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Federation Cup (Rapid) 2025

SwissRapid

14 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 20 Dec 2025 to 21 Dec 2025 in Tbiisi, Georgia. 13 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2413, and top seed was Giga Quparadze (🇬🇪 GEO, GM, 2558).

Levan Pantsulaia (🇬🇪 GEO, GM, 2518) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Luka Paichadze (7.0) and Giga Quparadze (6.5). Pantsulaia shared the lead from round 8, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Erekle Tabatadze (FM, 2002) beat Davit Maghalashvili (GM, 2524), a +522-point gap.

Location
🇬🇪Tbiisi, Georgia
Dates
20 Dec 2025 → 21 Dec 2025
Time control
Rapid: 15 minutes for game with 10 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇪GMGiga Quparadze2558
Avg top 10
2,413
Participants
14
Titled players · 13
GM×7
IM×3
FM×2
WIM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇬🇪Georgia×14
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
6
3
3
2
2
2
1
2
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Pantsulaia7Paichadze7Quparadze6.5Akhvlediani6Tabatadze5.5Sturua5.5
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.0/9. Pantsulaia takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (43.5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Levan Pantsulaia drew with GM Luka Paichadze (Black).

R2–R4 · WIN STREAK

GM Giga Quparadze won 3 in a row (R2–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMLevan Pantsulaia*
½
½
1
2GMLuka Paichadze
½
*
½
½
3GMGiga Quparadze
½
½
*
0
4IMIrakli Akhvlediani
0
½
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Pantsulaia, LevanGM2518GEO+8N+4B=6N+9B=2N=5B=3N+12B+7N7.043.546.033.752572+8.0
2Paichadze, LukaGM2480GEO+5N+9B=4N+6B=1B=3N+13N=7B+8N7.043.545.033.002558+10.6
3Quparadze, GigaGM2558GEO−4N+11B+5N+10B=6N=2B=1B+9N+12N6.542.545.029.252546+0.8
4Akhvlediani, IrakliIM2295GEO+3B−1N=2B+11B+10N=9B+6N−5N+14B6.043.044.026.002477+44.2
5Tabatadze, ErekleFM2002GEO−2B+13N−3B+12N+7B=1N+9N+4B−10B5.541.543.022.002376+114.3
6Sturua, ZurabGM2489GEO+10B+7N=1B−2N=3B=8N−4B+14B+13N5.541.042.020.002381-9.3
7Gabadadze, GabrielFM1977GEO+12B−6B−9N+8B−5N+14N+11B=2N−1B4.539.540.515.002274+109.1
8Morchiashvili, BachanaIM2243GEO−1B−10N+14B−7N+13N=6B+12B+11N−2B4.535.536.511.252296+6.2
9Maghalashvili, DavitGM2524GEO+13B−2N+7B−1N+14B=4N−5B−3B=11N4.041.542.511.752279-25.4
10Chighladze, IveriIM2182GEO−6N+8B+12N−3N−4B−11B=14N=13B+5N4.035.536.513.752246+12.6
11Dzagnidze, NanaGM2425GEO=14B−3N+13B−4N=12B+10N−7N−8B=9B3.533.534.59.252192-25.8
12Bagaturov, GiorgiGM2347GEO−7N+14N−10B−5B=11N+13B−8N−1N−3B2.537.038.04.252073-30.6
13Khoperia, Zaza2252GEO−9N−5B−11N+14N−8B−12N−2B=10N−6B1.536.537.53.002025-49.2
14Nikoladze, SopioWIM1993GEO=11N−12B−8N−13B−9N−7B=10B−6N−4N1.034.536.03.751924-12.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets