FIDE WORLD CADET CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 G8 group

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90 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held from 19 Sept 2025 to 29 Sept 2025 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. 8 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1642, and top seed was Alisha Bissaliyeva (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1704).

Alisha Bissaliyeva (🇰🇿 KAZ, 1704) won with 9.5/11, ahead of Jiahe Zhu (9.0) and Tselmeg Bold-Erdene (8.5). Bissaliyeva won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Kumushoy Uzokova (1465) beat Tselmeg Bold-Erdene (1661), a +196-point gap.

Location

🇰🇿Almaty, Kazakhstan

Dates

19 Sept 2025 → 29 Sept 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 11 rounds

Top seed

🇰🇿Alisha Bissaliyeva1704

Avg top 10

1,642

Participants

Federations · 8 represented

🇰🇿Kazakhstan×22

FIDE (no federation)×7

🇮🇳India×4

🇨🇳China×4

🇺🇿Uzbekistan×4

🇲🇳Mongolia×3

🇦🇺Australia×3

🇹🇷Turkiye×2

Top 3

🥇
Alisha Bissaliyeva
🇰🇿KAZ·1704
9.5pts·1854perf+63.2
🥈
Jiahe Zhu
🇨🇳CHN·1634
9.0pts·1812perf+86.4
🥉
Tselmeg Bold-Erdene
🇲🇳MGL·1661
8.5pts·1682perf+5.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 11 rounds

Alisha Bissaliyeva led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 5 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders

Bissaliyeva9.5Zhu9Yedresheva8.5Bold-Erdene8.5Lin8Tang8

R6–R11 · LEAD HELD

Alisha Bissaliyeva held the sole lead from R6 through R11 without losing it.

R9 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Alisha Bissaliyeva lost to Jiahe Zhu (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Alisha Bissaliyeva 8 wins (R1–R8)Jiahe Zhu 5 wins (R5–R9)Amaliya Yedresheva 3+5 wins (R2–R4, R7–R11)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Alisha Bissaliyeva	*	0	—	—
2Jiahe Zhu	1	*	—	½
3Amaliya Yedresheva	—	—	*	—
4Tselmeg Bold-Erdene	—	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Bissaliyeva, Alisha	1704	KAZ	+36N	+65B	+17N	+10B	+20N	+5B	+13N	+9B	−2N	+8B	=7N	9.5	74.0	78.5	65.50	1854	+63.2
2	Zhu, Jiahe	1634	CHN	+71B	+27N	−12B	=34N	+44B	+21N	+15B	+11N	+1B	=3N	+5N	9.0	72.0	76.5	62.25	1812	+86.4
3	Tselmeg Bold-Erdene	1661	MGL	+68B	−31N	+45B	+27N	=21B	+25N	=11B	+6N	+15B	=2B	+8N	8.5	70.0	74.5	57.00	1682	+5.6
4	Yedresheva, Amaliya	1519	KAZ	−25B	+59N	+43B	+32N	=8B	−15N	+34B	+42N	+10N	+23B	+9N	8.5	65.5	70.5	53.25	1751	+72.4
5	Tang, Emily Jiaying	1696	USA	+72B	+28N	+21B	+7N	+11B	−1N	+22B	−8N	+16B	+14N	−2B	8.0	75.0	79.5	53.50	1736	+22.8
6	Lin, Shuyao	0	CHN	+33N	−12N	+37B	+18B	−10N	+30B	+26N	−3B	+31N	+22N	+19B	8.0	68.5	74.5	51.50	1632	0.0
7	Aaranya R	1550	IND	+90N	+53B	+46N	−5B	+54N	−13B	+31N	=23B	+35N	+20B	=1B	8.0	65.0	67.0	44.00	1711	+48.4
8	Az-Erdene Nyamdavaa	1671	MGL	+52N	+41B	−9N	+50B	=4N	+24B	+20N	+5B	+14N	−1N	−3B	7.5	73.5	79.0	49.25	1669	+0.4
9	Teesha Byadwal	1510	IND	+85B	+32N	+8B	+14N	=22B	−11N	+12B	−1N	+24N	+16B	−4B	7.5	73.0	76.0	47.25	1670	+72.0
10	Cong, Chuhan	1558	CHN	+43B	+39N	+13B	−1N	+6B	=12N	−14B	+38N	−4B	+29B	+20N	7.5	72.0	77.5	49.00	1543	-6.4
11	Wang, Linyu	1568	NZL	+80N	+49B	+31N	+12B	−5N	+9B	=3N	−2B	−20N	+21B	+23N	7.5	71.0	74.5	46.75	1668	+54.0
12	Zhu, Stella	1494	FIN	+75N	+6B	+2N	−11N	+16B	=10B	−9N	−24B	+53N	+26B	=14B	7.0	71.5	75.5	46.75	1609	+55.2
13	Chethakshi, H R Livini Inhara	0	SRI	+?N	+24B	−10N	+17B	+26N	+7N	−1B	−20B	−18N	+37B	+33N	7.0	70.5	70.5	40.00	1668	+144.0
14	Candan, Alya Beren	1604	TUR	+78N	+50B	+29N	−9B	+31N	=20B	+10N	+22N	−8B	−5B	=12N	7.0	68.5	72.5	42.75	1634	+17.6
15	Volkova, Varvara	1561	FID	+84N	=23B	−35N	+47B	+53N	+4B	−2N	+29B	−3N	=33B	+31N	7.0	67.5	70.5	40.75	1630	+28.4
16	Narymbet, Zere	1619	KAZ	+70N	+48B	+18N	−20B	−12N	+38B	+65N	+33B	−5N	−9N	+32B	7.0	64.0	68.5	39.50	1561	-25.6
17	Kobeissey , Jessica	1539	LBN	+58N	+45B	−1B	−13N	−32B	+84N	+56B	+44N	−23N	+54B	+35N	7.0	61.0	64.0	35.00	1403	-22.4
18	Mashrabboeva, Munisa	1492	UZB	+89N	+55B	−16B	−6N	−56B	+67N	+58B	+45N	+13B	−19N	+28B	7.0	60.5	62.5	35.50	1528	+1.2
19	Ulemjsergeg, Enkhtuvshin	0	MGL	−46N	−84B	+80N	+78B	+49N	−31B	+41N	+48B	+30N	+18B	−6N	7.0	57.5	60.5	38.00	1528	0.0
20	Anvi Deepak Hinge	1548	IND	+59B	+25N	+42B	+16N	−1B	=14N	−8B	+13N	+11B	−7N	−10B	6.5	73.0	78.0	42.00	1512	-14.0
21	Arpitangshi Bhattacharya	1510	IND	+81N	+47B	−5N	+76B	=3N	−2B	+40N	−35B	+49B	−11N	+42B	6.5	65.5	69.0	34.25	1452	-12.8
22	OO, Ke Chien	1564	TPE	+60B	=44N	+56B	+35N	=9N	+29B	−5N	−14B	+54N	−6B	=30N	6.5	65.0	70.0	37.25	1475	-27.6
23	Markovskaya, Teya	1442	KAZ	+74B	=15N	=44B	=77N	=65B	+51N	+37B	=7N	+17B	−4N	−11B	6.5	64.0	68.0	37.50	1543	+54.4
24	Rathnasekara, Aryana Lisara	1553	SRI	+87B	−13N	+39B	=44N	+34B	−8N	+43B	+12N	−9B	−28N	+47B	6.5	64.0	66.5	35.25	1474	-38.0
25	Kondrova, Vitalina	0	FID	+4N	−20B	+30N	=33B	+48N	−3B	−38N	−53B	+?N	+65B	+36N	6.5	63.0	63.0	34.00	1526	0.0
26	Charyyeva, Anna	1607	TKM	−39B	+57N	+68B	+46N	−13B	=43N	−6B	+73N	+27B	−12N	+44B	6.5	60.5	65.0	34.25	1694	+24.4
27	Shatsila, Miraslava	1463	FID	+62N	−2B	+55N	−3B	+81N	=40B	−36N	+68B	−26N	+66B	+43N	6.5	60.5	64.0	31.00	832	-35.2
28	Larina, Zarina	1465	UZB	+63N	−5B	+64N	−54B	−43N	+62B	+59N	+36B	=33N	+24B	−18N	6.5	59.0	64.0	35.50	1485	+6.4
29	Issatay, Aiziya	1487	KAZ	+83N	+54B	−14B	+56N	+77B	−22N	=42B	−15N	+34B	−10N	+51B	6.5	59.0	62.5	31.75	1460	-2.0
30	Zoxirova Aminabonu	1485	UZB	+86B	−56N	−25B	+87N	+67B	−6N	+32B	+39N	−19B	+58N	=22B	6.5	57.5	60.0	30.25	1553	+6.0
31	Uzokova, Kumushoy	1465	UZB	+88N	+3B	−11B	+40N	−14B	+19N	−7B	+37N	−6B	+39N	−15B	6.0	71.0	73.0	35.50	1465	-60.0
32	Kulchieva, Viktoriya Yu	0	FID	+?N	−9B	+41N	−4B	+17N	−33B	−30N	+76B	+46N	+38B	−16N	6.0	64.0	64.0	28.50	1459	0.0
33	Beati, Ilaria Martina	1492	ITA	−6B	+85N	+87B	=25N	=42B	+32N	+45B	−16N	=28B	=15N	−13B	6.0	62.0	64.5	29.75	1414	-11.6
34	Mukanova, Amina	1439	KAZ	−55N	+89B	+62N	=2B	−24N	+47B	−4N	+66B	−29N	=40B	+59N	6.0	61.5	63.5	29.50	1230	-70.4
35	Zhakisheva, Venera	0	KAZ	=57B	+66N	+15B	−22B	−38N	+53B	+69N	+21N	−7B	=44N	−17B	6.0	61.0	65.5	32.75	1504	+24.4
36	Abilashim, Aisha	0	KAZ	−1B	+86N	+51B	=65N	−37B	+61N	+27B	−28N	=38B	+57N	−25B	6.0	61.0	64.0	30.25	1454	0.0
37	Otargali, Symbat	1503	KAZ	−47N	+58B	−6N	+73B	+36N	+39B	−23N	−31B	+42B	−13N	+55B	6.0	60.5	65.0	32.00	741	-40.8
38	Alemanova, Amira	1464	KAZ	=66B	−42N	+60B	+72N	+35B	−16N	+25B	−10B	=36N	−32N	+58B	6.0	59.0	63.5	32.25	785	-26.8
39	Assylbekkyzy, Narmina	0	KAZ	+26N	−10B	−24N	+62B	+?N	−37N	+77B	−30B	+67N	−31B	+54N	6.0	57.5	57.5	25.00	1486	0.0
40	Okonova, Avrora	0	USA	−48N	+70B	+49N	−31B	+50N	=27N	−21B	=?B	=45N	=34N	+57B	6.0	56.5	56.5	29.50	1506	0.0
41	Ponikowska, Aleksandra	1469	POL	+67B	−8N	−32B	=59N	=66B	+81N	−19B	−55N	+61N	+75B	+56N	6.0	53.5	57.0	26.75	872	0.0
42	Zheng, Hanyue	0	CHN	+76N	+38B	−20N	=48B	=33N	+46B	=29N	−4B	−37N	+53B	−21N	5.5	62.0	66.0	29.50	1447	0.0
43	Gvasalia, Anastasia	0	GEO	−10N	+82B	−4N	+69N	+28B	=26B	−24N	=46B	=65B	+49N	−27B	5.5	62.0	65.5	28.25	1470	0.0
44	Matala, Sophia-Lenina	1422	ROU	+82N	=22B	=23N	=24B	−2N	+79B	=48N	−17B	+75N	=35B	−26N	5.5	61.0	64.5	26.50	1382	-26.8
45	Aldazharova, Leila	0	KAZ	+77B	−17N	−3N	+64B	+55N	+54B	−33N	−18B	=40B	−51N	+65N	5.5	59.5	63.5	26.50	1430	0.0
46	Tan, Mia	1435	AUS	+19B	+69N	−7B	−26B	=47N	−42N	+61B	=43N	−32B	=74N	+66B	5.5	58.0	62.5	28.75	1451	+3.6
47	Kudryashova, Miya	0	FID	+37B	−21N	+69B	−15N	=46B	−34N	+60B	−49N	+68N	+50B	−24N	5.5	58.0	62.5	28.25	1438	0.0
48	Shergalieva, Amina	1465	KGZ	+40B	−16N	+75B	=42N	−25B	+60N	=44B	−19N	−58B	=62N	+70B	5.5	57.0	61.0	27.50	1340	-11.6
49	Kaipova, Aiaru	1448	KAZ	+79N	−11N	−40B	+58N	−19B	+64B	=66N	+47B	−21N	−43B	+67N	5.5	57.0	60.5	25.75	734	-29.2
50	Travkina, Nikol Aleks	1452	FID	+61B	−14N	+67B	−8N	−40B	−66N	+81B	=51N	+55B	−47N	+74B	5.5	55.0	58.5	25.25	838	-20.8
51	Wu, Eleanor	0	AUS	−53N	+73B	−36N	+84B	+76N	−23B	−68N	=50B	+52N	+45B	−29N	5.5	53.5	56.5	25.25	1120	0.0
52	Akimkhan, Alima	0	KAZ	−8B	−67N	+85B	=74N	−61B	−73N	+82B	+87N	−51B	+71N	+69B	5.5	47.0	49.5	20.25	1614	0.0
53	Jefimova, Marija	1421	LAT	+51B	−7N	=61B	+66N	−15B	−35N	+74B	+25N	−12B	−42N	=62B	5.0	60.0	64.5	26.00	747	-39.2
54	Zhubatkhan, Assylym	0	KAZ	+?B	−29N	+57B	+28N	−7B	−45N	+76B	+65N	−22B	−17N	−39B	5.0	59.5	59.5	20.00	1448	0.0
55	Tykalova, Eva	0	CZE	+34B	−18N	−27B	+71N	−45B	−57N	+70N	+41B	−50N	+76B	−37N	5.0	56.5	60.5	25.00	1229	-140.4
56	Malakhova, Amelia	0	UKR	+?N	+30B	−22N	−29B	+18N	−65B	−17N	+?B	−57B	+77N	−41B	5.0	53.0	53.0	17.50	1504	0.0
57	Pierron Bejan, Elisa	1417	FRA	=35N	−26B	−54N	−79B	+80N	+55B	=75N	+59B	+56N	−36B	−40N	5.0	52.0	55.5	23.50	787	-11.2
58	Koken, Ada Zeynep	0	TUR	−17B	−37N	+?N	−49B	+78N	+?B	−18N	+69B	+48N	−30B	−38N	5.0	52.0	52.0	14.00	1422	0.0
59	Kaloh, Frida	0	SLO	−20N	−4B	+?N	=41B	+72B	=77N	−28B	−57N	+?B	+68N	−34B	5.0	51.5	51.5	14.00	1377	-59.6
60	Dautova, Ailin	0	KAZ	−22N	=79B	−38N	+63B	+75N	−48B	−47N	=61B	−69N	+84B	+77B	5.0	49.5	52.5	20.25	1292	0.0
61	Shinbayeva, Alnura	0	KAZ	−50N	+78B	=53N	−?B	+52N	−36B	−46N	=60N	−41B	+?B	+75N	5.0	46.5	46.5	18.50	1145	0.0
62	Seol, Yunseo	0	KOR	−27B	+71N	−34B	−39N	+?B	−28N	=?B	=74N	+?N	=48B	=53N	5.0	44.5	44.5	12.00	1379	0.0
63	Oh, Yeram	0	KOR	−28B	=72N	−66B	−60N	−82B	+89N	−85B	=86N	+78N	+?B	+76N	5.0	40.0	40.0	13.75	1471	0.0
64	Mendizabal Hernandez, Valentina	0	MEX	−65B	+?N	−28B	−45N	+71B	−49N	−?N	+78B	−76N	+80B	+?B	5.0	38.0	38.0	12.00	1228	0.0
65	Novodvorskaia, Elizaveta	1475	FID	+64N	−1N	+81B	=36B	=23N	+56N	−16B	−54B	=43N	−25N	−45B	4.5	61.5	65.0	22.50	1308	-24.0
66	Renganathan, Navika	0	CAN	=38N	−35B	+63N	−53B	=41N	+50B	=49B	−34N	+73B	−27N	−46N	4.5	57.0	61.5	23.75	1309	0.0
67	Nurmukhamet, Sara	0	KAZ	−41N	+52B	−50N	+70B	−30N	−18B	+78N	+72B	−39B	=69N	−49B	4.5	55.5	59.5	20.75	1115	0.0
68	FIDE 16706226	0	—	−3N	+88B	−26N	=75B	−79N	+82N	+51B	−27N	−47B	−59B	+81N	4.5	52.0	54.0	16.50	778	0.0
69	Ong, Yun Li (Charlotte)	1555	AUS	+73N	−46B	−47N	−43B	+83N	+70B	−35B	−58N	+60B	=67B	−52N	4.5	51.5	55.0	19.75	627	-26.8
70	Asadli, Malak	0	AZE	−16B	−40N	+83B	−67N	+87B	−69N	−55B	+85N	=81N	+79B	−48N	4.5	46.0	48.5	14.25	740	0.0
71	FIDE 447078588	0	—	−2N	−62B	+88N	−55B	−64N	+83B	=87N	−79B	+80N	−52B	+82N	4.5	46.0	48.0	13.75	835	0.0
72	FIDE 2865033	0	—	−5N	=63B	+79N	−38B	−59N	−75B	+80N	−67N	+87B	+81B	−?N	4.5	45.5	45.5	15.50	778	0.0
73	Hadhek, Eline	0	TUN	−69B	−51N	+82B	−37N	=?N	+52B	+79N	−26B	−66N	−?B	+83N	4.5	43.0	43.0	16.00	1184	0.0
74	Tursunova, Fotima	0	TJK	−23N	+80B	−76N	=52B	−?N	+?B	−53N	=62B	+?N	=46B	−50N	4.5	40.5	40.5	11.50	1259	0.0
75	Kulzhanova, Amaliya	0	KAZ	−12B	+?B	−48N	=68N	−60B	+72N	=57B	+77N	−44B	−41N	−61B	4.0	52.0	52.0	13.25	1433	0.0
76	Abaykyzy, Rayana	0	KAZ	−42B	+83N	+74B	−21N	−51B	+?B	−54N	−32N	+64B	−55N	−63B	4.0	51.5	51.5	13.00	1536	0.0
77	Angelova, Katrin	1656	BUL	−45N	+90B	+84N	=23B	−29N	=59B	−39N	−75B	+79N	−56B	−60N	4.0	50.0	52.0	14.25	1257	-39.2
78	FIDE 557007144	0	—	−14B	−61N	+86B	−19N	−58B	+85N	−67B	−64N	−63B	+88N	+84N	4.0	47.5	49.5	11.00	804	0.0
79	Soojasan, Reashvmittha	0	MAS	−49B	=60N	−72B	+57N	+68B	−44N	−73B	+71N	−77B	−70N	−?B	3.5	47.5	47.5	16.50	1248	0.0
80	FIDE 447079045	0	—	−11B	−74N	−19B	=82N	−57B	+86N	−72B	+89N	−71B	−64N	+90B	3.5	46.5	48.5	8.75	694	0.0
81	Koshenova, Samina	0	KAZ	−21B	+?B	−65N	+?N	−27B	−41B	−50N	+82N	=70B	−72N	−68B	3.5	46.0	46.0	5.75	1240	0.0
82	Vadoklyte, Austeja	0	LTU	−44B	−43N	−73N	=80B	+63N	−68B	−52N	−81B	+88B	+90N	−71B	3.5	44.0	46.0	10.75	653	0.0
83	Malemane, Atlehang Faith	0	RSA	−29B	−76B	−70N	+90N	−69B	−71N	=86B	−88N	+89B	+87N	−73B	3.5	38.0	40.0	8.00	712	0.0
84	DJEMAIEL, Janna	0	TUN	−15B	+19N	−77B	−51N	+85B	−17B	−?N	−?N	+86B	−60N	−78B	3.0	45.5	45.5	13.00	759	0.0
85	Krivosheeva, Alisa	0	SRB	−9N	−33B	−52N	+88B	−84N	−78B	+63N	−70B	+90B	−?N	−?N	3.0	39.5	39.5	9.00	700	0.0
86	FIDE 9334521	0	—	−30N	−36B	−78N	−?B	+90N	−80B	=83N	=63B	−84N	=89B	=88B	3.0	37.5	37.5	8.25	667	0.0
87	Imanbek, Aiya	0	KAZ	−24N	+?B	−33N	−30B	−70N	+?N	=71B	−52B	−72N	−83B	−89N	2.5	43.5	43.5	2.25	1331	0.0
88	Petricic, Antea	0	CRO	−31B	−68N	−71B	−85N	=89B	−90B	−?N	+83B	−82N	−78B	=86N	2.0	36.0	36.0	6.00	851	0.0
89	Lumiste, Sade Marie	0	EST	−18B	−34N	−?B	−?B	=88N	−63B	−90N	−80B	−83N	=86N	+87B	2.0	34.5	34.5	5.00	738	0.0
90	FIDE 10856293	0	—	−7B	−77N	−?N	−83B	−86B	+88N	+89B	−?B	−85N	−82B	−80N	2.0	32.5	32.5	4.00	797	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Chethakshi, H R Livini InharaSRI
+144.0
7.0 pts · #4
2Zhu, JiaheCHN
+86.4
9.0 pts · #1
3Yedresheva, AmaliyaKAZ
+72.4
8.5 pts · #17

Top rating losers

1Tykalova, EvaCZE
-140.4
5.0 pts · #46
2Mukanova, AminaKAZ
-70.4
6.0 pts · #67
3Uzokova, KumushoyUZB
-60.0
6.0 pts · #41

Biggest upsets

R2+196 Elo gap
Uzokova, Kumushoy1465 beat Tselmeg Bold-Erdene1661
R5+169 Elo gap
Issatay, Aiziya1487 beat Angelova, Katrin1656
R3+161 Elo gap
Teesha Byadwal1510 beat Az-Erdene Nyamdavaa1671