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World B-12 (Stage 1, Group-B) Cup 2025

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27 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 1995, and top seed was Damir Bulgak ( FID, CM, 2213).

Chenxuan Ling (🇺🇸 USA, CM, 2066) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Damir Bulgak (6.0) and Daniil Gusev (5.0). Ling broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Daniil Gusev (1890) beat Boris Kolodziejczyk (CM, 2207), a +317-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
CMDamir Bulgak2213
Avg top 10
1,995
Participants
27
Titled players · 3
CM×3
Federations · 8 represented
🇬🇪Georgia×5
🇺🇸United States of America×4
🇮🇳India×3
🇰🇿Kazakhstan×3
🇺🇿Uzbekistan×3
FIDE (no federation)×3
🇰🇪Kenya×2
🇨🇦Canada×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

CM Chenxuan Ling led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders
11
6
2
3
2
2
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Ling6.5Bulgak6Gusev5Kolodziejczyk4.5Gartenlaub4.5Kuznetsov4.5
R7–R7 · LEAD HELD

CM Chenxuan Ling held the sole lead from R7 through R7 without losing it.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Chenxuan Ling drew with CM Damir Bulgak (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

CM Chenxuan Ling 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)CM Damir Bulgak 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1CMChenxuan Ling*
½
1
—
2CMDamir Bulgak
½
*—
½
3Daniil Gusev
0
—*
1
4CMBoris Kolodziejczyk—
½
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Ling, ChenxuanCM2066USA+19B+14N+3B=2N+13B+4N+7B6.526.529.526.502301+55.5
2Bulgak, DamirCM2213FID+21N+17B+4N=1B+8N+13B=5N6.026.028.022.502286+20.9
3Gusev, Daniil1890GER+18N+5B−1N+17B−4N+16B+9N5.026.029.018.002084+72.8
4Gartenlaub, Corin1907USA+25B+6N−2B+7N+3B−1B=10N4.530.031.517.001967+18.3
5Kolodziejczyk, BorisCM2207FRA+7B−3N=6B+14N=9B+8N=2B4.527.531.018.752037-42.6
6Kuznetsov, Dmitry1789FID+23N−4B=5N+11B+15N−9B+13N4.524.026.015.251947+48.4
7Tsulaia, Giorgi1723GEO−5N+18B+16N−4B+12N+17B−1N4.026.029.013.501906+62.0
8Ayyappan, Santhosh2070USA+10N−15B+27N+9N−2B−5B+17N4.025.025.011.001962-30.4
9Daniel Ajish1926IND+26N+27B=15N−8B=5N+6N−3B4.023.023.010.001911-5.2
10Sugraliyev, Akhmediyar1715KAZ−8B+12N−14B+25N=18B+20N=4B4.021.523.011.751800+30.0
11Abdurasulov, Muzaffarjon1598UZB=16N+20B−13B−6N+26B+14N=18B4.020.522.010.751815+81.2
12Olimjonov, Muhammadziyo1520UZB−17N−10B+24N+21B−7B+22N+19N4.018.019.58.501724+72.0
13Zabelin, Platon1900FID=20N+16B+11N+15B−1N−2N−6B3.528.030.512.251863-12.2
14Cyrus Eldho1836IND+24N−1B+10N−5B=20N−11B+25N3.523.024.58.251770-25.6
15Paarshva Parmar1834IND+22B+8N=9B−13N−6B−18N+24B3.521.022.59.501746-25.6
16Almazuly, Azamat1893KAZ=11B−13N−7B+24N+25B−3N+20B3.520.522.07.501703-61.6
17Sawhney, Yuvraj Singh1879USA+12B−2N+23B−3N+19B−7N−8B3.026.028.09.001725-48.8
18Alshibaia, Nikoloz1597GEO−3B−7NF+27B=10N+15B=11N3.020.520.57.501677+17.2
19Ghonghadze, Alexandre1678GEO−1N=24B=20N+23B−17N+21N−12B3.020.021.56.001610-26.4
20Tsulaia, Nika1648GEO=13B−11N=19B+22N=14B−10B−16N2.521.523.57.001619-17.6
21Mamurov, Kamoluddin1785UZB−2B=25N=22B−12N+23N−19BF2.018.518.53.751455-84.0
22Rustamov, Iskandar1434KAZ−15N=26B=21N−20B+27N−12B−23B2.015.515.51.751454+0.4
23Danson Ryan Kimani0KEN−6BF−17N−19N−21B+27B+22N2.014.514.52.0014730.0
24Amr Iftikhar, Hashmi1497PAK−14B=19N−12B−16BF+26N−15N1.519.019.03.001547+6.4
25Li, Allen1655CAN−4N=21B+26N−10B−16NF−14B1.519.019.02.501609-14.8
26Makharadze, Demetre1676GEO−9B=22N−25BF−11N−24B+27N1.513.013.01.001255-94.8
27Shem Ngugi0KENF−9N−8B−18N−22B−23N−26B0.016.516.50.009410.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets