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Via Christmas Invitational (Queens & Kings)

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8 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 26 Dec 2025 to 28 Dec 2025 in Seongnam, South Korea. 2 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1844, and top seed was Adith RV (🇰🇷 KOR, 1926).

Yegeon Kim (🇰🇷 KOR, 1892) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Adith RV (5.5) and Anastasiia Khan (4.0). Kim shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Junyoung Jang (1709) beat Kanghyeon Nam (1854), a +145-point gap.

Location
🇰🇷Seongnam, South Korea
Dates
26 Dec 2025 → 28 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇰🇷Adith RV1926
Avg top 10
1,844
Participants
8
Titled players · 2
WCM×2
Federations · 2 represented
🇰🇷South Korea×7
🇲🇳Mongolia×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    🇰🇷KOR·1892
    5.5pts·2066perf+56.6
  • 🥈
    🇰🇷KOR·1926
    5.5pts·2061perf+22.2
  • 🥉
    🇰🇷KOR·1850
    4.0pts·1891perf+8.6

How it unfolded

Top 8 · 7 rounds

Yegeon Kim led from R2 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.

Co-leaders
2
1
1
1
2
1
2
#1#2#4#8R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
R2–R7 · LEAD HELD

Yegeon Kim held the sole lead from R2 through R7 without losing it.

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Yegeon Kim beat Adith RV (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Yegeon Kim 4 wins (R1–R4)Adith RV 4 wins (R2–R5)

Cross-table

#PlayerElo12345678PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇰🇷Kim, Yegeon1892*110111½5.518.0022.5+56.62066
2🇰🇷RV, Adith19260*½111115.515.0022.5+22.22061
3🇰🇷WCMKhan, Anastasiia18500½*½½½114.011.5024.0+8.61891
4🇰🇷WCMKim, Jooyeon186010½*½10½3.512.2524.5-8.41840
5🇲🇳Anudari Tsogdelger188200½½*0½12.57.0025.5-56.81735
7🇰🇷Nam, Kanghyeon185400½01*102.57.0025.5-21.01740
6🇰🇷Kim, Doyeon17760001½0*12.56.7525.5-11.61750
8🇰🇷Jang, Junyoung1709½00½010*2.07.0026.0-1.21704

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets
Via Christmas Invitational (Queens & Kings) (2025) — Seongnam, South Korea | Chess Tournament Results | ChessStats