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GEO B-12 Ch 2026

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29 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 16 Apr 2026 to 22 Apr 2026 in Batumi, Georgia. Top 10 Elo average was 1679, and top seed was Lazare Chkhartishvili (🇬🇪 GEO, 1830).

Alexandre Ghonghadze (🇬🇪 GEO, 1816) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Giorgi Tsulaia (6.5) and Luka Sakhokia (6.5). Ghonghadze shared the lead from round 5 and won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Dachi Tsivtsivadze (1429) beat Mate Koiava (1631), a +202-point gap.

Location
🇬🇪Batumi, Georgia
Dates
16 Apr 2026 → 22 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
Avg top 10
1,679
Participants
29
Federations · 1 represented
🇬🇪Georgia×24
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Alexandre Ghonghadze led from R6; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders
10
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
R6–R9 · LEAD HELD

Alexandre Ghonghadze never relinquished the lead after R6; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Alexandre Ghonghadze beat Luka Sakhokia (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Alexandre Ghonghadze 3 wins (R4–R6)Luka Sakhokia 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Ghonghadze, Alexandre1816GEO+19N+6B4N+2N+3B+21N=5B+8B+7N7.545.048.539.501920+44.0
2Tsulaia, Giorgi1691GEO=15N+23B+16N1B=10N+19B+4N=6B+11N6.542.045.030.001734+19.6
3Sakhokia, Luka1599GEO+25N+29B+9N=4B1N=7B=8N+14B+6N6.542.042.026.251796+85.2
4Jakhaia, Andria1799GEO+11B+12N+1B=3N=21B=6N2B=5N+15B6.046.550.032.751722-29.6
5Ioseliani, Giorgi1562GEO=23N+15B=7N=10B=8N+16B=1N=4B+14N6.042.545.529.501789+92.4
6Jibladze, Nikoloz1575GEO+22B1N=14B+11N+12B=4B+9N=2N3B5.546.049.527.001679+44.0
7Chkhartishvili, Lazare1830GEO=20B+17N=5B=12N=14B=3N+10B+19N1B5.543.047.026.501642-73.2
8Koiava, Mate1631GEO17B+24N+27B=14N=5B+13N=3B1N=9N5.042.044.021.001530-38.8
9Kvaratskhelia, Giorgi1647GEO+13B=14N3B=19N=18B+15N6B+21N=8B5.039.543.022.001582-26.0
10Gogia, Nikoloz1546GEO=24B+20N=21B=5N=2B=14N7N=16B+26B5.037.540.521.001618+24.8
11Gaprindashvili, Andria1479GEO4N=25B+23N6B+27B=12N+24B+20N2B5.036.038.016.001464-7.2
12Ghvinjilia, Nikoloz1551GEO+26N4B+29N=7B6N=11B19N+23B+24B5.035.035.014.251397-38.0
13Dzaptashvili, Demetre1467GEO9N+26B19N+28B+25N8B=16N=18B+20B5.033.034.015.501477+2.8
14Sebiskveradze, Saba1534GEO+27N=9B=6N=8B=7N=10B+21B3N5B4.542.044.018.501584+18.8
15Abuladze, Ilia1468GEO=2B5N+24B=20N=16N9B+25N+22B4N4.538.541.517.001494+4.8
16Kukhalashvili, Gabriel1554GEO+28B=21N2B+22N=15B5N=13B=10N=17B4.538.539.515.751446-43.2
17Tsivtsivadze, Dachi1429GEO+8N7B+18N21N19B+23B20N+28B=16N4.534.035.015.751486+6.8
18Pantskhava, Dachi1429GEO21B+28N17B+27N=9N=20B22B=13N+19B4.531.532.514.001478+8.8
19Metreveli, Gabriel1501GEO1B=22N+13B=9B+17N2N+12B7B18N4.043.547.018.751567+21.6
20Samsonidze, Daviti1512GEO=7N10B=25N=15B+22N=18N+17B11B13N4.037.540.516.751426-42.0
21Kirtadze, Mishiko1644GEO+18N=16B=10N+17B=4N1B14N9BF3.541.541.516.751555-39.2
22Akopyan, Gevorg0GEO6N=19B+26N16B20BF+18N15N+28B3.531.031.010.5013160.0
23FIDE 136550600=5B2N11B=24N+26B17NF12N+29B3.033.033.07.5011800.0
24Lipartia, Giorgi0GEO=10N8B15N=23BF+25B11N+29B12N3.030.530.57.0013210.0
25Zakariadze, Ioane1412GEO3B=11N=20B+29N13B24N15BF+27N3.030.030.06.501263-36.4
26FIDE 13652222012B13N22BF23N+28B+29N+27B10N3.024.524.53.007190.0
27FIDE 13650297014BF8N18B11N+29B+28N26N25B2.026.026.01.007010.0
28FIDE 13649639016N18BF13N+29B26N27B17N22N1.027.027.00.006790.0
29FIDE 136426260F3N12B25B28N27N26B24N23N0.026.526.50.007160.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets