GM Scalp

A player without the GM title beat a grandmaster; the biggest rating gap wins.

Ties: larger rating gap first, then board order.

Updated 28 Sept 2026, 16:38 CEST

Record

586rating points

Round 1, untitled 1928 beat GM 2514Homayoun Mohtaat AFG 19281againstGM Khumoyun Begmuratov UZB 2 25140

Round by round

Round 1

586rating points

untitled 1928 beat GM 2514Homayoun Mohtaat AFG 19281againstGM Khumoyun Begmuratov UZB 2 25140

Wednesday 16 September

Round 2

452rating points

FM 2085 beat GM 2537FM Ryan Harper TTO 20851againstGM Alexandr Fier BRA 25370

Thursday 17 September

Round 3

171rating points

FM 2291 beat GM 2462FM Zayne-Eddine El Zein LBN 22911againstGM Dylan Isidro Berdayes Ason CUB 24620

Friday 18 September

Round 4

191rating points

IM 2362 beat GM 2553IM Pijus Stremavicius LTU 23621againstGM Sasa Martinovic CRO 25530

Saturday 19 September

Round 5

252rating points

CM 2148 beat GM 2400GM Luis Galego POR 24000againstCM Adib Arkadan LBN 21481

Sunday 20 September

Round 6

340rating points

FM 2220 beat GM 2560FM Thanadon Kulpruethanon THA 22201againstGM Leon Livaic CRO 25600

Monday 21 September

Round 7

289rating points

untitled 2222 beat GM 2511Shahruh Turayev TKM 22221againstGM Valentin Baidetskyi AUT 25110

Wednesday 23 September

Round 8

349rating points

untitled 2091 beat GM 2440GM Lelys Stanley Martinez Duany CUB 24400againstMohammed Midhat Abdulrahman LBA 20911

Thursday 24 September

Round 9

251rating points

IM 2405 beat GM 2656IM Michael Jr. Concio PHI 24051againstGM Johan-Sebastian Christiansen NOR 26560

Friday 25 September

Round 10

188rating points

IM 2390 beat GM 2578GM Ilia Smirin ISR 25780againstIM Mukhammadali Abdurakhmonov UZB 3 23901

Saturday 26 September

Round 11

260rating points

CM 2238 beat GM 2498GM Raymond Song TPE 24980againstCM Yasser Hadj Kholti MAR 22381

Sunday 27 September