David vs Goliath

The biggest rating gap where the lower-rated player did not lose.

Ties: larger gap, then board order.

Updated 28 Sept 2026, 16:38 CEST

Record

686rating points

Round 1, held the drawEdmond Meng Zhang HKG 1896½againstGM Casper Schoppen NED 2582½

Round by round

Round 1

686rating points

held the drawEdmond Meng Zhang HKG 1896½againstGM Casper Schoppen NED 2582½

Wednesday 16 September

Round 2

547rating points

wonAlfred Awe BIZ 17191againstFM Li Wu IOM 22660

Thursday 17 September

Round 3

580rating points

wonSanker Kim CAM 15831againstCM Ali Ehsan Aryan IRQ 21630

Friday 18 September

Round 4

442rating points

held the drawTimur Daudov KGZ 2063½againstGM Aksel Bu Kvaloy NOR 2505½

Saturday 19 September

Round 5

382rating points

wonKodjovi Folly Corazon Doumassi TOG 19650againstSanker Kim CAM 15831

Sunday 20 September

Round 6

409rating points

held the drawGM Ermes Espinosa Veloz CUB 2460½againstCM Yeh Yang Liu TPE 2051½

Monday 21 September

Round 7

505rating points

held the drawDavid Sun MAC 1591½againstCM Alex Bullen WLS 2096½

Wednesday 23 September

Round 8

433rating points

wonCheikh Sidy Mohamed Deme SEN 18640againstOmario Pope GRN 14311

Thursday 24 September

Round 9

381rating points

held the drawOmario Pope GRN 1431½againstJerome Mboula Mboumba GAB 1812½

Friday 25 September

Round 10

388rating points

wonCM Ragul Pillay SEY 16031againstCM Ali Al-Ghasra BRN 19910

Saturday 26 September

Round 11

501rating points

held the drawGM Felix Izeta Txabarri SEN 2452½againstFM Salim Al Amri Salim Mohammed OMA 1951½

Sunday 27 September