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World B-10 (Stage 1, Group-A) Cup 2025

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28 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 23 Jun 2025 to 29 Jun 2025 in Batumi, Georgia. 4 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1889, and top seed was Luca Protopopescu (🇫🇷 FRA, CM, 2160).

Sarbartho Mani (🇮🇳 IND, CM, 1847) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Iman Nabiyev (5.5) and Luca Protopopescu (5.0). Mani won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Iman Nabiyev (1716) beat Luca Protopopescu (CM, 2160), a +444-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
🇫🇷CMLuca Protopopescu2160
Avg top 10
1,889
Participants
28
Titled players · 4
FM×1
CM×3
Federations · 8 represented
FIDE (no federation)×5
🇬🇪Georgia×4
🇺🇸United States of America×2
🇫🇷France×2
🇰🇿Kazakhstan×2
🇮🇳India×2
🇨🇦Canada×2
🇨🇳China×2
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

CM Sarbartho Mani led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
13
5
2
3
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Mani6.5Nabiyev5.5Protopopescu5Elemes5Muthukumar4.5Poukh4.5
R5–R7 · LEAD HELD

CM Sarbartho Mani never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Sarbartho Mani beat Iman Nabiyev (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

CM Sarbartho Mani 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)Iman Nabiyev 3 wins (R5–R7)CM Luca Protopopescu 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1CMSarbartho Mani*
1
½
1
2Iman Nabiyev
0
*
1
—
3CMLuca Protopopescu
½
0
*—
4Nurmukhamed Elemes
0
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Mani, SarbarthoCM1847IND+22N+20B+2N=3B+12N+4B+5N6.526.529.026.502210+97.6
2Nabiyev, Iman1716KAZ+26N+8B−1B=6N+7B+18N+3N5.527.530.021.252116+138.0
3Protopopescu, LucaCM2160FRA+10B+13N+18B=1N=5B+12N−2B5.027.530.519.501959-32.2
4Elemes, Nurmukhamed1847KAZ+21B−5N+19B+9N+18B−1N+8N5.025.028.017.001861+8.0
5Poukh, Pavel1646FID+16N+4B−12N+8B=3N+13B−1B4.527.531.018.501951+91.6
6Pham, Han NamCM2000FRA−19N+25B+22N=2B−13N+9B+14N4.522.024.515.251720-57.4
7Krithik Muthukumar1881IND=25N+19B+14N−12B−2N+23B+13N4.521.524.013.751788-27.2
8Guntaka, AayanshFM1959USA+24B−2N+10B−5N+19B+20N−4B4.025.027.512.501725-72.4
9Le, Quang Minh0AUS−14B+23N+15N−4B+10B−6N+20B4.023.526.013.0017500.0
10Zhuk, Kiryl1632FID−3N+17B−8N+22B−9N+24B+18B4.022.024.511.501874+69.6
11Aravinthan, Adhvik1531CAN−18B+27N=13B=14B−20N+19N+12B4.019.520.010.501744+62.4
12Samanta, Aayansh1872USA+23B=14N+5B+7N−1B−3B−11N3.528.030.513.251759-34.6
13Chkhartishvili, Lazare1793GEO+17B−3B=11N+24N+6B−5N−7B3.526.028.512.501761-12.4
14Dmitriev, Anton V1674FID+9N=12B−7B=11N=23B+21N−6B3.523.526.012.001678-3.6
15Shpigotskiy, Dmitriy1673FID+27B−18N−9B=21N=24B=16N+22B3.518.519.07.501633-8.8
16Yeo, Si Xu Shane0SGP−5B−21N+28B−23N+27N=15B+26N3.516.517.05.251516+20.8
17Verma, Audvik1525CAN−13N−10N+27B−19N=22B+28B+23N3.516.016.54.751539+2.0
18Bai, Moxuan1814CHN+11N+15B−3N+20B−4N−2B−10N3.027.030.010.501702-42.9
19Ong, Qi Yi1597SGP+6B−7N−4N+17B−8N−11B+28N3.025.526.08.501685+21.2
20Jakhaia, Andria1712GEO+28B−1N+21B−18N+11B−8B−9N3.024.525.07.501686-7.2
21Hao, Qingshi1554CHN−4N+16B−20N=15B+25N−14B=24N3.021.023.59.001553-1.2
22Sebiskveradze, Saba1565GEO−1B+28N−6B−10N=17N+25B−15N2.524.525.04.751561-12.8
23Kvaratskhelia, Giorgi1575GEO−12N−9B+26N+16B=14N−7N−17B2.522.525.07.751559-8.0
24Muratshin, Ramazan1588FID−8N=26B+25N−13B=15N−10N=21B2.520.523.07.001580-8.8
25Thakkar, Viaan1580NED=7B−6N−24B+26N−21B−22N+27B2.519.520.05.251501-30.4
26TURKI, YOUSEF HATTAN A1438KSA−2B=24N−23B−25B+28N+27N−16B2.517.017.52.251423-43.6
27FIDE 108460850—−15N−11B−17N=28N−16B−26B−25N0.519.520.00.2511490.0
28Marc-Antoine Ishimwe Ndagijimana1408KEN−20N−22B−16N=27B−26B−17N−19B0.518.018.50.257990.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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