5th Daegu Chess Tournament
Open SwissStandard
32 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 13 Dec 2025 to 14 Dec 2025 in Daegu, South Korea. Top 10 Elo average was 1796, and top seed was James Edward Turnbull (🇰🇷 KOR, 1912).
Jinwoo A Park (🇰🇷 KOR, 1805) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Minseong Lee (5.0) and James Edward Turnbull (4.5). Park won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Dongseob Lee (1784) beat James Edward Turnbull (1912), a +128-point gap.
Location
🇰🇷Daegu, South Korea
Dates
13 Dec 2025 → 14 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇰🇷South Korea×28
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsTight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
13
7
2
1
1
2
R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 5.0/6. Park takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (19.0).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Jinwoo A Park 3 wins (R1–R3)Kaviinayan Meiyazhagan 4 wins (R1–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Minseong Lee | * | — | 1 | ½ |
| 2Jinwoo A Park | — | * | 0 | — |
| 3Kaviinayan Meiyazhagan | 0 | 1 | * | — |
| 4James Edward Turnbull | ½ | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Park, Jinwoo A | 1805 | KOR | +6N | +7B | +14N | −4N | +20B | +11B | 5.0 | 19.0 | 21.0 | 16.50 | 1973 | +41.2 |
| 2 | Lee, Minseong | 1798 | KOR | +13B | +17N | =3N | =10B | +12N | +4B | 5.0 | 18.5 | 21.0 | 17.00 | 2021 | +56.0 |
| 3 | Turnbull, James Edward | 1912 | KOR | +21B | +8N | =2B | −11N | +7N | +10B | 4.5 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 16.00 | 1927 | +3.6 |
| 4 | Meiyazhagan, Kaviinayan | 1897 | KOR | +18N | +20B | +5N | +1B | =11B | −2N | 4.5 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 15.25 | 1927 | +10.4 |
| 5 | Jeon, Inseo | 1781 | KOR | +25B | +19N | −4B | +9N | =10N | =6B | 4.0 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 11.25 | 1777 | +0.4 |
| 6 | Bae, Ilsu | 0 | KOR | −1B | +15N | =17B | +24N | +19B | =5N | 4.0 | 17.0 | 18.5 | 10.25 | 1708 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Choi, Juhun | 1686 | KOR | +30B | −1N | +22B | +19N | −3B | +13N | 4.0 | 17.0 | 17.5 | 8.00 | 1706 | +3.6 |
| 8 | Kim, Taewoo D | 1725 | KOR | +31N | −3B | −10N | +22B | +21N | +12B | 4.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 7.00 | 1767 | +6.4 |
| 9 | Lee, Woojin B | 0 | KOR | −14N | +29B | +18N | −5B | +24B | +20N | 4.0 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 6.50 | 1676 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Kim, Taehyun B | 1844 | KOR | +22B | =24N | +8B | =2N | =5B | −3N | 3.5 | 19.5 | 21.0 | 11.25 | 1786 | -13.2 |
| 11 | Lee, Dongseob | 1784 | KOR | +29N | +12B | F | +3B | =4N | −1N | 3.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 10.25 | 1906 | +13.2 |
| 12 | Son, Jaewon | 1632 | KOR | +15B | −11N | +13B | +17N | −2B | −8N | 3.0 | 18.5 | 21.0 | 8.50 | 1539 | -18.8 |
| 13 | Cha, Haun | 0 | KOR | −2N | +23B | −12N | +18B | +14N | −7B | 3.0 | 17.5 | 19.5 | 7.50 | 1586 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Hwang, Siwoo | 1622 | KOR | +9B | +21N | −1B | −20N | −13B | +22N | 3.0 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 8.00 | 1645 | +6.4 |
| 15 | Kim, Minjun G | 0 | KOR | −12N | −6B | +31N | −16B | +32N | +21B | 3.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 2.00 | 1523 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Oh, Jungmin | 1725 | KOR | F | F | F | +15N | +26B | +17N | 3.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.50 | 2401 | +25.2 |
| 17 | Son, Donghwa | 1628 | KOR | +23N | −2B | =6N | −12B | +27N | −16B | 2.5 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 5.00 | 1500 | -25.2 |
| 18 | Cho, Haedeun | 1562 | KOR | −4B | +30N | −9B | −13N | +23B | =19N | 2.5 | 16.0 | 16.5 | 3.75 | 1552 | -2.8 |
| 19 | Lee, Chanhee | 1591 | KOR | +32N | −5B | +25N | −7B | −6N | =18B | 2.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 2.25 | 1401 | -13.6 |
| 20 | Park, Sewoong | 1691 | KOR | F | −4N | +24B | +14B | −1N | −9B | 2.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 4.50 | 1740 | +10.8 |
| 21 | Do, Yoonwoo | 1571 | KOR | −3N | −14B | +23N | +32B | −8B | −15N | 2.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 2.00 | 949 | -34.4 |
| 22 | Lee, Jaemyung | 1517 | KOR | −10N | +31B | −7N | −8N | +28B | −14B | 2.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 1.00 | 1447 | -18.0 |
| 23 | Kwon, Ohbeom | 0 | KOR | −17B | −13N | −21B | +31B | −18N | +26N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 1.00 | 1390 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Lee, Kwanhoo | 1645 | KOR | F | =10B | −20N | −6B | −9N | +27B | 1.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 2.75 | 1710 | +10.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 13227955 | 0 | — | −5N | +32B | −19B | F | F | F | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 884 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Malibekov, Artur | 1576 | KOR | F | F | F | +29B | −16N | −23B | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.50 | 938 | -11.6 |
| 27 | Kim, Jaehyeon | 1561 | KOR | F | F | F | +28N | −17B | −24N | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.00 | 1488 | -18.0 |
| 28 | Hwang, Hyeonjun | 0 | KOR | F | F | F | −27B | −22N | +29B | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.50 | 761 | -41.2 |
| 29 | FIDE 13237527 | 0 | — | −11B | −9N | =30B | −26N | −?B | −28N | 0.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.25 | 844 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Kim, Heejae | 0 | KOR | −7N | −18B | =29N | F | F | F | 0.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.25 | 822 | 0.0 |
| 31 | FIDE 13237969 | 0 | — | −8B | −22N | −15B | −23N | F | F | 0.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 0.00 | 821 | 0.0 |
| 32 | FIDE 13235940 | 0 | — | −19B | −25N | F | −21N | −15B | −?N | 0.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 782 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Lee, MinseongKOR+56.05.0 pts · #3
- 2Park, Jinwoo AKOR+41.25.0 pts · #4
- 3Oh, JungminKOR+25.23.0 pts · #12
Top rating losers
- 1Hwang, HyeonjunKOR-41.21.0 pts · #29
- 2Do, YoonwooKOR-34.42.0 pts · #30
- 3Son, DonghwaKOR-25.22.5 pts · #21
Biggest upsets
- R4+128 Elo gap