GEO B-12 Ch 2026
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.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsAlexandre 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.
Alexandre Ghonghadze never relinquished the lead after R6; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
Alexandre Ghonghadze beat Luka Sakhokia (White).
Alexandre Ghonghadze 3 wins (R4–R6)Luka Sakhokia 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Alexandre Ghonghadze | * | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2Luka Sakhokia | 0 | * | — | ½ |
| 3Giorgi Tsulaia | 0 | — | * | 1 |
| 4Andria Jakhaia | 1 | ½ | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ghonghadze, Alexandre | 1816 | GEO | +19N | +6B | −4N | +2N | +3B | +21N | =5B | +8B | +7N | 7.5 | 45.0 | 48.5 | 39.50 | 1920 | +44.0 |
| 2 | Tsulaia, Giorgi | 1691 | GEO | =15N | +23B | +16N | −1B | =10N | +19B | +4N | =6B | +11N | 6.5 | 42.0 | 45.0 | 30.00 | 1734 | +19.6 |
| 3 | Sakhokia, Luka | 1599 | GEO | +25N | +29B | +9N | =4B | −1N | =7B | =8N | +14B | +6N | 6.5 | 42.0 | 42.0 | 26.25 | 1796 | +85.2 |
| 4 | Jakhaia, Andria | 1799 | GEO | +11B | +12N | +1B | =3N | =21B | =6N | −2B | =5N | +15B | 6.0 | 46.5 | 50.0 | 32.75 | 1722 | -29.6 |
| 5 | Ioseliani, Giorgi | 1562 | GEO | =23N | +15B | =7N | =10B | =8N | +16B | =1N | =4B | +14N | 6.0 | 42.5 | 45.5 | 29.50 | 1789 | +92.4 |
| 6 | Jibladze, Nikoloz | 1575 | GEO | +22B | −1N | =14B | +11N | +12B | =4B | +9N | =2N | −3B | 5.5 | 46.0 | 49.5 | 27.00 | 1679 | +44.0 |
| 7 | Chkhartishvili, Lazare | 1830 | GEO | =20B | +17N | =5B | =12N | =14B | =3N | +10B | +19N | −1B | 5.5 | 43.0 | 47.0 | 26.50 | 1642 | -73.2 |
| 8 | Koiava, Mate | 1631 | GEO | −17B | +24N | +27B | =14N | =5B | +13N | =3B | −1N | =9N | 5.0 | 42.0 | 44.0 | 21.00 | 1530 | -38.8 |
| 9 | Kvaratskhelia, Giorgi | 1647 | GEO | +13B | =14N | −3B | =19N | =18B | +15N | −6B | +21N | =8B | 5.0 | 39.5 | 43.0 | 22.00 | 1582 | -26.0 |
| 10 | Gogia, Nikoloz | 1546 | GEO | =24B | +20N | =21B | =5N | =2B | =14N | −7N | =16B | +26B | 5.0 | 37.5 | 40.5 | 21.00 | 1618 | +24.8 |
| 11 | Gaprindashvili, Andria | 1479 | GEO | −4N | =25B | +23N | −6B | +27B | =12N | +24B | +20N | −2B | 5.0 | 36.0 | 38.0 | 16.00 | 1464 | -7.2 |
| 12 | Ghvinjilia, Nikoloz | 1551 | GEO | +26N | −4B | +29N | =7B | −6N | =11B | −19N | +23B | +24B | 5.0 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 14.25 | 1397 | -38.0 |
| 13 | Dzaptashvili, Demetre | 1467 | GEO | −9N | +26B | −19N | +28B | +25N | −8B | =16N | =18B | +20B | 5.0 | 33.0 | 34.0 | 15.50 | 1477 | +2.8 |
| 14 | Sebiskveradze, Saba | 1534 | GEO | +27N | =9B | =6N | =8B | =7N | =10B | +21B | −3N | −5B | 4.5 | 42.0 | 44.0 | 18.50 | 1584 | +18.8 |
| 15 | Abuladze, Ilia | 1468 | GEO | =2B | −5N | +24B | =20N | =16N | −9B | +25N | +22B | −4N | 4.5 | 38.5 | 41.5 | 17.00 | 1494 | +4.8 |
| 16 | Kukhalashvili, Gabriel | 1554 | GEO | +28B | =21N | −2B | +22N | =15B | −5N | =13B | =10N | =17B | 4.5 | 38.5 | 39.5 | 15.75 | 1446 | -43.2 |
| 17 | Tsivtsivadze, Dachi | 1429 | GEO | +8N | −7B | +18N | −21N | −19B | +23B | −20N | +28B | =16N | 4.5 | 34.0 | 35.0 | 15.75 | 1486 | +6.8 |
| 18 | Pantskhava, Dachi | 1429 | GEO | −21B | +28N | −17B | +27N | =9N | =20B | −22B | =13N | +19B | 4.5 | 31.5 | 32.5 | 14.00 | 1478 | +8.8 |
| 19 | Metreveli, Gabriel | 1501 | GEO | −1B | =22N | +13B | =9B | +17N | −2N | +12B | −7B | −18N | 4.0 | 43.5 | 47.0 | 18.75 | 1567 | +21.6 |
| 20 | Samsonidze, Daviti | 1512 | GEO | =7N | −10B | =25N | =15B | +22N | =18N | +17B | −11B | −13N | 4.0 | 37.5 | 40.5 | 16.75 | 1426 | -42.0 |
| 21 | Kirtadze, Mishiko | 1644 | GEO | +18N | =16B | =10N | +17B | =4N | −1B | −14N | −9B | F | 3.5 | 41.5 | 41.5 | 16.75 | 1555 | -39.2 |
| 22 | Akopyan, Gevorg | 0 | GEO | −6N | =19B | +26N | −16B | −20B | F | +18N | −15N | +28B | 3.5 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 10.50 | 1316 | 0.0 |
| 23 | FIDE 13655060 | 0 | — | =5B | −2N | −11B | =24N | +26B | −17N | F | −12N | +29B | 3.0 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 7.50 | 1180 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Lipartia, Giorgi | 0 | GEO | =10N | −8B | −15N | =23B | F | +25B | −11N | +29B | −12N | 3.0 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 7.00 | 1321 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Zakariadze, Ioane | 1412 | GEO | −3B | =11N | =20B | +29N | −13B | −24N | −15B | F | +27N | 3.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 6.50 | 1263 | -36.4 |
| 26 | FIDE 13652222 | 0 | — | −12B | −13N | −22B | F | −23N | +28B | +29N | +27B | −10N | 3.0 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 3.00 | 719 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 13650297 | 0 | — | −14B | F | −8N | −18B | −11N | +29B | +28N | −26N | −25B | 2.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 1.00 | 701 | 0.0 |
| 28 | FIDE 13649639 | 0 | — | −16N | −18B | F | −13N | +29B | −26N | −27B | −17N | −22N | 1.0 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 0.00 | 679 | 0.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 13642626 | 0 | — | F | −3N | −12B | −25B | −28N | −27N | −26B | −24N | −23N | 0.0 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 0.00 | 716 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Ioseliani, GiorgiGEO+92.46.0 pts · #6
- 2Sakhokia, LukaGEO+85.26.5 pts · #4
- 3Jibladze, NikolozGEO+44.05.5 pts · #8
- 1Chkhartishvili, LazareGEO-73.25.5 pts · #3
- 2Kukhalashvili, GabrielGEO-43.24.5 pts · #17
- 3Samsonidze, DavitiGEO-42.04.0 pts · #14
- R1+202 Elo gap
- R7+110 Elo gap
- R7+108 Elo gap