Riga Christmas Chess Festival - WIM tournament-2025
Round-RobinStandard
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
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
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 roundsCo-leaders
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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
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇵🇱WIMKubicka, Anna | 2239 | * | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 6.5 | 28.00 | 38.5 | +5.6 | 2255 |
| 2 | 🇱🇻WGMRogule, Laura | 2259 | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | 24.00 | 38.5 | +1.0 | 2252 |
| 3 | 🇬🇧WFMSubramanian, Anusha | 2079 | 1 | ½ | * | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 5.5 | 22.75 | 39.5 | +52.8 | 2186 |
| 4 | 🇱🇻WGMBerzina, Ilze | 2153 | 0 | ½ | 1 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5.5 | 22.25 | 39.5 | +7.0 | 2178 |
| 5 | 🇮🇳WFMRindhiya V | 2075 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 18.25 | 40.0 | +17.8 | 2150 |
| 6 | 🇸🇰WFMNadzamova, Viktoria | 2186 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | * | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 4.5 | 20.75 | 40.5 | -21.4 | 2094 |
| 7 | 🇱🇻WCMMaklakova, Naomi | 1932 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 13.00 | 41.0 | +65.6 | 2080 |
| 8 | 🇸🇰WFMStriskova, Lucia | 2025 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 3.0 | 11.50 | 42.0 | -9.8 | 1987 |
| 9 | 🇱🇻Golsta, Madara | 1999 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 2.5 | 10.25 | 42.5 | -12.8 | 1949 |
| 10 | 🇮🇳WFMKeerti Shree Reddy | 2092 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 2.0 | 8.75 | 43.0 | -93.2 | 1885 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Maklakova, NaomiWCMLAT+65.64.0 pts · #7
- 2Subramanian, AnushaWFMENG+52.85.5 pts · #3
- 3Rindhiya VWFMIND+17.85.0 pts · #5
Top rating losers
- 1Keerti Shree ReddyWFMIND-93.22.0 pts · #10
- 2Nadzamova, ViktoriaWFMSVK-21.44.5 pts · #6
- 3Golsta, MadaraLAT-12.82.5 pts · #9
Biggest upsets
- R8+254 Elo gap
- R1+160 Elo gap
- R1+160 Elo gap