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M.Chiburdanidze 65 Years (Blitz)

SwissBlitz

13 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held on 17 Jan 2026 in Tbilisi, Georgia. 10 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2449, and top seed was Baadur Jobava (🇬🇪 GEO, GM, 2632).

Baadur Jobava (🇬🇪 GEO, GM, 2632) won with 5.0/7, ahead of Luka Paichadze (5.0) and Davit Jojua (4.5). Jobava shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Irakli Akhvlediani (IM, 2300) beat Levan Pantsulaia (GM, 2560), a +260-point gap.

Location
🇬🇪Tbilisi, Georgia
Dates
17 Jan 2026
Time control
Blitz: 3 minutes for game with 2 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇪GMBaadur Jobava2632
Avg top 10
2,449
Participants
13
Titled players · 10
GM×8
IM×2
Federations · 1 represented
🇬🇪Georgia×13
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 5.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 5 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
6
2
4
5
1
1
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Paichadze5Jobava5Pantsulaia4.5Jojua4.5Quparadze4.5Akhvlediani4
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.0/7. Jobava takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (26.0).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Luka Paichadze lost to GM Baadur Jobava (Black).

R2–R4 · WIN STREAK

GM Levan Pantsulaia won 3 in a row (R2–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMLuka Paichadze*
0
—
½
2GMBaadur Jobava
1
*
1
1
3GMLevan Pantsulaia—
0
*
1
4GMDavit Jojua
½
0
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Jobava, BaadurGM2632GEO+10B=7N+3B=6N+2B+5N−4B5.026.028.019.752638+1.5
2Paichadze, LukaGM2519GEO+11B=3N+7B=4B−1N+6B+10N5.023.525.516.002591+8.2
3Jojua, DavitGM2520GEO+9N=2B−1N+7B+6N+4B−5N4.526.529.517.502575+6.1
4Quparadze, GigaGM2544GEO+8B+12N=6B=2N=5B−3N+1N4.526.027.015.752521+0.2
5Pantsulaia, LevanGM2560GEO−6N+9B+11N+8B=4N−1B+3B4.524.026.014.752481-4.4
6Akhvlediani, IrakliIM2300GEO+5B+10N=4N=1B−3B−2N+12N4.025.526.512.252490+35.6
7Gagunashvili, MerabGM2516GEO+13N=1B−2N−3NF+8B+11N3.519.519.57.502418-4.8
8Kekelidze, MikheilGM2261GEO−4N+13B+12B−5N+10B−7NF3.015.515.53.002291+3.5
9Morchiashvili, BachanaIM2239GEO−3B−5N−10BF+11N+12B+13B3.014.014.03.002175-3.0
10Maghalashvili, DavitGM2402GEO−1N−6B+9N+13B−8NF−2B2.020.020.03.002201-15.2
11Chachua, Gocha1888GEO−2NF−5B+12N−9B+13N−7B2.017.017.01.001944+1.6
12Samsonidze, Davit1599GEOF−4B−8N−11B+13N−9N−6B1.016.516.50.001660+3.4
13Giorgadze, Erekle1712GEO−7B−8NF−10N−12B−11B−9N0.014.514.50.001189-24.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets