9th Batumi Int.Festival (Open-C)

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88 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 30 Jul 2025 to 07 Aug 2025 in Batumi, Georgia. 8 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1565, and top seed was Adam Khukhunaishvili (🇬🇪 GEO, 1600).

Saba Paikidze (🇬🇪 GEO, 1537) won with 8.5/9, ahead of Garnik Grigoryan (7.5) and Viktoria Sharajyan (7.0). Paikidze won solo starting round 8.

The biggest upset came in round 9: Giorgi Davlasheridze (1406) beat Barbare Kobakhidze (1545), a +139-point gap.

Location

🇬🇪Batumi, Georgia

Dates

30 Jul 2025 → 07 Aug 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇬🇪Adam Khukhunaishvili1600

Avg top 10

1,565

Participants

Federations · 8 represented

🇬🇪Georgia×44

🇦🇲Armenia×15

🇺🇿Uzbekistan×4

🇰🇿Kazakhstan×3

🇺🇦Ukraine×3

FIDE (no federation)×3

🇮🇱Israel×2

🇺🇸United States of America×1

Top 3

🥇
Saba Paikidze
🇬🇪GEO·1537
8.5pts·1925perf+92.4
🥈
Garnik Grigoryan
🇦🇲ARM·1509
7.5pts·1650perf+29.6
🥉
Viktoria Sharajyan
🇦🇲ARM·1496
7.0pts·1678perf+70.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Saba Paikidze led from R8; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R8.

Co-leaders

Paikidze8.5Grigoryan7.5Sharajyan7Malaya7Antonyan7Grkikyan6.5

R8–R9 · LEAD HELD

Saba Paikidze never relinquished the lead after R8; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Saba Paikidze drew with Garnik Grigoryan (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Saba Paikidze 4+4 wins (R1–R4, R6–R9)Garnik Grigoryan 4 wins (R1–R4)Viktoria Sharajyan 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Saba Paikidze	*	½	1	1
2Garnik Grigoryan	½	*	—	—
3Viktoria Sharajyan	0	—	*	0
4Kristina Malaya	0	—	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Paikidze, Saba	1537	GEO	+83N	+75B	+17N	+3B	=2N	+6B	+9N	+4B	+8B	8.5	49.5	51.5	47.75	1925	+92.4
2	Grigoryan, Garnik	1509	ARM	+55N	+72B	+34N	+13B	=1B	+10N	+7B	−8N	+6N	7.5	49.0	52.5	41.75	1650	+29.6
3	Sharajyan, Viktoria	1496	ARM	+67B	+46N	+9B	−1N	+20B	+27N	−4N	+16B	+12N	7.0	48.5	52.0	36.50	1678	+70.8
4	Malaya, Kristina	1559	RUS	+52B	+39N	−15B	+43N	+5B	+28N	+3B	−1N	+30B	7.0	46.5	51.0	37.00	1653	+36.8
5	Antonyan, Nare	1483	ARM	+70N	+58B	=32N	=12B	−4N	+45B	+36N	+35B	+13N	7.0	41.0	44.5	32.25	1613	+36.4
6	Uderbayev, Abay	0	KAZ	=33B	+54N	+37N	+21B	+15B	−1N	+18B	+7N	−2B	6.5	48.0	52.0	33.75	1549	0.0
7	Grkikyan, Grigori	0	GEO	+22N	=12B	+25N	+32B	+30N	+13B	−2N	−6B	+23B	6.5	47.0	51.5	34.50	1638	0.0
8	Malania, Amiran	1555	GEO	+84B	+38N	+40B	−27N	=18B	+15N	+14B	+2B	−1N	6.5	47.0	49.0	32.75	1606	+20.4
9	Jangisherashvili, Nikoloz	1570	GEO	+50N	+66B	−3N	+82B	+12N	+14B	−1B	=23N	+15B	6.5	46.5	49.0	30.75	1642	+29.2
10	Baghmanyan, Hakob	1520	ARM	+77N	+88B	+19N	=15N	+27B	−2B	+30N	−12B	+31B	6.5	41.5	42.5	26.25	1597	+31.2
11	Berishvili, Davit	1542	GEO	+48N	−34B	+51N	=16B	+19N	=17B	=31N	+24B	+18N	6.5	41.0	45.5	33.25	1668	+29.2
12	Hayrapetyan, Sargis	1510	ARM	+73B	=7N	+33B	=5N	−9B	+67N	+28B	+10N	−3B	6.0	46.5	50.0	29.75	1429	-18.8
13	Khukhunaishvili, Adam	1600	GEO	+78B	+31N	+65B	−2N	+40B	−7N	+17B	+27N	−5B	6.0	44.0	47.0	26.00	1640	+7.8
14	Maziashvili, Nikoloz	1543	GEO	−44B	+73N	+47B	+31N	+29B	−9N	−8N	+38B	+56N	6.0	40.0	43.5	26.00	1497	-9.6
15	Hovhannisyan, Norayr	1494	ARM	+60B	+49N	+4N	=10B	−6N	−8B	+58N	+22B	−9N	5.5	47.0	51.0	28.25	1548	+15.2
16	Khokhobashvili, Besiki	0	GEO	+23B	+20N	−27B	=11N	=42B	+21N	+54B	−3N	=26B	5.5	45.0	49.0	28.75	1554	0.0
17	Grigoryan, Tigran A.	1457	ARM	+85B	+28N	−1B	+49N	=26B	=11N	−13N	+36B	=41B	5.5	45.0	47.0	24.25	1369	-17.2
18	Khlghatyan, Kristian	1445	ARM	+69N	+45B	+35N	−30B	=8N	+37B	−6N	+32B	−11B	5.5	42.0	45.5	24.75	1591	+51.2
19	Grigoryan, Grigor I.	1409	ARM	+87B	+42N	−10B	=26N	−11B	+76N	+20B	−30N	+35N	5.5	40.5	42.0	21.75	1539	+48.8
20	Seo, Pureum	1514	KOR	+68N	−16B	+72N	+34B	−3N	=24B	−19N	+57B	+50N	5.5	40.0	43.5	22.75	1163	-52.4
21	Lomaia, Tariel	1497	GEO	+51N	+41B	=30N	−6N	=33B	−16B	=53N	+55B	+44N	5.5	39.0	43.0	24.25	1595	+2.6
22	Chanturia, Tamar	1542	GEO	−7B	+53N	+67B	+39N	−28B	=54N	+37B	−15N	+43B	5.5	39.0	42.5	23.50	1607	+8.4
23	Goguadze, Sandro	1504	GEO	−16N	+77B	+74N	=41B	=58N	+29B	+66N	=9B	−7N	5.5	39.0	42.0	22.50	1711	+21.2
24	Davlasheridze, Giorgi	1406	GEO	−28B	+60N	=46B	=36N	+70B	=20N	+65B	−11N	+42B	5.5	38.0	41.5	22.75	1578	+47.2
25	Petrosyan, Ashot N.	1506	ARM	=64B	+62N	−7B	−28N	+68B	+44N	+33B	−31N	+34B	5.5	37.5	41.0	23.00	630	-24.4
26	Gugeshashvili, Ketevan	1556	GEO	−75N	+83B	+88N	=19B	=17N	−56B	+48N	+66B	=16N	5.5	33.5	34.5	19.25	1440	-25.6
27	Mnatsakanyan, Hayk G	1507	ARM	+79N	+61B	+16N	+8B	−10N	−3B	+56N	−13B	−29N	5.0	44.5	47.5	23.00	1447	-18.0
28	Tsimintia, Saba	0	GEO	+24N	−17B	+57N	+25B	+22N	−4B	−12N	−56B	+59N	5.0	43.0	47.0	24.50	1499	0.0
29	Nadirashvili, Levan	0	GEO	F	−65B	+66N	+35B	−14N	−23N	+71B	+40N	+27B	5.0	36.0	36.0	21.00	1533	0.0
30	Dvalishvili, Gocha	1597	GEO	F	+56N	=21B	+18N	−7B	+65N	−10B	+19B	−4N	4.5	44.0	44.0	21.25	1580	-1.8
31	Konoriev, Hordii	1433	UKR	F	−13B	+61N	−14B	+48N	+49N	=11B	+25B	−10N	4.5	43.5	43.5	21.75	1393	-10.0
32	Makharadze, Luka	1532	GEO	+47B	+44N	=5B	−7N	−54B	+46N	+43B	−18N	F	4.5	41.5	45.5	21.50	1453	-21.6
33	Qosyan, Gor	1400	ARM	=6N	+36B	−12N	+63B	=21N	=35B	−25N	=58B	=48N	4.5	41.0	45.0	21.00	1313	0.0
34	Apkhaidze, Dachi	0	FID	+80B	+11N	−2B	−20N	−36B	+70N	+67B	=42N	−25N	4.5	41.0	44.0	18.75	1374	0.0
35	Janashia, Andria	1508	GEO	+53B	+81N	−18B	−29N	+47B	=33N	+55B	−5N	−19B	4.5	40.5	43.5	18.25	643	-70.4
36	Oleinik, Evgenii	0	FID	=54B	−33N	+84B	=24B	+34N	+40N	−5B	−17N	=39B	4.5	40.0	42.0	18.00	1392	0.0
37	Jojua, Ioana	1473	GEO	=62B	+64N	−6B	+68N	+46B	−18N	−22N	+53B	F	4.5	39.0	42.5	18.50	1346	-20.4
38	Chkhaidze, Sandro	0	GEO	+59N	−8B	−58N	+51B	=76N	=41B	+45N	−14N	=40B	4.5	38.5	41.5	19.00	1453	0.0
39	Askerov, Nugzari	1406	GEO	+63N	−4B	+76N	−22B	−45N	+51B	−41N	+61B	=36N	4.5	38.5	41.5	17.75	749	-24.8
40	Vashakidze, Vazha	1485	GEO	+74N	+76B	−8N	+45B	−13N	−36B	+61N	−29B	=38N	4.5	38.5	41.5	17.25	778	-29.6
41	Pechenkin, Ivan	0	FID	+43B	−21N	+56B	=23N	−65B	=38N	+39B	F	=17N	4.5	38.0	41.5	20.75	1514	+14.0
42	Kobakhidze, Barbare	1545	GEO	+57N	−19B	=68N	+50B	=16N	−66B	+47N	=34B	−24N	4.5	37.5	41.0	19.75	626	-79.2
43	Asatryan, Tigran	1452	ARM	−41N	+79B	+70N	−4B	+57N	=58B	−32N	+49B	−22N	4.5	37.5	40.5	17.00	743	-45.2
44	Gogiashvili, Goga	0	GEO	+14N	−32B	−45N	+74B	=59N	−25B	+?B	+65N	−21B	4.5	37.0	37.0	15.00	1513	0.0
45	Zhanabay, Dastan	0	KAZ	+?B	−18N	+44B	−40N	+39B	−5N	−38B	=71N	+78B	4.5	37.0	37.0	13.75	1299	0.0
46	Rustambekov, Umarbek	0	UZB	+82N	−3B	=24N	+71B	−37N	−32B	=59N	+68B	=66N	4.5	36.0	38.5	16.00	1436	0.0
47	Ide, Dursun Alp	0	TUR	−32N	+59B	−14N	+61B	−35N	+63B	−42B	=60N	+69B	4.5	35.5	39.0	17.50	1301	0.0
48	Gogichaishvili, Beka	0	GEO	−11B	−80N	+60B	+81N	−31B	+69N	−26B	+62N	=33B	4.5	35.5	38.5	16.75	710	0.0
49	FIDE 13763202	0	—	+?N	−15B	+75N	−17B	+50N	−31B	=57N	−43N	+73B	4.5	35.0	35.0	13.00	1214	0.0
50	Chkhartishvili, Tiniko	0	GEO	−9B	=85N	+64B	−42N	−49B	+84N	+76B	+52N	−20B	4.5	34.5	36.5	14.50	742	0.0
51	Kvaratskhelia, Marika	0	GEO	−21B	+?N	−11B	−38N	+78B	−39N	+82B	=69N	+71B	4.5	33.5	33.5	10.75	1394	0.0
52	Dalakishvili, Alexandre	0	GEO	−4N	=69B	−63N	−76B	+87N	+72B	+79N	−50B	+70N	4.5	32.0	33.5	13.25	756	0.0
53	Karapetyan, Artur H.	0	ARM	−35N	−22B	+?B	+?N	−66B	+82N	=21B	−37N	+65B	4.5	29.5	29.5	8.75	1441	0.0
54	Kvachakidze, Lazare	1463	GEO	=36N	−6B	+69N	+55B	+32N	=22B	−16N	F	F	4.0	38.5	38.5	17.00	1730	+28.4
55	Kanashvili, Ramaz	0	GEO	−2B	=71N	+62B	−54N	+84B	+59B	−35N	−21N	=63B	4.0	37.0	39.0	13.75	1305	0.0
56	Moshenberg, Ido	1431	ISR	F	−30B	−41N	+79B	+77N	+26N	−27B	+28N	−14B	4.0	36.5	36.5	16.50	1360	0.0
57	FIDE 51680955	0	—	−42B	+87N	−28B	+72N	−43B	+62N	=49B	−20N	=60B	4.0	35.5	37.0	13.25	703	0.0
58	Zakariadze, Ioane	0	GEO	F	−5N	+38B	=65N	=23B	=43N	−15B	=33N	+?B	4.0	35.0	35.0	13.50	1430	0.0
59	Antadze, Andria	1578	GEO	−38B	−47N	+85B	+88N	=44B	−55N	=46B	+67N	−28B	4.0	32.5	33.5	11.00	1433	-8.0
60	Maratov, Damir	0	KAZ	−15N	−24B	−48N	=?N	=72B	+83B	+78N	=47B	=57N	4.0	32.5	32.5	11.00	650	0.0
61	Mkhitaryan, Sarkis	0	USA	+71B	−27N	−31B	−47N	+88B	+?N	−40B	−39N	+82B	4.0	30.0	30.0	7.00	1328	0.0
62	Mchedlishvili, Andria	0	GEO	=37N	−25B	−55N	=?B	+83N	−57B	+84N	−48B	+79N	4.0	29.5	29.5	9.25	1366	0.0
63	Totochava, Sergi	0	GEO	−39B	=84N	+52B	−33N	=71B	−47N	+88B	=?N	=55N	4.0	28.5	28.5	10.25	1300	0.0
64	FIDE 13648233	0	—	=25N	−37B	−50N	=69B	=75N	=68B	−?B	+83N	+?B	4.0	26.5	26.5	9.75	1391	0.0
65	Sadovskyi, Hlib	1498	UKR	+86B	+29N	−13N	=58B	+41N	−30B	−24N	−44B	−53N	3.5	38.5	40.5	13.50	734	-54.4
66	Moshenberg, Roi	1425	ISR	F	−9N	−29B	+86B	+53N	+42N	−23B	−26N	=46B	3.5	38.0	38.0	13.25	1373	-23.6
67	Madantsyan, Argishti	0	ARM	−3N	+?B	−22N	+75B	+82N	−12B	−34N	−59B	=68N	3.5	36.0	36.0	7.25	1377	0.0
68	Jincharadze, Teimuraz	0	GEO	−20B	+?N	=42B	−37B	−25N	=64N	+80B	−46N	=67B	3.5	35.0	35.0	9.00	1301	0.0
69	Saparidze, Nia	0	GEO	−18B	=52N	−54B	=64N	+85N	−48B	+77N	=51B	−47N	3.5	34.5	36.5	11.50	651	0.0
70	FIDE 13329510	0	—	−5B	+78N	−43B	+83B	−24N	−34B	+75N	=?N	−52B	3.5	34.0	34.0	8.00	1136	0.0
71	Muradli, Yaghmur	1473	AZE	−61N	=55B	+80B	−46N	=63N	+77B	−29N	=45B	−51N	3.5	33.5	36.5	12.25	633	-20.0
72	Makharadze, Mariam	0	GEO	+?B	−2N	−20B	−57B	=60N	−52N	+85B	−73N	+?B	3.5	31.0	31.0	4.00	1380	0.0
73	Kaminski, Artur	0	GEO	−12N	−14B	−?N	−?N	+?B	=81B	+74N	+72B	−49N	3.5	26.5	26.5	8.50	697	0.0
74	Mardikian, Antranik Maria	0	LBN	−40B	+?N	−23B	−44N	=?B	−78N	−73B	+85N	+83B	3.5	25.0	25.0	4.00	695	0.0
75	Davitadze, Irakli	0	GEO	+26B	−1N	−49B	−67N	=64B	=?N	−70B	+80N	−81B	3.0	35.5	35.5	10.50	1532	0.0
76	Varshanidze, Mate	0	GEO	+?B	−40N	−39B	+52N	=38B	−19B	−50N	=82N	−77B	3.0	33.5	33.5	8.00	1116	0.0
77	Ivershen, Roman	0	UKR	−10B	−23N	+?B	+80N	−56B	−71N	−69B	F	+76N	3.0	31.0	31.0	6.00	1235	0.0
78	Beridze, Nika	0	GEO	−13N	−70B	−86N	+87B	−51N	+74B	−60B	+88N	−45N	3.0	29.5	30.5	6.00	800	0.0
79	Kenjayev, Abdulqodir	0	UZB	−27B	−43N	+?B	−56N	+80B	=?N	−52B	=81N	−62B	3.0	28.0	28.0	4.50	1137	0.0
80	Urinboev, Fayzkhon	0	UZB	−34N	+48B	−71N	−77B	−79N	+?B	−68N	−75B	+88B	3.0	26.0	26.0	5.50	631	0.0
81	FIDE 14248883	0	—	F	−35B	−82N	−48B	−?N	=73N	+?B	=79B	+75N	3.0	21.0	21.0	6.25	684	0.0
82	Beridze, Sopo	1452	GEO	−46B	+86N	+81B	−9N	−67B	−53B	−51N	=76B	−61N	2.5	33.5	35.5	6.50	702	-34.8
83	Iakobadze, Dimitri	0	GEO	−1B	−26N	+87B	−70N	−62B	−60N	+?N	−64B	−74N	2.0	34.5	34.5	1.50	753	0.0
84	FIDE 13652060	0	—	−8N	=63B	−36N	+85B	−55N	−50B	−62B	−?N	=87N	2.0	31.0	31.0	4.75	755	0.0
85	Papadimitrakis, Dimitrios	0	GRE	−17N	=50B	−59N	−84N	−69B	+87B	−72N	−74B	=?B	2.0	28.0	28.0	3.75	718	0.0
86	FIDE 13652354	0	—	−65N	−82B	+78B	−66N	−?B	−88N	+87N	F	F	2.0	18.0	18.0	4.50	663	0.0
87	Tebidze, Tekla	0	GEO	−19N	−57B	−83N	−78N	−52B	−85N	−86B	+?N	=84B	1.5	25.0	25.0	1.00	609	0.0
88	Jabborov, Otabek	0	UZB	F	−10N	−26B	−59B	−61N	+86B	−63N	−78B	−80N	1.0	32.0	32.0	2.00	752	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Paikidze, SabaGEO
+92.4
8.5 pts · #2
2Sharajyan, ViktoriaARM
+70.8
7.0 pts · #5
3Khlghatyan, KristianARM
+51.2
5.5 pts · #17

Top rating losers

1Kobakhidze, BarbareGEO
-79.2
4.5 pts · #83
2Janashia, AndriaGEO
-70.4
4.5 pts · #63
3Sadovskyi, HlibUKR
-54.4
3.5 pts · #87

Biggest upsets

R9+139 Elo gap
Davlasheridze, Giorgi1406 beat Kobakhidze, Barbare1545
R2+136 Elo gap
Grigoryan, Grigor I.1409 beat Kobakhidze, Barbare1545
R6+125 Elo gap
Moshenberg, Ido1431 beat Gugeshashvili, Ketevan1556