Via Christmas Invitational (Masters)
8 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 26 Dec 2025 to 28 Dec 2025 in Seongnam, South Korea. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1775, and top seed was Zoljargal Angar (🇲🇳 MGL, 1874).
Zoljargal Angar (🇲🇳 MGL, 1874) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Jihu Song (5.5) and Eoram Lee (4.5). Angar won solo starting round 5.
The biggest upset came in round 7: Mark I (1567) beat Jiyu Hur (1750), a +183-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 8 · 7 roundsZoljargal Angar led from R5 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Zoljargal Angar held the sole lead from R5 through R7 without losing it.
Zoljargal Angar drew with Jihu Song (White).
Zoljargal Angar won 5 in a row (R2–R6).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇲🇳Angar, Zoljargal | 1874 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 16.00 | 21.0 | +29.6 | 2070 |
| 2 | 🇰🇷Song, Jihu | 1803 | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5.5 | 16.25 | 21.5 | +70.0 | 2001 |
| 3 | 🇰🇷Lee, Eoram | 1816 | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 4.5 | 11.75 | 22.5 | +23.6 | 1871 |
| 4 | 🇰🇷Kim, Echae | 1807 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 7.00 | 23.0 | +6.8 | 1820 |
| 5 | 🇰🇷Kim, Andrey | 1820 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | — | 1 | 2.5 | 4.75 | 24.5 | -26.8 | 1745 |
| 6 | 🇰🇷Kim, Taewoo | 1765 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | 4.75 | 24.5 | -34.4 | 1675 |
| 7 | 🇰🇷I, Mark | 1567 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | — | 0 | * | 1 | 2.0 | 5.00 | 25.0 | +30.0 | 1677 |
| 8 | 🇰🇷Hur, Jiyu | 1750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 0.0 | 0.00 | 27.0 | -128.4 | 979 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Song, JihuKOR+70.05.5 pts · #2
- 2I, MarkKOR+30.02.0 pts · #7
- 3Angar, ZoljargalMGL+29.66.0 pts · #1
- 1Hur, JiyuKOR-128.40.0 pts · #8
- 2Kim, TaewooKOR-34.42.5 pts · #6
- 3Kim, AndreyKOR-26.82.5 pts · #5