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Vanuatu Final Nominations Tournament

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26 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 30 Jan 2026 to 10 Feb 2026 in Port Vila, Vanuatu. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1587, and top seed was Jeremy Ellison (🇻🇺 VAN, CM, 1765).

Jeremy Ellison (🇻🇺 VAN, CM, 1765) won with 8.5/9, ahead of Tasso Jayson (8.0) and Delrieu Marc (7.0). Ellison won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Delrieu Marc (1534) beat Zhitong Sean (1673), a +139-point gap.

Location
🇻🇺Port Vila, Vanuatu
Dates
30 Jan 2026 → 10 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇻🇺CMJeremy Ellison1765
Avg top 10
1,587
Participants
26
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇻🇺Vanuatu×23
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

CM Jeremy Ellison led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
15
8
4
2
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Ellison8.5Jayson8Marc7Sean6Lou-Anne6Nompavos5.5
R5–R9 · LEAD HELD

CM Jeremy Ellison held the sole lead from R5 through R9 without losing it.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Jeremy Ellison beat Tasso Jayson (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

CM Jeremy Ellison 6 wins (R1–R6)Tasso Jayson 4+4 wins (R1–R4, R6–R9)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1CMJeremy Ellison*
1
½
1
2Tasso Jayson
0
*
1
1
3Delrieu Marc
½
0
*
1
4Zhitong Sean
0
0
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Ellison, JeremyCM1765VAN+23B+7N+5B+6N+2B+4N=3B+8B+9N8.547.550.547.001985+27.8
2Tasso Jayson1754VAN+26N+18B+3N+4B−1N+5B+6N+13B+11N8.046.547.539.001837+29.6
3Delrieu Marc1534VAN+25B+16N−2B+15N+13B=6N=1N+4B+8N7.046.047.032.001660+26.8
4Zhitong Sean1673VAN+15B+13N+11B−2N+8B−1B+5N−3N+7B6.049.053.530.001525-26.0
5Delrieu Lou-Anne1524VAN+10N+14B−1N+18B+11N−2N−4B+6B+13N6.047.051.028.501467-11.2
6Nompavos, Lesly1583VAN+19N+17B+20N−1B+14N=3B−2B−5N+21B5.546.049.523.501453-31.6
7Delrieu Kaina1471VAN+24B−1B+10N−11N+16B−8N+18B+14B−4N5.042.045.020.50880-18.8
8Nand Ishaan1526VAN−9N+22B+?N+21B−4N+7B+17B−1N−3B5.042.042.015.501438-29.2
9Gottfried Olivia1509VAN+8B−11N−15B−10N+12B+21N+16B+17N−1B5.041.044.521.501621+10.8
10Morel Anatole0VAN−5B+12N−7B+9B+?N=14B=13N−21N+17B5.037.537.518.5013100.0
11Samuels Llewellyn0VAN+22N+9B−4N+7B−5B−13N+?B+?N−2B5.037.537.513.0014960.0
12DiMartino Micaiah0VAN−14N−10B−?N+?B−9N+19N+24B+16N+?B5.025.525.511.007150.0
13Dennis Eliza1527VAN+?N−4B+17N+20B−3N+11B=10B−2N−5B4.545.045.015.50797-65.6
14Seeto Patrick0VAN+12B−5N+23B+?N−6B=10N+15B−7N−?N4.534.034.015.007210.0
15Idieder Remy0VAN−4N+?B+9N−3B=21N+20B−14N−?B+23N4.533.033.013.7514550.0
16Natuman Joe0VAN+?N−3B−18N+19B−7N+22B−9N−12B+?N4.033.033.07.007070.0
17Nasse Igor0VAN+?B−6N−13B+23N+?B+18B−8N−9B−10N4.032.032.07.007420.0
18DiMartino Richard0VAN+?B−2N+16B−5N+?B−17N−7N+23B−?N4.030.030.07.007690.0
19Lukai Marguerite0VAN−6B−?N+?B−16N−?N−12B+25N+?B+22N4.018.518.54.007690.0
20Virelala Cinzia0VAN+?B+21N−6B−13N+?B−15N−?N−?B+?N4.018.018.03.5015350.0
21Nand Armaan1419VANF−20B+26N−8N=15B−9B+22N+10B−6N3.533.033.011.25742-35.2
22DiMartino Aolani0VAN−11B−8N+25B−?N+23B−16N−21B+24N−19B3.028.528.57.007000.0
23Enock Mathilde0VAN−1N+?B−14N−17B−22N+?B+?B−18N−15B3.028.528.50.009410.0
24FIDE 2410032250—−7N+?N−?B−?B−?N+?B−12N−22B+?B3.013.013.00.006710.0
25FIDE 2410031790—−3N−?B−22N−?B+?N−?N−19B−?N−?B1.014.014.00.007340.0
26FIDE 2410031870—−2B+?N−21BFFFFFF1.011.511.50.008070.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets