GEO B-10 Ch 2026
35 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 16 Apr 2026 to 22 Apr 2026 in Batumi, Georgia. Top 10 Elo average was 1580, and top seed was Alexandre Berishvili (🇬🇪 GEO, 1763).
Daniel Skhvitaridze (🇬🇪 GEO, 1563) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Alexandre Berishvili (7.5) and Lazare Kvachakidze (6.5). Skhvitaridze shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Giorgi Nemsitsveridze (1438) beat Andria Qubaneishvili (1738), a +300-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R8; 2 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz.
Daniel Skhvitaridze takes the sole lead (7.0/8).
2 players finish on 7.5/9. Skhvitaridze takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (46.0).
Daniel Skhvitaridze drew with Alexandre Berishvili (Black).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Daniel Skhvitaridze | * | ½ | ½ | ½ |
| 2Alexandre Berishvili | ½ | * | 1 | 1 |
| 3Lazare Kvachakidze | ½ | 0 | * | 1 |
| 4Giorgi Nemsitsveridze | ½ | 0 | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Skhvitaridze, Daniel | 1563 | GEO | +35B | +12N | +9B | =2N | =3B | +11N | +8B | +5N | =4B | 7.5 | 46.0 | 48.0 | 38.00 | 1760 | +76.8 |
| 2 | Berishvili, Alexandre | 1763 | GEO | +22N | +5B | +27N | =1B | =8N | +3N | +4B | =9N | +10B | 7.5 | 45.0 | 48.0 | 39.25 | 1701 | -11.2 |
| 3 | Kvachakidze, Lazare | 1630 | GEO | +30N | +8B | +24N | +4B | =1N | −2B | −5N | +11B | +13N | 6.5 | 45.5 | 48.0 | 30.75 | 1566 | -20.0 |
| 4 | Nemsitsveridze, Giorgi | 1438 | GEO | +16N | +6B | =7N | −3N | +18B | +14B | −2N | +17B | =1N | 6.0 | 47.5 | 52.0 | 31.50 | 1629 | +56.4 |
| 5 | Antia, Ioane | 1450 | GEO | +10B | −2N | +29B | =18N | =17B | +24N | +3B | −1B | +8N | 6.0 | 44.0 | 47.0 | 27.50 | 1603 | +31.2 |
| 6 | Qubaneishvili, Andria | 1738 | GEO | +34B | −4N | =21B | =12N | =31N | +19B | +10B | =8N | +9B | 6.0 | 37.0 | 39.0 | 24.75 | 1456 | -53.6 |
| 7 | Nanava, Tsotne | 1606 | GEO | +29N | =14B | =4B | −11N | =28B | =21N | =18B | +24N | +17B | 5.5 | 35.5 | 38.5 | 22.25 | 1307 | -48.0 |
| 8 | Kavtiashvili, Lazare | 1448 | GEO | +26B | −3N | +10B | +21N | =2B | +9N | −1N | =6B | −5B | 5.0 | 47.5 | 51.0 | 24.25 | 1487 | +8.7 |
| 9 | Eradze, Ilia | 1522 | GEO | +13N | +19B | −1N | +27B | =14N | −8B | +31N | =2B | −6N | 5.0 | 43.5 | 46.0 | 21.25 | 1353 | -42.0 |
| 10 | Kilargiani, Gregori | 0 | GEO | −5N | +22B | −8N | +30B | +27N | +15B | −6N | +14B | −2N | 5.0 | 41.5 | 44.0 | 19.50 | 1451 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Bulka, Vitali | 1404 | GEO | =21B | =33N | +28B | +7B | +13N | −1B | =17N | −3N | =15B | 5.0 | 41.0 | 43.0 | 21.25 | 1506 | +25.2 |
| 12 | Oniani, Giorgi | 1430 | GEO | +28N | −1B | −13N | =6B | +22N | +25B | =14N | =18B | =16N | 5.0 | 40.5 | 43.5 | 20.75 | 1461 | +4.0 |
| 13 | Dolidze, Giorgi Nod | 0 | GEO | −9B | +20N | +12B | +23N | −11B | −17N | +25B | +21N | −3B | 5.0 | 38.5 | 42.0 | 21.00 | 1414 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Bekauri, Daviti | 1436 | GEO | +31B | =7N | =18B | +24N | =9B | −4N | =12B | −10N | +21B | 5.0 | 38.5 | 41.0 | 20.00 | 1410 | -11.6 |
| 15 | Sarjveladze, Demetre | 1607 | GEO | =17B | −18N | +20B | +33N | =23B | −10N | =24B | +31N | =11N | 5.0 | 33.5 | 35.5 | 17.50 | 1564 | -6.4 |
| 16 | FIDE 13651730 | 0 | — | −4B | +35N | −33B | +29N | −24B | =20N | +34B | +28N | =12B | 5.0 | 29.0 | 31.0 | 14.75 | 1169 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Baladze, Dachi | 0 | GEO | =15N | −27B | +25N | +19B | =5N | +13B | =11B | −4N | −7N | 4.5 | 40.5 | 43.5 | 21.00 | 1351 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Grigoryan, Kimik | 0 | GEO | =25N | +15B | =14N | =5B | −4N | +28B | =7N | =12N | −20B | 4.5 | 40.5 | 43.5 | 20.50 | 1496 | 0.0 |
| 19 | FIDE 13638467 | 0 | — | +33B | −9N | +34B | −17N | =21B | −6N | +23B | −20N | +32B | 4.5 | 32.5 | 34.5 | 12.50 | 1543 | 0.0 |
| 20 | FIDE 13650726 | 0 | — | −27N | −13B | −15N | F | +34B | =16B | +30N | +19B | +18N | 4.5 | 31.5 | 31.5 | 16.00 | 807 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Salia, Tsotne | 0 | GEO | =11N | +25B | =6N | −8B | =19N | =7B | +27N | −13B | −14N | 4.0 | 39.5 | 42.5 | 17.00 | 1381 | 0.0 |
| 22 | FIDE 13655019 | 0 | — | −2B | −10N | +26B | −28N | −12B | =32N | =35N | +30B | +27N | 4.0 | 32.0 | 34.0 | 11.25 | 793 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Kakhidze, Lasha | 1452 | GEO | +32N | −24B | +30N | −13B | =15N | −31B | −19N | +27B | =28B | 4.0 | 29.0 | 31.5 | 12.00 | 1607 | +8.4 |
| 24 | Tediashvili, Zaza | 0 | GEO | F | +23N | −3B | −14B | +16N | −5B | =15N | −7B | +35N | 3.5 | 39.0 | 39.0 | 13.50 | 1341 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Abzhandadze, Demetre Gio | 1466 | GEO | =18B | −21N | −17B | +35N | +33B | −12N | −13N | −32B | +30N | 3.5 | 30.0 | 32.0 | 8.75 | 1446 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 13655116 | 0 | — | −8N | −30B | −22N | =32B | F | −34N | +33B | +29N | +31B | 3.5 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 8.75 | 1457 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 13655124 | 0 | — | +20B | +17N | −2B | −9N | −10B | +33N | −21B | −23N | −22B | 3.0 | 38.5 | 40.5 | 11.00 | 1357 | 0.0 |
| 28 | FIDE 13652214 | 0 | — | −12B | F | −11N | +22B | =7N | −18N | +29B | −16B | =23N | 3.0 | 36.0 | 36.0 | 11.75 | 1277 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Basiladze, Andria | 0 | GEO | −7B | +31N | −5N | −16B | +32N | =30B | −28N | −26B | =33N | 3.0 | 30.5 | 32.5 | 7.25 | 1235 | 0.0 |
| 30 | FIDE 13655086 | 0 | — | −3B | +26N | −23B | −10N | +35B | =29N | −20B | −22N | −25B | 2.5 | 34.0 | 36.0 | 7.00 | 743 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Nanava, Ilia | 0 | GEO | −14N | −29B | F | +34N | =6B | +23N | −9B | −15B | −26N | 2.5 | 33.5 | 33.5 | 9.00 | 1405 | 0.0 |
| 32 | FIDE 13654047 | 0 | — | −23B | −34N | =35B | =26N | −29B | =22B | F | +25N | −19N | 2.5 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 8.25 | 645 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Meshveliani, Gegi | 1450 | GEO | −19N | =11B | +16N | −15B | −25N | −27B | −26N | F | =29B | 2.0 | 32.5 | 32.5 | 9.00 | 1312 | -16.0 |
| 34 | FIDE 13651765 | 0 | — | −6N | +32B | −19N | −31B | −20N | +26B | −16N | −35B | F | 2.0 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 6.00 | 937 | 0.0 |
| 35 | FIDE 13655108 | 0 | — | −1N | −16B | =32N | −25B | −30N | F | =22B | +34N | −24B | 2.0 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 5.25 | 763 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Skhvitaridze, DanielGEO+76.87.5 pts · #1
- 2Nemsitsveridze, GiorgiGEO+56.46.0 pts · #4
- 3Antia, IoaneGEO+31.26.0 pts · #10
- 1Qubaneishvili, AndriaGEO-53.66.0 pts · #9
- 2Nanava, TsotneGEO-48.05.5 pts · #24
- 3Eradze, IliaGEO-42.05.0 pts · #20
- R2+300 Elo gap
- R4+202 Elo gap
- R7+180 Elo gap