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Hong Kong International Open 2025

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129 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 23 Dec 2025 to 29 Dec 2025 in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. 49 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2491, and top seed was Maxim Vavulin (🇩🇪 GER, GM, 2542).

Ganzorig Amartuvshin (🇲🇳 MGL, IM, 2415) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Xiongjian Peng (7.0) and Visakh N R (7.0). Amartuvshin shared the lead from round 8 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Zorigoo Naransolongo (WCM, 1982) beat Tao Pang (GM, 2445), a +463-point gap.

Location
🇭🇰Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Dates
23 Dec 2025 → 29 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇩🇪GMMaxim Vavulin2542
Avg top 10
2,491
Participants
129
Titled players · 49
GM×10
IM×11
FM×7
CM×11
WIM×5
WFM×2
WCM×3
Federations · 8 represented
🇨🇳China×34
🇭🇰Hong Kong China×15
🇮🇳India×14
🇦🇺Australia×12
🇲🇳Mongolia×11
🇰🇷South Korea×9
🇸🇬Singapore×8
🇵🇭Philippines×6
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

IM Ganzorig Amartuvshin led from R9; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R9.

Co-leaders
55
19
6
2
3
1
1
3
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Sipila takes leadAmartuvshin takes lead
Amartuvshin7.5Visakh N7Peng7Sipila6.5Gupta6.5Ilamparthi A6.5— ex-leaders:Vavulinled R6, #14
R7 · LEADER CHANGE27 Dec

IM Vilka Sipila takes the sole lead (6.0/7).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

IM Ganzorig Amartuvshin 3 wins (R7–R9)GM Visakh N R 4 wins (R1–R4)GM Xiongjian Peng 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1IMGanzorig Amartuvshin*
½
1
2GMVisakh N R*
½
½
3GMXiongjian Peng
½
½
*
4IMVilka Sipila
0
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Amartuvshin, GanzorigIM2415MGL+80N=47B+28N=36B+111N=2B+38N+8B+4N7.544.047.038.502526+13.4
2Peng, XiongjianGM2521CHN+82B+49N+27B=9N=21B=1N=3B+23N+10B7.048.052.039.002556+5.3
3Visakh N RGM2526IND+59N+32B+24N+37B=8N=4B=2N+21B=6N7.047.552.039.002603+9.8
4Sipila, VilkaIM2478FIN+87N=28B+55B+18N+9B=3N+8N=11B1B6.548.552.535.752482+3.7
5Gupta, AbhijeetGM2507IND+69B+40N+41B8B=36N=23N+27B=9N+25B6.543.548.033.752411-6.7
6Ilamparthi A RGM2520IND=73N+64B+38N=56B+14N8B+26B+37N=3B6.543.547.533.752463-2.9
7Stopa, JacekGM2335POL=57B=39N+65B+70N=41B13N+94N+55B+11N6.540.043.530.252254-5.3
8Vavulin, MaximGM2542GER+65B+35N+50B+5N=3B+6N4B1N=16B6.050.555.034.502478-4.3
9Yan, TianqiWIM2334CHN+121N+19B+46N=2B4N=16B+36N=5B=13N6.048.050.030.752377+13.0
10Jiang, HaochenIM2459CHN+67B+48N=15B=72N+20B=21N=23B+30N2N6.045.049.031.502390-5.2
11Zhao, Zong-YuanGM2442AUS=39B+57N+33B=13N+72B=22N+40B=4N7B6.044.548.530.502353-7.1
12Poetsch, HagenGM2457GER+45N+34B=56N=14B=16N+43B21N=13B+72N6.043.547.530.752356-9.5
13Hong, Mingren2176CHN=76N+126B+78N=11B=37N+7B=22B=12N=9B6.043.044.027.752355+82.1
14Nolte, RolandoIM2278PHI+97B=44N+91B=12N6B=15B=45N+52N+48B6.042.045.528.002252-0.8
15Tenguundalai GanbatFM2116MGL+116N+17B=10N21B+103B=14N+72B=22N=20B6.042.044.527.252371+115.2
16Shen, Fuyan2190CHN+104B=91N+102B=23N=12B=9N+42B=17B=8N6.041.044.027.502361+79.4
17Triapishko, AlexandrIM2451RUS+74B15N=25B=73N+75B+111N+31B=16N=19B6.041.044.027.252224-19.8
18Kwon, SehyunFM2298KOR+86N=79B+47N4B+94N38B=44N+58B+49N6.039.042.526.502246-8.8
19Gopal Krishna Maheshwari2082IND+125B9N+77B41N=102B+103N+24N+56B=17N6.037.038.022.502229+68.0
20Asaka, Samuel2195AUS+129B55N+81B+104N10N=74B+91N+40B=15N6.036.036.020.502147-7.6
21Zou, ChenIM2414CHN+81B=33N+44B+15N=2N=10B+12B3NF5.548.052.030.252424+4.0
22Pang, TaoGM2445CHN29N+62B+53N+34B+46N=11B=13N=15BF5.544.549.029.002287-11.7
23Nie, XinyangIM2391CHN+101N+111B=36N=16B+58N=5B=10N2B=31N5.544.047.025.502326-4.7
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25Xu, Wei2023CHN64N+106B=17N+92B26N+35B+46N+43B5N5.541.544.525.002211+41.2
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33Bhuvan Krishna Prasanth2107IND+113N=21B11N+78B42B=57N=75B+91N+56N5.537.039.521.502183+35.6
34Kao, Jamison EdrichCM2127USA+105B12N+75B22N+104B+93N30B=60B+55N5.536.539.520.252123+3.2
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129Lee, Gerent Chak Yan1888HKG20NFFFFFFFF0.09.59.50.001395-2.8

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