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My thanks to Olexandr Prohorov, Holger Lieske, Lennart Ootes, Ian Rogers and everyone else who helped with this issue.
Nodirbek Abdusattorov won his third classical tournament in a row after London and Tata Steel winning the Prague Masters by a point from Parham Maghsoodloo, Chithambaram Vr. Aravindh and Jorden Van Foreest. Abdusattorov's great run of form since missing out on a Candidates place has taken him to four in the live ratings above Vincent Keymer who had a poor Prague. The form of Gukesh should be a concern for everyone, the World Champion beat David Anton in the final round to catch him in joint last place, the result can't be described as anything but awful. Year by year Prague is also building a reputation and tradition, it's roughly filling the spot that used to be occupied by Linares which then used to be followed by the Amber tournament. Another tournament I rate highly is the Tepe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament, it will have its 31st edition at the start of May, its history spans practically the same era as TWIC, at one point it looked like it had ended but after a few years it came back. This year there's a shock, not only the winner of Prague, Abdusattorov (and last year's defending champion) will play, but also World number one Magnus Carlsen who first played the event 22 years ago, Jorden van Foreest, Arjun Erigaisi, Yagız Kaan Erdogmuş, Nils Grandelius, Andy Woodward and Jiner Zhu round out the 8 player field.
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The Doctor
The 8th Prague International Chess Festival took place Tue 24th Feb to Fri 6th Mar 2026. Players Masters: Vincent Keymer, D Gukesh, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Hans Moke, Niemann, Parham Maghsoodloo, Jorden Van Foreest, Aravindh Chithambaram V, Nodirbek Yakubboev, David Anton Guijarro and David Navara. There's a strong Challengers section, Futures and an open too.
Nodirbek Abdusattorov won his third classical tournament in a row after London and Tata Steel. He won three and drew six games. Jorden Van Foreest took an early lead but defeats in the final two rounds took him down to a tie for second place with Maghsoodloo and Aravindh. World Champion Gukesh finished tied for last place with David Anton, his only win came in the last round against Anton. Top seed Vincent Keymer tied for 8th place. Vaclav Finek won the challengers.
| 8th Prague Masters 2026 Prague CZE Tue 24th Feb 2026 - Fri 6th Mar 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 5 | ABDUSATTOROV Nodirbek | GM | UZB | 2751 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 3 |
| 2 | 7 | MAGHSOODLOO Parham | GM | IRI | 2708 | 5 | 1 | 22,25 | 2 |
| 3 | 6 | ARAVINDH Chithambaram Vr. | GM | IND | 2700 | 5 | 1 | 21,75 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | VAN FOREEST Jorden | GM | NED | 2705 | 5 | 3 | 21,25 | 4 |
| 5 | 4 | NAVARA David | GM | CZE | 2628 | 4.5 | 1 | 19.5 | 2 |
| 6 | 2 | YAKUBBOEV Nodirbek | GM | UZB | 2691 | 4.5 | 2 | 19,25 | 2 |
| 7 | 8 | KEYMER Vincent | GM | GER | 2776 | 4 | 0 | 17.5 | 2 |
| 8 | 10 | NIEMANN Hans Moke | GM | USA | 2725 | 4 | 0 | 17,25 | 1 |
| 9 | 1 | GUKESH D | GM | IND | 2754 | 3.5 | 1 | 14.5 | 1 |
| 10 | 9 | ANTON GUIJARRO David | GM | ESP | 2666 | 3.5 | 2 | 17,75 | 2 |
| 10 players | |||||||||
| 8th Prague Masters 2026 Prague CZE Tue 24th Feb 2026 - Fri 6th Mar 2026. Category: 19. Ave: (2710) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | GM | UZB | 2751 | # | = | 1 | = | 1 | = | = | = | = | 1 | 6 | 2831 |
| 2 | Maghsoodloo, Parham | GM | IRI | 2708 | = | # | = | 1 | 0 | = | 1 | = | = | = | 5 | 2754 |
| 3 | Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. | GM | IND | 2700 | 0 | = | # | 1 | 1 | = | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2755 |
| 4 | Van Foreest, Jorden | GM | NED | 2705 | = | 0 | 0 | # | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2754 |
| 5 | Navara, David | GM | CZE | 2628 | 0 | 1 | 0 | = | # | 1 | = | = | = | = | 4.5 | 2720 |
| 6 | Yakubboev, Nodirbek | GM | UZB | 2691 | = | = | = | 0 | 0 | # | 1 | = | 1 | = | 4.5 | 2713 |
| 7 | Keymer, Vincent | GM | GER | 2776 | = | 0 | 1 | 0 | = | 0 | # | = | 1 | = | 4 | 2660 |
| 8 | Niemann, Hans Moke | GM | USA | 2725 | = | = | 0 | 0 | = | = | = | # | 1 | = | 4 | 2666 |
| 9 | Anton Guijarro, David | GM | ESP | 2666 | = | = | 1 | 1 | = | 0 | 0 | 0 | # | 0 | 3.5 | 2635 |
| 10 | Gukesh, D | GM | IND | 2754 | 0 | = | 0 | 0 | = | = | = | = | 1 | # | 3.5 | 2626 |
| Round 1. Wed 25th Feb 2026 | |||||
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| Gukesh, D | 1/2-1/2 | Niemann, Hans Moke | 62 | C65 | Ruy Lopez |
| Yakubboev, Nodirbek | 1-0 | Anton Guijarro, David | 43 | C53 | Giuoco Piano |
| Van Foreest, Jorden | 1-0 | Keymer, Vincent | 50 | C65 | Ruy Lopez |
| Navara, David | 1-0 | Maghsoodloo, Parham | 40 | B51 | Sicilian |
| Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | 1-0 | Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. | 55 | C41 | Philidor |
| Round 2. Thu 26th Feb 2026 | |||||
| Gukesh, D | 1/2-1/2 | Yakubboev, Nodirbek | 30 | D36 | QGD |
| Maghsoodloo, Parham | 1/2-1/2 | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | 47 | D02 | Queen's pawn game |
| Keymer, Vincent | 1/2-1/2 | Navara, David | 40 | A07 | Reti |
| Niemann, Hans Moke | 0-1 | Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. | 53 | C41 | Philidor |
| Anton Guijarro, David | 1-0 | Van Foreest, Jorden | 27 | E71 | King's Indian |
| Round 3. Fri 27th Feb 2026 | |||||
| Yakubboev, Nodirbek | 1/2-1/2 | Niemann, Hans Moke | 67 | B93 | Sicilian |
| Navara, David | 1/2-1/2 | Anton Guijarro, David | 38 | E06 | Catalan |
| Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | 1/2-1/2 | Keymer, Vincent | 42 | D41 | QGD |
| Van Foreest, Jorden | 1-0 | Gukesh, D | 48 | C78 | Ruy Lopez |
| Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. | 1/2-1/2 | Maghsoodloo, Parham | 30 | B10 | Caro-Kann defence |
| Round 4. Sat 28th Feb 2026 | |||||
| Yakubboev, Nodirbek | 0-1 | Van Foreest, Jorden | 59 | D37 | QGD |
| Anton Guijarro, David | 1/2-1/2 | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | 41 | D47 | QGD semi-Slav |
| Gukesh, D | 1/2-1/2 | Navara, David | 72 | C65 | Ruy Lopez |
| Keymer, Vincent | 1-0 | Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. | 29 | C41 | Philidor |
| Niemann, Hans Moke | 1/2-1/2 | Maghsoodloo, Parham | 53 | C02 | French |
| Round 5. Sun 1st Mar 2026 | |||||
| Van Foreest, Jorden | 1-0 | Niemann, Hans Moke | 36 | D41 | QGD |
| Navara, David | 1-0 | Yakubboev, Nodirbek | 48 | E08 | Catalan |
| Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | 1-0 | Gukesh, D | 69 | A22 | English opening |
| Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. | 0-1 | Anton Guijarro, David | 40 | A17 | English opening |
| Maghsoodloo, Parham | 1-0 | Keymer, Vincent | 55 | C88 | Ruy Lopez |
| Round 6. Tue 3rd Mar 2026 | |||||
| Van Foreest, Jorden | 1/2-1/2 | Navara, David | 56 | D38 | QGD |
| Yakubboev, Nodirbek | 1/2-1/2 | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | 47 | C42 | Petrov |
| Anton Guijarro, David | 1/2-1/2 | Maghsoodloo, Parham | 50 | E71 | King's Indian |
| Niemann, Hans Moke | 1/2-1/2 | Keymer, Vincent | 92 | C50 | Giuoco Pianissimo |
| Gukesh, D | 0-1 | Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. | 48 | B27 | Sicilian |
| Round 7. Wed 4th Mar 2026 | |||||
| Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | 1/2-1/2 | Van Foreest, Jorden | 44 | B35 | Sicilian |
| Keymer, Vincent | 1-0 | Anton Guijarro, David | 68 | C65 | Ruy Lopez |
| Navara, David | 1/2-1/2 | Niemann, Hans Moke | 42 | D45 | QGD semi-Slav |
| Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. | 1/2-1/2 | Yakubboev, Nodirbek | 47 | B90 | Sicilian |
| Maghsoodloo, Parham | 1/2-1/2 | Gukesh, D | 49 | C65 | Ruy Lopez |
| Round 8. Thu 5th Mar 2026 | |||||
| Van Foreest, Jorden | 0-1 | Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. | 61 | B30 | Sicilian defence |
| Gukesh, D | 1/2-1/2 | Keymer, Vincent | 47 | C89 | Ruy Lopez |
| Navara, David | 0-1 | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | 64 | D37 | QGD |
| Yakubboev, Nodirbek | 1/2-1/2 | Maghsoodloo, Parham | 35 | B13 | Caro-Kann |
| Niemann, Hans Moke | 1-0 | Anton Guijarro, David | 59 | C53 | Giuoco Piano |
| Round 9. Fri 6th Mar 2026 | |||||
| Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | 1/2-1/2 | Niemann, Hans Moke | 34 | B90 | Sicilian |
| Maghsoodloo, Parham | 1-0 | Van Foreest, Jorden | 45 | D02 | Queen's pawn game |
| Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. | 1-0 | Navara, David | 64 | C53 | Giuoco Piano |
| Keymer, Vincent | 0-1 | Yakubboev, Nodirbek | 68 | A07 | Reti |
| Anton Guijarro, David | 0-1 | Gukesh, D | 56 | D37 | QGD |
| 8th Prague Challengers Prague CZE Tue 24th Feb 2026 - Fri 6th Mar 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 4 | FINEK Vaclav | IM | CZE | 2538 | 6.5 | 0 | 28,25 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | YUFFA Daniil | GM | ESP | 2604 | 6 | 0 | 24.5 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | DIVYA Deshmukh | GM | IND | 2497 | 5 | 0 | 22.5 | 2 |
| 4 | 10 | GLEDURA Benjamin | GM | HUN | 2652 | 4.5 | 1 | 19.5 | 3 |
| 5 | 7 | BJERRE Jonas Buhl | GM | DEN | 2629 | 4.5 | 2 | 18,25 | 2 |
| 6 | 8 | NEMEC Jachym | IM | CZE | 2466 | 4.5 | 2 | 16,75 | 3 |
| 7 | 6 | BEERDSEN Thomas | GM | NED | 2525 | 4 | 1 | 16,25 | 2 |
| 8 | 5 | GANGULY Surya Shekhar | GM | IND | 2568 | 4 | 2 | 17,25 | 2 |
| 9 | 9 | HRBEK Stepan | IM | CZE | 2463 | 3.5 | 0 | 14,75 | 2 |
| 10 | 3 | ZHU Jiner | GM | CHN | 2578 | 2.5 | 0 | 12.5 | 1 |
| 10 players | |||||||||
| 8th Prague Challengers Prague CZE Tue 24th Feb 2026 - Fri 6th Mar 2026. Category: 13. Ave: (2552) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Finek, Vaclav | IM | CZE | 2538 | # | 1 | = | = | = | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | = | 6.5 | 2720 |
| 2 | Yuffa, Daniil | GM | ESP | 2604 | 0 | # | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | = | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2671 |
| 3 | Divya, Deshmukh | GM | IND | 2497 | = | = | # | = | = | = | 1 | = | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2601 |
| 4 | Gledura, Benjamin | GM | HUN | 2652 | = | 0 | = | # | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | = | 4.5 | 2541 |
| 5 | Bjerre, Jonas Buhl | GM | DEN | 2629 | = | 0 | = | 0 | # | = | = | 1 | = | 1 | 4.5 | 2543 |
| 6 | Nemec, Jachym | IM | CZE | 2466 | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | = | # | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 2562 |
| 7 | Ganguly, Surya Shekhar | GM | IND | 2568 | = | = | 0 | 1 | = | 0 | # | 0 | = | 1 | 4 | 2507 |
| 8 | Beerdsen, Thomas | GM | NED | 2525 | 0 | 0 | = | 1 | 0 | = | 1 | # | = | = | 4 | 2512 |
| 9 | Hrbek, Stepan | IM | CZE | 2463 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | = | = | # | 1 | 3.5 | 2482 |
| 10 | Zhu, Jiner | GM | CHN | 2578 | = | 0 | 1 | = | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | # | 2.5 | 2383 |
| Round 1. Wed 25th Feb 2026 | |||||
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| Divya, Deshmukh | 1/2-1/2 | Gledura, Benjamin | 37 | D31 | QGD |
| Yuffa, Daniil | 0-1 | Hrbek, Stepan | 54 | A08 | Reti |
| Zhu, Jiner | 0-1 | Nemec, Jachym | 56 | D38 | QGD |
| Finek, Vaclav | 1/2-1/2 | Bjerre, Jonas Buhl | 81 | E44 | Nimzo-Indian |
| Ganguly, Surya Shekhar | 0-1 | Beerdsen, Thomas | 52 | C67 | Ruy Lopez |
| Round 2. Thu 26th Feb 2026 | |||||
| Hrbek, Stepan | 1-0 | Zhu, Jiner | 45 | A15 | English opening |
| Gledura, Benjamin | 0-1 | Beerdsen, Thomas | 31 | D94 | Gruenfeld |
| Nemec, Jachym | 0-1 | Finek, Vaclav | 39 | E43 | Nimzo-Indian |
| Divya, Deshmukh | 1/2-1/2 | Yuffa, Daniil | 35 | E47 | Nimzo-Indian |
| Bjerre, Jonas Buhl | 1/2-1/2 | Ganguly, Surya Shekhar | 64 | A06 | Reti |
| Round 3. Fri 27th Feb 2026 | |||||
| Finek, Vaclav | 1-0 | Hrbek, Stepan | 33 | E46 | Nimzo-Indian |
| Zhu, Jiner | 1-0 | Divya, Deshmukh | 35 | A58 | Benko gambit accepted |
| Beerdsen, Thomas | 0-1 | Bjerre, Jonas Buhl | 40 | B94 | Sicilian |
| Ganguly, Surya Shekhar | 0-1 | Nemec, Jachym | 33 | C43 | Petrov |
| Yuffa, Daniil | 1-0 | Gledura, Benjamin | 75 | B40 | Sicilian defence |
| Round 4. Sat 28th Feb 2026 | |||||
| Divya, Deshmukh | 1/2-1/2 | Finek, Vaclav | 31 | C46 | Four knights game |
| Hrbek, Stepan | 1/2-1/2 | Ganguly, Surya Shekhar | 40 | A13 | English opening |
| Nemec, Jachym | 1/2-1/2 | Beerdsen, Thomas | 77 | D55 | QGD |
| Gledura, Benjamin | 1-0 | Bjerre, Jonas Buhl | 25 | B50 | Sicilian |
| Yuffa, Daniil | 1-0 | Zhu, Jiner | 40 | D85 | Gruenfeld |
| Round 5. Sun 1st Mar 2026 | |||||
| Finek, Vaclav | 1-0 | Yuffa, Daniil | 43 | E60 | King's Indian, 3.Nf3 |
| Bjerre, Jonas Buhl | 1/2-1/2 | Nemec, Jachym | 39 | C43 | Petrov |
| Beerdsen, Thomas | 1/2-1/2 | Hrbek, Stepan | 47 | C49 | Four knights |
| Ganguly, Surya Shekhar | 0-1 | Divya, Deshmukh | 35 | B28 | Sicilian |
| Zhu, Jiner | 1/2-1/2 | Gledura, Benjamin | 25 | E60 | King's Indian defence |
| Round 6. Tue 3rd Mar 2026 | |||||
| Zhu, Jiner | 1/2-1/2 | Finek, Vaclav | 49 | D37 | QGD |
| Divya, Deshmukh | 1/2-1/2 | Beerdsen, Thomas | 34 | D02 | Queen's pawn game |
| Hrbek, Stepan | 1/2-1/2 | Bjerre, Jonas Buhl | 32 | A14 | English |
| Gledura, Benjamin | 1-0 | Nemec, Jachym | 37 | A13 | English |
| Yuffa, Daniil | 1/2-1/2 | Ganguly, Surya Shekhar | 42 | B50 | Sicilian |
| Round 7. Wed 4th Mar 2026 | |||||
| Finek, Vaclav | 1/2-1/2 | Gledura, Benjamin | 134 | E12 | Queen's Indian |
| Beerdsen, Thomas | 0-1 | Yuffa, Daniil | 42 | B45 | Sicilian |
| Nemec, Jachym | 1-0 | Hrbek, Stepan | 60 | D38 | QGD |
| Bjerre, Jonas Buhl | 1/2-1/2 | Divya, Deshmukh | 33 | C83 | Ruy Lopez |
| Ganguly, Surya Shekhar | 1-0 | Zhu, Jiner | 71 | D35 | QGD |
| Round 8. Thu 5th Mar 2026 | |||||
| Finek, Vaclav | 1/2-1/2 | Ganguly, Surya Shekhar | 74 | E04 | Catalan |
| Yuffa, Daniil | 1-0 | Bjerre, Jonas Buhl | 44 | A13 | English opening |
| Divya, Deshmukh | 1/2-1/2 | Nemec, Jachym | 72 | E47 | Nimzo-Indian |
| Gledura, Benjamin | 1-0 | Hrbek, Stepan | 83 | C50 | Giuoco Pianissimo |
| Zhu, Jiner | 1/2-1/2 | Beerdsen, Thomas | 34 | D79 | Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O, main line |
| Round 9. Fri 6th Mar 2026 | |||||
| Beerdsen, Thomas | 0-1 | Finek, Vaclav | 56 | D40 | QGD |
| Ganguly, Surya Shekhar | 1-0 | Gledura, Benjamin | 49 | B12 | Caro-Kann |
| Nemec, Jachym | 0-1 | Yuffa, Daniil | 20 | D39 | QGD |
| Hrbek, Stepan | 0-1 | Divya, Deshmukh | 26 | B08 | Pirc |
| Bjerre, Jonas Buhl | 1-0 | Zhu, Jiner | 27 | A05 | Reti opening |
| 8th Prague Futures Prague CZE Tue 24th Feb 2026 - Fri 6th Mar 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 7 | RZADKOWSKA Kaja | WCM | POL | 1906 | 7 | 0 | 27,75 | 6 |
| 2 | 10 | JORDAN Christina | WCM | SUI | 1889 | 6.5 | 0 | 26,75 | 5 |
| 3 | 3 | STARA Zuzana | CZE | 1976 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 5 | |
| 4 | 6 | ALESSI Clio | ITA | 1886 | 5 | 2 | 24,75 | 4 | |
| 5 | 9 | NGUYEN DOAN Bao Anh Angelina | POL | 1853 | 5 | 2 | 17,75 | 4 | |
| 6 | 2 | MARKINA Sofiia | CZE | 1867 | 4.5 | 0 | 17 | 3 | |
| 7 | 5 | RZADKOWSKA Lila | WCM | POL | 1836 | 4 | 0 | 16,75 | 3 |
| 8 | 8 | SCHIRMBECK Lilian | WCM | GER | 2035 | 3 | 0 | 11.5 | 3 |
| 9 | 1 | TOLMACEVA Alona | WFM | LAT | 1876 | 2.5 | 1 | 9,75 | 2 |
| 10 | 4 | HRCKOVA Anna | WCM | CZE | 2039 | 2.5 | 2 | 11 | 1 |
| 10 players | |||||||||
| 8th Prague Futures Prague CZE Tue 24th Feb 2026 - Fri 6th Mar 2026. Category: None. Ave: (1917) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Rzadkowska, Kaja | WCM | POL | 1908 | # | = | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2138 |
| 2 | Jordan, Christina | WCM | SUI | 1890 | = | # | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | = | 1 | = | 1 | 6.5 | 2086 |
| 3 | Alessi, Clio | ITA | 1887 | 1 | 1 | # | 0 | = | = | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1963 | |
| 4 | Stara, Zuzana | CZE | 1976 | 0 | 0 | 1 | # | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1953 | |
| 5 | Nguyen Doan, Bao Anh Angelina | POL | 1851 | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | # | 1 | 1 | 1 | = | 1 | 5 | 1967 | |
| 6 | Markina, Sofiia | CZE | 1867 | 0 | 0 | = | 1 | 0 | # | 1 | 1 | = | = | 4.5 | 1922 | |
| 7 | Rzadkowska, Lila | WCM | POL | 1836 | = | = | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | # | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1883 |
| 8 | Schirmbeck, Lilian | WCM | GER | 2036 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | # | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1779 |
| 9 | Hrckova, Anna | CZE | 2041 | 0 | = | 0 | 0 | = | = | 0 | 1 | # | 0 | 2.5 | 1737 | |
| 10 | Tolmaceva, Alona | WFM | LAT | 1876 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | 0 | 1 | # | 2.5 | 1755 |
| Round 1. Wed 25th Feb 2026 | |||||
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| Rzadkowska, Lila | 0-1 | Alessi, Clio | 60 | E06 | Catalan |
| Stara, Zuzana | 1-0 | Schirmbeck, Lilian | 52 | A46 | Queen's pawn game |
| Hrckova, Anna | 0-1 | Rzadkowska, Kaja | 38 | C79 | Ruy Lopez |
| Tolmaceva, Alona | 0-1 | Jordan, Christina | 52 | B90 | Sicilian |
| Markina, Sofiia | 0-1 | Nguyen Doan, Bao Anh Angelina | 37 | B92 | Sicilian |
| Round 2. Thu 26th Feb 2026 | |||||
| Rzadkowska, Kaja | 1/2-1/2 | Rzadkowska, Lila | 31 | C25 | Vienna |
| Jordan, Christina | 0-1 | Alessi, Clio | 21 | B11 | Caro-Kann |
| Nguyen Doan, Bao Anh Angelina | 0-1 | Stara, Zuzana | 53 | E49 | Nimzo-Indian |
| Schirmbeck, Lilian | 0-1 | Hrckova, Anna | 25 | D02 | Queen's pawn game |
| Tolmaceva, Alona | 1/2-1/2 | Markina, Sofiia | 30 | C62 | Ruy Lopez |
| Round 3. Fri 27th Feb 2026 | |||||
| Markina, Sofiia | 0-1 | Jordan, Christina | 56 | B92 | Sicilian |
| Stara, Zuzana | 1-0 | Tolmaceva, Alona | 28 | B92 | Sicilian |
| Alessi, Clio | 1-0 | Rzadkowska, Kaja | 32 | B22 | Sicilian |
| Hrckova, Anna | 1/2-1/2 | Nguyen Doan, Bao Anh Angelina | 52 | B22 | Sicilian |
| Rzadkowska, Lila | 0-1 | Schirmbeck, Lilian | 54 | E11 | Bogo-Indian defence, Nimzovich variation |
| Round 4. Sat 28th Feb 2026 | |||||
| Tolmaceva, Alona | 1-0 | Hrckova, Anna | 50 | C19 | French |
| Markina, Sofiia | 1-0 | Stara, Zuzana | 44 | C50 | Giuoco Pianissimo |
| Schirmbeck, Lilian | 1-0 | Alessi, Clio | 69 | A46 | Queen's pawn game |
| Jordan, Christina | 1/2-1/2 | Rzadkowska, Kaja | 90 | B40 | Sicilian |
| Nguyen Doan, Bao Anh Angelina | 1-0 | Rzadkowska, Lila | 59 | C65 | Ruy Lopez |
| Round 5. Sun 1st Mar 2026 | |||||
| Hrckova, Anna | 1/2-1/2 | Markina, Sofiia | 60 | B07 | Pirc defence |
| Alessi, Clio | 1/2-1/2 | Nguyen Doan, Bao Anh Angelina | 42 | B22 | Sicilian |
| Stara, Zuzana | 0-1 | Jordan, Christina | 39 | B50 | Sicilian |
| Rzadkowska, Kaja | 1-0 | Schirmbeck, Lilian | 48 | A04 | Reti opening |
| Rzadkowska, Lila | 1-0 | Tolmaceva, Alona | 37 | A30 | English |
| Round 6. Tue 3rd Mar 2026 | |||||
| Stara, Zuzana | 1-0 | Hrckova, Anna | 50 | C17 | French |
| Tolmaceva, Alona | 1-0 | Alessi, Clio | 30 | C10 | French |
| Jordan, Christina | 1-0 | Schirmbeck, Lilian | 60 | B90 | Sicilian |
| Nguyen Doan, Bao Anh Angelina | 0-1 | Rzadkowska, Kaja | 46 | B56 | Sicilian |
| Markina, Sofiia | 1-0 | Rzadkowska, Lila | 48 | C46 | Four knights |
| Round 7. Wed 4th Mar 2026 | |||||
| Alessi, Clio | 1/2-1/2 | Markina, Sofiia | 73 | C48 | Four knights |
| Rzadkowska, Kaja | 1-0 | Tolmaceva, Alona | 39 | B38 | Sicilian |
| Hrckova, Anna | 1/2-1/2 | Jordan, Christina | 56 | B21 | Sicilian |
| Rzadkowska, Lila | 1-0 | Stara, Zuzana | 32 | C47 | Four knights |
| Schirmbeck, Lilian | 0-1 | Nguyen Doan, Bao Anh Angelina | 43 | E66 | King's Indian |
| Round 8. Thu 5th Mar 2026 | |||||
| Tolmaceva, Alona | 0-1 | Schirmbeck, Lilian | 47 | B90 | Sicilian |
| Markina, Sofiia | 0-1 | Rzadkowska, Kaja | 44 | B92 | Sicilian |
| Jordan, Christina | 1-0 | Nguyen Doan, Bao Anh Angelina | 34 | B90 | Sicilian |
| Stara, Zuzana | 1-0 | Alessi, Clio | 53 | C11 | French |
| Hrckova, Anna | 0-1 | Rzadkowska, Lila | 24 | C48 | Four knights |
| Round 9. Fri 6th Mar 2026 | |||||
| Nguyen Doan, Bao Anh Angelina | 1-0 | Tolmaceva, Alona | 63 | B38 | Sicilian |
| Rzadkowska, Lila | 1/2-1/2 | Jordan, Christina | 32 | D43 | QGD semi-Slav |
| Rzadkowska, Kaja | 1-0 | Stara, Zuzana | 51 | C45 | Scotch |
| Alessi, Clio | 1-0 | Hrckova, Anna | 45 | C07 | French |
| Schirmbeck, Lilian | 0-1 | Markina, Sofiia | 38 | D02 | Queen's pawn game |
| Prague Int Open 2026 Prague CZE Tue 24th Feb 2026 - Fri 6th Mar 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 3 | Sasikiran, Krishnan | GM | IND | 2538 | 8 | 51 | 55 | 48 |
| 2 | 14 | Gloeckler, Christian | IM | GER | 2446 | 7.5 | 50.5 | 55.5 | 44.5 |
| 3 | 20 | Cnejev, Vladimir-Alexandru | FM | ROU | 2414 | 7.5 | 45 | 48.5 | 39,25 |
| 4 | 8 | Ioannidis, Evgenios | GM | GRE | 2469 | 7 | 50.5 | 55 | 42,25 |
| 5 | 4 | Zhao, Jun | GM | CHN | 2533 | 7 | 49.5 | 54 | 40.5 |
| 6 | 7 | Mayank, Chakraborty | IM | IND | 2473 | 7 | 49.5 | 53.5 | 38,25 |
| 7 | 12 | Haring, Filip | GM | SVK | 2461 | 7 | 49 | 53.5 | 39,75 |
| 8 | 21 | Haug, Havard | FM | NOR | 2412 | 7 | 47 | 50 | 34 |
| 9 | 27 | Bulmaga, Irina | IM | ROU | 2395 | 7 | 46 | 50 | 36,75 |
| 10 | 18 | Gkoumas, Georgios | IM | GRE | 2433 | 7 | 45.5 | 49.5 | 38,25 |
| 11 | 36 | Nurman, Alua | WGM | KAZ | 2363 | 7 | 45.5 | 49.5 | 35,75 |
| 12 | 22 | Risteski, Emil | IM | MKD | 2410 | 7 | 45 | 49 | 37,25 |
| 13 | 23 | Stalmach, Richard | IM | CZE | 2408 | 6.5 | 52.5 | 56 | 37,25 |
| 14 | 5 | Sahidi, Samir | IM | SVK | 2522 | 6.5 | 51.5 | 56.5 | 38 |
| 15 | 30 | Ostensen, Nicolai Maxime | FM | NOR | 2380 | 6.5 | 48.5 | 53 | 36 |
| 16 | 35 | Vardanyan, Aras | FM | LTU | 2366 | 6.5 | 48.5 | 52.5 | 35,25 |
| 17 | 6 | Krzyzanowski, Marcin | GM | POL | 2494 | 6.5 | 48.5 | 51.5 | 34,25 |
| 18 | 28 | Eren, Ataberk | IM | TUR | 2391 | 6.5 | 47.5 | 51.5 | 32,75 |
| 19 | 44 | Winter, Ondrej | FM | CZE | 2321 | 6.5 | 46.5 | 50.5 | 35.5 |
| 20 | 56 | Golis, Wiktor | FM | POL | 2288 | 6.5 | 46.5 | 50 | 32 |
| 21 | 34 | Svanda, Ondrej | IM | CZE | 2366 | 6.5 | 46 | 50 | 33.5 |
| 22 | 60 | Orujov, Farid | FM | AZE | 2282 | 6.5 | 46 | 49.5 | 33,75 |
| 23 | 37 | Atalik, Ekaterina | IM | TUR | 2348 | 6.5 | 45.5 | 49.5 | 33.5 |
| 24 | 1 | Moroni, Luca Jr | GM | ITA | 2563 | 6.5 | 45.5 | 49 | 34,25 |
| 25 | 33 | Hulka, Valentyn | FM | UKR | 2368 | 6.5 | 45 | 48 | 31 |
| 26 | 10 | Yaniv, Yuval | IM | ISR | 2467 | 6.5 | 43.5 | 48 | 34 |
| 27 | 19 | Ftacnik, Lubomir | GM | SVK | 2422 | 6.5 | 43.5 | 48 | 33 |
| 28 | 32 | Stinka, Jakub | FM | CZE | 2375 | 6.5 | 43.5 | 47 | 31.5 |
| 29 | 15 | Isik, Alparslan | IM | TUR | 2443 | 6.5 | 41.5 | 45.5 | 31.5 |
| 30 | 13 | Popovic, Dusan | GM | SRB | 2452 | 6.5 | 41.5 | 45 | 30,25 |
| 31 | 16 | Nevednichy, Vladislav | GM | ROU | 2437 | 6.5 | 41 | 45 | 32 |
| 32 | 17 | Shagbazyan, Taron | IM | CZE | 2435 | 6.5 | 40 | 44 | 30,75 |
| 33 | 58 | Dovgaliuk, Oleksandr | FM | UKR | 2284 | 6.5 | 39 | 42 | 28 |
| 34 | 295 | Vardanyan, Armen Art. | ARM | 1849 | 6.5 | 36.5 | 38.5 | 26 | |
| 35 | 11 | Zhao, Yuanhe | IM | CHN | 2466 | 6 | 48.5 | 52 | 32,25 |
| 36 | 43 | Jares, Michal | FM | CZE | 2324 | 6 | 48 | 51 | 30,75 |
| 37 | 112 | Torfoss, Sivert Schanche | CM | NOR | 2150 | 6 | 47.5 | 50.5 | 31,25 |
| 38 | 84 | Campos, Maria Jose | WIM | ARG | 2192 | 6 | 47 | 50.5 | 32 |
| 39 | 48 | Eret, Matous | FM | CZE | 2310 | 6 | 46.5 | 50 | 31,25 |
| 40 | 39 | Heinrich, John | FM | GER | 2333 | 6 | 46 | 50 | 29 |
| 357 players | |||||||||
The American Cup takes place 2nd to 13th March 2026.
| American Cup Champ Saint Louis USA Mon 2nd Mar 2026 - Fri 13th Mar 2026
Leading Round 3 (of 4) Standings: |
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|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Pts |
| Round 3 | ||
| 1 | So, Wesley | 2.5 |
| 2 | Caruana, Fabiano | 1.5 |
| Round 2 | ||
| 1 | So, Wesley | 2.5 |
| 2 | Sevian, Samuel | 1.5 |
| 1 | Caruana, Fabiano | 2.5 |
| 2 | Liang, Awonder | 1.5 |
| Round 1 | ||
| 1 | So, Wesley | 2.5 |
| 2 | Robson, Ray | 1.5 |
| 1 | Sevian, Samuel | 1.5 |
| 2 | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | 0.5 |
| 1 | Caruana, Fabiano | 1.5 |
| 2 | Mishra, Abhimanyu | 0.5 |
| 1 | Liang, Awonder | 2.5 |
| 2 | Aronian, Levon | 1.5 |
| 17 players | ||
| American Cup Elim Saint Louis USA Mon 2nd Mar 2026 - Fri 13th Mar 2026
Leading Round 2 (of 4) Standings: |
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|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Pts |
| Round 2 | ||
| 1 | Liang, Awonder | 2.5 |
| 2 | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | 1.5 |
| 1 | Aronian, Levon | 1.5 |
| 2 | Sevian, Samuel | 0.5 |
| Round 1 | ||
| 1 | Aronian, Levon | 1.5 |
| 2 | Mishra, Abhimanyu | 0.5 |
| 1 | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | 2.0 |
| 2 | Robson, Ray | 0.0 |
| 10 players | ||
| American Cup Champ w Saint Louis USA Mon 2nd Mar 2026 - Fri 13th Mar 2026
Leading Round 3 (of 4) Standings: |
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|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Pts |
| Round 3 | ||
| 1 | Yip, Carissa | 3 |
| 2 | Lee, Alice | 1 |
| Round 2 | ||
| 1 | Yip, Carissa | 1.5 |
| 2 | Abrahamyan, Tatev | 0.5 |
| 1 | Lee, Alice | 1.5 |
| 2 | Tang, Zoey | 0.5 |
| Round 1 | ||
| 1 | Yip, Carissa | 1.5 |
| 2 | Zatonskih, Anna | 0.5 |
| 1 | Abrahamyan, Tatev | 1.5 |
| 2 | Sargsyan, Anna M. | 0.5 |
| 1 | Lee, Alice | 2.0 |
| 2 | Li, Rachael | 0.0 |
| 1 | Tang, Zoey | 3.5 |
| 2 | Krush, Irina | 2.5 |
| 17 players | ||
| American Cup Elim w Saint Louis USA Mon 2nd Mar 2026 - Fri 13th Mar 2026
Leading Round 2 (of 4) Standings: |
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|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Pts |
| Round 2 | ||
| 1 | Abrahamyan, Tatev | 1.5 |
| 2 | Li, Rachael | 0.5 |
| 1 | Sargsyan, Anna M. | 1.5 |
| 2 | Tang, Zoey | 0.5 |
| Round 1 | ||
| 1 | Sargsyan, Anna M. | 4.0 |
| 2 | Zatonskih, Anna | 3.0 |
| 1 | Li, Rachael | 3.0 |
| 2 | Krush, Irina | 1.0 |
| 10 players | ||
| American Cup Blitz 2026 Saint Louis USA Mon 2nd Mar 2026 - Fri 13th Mar 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts |
| 1 | 2 | So, Wesley | USA | 2789 | 7 |
| 2 | 11 | Woodward, Andy | USA | 2631 | 7 |
| 3 | 12 | Mishra, Abhimanyu | USA | 2629 | 7 |
| 4 | 3 | Aronian, Levon | USA | 2749 | 6.5 |
| 5 | 8 | Pranav, V | IND | 2641 | 6.5 |
| 6 | 13 | Durarbayli, Vasif | AZE | 2612 | 6.5 |
| 7 | 31 | Kevlishvili, Robby | NED | 2527 | 6.5 |
| 8 | 1 | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | 2795 | 6 |
| 9 | 6 | Oparin, Grigoriy | USA | 2676 | 6 |
| 10 | 16 | Lodici, Lorenzo | ITA | 2590 | 6 |
| 11 | 19 | Warmerdam, Max | NED | 2575 | 6 |
| 12 | 23 | Quesada Perez, Yasser | CUB | 2562 | 6 |
| 13 | 7 | Tari, Aryan | NOR | 2642 | 5.5 |
| 14 | 9 | Bok, Benjamin | NED | 2633 | 5.5 |
| 15 | 15 | Bharath, Subramaniyam H | IND | 2595 | 5.5 |
| 16 | 25 | Akobian, Varuzhan | USA | 2549 | 5.5 |
| 17 | 32 | Matviishen, Viktor | UKR | 2523 | 5.5 |
| 18 | 41 | Boros, Denes | HUN | 2479 | 5.5 |
| 19 | 42 | Raja, Harshit | IND | 2472 | 5.5 |
| 20 | 45 | Kuru, Atilla | TUR | 2450 | 5.5 |
| 21 | 4 | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | USA | 2738 | 5 |
| 22 | 10 | Aryan, Chopra | IND | 2631 | 5 |
| 23 | 14 | Cordova, Emilio | PER | 2602 | 5 |
| 24 | 17 | Hong, Andrew | USA | 2587 | 5 |
| 25 | 21 | Hardaway, Brewington | USA | 2569 | 5 |
| 26 | 29 | Harsha, Bharathakoti | IND | 2538 | 5 |
| 27 | 33 | Kantor, Gergely | HUN | 2515 | 5 |
| 28 | 48 | Pyrih, Roman | UKR | 2440 | 5 |
| 29 | 49 | Rorrer, Grayson | USA | 2416 | 5 |
| 30 | 52 | Lee, Alice | USA | 2399 | 5 |
| 31 | 20 | Fier, Alexandr | BRA | 2572 | 4.5 |
| 32 | 26 | Kadric, Denis | MNE | 2547 | 4.5 |
| 33 | 30 | Gazik, Viktor | SVK | 2537 | 4.5 |
| 34 | 51 | Kiolbasa, Oliwia | POL | 2402 | 4.5 |
| 35 | 22 | Can, Isik | TUR | 2562 | 4 |
| 36 | 24 | Sonis, Francesco | ITA | 2553 | 4 |
| 37 | 27 | Stremavicius, Titas | LTU | 2547 | 4 |
| 38 | 34 | Heimann, Mark | USA | 2513 | 4 |
| 39 | 35 | Kacharava, Nikolozi | GEO | 2508 | 4 |
| 40 | 37 | Budisavljevic, Luka | SRB | 2501 | 4 |
| 67 players | |||||
The 26th Mediterranean Flower WGM takes place 8th to 14th March 2026.
| 26th Mediterranean Flower Rijeka CRO Sun 8th Mar 2026 - Sat 14th Mar 2026
Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 4 | Keetman, Maaike | WFM | NED | 2137 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 10 | Mijic, Sara | WFM | SRB | 2100 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0 |
| 3 | 9 | Subramanian, Anusha | WFM | ENG | 2086 | 1.5 | 1,25 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | 6 | Hajdinić, Ema | WCM | CRO | 1960 | 1 | 1,25 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | 5 | Toncheva, Nadya | WGM | BUL | 2335 | 1 | 0,75 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 6 | 1 | Medić, Mirjana | WGM | CRO | 2088 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 3 | Skuhala, Barbara | WFM | SLO | 2145 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 2 | Zagorac, Lara | WFM | CRO | 2078 | 0.5 | 0,75 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 9 | 7 | Zimina, Olga | IM | ITA | 2282 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 10 | 8 | Radiković, Anamarija | WFM | CRO | 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 players | |||||||||
| 26th Mediterranean Flower Rijeka CRO Sun 8th Mar 2026 - Sat 14th Mar 2026. Category: None. Ave: (2122) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Keetman, Maaike | WFM | NED | 2137 | # | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2143 | |||||||
| 2 | Mijic, Sara | WFM | SRB | 2100 | # | = | 1 | 1.5 | 2217 | |||||||
| 3 | Subramanian, Anusha | WFM | ENG | 2086 | # | 1 | = | 1.5 | 2305 | |||||||
| 4 | Hajdinic, Ema | WCM | CRO | 1960 | = | # | = | 1 | 2218 | |||||||
| 5 | Toncheva, Nadya | FM | BUL | 2335 | = | # | = | 1 | 2121 | |||||||
| 6 | Medic, Mirjana | WGM | CRO | 2088 | 0 | # | 1 | 1 | 2089 | |||||||
| 7 | Skuhala, Barbara | WFM | SLO | 2145 | 0 | # | 1 | 1 | 2045 | |||||||
| 8 | Zagorac, Lara | WFM | CRO | 2078 | = | 0 | # | 0.5 | 1894 | |||||||
| 9 | Zimina, Olga | IM | ITA | 2282 | 0 | = | # | 0.5 | 2043 | |||||||
| 10 | Radikovic, Anamarija | WFM | CRO | 2004 | 0 | 0 | # | 0 | 2141 | |||||||
The 57th Belgrade WGM takes place Belgrade SRB March 7th - 15th, 2026.
| 57th Belgrade WGM 2026 Belgrade SRB Sat 7th Mar 2026 - Sun 15th Mar 2026
Leading Round 2 (of 9) Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 8 | Vujovic, Vera | WFM | SRB | 2193 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 6 | Rapport, Jovana | WGM | HUN | 2275 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 0,75 |
| 3 | 4 | Chelushkina, Irina | WGM | SRB | 2170 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 7 | Velikic, Adela | WIM | SRB | 2240 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 |
| 5 | 3 | Kubicka, Anna | WIM | POL | 2230 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1,25 |
| 6 | 2 | Jarocka, Liwia | FM | POL | 2273 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Zherebtsova, Alexandra | FM | MNE | 2273 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 | 1 | Srdanovic, Jovana | WIM | SRB | 2199 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0,75 |
| 9 | 5 | Kantane, Anna | WIM | POL | 2209 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0,75 |
| 10 | 10 | Pogorelskikh, Sofia | WGM | SRB | 2264 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| 10 players | |||||||||
| 57th Belgrade WGM 2026 Belgrade SRB Sat 7th Mar 2026 - Sun 15th Mar 2026. Category: None. Ave: (2233) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Vujovic, Vera | WFM | SRB | 2193 | # | = | 1 | 1.5 | 2393 | |||||||
| 2 | Rapport, Jovana | WGM | HUN | 2275 | # | = | 1 | 1.5 | 2430 | |||||||
| 3 | Kubicka, Anna | WIM | POL | 2230 | = | # | = | 1 | 2233 | |||||||
| 4 | Chelushkina, Irina | WGM | SRB | 2170 | 0 | # | 1 | 1 | 2217 | |||||||
| 5 | Zherebtsova, Alexandra | FM | MNE | 2273 | = | # | = | 1 | 2252 | |||||||
| 6 | Jarocka, Liwia | FM | POL | 2273 | = | # | = | 1 | 2236 | |||||||
| 7 | Srdanovic, Jovana | WIM | SRB | 2199 | = | # | = | 1 | 2269 | |||||||
| 8 | Velikic, Adela | WIM | SRB | 2240 | 0 | # | 1 | 1 | 2190 | |||||||
| 9 | Kantane, Anna | WIM | POL | 2209 | = | 0 | # | 0.5 | 2065 | |||||||
| 10 | Pogorelskikh, Sofia | WGM | SRB | 2264 | 0 | = | # | 0.5 | 2044 | |||||||
4th Gambit GM Closed takes place in Prague CZE March 7th - 12th, 2026.
| 4th Gambit GM Closed 2026 Prague CZE Sat 7th Mar 2026 - Thu 12th Mar 2026
Leading Round 4 (of 9) Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 4 | Rasik Vitezslav | GM | CZE | 2376 | 3 | 1 | 6,75 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | Prokofiev Valentyn | IM | UKR | 2445 | 3 | 2 | 4.5 | 3 |
| 3 | 5 | Simacek Pavel | GM | CZE | 2372 | 2.5 | 0 | 4.5 | 1 |
| 4 | 7 | Levin Guy | IM | ISR | 2443 | 2.5 | 0 | 4.5 | 1 |
| 5 | 8 | Cifka Stanislav | FM | CZE | 2420 | 2 | 1 | 3.5 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | Lohia Sohum | IM | ENG | 2405 | 2 | 2 | 2.5 | 2 |
| 7 | 6 | Lee Junhyeok | IM | KOR | 2401 | 1.5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | 2 | Vlachos Anatole | IM | GRE | 2488 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 1 |
| 9 | 9 | Sammons Evan | USA | 2268 | 1 | 0 | 2,75 | 0 | |
| 10 | 10 | Velicka Petr | GM | CZE | 2338 | 1 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 |
| 10 players | |||||||||
| 4th Gambit GM Closed 2026 Prague CZE Sat 7th Mar 2026 - Thu 12th Mar 2026. Category: 6. Ave: (2396) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Rasik, Vitezslav | GM | CZE | 2376 | # | 1 | = | 1 | = | 3 | 2587 | |||||
| 2 | Prokofiev, Valentyn | IM | UKR | 2445 | 0 | # | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2595 | |||||
| 3 | Levin, Guy | IM | ISR | 2443 | = | # | = | = | 1 | 2.5 | 2467 | |||||
| 4 | Simacek, Pavel | GM | CZE | 2372 | = | # | 1 | = | = | 2.5 | 2478 | |||||
| 5 | Cifka, Stanislav | FM | CZE | 2420 | 0 | 0 | # | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2389 | |||||
| 6 | Lohia, Sohum | IM | ENG | 2405 | 0 | 0 | # | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2405 | |||||
| 7 | Lee, Junhyeok | IM | KOR | 2401 | = | = | 0 | # | = | 1.5 | 2306 | |||||
| 8 | Vlachos, Anatole | IM | GRE | 2488 | 0 | 0 | # | 1 | = | 1.5 | 2277 | |||||
| 9 | Sammons, Evan | USA | 2268 | = | = | 0 | 0 | # | 1 | 2217 | ||||||
| 10 | Velicka, Petr | GM | CZE | 2338 | 0 | 0 | = | = | # | 1 | 2251 | |||||
The 6th Hotel Stockholm North IM takes place in Upplands Vasby SWE March 9th - 14th, 2026.
| 6th Hotel Stockholm N IM Upplands Vasby SWE Mon 9th Mar 2026 - Sat 14th Mar 2026
Leading Round (of 9) Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 1 | Perets, Dmytro | FM | UKR | 2279 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ... |
| 2 | Al-Tarboush, Ward | FM | NOR | 2236 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ... | |
| 3 | Bazilius, Augustinas | FM | LTU | 2217 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ... | |
| 4 | Miezis, Normunds | GM | LAT | 2399 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ... | |
| 5 | Wernberg, Hugo | FM | SWE | 2267 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ... | |
| 6 | Mis, Mieszko | IM | POL | 2390 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ... | |
| 7 | Kuznecova, Marija | FM | LAT | 2250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ... | |
| 8 | Rasti, Arvin | FM | SWE | 2267 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ... | |
| 9 | Semcesen, Daniel | GM | SWE | 2413 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ... | |
| 10 | Risting, Eivind Olav | FM | NOR | 2238 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ... | |
| 10 players | |||||||||
The 8th Hotel Stockholm North GM takes place in Upplands Vasby SWE March 9th - 14th, 2026.
| 8th Hotel Stockholm North Upplands Vasby SWE Mon 9th Mar 2026 - Sat 14th Mar 2026
Leading Round (of 9) Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 3 | Olsen, Filip Boe | IM | DEN | 2456 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 ... |
| 2 | 1 | Blomqvist, Erik | GM | SWE | 2454 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ... |
| 2 | Kvaloy, Aksel Bu | GM | NOR | 2502 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ... | |
| 4 | Mayank, Chakraborty | IM | IND | 2478 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ... | |
| 5 | Lindgren, Philip | IM | SWE | 2385 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ... | |
| 6 | Willow, Jonah B | IM | ENG | 2432 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ... | |
| 7 | Medhus, Vitus Bondo | FM | DEN | 2439 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ... | |
| 8 | Galperin, Platon | GM | SWE | 2504 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ... | |
| 9 | Ris, Robert | IM | NED | 2450 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ... | |
| 10 | Ermitsch, Magnus | IM | GER | 2430 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ... | |
| 10 players | |||||||||
The Bled Chess Festival takes place in Bled SLO March 9th - 15th, 2026.
| Bled Chess Festival 2026 Bled SLO Mon 9th Mar 2026 - Sun 15th Mar 2026
Leading Round (of 9) Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 1 | Praznik, Niko | IM | SLO | 2294 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | Dorrance, Adam | FM | CAN | 2288 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | Nainys, Zanas | FM | LTU | 2286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | Mazi, Leon | IM | SLO | 2280 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 5 | Biti, Ozren | IM | CRO | 2267 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 6 | Furlan, Miha | FM | SLO | 2239 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 7 | Vujakovic, Branko | IM | CRO | 2219 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 8 | Krstić, David | SLO | 2158 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | 9 | Keber, Aljosa | SLO | 2140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 10 | Kovacic, Peter | SLO | 2138 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | 11 | De Graaf, Dick | NED | 2126 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | 12 | Belyaletdinov, Leonard | SLO | 2119 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | 13 | Vidic, Teja | WIM | SLO | 2106 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 14 | Smirnov, Maksim | SLO | 2103 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | 15 | Keloglu, Ismail Cinar | TUR | 2083 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | 16 | BoEinovic, Bogdan | FM | CRO | 2080 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 17 | Demsar, Maks | SLO | 2074 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | 18 | ZuEek, Bor | SLO | 2057 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | 19 | Dekker, Alain | RSA | 2053 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | 20 | Jaksa, Ema | SLO | 2049 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | 21 | Mihajlović, Ognjen | SLO | 2042 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | 22 | Simoncic, Silvo | SLO | 2029 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | 23 | Engesser, Jonas | GER | 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | 24 | Fucka, Samo | SLO | 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | 25 | Mestek, Igor | SLO | 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 26 | 26 | Mulhem, Laith. | SYR | 1993 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 27 | 27 | Sibincic, Nikola | BIH | 1988 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 28 | 28 | Finke, Kelvin | AUS | 1986 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 29 | 29 | Srebrnic, Vojko | SLO | 1976 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 30 | 30 | Sajovic, Marko | SLO | 1975 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 31 | 31 | Susnik, Matej | SLO | 1975 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 32 | 32 | Praznik, Anton | FM | SLO | 1973 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | 33 | Vanhove, Koen | BEL | 1967 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 34 | 34 | Logar, Metod | SLO | 1958 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 35 | 35 | Gowtham, K K | IND | 1955 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 36 | 36 | Mihic, Peter | SLO | 1938 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 37 | 37 | Schranzhofer, Marco | AUT | 1935 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 38 | 38 | Mihic, Adam | SLO | 1933 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 39 | 39 | Todashvili, Mate | GEO | 1930 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 40 | 40 | Stefan, Marino | CRO | 1928 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 77 players | |||||||||
The Aeroflot Open took place 27th February to 6th March. Ian Nepomniachtchi won with 7.5/9 Faustino Oro was chasing a final GM norm but lost in the final round. The time control was the new accelerated classical 60 minutes plus 30 seconds a move.
| Aeroflot Open A 2026 Moscow RUS Fri 27th Feb 2026 - Fri 6th Mar 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 |
| 1 | 1 | Nepomniachtchi Ian | GM | RUS | 2723 | 7.5 | 5 | 2494 |
| 2 | 19 | Paravyan David | GM | FID | 2582 | 6.5 | 5 | 2517 |
| 3 | 30 | Makarian Rudik | GM | FID | 2535 | 6.5 | 5 | 2467 |
| 4 | 7 | Martirosyan Haik M. | GM | ARM | 2626 | 6.5 | 5 | 2451 |
| 5 | 17 | Daneshvar Bardiya | GM | IRI | 2597 | 6.5 | 5 | 2426 |
| 6 | 21 | Shimanov Aleksandr | GM | RUS | 2578 | 6.5 | 5 | 2426 |
| 7 | 62 | Suyarov Mukhammadzokhid | IM | UZB | 2449 | 6.5 | 4 | 2586 |
| 8 | 74 | Nurgaliyev Sauat | IM | KAZ | 2423 | 6.5 | 4 | 2563 |
| 9 | 2 | Esipenko Andrey | GM | RUS | 2698 | 6.5 | 4 | 2516 |
| 10 | 20 | Muradli Mahammad | GM | AZE | 2581 | 6.5 | 4 | 2516 |
| 11 | 8 | Grebnev Aleksey | GM | FID | 2621 | 6.5 | 4 | 2501 |
| 12 | 16 | Nesterov Arseniy | GM | FID | 2598 | 6.5 | 4 | 2495 |
| 13 | 10 | Hakobyan Aram | GM | ARM | 2619 | 6.5 | 4 | 2483 |
| 14 | 6 | Sadhwani Raunak | GM | IND | 2638 | 6.5 | 4 | 2481 |
| 15 | 32 | Uskov Artem | GM | FID | 2521 | 6.5 | 4 | 2458 |
| 16 | 28 | Zvjaginsev Vadim | GM | RUS | 2539 | 6.5 | 4 | 2399 |
| 17 | 5 | Grischuk Alexander | GM | RUS | 2645 | 6 | 5 | 2486 |
| 18 | 41 | Siddharth Jagadeesh | GM | SGP | 2496 | 6 | 5 | 2433 |
| 19 | 29 | Afanasiev Nikita | GM | RUS | 2536 | 6 | 5 | 2389 |
| 20 | 65 | Savchenko Boris | GM | RUS | 2445 | 6 | 4 | 2532 |
| 21 | 4 | Sargsyan Shant | GM | ARM | 2659 | 6 | 4 | 2443 |
| 22 | 42 | Goganov Aleksey | GM | RUS | 2491 | 6 | 4 | 2441 |
| 23 | 47 | Shubin Kirill | IM | FID | 2477 | 5.5 | 5 | 2534 |
| 24 | 96 | Manvelyan Mikayel | FM | ARM | 2391 | 5.5 | 5 | 2505 |
| 25 | 36 | Prraneeth Vuppala | GM | IND | 2515 | 5.5 | 5 | 2496 |
| 26 | 45 | Nikitenko Mihail | GM | BLR | 2486 | 5.5 | 5 | 2440 |
| 27 | 35 | Oro Faustino | IM | ARG | 2516 | 5.5 | 5 | 2437 |
| 28 | 13 | Matlakov Maxim | GM | RUS | 2609 | 5.5 | 5 | 2432 |
| 29 | 3 | Dubov Daniil | GM | RUS | 2672 | 5.5 | 5 | 2431 |
| 30 | 51 | Zakhartsov Vladimir | GM | RUS | 2469 | 5.5 | 5 | 2415 |
| 31 | 55 | Frolyanov Dmitry | GM | FID | 2457 | 5.5 | 5 | 2400 |
| 32 | 27 | Sakaev Konstantin | GM | RUS | 2543 | 5.5 | 5 | 2395 |
| 33 | 37 | Tsydypov Zhamsaran | GM | RUS | 2507 | 5.5 | 5 | 2360 |
| 34 | 39 | Khubukshanov Erdem | IM | FID | 2502 | 5.5 | 5 | 2349 |
| 35 | 60 | Zverev Lev | IM | FID | 2453 | 5.5 | 4 | 2616 |
| 36 | 157 | Chertkov Maksim | FM | RUS | 2298 | 5.5 | 4 | 2545 |
| 37 | 66 | Rozum Ivan | GM | RUS | 2444 | 5.5 | 4 | 2507 |
| 38 | 68 | Talibov Shiroghlan | IM | AZE | 2431 | 5.5 | 4 | 2501 |
| 39 | 163 | Yurasov Matfey | FM | FID | 2270 | 5.5 | 4 | 2497 |
| 40 | 26 | Bocharov Dmitry | GM | RUS | 2553 | 5.5 | 4 | 2445 |
| 169 players | ||||||||
| Aeroflot Open Legends Moscow RUS Fri 27th Feb 2026 - Fri 6th Mar 2026
Leading Final Round 5 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 2 | Vaganian Rafael A | GM | ARM | 2437 | 2.5 | 1 | 5 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 1 | Torre Eugenio | GM | PHI | 2417 | 2.5 | 2 | 4.5 | 1 |
| 3 | 5 | Makarichev Sergey | GM | RUS | 2520 | 2.5 | 3 | 3,75 | 0.5 |
| 4 | 3 | Vaisser Anatoli | GM | FRA | 2417 | 1.5 | 0 | 2,25 | 0.5 |
| 5 | 4 | Balashov Yuri S | GM | RUS | 2382 | 1 | 0 | 2.5 | 1 |
| 5 players | |||||||||
| Aeroflot Open Legends Moscow RUS Fri 27th Feb 2026 - Fri 6th Mar 2026. Category: 8. Ave: (2435) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Pts | TPR | |
| 1 | Vaganian, Rafael A | GM | ARM | 2437 | # | = | 1 | = | = | 2.5 | 2529 | |
| 2 | Torre, Eugenio | GM | PHI | 2417 | = | # | = | 1 | = | 2.5 | 2534 | |
| 3 | Makarichev, Sergey | GM | RUS | 2520 | 0 | = | # | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | 2508 | |
| 4 | Vaisser, Anatoli | GM | FRA | 2417 | = | 0 | 0 | # | 1 | 1.5 | 2352 | |
| 5 | Balashov, Yuri S | GM | RUS | 2382 | = | = | 0 | 0 | # | 1 | 2255 | |
The Budapest Spring Festival took place 27th February to 7th March 2026. Daniel Dardha edged out Saidakbar Saydaliev and Jakub Seemann and all scored 7/9.
| Budapest Spring Open 2026 Budapest HUN Fri 27th Feb 2026 - Sat 7th Mar 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 3 | Dardha, Daniel | GM | BEL | 2602 | 7 | 48 | 52.5 | 2528 |
| 2 | 25 | Saydaliev, Saidakbar | IM | UZB | 2415 | 7 | 45 | 49 | 2458 |
| 3 | 10 | Seemann, Jakub | GM | POL | 2517 | 7 | 43.5 | 47 | 2452 |
| 4 | 16 | Tarhan, Adar | IM | TUR | 2460 | 6.5 | 49 | 53 | 2522 |
| 5 | 1 | Aditya, Mittal | GM | IND | 2610 | 6.5 | 46.5 | 51 | 2490 |
| 6 | 18 | Ilinca, Felix-Antonio | IM | ROU | 2458 | 6.5 | 46.5 | 50.5 | 2483 |
| 7 | 8 | Kozak, Adam | GM | HUN | 2527 | 6.5 | 42.5 | 46 | 2414 |
| 8 | 2 | Samunenkov, Ihor | GM | UKR | 2604 | 6 | 47 | 51 | 2480 |
| 9 | 11 | Lalit, Babu M R | GM | IND | 2511 | 6 | 46.5 | 50.5 | 2505 |
| 10 | 54 | Jake, Shanty | FM | IND | 2327 | 6 | 44 | 46.5 | 2399 |
| 11 | 22 | Begmuratov, Khumoyun | IM | UZB | 2429 | 6 | 43.5 | 46 | 2429 |
| 12 | 9 | Fodor, Tamas Jr. | GM | HUN | 2520 | 6 | 41.5 | 45.5 | 2439 |
| 13 | 26 | Panesar, Vedant | FM | IND | 2406 | 6 | 37 | 40 | 2349 |
| 14 | 66 | Harshit, Ranjan Sahu | FM | IND | 2302 | 6 | 37 | 38 | 2299 |
| 15 | 13 | Akbas, Umut Ata | IM | TUR | 2473 | 6 | 36.5 | 39.5 | 2357 |
| 16 | 28 | Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan | IM | SRI | 2404 | 6 | 35.5 | 39 | 2323 |
| 17 | 20 | Xiang, Zeyu | IM | CHN | 2449 | 5.5 | 42.5 | 46.5 | 2422 |
| 18 | 6 | Vrolijk, Liam | GM | NED | 2537 | 5.5 | 41.5 | 45.5 | 2439 |
| 19 | 14 | Mosesov, Danyil | IM | UKR | 2463 | 5.5 | 39.5 | 43.5 | 2393 |
| 20 | 21 | Dehtiarov, Roman | IM | UKR | 2430 | 5.5 | 39.5 | 43.5 | 2385 |
| 21 | 30 | Juhasz, Agoston | IM | HUN | 2396 | 5.5 | 39.5 | 42.5 | 2381 |
| 22 | 29 | Jin, Yueheng | IM | CHN | 2400 | 5.5 | 39 | 42 | 2369 |
| 23 | 75 | Trushko, Andrii | UKR | 2271 | 5.5 | 38 | 42 | 2349 | |
| 24 | 32 | Singh, Siddharth | USA | 2385 | 5.5 | 34 | 37.5 | 2320 | |
| 25 | 7 | Klimkowski, Jan | GM | POL | 2532 | 5 | 45 | 49 | 2476 |
| 26 | 4 | Abdisalimov, Abdimalik | GM | UZB | 2563 | 5 | 42 | 45.5 | 2433 |
| 27 | 12 | Chanda, Sandipan | GM | IND | 2479 | 5 | 41 | 44.5 | 2411 |
| 28 | 27 | Assylov, Miras | FM | KAZ | 2405 | 5 | 40.5 | 44.5 | 2396 |
| 29 | 36 | Pasti, Aron | IM | HUN | 2377 | 5 | 40 | 43 | 2384 |
| 30 | 43 | Ilkhomi, Jaloliddin | IM | TJK | 2353 | 5 | 39.5 | 42.5 | 2352 |
| 31 | 5 | Li, Di | GM | CHN | 2558 | 5 | 39 | 42.5 | 2400 |
| 32 | 31 | Yordanov, Lachezar | FM | BUL | 2391 | 5 | 39 | 42 | 2386 |
| 33 | 74 | Aarit, Kapil | CM | IND | 2271 | 5 | 38.5 | 42.5 | 2361 |
| 34 | 50 | Paszewski, Mateusz | FM | POL | 2335 | 5 | 38 | 40.5 | 2322 |
| 35 | 72 | Manea, Alexandru | IM | ROU | 2284 | 5 | 37.5 | 41 | 2342 |
| 36 | 58 | Dubnevych, Maksym | FM | UKR | 2320 | 5 | 37 | 40 | 2326 |
| 37 | 61 | Unat, Can Haktan | FM | TUR | 2311 | 5 | 36.5 | 39.5 | 2288 |
| 38 | 23 | Amartuvshin, Ganzorig | IM | MGL | 2428 | 5 | 36 | 39.5 | 2349 |
| 39 | 40 | Abdurakhmonov, Mukhammadali | IM | UZB | 2365 | 5 | 36 | 37 | 2308 |
| 40 | 19 | Palczert, Matyas | FM | HUN | 2450 | 5 | 35 | 38 | 2328 |
| 104 players | |||||||||
The Radnicki CC IM 3 took place 1st to 7th March 2026. Milovan Ratkovic won with 8/9.
| Radnicki CC IM 3 2026 Kovin SRB Sun 1st Mar 2026 - Sat 7th Mar 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 |
| 1 | 2 | Ratkovic, Milovan | IM | SRB | 2483 | 8 | 31,25 |
| 2 | 10 | Ratkovic, Miloje | GM | SRB | 2420 | 6.5 | 24,75 |
| 3 | 4 | Djokic, Mihailo | FM | SRB | 2232 | 5.5 | 21,75 |
| 4 | 3 | Gagic, Milan A | FM | SRB | 2363 | 5 | 21,75 |
| 5 | 6 | Gevorgyan, David Sh. | IM | ARM | 2218 | 4.5 | 16 |
| 6 | 7 | Duran Vega, Sergio | IM | CRC | 2334 | 4 | 13.5 |
| 7 | 1 | Ratkovic, Petar | FM | SRB | 2207 | 3.5 | 14.5 |
| 8 | 9 | Pantelic, Sasa | FM | SRB | 2118 | 3.5 | 11 |
| 9 | 8 | Ha, Yihan | CHN | 2053 | 2.5 | 11.5 | |
| 10 | 5 | Bibilov, Alan | RUS | 1993 | 2 | 6.5 | |
| 10 players | |||||||
| Radnicki CC IM 3 2026 Kovin SRB Sun 1st Mar 2026 - Sat 7th Mar 2026. Category: None. Ave: (2243) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Ratkovic, Milovan | IM | SRB | 2501 | # | = | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2565 |
| 2 | Ratkovic, Miloje | GM | SRB | 2438 | = | # | 0 | = | 1 | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | 2387 |
| 3 | Djokic, Mihailo | FM | SRB | 2267 | 0 | 1 | # | 0 | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.5 | 2320 |
| 4 | Gagic, Milan A | FM | SRB | 2355 | = | = | 1 | # | = | 0 | = | = | = | 1 | 5 | 2274 |
| 5 | Gevorgyan, David Sh. | IM | ARM | 2218 | 0 | 0 | = | = | # | = | = | 1 | 1 | = | 4.5 | 2246 |
| 6 | Duran Vega, Sergio | IM | CRC | 2335 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | = | # | = | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2190 |
| 7 | Ratkovic, Petar | FM | SRB | 2223 | 0 | = | 0 | = | = | = | # | 1 | 0 | = | 3.5 | 2165 |
| 8 | Pantelic, Sasa | FM | SRB | 2142 | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | 1 | 0 | # | 1 | 1 | 3.5 | 2174 |
| 9 | Ha, Yihan | CHN | 1959 | 0 | 0 | 1 | = | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | # | 0 | 2.5 | 2109 | |
| 10 | Bibilov, Alan | RUS | 1993 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | = | 0 | 1 | # | 2 | 2051 | |
The 3rd Korchnoi Memorial took place in Weissenhorn GER March 3rd - 8th, 2026. Matthieu Cornette won with 7/9, Klaudia Kulon won the women's event with the same score.
| 3rd Korchnoi Mem 2026 Weissenhorn GER Tue 3rd Mar 2026 - Sun 8th Mar 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 |
| 1 | 9 | Cornette, Matthieu | FRA | 2535 | 7 | 29 |
| 2 | 1 | Krasenkow, Michal | POL | 2478 | 5.5 | 21.5 |
| 3 | 8 | Baklan, Vladimir | UKR | 2555 | 5 | 22.5 |
| 4 | 4 | Baenziger, Fabian | SUI | 2444 | 5 | 20.5 |
| 5 | 7 | Nemitz, Alfred | GER | 2324 | 5 | 19.5 |
| 6 | 2 | Sokolov, Andrei | FRA | 2454 | 4 | 18 |
| 7 | 3 | Gaehwiler, Gabriel | SUI | 2382 | 4 | 17 |
| 8 | 6 | Dotzer, Lukas | AUT | 2479 | 3.5 | 15,75 |
| 9 | 10 | Braun, Georg Dr. | GER | 2397 | 3.5 | 14.5 |
| 10 | 5 | Safarli, Josefine | GER | 2226 | 2.5 | 9,75 |
| 10 players | ||||||
| 3rd Korchnoi Mem 2026 Weissenhorn GER Tue 3rd Mar 2026 - Sun 8th Mar 2026. Category: 8. Ave: (2434) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Cornette, Matthieu | GM | FRA | 2534 | # | 1 | = | = | 1 | = | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2642 |
| 2 | Krasenkow, Michal | GM | POL | 2478 | 0 | # | = | = | = | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 2509 |
| 3 | Baklan, Vladimir | GM | UKR | 2555 | = | = | # | 1 | = | = | = | = | = | = | 5 | 2463 |
| 4 | Baenziger, Fabian | IM | SUI | 2444 | = | = | 0 | # | = | = | = | 1 | = | 1 | 5 | 2475 |
| 5 | Nemitz, Alfred | FM | GER | 2361 | 0 | = | = | = | # | = | = | 1 | = | 1 | 5 | 2485 |
| 6 | Sokolov, Andrei | GM | FRA | 2454 | = | 0 | = | = | = | # | 1 | 0 | = | = | 4 | 2388 |
| 7 | Gaehwiler, Gabriel | IM | SUI | 2384 | = | 0 | = | = | = | 0 | # | = | = | 1 | 4 | 2396 |
| 8 | Dotzer, Lukas | IM | AUT | 2502 | 0 | 1 | = | 0 | 0 | 1 | = | # | = | 0 | 3.5 | 2346 |
| 9 | Braun, Georg | FM | GER | 2397 | 0 | 0 | = | = | = | = | = | = | # | = | 3.5 | 2358 |
| 10 | Safarli, Josefine | WGM | GER | 2227 | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | 1 | = | # | 2.5 | 2291 |
| 2nd Women's Day Int. 2026 Weissenhorn GER Tue 3rd Mar 2026 - Sun 8th Mar 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 3 | Kulon, Klaudia | POL | 2350 | 7 | 0 | 36.5 | 46 |
| 2 | 7 | Hrebenshchykova, Yelyzaveta | UKR | 2301 | 5.5 | 0 | 37 | 48 |
| 3 | 2 | Daulyte-Cornette, Deimante | FRA | 2386 | 5.5 | 0 | 37 | 48 |
| 4 | 4 | Krasteva, Beloslava | BUL | 2323 | 5.5 | 0 | 36.5 | 46 |
| 5 | 5 | Schneider, Jana | GER | 2317 | 5.5 | 0 | 36 | 47 |
| 6 | 6 | Unuk, Laura | SLO | 2314 | 5.5 | 0 | 35 | 46 |
| 7 | 13 | Berzina, Ilze | LAT | 2163 | 5.5 | 0 | 31 | 41 |
| 8 | 1 | Buksa, Nataliya | UKR | 2397 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 48.5 |
| 9 | 11 | Georgescu, Lena | SUI | 2267 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 44.5 |
| 10 | 9 | Babiy, Olga | GER | 2286 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 42 |
| 11 | 14 | Ter-Avetisjana, Agnesa Stepania | LAT | 2110 | 5 | 0 | 32.5 | 42 |
| 12 | 10 | Rogule, Laura | LAT | 2276 | 4.5 | 1 | 34.5 | 43 |
| 13 | 8 | Manko, Mariia | SUI | 2288 | 4.5 | 2 | 30.5 | 40.5 |
| 14 | 12 | Voicu-Jagodzinsky, Carmen | ROU | 2245 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 43.5 |
| 15 | 16 | Kalinina, Larisa | GER | 2048 | 4 | 0 | 29.5 | 37.5 |
| 16 | 18 | Krasenkowa, Elena | POL | 2004 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 37 |
| 17 | 17 | Giss, Helene Dr. | GER | 2041 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 35 |
| 18 | 15 | Voigt, Anastasia | GER | 2057 | 3.5 | 0 | 23.5 | 31.5 |
| 19 | 21 | Wagner, Cosima Thien-An | GER | 1909 | 3 | 1 | 28.5 | 37 |
| 20 | 19 | Just, Anita Dr. | GER | 1925 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 34 |
| 21 | 20 | Richter, Johanna | GER | 1925 | 2.5 | 0 | 27.5 | 35 |
| 21 players | ||||||||
The 60th Begonia Open took place in Ballarat AUS March 7th - 9th, 2026. Temur Kuybokarov won with 6½/7 half a point clear of Luis Chan.
| 60th Begonia Open 2026 Ballarat AUS Sat 7th Mar 2026 - Mon 9th Mar 2026
Leading Final Round 7 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Ti | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | Kuybokarov, Temur | GM | 2541 | 6.5 | 29.5 | 33.5 | 30.75 |
| 2 | Chan, Luis | FM | 2252 | 6 | 27.5 | 30.5 | 25.5 |
| 3 | Morris, James | IM | 2416 | 5.5 | 31.5 | 35.5 | 26.75 |
| 4 | Cannon, David | IM | 2278 | 5.5 | 30 | 34 | 26.25 |
| 5 | Zhao, Zong-Yuan | GM | 2435 | 5.5 | 29.5 | 33.5 | 25.75 |
| 6 | Zafirakos, Jesse | CM | 2126 | 5.5 | 28 | 31 | 23 |
| 7 | Mithrakanth, Poorna Sharma | IM | 2198 | 5.5 | 27 | 31 | 24.25 |
| 8 | Wang, Daniel | CM | 1912 | 5.5 | 26.5 | 30 | 22.5 |
| 9 | Melamed, Daniel | FM | 2088 | 5 | 30.5 | 34 | 23 |
| 10 | Solomon, Stephen J | IM | 2178 | 5 | 30 | 34 | 22.25 |
| 11 | Radovanovic, Mihajlo | IM | 2445 | 5 | 30 | 33 | 22 |
| 12 | Xia, Justin | CM | 2136 | 5 | 29 | 34 | 24 |
| 13 | Soo, Kai Jie | FM | 2309 | 5 | 29 | 33 | 22 |
| 14 | Dai, Cheng | FM | 2107 | 5 | 29 | 33 | 21.75 |
| 15 | Ilic, Nicholas | FM | 2098 | 5 | 29 | 32 | 22 |
| 16 | Dragicevic, Domagoj | FM | 2155 | 5 | 28.5 | 32 | 21.5 |
| 17 | Li, Tedric | IM | 2355 | 5 | 28 | 32 | 22.5 |
| 18 | Datar, Tejas | FM | 2145 | 5 | 27.5 | 31 | 21 |
| 19 | Hartley, James | CM | 2007 | 5 | 27.5 | 30.5 | 20.5 |
| 20 | Annapureddy, Rheyansh Reddy | FM | 2137 | 5 | 27.5 | 30.5 | 19.25 |
| 21 | Zhang, Jilin | WGM | 2134 | 5 | 26.5 | 31.5 | 21.5 |
| 22 | Zhao, Lucas | 1979 | 5 | 25.5 | 30.5 | 20 | |
| 23 | Coracas, Tass | 1957 | 5 | 25.5 | 29 | 19.5 | |
| 24 | Fan, Chloe | WFM | 2003 | 5 | 25 | 28 | 17.5 |
| 25 | Hong, Wilbur | 1911 | 5 | 24.5 | 27.5 | 18 | |
| 26 | Nguyen, Anh Kiet | CM | 1924 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 19.5 |
| 27 | Skiotis, Pano | 1971 | 5 | 24 | 27 | 18 | |
| 28 | Mogullapalli, Advaith | 1484 | 5 | 19.5 | 24.5 | 16.5 | |
| 29 | Testolin, Ryder | IM | 2244 | 4.5 | 31.5 | 34.5 | 20 |
| 30 | Chan, Kris | FM | 2134 | 4.5 | 28.5 | 31.5 | 18.75 |
| 31 | Kalina, Leo | CM | 2062 | 4.5 | 27 | 30 | 17.5 |
| 32 | Gao, Arthur | CM | 2226 | 4.5 | 26.5 | 31 | 17.75 |
| 33 | Smith, Declan | CM | 2053 | 4.5 | 26.5 | 30 | 18.25 |
| 34 | Quek, Kristine | WFM | 1914 | 4.5 | 26.5 | 29.5 | 17.5 |
| 35 | Stalker, Ian | 1961 | 4.5 | 25.5 | 29 | 17.25 | |
| 36 | Wilford, Harry | 1857 | 4.5 | 25.5 | 28.5 | 15.25 | |
| 37 | Stolyarov, Michael | 1927 | 4.5 | 25 | 29.5 | 18 | |
| 38 | Chibnall, Alana | WFM | 1896 | 4.5 | 25 | 28.5 | 15.75 |
| 39 | Hain, Anthony | CM | 1992 | 4.5 | 25 | 27.5 | 15.75 |
| 40 | Ayyar, Hariharan | 1684 | 4.5 | 24.5 | 27 | 15.75 | |
| 213 players | |||||||
There was a final Weekend tournament after the Isle of Wight Masters and Harry Grieve won with 4½/5.
| Isle of Wight Weekend Ryde ENG Mon 16th Feb 2026 - Sun 22nd Feb 2026
Leading Final Round 5 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts |
| 1 | 1 | Grieve, Harry | IM | ENG | 2567 | 4.5 |
| 2 | 2 | Arkell, Keith C | GM | ENG | 2463 | 4 |
| 3 | 5 | Liu, Yiyi | CHN | 2020 | 4 | |
| 4 | 10 | Taylor, Zebadiah | ENG | 1887 | 3.5 | |
| 5 | 16 | Stringer, Joseph | ENG | 1780 | 3.5 | |
| 6 | 3 | Dunnington, Angus J | IM | SCO | 2279 | 3 |
| 7 | 4 | Jennings, Richard | SCO | 2034 | 3 | |
| 8 | 8 | Gopikrishna, Ashwin | ENG | 1915 | 3 | |
| 9 | 9 | Hordnes, Niclas | NOR | 1910 | 3 | |
| 10 | 15 | Best, Matthew | ENG | 1803 | 2.5 | |
| 11 | 17 | Cooper, Malcolm H | ENG | 1757 | 2.5 | |
| 12 | 20 | Sengupta, Sohana | ENG | 1682 | 2.5 | |
| 13 | 6 | Honarvarmahalati, Hooman | IRI | 1951 | 2 | |
| 14 | 7 | Costello, Colin A | ENG | 1915 | 2 | |
| 15 | 11 | Hunn, David | ENG | 1867 | 2 | |
| 16 | 13 | Northam, Lawrence | ENG | 1841 | 2 | |
| 17 | 19 | Pasqualetto, Lorenzo | ITA | 1716 | 2 | |
| 18 | 12 | Nilim, Armaan | ENG | 1865 | 1.5 | |
| 19 | 14 | Bellon, Antonio | ITA | 1803 | 1.5 | |
| 20 | 18 | Crosby, Ben | ENG | 1739 | 1.5 | |
| 21 | 22 | V, Krish | ENG | 1488 | 1.5 | |
| 22 | 21 | Dolgun, Mikhail S | FID | 1677 | 1 | |
| 22 players | ||||||
The Wells Chess Congress took place March 6th - 8th, 2026. Matthew J Turner edged out Keith Arkell after both scored 4/5.
| Wells Chess Congress 2026 Wells ENG Fri 6th Mar 2026 - Sun 8th Mar 2026
Leading Final Round 5 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 1 | Matthew J Turner | GM | SCO | 2529 | 4 | 0 | 12.5 | 15.5 |
| 2 | 2 | Keith C Arkell | GM | ENG | 2486 | 4 | 0 | 11.5 | 15.5 |
| 3 | 4 | Oliver Stubbs | CM | ENG | 2324 | 3.5 | 0 | 11.5 | 14 |
| 4 | 5 | Oleg Verbytski | ENG | 2235 | 3.5 | 0 | 11 | 16 | |
| 5 | 3 | Stanley Badacsonyi | FM | ENG | 2409 | 3.5 | 0 | 11 | 12 |
| 6 | 15 | Freddie Pick | ENG | 2114 | 3.5 | 0 | 10 | 12 | |
| 7 | 24 | Zachary Patton | SCO | 1964 | 3.5 | 0 | 8.5 | 11.5 | |
| 8 | 6 | Max French | ENG | 2228 | 3 | 0 | 10.5 | 15 | |
| 9 | 8 | Haroon Majeed | ENG | 2202 | 3 | 0 | 10.5 | 13.5 | |
| 10 | 12 | Noah Bevis | AIM | ENG | 2159 | 3 | 0 | 9.5 | 14 |
| 11 | 13 | Jonathan Wr Underwood | ENG | 2142 | 3 | 0 | 9.5 | 13 | |
| 12 | 11 | Ilia Malinovskii | ENG | 2167 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 14 | |
| 13 | 14 | Chris R Beaumont | IM | ENG | 2125 | 2.5 | 0 | 8.5 | 12 |
| 14 | 10 | Oscar Garcia | ESP | 2183 | 2.5 | 0 | 8 | 12 | |
| 15 | 9 | Alistair Hill | ENG | 2198 | 2.5 | 0 | 7.5 | 13.5 | |
| 16 | 21 | Marcus Gosling | ENG | 1984 | 2.5 | 0 | 7.5 | 13 | |
| 17 | 25 | Andrew Ponting | ENG | 1961 | 2.5 | 0 | 6.5 | 11.5 | |
| 18 | 18 | Paul D Helbig | ENG | 2021 | 2.5 | 0 | 5.5 | 12.5 | |
| 19 | 17 | Sarah N Longson | WFM | ENG | 2043 | 2.5 | 0 | 4.5 | 13 |
| 20 | 29 | David Hunn | ENG | 1884 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 15 | |
| 21 | 26 | John P Weatherlake | WLS | 1947 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 13 | |
| 22 | 22 | Leon Nelson | ENG | 1978 | 2 | 0 | 6.5 | 12.5 | |
| 23 | 23 | David C Egginton | ENG | 1970 | 2 | 0 | 5.5 | 12.5 | |
| 24 | 19 | Mark A Jones | ENG | 1996 | 2 | 0 | 5.5 | 11.5 | |
| 25 | 16 | Dominic V Gibbs | ENG | 2082 | 1.5 | 0 | 7 | 12.5 | |
| 26 | 7 | Yutong Liu | CHN | 2215 | 1.5 | 0 | 6 | 9 | |
| 27 | 31 | Agnieszka Milewska | AFM | ENG | 1774 | 1.5 | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 28 | 30 | Andrew M Dunn | ENG | 1848 | 1.5 | 0 | 5 | 11 | |
| 29 | 28 | Matthew A Holmes | ENG | 1911 | 1.5 | 0 | 4.5 | 10 | |
| 30 | 27 | Nigel J Moyse | WLS | 1945 | 1.5 | 0 | 3 | 9.5 | |
| 31 | 32 | Emile Doran | ENG | 1693 | 1.5 | 0 | 2.5 | 9 | |
| 32 | 20 | Kevin J Thurlow | CM | ENG | 1984 | 0.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 9 |
| 32 players | |||||||||
The Kazak Championship semifinals took place in Taraz KAZ March 1st - 6th, 2026. Dinmukhammed Tulendinov won with 7½/9.
| chkazsf26 Taraz KAZ Sun 1st Mar 2026 - Fri 6th Mar 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 19 | Tulendinov, Dinmukhammed | KAZ | 2178 | 7.5 | 45 | 49 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | Zhalmakhanov, Ramazan | KAZ | 2470 | 7 | 47.5 | 51 | 0 |
| 3 | 9 | Bizhigitov, Zhangir | KAZ | 2300 | 7 | 46 | 50.5 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | Suleimen, Ergali | KAZ | 2408 | 7 | 43.5 | 47.5 | 0 |
| 5 | 16 | Bayantas, Asman | KAZ | 2226 | 6.5 | 50 | 55 | 0 |
| 6 | 6 | Akhmedinov, Satbek | KAZ | 2381 | 6.5 | 48 | 53 | 0 |
| 7 | 2 | Utegaliyev, Azamat | KAZ | 2419 | 6.5 | 48 | 52 | 0 |
| 8 | 3 | Isanzhulov, Arystan | KAZ | 2412 | 6.5 | 47 | 51 | 0 |
| 9 | 20 | Abdsattar, Alisher | KAZ | 2165 | 6.5 | 45.5 | 49 | 0 |
| 10 | 17 | Beristenov, Kair | KAZ | 2217 | 6.5 | 44.5 | 48.5 | 0 |
| 11 | 31 | Khazhatuly, Alikhan | KAZ | 2071 | 6.5 | 44.5 | 48.5 | 0 |
| 12 | 10 | Zhauynbay, Aldiyar | KAZ | 2278 | 6.5 | 44 | 47.5 | 0 |
| 13 | 7 | Petukhov, Alan | KAZ | 2334 | 6 | 50 | 53 | 0 |
| 14 | 12 | Kazakov, Konstantin | KAZ | 2276 | 6 | 46.5 | 50 | 0 |
| 15 | 30 | Tulegen, Ramazan | KAZ | 2076 | 6 | 46 | 50 | 0 |
| 16 | 11 | Meirkhanuly, Akylzhan | KAZ | 2277 | 6 | 45 | 49 | 0 |
| 17 | 24 | Tangatov, Nurdaulet | KAZ | 2123 | 6 | 45 | 48.5 | 0 |
| 18 | 18 | Sissabayev, Kuanysh | KAZ | 2207 | 6 | 44.5 | 48 | 0 |
| 19 | 47 | Bakhyt, Rauan | KAZ | 1970 | 6 | 43 | 46 | 0 |
| 20 | 80 | Kambar, Ersultan | KAZ | 1779 | 6 | 43 | 45.5 | 0 |
| 21 | 14 | Tleukhanov, Yerlan | KAZ | 2271 | 6 | 42.5 | 47 | 0 |
| 22 | 25 | Zharas, Aldiyar | KAZ | 2120 | 6 | 40.5 | 44 | 0 |
| 23 | 28 | Oskenbay, Alisher | KAZ | 2090 | 6 | 39 | 43 | 0 |
| 24 | 57 | Primbetov, Nurassyl | KAZ | 1916 | 6 | 39 | 41 | 0 |
| 25 | 22 | Yessengali, Adizhan | KAZ | 2134 | 5.5 | 47 | 50.5 | 0 |
| 26 | 69 | Nurakyn, Suleiman | KAZ | 1857 | 5.5 | 45 | 48.5 | 0 |
| 27 | 15 | Dumanuly, Sultanbeibarys | KAZ | 2228 | 5.5 | 42 | 46 | 0 |
| 28 | 37 | Mussauly, Nurali | KAZ | 2054 | 5.5 | 42 | 45 | 0 |
| 29 | 5 | Abdilkhair, Abilmansur | KAZ | 2391 | 5.5 | 41.5 | 45.5 | 0 |
| 30 | 44 | Galymzhanuly, Ibragim | KAZ | 2001 | 5.5 | 41.5 | 45 | 0 |
| 31 | 60 | Yerzhanuly, Yernur | KAZ | 1911 | 5.5 | 41 | 43 | 0 |
| 32 | 39 | Sarzhanov, Chingizkhan | KAZ | 2037 | 5.5 | 39 | 42.5 | 0 |
| 33 | 46 | Amreyev, Azat | KAZ | 1984 | 5.5 | 38.5 | 42 | 0 |
| 34 | 71 | Duabek, Abylaikhan | KAZ | 1842 | 5.5 | 36 | 39.5 | 0 |
| 35 | 58 | Anetov, Amirzhan | KAZ | 1914 | 5 | 47 | 49.5 | 0 |
| 36 | 49 | Rashit, Alikhan | KAZ | 1961 | 5 | 46.5 | 48.5 | 0 |
| 37 | 13 | Amanov, Zhanibek | KAZ | 2275 | 5 | 45.5 | 49.5 | 0 |
| 38 | 27 | Kenzhalin, Nursultan | KAZ | 2090 | 5 | 45.5 | 49 | 0 |
| 39 | 23 | Abdrashev, Arlen | KAZ | 2129 | 5 | 43 | 47 | 0 |
| 40 | 26 | Zhauynbay, Alimzhan | KAZ | 2113 | 5 | 42.5 | 48.5 | 0 |
| 121 players | ||||||||
The German 2nd Bundesliga concluned last weekened. SC Remagen Sinzig won the Nord and SF Bad Mergentheim the Sud Leagues. Some more games available.
| 2nd Bundesliga Nord 25-26 Germany GER Sat 27th Sep 2025 - Sun 1st Mar 2026
Leading Final Round 11 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Mpts | Bpts | TB1 |
| 1 | SC Remagen Sinzig | + | 5½ | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3½ | 4½ | 4½ | 6 | 5½ | 3½ | 5½ | 18 | 54½ | 243 |
| 2 | SV Erkenschwick 1923 | 2½ | + | 4 | 5½ | 5½ | 4½ | 3½ | 4½ | 3½ | 5 | 7 | 6½ | 15 | 52 | 225½ |
| 3 | SG Porz | 3 | 4 | + | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4½ | 4 | 5½ | 4 | 5½ | 6 | 14 | 48½ | 225½ |
| 4 | SK Kirchweyhe II | 3 | 2½ | 4 | + | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4½ | 5 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 48 | 210½ |
| 5 | SV Werder Bremen II | 2 | 2½ | 5 | 4 | + | 1½ | 5½ | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5½ | 13 | 45 | 211 |
| 6 | SV Muelheim Nord | 4½ | 3½ | 3 | 4 | 6½ | + | 4 | 2½ | 2½ | 6½ | 4 | 5½ | 11 | 46½ | 201½ |
| 7 | SV 1920 Hofheim | 3½ | 4½ | 3½ | 4 | 2½ | 4 | + | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5½ | 4 | 10 | 44½ | 212 |
| 8 | Hamburger SK II | 3½ | 3½ | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5½ | 5 | + | 4½ | 5 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 43 | 204 |
| 9 | SK Doppelbauer Turm Kiel | 2 | 4½ | 2½ | 3½ | 4 | 5½ | 4 | 3½ | + | 3½ | 4½ | 4 | 9 | 41½ | 192 |
| 10 | Aachener SV | 2½ | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1½ | 2 | 3 | 4½ | + | 4 | 4½ | 7 | 36 | 173½ |
| 11 | HSK Lister Turm | 4½ | 1 | 2½ | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2½ | 4 | 3½ | 4 | + | 6 | 7 | 36 | 142 |
| 12 | SG AE Magdeburg | 2½ | 1½ | 2 | 3 | 2½ | 2½ | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3½ | 2 | + | 4 | 32½ | 135½ |
| 12 players | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd Bundesliga Sud 25-26 Germany GER Sat 27th Sep 2025 - Sun 1st Mar 2026
Leading Final Round 11 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Mpts | Bpts | TB1 |
| 1 | SF Bad Mergentheim | + | 4½ | 6 | 3½ | 3½ | 5 | 6½ | 7 | 6½ | 6 | 7 | 6½ | 18 | 62 | 274½ |
| 2 | Muenchener Schachclub 1836 | 3½ | + | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4½ | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5½ | 17 | 53½ | 257½ |
| 3 | SC Eppingen | 2 | 2 | + | 5½ | 4½ | 4½ | 5½ | 5 | 3½ | 5½ | 5½ | 6½ | 16 | 50 | 226 |
| 4 | OSG Baden-Baden II | 4½ | 4 | 2½ | + | 6 | 2 | 2½ | 5½ | 5 | 5 | 4½ | 6 | 15 | 47½ | 209 |
| 5 | SC Viernheim II | 4½ | 3 | 3½ | 2 | + | 6 | 3½ | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5½ | 12 | 47 | 216 |
| 6 | SC Garching | 3 | 4 | 3½ | 6 | 2 | + | 3½ | 4½ | 5 | 5½ | 4½ | 4 | 12 | 45½ | 208 |
| 7 | SK Goeggingen | 1½ | 3½ | 2½ | 5½ | 4½ | 4½ | + | 3½ | 4½ | 6½ | 3 | 5 | 12 | 44½ | 195 |
| 8 | SV 1947 Walldorf | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2½ | 3 | 3½ | 4½ | + | 4½ | 4½ | 4 | 6½ | 10 | 41 | 172½ |
| 9 | SC Bavaria Regensburg 1881 | 1½ | 2 | 4½ | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3½ | 3½ | + | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 165 |
| 10 | TSV Schoenaich | 2 | 3 | 2½ | 3 | 4 | 2½ | 1½ | 3½ | 4 | + | 4½ | 5 | 6 | 35½ | 174½ |
| 11 | Nickelhuette Aue | 1 | 2 | 2½ | 3½ | 2 | 3½ | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3½ | + | 3½ | 4 | 34½ | 137 |
| 12 | SF Heidesheim | 1½ | 2½ | 1½ | 2 | 2½ | 4 | 3 | 1½ | 3 | 3 | 4½ | + | 3 | 29 | 141 |
| 12 players | ||||||||||||||||
The Preliminary Stages of the Catalan League are finished. There will be a final stage to decide the titles and relegation. More games from the first stage.
