10th Gritchess Match
25 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held on 15 Mar 2026 in Anyang, South Korea. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1562, and top seed was Jihoon B Park (🇰🇷 KOR, 1779).
Seungpyo Hong (🇰🇷 KOR, 1571) won with 4.0/4, ahead of Juhwan Lee (4.0) and Suhyuk Lee (3.0). Hong won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Suhyuk Lee (1586) beat Jihoon B Park (1779), a +193-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 4 roundsTight race until R4; 2 players tied at 4.0/4, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
2 players finish on 4.0/4. Hong takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (8.0).
Juhwan Lee 4 wins (R1–R4)Seungpyo Hong 4 wins (R1–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Juhwan Lee | * | — | — | 1 |
| 2Seungpyo Hong | — | * | — | — |
| 3Jihoon B Park | — | — | * | 0 |
| 4Suhyuk Lee | 0 | — | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hong, Seungpyo | 1571 | KOR | +19N | +6B | +9N | +5B | 4.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 9.00 | 2354 | +56.8 |
| 2 | Lee, Juhwan | 1618 | KOR | +13N | +20B | +10N | +3B | 4.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 8.00 | 2304 | +41.6 |
| 3 | Lee, Suhyuk | 1586 | KOR | +17B | +15N | +4B | −2N | 3.0 | 9.0 | 11.0 | 7.00 | 1743 | +25.2 |
| 4 | Park, Jihoon B | 1779 | KOR | +18N | +7B | −3N | +10B | 3.0 | 8.0 | 10.0 | 7.00 | 1683 | -14.0 |
| 5 | Kim, Nayoon B | 1742 | KOR | +21B | +12N | +11B | −1N | 3.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 5.00 | 1518 | -22.0 |
| 6 | Lee, Donghwa | 1455 | KOR | +14B | −1N | +22B | +11N | 3.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 5.00 | 771 | -13.6 |
| 7 | Kim, Geonmin | 1467 | KOR | +16B | −4N | +21B | +14N | 3.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 5.00 | 978 | -5.6 |
| 8 | Hwang, Seungjae | 0 | KOR | −9B | +23N | +15B | +12N | 3.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 5.00 | 1483 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Jea, Daeul | 1469 | KOR | +8N | −10B | −1B | +21N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 4.00 | 718 | -34.4 |
| 10 | Kwak, Yeseong | 1450 | KOR | +23N | +9N | −2B | −4N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 3.00 | 1496 | +2.4 |
| 11 | Engel, Simon | 0 | GER | +?N | +18B | −5N | −6B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.00 | 1540 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Yang, Hayeon | 1465 | KOR | +25N | −5B | +17N | −8B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.00 | 941 | -6.8 |
| 13 | Cho, Yihwan | 0 | KOR | −2B | −22N | +24B | +16N | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.00 | 818 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Oh, Seoa | 0 | KOR | −6N | +19B | +?N | −7B | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.00 | 1354 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Jang, Eunjae | 1459 | KOR | +24N | −3B | −8N | +19B | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.00 | 785 | -13.2 |
| 16 | Jeong, Yul | 0 | KOR | −7N | +?B | +20N | −13B | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.00 | 1502 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Choi, Jiwan | 0 | KOR | −3N | +24B | −12B | +20N | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.00 | 1379 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Yang, Haeun | 1447 | KOR | −4B | −11N | +25B | +22N | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.00 | 978 | -4.8 |
| 19 | FIDE 13234773 | 0 | — | −1B | −14N | +23B | −15N | 1.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 1.00 | 715 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Park, Siyul | 1463 | KOR | +22B | −2N | −16B | −17B | 1.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 1.00 | 818 | -11.6 |
| 21 | FIDE 13233130 | 0 | — | −5N | +25B | −7N | −9B | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 758 | 0.0 |
| 22 | FIDE 13234471 | 0 | — | −20N | +13B | −6N | −18B | 1.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 2.00 | 654 | 0.0 |
| 23 | FIDE 13234749 | 0 | — | −10B | −8B | −19N | +25N | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 665 | 0.0 |
| 24 | FIDE 13240226 | 0 | — | −15B | −17N | −13N | −?B | 0.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 688 | 0.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 13239651 | 0 | — | −12B | −21N | −18N | −23B | 0.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 655 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Hong, SeungpyoKOR+56.84.0 pts · #2
- 2Lee, JuhwanKOR+41.64.0 pts · #1
- 3Lee, SuhyukKOR+25.23.0 pts · #4
- 1Jea, DaeulKOR-34.42.0 pts · #22
- 2Kim, Nayoon BKOR-22.03.0 pts · #9
- 3Park, Jihoon BKOR-14.03.0 pts · #3
- R3+193 Elo gap
- R4+171 Elo gap