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2026 Korea Youth Championship U16

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25 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 04 Feb 2026 to 07 Feb 2026 in Seongnam, South Korea. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1798, and top seed was Isaak Huh (🇰🇷 KOR, CM, 2073).

Isaak Huh (🇰🇷 KOR, CM, 2073) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Eoram Lee (6.0) and Hajun Jeong (5.5). Huh took the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Jeonghwan Kwak (1571) beat Yegeon Kim (1919), a +348-point gap.

Location
🇰🇷Seongnam, South Korea
Dates
04 Feb 2026 → 07 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇰🇷CMIsaak Huh2073
Avg top 10
1,798
Participants
25
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇰🇷South Korea×24
Top 3
  • 🥇
    CMIsaak Huh
    🇰🇷KOR·2073
    6.0pts·2096perf+7.6
  • 🥈
    Eoram Lee
    🇰🇷KOR·1810
    6.0pts·2042perf+72.8
  • 🥉
    Hajun Jeong
    🇰🇷KOR·1899
    5.5pts·1948perf+19.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
11
6
2
1
1
3
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Huh takes lead
Huh6Lee6Jeong5.5Jun5Park4.5Park4.5
R5 · LEADER CHANGE06 Feb

CM Isaak Huh takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.0/7. Huh takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (28.0).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Isaak Huh beat Eoram Lee (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1CMIsaak Huh*
1
½
—
2Eoram Lee
0
*
1
1
3Hajun Jeong
½
0
*
1
4Sanghui Jun—
0
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Huh, IsaakCM2073KOR+9B+10N=6B+5N+2B=3N+8B6.028.031.526.502096+7.6
2Lee, Eoram1810KOR+19N+7B+13N+3B−1N+12B+4N6.026.529.023.002042+72.8
3Jeong, Hajun1899KOR+20B+4N+5B−2N+9N=1B+12N5.528.030.021.001948+19.6
4Jun, Sanghui1692KOR+14B−3B+18N+11N+8B+6N−2B5.026.529.518.001881+50.8
5Park, Hyunjun1746KOR+17N+12B−3N−1B+7N=10B+11N4.525.528.515.251821+28.4
6Park, Jihoon B1762KOR+21B+11N=1N+13B−12N−4B+10N4.524.026.015.001808+17.6
7Lee, Junseo1643KOR+18B−2N+14B−8N−5B+9N+16B4.024.027.012.501574-14.8
8Kim, Yegeon1919KOR−12N+15N+20B+7B−4N+13B−1N4.024.026.012.001740-52.8
9Song, Haeseong1590KOR−1N=16B+17N+15N−3B−7B+19N3.524.527.010.001693+24.0
10Jeon, Inseo1708KOR+24N−1B+19N−12B+16N=5N−6B3.523.524.58.751589-34.0
11Lee, Juhwan1660KOR+23N−6B+16N−4B+21N=15B−5B3.522.023.58.001515-38.0
12Kwak, Jeonghwan1571KOR+8B−5NF+10N+6B−2N−3B3.028.028.012.001806+67.2
13Kim, Heeyou1715KOR+22B+25N−2B−6N+20B−8NF3.021.521.54.001561-31.6
14Choi, Doeun0KOR−4N+17B−7N+19B−15N+21BF3.020.522.57.5015790.0
15Choi, Sihwan1592KOR=16N−8B+23N−9B+14B=11N−18B3.020.021.57.751451-22.8
16Lim, Yunhu0KOR=15B=9N−11B+22N−10B+20N−7N3.019.521.57.2514970.0
17Lee, Yoonsoo1484KOR−5B−14N−9B+24N+22B−18N+20B3.018.019.05.001500+2.0
18Lee, Junseong0KOR−7NF−4B−21N+24B+17B+15N3.018.018.07.0015150.0
19Noh, Woobin1533KOR−2B+22N−10B−14N=23B+24N−9B2.519.520.53.75903-34.4
20Han, Seunghyeon1544KOR−3N+24B−8N+23B−13N−16B−17N2.020.021.02.50953-40.8
21Lee, Chanjoo1521KOR−6N−23B+24N+18B−11B−14N−22N2.017.518.54.00909-20.8
22Lho, Shinyoung1448KOR−13N−19BF−16B−17N+23N+21B2.015.015.03.5013700.0
23Jung, Hojune0KOR−11B+21N−15B−20N=19N−22B−24B1.515.016.03.2514200.0
24Cho, Minjun B0KOR−10B−20N−21B−17B−18N−19B+23N1.016.017.51.507540.0
25FIDE 132355910—F−13BFFFFF0.06.06.00.009140.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets
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