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25th IPCA World Individual Standard Chess Championship 2026

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32 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 02 Jun 2026 to 12 Jun 2026 in Guardamar, Spain. 8 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2163, and top seed was Marcin Molenda (🇵🇱 POL, IM, 2355).

Marcin Molenda (🇵🇱 POL, IM, 2355) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Sargis Sargissyan (7.5) and Aleksander Czerwonski (6.5). Molenda shared the lead from round 7, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Maratilla Zhamangarayev (1653) beat Jose Antonio Moya Albaladejo (1956), a +303-point gap.

Location
🇪🇸Guardamar, Spain
Dates
02 Jun 2026 → 12 Jun 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇵🇱IMMarcin Molenda2355
Avg top 10
2,163
Participants
32
Titled players · 8
IM×4
FM×4
Federations · 8 represented
🇰🇿Kazakhstan×7
🇺🇦Ukraine×4
FIDE (no federation)×3
🇨🇿Czech Republic×3
🇪🇸Spain×2
🇮🇱Israel×2
🇵🇱Poland×2
🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan×2
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
13
5
1
3
2
1
2
2
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Sargissyan takes lead
Molenda7.5Sargissyan7.5Czerwonski6.5Soromotin6Soltanov5.5Ayapov5.5
R6 · LEADER CHANGE07 Jun

FM Sargis Sargissyan takes the sole lead (5.5/6).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.5/9. Molenda takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (45.5).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Marcin Molenda drew with FM Sargis Sargissyan (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1IMMarcin Molenda*
½
½
—
2FMSargis Sargissyan
½
*
1
1
3IMAleksander Czerwonski
½
0
*
½
4Egor Soromotin—
0
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Molenda, MarcinIM2355POL+11B+10N=2B=3N+6B+9N+8B=5N+13B7.545.550.540.752381+3.8
2Sargissyan, SargisFM2226ARM+4B+21N=1N+14B+11B+3N=5B=10N+9B7.545.549.540.502351+27.0
3Czerwonski, AleksanderIM2253POL+22N+16B+6N=1B+9N−2B=4N=7B+5N6.547.051.034.002251+1.8
4Soromotin, Egor1909RUS−2N=26B=7N+19B+16N+12B=3B=9N+10B6.043.547.029.252142+106.0
5Ayapov, Alimzhan2092KAZ=23N+7B+12N−9B+21N+14B=2N=1B−3B5.546.050.029.002191+23.8
6Campos, EugenioIM1963ANG+31B+8N−3B+13N−1N−7B+16N+12B=14N5.544.545.523.502163+47.4
7Soltanov, SerikFM2175KAZ=15B−5N=4B+28N+17B+6N=10B=3N=8B5.543.046.026.752098-7.2
8Gurbanov, AndreiIM2225ISR=18N−6B+23N+25B=12N+15B−1N+21B=7N5.540.544.023.502085-26.0
9Andriienko, Artom2103UKR+28B=17N+25B+5N−3B−1B+14N=4B−2N5.046.049.022.252118+6.4
10Valean, David-Andrei2007GER+19N−1B−15N+29B+24N+11B=7N=2B−4N5.044.547.523.001994-4.0
11Maikenov, Bakytzhan1938KAZ−1N+23B+19N+16B−2N−10N−13B+24B+21N5.042.046.021.002031+20.6
12Dzenisenia, Mikhail.1985FID+20B+13N−5B=22N=8B−4N+23B−6N+17B5.040.544.522.752012+14.8
13Mukha, MykolaFM2144UKR+27N−12B+18N−6B−15N+19B+11N+22B−1N5.040.544.021.501994-32.0
14Glazar, Domagoj2049CRO+30B=25N+17B−2N+22B−5N−9B+27N=6B5.039.042.019.502036-3.2
15Rakhatbekov, Tilegen1877KGZ=7N=18B+10B−21N+13B−8N−17B+23N=16N4.538.542.521.252028+33.6
16Solomchenko, Alexey2000ESP+29B−3N+28B−11N−4B+20N−6B+26N=15B4.538.541.516.251866-58.0
17Diak, Hryhorii1973UKR+24N=9B−14N+30B−7N−21B+15N+18B−12N4.537.540.518.501939-6.0
18Kozhamuratov, Marat1881KAZ=8B=15N−13B=20N=23B=25N+28B−17N+22N4.535.538.518.001939+12.4
19Ibraimov, Kubanychbek1747KGZ−10B+31N−11B−4N+32B−13N=20B+25N+27B4.533.534.511.251833+18.0
20Zinoviev, Ivan1624UKR−12N+27B−22N=18B=25N−16B=19N+31B+26B4.533.034.014.251840+90.4
21Valenta, Vit VaclavFM1995CZE+26N−2B=30N+15B−5B+17N=22B−8N−11B4.040.043.016.001927-15.2
22Anfinogenov, Artem1937FID−3B+29N+20B=12B−14N+30B=21N−13N−18B4.037.540.515.001897-9.0
23Kozhabekov, Adilkhan1856KAZ=5B−11N−8B+26N=18N+24B−12N−15B+32N4.037.538.513.501817-8.8
24Serikbayev, Omirserik1576KAZ−17B−28N+31B+27N−10B−23N+32B−11N+29N4.029.030.08.501761+72.4
25Moya Albaladejo, Jose Antonio1956ESP+32N=14B−9N−8N=20B=18B−26N−19B+28N3.535.536.511.001775-40.0
26Zhamangarayev, Maratilla1653KAZ−21B=4N−27B−23B+31N+29N+25B−16B−20N3.533.034.010.501749+34.4
27Denisov, Denis1873FID−13B−20N+26N−24B=29N+32N+30B−14B−19N3.532.533.59.001680-44.6
28Perez, Gilbert1858CAN−9N+24B−16N−7B−30N+31B−18N+32N−25B3.031.032.06.001714-33.0
29Rejzek, Zdenek1720CZE−16N−22B+32N−10N=27B−26B+31N=30N−24B3.028.529.55.251642-40.4
30Travnicek, Jaroslav1811CZE−14N+32B=21B−17N+28B−22N−27N=29B−31N3.028.029.07.501703-24.6
31Klein, Djimmy1529FRA−6N−19B−24N−32B−26B−28N−29B−20N+30B1.031.032.03.001364-29.6
32Volodarsky, Michael1516ISR−25B−30N−29B+31N−19N−27B−24N−28B−23B1.028.529.51.001414-18.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets