GEO B-11 Ch 2026

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36 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 20 Feb 2026 to 28 Feb 2026 in Kutaisi, Georgia. Top 10 Elo average was 1631, and top seed was Andria Jakhaia (🇬🇪 GEO, 1840).

Lazare Chkhartishvili (🇬🇪 GEO, 1829) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Lazare Kvachakidze (7.0) and Andria Qubaneishvili (6.5). Chkhartishvili won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Lazare Kvachakidze (1576) beat Andria Jakhaia (1840), a +264-point gap.

Location

🇬🇪Kutaisi, Georgia

Dates

20 Feb 2026 → 28 Feb 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇬🇪Andria Jakhaia1840

Avg top 10

1,631

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇬🇪Georgia×25

Top 3

🥇
Lazare Chkhartishvili
🇬🇪GEO·1829
7.5pts·1821perf+0.4
🥈
Lazare Kvachakidze
🇬🇪GEO·1576
7.0pts·1904perf+95.6
🥉
Andria Qubaneishvili
🇬🇪GEO·1601
6.5pts·1760perf+47.9

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Lazare Chkhartishvili led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Chkhartishvili7.5Kvachakidze7Qubaneishvili6.5Jakhaia6.5Ioseliani6.5Kukhalashvili6

R4–R9 · LEAD HELD

Lazare Chkhartishvili held the sole lead from R4 through R9 without losing it.

R8 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Lazare Chkhartishvili drew with Lazare Kvachakidze (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Lazare Chkhartishvili 6 wins (R1–R6)Lazare Kvachakidze 3 wins (R5–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Lazare Chkhartishvili	*	½	½	1
2Lazare Kvachakidze	½	*	—	1
3Andria Qubaneishvili	½	—	*	—
4Andria Jakhaia	0	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Chkhartishvili, Lazare	1829	GEO	+27N	+10B	+5N	+18B	+13N	+4B	=8N	=2N	=3B	7.5	47.0	51.0	41.50	1821	+0.4
2	Kvachakidze, Lazare	1576	GEO	+32B	−18N	+19B	=11N	+14B	+5N	+4N	=1B	+9N	7.0	45.5	48.0	37.00	1904	+95.6
3	Qubaneishvili, Andria	1601	GEO	+19B	+12N	−18B	+7N	=5B	=6N	+15B	+13N	=1N	6.5	46.0	50.5	36.00	1760	+47.9
4	Jakhaia, Andria	1840	GEO	+34B	+15N	=6B	+14N	+8B	−1N	−2B	+19N	+13B	6.5	45.5	46.5	29.00	1695	-40.8
5	Ioseliani, Giorgi	1535	GEO	+28B	+36N	−1B	+35N	=3N	−2B	+23N	+10B	+8N	6.5	41.0	41.0	23.25	1617	+17.6
6	Kukhalashvili, Gabriel	1584	GEO	+23N	+16B	=4N	−13B	+18N	=3B	=10N	=8B	+14N	6.0	43.5	47.5	30.50	1593	-2.4
7	Narsia, Sandro	1432	GEO	+29N	−9B	+25N	−3B	+33N	−16B	+17B	+21N	+18B	6.0	38.0	40.5	23.50	1461	+4.4
8	Koiava, Mate	1620	GEO	+30N	+11B	=13N	+9B	−4N	+10B	=1B	=6N	−5B	5.5	48.0	51.5	29.25	1644	+11.2
9	Skhvitaridze, Daniel	1633	GEO	+20B	+7N	=14B	−8N	=15B	+18N	=19B	+16N	−2B	5.5	42.5	47.0	27.25	1460	-38.8
10	Licheli, Lazare	1466	GEO	+24B	−1N	+22B	+31N	+21B	−8N	=6B	−5N	+19B	5.5	42.0	44.5	22.00	1482	+0.4
11	Nemsitsveridze, Giorgi	1424	GEO	+17B	−8N	+24B	=2B	=12N	−19N	=31B	+22N	+21B	5.5	39.5	42.0	24.50	1586	+24.8
12	Arsenidze, Tsotne	0	GEO	+35B	−3B	+26N	−21N	=11B	−17N	+29B	+20N	+31B	5.5	35.5	36.5	18.25	1256	0.0
13	Siordia, Nikolozi	1498	GEO	+22B	+31N	=8B	+6N	−1B	=21N	+16B	−3B	−4N	5.0	45.0	47.5	22.25	1549	+11.6
14	Eradze, Ilia	1525	GEO	+33N	+26B	=9N	−4B	−2N	+20B	=21B	+15N	−6B	5.0	42.5	45.0	20.75	1487	-18.4
15	Nemsitsveridze, Luka	1493	GEO	+25N	−4B	=16N	+23B	=9N	+28B	−3N	−14B	+24N	5.0	40.5	44.5	21.25	1322	-31.6
16	Machitadze, Luka	0	GEO	+21B	−6N	=15B	=17N	+35B	+7N	−13N	−9B	+25N	5.0	40.5	41.5	20.00	1475	0.0
17	Salia, Tsotne	0	GEO	−11N	=23B	+27N	=16B	=20N	+12B	−7N	=25B	+22B	5.0	38.5	42.5	22.25	631	0.0
18	Asaturyan, Seri	0	GEO	+?N	+2B	+3N	−1N	−6B	−9B	=25N	+23B	−7N	4.5	46.5	46.5	19.50	1480	0.0
19	Grigalashvili, Gabriel	0	GEO	−3N	+?B	−2N	+25B	+26N	+11B	=9N	−4B	−10N	4.5	44.5	44.5	16.25	1392	0.0
20	FIDE 13651714	0	—	−9N	+29B	F	+22N	=17B	−14N	+?B	−12B	+?N	4.5	31.0	31.0	10.00	771	0.0
21	Gusharashvili, Otar	1570	GEO	−16N	+32B	+33N	+12B	−10N	=13B	=14N	−7B	−11N	4.0	40.0	42.5	15.50	1233	-84.4
22	FIDE 13654640	0	—	−13N	+27B	−10N	−20B	+30N	+26B	+28N	−11B	−17N	4.0	37.5	41.0	15.50	665	0.0
23	Gulashvili, Merab	0	GEO	−6B	=17N	+?B	−15N	+29B	+33N	−5B	−18N	=28B	4.0	37.0	37.0	10.50	747	0.0
24	Popkhadze, Omari	0	GEO	−10N	+30B	−11N	−28B	+32B	−31N	+35B	+29N	−15B	4.0	32.0	33.0	10.50	665	0.0
25	Oniani, Gocha	0	GEO	−15B	+34N	−7B	−19N	+?B	+35N	=18B	=17N	−16B	4.0	32.0	32.0	6.75	665	0.0
26	FIDE 13652923	0	—	+?B	−14N	−12B	+32N	−19B	−22N	+27B	−31N	+33N	4.0	30.5	30.5	9.00	739	0.0
27	FIDE 13652893	0	—	−1B	−22N	−17B	−?N	+34N	+36B	−26N	+30N	+32B	4.0	27.5	27.5	7.00	1030	0.0
28	Manchkhashvili, Luka	0	GEO	−5N	F	+34B	+24N	+31B	−15N	−22B	=?B	=23N	4.0	27.0	27.0	9.50	722	0.0
29	FIDE 13652214	0	—	−7B	−20N	=30N	+34B	−23N	+?B	−12N	−24B	+36N	3.5	28.5	28.5	2.75	632	0.0
30	FIDE 13654632	0	—	−8B	−24N	=29B	−?N	−22B	+34N	+36N	−27B	+?B	3.5	22.0	22.0	2.75	819	0.0
31	Tsinadze, Demetre	0	GEO	F	−13B	F	−10B	−28N	+24B	=11N	+26B	−12N	2.5	38.0	38.0	10.75	1192	0.0
32	FIDE 13653261	0	—	−2N	−21N	+?B	−26B	−24N	−?N	+34B	=33B	−27N	2.5	26.5	26.5	2.25	769	0.0
33	FIDE 13653318	0	—	−14B	+?N	−21B	+36N	−7B	−23B	−?N	=32N	−26B	2.5	25.5	25.5	1.25	712	0.0
34	FIDE 13654624	0	—	−4N	−25B	−28N	−29N	−27B	−30B	−32N	+36B	F	1.0	29.0	29.0	0.00	1040	0.0
35	FIDE 13653903	0	—	−12N	F	+36B	−5B	−16N	−25B	−24N	−?N	F	1.0	26.0	26.0	0.00	746	0.0
36	FIDE 13654616	0	—	F	−5B	−35N	−33B	−?N	−27N	−30B	−34N	−29B	0.0	22.0	22.0	0.00	746	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Kvachakidze, LazareGEO
+95.6
7.0 pts · #2
2Qubaneishvili, AndriaGEO
+47.9
6.5 pts · #3
3Nemsitsveridze, GiorgiGEO
+24.8
5.5 pts · #14

Top rating losers

1Gusharashvili, OtarGEO
-84.4
4.0 pts · #16
2Jakhaia, AndriaGEO
-40.8
6.5 pts · #4
3Skhvitaridze, DanielGEO
-38.8
5.5 pts · #10

Biggest upsets

R7+264 Elo gap
Kvachakidze, Lazare1576 beat Jakhaia, Andria1840
R9+146 Elo gap
Nemsitsveridze, Giorgi1424 beat Gusharashvili, Otar1570
R8+138 Elo gap
Narsia, Sandro1432 beat Gusharashvili, Otar1570