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GEO B-16 Ch 2026

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20 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 16 Apr 2026 to 22 Apr 2026 in Batumi, Georgia. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1952, and top seed was Erekle Tabatadze (🇬🇪 GEO, FM, 2346).

Andria Kviriashvili (🇬🇪 GEO, 2188) won with 8.5/9, ahead of Erekle Tabatadze (8.0) and Luka Kikalishvili (6.5). Kviriashvili broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Akaki Salukvadze (1408) beat Nikoloz Jojua (1829), a +421-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
🇬🇪FMErekle Tabatadze2346
Avg top 10
1,952
Participants
20
Titled players · 1
FM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇬🇪Georgia×19
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Andria Kviriashvili led from R9; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R9.

Co-leaders
9
3
4
2
2
2
2
2
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Kviriashvili8.5Tabatadze8Kikalishvili6.5Chaladze5Gvasalia5Jojua5
R9–R9 · LEAD HELD

Andria Kviriashvili held the sole lead from R9 through R9 without losing it.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Andria Kviriashvili drew with FM Erekle Tabatadze (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Andria Kviriashvili 6 wins (R4–R9)FM Erekle Tabatadze 5 wins (R4–R8)Luka Kikalishvili 3 wins (R7–R9)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Andria Kviriashvili*
½
1
1
2FMErekle Tabatadze
½
*
1
1
3Luka Kikalishvili
0
0
*
1
4Giorgi Chaladze
0
0
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Kviriashvili, Andria2188GEO+16B+4N=2B+8N+5B+3N+6B+9N+13B8.542.546.042.002381+56.2
2Tabatadze, ErekleFM2346GEO+12N+7B=1N+3B+4N+8B+5N+10B=6N8.044.048.041.252344+1.0
3Kikalishvili, Luka1718GEO+20B=8N+10B−2N+17B−1B+12N+4B+9N6.542.543.524.751985+102.0
4Chaladze, Giorgi1952GEO+18N−1B+12N+7B−2B−5N+13B−3N+16B5.044.547.519.501863-36.4
5Jojua, Nikoloz1829GEO−14N+9B+18N+6B−1N+4B−2B−8N+12B5.043.546.521.501919+42.0
6Gvasalia, Gaga1979GEO+11B+13N−8B−5N=12B+10N−1N+14B=2B5.043.047.023.001886-32.0
7Tsetskhladze, Shota1786GEO+19B−2N+11B−4N−13B=15N+16B=12N+8B5.037.539.518.501788-3.6
8Khvedelidze, Luka2086GEO+17N=3B+6N−1B+15N−2N−9B+5B−7N4.546.550.020.751899-74.4
9Chankseliani, Davit1883GEO=10B−5N+20B=13N=11B+17N+8N−1B−3B4.541.042.015.501716-62.4
10Khorkheli, Nikoloz1433GEO=9N+14B−3N−17B+18N−6B+15B−2N+20B4.538.539.514.251614+60.0
11Davlasheridze, Giorgi1518GEO−6N+15B−7N=18B=9N−16N=19B+20N+17B4.530.531.513.251625+29.6
12Gogiashvili, Demetre1660GEO−2B+19N−4B+14B=6N+13N−3B=7B−5N4.042.544.515.001723+16.8
13Kachakhidze, Nikoloz1749GEO+15N−6B=14N=9B+7N−12B−4N+18B−1N4.040.043.016.251727-10.8
14Salukvadze, Akaki1408GEO+5B−10N=13B−12N−16B+20N+17B−6N=19N4.031.532.512.501538+33.6
15Basentsyan, Vanik1637GEO−13B−11N+19B+20N−8B=7B−10N=16N+18B4.031.032.010.251488-61.2
16Bazerashvili, Alexandre1530GEO−1N−18B−17N+19B+14N+11B−7N=15B−4N3.537.539.512.501505-13.6
17Bebia, Davit1523GEO−8B=20N+16B+10N−3N−9B−14N+19B−11N3.534.035.010.501467-25.2
18Totochava, Sergi1449GEO−4B+16N−5B=11N−10B=19N+20B−13N−15N3.032.533.57.751422-25.6
19Arziani, Giorgi0GEO−7N−12B−15N−16N=20B=18B=11N−17N=14B2.031.532.56.2513130.0
20FIDE 136499730—−3N=17B−9N−15B=19N−14B−18N−11B−10N1.034.536.52.7511290.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets