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Olympiad Qualifier 2026 (Women)

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11 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 26 May 2026 to 29 May 2026 in Seongnam, South Korea. 5 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1753, and top seed was Anastasiia Khan (🇰🇷 KOR, WCM, 1858).

Polina Ten (🇰🇷 KOR, 1783) won with 5.0/7, ahead of Haneul Park (5.0) and Doyeon Kim (4.0). Ten shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Hyeonjeong Zee (1674) beat Doyeon Kim (1852), a +178-point gap.

Location
🇰🇷Seongnam, South Korea
Dates
26 May 2026 → 29 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇰🇷WCMAnastasiia Khan1858
Avg top 10
1,753
Participants
11
Titled players · 5
CM×1
WCM×4
Federations · 1 represented
🇰🇷South Korea×11
Top 3
  • 🥇
    Polina Ten
    🇰🇷KOR·1783
    5.0pts·1939perf+59.6
  • 🥈
    WCMHaneul Park
    🇰🇷KOR·1825
    5.0pts·1919perf+29.5
  • 🥉
    Doyeon Kim
    🇰🇷KOR·1852
    4.0pts·1760perf-31.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R3; 2 players tied at 5.0/7, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
4
2
1
1
1
2
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Ten5Park5Kim4Lee3.5Kim3.5Lee3
R3–R7 · LEAD HELD

Polina Ten held the sole lead from R3 through R7 without losing it.

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.0/7. Ten takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (22.0).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Polina Ten beat WCM Haneul Park (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Polina Ten*
1
1
½
2WCMHaneul Park
0
*
1
0
3Doyeon Kim
0
0
*—
4CMSeyeon Lee
½
1
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Ten, Polina1783KOR+9B+3B+2N=6N+8B=5N−4B5.022.024.517.751939+59.6
2Park, HaneulWCM1825KOR+6B+11N−1B+4N+3N+9B−5B5.021.521.513.001919+29.5
3Kim, Doyeon1852KOR+10B−1N+4B+7N−2B+6N−8N4.022.525.012.001760-31.2
4Kim, Nayoon B1786KOR=7N+8B−3N−2BF+10B+1N3.522.522.512.001792+4.0
5Lee, SeyeonCM1846KOR−8N−10BF+9N+7B=1B+2N3.521.021.013.001793-7.2
6Ogay, Anastassiya1628KOR−2NF+11B=1B=10N−3B+7N3.019.519.56.751719+27.6
7Lee, Jian A1595KOR=4B=9N+8N−3B−5N+11B−6B3.019.519.56.001695+33.2
8Zee, Hyeonjeong1674KOR+5B−4N−7B+11N−1NF+3B3.019.019.07.501739+20.4
9Khan, AnastasiiaWCM1858KOR−1N=7B+10N−5B+11B−2NF2.519.019.04.001661-31.2
10Cho, YeonheeWCM1682KOR−3N+5N−9BF=6B−4N+11N2.516.516.55.001700+1.6
11You, GaramWCM1574KORF−2B−6N−8B−9N−7N−10B0.019.019.00.00910-39.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets