IBCA World Team Chess Championship 2026

SwissStandard

103 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 18 Apr 2026 to 27 Apr 2026 in Petrovac, Montenegro. 20 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2285, and top seed was Marcin Tazbir (🇵🇱 POL, GM, 2501).

Daniel Eduardo Pulvett Marin (🇪🇸 ESP, IM, 2478) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Marcin Tazbir (7.5) and Stefan Janjic (7.5). Pulvett Marin won solo starting round 8.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Murad Tokhtakhunov (1513) beat Gintaras Grybas (1976), a +463-point gap.

Location

🇲🇪Petrovac, Montenegro

Dates

18 Apr 2026 → 27 Apr 2026

Time control

Standard: 120 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇵🇱GMMarcin Tazbir2501

Avg top 10

2,285

Participants

103

Titled players · 20

GM×1

IM×7

FM×5

CM×6

WIM×1

Federations · 8 represented

🇵🇱Poland×6

🇺🇦Ukraine×6

🇸🇰Slovakia×6

🇪🇸Spain×5

🇫🇷France×5

🇰🇿Kazakhstan×5

🇻🇪Venezuela×5

🇭🇺Hungary×5

Top 3

🥇
IMDaniel Eduardo Pulvett Marin
🇪🇸ESP·2478
8.0pts·2555perf+6.9
🥈
GMMarcin Tazbir
🇵🇱POL·2501
7.5pts·2471perf-0.4
🥉
Stefan Janjic
🇷🇸SRB·2118
7.5pts·2230perf+21.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

IM Daniel Eduardo Pulvett Marin led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Pulvett Marin8Tazbir7.5Janjic7.5Tuka7Angelov7Racis7

R5–R9 · LEAD HELD

IM Daniel Eduardo Pulvett Marin held the sole lead from R5 through R9 without losing it.

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Daniel Eduardo Pulvett Marin drew with GM Marcin Tazbir (Black).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

IM Daniel Eduardo Pulvett Marin won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1IMDaniel Eduardo Pulvett Marin	*	½	—	—
2GMMarcin Tazbir	½	*	—	—
3Stefan Janjic	—	—	*	—
4IMOleg Tuka	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Pulvett Marin, Daniel EduardoIM	2478	ESP	+79B	+11N	+10B	=27N	+46B	+41N	=2N	+83B	+29B	8.0	37.5	39.0	33.00	2555	+6.9
2	Tazbir, MarcinGM	2501	POL	+21B	=7N	+39B	+10N	=27B	+29N	=1B	+14N	+43B	7.5	43.0	47.0	37.50	2471	-0.4
3	Janjic, Stefan	2118	SRB	+30N	=8B	+44N	+16B	=20N	+62B	=17B	+54N	+55B	7.5	37.0	40.0	31.75	2230	+21.6
4	Angelov, KostaIM	1971	BUL	+66N	=31B	+79N	=28N	+18B	+42N	+12B	−15N	+60B	7.0	34.5	36.5	27.00	2259	+65.6
5	Tuka, OlegIM	2242	UKR	=83B	F	+60B	+42N	+40B	+28N	+15B	+22N	=70B	7.0	29.5	29.5	27.50	2341	+8.1
6	Racis, Michal	2068	POL	+55B	=61N	=63N	+17B	+74N	+73B	=16B	+71B	=34N	7.0	29.0	31.5	23.75	2174	+21.8
7	Zambo, Zoltan IstvanFM	2274	HUN	+57N	=2B	=14N	+90B	=21N	+77B	=11N	=39B	+10B	6.5	38.0	39.0	25.50	2244	0.0
8	Abiad Parra, VictorCM	1935	VEN	=18B	=3N	+61B	=65N	+30B	=31N	=44B	+20B	+62N	6.5	36.5	39.5	27.50	2167	+48.4
9	Vulevic, VjekoslavFM	2094	MNE	+81B	+60N	+83B	−40N	=45B	=19B	+61N	F	+98B	6.0	22.5	22.5	14.00	2072	-1.2
10	Molyboha, Volodymyr	2231	UKR	+90N	+29B	−1N	−2B	=39N	+14B	+27N	+77B	−7N	5.5	42.0	43.0	19.00	2244	+6.4
11	Nikac, PredragIM	2221	MNE	+47N	−1B	+90N	=39B	=41N	+43N	=7B	F	+89N	5.5	32.5	32.5	17.25	2214	+1.4
12	Selkovski, Zarko	1913	MKD	−17B	+69N	+78B	=68N	=33N	+59B	−4N	=60B	+87B	5.5	30.5	32.0	14.75	1969	+14.8
13	Vrioni, Bersan	1922	ITA	=45B	=83N	+81B	+66N	=60B	+87N	=40B	=52B	F	5.5	22.5	22.5	14.50	2000	+17.0
14	Rivas Cabrera, EdgarCM	2019	VEN	+77B	=27N	=7B	=29N	=43B	−10N	+41B	−2B	+39N	5.0	40.5	42.5	19.75	2173	+34.8
15	Jandric, DamjanCM	2199	SRB	+19B	=28N	=45B	=60N	−42B	+40N	−5N	+4B	=64N	5.0	38.5	41.5	23.25	2080	-26.4
16	Clemente Llamero, Roberto	2078	ESP	+35B	=78N	−31B	−3N	F	+44N	=6N	+32B	+65B	5.0	37.0	37.0	20.50	2077	+0.8
17	Ridzel, Oleksandr	2001	UKR	+12N	=54B	+23B	−6N	F	F	=3N	+18B	+68B	5.0	36.5	36.5	24.00	2178	+67.2
18	Satybaldyyev, Rinat	2030	KAZ	=8N	F	=55B	+72N	−4N	+61N	+30B	−17N	+48B	5.0	36.0	36.0	19.00	2000	-12.8
19	Novikovas, Anatolijus	1922	LTU	−15N	+58B	=33N	=52B	=28B	=9N	=22B	+98N	=42B	5.0	36.0	36.0	17.25	1997	+14.4
20	Stachanczyk, JacekIM	2123	POL	+64N	F	+62B	=31N	=3B	=65N	=60N	−8N	+30B	5.0	35.0	35.0	19.50	2069	-8.4
21	Thevenet, Yann	2000	FRA	−2N	+52B	+77N	+89B	=7B	=47N	F	=45B	=27N	5.0	33.0	33.0	16.00	2071	+13.4
22	Nurhayev, Erlan	1822	KAZ	=28B	F	+64N	+84B	=29B	+70B	=19N	−5B	=52N	5.0	31.5	31.5	15.75	2110	+57.4
23	Draghici Flutur, GavrilCM	2021	ESP	+24N	+51B	−17N	=74B	+69B	−53B	=88B	F	+73N	5.0	26.0	26.0	15.50	1983	-7.8
24	Muri, Emil	1838	SLO	−23B	+93N	−73B	=50N	F	+67B	+85N	+86B	=38N	5.0	22.5	22.5	10.75	1841	+3.8
25	Shepelev, Igor	2002	UKR	F	+73N	F	F	+63B	+71N	+82B	+56N	F	5.0	13.5	13.5	13.50	2660	+27.2
26	Vilics, Hanna	1844	HUN	+102B	F	+71B	−32N	+103B	F	+51B	+63N	F	5.0	13.5	13.5	9.00	2025	+22.8
27	Dimic, PavleFM	2252	SRB	=43N	=14B	+41N	=1B	=2N	=39B	−10B	=29N	=21B	4.5	43.5	47.5	23.00	2178	-16.4
28	Otero Munelo, Harlen JoseCM	2083	VEN	=22N	=15B	+70N	=4B	=19N	−5B	+45N	−42N	=40B	4.5	41.0	43.5	19.50	2015	-15.4
29	Nizam, RasimIM	2140	BUL	+100B	−10N	+94B	=14B	=22N	−2B	+90N	=27B	−1N	4.5	37.0	37.0	8.75	2097	-9.0
30	Rutkauskas, Gediminas	1836	LTU	−3B	+86N	=72B	+48N	−8N	+78B	−18N	+99B	−20N	4.5	34.0	34.0	8.75	1891	+9.6
31	Wassin, SergejFM	2200	UKR	F	=4N	+16N	=20B	+62N	=8B	F	F	+61N	4.5	29.5	29.5	20.25	2164	-3.6
32	Arsov, Filip	1817	MKD	−92N	+67B	=51N	+26B	+84B	+75N	−54B	−16N	−35N	4.5	28.5	29.5	13.75	1893	+16.6
33	Bratu, Gheorghe	1905	ROU	=40B	+98N	=19B	=77B	=12B	F	=52N	=47N	=66N	4.5	27.0	27.0	13.50	1803	-17.0
34	Berginas, Sigitas	1684	LTU	−74N	+101B	=76N	+75B	=71B	=51N	−56B	=85N	=6B	4.5	25.5	25.5	11.00	1779	+19.2
35	Mlacnik, Janez	1879	SLO	−16N	=80B	=54N	−53B	F	=69N	+99B	+58N	+32B	4.5	24.5	24.5	12.00	1883	+0.4
36	Pergar, Lovro	1705	CRO	+78B	=79B	−69B	F	+99N	=64N	F	+72B	=53N	4.5	15.5	15.5	8.75	1947	+38.0
37	Pribeanu, Mihail-DacianFM	2137	ROU	=39N	=89B	=43N	F	+83N	F	+57B	F	+100B	4.5	14.0	14.0	9.50	2118	-0.2
38	Melnik, Stefan	1819	MKD	F	F	F	F	+72N	+102B	+65N	+91B	=24B	4.5	11.5	11.5	9.00	2151	+72.4
39	Kimsanboyev, Axadxon	2004	UZB	=37B	=41B	−2N	=11N	=10B	=27N	+46B	=7N	−14B	4.0	43.0	47.0	19.25	2155	+32.4
40	Gulamov, Ilkhom	1865	UZB	=33N	=44N	=42B	+9B	−5N	−15B	=13N	=70B	=28N	4.0	40.5	43.0	18.50	2016	+32.4
41	Mueller, Dominik	2254	GER	+46B	=39N	−27B	+94N	=11B	−1B	−14N	F	+47B	4.0	35.5	35.5	13.25	2084	-30.6
42	Dukaczewski, PiotrIM	2170	POL	F	+70B	=40N	−5B	+15N	−4B	F	+28B	=19N	4.0	35.0	35.0	16.50	2083	-13.8
43	Grybas, Gintaras	1976	LTU	=27B	+100N	=37B	=57N	=14N	−11B	−77N	+89B	−2N	4.0	33.5	33.5	9.75	1922	-13.4
44	Schellmann, FrankCM	1968	GER	+69B	=40B	−3B	F	+78B	−16B	=8N	−64B	+81N	4.0	32.5	32.5	11.75	1926	-8.8
45	Mueller, Thorsten	1996	GER	=13N	F	=15N	+79B	=9N	+60N	−28B	=21N	F	4.0	31.0	31.0	15.75	2089	+17.8
46	Casadei, Marco	1991	ITA	−41N	+90B	=47N	+100B	−1N	+79B	−39N	=57N	F	4.0	26.5	26.5	6.75	1968	-6.0
47	Culjak, Miso	1717	CRO	−11B	=94N	=46B	F	+89N	=21B	+100N	=33B	−41N	4.0	24.5	24.5	8.00	1902	+27.8
48	Minarcak, Pavol	1840	SVK	=70N	=64B	F	−30B	−58N	+83B	+84N	+69B	−18N	4.0	24.0	24.0	8.25	1898	+12.0
49	Meyer, Eric	1818	FRA	−88B	=59B	−56B	+99B	=61B	+93B	F	=50N	=74B	4.0	18.5	18.5	7.00	1756	-9.8
50	Dyballa, Gerhard	1958	GER	+67N	=63B	F	=24B	F	F	=71B	=49B	+93N	4.0	18.0	18.0	10.75	1920	-1.8
51	Damjanovic, Radovan	1764	MNE	=80B	−23N	=32B	=63N	=53B	=34B	−26N	F	+85B	3.5	29.0	29.0	10.25	1728	-7.0
52	Mikulec, Martin	1911	SVK	F	−21N	+98B	=19N	=66B	F	=33B	=13N	=22B	3.5	28.0	28.0	11.50	1835	-13.0
53	Dobierzin, Olaf	1891	GER	F	−62N	=74N	+35N	=51N	+23N	F	−55N	=36B	3.5	26.5	26.5	14.75	1926	+6.6
54	Minchev, Valentin	2052	BUL	+58B	=17N	=35B	F	=95N	F	+32N	−3B	F	3.5	25.5	25.5	13.00	1993	-6.4
55	Ambrosino, Theo	1837	FRA	−6N	F	=18N	+98N	F	+80N	F	+53B	−3N	3.5	25.0	25.0	8.00	1968	+16.4
56	Nurak, Bakytzhan	1468	KAZ	F	F	+49N	+76B	−65N	F	+34N	−25B	=59N	3.5	22.5	22.5	12.75	1868	+111.2
57	Horbal, Jozef	1809	SVK	−7B	F	+89N	=43B	+100N	F	−37N	=46B	=77N	3.5	22.0	22.0	6.00	1861	+4.6
58	Gashi, Gani	1791	KOS	−54N	−19N	F	=69N	+48B	+98B	+80B	−35B	F	3.5	21.5	21.5	7.25	1817	+3.0
59	Kralik, Matej	1784	SVK	−61B	=49N	+99N	F	+101B	−12N	=72B	F	=56B	3.5	18.5	18.5	5.00	1722	-10.0
60	Fernandez Lago, David	2064	ESP	+87N	−9B	−5N	=15B	=13N	−45B	=20B	=12N	−4N	3.0	45.0	46.5	12.00	1890	-40.0
61	Elo, Istvan	1970	HUN	+59N	=6B	−8N	F	=49N	−18B	−9B	+62B	−31B	3.0	39.5	39.5	12.00	1832	-26.4
62	Irgashev, Ali	0	UZB	+84B	+53B	−20N	=78N	−31B	−3N	=69B	−61N	−8B	3.0	34.5	36.0	7.25	1851	0.0
63	Uteev, Saparimbet	0	UZB	=72N	=50N	=6B	=51B	−25N	−82B	=67N	−26B	=96N	3.0	32.0	32.5	10.25	1774	0.0
64	Dufort, Mathieu	2019	FRA	−20B	=48N	−22B	F	=70N	=36B	F	+44N	=15B	3.0	30.0	30.0	12.00	1894	-22.6
65	Patev, Petko	1959	BUL	+86N	F	F	=8B	+56B	=20B	−38B	F	−16N	3.0	26.0	26.0	10.75	1874	-11.0
66	Ymeri, Rinor	1781	KOS	−4B	F	F	−13B	=52N	+89N	=81N	=87N	=33B	3.0	25.0	25.0	6.75	1725	-9.0
67	Poli, Diego	1662	ITA	−50B	−32N	+80B	+86N	−91B	−24N	=63B	=75B	F	3.0	23.5	23.5	6.25	1696	+5.0
68	Szilagyi, Samuel Attila	1935	HUN	F	=97N	F	=12B	F	+95N	+78N	F	−17N	3.0	13.5	13.5	5.50	1920	-1.8
69	Badano, Giancarlo	1822	ITA	−44N	−12B	+36N	=58B	−23N	=35B	=62N	−48N	F	2.5	34.0	34.0	10.00	1716	-20.2
70	Csuri, Szilveszter	1950	HUN	=48B	−42N	−28B	=83N	=64B	−22N	F	=40N	=5N	2.5	33.0	33.0	9.75	1847	-23.0
71	Rodriguez Pirela, Luis Anibal	1978	VEN	+95N	=82B	−26N	F	=34N	−25B	=50N	−6N	F	2.5	28.0	28.0	5.75	1738	-36.6
72	Vlad, Dumitru	1849	ROU	=63B	+99B	=30N	−18B	−38B	F	=59N	−36N	F	2.5	25.0	25.0	5.50	1595	-32.0
73	Ivanov, Ljubomir	1826	BUL	F	−25B	+24N	+96N	F	−6N	F	=82N	−23B	2.5	24.5	24.5	6.50	1921	+13.4
74	Mitrovic, Stefan	2010	SRB	+34B	F	=53B	=23N	−6B	F	F	F	=49N	2.5	24.0	24.0	10.75	1896	-13.6
75	Murin, Miroslav	1772	SVK	F	+103B	+85B	−34N	F	−32B	F	=67N	F	2.5	13.5	13.5	3.00	1689	-10.0
76	Carapit, Vasile	1842	ROU	F	+85N	=34B	−56N	F	F	F	−80B	+101N	2.5	11.5	11.5	3.75	1598	-28.2
77	Tokhtakhunov, Murad	1513	KAZ	−14N	F	−21B	=33N	F	−7N	+43B	−10N	=57B	2.0	34.0	34.0	8.00	1739	+54.8
78	Ivanovic, Milan	1848	MNE	−36N	=16B	−12N	=62B	−44N	−30N	−68B	F	+99N	2.0	29.5	29.5	4.00	1505	-41.0
79	Gradisek, Bor	1908	SLO	−1N	=36N	−4B	−45N	F	−46N	=89B	+100N	−90B	2.0	29.5	29.5	2.75	1717	-68.4
80	Drazetic, Novica	1731	CRO	=51N	=35N	−67N	F	F	−55B	−58N	+76N	F	2.0	20.5	20.5	6.50	1671	-9.6
81	Madjeric, Miroslav	1719	CRO	−9N	F	−13N	F	+98B	F	=66B	=84N	−44B	2.0	20.0	20.0	2.25	1688	-4.4
82	Bjelanovic, Mile	2032	SRB	F	=71N	F	F	F	+63N	−25N	=73B	F	2.0	13.0	13.0	5.50	1810	-17.6
83	Kostadinovski, Zoran	1863	MKD	=5N	=13B	−9N	=70B	−37B	−48N	F	−1N	F	1.5	37.5	37.5	7.50	1834	-7.6
84	Mocanu, Danut	1876	ROU	−62N	F	F	−22N	−32N	F	−48B	=81B	+86B	1.5	20.0	20.0	2.50	1637	-32.2
85	Otieno Ronny	1455	KEN	F	−76B	−75N	F	F	+101N	−24B	=34B	−51N	1.5	18.5	18.5	2.25	1566	+12.0
86	Tishuki, Daut	1732	KOS	−65B	−30B	F	−67B	F	+99N	=93N	−24N	−84N	1.5	17.5	17.5	0.25	1377	-42.6
87	Cizman, Gregor	1671	SLO	−60B	F	F	F	F	−13B	+98N	=66B	−12N	1.5	17.0	17.0	1.50	1598	-6.4
88	Falkowski, Dawid	1953	POL	+49N	F	F	F	F	F	=23N	F	F	1.5	9.0	9.0	6.50	2113	+8.2
89	Clinton Muriithi Munene	0	KEN	F	=37N	−57B	−21N	−47B	−66B	=79N	−43N	−11B	1.0	31.5	31.5	3.25	1622	0.0
90	Dimov, Daniel	1979	MKD	−10B	−46N	−11B	−7N	F	F	−29B	F	+79N	1.0	28.0	28.0	2.00	1855	-18.2
91	Sanchez Ruiz, Piedad Esmeralda	1739	ESP	F	F	F	F	+67N	F	F	−38N	F	1.0	7.5	7.5	3.00	1741	0.0
92	Zsiltzova-Lisenko, LubovWIM	2109	UKR	+32B	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	1.0	4.5	4.5	4.50	2617	+3.0
93	Matanovic, Franjo	1497	CRO	F	−24B	F	F	F	−49N	=86B	F	−50B	0.5	16.0	16.0	0.75	1499	-0.8
94	Znuderl, Matej	1855	SLO	F	=47B	−29N	−41B	F	F	F	F	F	0.5	12.5	12.5	2.00	1764	-8.6
95	Toktybai, Zhanibek	0	KAZ	−71B	F	F	F	=54B	−68B	F	F	F	0.5	9.0	9.0	1.75	1715	0.0
96	Gonzalez Caraballo, Yvan Alfieri	1908	VEN	F	F	F	−73B	F	F	F	F	=63B	0.5	5.5	5.5	1.50	1026	-24.4
97	Migala, Andrzej	1917	POL	F	=68B	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.5	3.0	3.0	1.50	1935	+0.6
98	FIDE 10840907	0	—	F	−33B	−52N	−55B	−81N	−58N	−87B	−19B	−9N	0.0	29.5	29.5	0.00	1056	0.0
99	FIDE 554018765	0	—	F	−72N	−59B	−49N	−36B	−86B	−35N	−30N	−78B	0.0	27.0	27.0	0.00	1006	0.0
100	Kastrati, Shaip	1682	KOS	−29N	−43B	F	−46N	−57B	F	−47B	−79B	−37N	0.0	26.5	26.5	0.00	1138	-28.8
101	Berisha, Xhafer	1654	KOS	F	−34N	F	F	−59N	−85B	F	F	−76B	0.0	12.0	12.0	0.00	891	-36.0
102	Horbalova, Ivana	1538	SVK	−26N	F	F	F	F	−38N	F	F	F	0.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	1032	-6.0
103	Deville, Olivier	1826	FRA	F	−75N	F	F	−26N	F	F	F	F	0.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	1008	-21.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Nurak, BakytzhanKAZ
+111.2
3.5 pts · #42
2Melnik, StefanMKD
+72.4
4.5 pts · #21
3Ridzel, OleksandrUKR
+67.2
5.0 pts · #16

Top rating losers

1Gradisek, BorSLO
-68.4
2.0 pts · #80
2Tishuki, DautKOS
-42.6
1.5 pts · #90
3Ivanovic, MilanMNE
-41.0
2.0 pts · #91

Biggest upsets

R7+463 Elo gap
Tokhtakhunov, Murad1513 beat Grybas, Gintaras1976
R4+374 Elo gap
Nurak, Bakytzhan1468 beat Carapit, Vasile1842
R3+350 Elo gap
Nurak, Bakytzhan1468 beat Meyer, Eric1818