9th Batumi Int.Festival (Boys-10)

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54 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 30 Jul 2025 to 07 Aug 2025 in Batumi, Georgia. 6 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1583, and top seed was David J Lee (🇰🇷 KOR, 1690).

Alexandre Berishvili (🇬🇪 GEO, 1606) won with 8.5/9, ahead of Giorgi Kvaratskhelia (7.5) and Ruk Lee (7.0). Berishvili won solo starting round 8.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Narek A. Khachatryan (1528) beat David J Lee (1690), a +162-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

🇰🇷David J Lee1690

Avg top 10

1,583

Participants

Federations · 6 represented

🇬🇪Georgia×17

🇦🇲Armenia×11

🇰🇷South Korea×2

🇦🇿Azerbaijan×2

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

🇺🇸United States of America×1

Top 3

🥇
Alexandre Berishvili
🇬🇪GEO·1606
8.5pts·1917perf+65.2
🥈
Giorgi Kvaratskhelia
🇬🇪GEO·1576
7.5pts·1731perf+31.6
🥉
Ruk Lee
🇰🇷KOR·1540
7.0pts·1569perf+8.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Alexandre Berishvili led from R8; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R8.

Co-leaders

Berishvili8.5Kvaratskhelia7.5Metreveli7Lee7Skhvitaridze6.5Koiava6.5

R8–R9 · LEAD HELD

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

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Alexandre Berishvili drew with Giorgi Kvaratskhelia (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Alexandre Berishvili 5+3 wins (R1–R5, R7–R9)Giorgi Kvaratskhelia 5 wins (R1–R5)Gabriel Metreveli 6 wins (R4–R9)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Alexandre Berishvili	*	½	—	1
2Giorgi Kvaratskhelia	½	*	—	1
3Gabriel Metreveli	—	—	*	—
4Ruk Lee	0	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Berishvili, Alexandre	1606	GEO	+48N	+39B	+35N	+31B	+3N	=2B	+11N	+5B	+6N	8.5	46.5	50.0	46.25	1917	+65.2
2	Kvaratskhelia, Giorgi	1576	GEO	+52N	+50B	+14N	+24B	+18N	=1N	+3B	=10B	=8N	7.5	47.5	50.0	39.50	1731	+31.6
3	Lee, Ruk	1540	KOR	+54N	+8B	+6N	+5B	−1B	+33N	−2N	+38B	+11N	7.0	50.0	51.5	35.50	1569	+8.0
4	Metreveli, Gabriel	1458	GEO	−8N	+54B	−34N	+27B	+50N	+22B	+37N	+7B	+10N	7.0	40.5	42.0	31.00	2337	+48.8
5	Koiava, Mate	1614	GEO	+36B	+43N	+12B	−3N	+17B	+13N	=6B	−1N	+18B	6.5	49.5	53.0	34.25	1635	+6.4
6	Skhvitaridze, Daniel	0	GEO	+20B	+?N	−3B	+29N	+32B	+12N	=5N	+18B	−1B	6.5	48.5	48.5	29.75	1613	+6.4
7	Kudoyan, Rafael	1562	ARM	+19N	+49B	+26N	=17N	=31B	=18B	+9N	−4N	+21B	6.5	45.0	48.5	33.75	1458	-20.0
8	Mangasaryan, Arsen Z.	0	ARM	+4B	−3N	+?B	+?N	−30N	+14B	+25N	+17B	=2B	6.5	42.5	42.5	27.25	1563	0.0
9	Torosyan, Garik	0	ARM	+?N	−26B	+?N	+14B	=10N	+?N	−7B	+31B	+30N	6.5	32.5	32.5	18.00	1568	0.0
10	Khachatryan, Narek A.	1528	ARM	−33B	+51N	+40B	+36N	=9B	+23N	+17B	=2N	−4B	6.0	44.5	47.5	29.00	1572	+6.8
11	Simonyan, Stepan	1480	ARM	+40B	+41N	−17B	+47N	+38B	+30N	−1B	+13N	−3B	6.0	43.0	46.5	25.50	1405	-15.2
12	Kavtiashvili, Lazare	1507	GEO	+44N	+37B	−5N	+34B	+22N	−6B	−18N	+33B	+24N	6.0	41.5	45.0	26.50	748	-35.6
13	Abramishvili, Kvirike Lev	0	GEO	+27N	+?B	−30N	+21B	+37N	−5B	+33N	−11B	+19N	6.0	41.5	41.5	24.50	753	0.0
14	Avetisyan, Mark	0	ARM	+23B	+?N	−2B	−9N	+47B	−8N	+41B	+22N	+37B	6.0	41.5	41.5	21.00	775	0.0
15	Dolidze, Giorgi Nod	0	GEO	+?N	−32B	−37N	+?B	+42N	+24B	−38B	+23N	+27N	6.0	31.0	31.0	18.50	790	0.0
16	FIDE 13326066	0	—	+?B	−17N	=41B	+?N	−?B	+43N	=23B	+?N	+38N	6.0	21.5	21.5	11.75	886	0.0
17	Lee, David J	1690	KOR	+21N	+16B	+11N	=7B	−5N	+26B	−10N	−8N	+36B	5.5	48.0	52.5	30.25	1455	-50.4
18	Talanyan, Arsen	1483	ARM	+53N	+42B	+32N	+30B	−2B	=7N	+12B	−6N	−5N	5.5	45.5	47.5	23.75	1623	+47.2
19	Khechumyan, Manuel	0	ARM	−7B	+?N	=?B	+46N	−25B	+32N	+28B	+20N	−13B	5.5	36.0	36.0	18.50	1567	0.0
20	Dadaev, Hasan I	0	USA	−6N	+?B	+27N	−37B	=44N	+45B	+26N	−19B	+?N	5.5	33.0	33.0	15.25	1438	0.0
21	Gulashvili, Merab	0	GEO	−17B	+?N	+?B	−13N	+?B	+?N	=30B	+?N	−7N	5.5	22.5	22.5	2.25	1325	0.0
22	Metiki, Kristian	0	GEO	−35N	+?B	+43B	+28N	−12B	−4N	+50N	−14B	+39N	5.0	39.0	39.0	15.50	682	0.0
23	FIDE 13322818	0	—	−14N	+?B	+39N	=26B	+34N	−10B	=16N	−15B	+?N	5.0	37.5	37.5	14.00	729	0.0
24	Tsintsadze, Tevdore	0	GEO	+46B	+?N	+?B	−2N	−33B	−15N	+43B	+25N	−12B	5.0	36.0	36.0	12.00	741	0.0
25	Grigoryan, Mark	0	ARM	+38N	−30B	+?N	=32B	+19N	=31N	−8B	−24B	+?N	5.0	34.5	34.5	14.00	1445	-23.2
26	Baladze, Dachi	0	GEO	+?B	+9N	−7B	=23N	+41B	−17N	−20B	+?N	=?B	5.0	32.5	32.5	12.50	815	0.0
27	Mehdizade, Shahin	0	AZE	−13B	+?N	−20B	−4N	+?B	+?N	+?B	+32N	−15B	5.0	29.0	29.0	4.50	1523	0.0
28	Basiladze, Andria	0	GEO	+?N	+?B	−31N	−22B	=52N	+44B	−19N	=?B	+40N	5.0	25.0	25.0	8.75	754	0.0
29	FIDE 13329529	0	—	F	+?B	+42N	−6B	−?N	+?B	−39N	+?B	+?N	5.0	14.0	14.0	3.50	618	0.0
30	Ioseliani, Giorgi	1566	GEO	F	+25N	+13B	−18N	+8B	−11B	=21N	+36N	−9B	4.5	45.5	45.5	24.75	682	-49.2
31	Jafarli, Bakhtiyar	1553	AZE	+51B	+33N	+28B	−1N	=7N	=25B	=36B	−9N	F	4.5	45.0	48.0	20.50	1382	-17.6
32	Gusharashvili, Otar	1591	GEO	+47B	+15N	−18B	=25N	−6N	−19B	+45N	−27B	+41B	4.5	40.5	44.0	19.00	683	-26.0
33	Khvedelidze, Giorgi	0	GEO	+10N	−31B	+?N	+35B	+24N	−3B	−13B	−12N	=?B	4.5	39.0	39.0	15.50	1436	0.0
34	FIDE 13650998	0	—	+45B	=?N	+4B	−12N	−23B	−38N	+52B	+41N	F	4.5	36.0	36.0	16.50	1482	0.0
35	FIDE 13649132	0	—	+22B	+?N	−1B	−33N	−36B	−?B	=42N	+44B	+45N	4.5	33.0	33.0	13.75	806	0.0
36	Hambardzumyan, Vigen	0	ARM	−5N	+?B	+?N	−10B	+35N	+?B	=31N	−30B	−17N	4.5	31.5	31.5	6.75	1368	0.0
37	FIDE 13652214	0	—	F	−12N	+15B	+20N	−13B	+?N	−4B	+39B	−14N	4.0	40.5	40.5	15.50	682	0.0
38	FIDE 13329642	0	—	−25B	F	+52N	+50B	−11N	+34B	+15N	−3N	−16B	4.0	40.0	40.0	16.00	708	0.0
39	FIDE 13651005	0	—	+?B	−1N	−23B	+?N	−?B	+?N	+29B	−37N	−22B	4.0	27.5	27.5	5.00	806	0.0
40	FIDE 13647199	0	—	−11N	+?B	−10N	−?B	−?N	+48B	+?N	+?B	−28B	4.0	20.5	20.5	3.50	676	0.0
41	Markosyan, Tigran R.	0	ARM	+?N	−11B	=16N	+?B	−26N	+52B	−14N	−34B	−32N	3.5	34.5	34.5	5.50	1371	0.0
42	Sharabidze, Nodar	0	GEO	+?B	−18N	−29B	+?N	−15B	−47N	=35B	+43N	F	3.5	31.5	31.5	5.75	683	0.0
43	FIDE 13329723	0	—	+?N	−5B	−22N	+?B	=?N	−16B	−24N	−42B	+?B	3.5	26.0	26.0	0.00	813	0.0
44	FIDE 13652222	0	—	−12B	−?B	+?N	+?N	=20B	−28N	−46B	−35N	+?B	3.5	24.5	24.5	2.75	663	0.0
45	FIDE 13652494	0	—	−34N	+?B	=46B	−?N	+?B	−20N	−32B	+?N	−35B	3.5	22.5	22.5	1.75	790	0.0
46	FIDE 13600494	0	—	−24N	+?B	=45N	−19B	−?N	+?B	+44N	−?B	F	3.5	21.0	21.0	5.25	618	0.0
47	Kalinin, Petro	0	UKR	−32N	+?B	+?N	−11B	−14N	+42B	=?N	F	F	3.5	20.0	20.0	3.50	1223	0.0
48	FIDE 13652419	0	—	−1B	−?N	+?B	−?N	−?B	−40N	+54B	=?N	+52B	3.5	16.5	16.5	4.00	806	0.0
49	FIDE 540060101	0	—	F	−7N	−?B	−?N	+?B	−?B	+?N	+?B	=?N	3.5	6.5	6.5	0.00	744	0.0
50	FIDE 13651714	0	—	+?B	−2N	+?B	−38N	−4B	+?N	−22B	−?N	−?B	3.0	23.5	23.5	0.00	716	0.0
51	FIDE 13652109	0	—	−31N	−10B	+?N	+?B	−?B	+?N	F	F	F	3.0	10.5	10.5	0.00	742	0.0
52	FIDE 13648144	0	—	−2B	+?N	−38B	+?N	=28B	−41N	−34N	−?B	−48N	2.5	28.0	28.0	2.50	775	0.0
53	FIDE 13650971	0	—	−18B	−?N	−?B	−?B	−?N	+?N	+?B	−?N	−?B	2.0	5.5	5.5	0.00	683	0.0
54	FIDE 13652230	0	—	−3B	−4N	−?B	−?N	+?B	−?N	−48N	=?B	−?N	1.5	17.5	17.5	0.00	695	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Berishvili, AlexandreGEO
+65.2
8.5 pts · #1
2Metreveli, GabrielGEO
+48.8
7.0 pts · #9
3Talanyan, ArsenARM
+47.2
5.5 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1Lee, David JKOR
-50.4
5.5 pts · #11
2Ioseliani, GiorgiGEO
-49.2
4.5 pts · #48
3Kavtiashvili, LazareGEO
-35.6
6.0 pts · #36

Biggest upsets

R7+162 Elo gap
Khachatryan, Narek A.1528 beat Lee, David J1690
R3+108 Elo gap
Talanyan, Arsen1483 beat Gusharashvili, Otar1591
R8+104 Elo gap
Metreveli, Gabriel1458 beat Kudoyan, Rafael1562