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World G-08 (Stage 1, Group-A) Cup 2025

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18 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 23 Jun 2025 to 29 Jun 2025 in Batumi, Georgia. 8 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1054, and top seed was Aaranya R (🇮🇳 IND, 1745).

Varvara Volkova ( FID, 1535) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Tharshan Kajishana (5.0) and Miraslava Shatsila (5.0). Volkova won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Varvara Volkova (1535) beat Aaranya R (1745), a +210-point gap.

Location
🇬🇪Batumi, Georgia
Dates
23 Jun 2025 → 29 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇳Aaranya R1745
Avg top 10
1,054
Participants
18
Federations · 8 represented
🇮🇳India×2
FIDE (no federation)×2
🇬🇪Georgia×2
🇲🇳Mongolia×1
🇵🇱Poland×1
🇸🇬Singapore×1
🇷🇸Serbia×1
🇱🇰Sri Lanka×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Varvara Volkova led from R4; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
10
5
2
1
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Volkova6.5Kajishana5Shatsila5Zhang4.5Nyamdavaa4.5Aaranya4.5
R4–R7 · LEAD HELD

Varvara Volkova never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Varvara Volkova 6 wins (R1–R6)Miraslava Shatsila 4 wins (R4–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Varvara Volkova*——
½
2Tharshan Kajishana—*—
1
3Miraslava Shatsila——*
0
4Yunyi Zhang
½
0
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Volkova, Varvara1535FID+11N+10B+5N+7B+8N+6B=4N6.525.529.026.751866+58.0
2Kajishana, Tharshan1430SRI−14B+13N+4B=5N=9N+8B+7B5.024.027.019.751815+69.6
3Shatsila, Miraslava0FID−4B+?B−8N+14N+12B+11N+9B5.022.022.013.5013600.0
4Zhang, Yunyi1414SGP+3N+17B−2N=9B+5B=7N=1B4.529.031.519.251407-2.4
5Az-Erdene Nyamdavaa0MGL+?B+6N−1B=2B−4N+17N+12B4.526.026.012.5014450.0
6Aaranya R1745IND+12N−5B+15N+18B=7N−1N+16B4.524.026.013.001306-44.4
7Larina, Zarina1448UZB+15N+18B+9N−1N=6B=4B−2N4.027.529.513.501462-2.4
8Alemanova, Amira1501KAZ−10B+11N+3B+12N−1B−2N+13B4.027.030.014.50686-41.6
9Saiaastha Singh1466IND+13B+14N−7B=4N=2B+10N−3N4.025.528.514.751312-36.8
10Shainidze, Nata0GEO+8N−1N−12B+16N+13B−9B+17N4.023.526.012.5014010.0
11FIDE 136493100—−1B−8B+?N=17N+14B−3B+18N3.523.023.06.257180.0
12FIDE 5400042010—−6B+?N+10N−8B−3N+15B−5N3.025.025.07.008230.0
13Kgwale, Keratilwe0RSA−9N−2B+?N+15B−10N+18B−8N3.022.022.05.006930.0
14Michalowska, Maria0POL+2N−9B−18N−3B−11N+?B+?N3.019.519.55.0014890.0
15Mikadze, Mariami0GEO−7B+16N−6B−13N+?B−12N+?B3.017.517.53.008040.0
16FIDE 136517220—−18N−15B+17N−10B+?N+?B−6N3.016.016.02.509450.0
17Zhivotova, Maiia0SRB+?N−4N−16B=11B+18N−5B−10B2.521.521.53.756120.0
18FIDE 136514120—+16B−7N+14B−6N−17B−13N−11B2.021.023.56.008040.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets