1st Gwangju Invitational - July 2025
Round-RobinStandard
10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 27 Jul 2025 to 29 Jul 2025 in Gwangju, South Korea. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1081, and top seed was Jeongsu Roh (🇰🇷 KOR, 1956).
Inguh Kim (🇰🇷 KOR, CM, 1925) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Doun Kim (6.5) and Sungmin Ahn (6.0). Kim won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Doun Kim (1691) beat Jeongsu Roh (1956), a +265-point gap.
Location
🇰🇷Gwangju, South Korea
Dates
27 Jul 2025 → 29 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 9 rounds
Titled players · 2
CM×1
WFM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇰🇷South Korea×10
Top 3
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- 🥈
- 🥉
How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 roundsCM Inguh Kim led from R4 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.
Co-leaders
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3
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇰🇷CMKim, Inguh | 1925 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 8.0 | 32.00 | 33.0 | +24.4 | 2554 |
| 4 | 🇰🇷Kim, Doun | 1691 | 0 | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | 18.25 | 34.5 | +53.6 | 1898 |
| 5 | 🇰🇷Ahn, Sungmin | 1941 | 0 | 1 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.0 | 22.50 | 35.0 | -26.8 | 1722 |
| 2 | 🇰🇷Kim, Taewoo D | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 10.75 | 36.5 | 0.0 | 1823 |
| 3 | 🇰🇷Lee, Songdon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 10.50 | 36.5 | 0.0 | 1803 |
| 7 | 🇰🇷Park, Sunghyun | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | * | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 10.00 | 37.0 | 0.0 | 1678 |
| 6 | 🇰🇷WFMPark, Sunwoo | 1858 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | ½ | — | 1 | 3.5 | 11.50 | 37.5 | -8.8 | 1754 |
| 8 | 🇰🇷Baek, Seunghan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | * | — | 1 | 3.0 | 8.00 | 38.0 | 0.0 | 1624 |
| 9 | 🇰🇷Roh, Jeongsu | 1956 | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | * | — | 1.0 | 6.00 | 40.0 | -13.6 | 1816 |
| 10 | 🇰🇷Kang, Hyunjung | 1436 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | * | 0.0 | 0.00 | 41.0 | -17.6 | 1010 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Kim, DounKOR+53.66.5 pts · #4
- 2Kim, InguhCMKOR+24.48.0 pts · #1
- 3Kim, Taewoo DKOR0.04.5 pts · #2
Top rating losers
- 1Ahn, SungminKOR-26.86.0 pts · #5
- 2Kang, HyunjungKOR-17.60.0 pts · #10
- 3Roh, JeongsuKOR-13.61.0 pts · #9
Biggest upsets
- R4+265 Elo gap
- R5+167 Elo gap