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Champions' Cup (Blitz) 2025

SwissBlitz

17 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held on 22 Dec 2025 in Kutaisi, Georgia. 16 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2448, and top seed was Baadur Jobava (🇬🇪 GEO, GM, 2649).

Giga Quparadze (🇬🇪 GEO, GM, 2571) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Baadur Jobava (7.0) and Luka Paichadze (6.5). Quparadze took the lead from round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Bachana Morchiashvili (IM, 2224) beat Levan Pantsulaia (GM, 2572), a +348-point gap.

Location
🇬🇪Kutaisi, Georgia
Dates
22 Dec 2025
Time control
Blitz: 3 minutes for game with 2 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇪GMBaadur Jobava2649
Avg top 10
2,448
Participants
17
Titled players · 16
GM×9
IM×4
FM×2
WIM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇬🇪Georgia×17
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

GM Giga Quparadze led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
7
3
1
1
2
4
2
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Quparadze takes lead
Quparadze7.5Jobava7Paichadze6.5Sanikidze6Akhvlediani5Maghalashvili5
R4 · LEADER CHANGE22 Dec

GM Giga Quparadze takes the sole lead (3.5/4).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Giga Quparadze beat GM Baadur Jobava (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

GM Giga Quparadze 3 wins (R7–R9)GM Baadur Jobava 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMGiga Quparadze*
1
½
½
2GMBaadur Jobava
0
*
1
½
3GMLuka Paichadze
½
0
*
1
4GMTornike Sanikidze
½
½
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Quparadze, GigaGM2571GEO+6B+16N=11B+2B=4N=3N+5B+9B+12N7.541.042.033.752647+9.8
2Jobava, BaadurGM2649GEO+13B+15N+3B−1N=5B+11B=4N+10N+6B7.041.544.031.002624-0.8
3Paichadze, LukaGM2517GEO+9N+4B−2N+8B+10N=1B+6N=7N=5B6.543.547.532.002538+4.5
4Sanikidze, TornikeGM2388GEO+10B−3N+16B+11N=1B+5N=2B−6B+7N6.043.544.525.752492+13.8
5Maghalashvili, DavitGM2393GEO=12N+7B=8N+9B=2N−4B−1N+17B=3N5.043.544.019.752402+2.0
6Akhvlediani, IrakliIM2279GEO−1N+17B=10N=12B+8N+9B−3B+4N−2N5.043.043.518.752377+20.8
7Sulashvili, MalkhazIM2281GEO−11B−5N+14B=17N+13B+12N=10N=3B−4B4.535.536.015.502285+0.5
8Sturua, ZurabGM2447GEO+14B=11N=5B−3N−6B=15NF+13B+9N4.533.533.516.252399-4.3
9Morchiashvili, BachanaIM2224GEO−3B+14N+13B−5N+15B−6N+11B−1N−8B4.039.041.513.002362+14.8
10Khoperia, Zaza2051GEO−4NF=6B+15N−3B+14N=7B−2B+16N4.035.535.511.252301+45.4
11Pantsulaia, LevanGM2572GEO+7N=8B=1N−4B+17B−2N−9N+16BF4.035.035.012.002363-18.8
12Chighladze, IveriIM2148GEO=5B=13N−15B=6NF−7B+16N+14B−1B3.532.032.010.752250+18.2
13Kekelidze, MikheilGM2288GEO−2N=12B−9N+16B−7NF+15B−8N+17N3.527.527.55.752221-7.6
14Tabatadze, ErekleFM2200GEO−8N−9B−7NF+16N−10B+17B−12N+15N3.024.524.54.002102-14.6
15Dzagnidze, NanaGM2378GEO+17N−2B+12N−10B−9N=8B−13NF−14B2.530.030.06.252111-26.9
16Gabadadze, GabrielFM1980GEOF−1B−4N−13N−14B+17N−12B−11N−10B1.032.032.00.501907-29.6
17Nikoladze, SopioWIM2008GEO−15B−6NF=7B−11N−16B−14N−5N−13B0.528.528.52.251832-21.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets