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5th Daegu Chess Tournament

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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 (πŸ‡°πŸ‡· KOR, 1912).

Jinwoo A Park (πŸ‡°πŸ‡· 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
πŸ‡°πŸ‡·Daegu, South Korea
Dates
13 Dec 2025 β†’ 14 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss Β· 6 rounds
Top seed
πŸ‡°πŸ‡·James Edward Turnbull1912
Avg top 10
1,796
Participants
32
Federations Β· 1 represented
πŸ‡°πŸ‡·South KoreaΓ—28
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 Β· 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
13
7
2
1
1
2
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
Lee5Park5Meiyazhagan4.5Turnbull4.5Lee4Bae4
R6 Β· TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.0/6. Park takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (19.0).

WIN STREAKS Β· 2 top finishers

Jinwoo A Park 3 wins (R1–R3)Kaviinayan Meiyazhagan 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups Β· top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Minseong Lee*β€”
1
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2Jinwoo A Parkβ€”*
0
β€”
3Kaviinayan Meiyazhagan
0
1
*β€”
4James Edward Turnbull
Β½
β€”β€”*

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#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΞ”
1Park, Jinwoo A1805KOR+6N+7B+14Nβˆ’4N+20B+11B5.019.021.016.501973+41.2
2Lee, Minseong1798KOR+13B+17N=3N=10B+12N+4B5.018.521.017.002021+56.0
3Turnbull, James Edward1912KOR+21B+8N=2Bβˆ’11N+7N+10B4.520.022.016.001927+3.6
4Meiyazhagan, Kaviinayan1897KOR+18N+20B+5N+1B=11Bβˆ’2N4.520.022.015.251927+10.4
5Jeon, Inseo1781KOR+25B+19Nβˆ’4B+9N=10N=6B4.018.519.511.251777+0.4
6Bae, Ilsu0KORβˆ’1B+15N=17B+24N+19B=5N4.017.018.510.2517080.0
7Choi, Juhun1686KOR+30Bβˆ’1N+22B+19Nβˆ’3B+13N4.017.017.58.001706+3.6
8Kim, Taewoo D1725KOR+31Nβˆ’3Bβˆ’10N+22B+21N+12B4.015.015.07.001767+6.4
9Lee, Woojin B0KORβˆ’14N+29B+18Nβˆ’5B+24B+20N4.013.013.56.5016760.0
10Kim, Taehyun B1844KOR+22B=24N+8B=2N=5Bβˆ’3N3.519.521.011.251786-13.2
11Lee, Dongseob1784KOR+29N+12BF+3B=4Nβˆ’1N3.517.517.510.251906+13.2
12Son, Jaewon1632KOR+15Bβˆ’11N+13B+17Nβˆ’2Bβˆ’8N3.018.521.08.501539-18.8
13Cha, Haun0KORβˆ’2N+23Bβˆ’12N+18B+14Nβˆ’7B3.017.519.57.5015860.0
14Hwang, Siwoo1622KOR+9B+21Nβˆ’1Bβˆ’20Nβˆ’13B+22N3.016.018.08.001645+6.4
15Kim, Minjun G0KORβˆ’12Nβˆ’6B+31Nβˆ’16B+32N+21B3.012.012.02.0015230.0
16Oh, Jungmin1725KORFFF+15N+26B+17N3.06.56.56.502401+25.2
17Son, Donghwa1628KOR+23Nβˆ’2B=6Nβˆ’12B+27Nβˆ’16B2.517.018.05.001500-25.2
18Cho, Haedeun1562KORβˆ’4B+30Nβˆ’9Bβˆ’13N+23B=19N2.516.016.53.751552-2.8
19Lee, Chanhee1591KOR+32Nβˆ’5B+25Nβˆ’7Bβˆ’6N=18B2.515.515.52.251401-13.6
20Park, Sewoong1691KORFβˆ’4N+24B+14Bβˆ’1Nβˆ’9B2.018.018.04.501740+10.8
21Do, Yoonwoo1571KORβˆ’3Nβˆ’14B+23N+32Bβˆ’8Bβˆ’15N2.016.516.52.00949-34.4
22Lee, Jaemyung1517KORβˆ’10N+31Bβˆ’7Nβˆ’8N+28Bβˆ’14B2.015.515.51.001447-18.0
23Kwon, Ohbeom0KORβˆ’17Bβˆ’13Nβˆ’21B+31Bβˆ’18N+26N2.011.011.01.0013900.0
24Lee, Kwanhoo1645KORF=10Bβˆ’20Nβˆ’6Bβˆ’9N+27B1.514.514.52.751710+10.0
25FIDE 132279550β€”βˆ’5N+32Bβˆ’19BFFF1.06.56.50.008840.0
26Malibekov, Artur1576KORFFF+29Bβˆ’16Nβˆ’23B1.05.55.50.50938-11.6
27Kim, Jaehyeon1561KORFFF+28Nβˆ’17Bβˆ’24N1.05.05.01.001488-18.0
28Hwang, Hyeonjun0KORFFFβˆ’27Bβˆ’22N+29B1.03.53.50.50761-41.2
29FIDE 132375270β€”βˆ’11Bβˆ’9N=30Bβˆ’26Nβˆ’?Bβˆ’28N0.510.010.00.258440.0
30Kim, Heejae0KORβˆ’7Nβˆ’18B=29NFFF0.57.07.00.258220.0
31FIDE 132379690β€”βˆ’8Bβˆ’22Nβˆ’15Bβˆ’23NFF0.011.011.00.008210.0
32FIDE 132359400β€”βˆ’19Bβˆ’25NFβˆ’21Nβˆ’15Bβˆ’?N0.08.58.50.007820.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets β€” the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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