FIDE World Amateur Chess Championships 2025 - U2000w
10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 05 Nov 2025 to 13 Nov 2025 in Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia. 3 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1748, and top seed was Minqing Wang (🇩🇪 GER, WCM, 1964).
Baldanjantsan Khuslenzaya (🇲🇳 MGL, WFM, 1895) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Minqing Wang (7.0) and Anastasiia Osadchuk (5.5). Khuslenzaya won solo starting round 5.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Olena Lutsenko (1777) beat Minqing Wang (WCM, 1964), a +187-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 roundsWFM Baldanjantsan Khuslenzaya led from R5 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
WFM Baldanjantsan Khuslenzaya never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
WFM Baldanjantsan Khuslenzaya drew with WCM Minqing Wang (White).
WFM Baldanjantsan Khuslenzaya 5 wins (R1–R5)WCM Minqing Wang 3+3 wins (R2–R4, R6–R8)Anastasiia Osadchuk 4 wins (R1–R4)
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇲🇳WFMKhuslenzaya, Baldanjantsan | 1895 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 30.75 | 37.0 | +69.6 | 2085 |
| 2 | 🇩🇪WCMWang, Minqing | 1964 | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 26.75 | 38.0 | 0.0 | 1954 |
| 3 | 🇺🇦Osadchuk, Anastasiia | 1810 | ½ | 0 | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 5.5 | 20.25 | 39.5 | +9.6 | 1821 |
| 4 | 🇧🇷Kanzler, Karina Daniela Ferreira | 1833 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 17.50 | 39.5 | -1.0 | 1818 |
| 5 | 🇸🇮Lutsenko, Olena | 1777 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 19.00 | 40.0 | +3.2 | 1788 |
| 6 | 🇪🇸Lamborena Valderrama, Garazi | 1726 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 16.00 | 40.5 | +12.8 | 1750 |
| 7 | 🇮🇳Sananda R | 1721 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 3.5 | 11.75 | 41.5 | -23.6 | 1671 |
| 8 | 🇰🇼WCMNema, Rabab | 1642 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | * | ½ | 0 | 2.5 | 9.75 | 42.5 | -13.8 | 1594 |
| 9 | 🇧🇷Jurado, Laura Alves | 1644 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 2.0 | 5.50 | 43.0 | -47.6 | 1539 |
| 10 | 🇷🇸Smagina, Viktoria | 1472 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | * | 1.5 | 4.25 | 43.5 | +2.4 | 1493 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Khuslenzaya, BaldanjantsanWFMMGL+69.68.0 pts · #1
- 2Lamborena Valderrama, GaraziESP+12.84.5 pts · #6
- 3Osadchuk, AnastasiiaUKR+9.65.5 pts · #3
- 1Jurado, Laura AlvesBRA-47.62.0 pts · #9
- 2Sananda RIND-23.63.5 pts · #7
- 3Nema, RababWCMKUW-13.82.5 pts · #8
- R5+187 Elo gap
- R9+170 Elo gap
- R5+107 Elo gap