Constitution Cup 2026
12 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 09 May 2026 to 16 May 2026 in Denig, Nauru. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1771, and top seed was Kingston Adam (🇳🇷 NRU, 1899).
Andrew Gadeanang (🇳🇷 NRU, 1716) won with 6.0/7, ahead of David Dabuae (5.0) and O-Neill Ribauw (4.0). Gadeanang shared the lead from round 5 and won solo starting round 6.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Andrew Gadeanang (1716) beat Kingston Adam (1899), a +183-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsAndrew Gadeanang led from R6; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.
Andrew Gadeanang takes the sole lead (5.0/6).
Andrew Gadeanang lost to CM David Dabuae (Black).
Andrew Gadeanang 6 wins (R2–R7)CM David Dabuae 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Andrew Gadeanang | * | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2CMDavid Dabuae | 1 | * | 1 | 0 |
| 3Tieta Apadinuwe | 0 | 0 | * | — |
| 4O-Neill Ribauw | 0 | 1 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gadeanang, Andrew | 1716 | NRU | −2N | +8B | +5N | +4B | +6B | +7N | +3B | 6.0 | 23.5 | 26.5 | 21.50 | 2073 | +53.8 |
| 2 | Dabuae, DavidCM | 1851 | NRU | +1B | +9N | +7B | −6N | +8B | −3N | +4B | 5.0 | 23.5 | 26.5 | 19.00 | 1925 | +11.6 |
| 3 | Ribauw, O-Neill | 1815 | NRU | +5B | +10N | −6B | −7N | +12B | +2B | −1N | 4.0 | 24.5 | 25.5 | 13.00 | 1783 | -5.0 |
| 4 | Apadinuwe, Tieta | 1766 | NRU | +12B | −7N | +10B | −1N | +9B | +6N | −2N | 4.0 | 23.5 | 24.5 | 10.50 | 1805 | +13.2 |
| 5 | Scotty, James | 1641 | NRU | −3N | −6N | −1B | +12N | +11B | +8B | +9N | 4.0 | 22.0 | 23.0 | 9.50 | 1699 | +14.0 |
| 6 | Adam, Kingston | 1899 | NRU | −10N | +5B | +3N | +2B | −1N | −4B | =11N | 3.5 | 26.0 | 28.5 | 14.25 | 1744 | -28.2 |
| 7 | Gadeanang, Lanni | 1830 | NRU | +11N | +4B | −2N | +3B | −10N | −1B | −8N | 3.0 | 25.0 | 27.5 | 10.50 | 1761 | -11.2 |
| 8 | Batsiua, Walker | 0 | NRU | −9B | −1N | +12B | +11B | −2N | −5N | +7B | 3.0 | 23.5 | 24.5 | 6.50 | 1619 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Temaki, Jamiedson | 1771 | NRU | +8N | −2B | +11N | −10B | −4N | +12B | −5B | 3.0 | 21.5 | 22.5 | 6.50 | 1495 | -70.0 |
| 10 | Amram, Teiniku | 1763 | NRU | +6B | −3B | −4N | +9N | +7B | −11N | −12N | 3.0 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 9.50 | 1789 | +8.0 |
| 11 | Halstead, Richie | 1655 | NRU | −7B | +12N | −9B | −8N | −5N | +10B | =6B | 2.5 | 19.5 | 20.5 | 5.75 | 1632 | -3.6 |
| 12 | Vorbach, Mike | 0 | NRU | −4N | −11B | −8N | −5B | −3N | −9N | +10B | 1.0 | 21.0 | 23.5 | 3.00 | 1462 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Gadeanang, AndrewNRU+53.86.0 pts · #1
- 2Scotty, JamesNRU+14.04.0 pts · #8
- 3Apadinuwe, TietaNRU+13.24.0 pts · #6
- 1Temaki, JamiedsonNRU-70.03.0 pts · #11
- 2Adam, KingstonNRU-28.23.5 pts · #3
- 3Gadeanang, LanniNRU-11.23.0 pts · #5
- R5+183 Elo gap
- R1+136 Elo gap
- R6+133 Elo gap