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1st Ninh Binh IM chess tournament 2025

Double Round-RobinStandard

6 players participated in this 10-round tournament, held from 22 Dec 2025 to 27 Dec 2025 in Ninh Binh, Vietnam. 6 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2243, and top seed was Jan Emmanuel Garcia (🇵🇭 PHI, IM, 2425).

Jan Emmanuel Garcia (🇵🇭 PHI, IM, 2425) won with 8.0/10, ahead of Nguyen Van Hai (6.5) and Zaw Htun Wynn (5.0). Garcia won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Omya Vidyarthi (WIM, 2138) beat Zaw Htun Wynn (IM, 2348), a +210-point gap.

Location
🇻🇳Ninh Binh, Vietnam
Dates
22 Dec 2025 → 27 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Double RR · 10 rounds
Top seed
🇵🇭IMJan Emmanuel Garcia2425
Avg top 10
2,243
Participants
6
Titled players · 6
IM×3
FM×1
CM×1
WIM×1
Federations · 5 represented
🇻🇳Vietnam×2
🇱🇰Sri Lanka×1
🇵🇭Philippines×1
🇲🇲Myanmar×1
🇺🇸United States of America×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 10 rounds

IM Jan Emmanuel Garcia led from R3 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.

Co-leaders
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
#1#2#3#6R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10
Garcia#1Hai#2Wynn#3Vidyarthi#4Liyanage#5Quan#6
R3–R10 · LEAD HELD

IM Jan Emmanuel Garcia never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R8 · DECISIVE LEAD26 Dec

IM Jan Emmanuel Garcia opens a +1.5-point gap over the chasing pack (closest: IM Nguyen Van Hai); the title is out of reach before R10.

HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND · 2 games

IM Jan Emmanuel Garcia 1.0–1.0 against IM Nguyen Van Hai (R5 ½-½, R10 ½-½).

Cross-table

#PlayerElo123456PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇵🇭IMGarcia, Jan Emmanuel2425*
½½
½1
1½
11
11
8.032.7544.0+3.02446
2🇻🇳IMNguyen Van Hai2279
½½
*
½½
11
½1
½½
6.530.0047.0+18.82345
3🇲🇲IMWynn, Zaw Htun2348
0½
½½
*
½0
10
11
5.020.7550.0-16.22222
4🇺🇸WIMVidyarthi, Omya2138
½0
00
1½
*
½1
½½
4.519.5051.0+43.22228
5🇱🇰FMLiyanage, Pesandu Rashmitha2146
00
0½
10
0½
*
11
4.014.5052.0+9.62190
6🇻🇳CMVo Hoang Quan2121
00
½½
00
½½
00
*2.011.0056.0-44.82027

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets