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Riga Christmas Chess Festival - WIM tournament-2025

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10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 15 Dec 2025 to 21 Dec 2025 in Riga, Latvia. 9 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2104, and top seed was Laura Rogule (🇱🇻 LAT, WGM, 2259).

Anna Kubicka (🇵🇱 POL, WIM, 2239) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Laura Rogule (6.5) and Anusha Subramanian (5.5). Kubicka shared the lead from round 8, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Naomi Maklakova (WCM, 1932) beat Viktoria Nadzamova (WFM, 2186), a +254-point gap.

Location
🇱🇻Riga, Latvia
Dates
15 Dec 2025 → 21 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇱🇻WGMLaura Rogule2259
Avg top 10
2,104
Participants
10
Titled players · 9
WGM×2
WIM×1
WFM×5
WCM×1
Federations · 5 represented
🇱🇻Latvia×4
🇸🇰Slovakia×2
🇮🇳India×2
🇵🇱Poland×1
🇬🇧England×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 10 · 9 rounds
Co-leaders
4
3
2
1
1
2
1
2
2
#1#2#5#10R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WIM Anna Kubicka beat WGM Laura Rogule (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

WGM Laura Rogule 4 wins (R1–R4)WFM Anusha Subramanian 3 wins (R1–R3)

Cross-table

#PlayerElo12345678910PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇵🇱WIMKubicka, Anna2239*1011½1½½16.528.0038.5+5.62255
2🇱🇻WGMRogule, Laura22590*½½½111116.524.0038.5+1.02252
3🇬🇧WFMSubramanian, Anusha20791½*0½0111½5.522.7539.5+52.82186
4🇱🇻WGMBerzina, Ilze21530½1*½½1½½15.522.2539.5+7.02178
5🇮🇳WFMRindhiya V20750½½½*0½1115.018.2540.0+17.82150
6🇸🇰WFMNadzamova, Viktoria2186½01½1*01½04.520.7540.5-21.42094
7🇱🇻WCMMaklakova, Naomi19320000½1*½114.013.0041.0+65.62080
8🇸🇰WFMStriskova, Lucia2025½00½00½*1½3.011.5042.0-9.81987
9🇱🇻Golsta, Madara1999½00½0½00*12.510.2542.5-12.81949
10🇮🇳WFMKeerti Shree Reddy209200½0010½0*2.08.7543.0-93.21885

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets