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2026 Korea National Championship - Women

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21 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 27 Feb 2026 to 02 Mar 2026 in Seoul, South Korea. 7 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1784, and top seed was Sunwoo Park (🇰🇷 KOR, WFM, 1927).

Jooyeon Kim (🇰🇷 KOR, WCM, 1858) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Michid Jargalsaikhan (6.0) and Sunwoo Park (4.5). Kim shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Jueun Hong (1727) beat Sunwoo Park (WFM, 1927), a +200-point gap.

Location
🇰🇷Seoul, South Korea
Dates
27 Feb 2026 → 02 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇰🇷WFMSunwoo Park1927
Avg top 10
1,784
Participants
21
Titled players · 7
CM×1
WFM×1
WCM×5
Federations · 1 represented
🇰🇷South Korea×21
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
9
4
1
3
1
1
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Kim takes lead
R5 · LEADER CHANGE01 Mar

WCM Jooyeon Kim takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.0/7. Kim takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (27.0).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WCM Jooyeon Kim beat Michid Jargalsaikhan (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Kim, JooyeonWCM1858KOR+7B=13N+5B+2N+4B+9N=3B6.027.030.026.252088+62.0
2Michid Jargalsaikhan1735KOR+12N+3B+10N1B+9N+7B+8N6.025.529.023.002052+51.4
3Park, SunwooWFM1927KOR+11B2N13B+17N+14B+4N=1N4.526.028.016.001826-15.2
4Lee, SeyeonCM1809KOR+6N+19B=9N+8B1N3B+11N4.526.027.014.751817+4.8
5Khan, AnastasiiaWCM1874KOR+14N9B1N+12B=6N+17B+7N4.524.526.514.751772-15.2
6Ogay, Anastassiya1623KOR4B+17N11B+20N=5B+15N+9B4.520.520.510.251777+58.4
7Kim, Doyeon1650KOR1N+12B+19N+10B+11B2N5B4.027.028.011.501744+33.5
8Park, HaneulWCM1755KOR+15B10N+20B4N+19N+13B2B4.020.520.56.501683-14.8
9Ten, Polina1735KOR+17B+5N=4B+13N2B1B6N3.528.530.511.751742+2.8
10Zee, Hyeonjeong1709KOR+20N+8B2B7N=13B=11N=12N3.524.024.09.001653-18.4
11Kim, Nayoon B1693KOR3N+18B+6N+15B7N=10B4B3.523.525.510.751717+8.4
12Jung, Minju1575KOR2B7N+16B5N+21B+20N=10B3.520.520.54.251643+23.6
13Hong, Jueun1727KOR+21N=1B+3N9B=10N8NF3.021.521.59.251755+9.2
14Cho, YeonheeWCM1679KOR5B+16N15B+21N3NF+18B3.016.016.04.501702+3.0
15Lee, Jian A1598KOR8N+21B+14N11N=18B6BF2.517.017.04.001612+2.8
16Lee, Doil1547KOR=18N14B12N19BF+21N+20B2.59.59.51.001506-14.8
17You, GaramWCM1573KOR9N6B+18N3B+20B5NF2.019.019.02.001593+0.6
18Kim, Ria1714KOR=16B11N17BF=15N+19B14N2.014.514.53.501460-79.6
19Lee, Hyunju1420KORF4N7B+16N8B18NF1.017.017.02.501454+4.0
20Seo, Yerin1443KOR10BF8N6B17N12B16N0.020.020.00.008300.0
21Lee, Yunseo1553KOR13B15NF14B12N16BF0.015.515.50.00825-80.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets