing right now as some games have been played early, I'll wait until next week to publish games.
| 3rd Kumania GM 2026 Kisujszallas HUN Wed 18th Feb 2026 - Wed 25th Feb 2026
Leading Round (of 9) Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 3 | Berkes, Ferenc | GM | HUN | 2597 | 4 | 9,75 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | 7 | Antal, Gergely | GM | HUN | 2538 | 3.5 | 7,25 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 10 | Dardha, Daniel | GM | BEL | 2602 | 3 | 8.5 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | 6 | Cieslak, Patryk | IM | POL | 2482 | 3 | 6,25 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | 2 | Bai, Adelard | IM | TPE | 2423 | 2.5 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | 4 | Csiki, Endre | IM | HUN | 2324 | 2.5 | 6,75 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | 8 | Willow, Jonah B | IM | ENG | 2468 | 2.5 | 4,75 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | 9 | Otsuka, Shou | FM | JPN | 2350 | 2.5 | 4,25 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | 1 | Singh, Siddharth | USA | 2385 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| 10 | 5 | Lizak, Peter | IM | HUN | 2396 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 players | |||||||||
| 3rd Kumania IM 2026 Kisujszallas HUN Wed 18th Feb 2026 - Wed 25th Feb 2026
Leading Round (of 9) Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 1 | Pribelszky, Bence | IM | HUN | 2403 | 4.5 | 11,25 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | 10 | Kovalev, Andrei | GM | BLR | 2386 | 4 | 11,25 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | 6 | Sachi, Jain | WFM | IND | 2205 | 3.5 | 8,25 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | 5 | Leszko, Bence | FM | HUN | 2249 | 3.5 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | 3 | Swarna, Nihal | FM | IND | 2243 | 3 | 6,75 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | 4 | Anghel, Iulian-Mihai | CM | ROU | 2218 | 2.5 | 4.5 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | 2 | Pacher, Milan | GM | SVK | 2356 | 2 | 6,75 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 9 | Balogh, David | CM | HUN | 2224 | 2 | 6,25 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 8 | Szakmary, Domonkos | HUN | 2058 | 1.5 | 4,75 | 1 | 0 | |
| 10 | 7 | Devnani, Kush | IND | 2134 | 1.5 | 2,75 | 1 | 0 | |
| 10 players | |||||||||
The 42nd Cappelle-la-Grande Open takes place 20th to 27th February 2026.
| 42nd Cappelle Open 2026 Cappelle la Grande FRA Fri 20th Feb 2026 - Fri 27th Feb 2026
Leading Round 3 (of 9) Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Ti | Rtg | Pts |
| 1 | Razafindratsima, Timothe | m | 2504 | 3 |
| 2 | Eugene, Floryan | m | 2478 | 3 |
| 3 | Rohith Krishna S | g | 2484 | 3 |
| 4 | Lamaze, Simon | m | 2450 | 3 |
| 5 | Flom, Gabriel | g | 2423 | 3 |
| 6 | Zamengo, Fulvio | f | 2375 | 3 |
| 7 | Levin, Guy | m | 2440 | 3 |
| 8 | Poetsch, Hagen | g | 2433 | 3 |
| 9 | Moksh Amit Doshi | m | 2354 | 3 |
| 10 | Maugenest, Matthieu | 2042 | 2½ | |
| 11 | Wirig, Anthony | g | 2414 | 2½ |
| 12 | Pranesh M | g | 2627 | 2½ |
| 13 | Bassini, Emile | m | 2409 | 2½ |
| 14 | Pranav Anand | g | 2606 | 2½ |
| 15 | Le Geay, Joachim | 2182 | 2½ | |
| 16 | Can, Emre | g | 2541 | 2½ |
| 17 | Fiedorek, Michal | f | 2288 | 2½ |
| 18 | Janzelj, Tim | m | 2377 | 2½ |
| 19 | Bujisho, Benjamin | m | 2316 | 2½ |
| 20 | Cheng, Bobby | g | 2566 | 2½ |
| 21 | Bacrot, Alexandre | 2457 | 2½ | |
| 22 | Andersen, Gunnar | f | 2254 | 2½ |
| 23 | Real, Thibault | f | 2243 | 2½ |
| 24 | Veleshnja, Zino | f | 2189 | 2½ |
| 25 | Jacobsen, Mikkel Manosri | f | 2290 | 2½ |
| 26 | Favaloro, Andrea | m | 2409 | 2½ |
| 27 | Bournel, Antoine | m | 2433 | 2½ |
| 28 | Godart, Francois | m | 2372 | 2½ |
| 29 | Ringuet, Noe | f | 2252 | 2½ |
| 30 | Helmer, Jan | 2234 | 2½ | |
| 31 | Chen, Muxi | 2225 | 2½ | |
| 32 | Raja Rithvik R | g | 2544 | 2½ |
| 33 | Wolf, Finn | 1822 | 2½ | |
| 34 | Vaillant, Stephane | 1824 | 2½ | |
| 35 | Jeyanth R | 1938 | 2½ | |
| 36 | Rachez, Christophe | 1905 | 2½ | |
| 37 | Ababsa, Tufek | 1608 | 2½ | |
| 38 | Dessomme, Francois | 1919 | 2½ | |
| 39 | Adrian, Leopold | 2246 | 2 | |
| 40 | Luong Phuong Hanh | gf | 2236 | 2 |
| 566 players | ||||
The 78th ch-MNE took place 10th to 19th February 2026. Denis Kadric won with 9/11.
| 78th ch-MNE 2026 Podgorica MNE Tue 10th Feb 2026 - Thu 19th Feb 2026
Leading Final Round 11 Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 2 | Kadric, Denis | GM | MNE | 2540 | 9 | 0 | 71.5 | 77 |
| 2 | 3 | Djukic, Nikola | GM | MNE | 2494 | 8.5 | 0 | 72 | 77.5 |
| 3 | 12 | Milovic, Jovan | FM | MNE | 2295 | 8.5 | 0 | 69 | 72.5 |
| 4 | 4 | Yaksin, Oleg | FM | MNE | 2396 | 8 | 0 | 73 | 78.5 |
| 5 | 1 | Petrov, Nikita | GM | MNE | 2572 | 7.5 | 1 | 72 | 77 |
| 6 | 5 | Kalezic, Blazo | IM | MNE | 2395 | 7.5 | 2 | 69.5 | 75 |
| 7 | 11 | Tomic, Aleksandar | IM | MNE | 2308 | 7 | 0 | 73 | 78.5 |
| 8 | 8 | Pecurica, Milos | FM | MNE | 2328 | 7 | 0 | 65.5 | 70.5 |
| 9 | 6 | Vukcevic, Nemanja | FM | MNE | 2370 | 7 | 0 | 65 | 69 |
| 10 | 15 | Draganic, Veljko | MNE | 2287 | 7 | 0 | 65 | 69 | |
| 11 | 10 | Ivanovic, Bozidar | GM | MNE | 2324 | 7 | 0 | 62 | 67 |
| 12 | 13 | Podlesnik, Bogdan | IM | MNE | 2289 | 6.5 | 0 | 67.5 | 72 |
| 13 | 9 | Nikcevic, Nebojsa | GM | MNE | 2325 | 6.5 | 0 | 65.5 | 70.5 |
| 14 | 20 | Scekic, Veljko | MNE | 2210 | 6.5 | 0 | 64.5 | 68 | |
| 15 | 7 | Skvortsov, Andrei | CM | MNE | 2330 | 6.5 | 0 | 61 | 66 |
| 16 | 21 | Kisic, Bozidar | FM | MNE | 2197 | 6.5 | 0 | 61 | 65.5 |
| 17 | 14 | Vlatkovic, Milos | FM | MNE | 2287 | 6.5 | 0 | 60.5 | 64.5 |
| 18 | 16 | Sukovic, Andrej | FM | MNE | 2272 | 6.5 | 0 | 60.5 | 64 |
| 19 | 19 | Djurovic, Peko | FM | MNE | 2216 | 6.5 | 0 | 59 | 62.5 |
| 20 | 24 | Zizic, Djordje | MNE | 2124 | 6.5 | 0 | 58.5 | 62 | |
| 21 | 23 | Pusara, Mihailo | MNE | 2136 | 6 | 0 | 61.5 | 66.5 | |
| 22 | 42 | Koljevic, Nikolina | WFM | MNE | 1947 | 6 | 0 | 59.5 | 64 |
| 23 | 25 | Vujacic, Igor | CM | MNE | 2108 | 6 | 0 | 59.5 | 63.5 |
| 24 | 34 | Abramovic, Dragoljub | MNE | 2001 | 6 | 0 | 59.5 | 63 | |
| 25 | 17 | Vujosevic, Vladimir | IM | MNE | 2246 | 6 | 0 | 59 | 62.5 |
| 26 | 40 | Djukanovic, Mitar | MNE | 1961 | 6 | 0 | 55.5 | 60 | |
| 27 | 28 | Djokovic, Mirsad | MNE | 2063 | 5.5 | 0 | 66 | 69.5 | |
| 28 | 29 | Rovcanin, Zeljko | MNE | 2060 | 5.5 | 0 | 64 | 66 | |
| 29 | 33 | Vujovic, Dimitrije | MNE | 2003 | 5.5 | 0 | 61.5 | 65.5 | |
| 30 | 26 | Ratkovic, Milorad | MNE | 2099 | 5.5 | 0 | 60 | 64.5 | |
| 31 | 18 | Nikac, Predrag | IM | MNE | 2240 | 5.5 | 0 | 60 | 64 |
| 32 | 22 | Musovic, Armin | FM | MNE | 2190 | 5.5 | 0 | 59.5 | 64 |
| 33 | 36 | Kandic, Milojko | MNE | 1993 | 5.5 | 0 | 57.5 | 61.5 | |
| 34 | 35 | Bujisic, Milos | MNE | 1998 | 5.5 | 0 | 56.5 | 60 | |
| 35 | 37 | Scepanovic, Dalibor | MNE | 1993 | 5.5 | 0 | 56 | 59.5 | |
| 36 | 27 | Matovic, Radomir | MNE | 2087 | 5.5 | 0 | 49.5 | 53 | |
| 37 | 39 | Sijaric, Alvir | MNE | 1962 | 5 | 0 | 56.5 | 61 | |
| 38 | 41 | Popovic, Mateja | MNE | 1948 | 5 | 0 | 56.5 | 60 | |
| 39 | 32 | Milovic, Ilija | MNE | 2004 | 5 | 0 | 56 | 59.5 | |
| 40 | 38 | Dedeic, Huso | MNE | 1984 | 5 | 0 | 52 | 54 | |
| 62 players | |||||||||
The Ediz Gurel vs Jorden Van Foreest Match took place 11th to 16th February, Van Foreest won 4.5-1.5 in the classical match, he also won the Freestyle rapid 1.5-0.5 and blitz 3-1 on the 17th.
| Gurel-Van Foreest Match Ankara TUR Wed 11th Feb 2026 - Mon 16th Feb 2026
Leading Final Round 6 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Pts |
| 1 | Van Foreest, Jorden | 4.5 |
| 2 | Gurel, Ediz | 1.5 |
| 2 players | ||
| Gurel-Foreest Freestyle Ankara TUR Wed 11th Feb 2026 - Mon 16th Feb 2026
Leading Final Round 2 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | 1 | 2 | Pts |
| 1 | Van Foreest, Jorden | GM | NED | 2705 | 1 | = | 1.5 |
| 2 | Gurel, Ediz | GM | TUR | 2645 | 0 | = | 0..5 |
| 2 players | |||||||
| Gurel-Van Foreest Blitz Ankara TUR Wed 11th Feb 2026 - Mon 16th Feb 2026
Leading Final Round 4 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Pts |
| 1 | Van Foreest, Jorden | GM | NED | 2705 | = | = | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Gurel, Ediz | GM | TUR | 2645 | = | = | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 players | |||||||||
The Holuj-Radzikowska Chess Festival took place 13th to 21st February 2026. Poland beat a World Team 6-4. The Apolonii Litwinskiej Memorial Rapd KO was won by Bella Khotenashvili who beate Oliwia Kiolbasa in the final.
| Holuj-Radzikowska POL-ROW Wroclaw POL Fri 13th Feb 2026 - Sat 21st Feb 2026
Leading Final Round 5 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Team | Rtg | Mpts | Bpts |
| 1 | Poland | 2382 | 6,0 | 13,5 |
| 2 | World | 2383 | 4,0 | 11,5 |
| 2 players | ||||
| Apolonii Litwinskiej Mem Wroclaw POL Fri 13th Feb 2026 - Sat 21st Feb 2026
Leading Final Round 3 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Pts |
| Final | ||
| 1 | Khotenashvili, Bella | 1.5 |
| 2 | Kiolbasa, Oliwia | 0.5 |
| 3rd-4th | ||
| 3 | Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra | 2.0 |
| 4 | Kazarian, Anna-Maja | 0.0 |
| 5th-6th | ||
| 5 | Wagner, Dinara | 1.5 |
| 6 | Socko, Monika | 0.5 |
| 7th-8th | ||
| 7 | Zatonskih, Anna | 1.5 |
| 8 | Zawadzka, Jolanta | 0.5 |
| Semi-final | ||
| 1 | Kiolbasa, Oliwia | 2.0 |
| 2 | Kazarian, Anna-Maja | 0.0 |
| 1 | Khotenashvili, Bella | 2.0 |
| 2 | Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra | 1.0 |
| 5th-8th | ||
| 1 | Wagner, Dinara | 2.0 |
| 2 | Zawadzka, Jolanta | 0.0 |
| 1 | Socko, Monika | 2.0 |
| 2 | Zatonskih, Anna | 1.0 |
| Quarter-final | ||
| 1 | Kiolbasa, Oliwia | 1.5 |
| 2 | Socko, Monika | 0.5 |
| 1 | Kazarian, Anna-Maja | 2.0 |
| 2 | Zatonskih, Anna | 1.0 |
| 1 | Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra | 1.5 |
| 2 | Zawadzka, Jolanta | 0.5 |
| 1 | Khotenashvili, Bella | 1.5 |
| 2 | Wagner, Dinara | 0.5 |
| 8 players | ||
The NY GM-IM President's Day Invitational took place 12th to 16th February 2026. Florian Kaczur won the IMA with 8/9. Mykola Bortnyk won the IMB with 7.5/9./p>
| NY IMA President's Day New York USA Thu 12th Feb 2026 - Mon 16th Feb 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 |
| 1 | 5 | Kaczur, Florian | IM | HUN | 2469 | 8 | 31,75 |
| 2 | 3 | George, Kevin | IM | EGY | 2345 | 7 | 26,25 |
| 3 | 6 | Barbosa, Oliver | GM | PHI | 2373 | 5.5 | 22 |
| 4 | 10 | Pang, Qi | NM | USA | 2095 | 5 | 19.5 |
| 5 | 2 | Venkatesh, Narayan | FM | USA | 2259 | 5 | 16.5 |
| 6 | 7 | Ma, Weiji | FM | NED | 2324 | 4.5 | 14 |
| 7 | 1 | Colas, Joshua | FM | USA | 2282 | 4 | 11,25 |
| 8 | 8 | Robin Anatol, Luke Leon | NM | USA | 2114 | 2.5 | 8,75 |
| 9 | 9 | Weisz, Bryan | NM | USA | 2116 | 2 | 6,75 |
| 10 | 4 | Goodrich, Elliot | NM | USA | 2113 | 1.5 | 6,25 |
| 10 players | |||||||
| NY IMA President's Day New York USA Thu 12th Feb 2026 - Mon 16th Feb 2026. Category: None. Ave: (2249) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Kaczur, Florian | IM | HUN | 2469 | # | 1 | = | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2576 |
| 2 | George, Kevin | IM | EGY | 2345 | 0 | # | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2458 |
| 3 | Barbosa, Oliver | GM | PHI | 2373 | = | 0 | # | = | 1 | 1 | = | = | 1 | = | 5.5 | 2315 |
| 4 | Pang, Qi | USA | 2095 | 0 | = | = | # | = | 1 | = | 1 | = | = | 5 | 2309 | |
| 5 | Venkatesh, Narayan | FM | USA | 2259 | = | 0 | 0 | = | # | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2291 |
| 6 | Ma, Whee Ky | FM | NED | 2324 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | # | 1 | 1 | = | 1 | 4.5 | 2241 |
| 7 | Colas, Joshua | FM | USA | 2282 | 0 | 0 | = | = | 0 | 0 | # | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2202 |
| 8 | Anatol, Luke Leon Robin | USA | 2114 | 0 | = | = | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | # | = | 1 | 2.5 | 2098 | |
| 9 | Weisz, Bryan | USA | 2116 | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | = | 0 | = | # | = | 2 | 2044 | |
| 10 | Goodrich, Elliott | USA | 2113 | 0 | 0 | = | = | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | # | 1.5 | 1991 | |
| NY IMB President's Day New York USA Thu 12th Feb 2026 - Mon 16th Feb 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 |
| 1 | 4 | Bortnyk, Mykola | IM | UKR | 2432 | 7.5 | 29 |
| 2 | 8 | Paragua, Mark | GM | PHI | 2404 | 7 | 28 |
| 3 | 5 | Lin, Bryan Enming | FM | USA | 2372 | 6 | 20 |
| 4 | 7 | Shangin, Lev | NM | USA | 2177 | 5 | 20,25 |
| 5 | 6 | Nagy, Gabor | GM | HUN | 2443 | 5 | 18.5 |
| 6 | 2 | Gaw, Chloe | WIM | USA | 2129 | 4.5 | 15,75 |
| 7 | 10 | Mullodzhanov, Nathaniel | NM | USA | 2120 | 4.5 | 12,75 |
| 8 | 3 | Hoffman, Luc | CM | USA | 2172 | 2.5 | 9.5 |
| 9 | 9 | Miller, Rachel | WIM | JAM | 1997 | 2 | 3.5 |
| 10 | 1 | Patel, Maahir | NM | USA | 2187 | 1 | 4,75 |
| 10 players | |||||||
| NY IMB President's Day New York USA Thu 12th Feb 2026 - Mon 16th Feb 2026. Category: None. Ave: (2243) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Bortnyk, Mykola | IM | UKR | 2432 | # | = | 1 | = | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.5 | 2495 |
| 2 | Paragua, Mark | GM | PHI | 2404 | = | # | 1 | = | = | 1 | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2445 |
| 3 | Lin, Bryan Enming | FM | USA | 2372 | 0 | 0 | # | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2354 |
| 4 | Shangin, Lev | USA | 2177 | = | = | 0 | # | = | = | 1 | = | 1 | = | 5 | 2294 | |
| 5 | Nagy, Gabor | GM | HUN | 2443 | = | = | 0 | = | # | 1 | 0 | = | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2264 |
| 6 | Gaw, Chloe | WIM | USA | 2129 | 0 | 0 | 1 | = | 0 | # | = | 1 | 1 | = | 4.5 | 2256 |
| 7 | Mullodzhanov, Nathaniel | USA | 2120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | = | # | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 2257 | |
| 8 | Hoffman, Luc | CM | USA | 2172 | 0 | = | 0 | = | = | 0 | 0 | # | 0 | 1 | 2.5 | 2085 |
| 9 | Miller, Rachel | CM | JAM | 1997 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | # | 1 | 2 | 2051 |
| 10 | Patel, Maahir M | USA | 2187 | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | = | 0 | 0 | 0 | # | 1 | 1899 | |
The Pepe Leuza Memorial took place 15th to 20th February 2026. Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera edged out Kamil Dzida on tie-break after all scored 7/9.
| Pepe Leuza Memorial 2026 Pamplona ESP Sun 15th Feb 2026 - Fri 20th Feb 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | Albornoz Cabrera, Carlos Daniel | GM | CUB | 2579 | 7.0 | 47.0 | 52.0 | 39.8 |
| 2 | Dzida, Kamil | IM | POL | 2411 | 7.0 | 46.5 | 50.5 | 37.8 |
| 3 | Niedbala, Bartlomiej | IM | POL | 2377 | 6.5 | 48.5 | 53.0 | 37.0 |
| 4 | Korneev, Oleg | GM | ESP | 2422 | 6.5 | 44.5 | 51.0 | 35.8 |
| 5 | Vergara Anton, Diego | IM | ESP | 2432 | 6.5 | 44.5 | 49.0 | 35.0 |
| 6 | Urriza Iricibar, Pablo | FM | ESP | 2244 | 6.5 | 44.5 | 48.5 | 33.8 |
| 7 | Rohith Krishna S | GM | IND | 2484 | 6.0 | 48.5 | 53.5 | 34.5 |
| 8 | Leone Amigot, Haymar | ESP | 2163 | 6.0 | 47.5 | 51.5 | 31.5 | |
| 9 | Rey Martinez, Jaime | FM | ESP | 2380 | 6.0 | 46.5 | 51.5 | 33.5 |
| 10 | Labiano Hernandez, Juan | FM | ESP | 2272 | 6.0 | 44.5 | 48.5 | 31.0 |
| 11 | Leiva, Gianmarco | IM | PER | 2348 | 6.0 | 43.0 | 47.5 | 30.2 |
| 12 | Otero Marino, Alain | IM | CUB | 2347 | 6.0 | 42.5 | 47.0 | 30.0 |
| 13 | Kokoszczynski, Jan | FM | POL | 2264 | 6.0 | 41.5 | 45.0 | 28.5 |
| 14 | Pedchenko Bondar, Alexandr | CM | ESP | 2124 | 5.5 | 46.5 | 51.0 | 30.2 |
| 15 | Becerra, Juan David | FM | COL | 2219 | 5.5 | 46.5 | 51.0 | 29.0 |
| 16 | Pap, Misa | GM | SRB | 2449 | 5.5 | 46.5 | 50.5 | 28.2 |
| 17 | Goni Sierro, Jon | ESP | 2143 | 5.5 | 45.5 | 49.5 | 27.5 | |
| 18 | Ruiz Buendia, Miguel | FM | ESP | 2302 | 5.5 | 41.5 | 45.0 | 25.2 |
| 19 | Siscar Conill, Aitor | ESP | 2104 | 5.5 | 41.5 | 45.0 | 24.8 | |
| 20 | Vila Dupla, Aurelio | FM | ESP | 2088 | 5.5 | 41.0 | 46.5 | 25.2 |
| 21 | Sammons, Evan | USA | 2298 | 5.5 | 41.0 | 44.5 | 25.5 | |
| 22 | Garcia Amelibia, Emilio | ESP | 2078 | 5.5 | 38.0 | 43.5 | 22.8 | |
| 23 | Martinez Martin, Inigo | ESP | 2179 | 5.5 | 38.0 | 41.5 | 23.2 | |
| 24 | Navarrete Delgado, Sergio | ESP | 2104 | 5.0 | 47.0 | 51.0 | 24.5 | |
| 25 | Barcelo Melnyk, Marc | CM | ESP | 2078 | 5.0 | 45.5 | 48.0 | 23.8 |
| 26 | Pascual Garcia, Martin | ESP | 2055 | 5.0 | 43.5 | 48.5 | 25.5 | |
| 27 | Portero Rubio, Martin | CM | ESP | 2196 | 5.0 | 42.5 | 47.0 | 24.0 |
| 28 | Martel Bruniaux, Malko | CM | ESP | 2111 | 5.0 | 42.5 | 46.5 | 23.0 |
| 29 | Abadia Pascual, Lluis | ESP | 1834 | 5.0 | 39.5 | 41.0 | 18.5 | |
| 30 | Lopez Gil, Diego | ESP | 1940 | 5.0 | 39.0 | 42.5 | 21.2 | |
| 31 | Dura Olmos, Gines Raul | ESP | 1982 | 5.0 | 38.5 | 43.5 | 21.2 | |
| 32 | Estevez Sacristan, Deva | CM | ESP | 1972 | 5.0 | 37.5 | 42.5 | 22.5 |
| 33 | Quesada Aguilera, Antonio | ESP | 1967 | 5.0 | 37.5 | 42.5 | 21.5 | |
| 34 | Antunez Riezu, Joaquin | ESP | 2150 | 5.0 | 36.0 | 41.0 | 21.2 | |
| 35 | Gonzalez Pabollet, Jesus Maria S | ESP | 1886 | 5.0 | 35.5 | 40.5 | 19.5 | |
| 36 | Valverde Lopez, Francisco Leopol | ESP | 1642 | 5.0 | 35.0 | 37.0 | 17.5 | |
| 37 | Zapata Campos, Lidia Karen | WIM | ESP | 2075 | 4.5 | 43.5 | 47.5 | 22.2 |
| 38 | Sola Plaza, Gregorio | ESP | 1976 | 4.5 | 38.5 | 43.0 | 19.5 | |
| 39 | Ruiz Escobar, Rafael | ESP | 1877 | 4.5 | 38.0 | 42.5 | 18.2 | |
| 40 | Abalmaz, Pavlo | UKR | 1849 | 4.5 | 38.0 | 40.5 | 17.0 | |
| 92 players | ||||||||
The Radnicki CC IM 1 took place 13th to 19th February 2026. Nandan Nerurkar Aansh won with 6/9.
| Radnicki CC IM 1 2026 Kovin SRB Fri 13th Feb 2026 - Thu 19th Feb 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 1 | Aansh, Nandan Nerurkar | FM | IND | 2319 | 6 | 24,25 | 1.5 | 0 |
| 2 | 3 | Besedes, Danilo | FM | SRB | 2349 | 5.5 | 21,75 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | Kudrin, Ivan | FM | FID | 2360 | 5 | 19,75 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | 7 | Ha, Yihan | CHN | 1959 | 4.5 | 21,25 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| 5 | 4 | Arshiya, Das | WFM | IND | 2256 | 4.5 | 20 | 1.5 | 0 |
| 6 | 5 | Todorovic, Goran M | GM | SRB | 2243 | 4.5 | 17,75 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | 9 | Zlatanovic, Boroljub | IM | SRB | 2310 | 4.5 | 17,25 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | 10 | Elci, Eren | FM | TUR | 2240 | 4.5 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | 8 | Kalambetov, Anton | RUS | 2091 | 3 | 12,25 | 1 | 0 | |
| 10 | 6 | Milosevic, Milos | IM | SRB | 2306 | 3 | 11,75 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 10 players | |||||||||
| Radnicki CC IM 1 2026 Kovin SRB Fri 13th Feb 2026 - Thu 19th Feb 2026. Category: None. Ave: (2243) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Aansh Nandan Nerurkar | FM | IND | 2319 | # | = | 1 | 0 | = | = | 1 | 1 | = | 1 | 6 | 2360 |
| 2 | Besedes, Danilo | FM | SRB | 2349 | = | # | 0 | 1 | 1 | = | = | = | 1 | = | 5.5 | 2312 |
| 3 | Kudrin, Ivan | FM | FID | 2360 | 0 | 1 | # | = | 0 | 1 | = | = | = | 1 | 5 | 2273 |
| 4 | Ha, Yihan | CHN | 1960 | 1 | 0 | = | # | = | = | = | 1 | = | 0 | 4.5 | 2275 | |
| 5 | Arshiya Das | WFM | IND | 2256 | = | 0 | 1 | = | # | = | = | = | 0 | 1 | 4.5 | 2242 |
| 6 | Todorovic, Goran M | GM | SRB | 2243 | = | = | 0 | = | = | # | = | = | 1 | = | 4.5 | 2243 |
| 7 | Zlatanovic, Boroljub | IM | SRB | 2310 | 0 | = | = | = | = | = | # | = | 1 | = | 4.5 | 2236 |
| 8 | Elci, Eren | FM | TUR | 2240 | 0 | = | = | 0 | = | = | = | # | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 2244 |
| 9 | Kalambetov, Anton | RUS | 2091 | = | 0 | = | = | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | # | = | 3 | 2135 | |
| 10 | Milosevic, Milos | IM | SRB | 2306 | 0 | = | 0 | 1 | 0 | = | = | 0 | = | # | 3 | 2111 |
The V Perez Chess Open took place 13th to 17th February 2026. Leonardo Tristan won on tie-break from Diego Flores after both scored 7.5/9.
| V Perez Chess Open 2026 Perez, Santa Fe ARG Fri 13th Feb 2026 - Tue 17th Feb 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 3 | Tristan, Leonardo | ARG | 2477 | 7.5 | 0.5 | 50.5 | 44,75 |
| 2 | 1 | Flores, Diego | ARG | 2586 | 7.5 | 0.5 | 50 | 44,25 |
| 3 | 8 | Mizzau, Pablo | ARG | 2231 | 7 | 0 | 51 | 41 |
| 4 | 2 | Acosta, Pablo Ismael | ARG | 2478 | 7 | 0 | 47 | 39 |
| 5 | 14 | Abramor, Franco | ARG | 2151 | 7 | 0 | 45.5 | 37 |
| 6 | 10 | Mussanti, Diego | ARG | 2197 | 6.5 | 0 | 48.5 | 34,25 |
| 7 | 12 | Petti, Luca Giovanni | ARG | 2172 | 6.5 | 0 | 46.5 | 34,75 |
| 8 | 5 | Carrizo, Luciano Ariel | ARG | 2294 | 6.5 | 0 | 46 | 34 |
| 9 | 11 | Perez Candelas, Andres Eloy | VEN | 2195 | 6 | 0 | 52 | 35,75 |
| 10 | 9 | Zapata Charles, Santiago | ARG | 2228 | 6 | 0 | 47 | 30.5 |
| 11 | 6 | Pierrot, Facundo | ARG | 2263 | 6 | 0 | 47 | 30,25 |
| 12 | 18 | Tobares Dilascio, Oriana Helena | ARG | 2083 | 6 | 0 | 44 | 29,75 |
| 13 | 65 | Izaguirre, Lucia Belen | ARG | 1692 | 6 | 0 | 42 | 31 |
| 14 | 37 | Johansson, David Natanael | ARG | 1920 | 6 | 0 | 42 | 26,25 |
| 15 | 24 | Pierucci, Fabian | ARG | 2010 | 6 | 0 | 40 | 26,25 |
| 16 | 25 | Hutt, Alejandro Gabriel | ARG | 2005 | 6 | 0 | 38.5 | 27,75 |
| 17 | 7 | Sanhueza, Cristian | ARG | 2246 | 5.5 | 0 | 50 | 30,75 |
| 18 | 4 | Ibarra, Juan Martin | ARG | 2347 | 5.5 | 0 | 47 | 31,25 |
| 19 | 13 | Acosta, Franco Emanuel | ARG | 2157 | 5.5 | 0 | 46.5 | 27,25 |
| 20 | 19 | Fuentes, Agustin | ARG | 2070 | 5.5 | 0 | 44.5 | 23 |
| 21 | 22 | Koch, Juan | ARG | 2031 | 5.5 | 0 | 44 | 25.5 |
| 22 | 20 | Angelini, Diego | ARG | 2051 | 5.5 | 0 | 42.5 | 26 |
| 23 | 29 | Turcutto, Agustin | ARG | 1986 | 5.5 | 0 | 42 | 25.5 |
| 24 | 15 | Moro Saidon, Gonzalo | ARG | 2148 | 5.5 | 0 | 41.5 | 25 |
| 25 | 23 | Dubrovich, Igor | ARG | 2023 | 5.5 | 0 | 41 | 23,75 |
| 26 | 30 | Giordanino, Leonardo | ARG | 1979 | 5.5 | 0 | 41 | 21,25 |
| 27 | 21 | Fournel, Bautista | ARG | 2035 | 5.5 | 0 | 39 | 25.5 |
| 28 | 34 | Gini, Sebastian | ARG | 1944 | 5.5 | 0 | 39 | 22,25 |
| 29 | 28 | Simbler, Facundo | ARG | 1991 | 5.5 | 0 | 38.5 | 21,25 |
| 30 | 27 | Gutierrez, Ramiro | ARG | 1991 | 5.5 | 0 | 37.5 | 23 |
| 31 | 36 | Di Cola, Valentino Jose | ARG | 1924 | 5 | 0 | 42.5 | 22.5 |
| 32 | 93 | Mayo, Ricardo Antonio | ARG | 0 | 5 | 0 | 42 | 24 |
| 33 | 40 | Bendahan, Matias | ARG | 1888 | 5 | 0 | 42 | 21,75 |
| 34 | 39 | Amadei, Santiago David | ARG | 1896 | 5 | 0 | 41.5 | 22.5 |
| 35 | 33 | Dominguez, Diego | ARG | 1946 | 5 | 0 | 40 | 21,25 |
| 36 | 35 | Ramos, Gabriel | ARG | 1934 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 17.5 |
| 37 | 42 | Calderon, Luciano | ARG | 1868 | 5 | 0 | 35.5 | 19.5 |
| 38 | 73 | Manero, Gabriel Ignacio | ARG | 1608 | 5 | 0 | 32.5 | 16.5 |
| 39 | 89 | Flocco, Dante | ARG | 0 | 5 | 0 | 30.5 | 16.5 |
| 40 | 17 | Anigstein, Eugenio | ARG | 2130 | 4.5 | 0 | 42.5 | 22 |
| 95 players | ||||||||
The Romanian Championship took place 14th to 22nd February 2026. Bogdan-Daniel Deac won with 7.5/9.
| ch-ROU 2026 Timisoara ROU Sat 14th Feb 2026 - Sun 22nd Feb 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 1 | Deac, Bogdan-Daniel | 2652 | 7.5 | 0 | 49 | 40.5 |
| 2 | 4 | Magold, Filip | 2460 | 7 | 0 | 48.5 | 37.5 |
| 3 | 2 | Lupulescu, Constantin | 2585 | 7 | 0 | 48.5 | 35.5 |
| 4 | 17 | Talu, Mircea | 2316 | 6.5 | 0 | 48.5 | 35.5 |
| 5 | 19 | Sachilaru, Alexandru | 2313 | 6.5 | 0 | 38.5 | 30 |
| 6 | 3 | Gavrilescu, David | 2548 | 6 | 0 | 49 | 35 |
| 7 | 8 | Tudor, Henry Edward | 2428 | 6 | 0 | 46.5 | 32 |
| 8 | 7 | Ghimpu, Samuel-Timotei | 2440 | 6 | 0 | 45 | 32 |
| 9 | 16 | Filip, Andrei | 2318 | 6 | 0 | 44.5 | 31.5 |
| 10 | 21 | Nastore, Pavel-Alexandru | 2305 | 6 | 0 | 42.5 | 30.5 |
| 11 | 23 | Gales, Randi-Ioan | 2296 | 6 | 0 | 42.5 | 30 |
| 12 | 20 | Negrean, Andrei | 2308 | 6 | 0 | 41.5 | 29.5 |
| 13 | 6 | Jianu, Vlad-Cristian | 2447 | 5.5 | 0 | 45 | 30.5 |
| 14 | 5 | Ilinca, Felix-Antonio | 2458 | 5.5 | 0 | 44 | 30 |
| 15 | 9 | Cnejev, Vladimir-Alexandru | 2414 | 5.5 | 0 | 43.5 | 30.5 |
| 16 | 13 | Vedmediuc, Artiom | 2337 | 5.5 | 0 | 43.5 | 30 |
| 17 | 12 | Coicev, Matei-Andrei | 2340 | 5.5 | 0 | 41 | 29 |
| 18 | 14 | Dragomirescu, Robin-Alexandru | 2336 | 5.5 | 0 | 40 | 27 |
| 19 | 35 | Corbu, George-Alexandru | 2187 | 5 | 0 | 45 | 29.5 |
| 20 | 33 | Padurean, Daniel-Cristian | 2205 | 5 | 0 | 44 | 29.5 |
| 21 | 11 | Cozianu, Costin-Valeriu | 2342 | 5 | 0 | 43.5 | 29.5 |
| 22 | 24 | Manea, Alexandru | 2284 | 5 | 0 | 42 | 27 |
| 23 | 34 | Daianu, Cristian-Clement | 2203 | 5 | 0 | 41.5 | 25.5 |
| 24 | 25 | Dobre, Claudiu-Cristian | 2283 | 5 | 0 | 40.5 | 26 |
| 25 | 29 | Cosma, Ioan | 2253 | 5 | 0 | 40 | 26 |
| 26 | 43 | Nicola, Andrei | 2061 | 5 | 0 | 40 | 25.5 |
| 27 | 26 | Sava, Robert-Gabriel | 2279 | 5 | 0 | 39 | 25 |
| 28 | 22 | Leu, Dragos Stefan | 2304 | 5 | 0 | 39 | 24.5 |
| 29 | 38 | Dima, Ioan-Radu | 2124 | 5 | 0 | 38.5 | 24 |
| 30 | 30 | Ciorgovean, Iustin | 2251 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 24.5 |
| 31 | 31 | Danila, Tudor-Gabriel | 2243 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 25 |
| 32 | 27 | Pop, Alexandru | 2278 | 5 | 0 | 36.5 | 24 |
| 33 | 37 | Harabor, David-Alexandru | 2153 | 5 | 0 | 35.5 | 20 |
| 34 | 18 | Filip, Lucian-Ioan | 2315 | 4.5 | 0 | 42.5 | 27.5 |
| 35 | 32 | Craciun, Sasha-Matei | 2212 | 4.5 | 0 | 40 | 25.5 |
| 36 | 15 | Tamas, Christian-Arrydan | 2325 | 4.5 | 0 | 39.5 | 24 |
| 37 | 36 | Rusu, Lucas | 2169 | 4.5 | 0 | 38.5 | 24.5 |
| 38 | 44 | Panait, Razvan-Alexandru | 2039 | 4.5 | 0 | 38.5 | 21.5 |
| 39 | 51 | Cruceru-Uceanu, Tudor-Mihai | 1981 | 4.5 | 0 | 38.5 | 21.5 |
| 40 | 39 | Petroff, Vlad | 2118 | 4.5 | 0 | 38.5 | 21 |
| 73 players | |||||||
The 24th Rochefort International Open took place 14th to 20th February 2026. Sohan Belkaid won on tie-break from Christian Bauer after both scored 7.5/9.
| 24th Rochefort Masters Rochefort FRA Sat 14th Feb 2026 - Fri 20th Feb 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Ti | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | Perf |
| 1 | BELKAID Sohan | f | 2349 | 7½ | 44 | 2603 |
| 2 | BAUER Christian | g | 2549 | 7½ | 42½ | 2631 |
| 3 | BOGDANOV Egor | g | 2500 | 7 | 43½ | 2494 |
| 4 | DUBOUE Peio | m | 2461 | 7 | 42½ | 2552 |
| 5 | DEGRAEVE Remy | m | 2448 | 6½ | 43½ | 2442 |
| 6 | JANZELJ Tim | m | 2377 | 6½ | 43½ | 2440 |
| 7 | SRIHARI L | m | 2372 | 6½ | 43 | 2480 |
| 8 | SOLODOVNICHENKO Yuri | g | 2523 | 6½ | 43 | 2446 |
| 9 | BREUIL Tristan | f | 2294 | 6½ | 41½ | 2435 |
| 10 | FAVAREL Julien | f | 2257 | 6½ | 40½ | 2445 |
| 11 | BORNE Felix | f | 2244 | 6½ | 40½ | 2364 |
| 12 | LARKIN Vladyslav | m | 2477 | 6½ | 40 | 2429 |
| 13 | CARNICELLI Valerio | m | 2438 | 6 | 44½ | 2433 |
| 14 | HARSHAVARDHAN G B | m | 2490 | 6 | 41 | 2416 |
| 15 | GELAS Christophe | f | 2281 | 6 | 41 | 2340 |
| 16 | GUNAWARDHANA Devindya Oshini | mf | 2260 | 6 | 40 | 2388 |
| 17 | LISSILLOUR Baptiste | f | 2273 | 6 | 38 | 2338 |
| 18 | LEBON Sebastien | 2115 | 6 | 37 | 2320 | |
| 19 | LUONG PHUONG HANH | gf | 2236 | 6 | 35 | 2257 |
| 20 | BIN-SUHAYL Ieysaa | 2207 | 6 | 34½ | 2300 | |
| 21 | RODRIGUEZ Adrien | m | 2392 | 5½ | 44½ | 2342 |
| 22 | VALLEE Louis | f | 2381 | 5½ | 43½ | 2391 |
| 23 | PICHON Ewen | f | 2385 | 5½ | 41½ | 2349 |
| 24 | MONPEURT Cyrielle | ff | 2143 | 5½ | 39½ | 2402 |
| 25 | VU DINH Adrien | f | 2257 | 5½ | 39½ | 2372 |
| 26 | MANKO Mariia | mf | 2264 | 5½ | 39 | 2297 |
| 27 | DALAUD Dorian | f | 2328 | 5½ | 38½ | 2304 |
| 28 | YOHAN YADAV TARALA | 2137 | 5½ | 37½ | 2335 | |
| 29 | OLSON Hamish | f | 2310 | 5½ | 36 | 2185 |
| 30 | VIGNEAU-ZORRAQUINO Cioran | 2192 | 5½ | 35 | 2267 | |
| 31 | YU Rock | 1964 | 5½ | 35 | 2236 | |
| 32 | CONTIE Lilio | 2146 | 5½ | 34½ | 2183 | |
| 33 | JOLY Julien | 2238 | 5½ | 33½ | 2233 | |
| 34 | CHAN Kim Yew | m | 2382 | 5 | 40½ | 2273 |
| 35 | GARRIGUE Julian | f | 2319 | 5 | 39½ | 2245 |
| 36 | MACON Arthur | f | 2323 | 5 | 39 | 2168 |
| 37 | ARMAS Jules | m | 2240 | 5 | 38½ | 2301 |
| 38 | BREUIL Virgile | f | 2264 | 5 | 38½ | 2268 |
| 39 | GARRIDO Mihai | 2161 | 5 | 37½ | 2191 | |
| 40 | MENDOZA Mael | 2196 | 5 | 37 | 2175 | |
| 128 players | ||||||
The Azerbaijan Chess Championships took place 8th to 20th February 2026, both open and women's events were knockouts. Mahammad Muradli beat Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in the final. Ulviyya Fataliyeva beat Ayan Allahverdiyeva 2.5-1.5 to win the women's event after a tie-break.
| 80th ch-AZE 2026 Baku AZE Sun 8th Feb 2026 - Fri 20th Feb 2026
Leading Final Round 5 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Pts |
| Final | ||
| 1 | Muradli, Mahammad | 1.5 |
| 2 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 0.5 |
| 3rd-4th | ||
| 3 | Suleymanli, Aydin | 2.0 |
| 4 | Samadov, Read | 0.0 |
| Semi-final | ||
| 1 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 3.5 |
| 2 | Suleymanli, Aydin | 2.5 |
| 1 | Muradli, Mahammad | 1.5 |
| 2 | Samadov, Read | 0.5 |
| Quarter-final | ||
| 1 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 1.5 |
| 2 | Ahmadzada, Ahmad | 0.5 |
| 1 | Samadov, Read | 3.5 |
| 2 | Mamedov, Rauf | 2.5 |
| 1 | Muradli, Mahammad | 3.0 |
| 2 | Safarli, Eltaj | 1.0 |
| 1 | Suleymanli, Aydin | 2.5 |
| 2 | Abasov, Nijat | 1.5 |
| Round 2 | ||
| 1 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 1.5 |
| 2 | Ibrahimli, Murad | 0.5 |
| 1 | Ahmadzada, Ahmad | 2.0 |
| 2 | Rasulov, Vugar | 0.0 |
| 1 | Samadov, Read | 2.0 |
| 2 | Alizada, Pasham | 0.0 |
| 1 | Mamedov, Rauf | 2.5 |
| 2 | Talibov, Shiroghlan | 1.5 |
| 1 | Safarli, Eltaj | 2.0 |
| 2 | Aghasiyev, Kamal | 0.0 |
| 1 | Muradli, Mahammad | 1.5 |
| 2 | Aliyev, Ravan | 0.5 |
| 1 | Abasov, Nijat | 3.0 |
| 2 | Ahmad, Khagan | 1.0 |
| 1 | Suleymanli, Aydin | 2.0 |
| 2 | Gasimov, Rahim | 0.0 |
| Round 1 | ||
| 1 | Ibrahimli, Murad | 1.5 |
| 2 | Manafov, Vugar | 0.5 |
| 1 | Rasulov, Vugar | 2.0 |
| 2 | Orujov, Farid | 0.0 |
| 1 | Ahmadzada, Ahmad | 1.5 |
| 2 | Hamidov, Allahverdi | 0.5 |
| 1 | Samadov, Read | 1.5 |
| 2 | Garayev, Kanan | 0.5 |
| 1 | Alizada, Pasham | 4.0 |
| 2 | Iskandarov, Misratdin | 2.0 |
| 1 | Talibov, Shiroghlan | 2.0 |
| 2 | Mirzoev, Azer | 0.0 |
| 1 | Aghasiyev, Kamal | 3.0 |
| 2 | Tahirov, Farhad | 1.0 |
| 1 | Safarli, Eltaj | 2.0 |
| 2 | Isbatov, Kanan | 0.0 |
| 1 | Muradli, Mahammad | 1.5 |
| 2 | Ughuzov, Ravan | 0.5 |
| 1 | Aliyev, Ravan | 3.0 |
| 2 | Babazada, Khazar | 1.0 |
| 1 | Ahmad, Khagan | 2.5 |
| 2 | Aslanov, Umid | 1.5 |
| 1 | Abasov, Nijat | 2.5 |
| 2 | Garakhanov, Shamsi | 1.5 |
| 1 | Suleymanli, Aydin | 2.0 |
| 2 | Ibrahimli, Suat | 0.0 |
| 1 | Gasimov, Rahim | 5.0 |
| 2 | Zulfugarli, Magomed | 3.0 |
| 30 players | ||
| ch-AZE Women 2026 Baku AZE Sun 8th Feb 2026 - Fri 20th Feb 2026
Leading Final Round 4 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Pts |
| Final | ||
| 1 | Fataliyeva, Ulviyya | 2.5 |
| 2 | Allahverdiyeva, Ayan | 1.5 |
| 3rd-4th | ||
| 3 | Mammadova, Gulnar | 2.5 |
| 4 | Mamedjarova, Turkan | 1.5 |
| Semi-final | ||
| 1 | Fataliyeva, Ulviyya | 1.5 |
| 2 | Mammadova, Gulnar | 0.5 |
| 1 | Allahverdiyeva, Ayan | 1.5 |
| 2 | Mamedjarova, Turkan | 0.5 |
| Round 2 | ||
| 1 | Fataliyeva, Ulviyya | 2.0 |
| 2 | Ibrahimova, Sabina | 0.0 |
| 1 | Allahverdiyeva, Ayan | 2.0 |
| 2 | Mammadzada, Gunay | 0.0 |
| 1 | Mamedjarova, Turkan | 3.0 |
| 2 | Abdinova, Narmin | 1.0 |
| 1 | Mammadova, Gulnar | 2.5 |
| 2 | Balajayeva, Khanim | 1.5 |
| Round 1 | ||
| 1 | Fataliyeva, Ulviyya | 1.5 |
| 2 | Allahverdi, Zahra | 0.5 |
| 1 | Ibrahimova, Sabina | 2.0 |
| 2 | Aghasiyeva, Fidan | 0.0 |
| 1 | Allahverdiyeva, Ayan | 2.0 |
| 2 | Mamedjarova, Zeinab | 0.0 |
| 1 | Mammadzada, Gunay | 1.5 |
| 2 | Kazimova, Narmin | 0.5 |
| 1 | Abdinova, Narmin | 2.5 |
| 2 | Beydullayeva, Govhar | 1.5 |
| 1 | Mamedjarova, Turkan | 2.0 |
| 2 | Ismayil, Malak | 0.0 |
| 1 | Mammadova, Gulnar | 1.5 |
| 2 | Aghaverdiyeva, Maryam | 0.5 |
| 1 | Balajayeva, Khanim | 1.5 |
| 2 | Huseynova, Lala | 0.5 |
| 16 players | ||
The 3rd Annual President's Day Open took place 14th to 17th February 2026. Karen Grigoryan won with 8/9.
| 3rd President's Day Open Dulles USA Sat 14th Feb 2026 - Tue 17th Feb 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Pts |
| 1 | Grigoryan, Karen | 8 |
| 2 | Stremavicius, Titas | 7.5 |
| 3 | Kalpaka, Vaibhav | 5.5 |
| 4 | Vinod, Aarush | 5 |
| 5 | Diao, Matthew Guo | 5 |
| 6 | Samuelson, Andrew | 5 |
| 7 | Slate, Kent | 5 |
| 8 | Ismayilova, Khanim | 5 |
| 9 | Wang, Kevin | 4.5 |
| 10 | Moorhous, Will | 4.5 |
| 11 | Abraham, John | 4 |
| 12 | Swaminathan, Pranav | 4 |
| 13 | Senft, Sean | 4 |
| 14 | Levine, Owen | 4 |
| 15 | Yehamandram, Yogeshwar | 4 |
| 16 | Wilson, Ronen | 3.5 |
| 17 | Liu, Steven | 3.5 |
| 18 | Zhuang, Kyle | 3 |
| 19 | Quirke, Jeffrey L | 3 |
| 20 | Srinivasan, Arjun | 2.5 |
| 21 | Baim, Elvin | 2.5 |
| 22 | Adu, Oladapo Olutola | 0 |
| 22 players | ||
The 17th Southwest Class took place 12th to 16th February 2026. Jose Gabriel Cardoso Cardoso and Eric Chang Liu scored 7.5/9.
| 17th Southwest Class 2026 Fort Worth USA Thu 12th Feb 2026 - Mon 16th Feb 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Pts |
| 1 | Cardoso Cardoso, Jose Gabriel | 7.5 |
| 2 | Liu, Eric Chang | 7.5 |
| 3 | Belous, Vladimir | 7 |
| 4 | Delgado Ramirez, Neuris | 6.5 |
| 5 | Fus, Jakub | 6.5 |
| 6 | Dudin, Gleb | 6 |
| 7 | Avila Pavas, Santiago | 6 |
| 8 | Matviishen, Viktor | 6 |
| 9 | Escalant, Brian E | 6 |
| 10 | Hilby, Craig | 6 |
| 11 | Wheeler, Cameron | 6 |
| 12 | Tang, Zoey | 6 |
| 13 | Guo, Ethan | 6 |
| 14 | Uz, Kagan | 6 |
| 15 | Sonis, Francesco | 5.5 |
| 16 | Cordova Daza, Emilio | 5.5 |
| 17 | Bilych, Oleksii | 5.5 |
| 18 | Bilovil, Bohdan | 5.5 |
| 19 | Pyrih, Roman | 5.5 |
| 20 | Vivekananthan, Anish | 5.5 |
| 21 | Atwell, Rose | 5.5 |
| 22 | Li, Rachael | 5.5 |
| 23 | Degenbaev, Aziz | 5.5 |
| 24 | Rostomyan, Mikayel | 5.5 |
| 25 | Padhya, Saumil | 5.5 |
| 26 | Torres, Luis Carlos | 5.5 |
| 27 | Eswaran, Ashritha | 5.5 |
| 28 | Sivakumar, Shaaketh | 5.5 |
| 29 | Petenyi, Tamas | 5.5 |
| 30 | Anandh, Vijay Srinivas | 5.5 |
| 31 | Tran, Minh Binh | 5.5 |
| 32 | Arul, Sharvesh | 5.5 |
| 33 | Moor, Nathaniel Philip | 5 |
| 34 | Jagirapu, Harshin Reddy | 5 |
| 35 | Fang, Elbert | 5 |
| 36 | Bhatia, Aadit | 5 |
| 37 | Santosh, Saharsh | 5 |
| 38 | Li, Aiden Linyuan | 5 |
| 39 | Pan, Zachary | 5 |
| 40 | Vyas, Miransh Purven | 5 |
| 116 players | ||
The 85th Noteboom Tournament took place 20th to 22nd February 2026. Arthur Pijpers edged out Tommy Grooten, Havard Haug, Miguoel Admiraal and Yi Liu on tie-break after all scored 5/6.
| 85th Noteboom Open Leiden NED Fri 20th Feb 2026 - Sun 22nd Feb 2026
Leading Final Round 6 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Ti | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TPR |
| 1 | Pijpers, Arthur | GM | 2471 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 5.0 | 24.5 | 19.5 | 2509 |
| 2 | Smeets, Kobe | FM | 2328 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5.0 | 23.5 | 19.0 | 2461 |
| 3 | Grooten, Tommy | 2278 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 5.0 | 23.0 | 18.0 | 2484 | |
| 4 | Haug, Havard | FM | 2412 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5.0 | 21.5 | 17.0 | 2516 |
| 5 | Admiraal, Miguoel | IM | 2454 | = | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 20.5 | 16.75 | 2574 |
| 6 | Liu, Yi | FM | 2372 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 18.5 | 15.75 | 2479 |
| 7 | Teianu, Sabin | 2088 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 4.5 | 22.5 | 15.5 | 2394 | |
| 8 | Vrolijk, Liam | GM | 2530 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4.5 | 22.0 | 16.0 | 2426 |
| 9 | Mostertman, Milan | FM | 2268 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.5 | 21.5 | 14.75 | 2410 |
| 10 | Bhattacharjee, Sourav | 2130 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 4.5 | 21.0 | 15.25 | 2351 | |
| 11 | Doren, Bas van | 2195 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 20.5 | 14.75 | 2382 | |
| 12 | Blom, Vincent | FM | 2264 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 4.5 | 20.0 | 13.25 | 2273 |
| 13 | Kazarjan, Gachatur | FM | 2251 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 4.5 | 18.0 | 14.25 | 2353 |
| 14 | Zhu, Chenwu | 2332 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 17.5 | 12.75 | 2306 | |
| 15 | Hummel, Paul | 2178 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 15.0 | 10.0 | 2352 | |
| 16 | Ritzerveld, Noah | FM | 2329 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 4.0 | 22.5 | 13.5 | 2327 |
| 17 | Ketel, Raoul van | FM | 2203 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 4.0 | 22.5 | 13.0 | 2388 |
| 18 | Labruyere, Roger | FM | 2242 | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 4.0 | 22.0 | 13.5 | 2281 |
| 19 | O'Gorman, Tom | IM | 2391 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 4.0 | 22.0 | 13.25 | 2325 |
| 20 | Tabak, Stefan | FM | 2127 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 4.0 | 22.0 | 13.0 | 2292 |
| 21 | Ostensen, Nicolai | FM | 2380 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.0 | 20.5 | 11.5 | 2325 |
| 22 | Cheung, Jan | 1988 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | + | ½ | 4.0 | 19.0 | 11.75 | 2270 | |
| 23 | Cernov, Henrik | 2187 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 4.0 | 18.0 | 9.5 | 2314 | |
| 24 | Becx, Cesar | FM | 2079 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 17.5 | 8.0 | 2228 |
| 25 | Helvoort, Rob van | 2085 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4.0 | 17.0 | 11.5 | 2134 | |
| 26 | Madularea, David | FM | 2302 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 17.0 | 10.5 | 2150 |
| 27 | Clercq, Maxim Le | 2098 | = | - | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 4.0 | 16.0 | 9.5 | 2398 | |
| 28 | Kooijmans, Jermo | FM | 2301 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 4.0 | 14.5 | 8.75 | 2226 |
| 29 | Winter, Arthur de | IM | 2453 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 24.5 | 12.75 | 2283 |
| 30 | Schoonackers, Jeroen | 2050 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 3.5 | 22.5 | 12.25 | 2252 | |
| 31 | Presa Villa, Andres | 2151 | = | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 3.5 | 21.5 | 11.25 | 2230 | |
| 32 | Coenen, Eduard | CM | 2151 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | + | 0 | 3.5 | 21.5 | 10.25 | 2162 |
| 33 | Wilming, Auke | 2086 | 1 | = | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.5 | 20.5 | 10.75 | 2201 | |
| 34 | Batenburg, Mees van | 2277 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 3.5 | 20.0 | 9.25 | 2204 | |
| 35 | Stolwijk, Colin | 2279 | 1 | = | ½ | - | ½ | 1 | 3.5 | 19.5 | 10.5 | 2239 | |
| 36 | Thijssen, Freek | 2119 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 3.5 | 19.0 | 9.75 | 2208 | |
| 37 | Zecha, Oscar | 2220 | = | 1 | 0 | 1 | + | 0 | 3.5 | 19.0 | 9.5 | 2095 | |
| 38 | Langedijk, Ardjan | 2101 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 3.5 | 18.5 | 9.25 | 2164 | |
| 39 | Geene, Joris | 2064 | = | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.5 | 18.5 | 9.0 | 2263 | |
| 40 | Gutkind, Kedem | 2160 | ½ | = | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 3.5 | 18.0 | 9.75 | 2118 | |
| 137 players | |||||||||||||
The 3rd Al-Beruniy International took place 13th to 21st February 2026. Aram Hakobyan won the strong GM event alone on 5.5/9. Aditya, Mittal won the Challengers with 6.5/9 and Aldiyar Ansat edged out Artur Davtyan and Shiroghlan Talibov on tie-break after all scored 6.5/9.
| 3rd Al-Beruniy Masters Tashkent UZB Fri 13th Feb 2026 - Sat 21st Feb 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 1 | Hakobyan, Aram | GM | ARM | 2619 | 5.5 | 0 | 23 | 2 |
| 2 | 3 | Bacrot, Etienne | GM | FRA | 2629 | 5 | 0 | 22,25 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | Sargsyan, Shant | GM | ARM | 2659 | 5 | 0 | 21.5 | 2 |
| 4 | 7 | Gelfand, Boris | GM | ISR | 2629 | 5 | 0 | 21,25 | 1 |
| 5 | 9 | Murzin, Volodar | GM | FID | 2652 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 2 |
| 6 | 5 | Vokhidov, Shamsiddin | GM | UZB | 2644 | 4.5 | 1 | 18,75 | 2 |
| 7 | 6 | Abdisalimov, Abdimalik | GM | UZB | 2563 | 4.5 | 2 | 21,25 | 2 |
| 8 | 4 | Donchenko, Alexander | GM | GER | 2655 | 4 | 1 | 17.5 | 1 |
| 9 | 8 | Madaminov, Mukhiddin | GM | UZB | 2567 | 4 | 2 | 18.5 | 1 |
| 10 | 10 | Khamdamova, Afruza | WGM | UZB | 2403 | 2.5 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 10 players | |||||||||
| 3rd Al-Beruniy Masters Tashkent UZB Fri 13th Feb 2026 - Sat 21st Feb 2026. Category: 15. Ave: (2602) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Hakobyan, Aram | GM | ARM | 2619 | # | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 2680 |
| 2 | Bacrot, Etienne | GM | FRA | 2629 | = | # | = | = | = | = | 1 | = | = | = | 5 | 2642 |
| 3 | Sargsyan, Shant | GM | ARM | 2659 | = | = | # | = | = | = | 1 | 0 | = | 1 | 5 | 2639 |
| 4 | Gelfand, Boris | GM | ISR | 2629 | = | = | = | # | = | = | = | = | = | 1 | 5 | 2642 |
| 5 | Murzin, Volodar | GM | FID | 2652 | = | = | = | = | # | 0 | = | 1 | = | 1 | 5 | 2639 |
| 6 | Abdisalimov, Abdimalik | GM | UZB | 2563 | = | = | = | = | 1 | # | 0 | = | 1 | 0 | 4.5 | 2606 |
| 7 | Vokhidov, Shamsiddin | GM | UZB | 2644 | = | 0 | 0 | = | = | 1 | # | = | = | 1 | 4.5 | 2597 |
| 8 | Madaminov, Mukhiddin | GM | UZB | 2567 | = | = | 1 | = | 0 | = | = | # | 0 | = | 4 | 2563 |
| 9 | Donchenko, Alexander | GM | GER | 2655 | 0 | = | = | = | = | 0 | = | 1 | # | = | 4 | 2553 |
| 10 | Khamdamova, Afruza | WGM | UZB | 2403 | 0 | = | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | = | = | # | 2.5 | 2458 |
| 3rd Al-Beruniy Challenger Tashkent UZB Fri 13th Feb 2026 - Sat 21st Feb 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 4 | Aditya, Mittal | GM | IND | 2610 | 6.5 | 0 | 25 | 4 |
| 2 | 3 | Petrosyan, Manuel | GM | ARM | 2578 | 6 | 1 | 24.5 | 3 |
| 3 | 6 | Rakhmanov, Aleksandr | GM | FID | 2585 | 6 | 2 | 24.5 | 3 |
| 4 | 5 | Zeng, Chongsheng | GM | CHN | 2534 | 6 | 3 | 23,25 | 4 |
| 5 | 9 | Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid | IM | UZB | 2449 | 4.5 | 0 | 17.5 | 2 |
| 6 | 2 | Nigmatov, Ortik | GM | UZB | 2459 | 4.5 | 0 | 16,75 | 2 |
| 7 | 7 | Bernadskiy, Vitaliy | GM | UKR | 2536 | 4 | 0 | 16.5 | 1 |
| 8 | 1 | Vakhidov, Jakhongir | GM | UZB | 2516 | 3.5 | 0 | 12,75 | 1 |
| 9 | 8 | Ruck, Robert | GM | HUN | 2507 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 10 | 10 | Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim | IM | UZB | 2363 | 1 | 0 | 4,25 | 0 |
| 10 players | |||||||||
| 3rd Al-Beruniy Challenger Tashkent UZB Fri 13th Feb 2026 - Sat 21st Feb 2026. Category: 11. Ave: (2514) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Aditya, Mittal | GM | IND | 2610 | # | = | = | = | = | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | 2669 |
| 2 | Rakhmanov, Aleksandr | GM | FID | 2585 | = | # | = | = | 1 | 1 | = | = | = | 1 | 6 | 2631 |
| 3 | Petrosyan, Manuel | GM | ARM | 2578 | = | = | # | 1 | = | = | = | = | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2632 |
| 4 | Zeng, Chongsheng | GM | CHN | 2534 | = | = | 0 | # | 1 | 1 | = | 1 | = | 1 | 6 | 2636 |
| 5 | Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid | IM | UZB | 2449 | = | 0 | = | 0 | # | = | = | 1 | 1 | = | 4.5 | 2521 |
| 6 | Nigmatov, Ortik | GM | UZB | 2459 | = | 0 | = | 0 | = | # | 1 | = | = | 1 | 4.5 | 2520 |
| 7 | Bernadskiy, Vitaliy | GM | UKR | 2536 | 0 | = | = | = | = | 0 | # | = | 1 | = | 4 | 2468 |
| 8 | Vakhidov, Jakhongir | GM | UZB | 2516 | 0 | = | = | 0 | 0 | = | = | # | = | 1 | 3.5 | 2433 |
| 9 | Ruck, Robert | GM | HUN | 2507 | 0 | = | 0 | = | 0 | = | 0 | = | # | 1 | 3 | 2389 |
| 10 | Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim | IM | UZB | 2363 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | = | 0 | 0 | # | 1 | 2179 |
| 3rd Al-Beruniy Futures Tashkent UZB Fri 13th Feb 2026 - Sat 21st Feb 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 7 | Ansat, Aldiyar | IM | KAZ | 2470 | 6.5 | 0 | 26.5 | 4 |
| 2 | 8 | Davtyan, Artur | IM | ARM | 2501 | 6.5 | 0 | 25,75 | 4 |
| 3 | 5 | Talibov, Shiroghlan | IM | AZE | 2431 | 6.5 | 0 | 25,25 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | Novozhilov, Semen | IM | RUS | 2450 | 4.5 | 0 | 21.5 | 2 |
| 5 | 4 | Kiriakov, Petr | GM | FID | 2486 | 4.5 | 0 | 16,25 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | Babazada, Khazar | IM | AZE | 2500 | 4 | 0 | 17,25 | 1 |
| 7 | 1 | Omonova, Umida | WIM | UZB | 2334 | 4 | 0 | 15,75 | 2 |
| 8 | 9 | Khalilova, Madinabonu | WCM | UZB | 2287 | 3.5 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
| 9 | 10 | Sharipov, Davron | FM | UZB | 2381 | 2.5 | 1 | 8.5 | 2 |
| 10 | 6 | Karimova, Guldona | WIM | UZB | 2323 | 2.5 | 2 | 11,25 | 2 |
| 10 players | |||||||||
| 3rd Al-Beruniy Futures Tashkent UZB Fri 13th Feb 2026 - Sat 21st Feb 2026. Category: 7. Ave: (2416) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Ansat, Aldiyar | IM | KAZ | 2470 | # | = | = | = | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | = | 1 | 6.5 | 2576 |
| 2 | Davtyan, Artur | IM | ARM | 2501 | = | # | = | = | 1 | = | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | 2573 |
| 3 | Talibov, Shiroghlan | IM | AZE | 2431 | = | = | # | 0 | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | 2581 |
| 4 | Novozhilov, Semen | IM | RUS | 2450 | = | = | 1 | # | = | = | 0 | = | 0 | 1 | 4.5 | 2413 |
| 5 | Kiriakov, Petr | GM | FID | 2486 | 0 | 0 | = | = | # | = | = | = | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 2409 |
| 6 | Babazada, Khazar | IM | AZE | 2500 | = | = | 0 | = | = | # | = | = | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2364 |
| 7 | Omonova, Umida | WIM | UZB | 2334 | 0 | = | 0 | 1 | = | = | # | 0 | 1 | = | 4 | 2382 |
| 8 | Khalilova, Madinabonu | WCM | UZB | 2287 | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | = | = | 1 | # | 0 | 1 | 3.5 | 2351 |
| 9 | Karimova, Guldona | WIM | UZB | 2323 | = | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | # | 0 | 2.5 | 2261 |
| 10 | Sharipov, Davron | FM | UZB | 2381 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | = | 0 | 1 | # | 2.5 | 2254 |
The 5th Int. Baden-Badener Faschings took place 13th to 17th February 2026. Hagen Poetsch won on tie-break from Vadym Petrovskiy, Jonathan Adrian Carlstedt, Philipp Schlosser, Paul Hinrichs and Cedric Chassard after all scored 7/9.
| Baden-Baden Faschingsopen Baden Baden GER Fri 13th Feb 2026 - Tue 17th Feb 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 |
| 1 | 3 | Poetsch, Hagen | GER | 2433 | 7 | 54.5 |
| 2 | 6 | Petrovskiy, Vadym | GER | 2424 | 7 | 53.5 |
| 3 | 5 | Carlstedt, Jonathan Adrian | GER | 2428 | 7 | 52.5 |
| 4 | 1 | Schlosser, Philipp | GER | 2459 | 7 | 52.5 |
| 5 | 9 | Hinrichs, Paul | GER | 2351 | 7 | 49 |
| 6 | 14 | Chassard, Cedric | GER | 2235 | 7 | 48.5 |
| 7 | 4 | Barp, Alberto | ITA | 2432 | 6.5 | 54 |
| 8 | 7 | Paltrinieri, Nicholas | ITA | 2374 | 6.5 | 53 |
| 9 | 17 | Skembris, Simon Max | GER | 2189 | 6.5 | 49 |
| 10 | 12 | Vyval, Volodymyr | UKR | 2298 | 6.5 | 48 |
| 11 | 20 | Doluhanova, Evgeniya | UKR | 2171 | 6.5 | 48 |
| 12 | 15 | Doll, Alexander | GER | 2226 | 6.5 | 47 |
| 13 | 10 | Hoppstaedter, Daniel | GER | 2348 | 6 | 53.5 |
| 14 | 13 | Kurt, Sascha | NED | 2275 | 6 | 51.5 |
| 15 | 2 | Bacrot, Alexandre | FRA | 2457 | 6 | 51.5 |
| 16 | 16 | Koellner, Aaron Noah | GER | 2199 | 6 | 50.5 |
| 17 | 55 | Eberhart, Erik | GER | 2044 | 6 | 50 |
| 18 | 31 | Stephanblome, Felix | GER | 2134 | 6 | 48.5 |
| 19 | 30 | Foerster, Erik | GER | 2134 | 6 | 48 |
| 20 | 22 | Bocquenet-Drouode, Hugo | FRA | 2169 | 6 | 46 |
| 21 | 8 | Ehmann, Thilo | GER | 2362 | 6 | 45 |
| 22 | 11 | Skembris, Spyridon | GRE | 2307 | 6 | 44.5 |
| 79 | Roth, Jonas | GER | 1952 | 6 | 44.5 | |
| 24 | 61 | Mierzwa, Robert | GER | 2012 | 6 | 44 |
| 25 | 24 | Windmueller, Simon | GER | 2152 | 6 | 44 |
| 26 | 65 | Shanawaz Thabrez, Shahzaib | GER | 1980 | 5.5 | 51.5 |
| 27 | 60 | Kauth, Lukas | GER | 2019 | 5.5 | 51 |
| 28 | 32 | Baltzer, Yoan | FRA | 2133 | 5.5 | 49.5 |
| 29 | 28 | Pradeep, Harshill | GER | 2134 | 5.5 | 49 |
| 30 | 35 | Petermann, Michail | GER | 2118 | 5.5 | 47 |
| 31 | 19 | Ollenberger, Roland | GER | 2179 | 5.5 | 47 |
| 32 | 51 | Jurkic, Bosiljko | CRO | 2053 | 5.5 | 45.5 |
| 54 | Schreidl, Michael | GER | 2045 | 5.5 | 45.5 | |
| 34 | 33 | Zhuikov, Edgard | UKR | 2126 | 5.5 | 45.5 |
| 35 | 57 | Bacquele, Fabrice | GER | 2043 | 5.5 | 45.5 |
| 36 | 39 | Zhang, Yibo | GER | 2107 | 5.5 | 45 |
| 37 | 115 | Assakali, Hani | FRA | 1845 | 5.5 | 44 |
| 38 | 27 | Ahner, Thomas | GER | 2137 | 5.5 | 43.5 |
| 39 | 29 | Goldinov, Daniel | GER | 2134 | 5.5 | 43.5 |
| 40 | 71 | Ranganathan, Aadith | GER | 1966 | 5.5 | 43 |
| 167 players | ||||||
The RUDAR 48 IM tournament took place 30th January to 6th February 2026. Miroljub Lazic edged out Danilo Besedes on tie-break after they both scored 6.5/9.
| RUDAR 48 IM A 2026 Pozarevac SRB Fri 30th Jan 2026 - Fri 6th Feb 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 1 | Lazic, Miroljub | GM | SRB | 2276 | 6.5 | 26,75 | 0 | 6,2 |
| 2 | 2 | Besedes, Danilo | FM | SRB | 2319 | 6.5 | 26.5 | 0 | 6,6 |
| 3 | 8 | Kosic, Dragan | GM | MNE | 2349 | 5.5 | 23,75 | 0 | 5,4 |
| 4 | 3 | Andersen, Gunnar | FM | USA | 2265 | 4.5 | 18 | 0 | 4,8 |
| 5 | 7 | Todorovic, Goran M | GM | SRB | 2243 | 4 | 18,75 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 10 | Rupesh, Reddy Y | FM | IND | 2273 | 4 | 16,75 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 | Ratkovic, Petar | FM | SRB | 2216 | 3.5 | 15,75 | 0 | 3,6 |
| 8 | 6 | Zhao, Shengxin | WFM | CHN | 2194 | 3.5 | 15 | 0 | 3,4 |
| 9 | 9 | Stanojevic, Ilija | FM | SRB | 2181 | 3.5 | 14.5 | 0 | 3,6 |
| 10 | 5 | Praveen, K B | IND | 2127 | 3.5 | 13,25 | 0 | 3,4 | |
| 10 players | |||||||||
| RUDAR 48 IM A 2026 Pozarevac SRB Fri 30th Jan 2026 - Fri 6th Feb 2026. Category: None. Ave: (2244) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Lazic, Miroljub | GM | SRB | 2276 | # | = | = | 1 | = | = | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | 2407 |
| 2 | Besedes, Danilo | FM | SRB | 2319 | = | # | = | = | = | 1 | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | 2402 |
| 3 | Kosic, Dragan | GM | MNE | 2349 | = | = | # | 1 | = | = | = | = | = | 1 | 5.5 | 2313 |
| 4 | Andersen, Gunnar | FM | USA | 2265 | 0 | = | 0 | # | = | 1 | = | 1 | = | = | 4.5 | 2242 |
| 5 | Todorovic, Goran M | GM | SRB | 2243 | = | = | = | = | # | = | = | = | 0 | = | 4 | 2201 |
| 6 | Rupesh Reddy Y | FM | IND | 2273 | = | 0 | = | 0 | = | # | = | 1 | = | = | 4 | 2198 |
| 7 | Ratkovic, Petar | FM | SRB | 2216 | = | 0 | = | = | = | = | # | = | 0 | = | 3.5 | 2167 |
| 8 | Zhao, Shengxin | WFM | CHN | 2194 | 0 | = | = | 0 | = | 0 | = | # | 1 | = | 3.5 | 2170 |
| 9 | Stanojevic, Ilija | FM | SRB | 2181 | 0 | 0 | = | = | 1 | = | 1 | 0 | # | 0 | 3.5 | 2171 |
| 10 | Praveen K B | IND | 2127 | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | = | = | = | = | 1 | # | 3.5 | 2177 | |
| RUDAR 48 IM B 2026 Pozarevac SRB Fri 30th Jan 2026 - Fri 6th Feb 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 3 | Arshiya, Das | WFM | IND | 2200 | 6.5 | 25.5 | 0 | 6,6 |
| 2 | 8 | Gagic, Milan A | FM | SRB | 2283 | 6 | 26,75 | 0 | 6,2 |
| 3 | 6 | Stefanovic, Bosko | SRB | 2167 | 6 | 25.5 | 0 | 5,8 | |
| 4 | 5 | Ilincic, Zlatko | GM | SRB | 2178 | 5 | 20,75 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 10 | Phatak, Aanjaneya | IND | 2154 | 5 | 20,75 | 2 | 4,8 | |
| 6 | 4 | Damljanovic, Branko | GM | SRB | 2355 | 5 | 19,25 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | 7 | Raicevic, Vladimir | GM | SRB | 2331 | 3.5 | 14.5 | 0 | 3,8 |
| 8 | 9 | Djokic, Mihailo | FM | SRB | 2253 | 3.5 | 13,75 | 0 | 3,4 |
| 9 | 2 | Berikkyzy, Alanna | WFM | KAZ | 2180 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 2,8 |
| 10 | 1 | Prishita, Gupta | FM | IND | 2287 | 1.5 | 4,75 | 0 | 1,6 |
| 10 players | |||||||||
| RUDAR 48 IM B 2026 Pozarevac SRB Fri 30th Jan 2026 - Fri 6th Feb 2026. Category: None. Ave: (2239) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Arshiya Das | WFM | IND | 2200 | # | 0 | = | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | 2409 |
| 2 | Stefanovic, Bosko | SRB | 2167 | 1 | # | 1 | = | 0 | = | = | 1 | = | 1 | 6 | 2372 | |
| 3 | Gagic, Milan A | FM | SRB | 2283 | = | 0 | # | = | = | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2322 | |
| 4 | Ilincic, Zlatko | GM | SRB | 2178 | = | = | = | # | 1 | 0 | = | = | = | 1 | 5 | 2289 |
| 5 | Phatak, Aanjaneya | IND | 2154 | 0 | 1 | = | 0 | # | 1 | = | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2291 | |
| 6 | Damljanovic, Branko | GM | SRB | 2355 | 0 | = | = | 1 | 0 | # | = | = | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2269 |
| 7 | Raicevic, Vladimir | GM | SRB | 2331 | 0 | = | 0 | = | = | = | # | = | = | = | 3.5 | 2149 |
| 8 | Berikkyzy Alanna | WFM | KAZ | 2180 | = | 0 | 0 | = | 1 | = | = | # | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2120 |
| 9 | Djokic, Mihailo | FM | SRB | 2253 | 0 | = | 0 | = | 0 | 0 | = | 1 | # | 2.5 | 2090 | |
| 10 | Prishita Gupta | FM | IND | 2287 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | 1 | # | 1.5 | 1994 | ||
The RUDAR 49 IM took place 7th to 14th February 2026. Branko Damljanovic won with 7.5/9.
| RUDAR 49 IM 2026 Pozarevac SRB Sat 7th Feb 2026 - Sat 14th Feb 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 7 | Damljanovic, Branko | GM | SRB | 2355 | 7.5 | 29,75 | 0 | 7,6 |
| 2 | 5 | Antic, Dejan | GM | SRB | 2336 | 5.5 | 22.5 | 0 | 5,4 |
| 3 | 2 | Dinesh, Rajan M | FM | IND | 2266 | 5.5 | 21,25 | 0 | 5,6 |
| 4 | 6 | Andersen, Gunnar | FM | USA | 2254 | 5.5 | 20,25 | 0 | 5,6 |
| 5 | 9 | Postnikov, Artem | FM | RUS | 2302 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | Dukic, Zachary | FM | CAN | 2273 | 4.5 | 19 | 0 | 4,4 |
| 7 | 4 | Lazic, Miroljub | GM | SRB | 2267 | 4.5 | 18,25 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | 1 | Phatak, Aanjaneya | IND | 2220 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 4 | |
| 9 | 10 | Potluri, Saye Srreezza | IND | 2051 | 2 | 5.5 | 0 | 2,2 | |
| 10 | 8 | Praveen, K B | IND | 2158 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1,2 | |
| 10 players | |||||||||
| RUDAR 49 IM 2026 Pozarevac SRB Sat 7th Feb 2026 - Sat 14th Feb 2026. Category: None. Ave: (2248) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Damljanovic, Branko | GM | SRB | 2355 | # | = | = | 1 | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.5 | 2509 |
| 2 | Antic, Dejan | GM | SRB | 2336 | = | # | 0 | = | 1 | = | = | 1 | 1 | = | 5.5 | 2318 |
| 3 | Dinesh, Rajan M | FM | IND | 2266 | = | 1 | # | = | 0 | = | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 2326 |
| 4 | Andersen, Gunnar | FM | USA | 2254 | 0 | = | = | # | 1 | 1 | = | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 2328 |
| 5 | Postnikov, Artem | FM | RUS | 2302 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | # | = | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2285 |
| 6 | Lazic, Miroljub | GM | SRB | 2267 | = | = | = | 0 | = | # | 1 | 0 | = | 1 | 4.5 | 2246 |
| 7 | Dukic, Zachary | FM | CAN | 2273 | 0 | = | 1 | = | = | 0 | # | 1 | = | = | 4.5 | 2245 |
| 8 | Phatak, Aanjaneya | IND | 2220 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | # | 1 | 3 | 2176 | ||
| 9 | Potluri, Saye Srreezza | IND | 2051 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | = | 0 | # | 1 | 2 | 2050 | |
| 10 | Praveen K B | IND | 2158 | 0 | = | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | # | 1 | 1941 | ||
The RUDAR XXX GM took place 7th to 14th February 2026. Eray Kilic won with 7/9.
| RUDAR 30 GM 2026 Pozarevac SRB Sat 7th Feb 2026 - Sat 14th Feb 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 2 | Kilic, Eray | IM | TUR | 2481 | 7 | 28.5 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | 10 | Ajay, Santhosh Parvathareddy | IM | IND | 2465 | 5.5 | 22.5 | 0 | 5,6 |
| 3 | 5 | Dimitrov, Radoslav | GM | BUL | 2489 | 5.5 | 20,25 | 0 | 5,4 |
| 4 | 7 | Kovchan, Alexander | GM | UKR | 2453 | 5 | 20,25 | 0 | 5,2 |
| 5 | 1 | Gasparyan, Erik R. | IM | ARM | 2431 | 5 | 19,25 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | Aakash Sharadchandra, Dalvi | IM | IND | 2375 | 5 | 18,75 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | 6 | Nikolov, Momchil | GM | BUL | 2419 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | 9 | Sutormin, Danila | FM | RUS | 2361 | 4 | 13,75 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | 4 | Mamatov, Melis | FM | KGZ | 2340 | 3.5 | 13,75 | 0 | 3,4 |
| 10 | 8 | Pogorelskikh, Sofia | WGM | SRB | 2318 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 | 0,4 |
| 10 players | |||||||||
| RUDAR 30 GM 2026 Pozarevac SRB Sat 7th Feb 2026 - Sat 14th Feb 2026. Category: 7. Ave: (2413) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Kilic, Eray | IM | TUR | 2481 | # | = | 1 | = | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | = | 1 | 7 | 2626 |
| 2 | Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy | IM | IND | 2465 | = | # | = | = | 1 | = | = | = | = | 1 | 5.5 | 2487 |
| 3 | Dimitrov, Radoslav | GM | BUL | 2489 | 0 | = | # | = | 1 | 0 | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 2485 |
| 4 | Kovchan, Alexander | GM | UKR | 2453 | = | = | = | # | = | = | = | = | = | 1 | 5 | 2452 |
| 5 | Gasparyan, Erik R. | IM | ARM | 2431 | = | 0 | 0 | = | # | 1 | 1 | = | = | 1 | 5 | 2454 |
| 6 | Aakash Sharadchandra, Dalvi | IM | IND | 2375 | 0 | = | 1 | = | 0 | # | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2460 |
| 7 | Nikolov, Momchil | GM | BUL | 2419 | 0 | = | = | = | 0 | 1 | # | = | = | = | 4 | 2370 |
| 8 | Sutormin, Danila | FM | RUS | 2361 | 0 | = | 0 | = | = | 0 | = | # | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2376 |
| 9 | Mamatov, Melis | FM | KGZ | 2340 | = | = | 0 | = | = | 0 | = | 0 | # | 1 | 3.5 | 2341 |
| 10 | Pogorelskikh, Sofia | WGM | SRB | 2318 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | 0 | # | 0.5 | 1980 |
The Czech Extraliga had rounds 7 and 8 this weekend. I also have some games from last week in the Vychod League.
| TCh-CZE Extraliga 2025-26 Czech Republic CZE Sat 29th Nov 2025 - Sun 29th Mar 2026
Leading Round 8 (of 11) Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 1. Novoborsky SK | * | 3½ | 5½ | 5½ | 4½ | 5½ | 7 | 4½ | 5 | 21 | 41 | 23 | |||
| 2 | Vystaviste Lysa nad Labem | * | 5½ | 5½ | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6½ | 19 | 40.5 | 24 | |||
| 3 | SK ZIKUDA Turnov A | 4½ | 2½ | * | 1½ | 4½ | 4½ | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 36.5 | 17 | ||
| 4 | Moravska Slavia Brno A | 2½ | 2½ | 6½ | * | 4 | 4½ | 4 | 5 | 7½ | 6 | 17 | 42.5 | 30 | ||
| 5 | SS Vavra a Cernousek Unichess | 3½ | 4 | * | 4 | 3½ | 4½ | 4½ | 4 | 5 | 12 | 33 | 16 | |||
| 6 | BSS Frydek-Mistek | 2½ | 4 | 3½ | 4 | * | 5½ | 3½ | 4½ | 6 | 11 | 33.5 | 19 | |||
| 7 | Sigil Fund Pardubice | 3½ | 5 | 3½ | 4½ | 2½ | * | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 32 | 15 | |||
| 8 | SK Slavoj Poruba | 2½ | 3 | 4 | 3½ | 4 | * | 6 | 4½ | 4½ | 11 | 32 | 11 | |||
| 9 | OAZA loznice.cz | 3 | 3 | 4½ | 4 | 2 | * | 3½ | 5 | 3½ | 7 | 28.5 | 15 | |||
| 10 | SK ZIKUDA Turnov B | 1 | 2 | 3 | ½ | 3½ | 3 | 4½ | * | 2½ | 4½ | 6 | 24.5 | 6 | ||
| 11 | Slavia Kromeriz | 3½ | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3½ | 3½ | 3 | 5½ | * | 5 | 30 | 8 | |||
| 12 | Moravska Slavia Brno B | 3 | 1½ | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3½ | 4½ | 3½ | * | 3 | 26 | 12 | ||
| 12 players | ||||||||||||||||
| TCh-CZE 1 Liga Zapad Czech Republic CZE Sat 29th Nov 2025 - Sun 29th Mar 2026
Leading Round 7 (of 11) Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | BIOMEDICA Ricany 1925 B | * | 3½ | 5 | 6½ | 5 | 5½ | 6½ | 7 | 18 | 39 | 28 | ||||
| 2 | Cesky lev Kolesovice | * | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5½ | 5 | 5½ | 5½ | 16 | 33.5 | 21 | ||||
| 3 | MGMBA Unichess | 5 | * | 4½ | 4 | 4 | 3½ | 5½ | 5½ | 14 | 32 | 20 | ||||
| 4 | SK mesta Lysa nad Labem | 3 | 3½ | * | 4 | 4½ | 6 | 5½ | 6½ | 13 | 33 | 20 | ||||
| 5 | SK Slavoj Litomerice | 4½ | 4 | * | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5½ | 5 | 13 | 30 | 18 | ||||
| 6 | SK Dopravni podnik Praha | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | * | 4½ | 4½ | 5 | 11 | 28 | 16 | ||||
| 7 | TJ Bohemians Praha | 3½ | 5 | 3½ | * | 4 | 2½ | 5 | 5½ | 10 | 29 | 16 | ||||
| 8 | TJ Spartak Vlasim | 1½ | 4 | 5 | 3½ | * | 3½ | 4½ | 4 | 8 | 26 | 16 | ||||
| 9 | Chess Club Pisek | 3 | 2½ | 4½ | 2½ | 4 | 4½ | * | 4 | 8 | 25 | 13 | ||||
| 10 | BIOMEDICA Ricany 1925 A | 2½ | 3 | 2½ | 2 | 5½ | 3½ | * | 6 | 6 | 25 | 16 | ||||
| 11 | SK Line | 1½ | 2½ | 2½ | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | * | 2 | 20.5 | 10 | ||||
| 12 | TJ Neratovice | 1 | 2½ | 2½ | 1½ | 3 | 2½ | 2 | * | 0 | 15 | 3 | ||||
| 12 players | ||||||||||||||||
| TCh-CZE 1 Liga Vychod Czech Republic CZE Sat 29th Nov 2025 - Sun 29th Mar 2026
Leading Round 8 (of 11) Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | BSS Frydek-Mistek B | * | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 38.5 | 28 | |||
| 2 | SK Slavoj Poruba B | * | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 36.5 | 19 | |||
| 3 | SK Slavia Orlova | 0 | 1 | * | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 34.5 | 22 | |||
| 4 | SK Lipa | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 33 | 18 | |||
| 5 | TJ TZ Trinec | 0 | 3 | 3 | * | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 28 | 18 | |||
| 6 | A64 PROCLIENT Grygov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 33.5 | 16 | |||
| 7 | Sachy Hostalkova | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 30.5 | 19 | |||
| 8 | Jezdci Jundrov | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | * | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 32.5 | 21 | |||
| 9 | Duras Charlie’s Street Brno | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | * | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 32 | 19 | |||
| 10 | SK Stare Mesto | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | 3 | 10 | 28 | 12 | |||
| 11 | 2222 SK Polabiny B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 3 | 6 | 30 | 17 | |||
| 12 | SK Podluzan Prusanky z.s. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | * | 4 | 27 | 11 | |||
| 12 players | ||||||||||||||||
The Frauenbundesliga had rounds 6 and 7 this week, you might reasonably point out that they missed out Round 5 but the Bundesliga did something similar.
| Frauenbundesliga 2025-26 Germany GER Sat 20th Sep 2025 - Sun 19th Apr 2026
Leading Round 7 (of 11) Standings: |
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| Rk | Team | Gms | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Mpts | Bpts | TB1 |
| 1 | SK Schwaebisch Hall | 6 | + | 3½ | 5½ | 4½ | 3½ | 6 | 6 | 12 | 29 | 24 | |||||
| 2. | OSG Baden-Baden | 6 | + | 5 | 5½ | 5 | 4½ | 4 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 21 | |||||
| 3 | SC 1957 Bad Koenigshofen | 6 | 2½ | + | 4½ | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 20 | |||||
| 4 | Schachfreunde Deizisau | 6 | 1½ | + | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4½ | 5 | 8 | 22 | 10,5 | |||||
| 5 | Hamburger SK | 6 | 1 | 3 | + | 3 | 4½ | 4 | 3½ | 8 | 19 | 16,5 | |||||
| 6 | Rodewischer Schachmiezen | 6 | ½ | 3 | 3 | + | 6 | 6 | 2½ | 6 | 21 | 14 | |||||
| 7 | SK Freiburg-Zaehringen 1887 | 6 | 1½ | + | 2 | 3½ | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 5 | |||||
| 8 | TuRa Harksheide | 6 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 4 | + | 1½ | 4 | 4 | 10 | 6 | |||||
| 9 | SG Solingen | 6 | 1½ | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2½ | 4½ | + | 3 | 14½ | 8 | |||||
| 10 | SV Hemer 1932 | 6 | 2½ | 1½ | 1 | 2½ | 4 | 2 | + | 2 | 13½ | 4 | |||||
| 11 | Chemnitzer SC Aufbau 95 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1½ | 0 | 5 | + | 2 | 8½ | 4 | |||||
| 12 | SC Kreuzberg | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3½ | 2 | + | 2 | 7½ | 6 | |||||
| 12 players | |||||||||||||||||
I have a few rounds from the Dutch League. Round 6 was postponed due to the weather in January.
| Dutch League 2025-26 Netherlands NED Sat 20th Sep 2025 - Sat 11th Apr 2026
Leading Round 6 (of 9) Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Team | Gms | TB1 | TB2 |
| 1 | 3 | Apeldoorn 1 | 6 | 11 | 38 |
| 2 | 10 | Zuid Limburg 1 | 6 | 9 | 37 |
| 3 | 2 | LSG 1 | 6 | 9 | 35 |
| 4 | 1 | Kennemer Combinatie 1 | 6 | 8 | 33 |
| 5 | 7 | Stukkenjagers 1 | 6 | 7 | 28.5 |
| 6 | 4 | Paul Keres 1 | 6 | 6 | 28.5 |
| 7 | 8 | HMC Den Bosch 1 | 6 | 4 | 27 |
| 8 | 6 | Groninger Combinatie 1 | 6 | 3 | 26 |
| 9 | 9 | Charlois Europoort 1 | 6 | 3 | 25.5 |
| 10 | 5 | HWP Haarlem 1 | 6 | 0 | 21.5 |
| 10 players | |||||
I have quite a few rounds of games from the Finnish League.
| TCh-FIN 2025-26 Finland FIN Fri 5th Sep 2025 - Sun 15th Mar 2026
Leading Round 13 (of 15) Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Team | Gms | + | - | = | TB1 | TB2 |
| 1 | 1 | Aatos | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 44 |
| 2 | 6 | MatSK | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 43.5 |
| 3 | 2 | Gambiitti | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 42.5 |
| 4 | 3 | HSC | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 40.5 |
| 5 | 10 | TammerSh | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 38 |
| 6 | 8 | RaahLi | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 35 |
| 7 | 4 | HSK | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 33.5 |
| 7 | 11 | TuTS | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 33.5 |
| 9 | 12 | VammSK | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 34 |
| 10 | 5 | JyS | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 31.5 |
| 11 | 7 | MatSK2 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 27 |
| 12 | 9 | SalSK | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 29 |
| 12 players | ||||||||
The Titled Tuesday Blitz 17th February was won by Fabiano Caruana on tie-break from Denis Lazavik after both scored 9.5/11.
| Titled Tue 17th Feb 2026 chess.com INT Tue 17th Feb 2026 - Tue 17th Feb 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 | 26 | Fabiano Caruana | GM | USA | 3240 | W380W | W186B | W38W | W31B | L3B | W54W | D5B | W25W | W39W | W16B | W4B | 9.5 | 77.5 | 79.5 | 66 |
| 2 | 3 | Denis Lazavik | GM | BLR | 3338 | W101B | W345W | W49B | W260W | D6B | W11W | W3B | W4W | D30B | W9W | D5W | 9.5 | 77 | 80.5 | 67.75 |
| 3 | 14 | Arjun Erigaisi | GM | IND | 3240 | W190W | W126B | W58W | W32B | W1W | W323B | L2W | W6B | W16B | L4W | W18B | 9 | 79 | 84 | 65.5 |
| 4 | 11 | Wesley So | GM | USA | 3254 | W366B | W103W | W122B | W55W | W161B | W16W | W14W | L2B | W18W | W3B | L1W | 9 | 76.5 | 79.5 | 60.5 |
| 5 | 1 | Hikaru Nakamura | GM | USA | 3344 | W91B | W116W | W20B | L153W | W56W | W73B | D1W | W48B | W32W | W30W | D2B | 9 | 75 | 80.5 | 65.5 |
| 6 | 19 | Volodar Murzin | GM | INT | 3210 | W158B | W198W | W74B | W52W | D2W | W72B | D10B | L3W | W320B | W44W | W19B | 9 | 73.5 | 78.5 | 60.5 |
| 7 | 25 | Amin Tabatabaei | GM | IRN | 3174 | W79B | W112W | L23B | W82W | D31W | W29B | D72W | W46B | W118W | W43W | W34B | 9 | 70.5 | 76.5 | 61.5 |
| 8 | 7 | Sam Sevian | GM | USA | 3256 | W178B | W108W | W54B | L47W | W74B | W52W | L50B | W324W | W48B | W34W | W14W | 9 | 68.5 | 73.5 | 59.5 |
| 9 | 12 | Haik Martirosyan | GM | ARM | 3216 | W149W | W37B | W46W | L157B | W59W | W318W | W67B | W50W | W43B | L2B | D12W | 8.5 | 72 | 77.5 | 58.25 |
| 10 | 10 | Vladislav Artemiev | GM | RUS | 3235 | W76W | W84B | W51W | D43B | W157W | W153B | D6W | L18B | D45W | W49B | W32B | 8.5 | 71 | 76.5 | 57 |
| 11 | 22 | Pranav V | GM | IND | 3205 | W395W | W286B | W62W | D72B | W118W | L2B | W81W | L17B | W31W | W73B | W30B | 8.5 | 67 | 68.5 | 47.75 |
| 12 | 24 | Matthias Bluebaum | GM | DEU | 3215 | W169W | L99B | W360W | D100B | W37W | W326B | D118W | W56B | W33W | W24B | D9B | 8.5 | 66.5 | 69.5 | 53.25 |
| 13 | 16 | Jeffery Xiong | GM | USA | 3204 | W66W | W316B | W352W | W279B | D153W | D43B | D32W | D45B | D47B | W39W | W35W | 8.5 | 65.5 | 68.5 | 51.5 |
| 14 | 21 | Alexander Grischuk | GM | RUS | 3198 | W60B | W96W | W59B | W318B | W15W | W21W | L4B | L30B | W319W | W27W | L8B | 8 | 76 | 82 | 56.5 |
| 15 | 4 | Faustino Oro | IM | ARG | 3256 | W210W | W180B | W53W | W24B | L14B | W320W | W19B | L16W | L27B | W69W | W41B | 8 | 72.5 | 77 | 53 |
| 16 | 17 | Sina Movahed | GM | IRN | 3207 | W136B | W381W | W327B | W331W | W47B | L4B | W46W | W15B | L3W | L1W | W65B | 8 | 72 | 74 | 46.5 |
| 17 | 49 | Aryan Tari | GM | NOR | 3053 | W305B | W106W | D25B | W35W | L72W | W109B | W80W | W11W | L34B | D26W | W57B | 8 | 71.5 | 72.5 | 50.5 |
| 18 | 20 | Oleksandr Bortnyk | GM | USA | 3177 | L140W | W206B | W119W | W286B | W61W | W53B | W322W | W10W | L4B | W67B | L3W | 8 | 70 | 72 | 48.5 |
| 19 | 28 | Vincent Keymer | GM | DEU | 3148 | W341W | W148B | W61W | L324B | W41B | W51W | L15W | W58B | W318W | W57B | L6W | 8 | 69.5 | 73.5 | 51 |
| 20 | 61 | Jakub Kosakowski | GM | POL | 2964 | W422B | W114W | L5W | W94B | W113W | L26B | L57W | W139B | W103W | W100W | W44B | 8 | 67 | 67 | 43 |
| 21 | 15 | Dmitry Andreikin | GM | GEO | 3207 | W392B | W162W | W321B | W320W | W44W | L14B | W157W | L43B | L24B | W75W | W49W | 8 | 66.5 | 68 | 45 |
| 22 | 8 | Renato Terry | IM | INT | 3163 | W360W | W173B | D36W | D189B | W75W | W33B | L48W | W54B | L67W | W74B | W64W | 8 | 66 | 69 | 48.75 |
| 23 | 89 | Miłosz Szpar | GM | POL | 2952 | W220B | W252W | W7W | L161B | L26W | W117B | W141B | L47W | W114W | W50B | W45W | 8 | 65.5 | 69 | 48.5 |
| 24 | 38 | Dmitrij Kollars | GM | DEU | 3099 | W177W | W400B | W86W | L15W | W363B | L39W | W337B | W59B | W21W | L12W | W62B | 8 | 64.5 | 65.5 | 41.5 |
| 25 | 108 | Agustin Droin | IM | DMA | 2908 | W272W | W372B | D17W | W78W | L30B | W347W | W331B | L1B | W55W | D45B | W43W | 8 | 63.5 | 66 | 41.5 |
| 26 | 9 | Aleksei Sarana | GM | SRB | 3183 | L411B | W254W | W210B | W356W | W23B | W20W | L43W | D72B | W109W | D17B | W52W | 8 | 61.5 | 62.5 | 47.25 |
| 27 | 29 | Dau Khuong Duy | IM | VNM | 3132 | L138B | W310W | W187B | W57W | L337B | W355W | W111B | W75W | W15W | L14B | W51B | 8 | 60 | 60 | 42.5 |
| 28 | 45 | Parham Maghsoodloo | GM | IRN | 3179 | U-- | W188B | W366W | W105W | W104B | L46W | W38B | W51W | L49W | W59B | W58W | 8 | 59.5 | 62.5 | 48.5 |
| 29 | 84 | Alex Fier | GM | BRA | 2961 | L375W | W209B | D371W | W255B | W140B | L7W | D89B | W340W | W128B | W48W | W67W | 8 | 55.5 | 57.5 | 42 |
| 30 | 5 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | GM | RUS | 3246 | W244B | L77W | W191B | W140W | W25W | W319B | W44B | W14W | D2W | L5B | L11W | 7.5 | 73 | 77 | 48.25 |
| 31 | 94 | Nathaniel Mullodzhanov | NM | USA | 2920 | W167W | W143B | W50W | L1W | D7B | W87W | L153B | W171W | L11B | W92B | W83W | 7.5 | 70 | 75 | 47 |
| 32 | 51 | Roven Vogel | GM | DEU | 3060 | W417B | W401W | W77B | L3W | W108B | W102W | D13B | W323W | L5B | W317B | L10W | 7.5 | 66.5 | 66.5 | 35.75 |
| 33 | 60 | Nitzan Steinberg | GM | ISR | 3041 | L154W | W212B | W60W | W168B | W316W | L22W | W99B | W183W | L12B | D40W | W80B | 7.5 | 65.5 | 70 | 44.25 |
| 34 | 2 | Magnus Carlsen | GM | NOR | 3298 | D142W | W328B | W375W | L56B | W176W | W173W | W73B | W153W | W17W | L8B | L7W | 7.5 | 65.5 | 67.5 | 39.75 |
| 35 | 109 | Srihari L R | GM | IND | 2848 | D215B | W170W | W45W | L17B | W349W | L331B | W76W | W36W | W72B | W47W | L13B | 7.5 | 65 | 68.5 | 45.25 |
| 36 | 66 | Artem Galaktionov | FM | ARE | 2959 | W213W | W183B | D22B | L138W | L334B | W140W | W112W | L35B | W82W | W93B | W89W | 7.5 | 61.5 | 65.5 | 44.5 |
| 37 | 122 | Nikita Shandrygin | FM | SRB | 2918 | W214W | L9W | W155B | D252W | L12B | W146B | W347W | L109B | W76W | W72W | W81B | 7.5 | 61.5 | 65 | 40.25 |
| 38 | 92 | Arif Abdul Hafiz | IM | IDN | 2912 | W129W | W236B | L1B | L234W | W149B | W366W | L28W | W328B | D83B | W130W | W73W | 7.5 | 61 | 64 | 39.25 |
| 39 | 87 | Qn Domіn | FM | UKR | 2942 | L252B | W203W | W169B | W377W | W351W | W24B | D323W | W161W | L1B | L13B | W94W | 7.5 | 60 | 62 | 37.75 |
| 40 | 107 | Vjacheslav Weetik | FM | RUS | 2833 | W205B | W368W | L157B | W342W | L55B | W341W | L47B | W182B | W68W | D33B | W78W | 7.5 | 58.5 | 61.5 | 38.25 |
| 434 players | ||||||||||||||||||||
The 3-0 Thursday 19th Feb events were won by Fabiano Caruana (first two) and Reza Mahdavi. That means Caruana failed at the final hurdle to win both Title Tuesday and all the 3-0 Thursday tournaments, still an impressive achievement.
| 1st 3-0 Thu 19th Feb 2026 chess.com INT Thu 19th Feb 2026 - Thu 19th Feb 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 | 7 | Fabiano Caruana | GM | USA | 3269 | W35B | W52W | W19B | W21W | W7B | W2B | W5W | D3B | W6W | L8W | W15B | 9.5 | 80 | 86 | 73.5 |
| 2 | 10 | Matthias Bluebaum | GM | DEU | 3227 | W102W | W53B | W32W | W22B | W156B | L1W | W9B | W17W | W3W | D7B | W8B | 9.5 | 74 | 78 | 64.5 |
| 3 | 2 | Denis Lazavik | GM | BLR | 3338 | W176W | W41B | W16W | D31B | W11B | W156W | W6B | D1W | L2B | W5W | W7W | 9 | 76.5 | 78.5 | 61 |
| 4 | 14 | Reza Mahdavi | IM | IRN | 3145 | W60W | W158B | W34W | L78W | W23B | W19B | W13W | L5B | W12W | W24W | W17B | 9 | 71 | 75 | 61.5 |
| 5 | 9 | Pranav V | GM | IND | 3205 | W54B | W148W | W20B | W9W | W68B | W10W | L1B | W4W | D7W | L3B | W24W | 8.5 | 77.5 | 78.5 | 56 |
| 6 | 1 | Hikaru Nakamura | GM | USA | 3344 | W173B | D49W | W166B | W29B | W15W | W31B | L3W | W18W | L1B | W16W | W11W | 8.5 | 70.5 | 72.5 | 51 |
| 7 | 13 | Tuan Minh Le | GM | VNM | 3178 | W86B | W37W | W14B | W23W | L1W | W97B | W22W | W10W | D5B | D2W | L3B | 8 | 78 | 83 | 55.5 |
| 8 | 3 | Haik Martirosyan | GM | ARM | 3197 | W162B | W55W | L21B | L15W | W54B | W48W | W16B | W98W | W31W | W1B | L2W | 8 | 71 | 74 | 50 |
| 9 | 28 | Nitzan Steinberg | GM | ISR | 3075 | W172W | W69B | W11W | L5B | W33W | W78B | L2W | W34B | L24B | W154W | W23W | 8 | 69.5 | 71.5 | 46.5 |
| 10 | 8 | Oleksandr Bortnyk | GM | USA | 3185 | W181W | W33B | W17W | W80B | W78W | L5B | W21W | L7B | W153W | L11B | W25W | 8 | 68.5 | 69.5 | 45 |
| 11 | 5 | Dmitry Andreikin | GM | GEO | 3207 | W165B | W72W | L9B | W152B | L3W | W158B | W36W | W97B | W22W | W10W | L6B | 8 | 67.5 | 70 | 44.5 |
| 12 | 34 | Satria Duta Cahaya | IM | IDN | 2981 | W91W | L167B | W54W | W70W | W151B | L18B | W26W | W87B | L4B | W46W | W21W | 8 | 65.5 | 67.5 | 49 |
| 13 | 25 | Alexander Rustemov | GM | RUS | 3065 | W183B | L30W | W105B | W26W | W39W | W68B | L4B | L24W | W155W | W36B | W27W | 8 | 65 | 65 | 42 |
| 14 | 39 | Artur Ganiev | CM | RUS | 2940 | W103B | W84W | L7W | W108B | L87W | L26B | W61B | W68W | W57B | W22B | W31W | 8 | 60.5 | 65 | 45 |
| 15 | 12 | Parham Maghsoodloo | GM | IRN | 3176 | W113W | W39B | D152W | W8B | L6B | W32W | L17B | W37W | W59B | W18B | L1W | 7.5 | 72.5 | 76.5 | 48 |
| 16 | 23 | Matvey Galchenko | IM | RUS | 3026 | W67B | W28W | L3B | D64W | W106B | W71W | L8W | W42B | W19W | L6B | W40W | 7.5 | 70 | 74.5 | 46 |
| 17 | 32 | Roman Nosach | CM | RUS | 2978 | W121W | W79B | L10B | W92W | W29B | W87B | W15W | L2B | D151W | W31B | L4W | 7.5 | 69.5 | 73.5 | 43.5 |
| 18 | 20 | Tunar Davudov | CM | AZE | 3046 | W44W | W180B | W30W | L156W | W34B | W12W | D20W | L6B | W154B | L15W | W32B | 7.5 | 68 | 69 | 45.25 |
| 19 | 30 | Kirill Klukin | IM | SRB | 3018 | W128W | W178B | L1W | W65B | W160B | L4W | D37B | W76W | L16B | W69W | W42B | 7.5 | 62.5 | 63.5 | 34.25 |
| 20 | 33 | Zbigniew Pakleza | GM | POL | 2957 | W73B | W117W | L5W | W113B | W81W | W59W | D18B | L31B | W87W | L21B | W48W | 7.5 | 61.5 | 65.5 | 39.75 |
| 21 | 24 | Cristobal Henriquez | GM | CHL | 3025 | W169W | W61B | W8W | L1B | W36W | W27W | L10B | L154W | W78B | W20W | L12B | 7 | 71.5 | 73.5 | 42 |
| 22 | 29 | Mamikon Gharibyan | GM | ARM | 3011 | W119B | W56W | W24B | L2W | W53B | W49W | L7B | W50W | L11B | L14W | W64B | 7 | 70.5 | 74.5 | 41 |
| 23 | 36 | Miłosz Szpar | GM | POL | 2952 | W96W | W77B | W151W | L7B | L4W | W43B | W69W | L59W | W35B | W33W | L9B | 7 | 68.5 | 73.5 | 42.5 |
| 24 | 6 | Aleksei Sarana | GM | SRB | 3196 | W105W | W159B | L22W | W158B | L31W | W161B | W27W | W13B | W9W | L4B | L5B | 7 | 66 | 69 | 38 |
| 25 | 27 | Rustam Rustamov | FM | AZE | 3016 | W104B | W57W | L156B | D43W | W64B | W127W | L31W | W71B | W40W | D151B | L10B | 7 | 60.5 | 64 | 38.75 |
| 26 | 76 | Casper Liu | FM | DNK | 2764 | L147W | W120B | W107W | L13B | W95W | W14W | L12B | L27B | W114W | W98B | W49W | 7 | 59.5 | 60.5 | 36.5 |
| 27 | 42 | Nikita Shandrygin | FM | SRB | 2898 | W133W | W147B | L31B | W79W | W80W | L21B | L24B | W26W | W83W | W51B | L13B | 7 | 59.5 | 60.5 | 32 |
| 28 | 77 | Florescu Codrut Constantin | IM | ROU | 2739 | W62B | L16B | D77W | L127B | D132W | W125B | W38W | W49W | L152B | W58B | W52W | 7 | 57 | 60 | 38.75 |
| 29 | 72 | Kalyani Sirin | WIM | IND | 2770 | W170W | W177B | W59B | L6W | L17W | L153B | W60W | W112B | L51B | W99W | W62W | 7 | 57 | 58.5 | 30.5 |
| 30 | 80 | Ward Al-Tarboush | FM | NOR | 2752 | W141W | W13B | L18B | L97W | W171W | L152B | W103W | L78B | W157B | W53W | W51W | 7 | 54 | 56 | 32.5 |
| 31 | 16 | Sergei Zhigalko | GM | INT | 3052 | W70W | W157B | W27W | D3W | W24B | L6W | W25B | W20W | L8B | L17W | L14B | 6.5 | 75 | 79 | 42.5 |
| 32 | 35 | Polina Shuvalova | IM | RUS | 2937 | W82B | W38W | L2B | D71W | W42B | L15B | L67W | W81B | W70W | W37B | L18W | 6.5 | 65.5 | 70.5 | 37.75 |
| 33 | 56 | Rose Atwell | FM | USA | 2817 | W137W | L10W | W67B | W114W | L9B | L50W | W54B | W56W | W98B | L23B | D35W | 6.5 | 62 | 65 | 32.75 |
| 34 | 40 | Maksym Dubnevych | FM | UKR | 2868 | W140W | W134B | L4B | W63W | L18W | W105B | W156B | L9W | D69B | L42B | W60W | 6.5 | 60 | 62.5 | 28.75 |
| 35 | 92 | Daniil Kaminskii | CM | DEU | 2732 | L1W | W149B | L97B | W89W | W116W | L85B | W55W | W58B | L23W | W78W | D33B | 6.5 | 59 | 59 | 29.25 |
| 36 | 41 | Qn Domіn | FM | UKR | 2942 | W135B | W127W | L87W | W166B | L21B | W56W | L11B | W88W | W50B | L13W | D43B | 6.5 | 58 | 60 | 28.75 |
| 37 | 61 | Matvii Sobol | CM | UKR | 2813 | W95B | L7B | W172W | W170B | L97W | W81B | D19W | L15B | W67B | L32W | W71W | 6.5 | 57.5 | 59.5 | 28.75 |
| 38 | 136 | Markel Vesga | FM | BSQ | 2603 | W164W | L32B | W47B | D159W | D155W | L40B | L28B | W61W | W88B | D55B | W98W | 6.5 | 57 | 59.5 | 32.25 |
| 39 | 60 | Sultanbeibarys Dumanuly | FM | KAZ | 2793 | W175W | L15W | W104B | W134W | L13B | D79W | L75W | L44B | W82W | W70B | W67B | 6.5 | 56 | 58 | 28 |
| 40 | 2 | Stéphane Bressac | IM | FRA | 2817 | U-- | W82W | L71B | W128W | D76B | W38W | W48B | W75W | L25B | W44W | L16B | 6.5 | 55.5 | 59 | 36.25 |
| 184 players | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd 3-0 Thu 19th Feb 2026 chess.com INT Thu 19th Feb 2026 - Thu 19th Feb 2026
Leading Final Round 11 Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 3 | Fabiano Caruana | GM | USA | 3242 | W36B | W94W | W97B | W23W | L4W | W33B | W3B | W10W | W2B | W9W | W6B | 10 | 72 | 74 | 66 |
| 2 | 5 | Matthias Bluebaum | GM | DEU | 3232 | W99B | D43W | W32W | W6B | W68W | D4B | W8W | W5B | L1W | D3B | W7W | 8.5 | 74.5 | 79 | 58 |
| 3 | 15 | Rasmus Svane | GM | DEU | 3117 | W98B | W109W | W22B | L10W | W28B | W27B | L1W | W18B | W33W | D2W | W4B | 8.5 | 71.5 | 74.5 | 52.75 |
| 4 | 10 | Renato Terry | IM | INT | 3193 | W127W | W37B | W25W | W33W | W1B | D2W | D10B | W7W | L9B | W8W | L3W | 8 | 77 | 77.5 | 53 |
| 5 | 9 | Parham Maghsoodloo | GM | IRN | 3183 | W29B | W96W | W12B | W8W | L95B | W18W | W42B | L2W | W10B | L6W | W19B | 8 | 72 | 77 | 54.5 |
| 6 | 20 | Nitzan Steinberg | GM | ISR | 3071 | W54W | W17B | D68W | L2W | W43B | W99W | D24B | W15W | W95B | W5B | L1W | 8 | 68 | 72.5 | 48.5 |
| 7 | 24 | Alexander Rustemov | GM | RUS | 3055 | W44W | W53B | L10B | W87W | W32W | W9B | W68W | L4B | W11W | W23W | L2B | 8 | 67 | 70 | 46 |
| 8 | 18 | Yoseph Theolifus Taher | IM | IDN | 3055 | W39W | W123B | W108W | L5B | W22W | W15B | L2B | W27W | W32W | L4B | W10B | 8 | 67 | 68 | 43.5 |
| 9 | 7 | Oleksandr Bortnyk | GM | USA | 3216 | W35B | L105W | W29B | W108W | W104B | L7W | W22B | W95W | W4W | L1B | W15W | 8 | 64 | 67 | 46 |
| 10 | 8 | Aleksei Sarana | GM | SRB | 3204 | W128W | W19B | W7W | W3B | W76W | W95B | D4W | L1B | L5W | W33B | L8W | 7.5 | 73.5 | 73.5 | 43.5 |
| 11 | 2 | Arjun Erigaisi | GM | IND | 3218 | W30W | W15B | L106W | D37B | W101B | L24W | W20B | W13W | L7B | W32W | W22W | 7.5 | 65 | 68 | 47.5 |
| 12 | 25 | Kirill Klukin | IM | SRB | 2980 | W116B | W21W | L5W | W17B | W34W | W76B | L95W | L32B | W28W | D22B | W26W | 7.5 | 63.5 | 65.5 | 42.25 |
| 13 | 42 | Maksym Pankiv | FM | UKR | 2903 | W72W | L76B | W58W | L100W | W51B | W36B | W16W | L11B | W18W | D24B | W23B | 7.5 | 59 | 63 | 44.25 |
| 14 | 62 | Henry Deng | FM | MDG | 2759 | L100B | D110W | W65B | L43B | W73W | W30W | L97B | W48W | W47W | W28B | W24W | 7.5 | 53.5 | 56.5 | 40.5 |
| 15 | 32 | Artem Galaktionov | FM | ARE | 2965 | W115W | L11W | W98B | W67B | W107W | L8W | W44B | L6B | W20W | W34B | L9B | 7 | 62.5 | 64.5 | 33 |
| 16 | 14 | Sergei Zhigalko | GM | INT | 3043 | W60W | L108B | W35W | L32B | W48W | W26B | L13B | W29W | L23B | W36W | W30W | 7 | 62 | 65 | 42 |
| 17 | 52 | Oliver Wartiovaara | FM | FIN | 2800 | W71W | L6W | W46B | L12W | W59B | W50W | L27B | W58W | L25B | W44B | W37W | 7 | 61 | 65 | 36.5 |
| 18 | 27 | Ilan Schnaider | IM | ARG | 3004 | W119B | W56W | L76W | W26B | W44W | L5B | W101B | L3W | L13B | W35W | W34W | 7 | 61 | 63 | 35 |
| 19 | 38 | Arshia Alaghehmand | CM | IRN | 2938 | W55W | L10W | W39B | W52W | W106B | L42B | W100W | L33B | W97B | W25W | L5W | 7 | 59 | 62 | 34.5 |
| 20 | 70 | Nicola Altini | IM | ITA | 2731 | L95B | L66W | W75B | W55W | W25W | W34B | L11W | W96B | L15B | W97W | W38B | 7 | 58.5 | 62.5 | 37.5 |
| 21 | 56 | Dylan Tang | FM | USA | 2781 | W112W | L12B | W64W | L104B | L50W | L52B | W72B | W110W | W59B | W54W | W32B | 7 | 48.5 | 51.5 | 30.5 |
| 22 | 35 | James Chirilov | FM | ATG | 2898 | W110B | W100W | L3W | W50B | L8B | W31W | L9W | W57B | W44W | D12W | L11B | 6.5 | 66 | 69 | 33.25 |
| 23 | 13 | Dmitrij Kollars | GM | DEU | 3081 | W102B | W103W | W28B | L1B | D24W | L68B | W48B | W43W | W16W | L7B | L13W | 6.5 | 65 | 68.5 | 35.25 |
| 24 | 31 | Jakub Kosakowski | GM | POL | 2967 | W46B | L68B | W60W | W56W | D23B | W11B | D6W | L42W | W36B | D13W | L14B | 6.5 | 64.5 | 69 | 40 |
| 25 | 26 | Alexander Khlebovich | IM | RUS | 3005 | W59W | W61B | L4B | L101W | L20B | W41W | W51W | W35B | W17W | L19B | D31B | 6.5 | 63 | 67 | 37.75 |
| 26 | 54 | Aron Pasti | IM | HUN | 2794 | W91W | L97B | W62W | L18W | W41B | L16W | W54B | W38W | D27B | W29W | L12B | 6.5 | 61.5 | 63.5 | 33.75 |
| 27 | 28 | Roman Nosach | CM | RUS | 2984 | W118W | L52B | W102W | W53B | W100B | L3W | W17W | L8B | D26W | L30B | W45W | 6.5 | 60 | 62 | 30.75 |
| 28 | 30 | Zbigniew Pakleza | GM | POL | 2962 | W124W | W121B | L23W | W31B | L3W | W53B | D29W | W99B | L12B | L14W | W47B | 6.5 | 60 | 61 | 27.75 |
| 29 | 67 | Melika Mohammadi | WIM | IRN | 2741 | L5W | W49B | L9W | W115B | W66B | W108W | D28B | L16B | W99W | L26B | W43W | 6.5 | 59 | 61 | 28.25 |
| 30 | 60 | Meri Arabidze | IM | GEO | 2772 | L11B | W80W | D81W | L114B | W65W | L14B | W73W | W45W | W43B | W27W | L16B | 6.5 | 55.5 | 58 | 31.75 |
| 31 | 59 | Casper Liu | FM | DNK | 2758 | L68W | W111B | W74W | L28W | W119B | L22B | W59W | L97W | W58B | W39B | D25W | 6.5 | 52 | 54 | 28.25 |
| 32 | 48 | Nika Volkov | CM | GEO | 2843 | W75W | W107W | L2B | W16W | L7B | W35B | W76W | W12W | L8B | L11B | L21W | 6 | 67.5 | 70.5 | 31.5 |
| 33 | 19 | Artin Ashraf | FM | TUR | 3038 | W67B | W87W | W52W | L4B | W105W | L1W | W38B | W19W | L3B | L10W | U-- | 6 | 59.5 | 62.5 | 28.5 |
| 34 | 49 | Eric Rosen | IM | USA | 2800 | W89B | L42B | W118W | W97W | L12B | L20W | W40W | W98B | W39W | L15W | L18B | 6 | 58.5 | 60.5 | 26 |
| 35 | 65 | Karina Ambartsumova | IM | RUS | 2724 | L9W | W93B | L16B | W46W | W64B | L32W | W110B | L25W | W50W | L18B | W58B | 6 | 58 | 60 | 25.5 |
| 36 | 61 | Mai Narva | IM | EST | 2744 | L1W | L62B | W82W | W124B | W93B | L13W | W52W | W37B | L24W | L16B | W54W | 6 | 57.5 | 58.5 | 22.5 |
| 37 | 40 | Zurab Javakhadze | IM | USA | 2880 | W73W | L4W | W54B | D11W | W113B | L100W | D57B | L36W | W70B | W98W | L17B | 6 | 56 | 58.5 | 27.25 |
| 38 | 44 | Ivan Povshednyi | FM | UKR | 2808 | W86W | L95W | L44B | W118B | W39W | W98B | L33W | L26B | W40W | W57B | L20W | 6 | 56 | 58 | 27 |
| 39 | 76 | Michalina Rudzińska | WGM | POL | 2664 | L8B | W75W | L19W | W71B | L38B | W72W | W109W | W101B | L34B | L31W | W56B | 6 | 54.5 | 57.5 | 24 |
| 40 | 75 | Sean Senft | NM | IOC | 2658 | L42W | W82B | L45W | W86B | L103W | W64W | L34B | W49W | L38B | W55B | W61W | 6 | 50.5 | 53.5 | 26.5 |
| 129 players | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd 3-0 Thu 19th Feb 2026 chess.com INT Thu 19th Feb 2026 - Thu 19th Feb 2026
Leading Final Round 11 Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 9 | Reza Mahdavi | IM | IRN | 3184 | W50B | W19W | W6W | L2B | W62W | W33B | L17B | W32W | W13W | W11B | W4W | 9 | 63 | 66 | 51.5 |
| 2 | 4 | Oleksandr Bortnyk | GM | USA | 3216 | W26W | W18B | W64W | W1W | W58B | W4W | L6B | W17W | L3B | D5W | W12B | 8.5 | 70.5 | 72.5 | 52.5 |
| 3 | 7 | Renato Terry | IM | INT | 3193 | W43B | L7W | W30B | W19W | W50B | L6B | W8W | W58B | W2W | W4B | D5W | 8.5 | 67.5 | 70.5 | 51.5 |
| 4 | 5 | Aleksei Sarana | GM | SRB | 3204 | W21B | W22W | W12B | W13B | W7W | L2B | W33W | W6W | W17B | L3W | L1B | 8 | 72.5 | 77.5 | 51.5 |
| 5 | 8 | Parham Maghsoodloo | GM | IRN | 3183 | W66W | W20B | W62W | L7B | W31W | L17W | W18B | W35B | W6W | D2B | D3B | 8 | 63.5 | 65.5 | 43.5 |
| 6 | 1 | Fabiano Caruana | GM | USA | 3242 | W29B | W14W | L1B | W18W | W13B | W3W | W2W | L4B | L5B | W9W | D7W | 7.5 | 76 | 81.5 | 52.75 |
| 7 | 25 | Bryan Enming Lin | FM | USA | 2958 | W71B | W3B | W10W | W5W | L4B | W11W | L13B | L9B | W59W | W14W | D6B | 7.5 | 71 | 71 | 45.25 |
| 8 | 20 | Ilan Schnaider | IM | ARG | 3004 | W42W | L33B | W15W | L62B | W21W | W50B | L3B | D59W | W26B | W25W | W10B | 7.5 | 56.5 | 59.5 | 40.25 |
| 9 | 17 | Mamikon Gharibyan | GM | ARM | 3020 | D27B | L62W | W69W | L10B | W37W | W48B | W14B | W7W | W33W | L6B | W17W | 7.5 | 56.5 | 57 | 36.25 |
| 10 | 14 | Alexander Rustemov | GM | RUS | 3055 | L25W | W27B | L7B | W9W | W14B | W39W | L11B | W20W | W16W | W17B | L8W | 7 | 65.5 | 70 | 42.5 |
| 11 | 6 | Tuan Minh Le | GM | VNM | 3147 | W15W | W65B | W35W | L58W | W39B | L7B | W10W | L13B | W32B | L1W | W18B | 7 | 62 | 64 | 36 |
| 12 | 13 | Anton Demchenko | GM | SVN | 3068 | W46B | W28W | L4W | W61B | L17B | W20W | L32W | W22B | W35W | W13B | L2W | 7 | 60.5 | 64.5 | 37 |
| 13 | 10 | Dau Khuong Duy | IM | VNM | 3129 | W70W | W61B | W17B | L4W | L6W | W58B | W7W | W11W | L1B | L12W | D16B | 6.5 | 67.5 | 67.5 | 32.75 |
| 14 | 18 | Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son | GM | VNM | 3001 | W40W | L6B | W26W | D38B | L10W | W23B | L9W | W61B | W60W | L7B | W22B | 6.5 | 60.5 | 64.5 | 32.75 |
| 15 | 37 | Bryan Weisz | NM | USA | 2731 | L11B | W67W | L8B | W55W | L18B | W40W | D62B | L60W | W48B | W38W | W25B | 6.5 | 48.5 | 50 | 23.25 |
| 16 | 68 | Brayan Angel Amaya | NM | USA | 2749 | U-- | U-- | U-- | W69B | W42W | W44B | W41W | W19W | L10B | W39B | D13W | 6.5 | 37.5 | 38 | 27.75 |
| 17 | 2 | Sina Movahed | GM | IRN | 3163 | W30W | W60B | L13W | W22B | W12W | W5B | W1W | L2B | L4W | L10W | L9B | 6 | 72.5 | 77 | 39.5 |
| 18 | 21 | Yihan Meng | IM | CHN | 2968 | W52B | L2W | W43B | L6B | W15W | W31B | L5W | L33B | W30W | W32B | L11W | 6 | 62 | 65 | 29 |
| 19 | 27 | Juan Carlos Obregon Rivero | GM | MEX | 2849 | W41B | L1B | W25W | L3B | W40B | L35W | W31W | L16B | W37B | D23W | D24W | 6 | 60.5 | 65 | 30 |
| 20 | 26 | Zurab Javakhadze | IM | USA | 2880 | W45W | L5W | L24B | W28B | W66W | L12B | W38W | L10B | L21W | W43W | W30B | 6 | 57.5 | 59.5 | 25.5 |
| 21 | 36 | Duc Minh Lai | NM | VNM | 2748 | L4W | W48B | L60W | W42B | L8B | L34W | W44B | W45W | W20B | L22W | W32W | 6 | 55 | 58.5 | 27.5 |
| 22 | 22 | James Chirilov | FM | ATG | 2898 | W55W | L4B | W66W | L17W | W24B | W62B | L58W | L12W | W43B | W21B | L14W | 6 | 54.5 | 56 | 23.5 |
| 23 | 31 | Rose Atwell | FM | USA | 2801 | W53B | L58B | W51W | L35B | D48W | L14W | W45B | L25B | W34W | D19B | W31W | 6 | 48.5 | 51 | 24.25 |
| 24 | 3 | Truong An Khang Nguyen | NM | VNM | 2677 | U-- | W37B | W20W | U-- | L22W | L45B | W67W | D41B | W62W | W26W | D19B | 6 | 40 | 42 | 26.75 |
| 25 | 45 | Le Thao Nguyen Pham | IM | VNM | 2639 | W10B | L64W | L19B | W47W | L61W | W37B | D39B | W23W | W38W | L8B | L15W | 5.5 | 54.5 | 56.5 | 28.25 |
| 26 | 35 | Hoang Minh Tho Do | WFM | VNM | 2743 | L2B | W55W | L14B | L40W | W29W | W54B | D34B | W62W | L8W | L24B | W39W | 5.5 | 53.5 | 55 | 19.5 |
| 27 | 48 | Wilberth Sebastian Lopez Fuentes | CM | MEX | 2583 | D9W | L10W | L29B | L37W | W49B | D28W | L36B | W52W | W50W | D34B | W41B | 5.5 | 51 | 54 | 23 |
| 28 | 46 | Hong Anh Nguyen | WIM | VNM | 2627 | W59W | L12B | L39B | L20W | U-- | D27B | D51W | D40B | W42W | W48B | W38B | 5.5 | 44.5 | 47.5 | 23.5 |
| 29 | 32 | Henry Deng | FM | MDG | 2759 | L6W | D69B | W27W | L31W | L26B | L41W | U-- | W53B | W44B | W37W | W43B | 5.5 | 44 | 44.5 | 21.75 |
| 30 | 33 | Kalyani Sirin | WIM | IND | 2762 | L17B | W42W | L3W | W34B | L59W | L38B | W48W | W31B | L18B | W45W | L20W | 5 | 54 | 57.5 | 22 |
| 31 | 43 | Miguel Herrera | IM | MEX | 2627 | L64B | W53W | W32W | W29B | L5B | L18W | L19B | L30W | W41B | W36W | L23B | 5 | 53.5 | 55.5 | 22.5 |
| 32 | 30 | Shilong Li | GM | CHN | 2836 | W37W | U-- | L31B | W54B | W45W | W60W | W12B | L1B | L11W | L18W | L21B | 5 | 53 | 55 | 22 |
| 33 | 3 | Haik Martirosyan | GM | ARM | 3174 | W38B | W8W | L58B | W65W | W35B | L1W | L4B | W18W | L9B | U-- | U-- | 5 | 52.5 | 54.5 | 25 |
| 34 | 47 | Benedict Smail | NM | USA | 2595 | L35B | L59B | W71W | L30W | W53B | W21B | D26W | L38B | L23B | D27W | W45B | 5 | 48.5 | 48.5 | 18 |
| 35 | 16 | Sergei Zhigalko | GM | INT | 3043 | W34W | W51B | L11B | W23W | L33W | W19B | W61B | L5W | L12B | U-- | U-- | 5 | 48 | 51 | 24 |
| 36 | 66 | Nathaniel Hope | CM | JAM | 2384 | U-- | U-- | L40W | L44B | W72W | W47B | W27W | W50B | L39W | L31B | W46W | 5 | 35 | 35 | 16.5 |
| 37 | 61 | Aiden Linyuan Li | CM | USA | 2347 | L32B | L24W | W52W | W27B | L9B | L25W | W40B | W42B | L19W | L29B | D44B | 4.5 | 54.5 | 57.5 | 19.75 |
| 38 | 34 | Casper Liu | FM | DNK | 2758 | L33W | W52B | W59W | D14W | L60B | W30W | L20B | W34W | L25B | L15B | L28W | 4.5 | 54 | 57 | 20.75 |
| 39 | 28 | Vidip Kona | NM | USA | 2812 | L51W | W40B | W28W | W64B | L11W | L10B | D25W | L43B | W36B | L16W | L26B | 4.5 | 54 | 56 | 19.75 |
| 40 | 49 | Akeem Brown | CM | JAM | 2541 | L14B | L39W | W36B | W26B | L19W | L15B | L37W | D28W | W63B | L41W | W48W | 4.5 | 52 | 54.5 | 19.25 |
| 72 players | ||||||||||||||||||||
Jan Timman, the Dutch number one chess player for many years and World number two in January 1982, has passed away at the age of 74. Timman first qualified for an Interzonal in 1979 and was a Candidate between the years of 1986 and 1996. He fought a 24 game match for the FIDE World Chess Championship against Anatoly Karpov in 1993. His most impressive tournament win was the 1991 Immopar Rapid in Paris, this was a knockout where he beat Gata Kamsky, Anatoly Karpov, Viswanathan Anand, and Garry Kasparov. Timman was a very successful tournament player, especially in the 1980s and his career results are more than comparable with the legendary Bent Larsen. Timman had a Universal and varied style and at his best his games were of the very highest quality. He noted in his book Timman's Triumphs that there were frequently errors in conversion of advantages, even in his best games, and also noted too many dubious positions with black, these were the key downsides to his play. That games collection was just one of his many excellent books, he was also a renowned study composer. His last games were in the Dutch Championship in July 2024 where he lost to Erwin L'Ami in the first round of this knockout tournament. He announced that he was retired from over the board play in May 2025.
Jan Timman was born in Amsterdam 14th December 1951 and died 18th February 2026. Timman learned to play at the age of 8 and became Dutch Junior Champion at 14, he finished 3rd in the World Juniors in 1967. In 1971 he became an IM and in 1974 a GM. 1974 was also the first of his nine Netherlands national titles (1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1987 and 1996).
Timman suffered early frustrations in the World Championship cycle, whilst Karpov, also born in 1951, became a Candidate in 1974 and champion in 1975, things wouldn't happen as fast for Timman, the first of his Interzonal appearances was in 1979 and he only became a Candidate in 1986. By that time Timman had earned the title "Best in the West", he peaked at world number 2 in the January 1982 FIDE rating list, although he fell out of the top 10 occasionally he was a regular there until the early 1990s.
He shared first in the Amsterdam 1978 Zonal with Tony Miles to qualify for the 1979 Rio de Janeiro interzonal where he just missed out on the Candidates. The 1982 Las Palmas Interzonal was a comparative failure. 1985 he won the Taxco Interzonal but he lost to Artur Yusupov in the first round of the Candidates. Next time around was his first deep run in the Candidates beating Valeri Salov, Lajos Portisch and Jonathan Speelman before losing to Karpov in the final in 1990. The following cycle he beat Robert Huebner, Viktor Korchnoi and Artur Yusupov, but lost to Nigel Short in the final in 1993.
With Kasparov and Short taking their match outside FIDE he was drafted in to play a match against Anatoly Karpov for the FIDE World Chess Championship title. This was Timman's big chance over a 24 game match played in Zwolle, Arnhem, Amsterdam, and Jakarta in September to November 1993. Karpov's huge experience of such matches and big rating advantage by then meant that it was a comfortable 12.5-8.5 win for Karpov.
There was a first round loss in the Candidates in 1996 and unsuccessful appearances in the FIDE KOs in 1998 and 1999 and so after an extremely successful period throughout the 80s and into the mid-90s Timman's career as he entered his 50s declined markedly.
Key tournament wins: Hastings 1973/74 shared first with Tal, Kuzmin, and Szabo, Sombor 1974 (with Boris Gulko), Netanya 1975, Reykjavík 1976 (with Olafsson), Amsterdam IBM 1978, Niksic 1978, Bled/Portoroz 1979, IBM chess tournament in Amsterdam 1981, Hoogovens tournament in Wijk aan Zee (1981 and 1985), OHRA Amsterdam (1984), Interpolis Tilburg 1987, Linares 1988, VSB Amsterdam (1987 and 1989), World Cup Rotterdam 1989, Immopar Rapid 1991 mentioned above and Donner Memorial 1995 (with Granda Zuniga).
He played in 13 Olympiads 1972-2004 11 times as board 1, Gold medal in 1976 on board 1. 2005 he was part of the Dutch team that won European championship in Gothenburg alongside Loek van Wely, Ivan Sokolov, Sergej Tiviakov and Erik van den Doel.
Jan Timman continued to be a hugely important figure in Western chess outside of his play. He was the first editor of New in Chess (1984), he published The Art of Chess Analysis (RHM 1980), Timman's Selected Games (1995), Timman's Titans (2017) and The Art of the Endgame (My journeys in the Magical World Endgame Studies) in 2011. This is just a small selection of his highly regarded output.
Timman studied mathematics following in the footsteps of his parents before taking up chess full time. The novel 'Secret Love' by Laurie Langenbach is based on his Bohemian lifestyle in the 1970s. In 1978 he met and married the Surinamese psychologist Ilse-Marie Dorff, they have two children, Dehlia and Arthur. Timman and Dorff divorced at the end of the 1990s and he later married chess player Geertje Dirkse.
Jan Timman (1951-2026) - Read Peter Doggers' comprehensive obituary for chess.com