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

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22 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 23 Jun 2025 to 29 Jun 2025 in Batumi, Georgia. 3 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1711, and top seed was Ruoya Gao (🇨🇳 CHN, WCM, 1918).

Zhihan Chen (🇨🇳 CHN, WCM, 1785) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Nadezhda Vlad Volkova (5.5) and Angela Zixi Wang (5.5). Chen shared the lead from round 6 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Nadezhda Vlad Volkova (1685) beat Ruoya Gao (WCM, 1918), a +233-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
🇨🇳WCMRuoya Gao1918
Avg top 10
1,711
Participants
22
Titled players · 3
WFM×1
WCM×2
Federations · 8 represented
FIDE (no federation)×4
🇿🇦South Africa×2
🇺🇿Uzbekistan×2
🇮🇳India×2
🇺🇸United States of America×2
🇨🇳China×2
🇬🇪Georgia×2
🇨🇦Canada×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

WCM Zhihan Chen led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders
10
4
1
2
1
2
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Volkova takes leadChen takes lead
Chen6Volkova5.5Wang5.5Gao5Malhotra4.5Khusnitdinova4
R5 · LEADER CHANGE27 Jun

Nadezhda Vlad Volkova takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WCM Zhihan Chen beat Nadezhda Vlad Volkova (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

WCM Zhihan Chen 4 wins (R4–R7)Angela Zixi Wang 3 wins (R5–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1WCMZhihan Chen*
1
—
1
2Nadezhda Vlad Volkova
0
*
½
1
3Angela Zixi Wang—
½
*—
4WCMRuoya Gao
0
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Chen, ZhihanWCM1785CHN+11B=9N=6B+8N+7B+2N+4N6.026.029.525.751994+60.8
2Volkova, Nadezhda Vlad1685FID+15B+10N=3B+4B+9N−1B+6N5.527.531.022.251907+77.6
3Wang, Angela Zixi1519USA+16B+17N=2N−9B+11N+5B+7N5.524.026.520.251859+121.2
4Gao, RuoyaWCM1918CHN+8B+13N+7B−2N+6B+9N−1B5.027.030.519.001843-19.2
5Radhya Malhotra1556IND=6B−8N+20B+13N+16B−3N+9B4.523.525.514.001706+48.4
6Khusnitdinova, HusnorakhonWFM1823UZB=5N+16B=1N+10B−4N+8B−2B4.028.531.515.751740-27.2
7Nogovitsina, Yana1643FID+18B+12N−4N+14B−1N+10B−3B4.027.029.012.501620-9.2
8Belanova, Svetlana1558FID−4N+5B+12N−1B+14N−6N+16B4.026.529.514.501732+50.4
9Obraztsova, Sofiya Rom1636FID+21B=1B+17N+3N−2B−4B−5N3.529.030.512.501630-5.2
10Palma Franco, Alma Camila1624ECU+22N−2B+15N−6N+12B−7N=14B3.524.025.09.751490-36.0
11Shurgulaia, Nino1521GEO−1N+19B=13B+18N−3B−12N+20B3.522.524.57.751512-6.8
12Yan, Gracie Ge0USA+14N−7B−8B+19N−10N+11B=15N3.522.024.010.7515460.0
13Patrascu, Maria1639ROU+19N−4B=11N−5B+17N−14B+18N3.521.023.08.251559-35.6
14Aryahi Bhattacharya1619IND−12B+18N+21B−7N−8B+13N=10N3.520.522.08.751536-17.2
15Petriashvili, Natali1428GEO−2N+22B−10B−16N+21B+18N=12B3.519.020.06.25869-24.8
16Shamanth, Saanvi1696CAN−3N−6N+19B+15B−5N+17B−8N3.024.026.08.001517-65.6
17Homtako, Thea Alexandra1659NOR+20N−3B−9B=21N−13B−16N+22N2.519.020.03.75829-85.6
18Conradie, Minka0RSA−7N−14B+22N−11B+20N−15B−13B2.020.021.03.007760.0
19Gimranova, Amelina0UZB−13B−11N−16N−12B+22N−20B+21B2.017.018.02.50830-29.2
20Amandah Breetaliza0KEN−17B−21N−5N+22B−18B+19N−11N2.016.017.03.0013490.0
21Jongejan, Evienne0NED−9N+20B−14N=17B−15N−22B−19N1.517.018.03.2511850.0
22Kgwale, Obotegile0RSA−10B−15N−18B−20N−19B+21N−17B1.015.517.01.507340.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets