YCA Opening Day Chess Tournament
10 players participated in this 18-round tournament, held from 19 May 2025 to 27 May 2025 in Yangon, Myanmar. 4 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2147, and top seed was Kyaw Lin Naing (🇲🇲 MYA, FM, 2278).
Kyaw Lin Naing (🇲🇲 MYA, FM, 2278) won with 17.0/18, ahead of Paing Moe Myint (17.0) and Myint Han (11.5). Naing shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 14: Kyaw Myat Aung (FM, 2082) beat Myint Han (IM, 2274), a +192-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 18 roundsTitle race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
FM Kyaw Lin Naing 1.0–1.0 against FM Paing Moe Myint (R8 ½-½, R17 ½-½).
FM Kyaw Lin Naing 7+8 wins (R1–R7, R9–R16)FM Paing Moe Myint 7+8 wins (R1–R7, R9–R16)IM Myint Han 3+3 wins (R3–R5, R8–R10)
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇲🇲FMKyaw Lin Naing | 2278 | * | ½½ | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 17.0 | 129.00 | 146.0 | +45.8 | 2577 |
| 2 | 🇲🇲FMPaing Moe Myint | 2167 | ½½ | * | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 17.0 | 129.00 | 146.0 | +149.2 | 2589 |
| 3 | 🇲🇲IMMyint Han | 2274 | 00 | 00 | * | 01 | 1½ | 11 | 01 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11.5 | 67.00 | 157.0 | -8.4 | 2235 |
| 4 | 🇲🇲FMKyaw Myat Aung | 2082 | 00 | 00 | 01 | * | ½0 | ½½ | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10.5 | 58.00 | 159.0 | +65.2 | 2212 |
| 5 | 🇲🇲Nyi Nyi Lwin | 2094 | 00 | 00 | ½0 | 1½ | * | 01 | 01 | 11 | 1½ | 1½ | 9.0 | 54.50 | 162.0 | +14.4 | 2153 |
| 6 | 🇲🇲Saw, Win Aung | 2062 | 00 | 00 | 00 | ½½ | 01 | * | 11 | 01 | 01 | 11 | 8.0 | 44.50 | 164.0 | +24.8 | 2114 |
| 7 | 🇲🇲Htay Min Lwin | 2181 | 00 | 00 | 01 | 00 | 01 | 00 | * | 01 | 11 | 11 | 7.0 | 34.50 | 166.0 | -58.8 | 2064 |
| 8 | 🇲🇲Han Min Soe | 2141 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 01 | 01 | * | 11 | 11 | 6.0 | 23.00 | 168.0 | -56.8 | 2023 |
| 9 | 🇲🇲Naing Myo Lin | 2144 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 00 | ½0 | 01 | 00 | 00 | * | ½1 | 3.0 | 14.00 | 174.0 | -118.4 | 1875 |
| 10 | 🇲🇲Nay Win Aung | 2051 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 00 | ½0 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 0½ | * | 1.0 | 6.00 | 178.0 | -108.8 | 1714 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Paing Moe MyintFMMYA+149.217.0 pts · #2
- 2Kyaw Myat AungFMMYA+65.210.5 pts · #4
- 3Kyaw Lin NaingFMMYA+45.817.0 pts · #1
- 1Naing Myo LinMYA-118.43.0 pts · #9
- 2Nay Win AungMYA-108.81.0 pts · #10
- 3Htay Min LwinMYA-58.87.0 pts · #7
- R14+192 Elo gap
- R2+119 Elo gap
- R11+119 Elo gap