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World G-12 (Stage 1, Group-A) Cup 2025

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24 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 1797, and top seed was Laurie Qiu (🇺🇸 USA, WIM, 2031).

Ider Tselmuun (🇲🇳 MGL, WCM, 1824) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Aadya Gowda (6.0) and Tianhao Xue (5.5). Tselmuun shared the lead from round 2, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Aadya Gowda (WCM, 1703) beat Laurie Qiu (WIM, 2031), a +328-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
🇺🇸WIMLaurie Qiu2031
Avg top 10
1,797
Participants
24
Titled players · 4
WIM×2
WCM×2
Federations · 8 represented
🇬🇪Georgia×10
🇰🇪Kenya×3
🇺🇸United States of America×3
🇸🇬Singapore×2
FIDE (no federation)×2
🇫🇷France×1
🇮🇳India×1
🇲🇳Mongolia×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    WCMIder Tselmuun
    🇲🇳MGL·1824
    6.0pts·2016perf+60.0
  • 🥈
    WCMAadya Gowda
    🇮🇳IND·1703
    6.0pts·2067perf+119.6
  • 🥉
    WIMTianhao Xue
    🇨🇳CHN·1924
    5.5pts·1988perf+16.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
12
5
3
2
1
3
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Gowda6Tselmuun6Xue5.5Giorgadze5Wang4.5Liew4
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.0/7. Tselmuun takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (28.5).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WCM Aadya Gowda beat WCM Ider Tselmuun (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

WCM Aadya Gowda 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)WCM Ider Tselmuun 5 wins (R1–R5)WIM Tianhao Xue 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1WCMAadya Gowda*
1
0
—
2WCMIder Tselmuun
0
*
1
1
3WIMTianhao Xue
1
0
*
½
4Mariam Ere Giorgadze—
0
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Tselmuun, IderWCM1824MGL+19N+4B+6N+7B+3B−2N+9N6.028.531.025.002016+60.0
2Aadya GowdaWCM1703IND+20N+11B+5N−3N+8B+1B+6N6.027.530.024.502067+119.6
3Xue, TianhaoWIM1924CHN+15N+14B+7N+2B−1N+11B=4N5.527.530.522.001988+16.2
4Giorgadze, Mariam Ere1696GEO+23B−1N+12B=11B+6N+8N=3B5.026.528.518.001878+55.6
5Wang, Yi Xuan1912FRA+12B=16N−2B+17N−11N+15B+14N4.522.025.014.001751-40.0
6Liew, Tze Yu1734SGP+21N+9B−1B+13N−4B+7N−2B4.028.531.014.001721-2.0
7Mukhorina, Mariya Dm1791FID+8B+13N−3B−1N+10B−6B+11N4.027.030.515.001788+2.3
8Asatiani, Natali1467GEO−7N+24B+9N+14B−2N−4B+16B4.025.025.010.001696+68.0
9Maliush, Alisa1625FID+17B−6N−8B+16N+22B+13N−1B4.023.525.511.501582-12.0
10Shonia, Barbare1582GEO−11N+20B−14N+19B−7N+17B+18N4.019.021.511.001635+12.8
11Qiu, LaurieWIM2031USA+10B−2N+16B=4N+5B−3N−7B3.529.032.014.001757-83.2
12Shenheliia, Sofiko1534GEO−5N+22B−4N=18B=19N=14B+21N3.520.522.58.751557+0.4
13Yeo, Si En Faith1584SGP+24N−7B+15N−6B=14N−9B+19N3.520.520.57.001590-8.0
14Saha, Tanisha1720USA+18B−3N+10B−8N=13B=12N−5B3.025.028.010.501587-48.8
15Mshvidobadze, Tekla1538GEO−3B+18N−13B+23N=16B−5N=20B3.022.024.07.751530-10.4
16Wang, Grace Ofia Nuoyi1639USA+22N=5B−11N−9B=15N+20B−8N3.021.523.58.251539-37.2
17Gorgisheli, Nanaka0GEO−9N=21B+19N−5B=18N−10N+24B3.020.520.55.2514540.0
18Makanga Annabel1439KEN−14N−15B+21N=12N=17B+22N−10B3.019.021.07.751415-6.8
19Beltadze, Ana1473GEO−1B+23N−17B−10N=12B+24N−13B2.522.022.03.751314-27.6
20Sisvelashvili, Nia1411GEO−2B−10N−22B+24N+23B−16N=15N2.520.020.03.501293-19.2
21Kublashvili, Anastasia1451GEO−6B=17N−18B−22N+24B+23N−12B2.517.517.53.50768-42.4
22Gichuga Wanjiru Wanjiku0KEN−16B−12N+20N+21B−9N−18B−23B2.018.520.55.001391-31.6
23Bolkvadze, Nino0GEO−4N−19B+24N−15B−20N−21B+22N2.017.517.52.007130.0
24Mugo Zawadi Muthoni0KEN−13B−8N−23B−20B−21N−19B−17N0.018.020.00.006820.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
World G-12 (Stage 1, Group-A) Cup 2025 — Batumi, Georgia | Chess Tournament Results | ChessStats