| TCh-CAT Gp1 2026 Barcelona ESP Sat 17th Jan 2026 - Sat 14th Mar 2026
Leading Final Round 7 Standings: |
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| Rk | Team | Pts | TB1 |
| 1 | MOLLET | 5½ | 41 |
| 2 | ATENEU COLON | 4½ | 41.5 |
| 3 | COLON SABADELL IONEHIPOTECAS.COM | 4½ | 38 |
| 4 | LIRA VENDRELLENCA | 3½ | 37.5 |
| 5 | OLOT | 3½ | 32.5 |
| 6 | FOMENT | 2½ | 33.5 |
| 7 | FIGUERES | 2½ | 33 |
| 8 | TERRASSA | 1½ | 23 |
| 8 players | |||
| TCh-CAT Gp2 2026 Barcelona ESP Sat 17th Jan 2026 - Sat 14th Mar 2026
Leading Final Round 7 Standings: |
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| Rk | Team | Pts | TB1 |
| 1 | BARCELONA | 6½ | 44 |
| 2 | BARBERA | 6 | 48.5 |
| 3 | Tres Peons-El Centre Gràcia | 4½ | 36.5 |
| 4 | PLATJA D'ARO | 4 | 34 |
| 5 | CERDANYOLA VALLES | 2½ | 33 |
| 6 | SANT ANDREU | 2 | 31 |
| 7 | BADIA | 2 | 30.5 |
| 8 | GEVA-CEA | ½ | 22.5 |
| 8 players | |||
The 8th round of the Belgian Interclubs took place last weekend. Games now available.
| TCh-BEL 2025-26 Belgium BEL Sun 28th Sep 2025 - Sun 19th Apr 2026
Leading Round 8 (of 11) Standings: |
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| Rk | Team | Gms | Mpts | Bpts |
| 1 | WETTEREN 1 (432) | 8 | 14 | 42.5 |
| 2 | SDP WACHTEBEKE 1 (471) | 8 | 13 | 41.5 |
| 3 | KGSRL 1 (401) | 8 | 12 | 38 |
| 4 | KSK Rochade 1 (607) | 8 | 12 | 37.5 |
| 5 | Standard Liege - TAL 1 (621) | 8 | 11 | 36 |
| 6 | CRELEL 1 (601) | 8 | 8 | 31.5 |
| 7 | TSM MECHELEN 1 (166) | 8 | 8 | 29.5 |
| 8 | KBSK BRUGGE 1 (303) | 8 | 7 | 29 |
| 9 | Dolle Toren Leuven 1 (231) | 8 | 5 | 26.5 |
| 10 | Leuven Centraal 1 (230) | 8 | 3 | 28.5 |
| 11 | BORGERHOUT 1 (109) | 8 | 2 | 26 |
| 12 | Gambiet Opwijk 1 (261) | 8 | 1 | 17.5 |
| 12 players | ||||
There was round 5 of the Hungarian League this week, games should follow next week.
| TCh-HUN 2025-26 Hungary HUN Sat 20th Sep 2025 - Sun 10th May 2026
Leading Round 5 (of 9) Standings: |
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| Rk | Team | Gms | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Mpts | Bpts |
| 1 | Sentimento Ajka BSK | 5 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 9 | 6.5 | 10 | 38 | |||||
| 2 | Tuxera ANSK | 5 | 7.5 | 7 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 10 | 38 | |||||
| 3 | ASE Paks | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 9 | 35.5 | |||||
| 4 | Aquarena Kobanya | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 26.5 | |||||
| 5 | MTK Budapest | 5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 6 | 6 | 5.5 | 6 | 22.5 | |||||
| 6 | Biatorbagy SC | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4.5 | 6.5 | 3 | 21 | |||||
| 7 | Haladas VSE | 5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 4.5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 19.5 | |||||
| 8 | Duocor-Makoi SVSE | 5 | 1 | 2.5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17.5 | |||||
| 9 | Maroczy SE | 5 | 1.5 | 2 | 4 | 5.5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | |||||
| 10 | Felsoszolnok-Alsosz. | 5 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 0 | 14.5 | |||||
| 10 players | ||||||||||||||
There was round 8 of the Dutch League this week. There's also a new date for Round 6 which was postponed due to bad weather.
| Dutch League 2025-26 Netherlands NED Sat 20th Sep 2025 - Sat 11th Apr 2026
Leading Round 7 (of 9) Standings: |
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| Rk | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Mpts | Bpts |
| 1 | Apeldoorn 1 | ☓ | 5½ | 5 | 5½ | 8½ | - | 7½ | 7½ | 7 | - | 13 | 46.5 |
| 2 | Zuid Limburg 1 | 4½ | ☓ | 5 | - | 8½ | 6 | - | 6 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 45 |
| 3 | LSG 1 | 5 | 5 | ☓ | 7½ | 5 | 3½ | 6½ | - | - | 6 | 9 | 38.5 |
| 4 | Kennemer Combinatie 1 | 4½ | - | 2½ | ☓ | - | 7 | 7 | 5½ | 5 | 6½ | 9 | 38 |
| 5 | De Stukkenjagers 1 | 1½ | 1½ | 5 | - | ☓ | 5 | - | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 30 |
| 6 | HMC Den Bosch 1 | - | 4 | 6½ | 3 | 5 | ☓ | 3 | 5 | - | 7 | 6 | 33.5 |
| 7 | Paul Keres 1 | 2½ | - | 3½ | 3 | - | 7 | ☓ | 4½ | 5½ | 7 | 6 | 33 |
| 8 | Groninger Combinatie 1 | 2½ | 4 | - | 4½ | 5 | 5 | 5½ | ☓ | 5 | - | 5 | 31.5 |
| 9 | Charlois Europoort 1 | 3 | 3 | - | 5 | 4 | - | 4½ | 5 | ☓ | 6 | 4 | 30.5 |
| 10 | HWP Haarlem 1 | - | 2 | 4 | 3½ | 4 | 3 | 3 | - | 4 | ☓ | 0 | 23.5 |
| 10 players | |||||||||||||
The Icelandic Team Championship finished this weekend. Taflfelag Vestmannaeyja won. Game available along with some round 1 games that I didn't have the first time around.
| TCh-ISL Kvika 2025-26 Reykjavik ISL Fri 14th Nov 2025 - Sun 8th Mar 2026
Leading Final Round 10 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Team | 1a | 1b | 2a | 2b | 3a | 3b | 4a | 4b | 5a | 5b | 6a | 6b | TB1 | TB2 |
| 1 | Taflfelag Vestmannaeyja | * | * | 3½ | 5 | 2½ | 5 | 6 | 4½ | 5½ | 4½ | 7 | 5½ | 16 | 49 |
| 2 | Skakdeild Fjolnis | 4½ | 3 | * | * | 4 | 4½ | 3½ | 5½ | 6½ | 5½ | 7 | 6 | 15 | 50 |
| 3 | Skakdeild KR | 5½ | 3 | 4 | 3½ | * | * | 4½ | 4 | 6 | 3½ | 7 | 5½ | 12 | 46.5 |
| 4 | Skakdeild Breioabliks | 2 | 3½ | 4½ | 2½ | 3½ | 4 | * | * | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 37 |
| 5 | Taflfelag Reykjavikur | 2½ | 3½ | 1½ | 2½ | 2 | 4½ | 2 | 5 | * | * | 3 | 4½ | 6 | 31 |
| 6 | Vikingaklubburinn | 1 | 2½ | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2½ | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3½ | * | * | 4 | 26.5 |
| 6 players | |||||||||||||||
The Norwegian Eliteserien finished this weekend. Oslo Schakselskap won.
| TCh-NOR Elite 2025-26 Norway NOR Fri 31st Oct 2025 - Sun 8th Mar 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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| Rk | Team | Rtg | Mpts | Bpts | TB1 |
| 1 | Oslo Schakselskap (OSS) | 2399 | 16 | 38 | |
| 2 | Porsgrunn Superkraft | 2388 | 15 | 34 | |
| 3 | Valerenga | 2295 | 12 | 28.5 | |
| 4 | Offerspill | 2159 | 10 | 21.5 | |
| 5 | Bergens | 2216 | 8 | 25.5 | 1 |
| 6 | SK 1911 | 2256 | 8 | 24 | 2 |
| 7 | Hell | 2253 | 8 | 27 | 3 |
| 8 | Nordstrand | 2285 | 5 | 23.5 | 1 |
| 9 | Alta | 2256 | 5 | 24.5 | 2 |
| 10 | Asker | 2317 | 3 | 18.5 | |
| 10 players | |||||
The Swedish Elitserien finished this weekend. SK Rockaden Sthlm won.
| TCh-SWE Elitserien Sweden SWE Fri 28th Nov 2025 - Sun 8th Mar 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Team | Gms | + | - | = | Mpts | Bpts |
| 1 | SK Rockaden Sthlm | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 49 |
| 2 | SS 4 Springare | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 44 |
| 3 | Wasa SK | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 39 |
| 4 | Stockholms SS | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 40 |
| 5 | Lunds ASK | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 39.5 |
| 6 | Eksjo SK | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 35.5 |
| 7 | Limhamns SK | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 32 |
| 8 | SS Lulea | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 32 |
| 9 | Vaxjo SK | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 |
| 10 | Vasteras SK | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 24 |
| 10 players | |||||||
The 144th Varsity Match took place on March 7th and was tied 4-4. Current standigns: Cambridge 61 wins, Oxford 59 and 24 draws.
| 144th Varsity Match 2026 London ENG Sat 7th Mar 2026 - Sat 7th Mar 2026
Leading Final Round 1 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|
| Rk | Team | Pts |
| 1 | Oxford | 4 |
| 1 | Cambridge | 4 |
| 2 players | ||
The Titled Tuesday Blitz 3rd MArch was won by Javokhir Sindarov on tie-break from Dmitry Andreikin and MVL after all scored 9.5/11.
| Titled Tue 3rd Mar 2026 chess.com INT Tue 3rd Mar 2026 - Tue 3rd Mar 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 | 6 | Javokhir Sindarov | GM | UZB | 3250 | W118W | W40B | W57W | W34B | W82W | W103B | L7W | D14B | W80B | W10W | W15W | 9.5 | 74 | 80 | 67.5 |
| 2 | 10 | Dmitry Andreikin | GM | GEO | 3225 | W242W | D356B | W142W | W54B | W343W | W9B | W19W | D8B | W7W | W15B | D3B | 9.5 | 72 | 76 | 65 |
| 3 | 4 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | GM | FRA | 3280 | W148W | W350B | W366W | W326B | W14W | W334W | W11B | W7B | L15W | W16B | D2W | 9.5 | 71.5 | 74.5 | 61.75 |
| 4 | 5 | Arjun Erigaisi | GM | IND | 3244 | W244B | D84W | D260B | W61W | W31W | W21B | W334W | W6B | D10B | D9W | W16B | 9 | 72.5 | 76 | 62.5 |
| 5 | 12 | Nikolas Theodorou | GM | GRC | 3191 | W336W | W67B | W302W | D22W | W342B | W18W | L8W | W159B | W14W | D19B | W23B | 9 | 70.5 | 72.5 | 56 |
| 6 | 27 | José Carlos Ibarra Jerez | GM | ESP | 3073 | W229B | W117W | W348B | W367B | L103W | W339W | W104B | L4W | W113B | W18W | W19W | 9 | 62 | 65 | 50 |
| 7 | 1 | Hikaru Nakamura | GM | USA | 3359 | W114B | W58W | W372B | W12W | W48B | W33W | W1B | L3W | L2B | W25W | D9B | 8.5 | 81 | 84 | 60.75 |
| 8 | 8 | Bogdan Daniel Deac | GM | ROU | 3210 | W431W | W102B | W77W | W76W | D9B | W53W | W5B | D2W | L16W | D34B | W35B | 8.5 | 76.5 | 76.5 | 55.75 |
| 9 | 42 | Marco Materia | IM | FRA | 3051 | W97W | W416B | W123W | W346B | D8W | L2W | W330B | W142W | W33B | D4B | D7W | 8.5 | 70.5 | 71.5 | 49 |
| 10 | 13 | Amin Tabatabaei | GM | IRN | 3183 | W369B | W46W | W42B | L334B | W373W | W106B | W23W | W326B | D4W | L1B | W34W | 8.5 | 69 | 72 | 53 |
| 11 | 3 | Denis Lazavik | GM | BLR | 3314 | W107B | W253W | D265B | W105W | W22B | W220W | L3W | L16B | W330W | W46B | W21W | 8.5 | 66.5 | 70 | 50.75 |
| 12 | 32 | Roman Nosach | CM | RUS | 3033 | W98W | W62B | W327W | L7B | L78W | W362W | D94B | W344W | W90B | W92W | W33W | 8.5 | 66 | 69.5 | 51.25 |
| 13 | 158 | Stephen Jessel | FM | IRL | 2754 | L151W | W408B | W310W | L25B | W210W | W367B | W85W | D79B | W159W | W80W | W41B | 8.5 | 55 | 56 | 39.25 |
| 14 | 33 | Andrey Drygalov | GM | JPN | 3041 | W181B | W120W | W104B | W15W | L3B | W349W | W78B | D1W | L5B | W42W | D29W | 8 | 75 | 79 | 51.75 |
| 15 | 2 | Nihal Sarin | GM | IND | 3334 | W218W | W112B | W79W | L14B | W348W | W159B | W76W | W17B | W3B | L2W | L1B | 8 | 73.5 | 77.5 | 50.5 |
| 16 | 50 | Bharath Subramaniyam.H Harishankkar | GM | IND | 3014 | W413W | W144B | W329B | L33W | W201B | W24B | W328W | W11W | W8B | L3W | L4W | 8 | 73.5 | 74.5 | 48.5 |
| 17 | 21 | Yoseph Theolifus Taher | IM | IDN | 3091 | W29B | W72W | W339B | L106W | W46W | W85B | W110W | L15W | W39B | L23W | W70B | 8 | 71 | 76 | 54 |
| 18 | 56 | Mitrabha Guha | GM | IND | 2968 | W188W | W154B | W362W | D341W | W20B | L5B | W27W | D329B | W328W | L6B | W46W | 8 | 68 | 71.5 | 48.25 |
| 19 | 87 | Allahverdi Hamidov | FM | AZE | 2919 | W217B | W172W | W361W | W80B | D220W | W341W | L2B | W41B | W24W | D5W | L6B | 8 | 68 | 71.5 | 46.25 |
| 20 | 16 | Xiao Tong | GM | CHN | 3138 | D145W | W355B | W108W | W36B | L18W | W90W | W343B | W77B | L25W | D22B | W71W | 8 | 67.5 | 71.5 | 48.75 |
| 21 | 49 | Zbigniew Pakleza | GM | POL | 2989 | W370B | W133W | W177W | L328B | W69W | L4W | W123B | W52B | W329W | W51W | L11B | 8 | 67.5 | 70.5 | 47 |
| 22 | 43 | Alexander Rustemov | GM | RUS | 3006 | W213B | W100W | W121W | D5B | L11W | W363B | L142B | W89W | W333B | D20W | W58B | 8 | 67 | 70.5 | 48 |
| 23 | 44 | Emin Ohanyan | GM | ARM | 2999 | W194W | L105B | W199W | W152B | W173W | W179B | L10B | W67W | W61W | W17B | L5W | 8 | 66 | 71 | 47.5 |
| 24 | 7 | Matthias Bluebaum | GM | DEU | 3186 | W267B | W344W | L37B | W211W | W81B | L16W | W58B | W339W | L19B | W63W | W54W | 8 | 65 | 68.5 | 45 |
| 25 | 65 | Alexandros Papasimakopoulos | IM | GRC | 2944 | L354B | W378W | W229B | W13W | W143B | W246B | W51W | D33W | W20B | L7B | D27W | 8 | 65 | 68 | 47.75 |
| 26 | 53 | Timothe Razafindratsima | IM | FRA | 2948 | W382B | L89W | W158B | W174W | L329B | W173B | W99W | W78W | L51B | W61W | W52B | 8 | 62 | 65 | 45.5 |
| 27 | 20 | Shamsiddin Vokhidov | GM | UZB | 3078 | W414W | W211B | D36W | W271B | L159W | W274B | L18B | W136W | W38B | W37W | D25B | 8 | 61.5 | 62.5 | 41.25 |
| 28 | 47 | Pavel Eljanov | GM | UKR | 2977 | W230B | W174W | L50B | W249W | L349W | W59B | W185B | L46W | W99B | W112W | W47B | 8 | 58.5 | 62.5 | 44.5 |
| 29 | 219 | Grigori Ponomarev | FM | RUS | 2679 | L17W | L180B | W278W | W295B | W302W | W327W | W182B | W110B | W103W | D35W | D14B | 8 | 57 | 59 | 38.25 |
| 30 | 103 | Timofey Fisher | CM | SRB | 2820 | W241B | W243W | L80B | L354B | W371W | L181W | W230B | W66W | W141B | W49B | W48W | 8 | 54 | 57 | 41.5 |
| 31 | 2 | Vache Hovakimyan | FM | ARM | 2849 | U-- | W375B | W213W | W170W | L4B | W161W | L109B | W358B | W174W | W56B | W51W | 8 | 53.5 | 56.5 | 41.5 |
| 32 | 189 | Dinara Wagner | WGM | DEU | 2693 | W300B | L366W | W247B | L43B | L368W | W178B | W156W | W350W | W108B | W75W | W60B | 8 | 52 | 54 | 40.5 |
| 33 | 15 | Aleksei Sarana | GM | SRB | 3147 | W199B | W47W | W71B | W16B | W106W | L7B | W103W | D25B | L9W | W44W | L12B | 7.5 | 75 | 80 | 50.5 |
| 34 | 35 | Georg Meier | GM | URY | 3041 | W184B | W83W | W394B | L1W | D105B | D52W | W351B | W108W | W71B | D8W | L10B | 7.5 | 68 | 70 | 41.25 |
| 35 | 24 | Rasmus Svane | GM | DEU | 3041 | L158W | W150B | W149W | W68B | W47B | L104W | W253B | W75W | W54W | D29B | L8W | 7.5 | 67 | 71 | 47 |
| 36 | 88 | Purushottam Silwal | CM | NPL | 2859 | W375W | W175B | D27B | L20W | W146W | L49B | L56W | W213B | W154W | W89B | W92W | 7.5 | 63.5 | 66.5 | 40.5 |
| 37 | 73 | Vjacheslav Weetik | FM | RUS | 2888 | W129B | W288W | W24W | L220B | W107W | L328B | W83B | D331W | W114W | L27B | W90W | 7.5 | 63 | 66 | 44.75 |
| 38 | 78 | Tikhon Popov | FM | INT | 2886 | W384W | L331B | W98W | W177B | D209W | W101B | W53B | L80W | L27W | W332B | W94B | 7.5 | 61.5 | 64 | 41.75 |
| 39 | 55 | Vladimir Mikhailovsky | CM | INT | 2930 | W131B | L50W | W403W | L155B | W158W | W249B | W332B | W111W | L17W | W123B | D45W | 7.5 | 61 | 63 | 38.75 |
| 40 | 120 | Ethan Guo | FM | USA | 2769 | W216W | L1W | L382B | L129W | W126B | W160W | D116B | W172W | W157W | W330B | W93B | 7.5 | 60 | 63 | 41.5 |
| 442 players | ||||||||||||||||||||
The 3-0 Thursday 19th Feb events were won by Hikaru Nakamura, Renato Terry and Reza Mahdavi.
| 1st 3-0 Thu 26th Mar 2026 chess.com INT Thu 5th Mar 2026 - Thu 5th Mar 2026
Leading Final Round 11 Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 1 | Hikaru Nakamura | GM | USA | 3384 | W63B | W87W | W14B | W16W | W35B | W3W | L2B | W54W | W156B | W8W | D7B | 9.5 | 74.5 | 79.5 | 65.75 |
| 2 | 7 | Sina Movahed | GM | IRN | 3197 | W76B | W52W | D170B | W39W | W157B | W17W | W1W | W15B | L8W | W155B | W9W | 9.5 | 71 | 74.5 | 64.75 |
| 3 | 3 | Arjun Erigaisi | GM | IND | 3258 | W42B | W56W | W37B | W54W | W5W | L1B | D35W | D10B | D155W | W39B | W8B | 8.5 | 73 | 79 | 58.75 |
| 4 | 2 | Denis Lazavik | GM | BLR | 3303 | W67W | W28B | W164W | W24B | D10W | L38B | W7W | L8B | W25W | W14B | W15W | 8.5 | 73 | 77 | 58.5 |
| 5 | 24 | Eray Kilic | IM | TUR | 3038 | W148W | W95B | W41W | W11W | L3B | L13W | W53B | D6B | W71W | W19B | W16B | 8.5 | 71 | 72 | 51.25 |
| 6 | 40 | Purushottam Silwal | CM | NPL | 2951 | W205W | W20B | L35W | W166B | W86W | W16B | L8B | D5W | W24B | W38W | W18W | 8.5 | 68 | 68 | 49.25 |
| 7 | 15 | Yoseph Theolifus Taher | IM | IDN | 3080 | L74B | W135W | W66B | W72W | W174W | W23B | L4B | W22W | W13W | W15B | D1W | 8.5 | 67.5 | 70.5 | 51.75 |
| 8 | 8 | Reza Mahdavi | IM | IRN | 3133 | W55W | W19B | W18W | L17B | W22W | W14B | W6W | W4W | W2B | L1B | L3W | 8 | 81.5 | 87.5 | 62 |
| 9 | 20 | Roman Nosach | CM | RUS | 3045 | W79W | W168B | D50W | D22B | W19B | L85W | W163B | W36B | W10W | W31W | L2B | 8 | 66.5 | 70.5 | 49 |
| 10 | 11 | Aleksei Sarana | GM | SRB | 3159 | W166B | W160W | W181B | W40W | D4B | L15W | W157B | D3W | L9B | W50W | W31B | 8 | 66.5 | 68.5 | 44.5 |
| 11 | 6 | Matthias Bluebaum | GM | DEU | 3171 | W149W | D71B | W78W | L5B | D50B | W72W | W17B | L155B | W53W | W29B | W25W | 8 | 65.5 | 66.5 | 45.25 |
| 12 | 39 | Tikhon Popov | FM | INT | 2924 | L41B | W92W | W62B | W104W | W64B | L54W | W44B | L13B | W158W | W37W | W35B | 8 | 62 | 66.5 | 46 |
| 13 | 5 | Oleksandr Bortnyk | GM | USA | 3200 | W190B | L169W | W139B | W53W | W170W | W5B | L54B | W12W | L7B | W22W | W34B | 8 | 61 | 62.5 | 44.5 |
| 14 | 26 | Rustam Rustamov | FM | AZE | 3039 | W23W | W158B | L1W | W30B | W163W | L8W | W61B | D19B | W27W | L4W | W36B | 7.5 | 72 | 76 | 46.25 |
| 15 | 29 | Emin Ohanyan | GM | ARM | 2991 | D182B | W58W | W59B | W50W | W85B | W10B | W38W | L2W | W35B | L7W | L4B | 7.5 | 71 | 73 | 45.5 |
| 16 | 13 | Patryk Cieslak | IM | POL | 3056 | W62B | W90W | W165B | L1B | W172W | L6W | W41B | W21B | D18W | W36B | L5W | 7.5 | 69 | 72 | 41.75 |
| 17 | 19 | Marco Materia | IM | FRA | 3056 | W99B | W159W | W169B | W8W | D156B | L2B | L11W | W43B | L36W | W23W | W42B | 7.5 | 68.5 | 72 | 44.75 |
| 18 | 37 | Alexandros Papasimakopoulos | IM | GRC | 2969 | W146B | W74W | L8B | W51W | W20B | L155W | W167B | W159W | D16B | W35W | L6B | 7.5 | 65.5 | 66.5 | 39.25 |
| 19 | 61 | Tagir Salemgareev | IM | RUS | 2860 | W186B | L8W | W79B | W184B | L9W | W55W | W86B | D14W | W157B | L5W | W38B | 7.5 | 62.5 | 64.5 | 36.25 |
| 20 | 114 | Savitha Shri B | WGM | IND | 2720 | W193B | L6W | W52B | W181W | L18W | D47B | D50B | W77W | W160W | D21B | W40W | 7.5 | 60.5 | 61.5 | 35.75 |
| 21 | 14 | Eric Hansen | GM | CAN | 3074 | W75W | W33B | D36W | L170B | W71W | W29B | W43B | L16W | L39B | D20W | W41W | 7 | 66 | 69.5 | 45 |
| 22 | 46 | Dennis Wagner | GM | DEU | 2885 | D58W | W182B | W171B | D9W | L8B | W30W | W107B | L7B | W59W | L13B | W61W | 7 | 65.5 | 67.5 | 36 |
| 23 | 118 | Zaur Gasanov | FM | DEU | 2686 | L14B | W122W | W90B | W57B | W25W | L7W | W165B | L24W | W52W | L17B | W53W | 7 | 64.5 | 68.5 | 38 |
| 24 | 16 | Shamsiddin Vokhidov | GM | UZB | 3053 | W104W | W147B | W172W | L4W | D29B | W89B | L36W | W23B | L6W | W43B | D27W | 7 | 63.5 | 64.5 | 34 |
| 25 | 36 | Levy Rozman | IM | ESP | 2944 | W128W | L51B | W111B | W44W | L23B | W94W | W166B | W158W | L4B | W60W | L11B | 7 | 60.5 | 64 | 34.5 |
| 26 | 28 | Alexander Rustemov | GM | RUS | 2978 | W86W | D59B | W71W | L36B | L78W | W114B | W68W | L27B | W89W | D28B | W39W | 7 | 60 | 64 | 38.5 |
| 27 | 86 | Pavel Anisimov | GM | RUS | 2771 | W73W | L164W | W101B | D37W | L39B | W109B | W170W | W26W | L14B | W45W | D24B | 7 | 60 | 63.5 | 38.75 |
| 28 | 54 | Nikita Shandrygin | FM | SRB | 2843 | W197W | L4W | D105B | W74B | L41W | L76B | W58W | W111B | W75W | D26W | W51B | 7 | 59.5 | 60.5 | 34.25 |
| 29 | 51 | Leonid Starozhilov | FM | UKR | 2863 | W179B | W116W | L54W | W115B | D24W | L21W | W171B | D60W | W32B | L11W | W59B | 7 | 58.5 | 61 | 33.5 |
| 30 | 84 | Uliana Dudkina | WFM | INT | 2743 | W122W | L180B | W88W | L14W | W82B | L22B | W106W | L89W | W91B | W64W | W50B | 7 | 55.5 | 57.5 | 36 |
| 31 | 60 | Nhat Minh To | IM | HUN | 2839 | L129W | W130B | W126W | W114W | L124B | W65W | W89B | W37B | W54W | L9B | L10W | 7 | 54.5 | 58 | 34.5 |
| 32 | 87 | Kalyani Sirin | WIM | IND | 2734 | W133B | L37B | W93W | L162B | L114W | W88W | W116B | W87B | L29W | W161B | W52W | 7 | 51.5 | 55 | 33.5 |
| 33 | 70 | Mika Karttunen | IM | FIN | 2780 | W151W | L21W | L86B | W146W | L60B | W184W | W64W | W55B | W73W | L34B | W65B | 7 | 51.5 | 51.5 | 26.5 |
| 34 | 199 | Jakub Kosakowski | GM | POL | 3003 | U-- | U-- | W118W | W126B | W91W | L159B | W139W | W51W | W61B | W33W | L13W | 7 | 44.5 | 47.5 | 34.5 |
| 35 | 9 | Sergey Drygalov | GM | KOR | 3123 | W66B | W43W | W6B | W124W | L1W | W162B | D3B | W38W | L15W | L18B | L12W | 6.5 | 72.5 | 76.5 | 39.75 |
| 36 | 49 | Maksym Pankiv | FM | UKR | 2905 | W88B | W103W | D21B | W26W | L38W | W40B | W24B | L9W | W17B | L16W | L14W | 6.5 | 69.5 | 74 | 41 |
| 37 | 31 | Klementy Sychev | GM | SOM | 2965 | W115B | W32W | L3W | D27B | D94B | W59W | W51B | L31W | W72W | L12B | D46W | 6.5 | 66.5 | 70.5 | 37.75 |
| 38 | 18 | Nitzan Steinberg | GM | ISR | 3051 | W105W | W163B | W183W | D156W | W36B | W4W | L15B | L35B | W40W | L6B | L19W | 6.5 | 66.5 | 68.5 | 35.25 |
| 39 | 35 | Mamikon Gharibyan | GM | ARM | 2955 | W81B | D171W | W191B | L2B | W27W | W78B | L85W | W42B | W21W | L3W | L26B | 6.5 | 65.5 | 67 | 34.75 |
| 40 | 23 | Sergei Zhigalko | GM | INT | 3027 | W126B | W72W | W51W | L10B | D43B | L36W | W46B | W78W | L38B | W47W | L20B | 6.5 | 65 | 68.5 | 36.75 |
| 205 players | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd 3-0 Thu 5th Mar 2026 chess.com INT Thu 5th Mar 2026 - Thu 5th Mar 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 | 8 | Renato Terry | IM | PER | 3167 | W71W | W28B | W17W | W6B | D2B | W13W | D3W | W22B | D14B | W8W | W10B | 9.5 | 74 | 77.5 | 65.5 |
| 2 | 2 | Arjun Erigaisi | GM | IND | 3251 | W89W | W14B | W7W | W23B | D1W | D3B | W8W | W10B | W24W | D13B | L4B | 8.5 | 77 | 82.5 | 61.5 |
| 3 | 22 | Sergei Zhigalko | GM | INT | 3034 | W43W | W37B | W30W | W18W | W10B | D2W | D1B | W13W | L8B | W14W | D7W | 8.5 | 74 | 79.5 | 58.5 |
| 4 | 32 | Vladimir Fedoseev | GM | SVN | 2985 | U-- | W73B | W44W | W48B | L15W | W42B | W6W | W90B | D10W | W16B | W2W | 8.5 | 58.5 | 62 | 51.25 |
| 5 | 3 | Bogdan Daniel Deac | GM | ROU | 3195 | W41B | W19W | W20B | L16W | W9B | D15B | D22W | L8B | W38W | W29B | W12B | 8 | 69.5 | 75 | 53.25 |
| 6 | 19 | José Carlos Ibarra Jerez | GM | ESP | 3023 | W97B | W29W | W21B | L1W | W94B | L10W | L4B | W35W | W31B | W33W | W14B | 8 | 67.5 | 71 | 45.5 |
| 7 | 23 | Alexander Rustemov | GM | RUS | 3000 | W59B | W36W | L2B | W21W | L37B | W35W | W93B | D16B | W22W | W23W | D3B | 8 | 66 | 70 | 48.25 |
| 8 | 26 | Khagan Ahmad | IM | NRU | 3016 | W108W | W99B | L10W | W88B | W98W | W90B | L2B | W5W | W3W | L1B | W13W | 8 | 65 | 66 | 40.5 |
| 9 | 25 | Robert Piliposyan | IM | ARM | 3009 | W86B | W46W | D96W | D101B | L5W | W47B | W94W | W19B | L13B | W22W | W23B | 8 | 55.5 | 55.5 | 37.5 |
| 10 | 7 | Aleksei Sarana | GM | SRB | 3145 | W48B | W106W | W8B | W15W | L3W | W6B | W54B | L2W | D4B | W24W | L1W | 7.5 | 74.5 | 75.5 | 44.75 |
| 11 | 28 | Markus Ragger | GM | AUT | 2960 | L49W | W82B | W45B | W30W | D18B | W74W | L23W | W40B | L16W | W87B | W24B | 7.5 | 58 | 60 | 38 |
| 12 | 50 | Timur Kocharin | FM | CHN | 2776 | W80B | D24B | L87W | W71B | L26W | W61B | W74W | W27W | W54B | W15B | L5W | 7.5 | 56.5 | 59 | 35.75 |
| 13 | 4 | Oleksandr Bortnyk | GM | USA | 3182 | D40W | W39B | W47W | W24B | W16W | L1B | W87W | L3B | W9W | D2W | L8B | 7 | 72.5 | 77.5 | 44.5 |
| 14 | 34 | Mitrabha Guha | GM | IND | 2897 | W64B | L2W | W50B | W58W | D74B | W26B | W15W | W23B | D1W | L3B | L6W | 7 | 68 | 71.5 | 40 |
| 15 | 18 | Aleksandar Indjic | GM | SRB | 3016 | W55W | W104B | W38W | L10B | W4B | D5W | L14B | W25W | W37B | L12W | D16W | 7 | 68 | 69 | 39.5 |
| 16 | 17 | Rustam Rustamov | FM | AZE | 3033 | W52B | W88W | W92W | W5B | L13B | L54W | W91B | D7W | W11B | L4W | D15B | 7 | 65.5 | 69.5 | 41.5 |
| 17 | 29 | Levy Rozman | IM | ESP | 2953 | W62B | W49W | L1B | W29W | L22W | W31B | D90W | W18W | L23B | W27W | D26B | 7 | 64 | 68.5 | 40.5 |
| 18 | 12 | Nitzan Steinberg | GM | ISR | 3048 | W60W | W79B | W91W | L3B | D11W | L87B | W21W | L17B | W25B | D26W | W28B | 7 | 63 | 66 | 38 |
| 19 | 35 | Nika Volkov | CM | GEO | 2867 | W56W | L5B | W52W | W39B | W101W | L22B | W20B | L9W | L29W | W35B | W33B | 7 | 63 | 65.5 | 37 |
| 20 | 24 | Cem Kaan Gokerkan | GM | TUR | 2967 | W51W | W31B | L5W | W47B | L90W | W30B | L19W | L33B | W32W | W37W | W34B | 7 | 60.5 | 65 | 39.5 |
| 21 | 43 | Jakub Fus | IM | POL | 2823 | W77W | W74B | L6W | L7B | W50W | W98B | L18B | W45W | L33W | W31B | W29W | 7 | 58 | 61 | 32 |
| 22 | 11 | Dmitrij Kollars | GM | DEU | 3057 | L95B | W108W | W32B | W34W | W17B | W19W | D5B | L1W | L7B | L9B | W38W | 6.5 | 69 | 70 | 36.5 |
| 23 | 13 | Vugar Rasulov | GM | AZE | 3040 | W44B | W34W | W94B | L2W | W91B | D37W | W11B | L14W | W17W | L7B | L9W | 6.5 | 67 | 71 | 36.75 |
| 24 | 21 | James Chirilov | FM | ALB | 3010 | W58B | D12W | W95B | L13W | W36W | W96B | W37W | W54W | L2B | L10B | L11W | 6.5 | 63 | 66.5 | 32.25 |
| 25 | 31 | Maksym Pankiv | FM | UKR | 2902 | L39B | W62W | W60B | L37W | W32B | W45W | D27B | L15B | L18W | W48B | W41W | 6.5 | 58 | 62.5 | 34.25 |
| 26 | 16 | Alexander Khlebovich | IM | RUS | 2960 | W61W | L47B | D71W | W95B | W12B | L14W | L40B | W49B | W41W | D18B | D17W | 6.5 | 58 | 61.5 | 35.25 |
| 27 | 14 | Rasmus Svane | GM | DEU | 3002 | W111W | L38B | L48W | W97B | W89W | W79B | D25W | L12B | W40W | L17B | W37W | 6.5 | 54.5 | 54.5 | 26.25 |
| 28 | 38 | Alex Ivanov | IM | INT | 2808 | W65B | L1W | L58B | D43W | W39W | L41B | W61W | D36B | W45B | W50W | L18W | 6 | 58.5 | 62.5 | 30.25 |
| 29 | 48 | Virgile Breuil | FM | FRA | 2777 | W83B | L6B | W49W | L17B | L55W | W63B | W100W | W95W | W19B | L5W | L21B | 6 | 58.5 | 60.5 | 25.5 |
| 30 | 49 | Eric Rosen | IM | USA | 2751 | W78W | W105W | L3B | L11B | W63W | L20W | L95B | W55W | L50B | W42B | W40W | 6 | 55.5 | 56.5 | 24.5 |
| 31 | 53 | Artemii Khanbutaev | NM | USA | 2717 | W81W | L20W | L54B | W59B | W82W | L17W | W50B | W94B | L6W | L21W | W51B | 6 | 54.5 | 56.5 | 22.5 |
| 32 | 58 | Erik Golubovic | CM | EUR | 2688 | L96W | W65B | L22W | W49B | L25W | W51B | W59B | L38W | L20B | W52W | W53B | 6 | 54 | 57.5 | 28.5 |
| 33 | 54 | Casper Liu | FM | DNK | 2714 | L54W | W56B | L101B | W108W | L79B | W58B | W48W | W20W | W21B | L6B | L19W | 6 | 54 | 55 | 29.5 |
| 34 | 41 | Piotr Piesik | IM | POL | 2797 | W53W | L23B | W59W | L22B | L42B | W72W | L45B | W71W | W95B | W49B | L20W | 6 | 53 | 56.5 | 25.5 |
| 35 | 7 | Roberto Al Avila Bautista | FM | MEX | 2738 | U-- | W64W | W53B | L91B | W58W | L7B | W44W | L6B | W51W | L19W | W50B | 6 | 52 | 56 | 29 |
| 36 | 52 | Dashgyn Ibadov | IM | RUS | 2700 | W109B | L7B | D103W | W72W | L24B | L92W | W97B | D28W | L39B | W55W | W49B | 6 | 49 | 50 | 22 |
| 37 | 51 | Veronika Shubenkova | WFM | RUS | 2737 | W76W | L3W | W66B | W25B | W7W | D23B | L24B | W87W | L15W | L20B | L27B | 5.5 | 66 | 69 | 30.25 |
| 38 | 42 | Nicola Altini | IM | ITA | 2803 | W57B | W27W | L15B | L74W | L44B | W52W | W99W | W32B | L5B | D89W | L22B | 5.5 | 58.5 | 61.5 | 28.25 |
| 39 | 84 | Shakhrombek Karimov | CM | UZB | 2561 | W25W | L13W | W107B | L19W | L28B | W46W | L88B | W99B | W36W | L40B | D48W | 5.5 | 57 | 58 | 24.5 |
| 40 | 57 | Tikhonov Viacheslav | CM | GBE | 2697 | D13B | L101W | L72B | W80W | W43B | W88B | W26W | L11W | L27B | W39W | L30B | 5.5 | 56 | 58.5 | 29 |
| 112 players | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd 3-0 Thu 5th Mar 2026 chess.com INT Thu 5th Mar 2026 - Thu 5th Mar 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 | 6 | Reza Mahdavi | IM | IRN | 3137 | W30W | L18B | W16W | L19B | W21W | W12B | W3W | D9B | W15B | W2W | W6B | 8.5 | 69 | 74 | 58.25 |
| 2 | 1 | Arjun Erigaisi | GM | IND | 3247 | W31B | W52W | W5B | W11W | W18W | W6B | W7W | D10B | D8W | L1B | L4W | 8 | 72.5 | 76 | 52 |
| 3 | 11 | Aleksandar Indjic | GM | SRB | 3029 | W40B | W12W | D7W | W25B | L6B | W24W | L1B | W16W | D4W | W20B | W11W | 8 | 69 | 73 | 49.25 |
| 4 | 9 | Benjamin Bok | GM | NLD | 3075 | W27B | W13W | L18W | W29B | W12W | W20B | L10B | D6W | D3B | W19W | W2B | 8 | 68.5 | 73.5 | 52.25 |
| 5 | 10 | Vladimir Fedoseev | GM | SVN | 3125 | W24W | W21B | L2W | W51B | W13B | L7W | W19B | W18W | L6B | W8W | W10W | 8 | 68.5 | 72.5 | 49.5 |
| 6 | 4 | Matthias Bluebaum | GM | DEU | 3172 | W50W | W19B | W59W | L18B | W3W | L2W | W22B | D4B | W5W | W11B | L1W | 7.5 | 70 | 72 | 45.5 |
| 7 | 3 | Oleksandr Bortnyk | GM | USA | 3183 | W15B | W57W | D3B | W8W | W54W | W5B | L2B | L11W | L9B | W18W | W16B | 7.5 | 68 | 70.5 | 44 |
| 8 | 8 | Yoseph Theolifus Taher | IM | IDN | 3062 | W34W | W22B | W9W | L7B | L19W | W31W | W30B | W20W | D2B | L5B | W15W | 7.5 | 65.5 | 70 | 44.5 |
| 9 | 16 | Aaron Mendes | IM | CAN | 2946 | W47W | W41B | L8B | W23W | L20W | W40B | W53B | D1W | W7W | L10B | W19W | 7.5 | 60.5 | 63 | 37.75 |
| 10 | 5 | Renato Terry | IM | PER | 3158 | D55B | W35W | L53B | W26B | W48W | W52B | W4W | D2W | D11B | W9W | L5B | 7.5 | 58 | 60.5 | 40.25 |
| 11 | 7 | Tuan Minh Le | GM | VNM | 3120 | W60B | W17W | W14B | L2B | D52W | W53W | W18B | W7B | D10W | L6W | L3B | 7 | 64.5 | 66.5 | 37.5 |
| 12 | 27 | Eric Rosen | IM | USA | 2805 | W46B | L3B | W63W | W14W | L4B | L1W | W54W | L29B | W34W | W30B | W18B | 7 | 57 | 58.5 | 29 |
| 13 | 25 | Matías Pérez Gormaz | IM | CHL | 2812 | W45B | L4B | W28W | W59B | L5W | L30W | W41B | L25W | W31B | W29B | W20W | 7 | 55 | 57 | 30.5 |
| 14 | 15 | Levy Rozman | IM | ESP | 2937 | W28B | W20W | L11W | L12B | D15W | W55B | W50B | L19W | W25B | L16W | W23W | 6.5 | 60.5 | 63 | 33.25 |
| 15 | 30 | Ethan Guo | FM | USA | 2713 | L7W | W42B | L54B | W36W | D14B | W56W | W24B | W51B | L1W | W22W | L8B | 6.5 | 57 | 59.5 | 29.75 |
| 16 | 29 | Ward Al-Tarboush | FM | NOR | 2741 | W54B | L59W | L1B | D63W | W41B | W27W | W26B | L3B | W24W | W14B | L7W | 6.5 | 56 | 57.5 | 30.75 |
| 17 | 23 | Aradhya Garg | IM | IND | 2802 | W64B | L11B | D26W | L24W | L22B | W63W | W37B | L30W | W35W | W50B | W29W | 6.5 | 49 | 50 | 23.75 |
| 18 | 20 | Vidip Kona | NM | USA | 2869 | W42W | W1W | W4B | W6W | L2B | W19B | L11W | L5B | W30W | L7B | L12W | 6 | 72.5 | 76.5 | 39 |
| 19 | 19 | Lucas Aguiar Cunha | FM | BRA | 2881 | W63B | L6W | W60B | W1W | W8B | L18W | L5W | W14B | W29W | L4B | L9B | 6 | 66.5 | 68 | 31 |
| 20 | 49 | Aiden Linyuan Li | CM | USA | 2537 | W29B | L14B | W21W | W57W | W9B | L4W | W52W | L8B | W22B | L3W | L13B | 6 | 65 | 67.5 | 30.5 |
| 21 | 26 | Andrey Gennadevich Ermolaev | CM | UKR | 2772 | W37W | L5W | L20B | W32W | L1B | W36B | W40W | L22W | L23B | W27B | W30W | 6 | 59 | 63 | 28.5 |
| 22 | 24 | Rose Atwell | FM | USA | 2812 | W62W | L8W | L40B | W34B | W17W | W54B | L6W | W21B | L20W | L15B | W26B | 6 | 57 | 58.5 | 27 |
| 23 | 2 | Nirish Kumar Siva Kumar | FM | MYS | 2755 | U-- | W43B | W41W | L9B | U-- | W46W | L29W | W40B | W21W | W25W | L14B | 6 | 42.5 | 45 | 26 |
| 24 | 37 | Juan Jose Taylor Rodriguez | CM | MEX | 2640 | L5B | D37W | W45W | W17B | W25W | L3B | L15W | W50B | L16B | L26W | W35B | 5.5 | 60 | 63 | 26.25 |
| 25 | 12 | Alexander Rustemov | GM | RUS | 2945 | D35W | W55B | W48W | L3W | L24B | L26W | W27B | W13B | L14W | L23B | W31W | 5.5 | 56 | 58.5 | 24.75 |
| 26 | 2 | Dishal Nimsara Weerasekara | FM | LKA | 2650 | U-- | W49B | D17B | L10W | W42W | W25B | L16W | L31W | W38B | W24B | L22W | 5.5 | 51 | 51 | 22.75 |
| 27 | 36 | Padmini Rout | IM | IND | 2624 | L4W | D45B | W56W | L48B | W58W | L16B | L25W | W41B | W37B | L21W | W38B | 5.5 | 47 | 49.5 | 19.5 |
| 28 | 42 | Julian Estrada | IM | MEX | 2550 | L14W | W65B | L13B | L41W | L46B | W64W | D36B | L38W | W45B | W42W | W34B | 5.5 | 41.5 | 41.5 | 14.75 |
| 29 | 22 | Qingfeng Cao | IM | CHN | 2801 | L20W | W39B | W32B | L4W | L40B | W43W | W23B | W12W | L19B | L13W | L17B | 5 | 60 | 64 | 26.5 |
| 30 | 33 | Duc Minh Lai | NM | VNM | 2687 | L1B | W58W | L57B | W46W | W51W | W13B | L8W | W17B | L18B | L12W | L21B | 5 | 57.5 | 60 | 22.5 |
| 31 | 28 | Kalyani Sirin | WIM | IND | 2736 | L2W | L63B | W35B | W60W | W59W | L8B | L51W | W26B | L13W | W40W | L25B | 5 | 50 | 51.5 | 18 |
| 32 | 2 | Andrew Wu | NM | USA | 2622 | U-- | W62B | L29W | L21B | L36W | W38W | L42B | W46B | L33W | W44W | W40B | 5 | 39 | 40.5 | 16 |
| 33 | 65 | Shilong Li | GM | CHN | 2915 | U-- | U-- | U-- | U-- | U-- | BYE | W64B | D43W | W32B | D34W | W36W | 5 | 18 | 19 | 14.75 |
| 34 | 35 | Deysi Cori | IM | PER | 2619 | L8B | W64W | L51B | L22W | W38B | L41W | W43B | W42W | L12B | D33B | L28W | 4.5 | 51.5 | 52.5 | 16 |
| 35 | 39 | Ken Arnold | NM | USA | 2523 | D25B | L10B | L31W | L58B | W47W | L42B | W46W | W36W | L17B | W39W | L24W | 4.5 | 48 | 50.5 | 16.75 |
| 36 | 2 | Oleksandr Prokhorov | NM | UKR | 2447 | U-- | L50B | W49W | L15B | W32B | L21W | D28W | L35B | W43B | W37W | L33B | 4.5 | 45.5 | 45.5 | 16.25 |
| 37 | 53 | Jeremy Ellison | CM | VUT | 2292 | L21B | D24B | W61W | L55B | W63B | L50W | L17W | W39B | L27W | L36B | W46W | 4.5 | 44 | 45.5 | 13.25 |
| 38 | 4 | Rick GC | FM | MEX | 2400 | U-- | L60W | D39W | W47B | L34W | L32B | W44W | W28B | L26W | W41B | L27W | 4.5 | 40.5 | 42.5 | 17.75 |
| 39 | 44 | Oscar Ardila | CM | COL | 2504 | L52W | L29W | D38B | W62W | L56B | L60B | W45W | L37W | W44B | L35B | W47W | 4.5 | 35.5 | 37 | 12.75 |
| 40 | 38 | Wilberth Sebastian Lopez Fuentes | CM | MEX | 2632 | L3W | W46B | W22W | L52B | W29W | L9W | L21B | L23W | W41W | L31B | L32W | 4 | 56 | 58.5 | 17.5 |
| 66 players | ||||||||||||||||||||
The 24th Meurthe et Moselle Chess Festival took place 7th to 8th March. In the rapid Marc Andria Maurizzi edged out Christian Bauer and Bilel Bellahcene after all scored 8/9. The 11 round blitz was a team event won by Onavudelalumiere.
| 24th Nancy Rapid 2026 Nancy FRA Sat 7th Mar 2026 - Sun 8th Mar 2026
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 4 | MAURIZZI, Marc Andria | FRA | 2526 | 8 | 50 | 59 | 2570 |
| 2 | 2 | BAUER, Christian | FRA | 2568 | 8 | 47.5 | 56.5 | 2530 |
| 3 | 1 | BELLAHCENE, Bilel | ALG | 2603 | 8 | 47 | 57.5 | 2482 |
| 4 | 5 | GULIYEV, Namig | AZE | 2507 | 7.5 | 44.5 | 54 | 2373 |
| 5 | 3 | TRAVADON, Loic | FRA | 2549 | 7.5 | 42 | 51 | 2377 |
| 6 | 21 | PUCHER, Sebastien | FRA | 2167 | 7 | 46 | 54.5 | 2279 |
| 7 | 8 | HRYSHKO, Vitalii | UKR | 2349 | 7 | 44.5 | 54.5 | 2275 |
| 8 | 30 | MUKAZHANOV, Mansur | GER | 2079 | 7 | 44.5 | 54 | 2296 |
| 9 | 9 | BEREND, Elvira | LUX | 2253 | 7 | 44 | 54 | 2279 |
| 10 | 18 | CHASSARD, Cedric | GER | 2176 | 7 | 44 | 53 | 2251 |
| 11 | 15 | ADRIAN, Leopold | FRA | 2185 | 7 | 44 | 53 | 2217 |
| 12 | 28 | FEREY, Antonin | FRA | 2098 | 7 | 43 | 50.5 | 2202 |
| 13 | 11 | FUCHS, Heinz | GER | 2214 | 7 | 42.5 | 51.5 | 2263 |
| 14 | 7 | ZIENKIEWICZ, Jan | FRA | 2406 | 7 | 42.5 | 51 | 2245 |
| 15 | 16 | RAUPP, Thomas | GER | 2177 | 7 | 42.5 | 50.5 | 2125 |
| 16 | 6 | DECUIGNIERE, Tom | FRA | 2448 | 6.5 | 49 | 58 | 2342 |
| 17 | 20 | WINDMUELLER, Simon | GER | 2169 | 6.5 | 44 | 52.5 | 2181 |
| 18 | 19 | MAIER, Christian | GER | 2170 | 6.5 | 43.5 | 53.5 | 2198 |
| 19 | 14 | ANDRIASYAN, Siranush | ARM | 2199 | 6.5 | 43 | 53 | 2100 |
| 20 | 41 | ZIENKIEWICZ, Geoffroy | FRA | 2003 | 6.5 | 40 | 48.5 | 2097 |
| 21 | 31 | CHOFARDET, Pierre | FRA | 2072 | 6.5 | 38 | 44.5 | 1980 |
| 22 | 52 | JACQUOT, Adrien | FRA | 1930 | 6.5 | 38 | 44 | 2018 |
| 23 | 25 | VATTER, Hans-Joachim | GER | 2135 | 6 | 46.5 | 55.5 | 2253 |
| 24 | 26 | CIARLETTA, Iris | FRA | 2125 | 6 | 45.5 | 55.5 | 2163 |
| 25 | 24 | NAUDION, Gregoire | FRA | 2142 | 6 | 44.5 | 52 | 2180 |
| 26 | 38 | WEBER, Nikita | GER | 2011 | 6 | 44.5 | 52 | 2130 |
| 27 | 23 | BOURG, Nicolas | LUX | 2152 | 6 | 43 | 53 | 2051 |
| 28 | 13 | BALTZER, Yoan | FRA | 2212 | 6 | 42 | 52 | 2078 |
| 29 | 33 | TINGUELY, Lorenzo | FRA | 2047 | 6 | 42 | 50.5 | 2103 |
| 30 | 39 | JOLY, Laurent | FRA | 2005 | 6 | 42 | 50.5 | 2044 |
| 31 | 73 | AMROUNE, Adam | LUX | 1821 | 6 | 42 | 49 | 2065 |
| 32 | 50 | ZIENKIEWICZ, Alexandre | FRA | 1966 | 6 | 41 | 48.5 | 1990 |
| 33 | 44 | SCHREIDL, Michael | GER | 1983 | 6 | 40.5 | 49 | 1968 |
| 34 | 29 | PATERNOSTER, Thibaud | FRA | 2080 | 6 | 40 | 48 | 2015 |
| 35 | 43 | TAUPIAC, Maxime | FRA | 1995 | 6 | 40 | 48 | 1968 |
| 36 | 32 | LEMONNIER, Remi | FRA | 2058 | 6 | 39.5 | 47.5 | 2040 |
| 37 | 34 | VALLET, Hadrien | FRA | 2041 | 6 | 39.5 | 47 | 2022 |
| 38 | 27 | GRATALOUP, Quentin | FRA | 2110 | 6 | 39.5 | 46.5 | 2056 |
| 39 | 48 | CERASI, Umberto | ITA | 1973 | 6 | 39.5 | 46.5 | 2013 |
| 40 | 59 | DUMAS, Gustave | FRA | 1882 | 6 | 39 | 46 | 1942 |
| 226 players | ||||||||
| 24th Nancy Blitz 2026 Nancy FRA Sat 7th Mar 2026 - Sun 8th Mar 2026
Leading Final Round 11 Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Team | Gms | TB1 | TB2 |
| 1 | 1 | Onavudelalumiere | 11 | 22 | 42 |
| 2 | 2 | SC Untergrombach Seniors | 11 | 17 | 30.5 |
| 3 | 6 | Les templiers de Caïssa | 11 | 16 | 24.5 |
| 4 | 9 | Les bons Lloyd | 11 | 15 | 27 |
| 5 | 3 | Les Vautours | 11 | 15 | 25.5 |
| 6 | 4 | Les bières tombales | 11 | 14 | 29.5 |
| 7 | 11 | 100% Licornes | 11 | 14 | 28.5 |
| 8 | 15 | Pas bien pas bien | 11 | 14 | 26 |
| 9 | 8 | Les hérissons rouges | 11 | 13 | 23.5 |
| 10 | 14 | Younger Fischer | 11 | 13 | 23 |
| 11 | 12 | Kowebawicz | 11 | 13 | 22.5 |
| 12 | 17 | Les Warriors | 11 | 12 | 25 |
| 13 | 5 | Team Traubensaft | 11 | 12 | 23.5 |
| 22 | Les touristes | 11 | 12 | 23.5 | |
| 15 | 21 | Atletico de Matilde | 11 | 12 | 23 |
| 25 | EAGLE5 | 11 | 12 | 23 | |
| 17 | 13 | EAGLE4 | 11 | 12 | 22 |
| 18 | 23 | Les 4 fantastiques | 11 | 12 | 21.5 |
| 19 | 10 | Un projet sportif pour le FC Metz | 11 | 11 | 23.5 |
| 20 | 7 | Les clés de 12 | 11 | 11 | 23 |
| 21 | 24 | PYJAMASQUES | 11 | 11 | 22.5 |
| 33 | Les Maxistanois | 10 | 11 | 22.5 | |
| 23 | 20 | Les 4 cavaliers | 11 | 11 | 22 |
| 30 | 4 cerveaux 0 plan | 11 | 11 | 22 | |
| 25 | 19 | La tour chinoise | 11 | 11 | 19.5 |
| 26 | 16 | Gambit de la Dame | 11 | 10 | 24 |
| 27 | 34 | Les pions en PLS | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| 28 | 31 | Les 4 sans coup | 11 | 10 | 19.5 |
| 29 | 27 | Les Retardataires | 10 | 10 | 15 |
| 30 | 28 | The 4 K | 11 | 9 | 22.5 |
| 31 | 18 | Les joueurs experimentes | 11 | 9 | 22 |
| 32 | 29 | Les Pions Sauvages | 11 | 9 | 19 |
| 33 | 26 | Albin et les Chipmunks | 10 | 9 | 16 |
| 36 | Un gymnase pour Homecourt | 11 | 9 | 16 | |
| 35 | 41 | Les Bacafré | 10 | 9 | 15 |
| 36 | 32 | SEO_ARMEES | 10 | 8 | 16 |
| 37 | 35 | Blitz For four | 10 | 8 | 14 |
| 38 | 38 | Les marcassins fous | 10 | 8 | 12 |
| 39 | 40 | The Blitz Team | 10 | 7 | 11.5 |
| 40 | 37 | BEFRA | 10 | 7 | 11 |
| 41 players | |||||