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Open Kwalificatie 2026

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24 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 21 Mar 2026 to 29 Mar 2026 in Paramaribo, Suriname. 4 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1875, and top seed was Viresh Giasi (🇸🇷 SUR, FM, 1968).

Ravish Ramesar (🇸🇷 SUR, 1816) won with 6.0/9, ahead of Viresh Giasi (6.0) and Shiva Kalka (5.5). Ramesar shared the lead from round 8, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Habieb Shiraz (1579) beat Orasji Roger Junior (1888), a +309-point gap.

Location
🇸🇷Paramaribo, Suriname
Dates
21 Mar 2026 → 29 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇸🇷FMViresh Giasi1968
Avg top 10
1,875
Participants
24
Titled players · 4
FM×2
CM×2
Federations · 2 represented
🇸🇷Suriname×22
🇳🇱Netherlands×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    Ravish Ramesar
    🇸🇷SUR·1816
    6.0pts·1932perf+61.6
  • 🥈
    FMViresh Giasi
    🇸🇷SUR·1968
    6.0pts·1949perf-0.8
  • 🥉
    CMShiva Kalka
    🇸🇷SUR·1835
    5.5pts·1898perf+17.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 6.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 6 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
12
5
5
6
6
7
7
2
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Ramesar6Giasi6Hanoeman5.5Matoewi5.5Kalka5.5Panchoe5.5
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.0/9. Ramesar takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (44.0).

R9 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Ravish Ramesar drew with FM Viresh Giasi (White).

R1–R4 · WIN STREAK

FM Viresh Giasi won 3 in a row (R1–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Ravish Ramesar*
½
1
½
2FMViresh Giasi
½
*—
½
3CMSuradj Hanoeman
0
—*—
4FMRoger Matoewi
½
½
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Ramesar, Ravish1816SUR+19N+9B=6N=4B=7N=3B=5B+10N=2B6.044.046.529.751932+61.6
2Giasi, VireshFM1968SUR+16NF+15B+14B=3N=4B=6N+11B=1N6.039.543.527.751949-0.8
3Kalka, ShivaCM1835SUR+10N+14B=5B=11N=2B=1N=4N=6B=9N5.543.547.528.251898+17.4
4Matoewi, RogerFM1876SUR+24N+8B=11B=1N=5B=2N=3B=12N=6N5.543.043.024.251897+7.4
5Panchoe, Pratul1917SUR+17N+12B=3N=6B=4N=11B=1N=7B=8B5.542.546.527.501887-5.4
6Tjin Kon Kiem, Ethan1844SUR+22B+13N=1B=5N=11B=12N=2B=3N=4B5.541.543.024.251874+19.6
7Orasji Roger Junior1888SUR−13B+10N+17B=8N=1B+18B=11N=5N=12B5.539.042.525.501771-40.4
8Chashawa, Shaief1794SUR+18N−4N+13B=7B=9N=10B=14N+15B=5N5.539.042.524.251788+1.4
9Hanoeman, SuradjCM1966SUR+15B−1N+16B=12N=8B=13N=10N+14B=3B5.538.542.524.251775-36.0
10Klimsop, Garcello1505SUR−3B−7B+23N+16N+15B=8N=9B−1B+13N5.040.040.518.001752+90.8
11Wijnhard, Ky-Mani1823SUR+20BF=4N=3B=6N=5N=7B−2N+18B4.543.045.519.751829+5.6
12Fung, Thie-Yen1816SUR+23B−5N+21N=9B=14N=6BF=4B=7N4.537.538.015.501800-6.4
13Habieb Shiraz1579SUR+7N−6B−8N+21B+20N=9BF=17N−10B4.038.040.014.751671+24.4
14Ramesar, Dewinder1651SUR+21B−3N+18B−2N=12B+17N=8B−9NF4.036.536.514.501701+5.6
15Radja, Arjan1581SUR−9N+19B−2N+20B−10NF+16B−8N+22B4.032.532.510.501664+26.8
16Gajadhar Sukul, Vashish1621NED−2B+20N−9N−10B+19N+21B−15NF+17B4.031.531.511.001599-15.6
17Bridjlal, Ayush1575SUR−5B+23N−7N+19B=18N−14B+21N=13B−16N4.031.031.58.751494-29.6
18Girdhari, Sohail0SUR−8B+22N−14N+23B=17B−7NF+20B−11N3.528.028.06.5015730.0
19Olfers, Timothy1468SUR−1B−15NF−17N−16B=22N+23B=21B=20N2.525.526.03.501325-41.2
20Soekhai, Jael1478SUR−11N−16BF−15N−13B+23N+22B−18N=19B2.524.524.53.251405-24.0
21Mohan, Ashvin0SUR−14NF−12B−13N+22B−16N−17B=19N=23N2.025.025.03.0013740.0
22Mohan, Aaryan1515SUR−6N−18BFF−21N=19B−20N+23B−15N1.523.023.01.751271-46.0
23FIDE 82071190—−12N−17B−10B−18NF−20B−19N−22N=21B0.525.525.51.007600.0
24Voorburg Rishi1538SUR−4BFFFFFFFF0.010.010.00.001076-4.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets
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