Tashkent GM Round Robin
10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 28 Mar 2026 to 02 Apr 2026 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. 8 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2406, and top seed was Xiangrui Kong (🇨🇳 CHN, IM, 2518).
Asrorjon Omonov (🇺🇿 UZB, IM, 2353) won with 6.0/9, ahead of Ortik Nigmatov (6.0) and Vitaliy Bernadskiy (5.5). Omonov won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 9: Miraziz Matyakubov (CM, 2257) beat Ortik Nigmatov (GM, 2466), a +209-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 roundsGM Ortik Nigmatov led from R8 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.
GM Ortik Nigmatov takes the sole lead (6.0/8).
GM Ortik Nigmatov drew with IM Asrorjon Omonov (White).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 2 | 🇺🇿IMOmonov, Asrorjon | 2353 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 23.75 | 38.0 | +22.0 | 2537 |
| 1 | 🇺🇿GMNigmatov, Ortik | 2466 | ½ | * | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 21.75 | 38.0 | +7.2 | 2524 |
| 3 | 🇺🇦GMBernadskiy, Vitaliy | 2514 | ½ | 1 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5.5 | 23.50 | 38.5 | -4.0 | 2474 |
| 4 | 🇧🇾GMNikitenko, Mihail | 2487 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5.5 | 22.00 | 38.5 | -0.6 | 2477 |
| 6 | 🇺🇿CMMatyakubov, Miraziz | 2257 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 5.0 | 19.75 | 39.0 | +97.2 | 2466 |
| 5 | 🇨🇳IMKong, Xiangrui | 2518 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | * | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 18.25 | 39.0 | -3.1 | 2486 |
| 7 | 🇨🇳Zhu, Hengyi | 2410 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | — | * | 0 | 1 | ½ | 3.5 | 14.25 | 40.5 | -7.0 | 2348 |
| 8 | 🇰🇿Utegaliyev, Azamat | 2419 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | 0 | 1 | 3.5 | 13.50 | 40.5 | -11.6 | 2324 |
| 9 | 🇺🇿FMBozorov, Javohir | 2261 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | ½ | 2.5 | 9.50 | 41.5 | -2.6 | 2256 |
| 10 | 🇮🇳IMVantika Agrawal | 2375 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 1.5 | 5.75 | 42.5 | -25.9 | 2136 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Matyakubov, MirazizCMUZB+97.25.0 pts · #6
- 2Omonov, AsrorjonIMUZB+22.06.0 pts · #2
- 3Nigmatov, OrtikGMUZB+7.26.0 pts · #1
- 1Vantika AgrawalIMIND-25.91.5 pts · #10
- 2Utegaliyev, AzamatKAZ-11.63.5 pts · #8
- 3Zhu, HengyiCHN-7.03.5 pts · #7
- R9+209 Elo gap
- R7+162 Elo gap
- R6+158 Elo gap