33rd Korea Chess League Division 1 Round 1-2
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36 players participated in this 2-round tournament, held on 07 Mar 2026 in Seongnam, South Korea. 4 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1935, and top seed was Sihoo Park (🇰🇷 KOR, 2007).
Joel Pierce Fruit (🇰🇷 KOR, 1972) won with 2.0/2, ahead of Luke Jung Robson (2.0) and Doyeon Kim (2.0). Fruit shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Michid Jargalsaikhan (1727) beat Inguh Kim (CM, 1940), a +213-point gap.
Location
🇰🇷Seongnam, South Korea
Dates
07 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Team · 2 rounds
Titled players · 4
CM×1
WFM×1
WCM×2
Federations · 2 represented
🇰🇷South Korea×34
🇺🇿Uzbekistan×1
Top 3
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Standings
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| # | Player | Fed | Elo | Pts | Avg opp. | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Fruit, Joel Pierce | 🇰🇷KOR | 1972 | 2.0 | 1848 | 2648 | +13.4 |
| 3 | Robson, Luke Jung | 🇰🇷KOR | 1872 | 2.0 | 1825 | 2625 | +17.4 |
| 5 | Kim, Doyeon | 🇰🇷KOR | 1687 | 2.0 | 1666 | 2466 | +34.2 |
| 6 | Seo, Juwon | 🇰🇷KOR | 1855 | 2.0 | 1875 | 2675 | +42.4 |
| 7 | Yang, Munseok | 🇰🇷KOR | 1791 | 2.0 | 1846 | 2646 | +23.0 |
| 1 | Park, Sihoo | 🇰🇷KOR | 2007 | 2.0 | 1750 | 2550 | +15.6 |
| 12 | Kim, Nayoon B | 🇰🇷KOR | 1742 | 2.0 | 1579 | 2379 | +11.6 |
| 4 | Jeong, Hajun | 🇰🇷KOR | 1920 | 2.0 | 1707 | 2507 | +20.8 |
| 8 | Kim, Yegeon | 🇰🇷KOR | 1865 | 2.0 | 1707 | 2507 | +22.4 |
| 9 | Michid Jargalsaikhan | 🇰🇷KOR | 1727 | 1.5 | 1936 | 2129 | +20.6 |
| 10 | Lee, Jiwoo | 🇰🇷KOR | 1919 | 1.5 | 1750 | 1943 | +3.2 |
| 28 | Lee, Dahyeon | 🇰🇷KOR | 1703 | 1.5 | 1579 | 1579 | -6.8 |
| 14 | Kim, Yubin | 🇰🇷KOR | 1957 | 1.0 | 1837 | 1837 | -12.8 |
| 16 | Song, Jihu | 🇰🇷KOR | 1864 | 1.0 | 1859 | 1859 | -0.4 |
| 17 | Oh, Jeongmin | 🇰🇷KOR | 1696 | 1.0 | 1715 | 1715 | +2.0 |
| 18 | Lee, Minseong | 🇰🇷KOR | 1872 | 1.0 | 1858 | 1858 | -1.6 |
| 22 | WCMKim, Jooyeon | 🇰🇷KOR | 1898 | 1.0 | 1924 | 1924 | +2.5 |
| 15 | CMKim, Inguh | 🇰🇷KOR | 1940 | 1.0 | 1755 | 1755 | -9.6 |
| 20 | Lee, Dongseob | 🇰🇷KOR | 1783 | 1.0 | 1936 | 1936 | +8.2 |
| 11 | You, Haneul | 🇰🇷KOR | 1843 | 1.0 | 1825 | 1825 | -1.0 |
| 13 | WCMPark, Haneul | 🇰🇷KOR | 1746 | 1.0 | 1666 | 1666 | -6.4 |
| 19 | Lee, Yugeon | 🇰🇷KOR | 1819 | 1.0 | 1875 | 1875 | +5.6 |
| 21 | WFMPark, Sunwoo | 🇰🇷KOR | 1927 | 1.0 | 1846 | 1846 | -4.4 |
| 25 | Park, Yunhyung | 🇰🇷KOR | 1658 | 0.5 | 1962 | 1769 | +8.4 |
| 26 | Park, Sehee | 🇰🇷KOR | 1580 | 0.5 | 1722 | 1529 | -4.8 |
| 27 | Li, Artem Serg | 🇰🇷KOR | 1801 | 0.5 | 1924 | 1731 | -6.8 |
| 24 | Ahn, Sungmin | 🇰🇷KOR | 1932 | 0.5 | 1755 | 1562 | -19.2 |
| 23 | Karimov, Shakhzod | 🇺🇿UZB | 1876 | 0.5 | 1848 | 1655 | -11.4 |
| 30 | Kim, Jimin | 🇰🇷KOR | 1872 | 0.0 | 1893 | 1093 | -37.6 |
| 36 | Seok, Hyundong | 🇰🇷KOR | 1541 | 0.0 | 1893 | 1093 | -8.8 |
| 32 | FIDE 13225766 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 1722 | 922 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Kim, Taewoo A | 🇰🇷KOR | 1842 | 0.0 | 1962 | 1162 | -13.6 |
| 29 | Lee, Donghyun C | 🇰🇷KOR | 1777 | 0.0 | 1858 | 1058 | -15.6 |
| 31 | Kim, Minjae | 🇰🇷KOR | 1830 | 0.0 | 1859 | 1059 | -18.4 |
| 33 | Lee, Jian A | 🇰🇷KOR | 1636 | 0.0 | 1715 | 915 | -31.2 |
| 34 | Meiyazhagan, Kaviinayan | 🇰🇷KOR | 1793 | 0.0 | 1837 | 1037 | -30.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Seo, JuwonKOR+42.42.0 pts · #6
- 2Kim, DoyeonKOR+34.22.0 pts · #5
- 3Yang, MunseokKOR+23.02.0 pts · #7
Top rating losers
- 1Kim, JiminKOR-37.60.0 pts · #30
- 2Lee, Jian AKOR-31.20.0 pts · #33
- 3Meiyazhagan, KaviinayanKOR-30.80.0 pts · #34
Biggest upsets
- R2+213 Elo gap
- R2+149 Elo gap
- R2+102 Elo gap