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2026 January Blitz

6 January 2026

Format

Swiss

Type

Blitz

Time control

5+5

Rounds

11

Players

13

Final standings

#	Player	Rating	Score	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11
1	Planiden,Chayne	1898	10.0/11	+B6	+W7	+B2	+W4	+B9	+W3	+B8	-W5	+B12	+W11	+W10
2	Raichle,Joerg	2119	9.0/11	+W9	+B5	-W1	+B8	+W7	+B4	+W6	-B3	+B13	+BYE	+W12
3	Giddings,Jye	1485	8.0/11	-W5	+B9	-W13	+BYE	+B12	-B1	+W11	+W2	+B4	+B6	+W7
4	Clouston,Bevan	1856	7.5/11	+W11	+B10	=W5	-B1	+W6	-W2	+B7	+B12	-W3	+B8	+W9
5	Kurrell,Greg	1796	6.5/11	+B3	-W2	=B4	-W6	+W8	-B7	+BYE	+B1	+W11	-W10	+B13
6	Mohamed Razmy,Ahamed	1526	6.5/11	-W1	+B8	=W10	+B5	-B4	+W13	-B2	+W7	+B9	-W3	+BYE
7	Alsamirae,Yousif	1744	6.0/11	+W12	-B1	+W11	+B10	-B2	+W5	-W4	-B6	+BYE	+W13	-B3
8	Popovski,Lou	1730	6.0/11	+B13	-W6	+B12	-W2	-B5	+W9	-W1	+BYE	+B10	-W4	+B11
9	Quaranta,Marco	1578	5.0/11	-B2	-W3	+BYE	+B13	-W1	-B8	+W10	+B11	-W6	+W12	-B4
10	Townend,Harry	-	3.5/11	+BYE	-W4	=B6	-W7	-B11	+W12	-B9	-W13	-W8	+B5	-B1
11	Bowmaker-Ksiazek,Koe	1503	3.0/11	-B4	+W13	-B7	-W12	+W10	+BYE	-B3	-W9	-B5	-B1	-W8
12	Valencic,Janez	1299	3.0/11	-B7	+BYE	-W8	+B11	-W3	-B10	+B13	-W4	-W1	-B9	-B2
13	Mailow,John	1226	3.0/11	-W8	-B11	+B3	-W9	+BYE	-B6	-W12	+B10	-W2	-B7	-W5

Crosstable notation: +W3 = win as white against rank 3; -B7 = loss as black against rank 7; = = draw.

Rounds

Round 1, Tue 6 Jan 2026

#	White	Black	Result
1	Mohamed Razmy,Ahamed	Planiden,Chayne	`0-1`
2	Raichle,Joerg	Quaranta,Marco	`1-0`
3	Giddings,Jye	Kurrell,Greg	`0-1`
4	Clouston,Bevan	Bowmaker-Ksiazek,Koe	`1-0`
5	Alsamirae,Yousif	Valencic,Janez	`1-0`
6	Mailow,John	Popovski,Lou	`0-1`
7	Townend,Harry	(pairing-allocated bye)	`1 (PAB)`

Round 2, Tue 6 Jan 2026

#	White	Black	Result
1	Planiden,Chayne	Alsamirae,Yousif	`1-0`
2	Kurrell,Greg	Raichle,Joerg	`0-1`
3	Quaranta,Marco	Giddings,Jye	`0-1`
4	Townend,Harry	Clouston,Bevan	`0-1`
5	Popovski,Lou	Mohamed Razmy,Ahamed	`0-1`
6	Bowmaker-Ksiazek,Koe	Mailow,John	`1-0`
7	Valencic,Janez	(pairing-allocated bye)	`1 (PAB)`

Round 3, Tue 6 Jan 2026

#	White	Black	Result
1	Raichle,Joerg	Planiden,Chayne	`0-1`
2	Giddings,Jye	Mailow,John	`0-1`
3	Clouston,Bevan	Kurrell,Greg	`1/2-1/2`
4	Mohamed Razmy,Ahamed	Townend,Harry	`1/2-1/2`
5	Alsamirae,Yousif	Bowmaker-Ksiazek,Koe	`1-0`
6	Valencic,Janez	Popovski,Lou	`0-1`
7	Quaranta,Marco	(pairing-allocated bye)	`1 (PAB)`

Round 4, Tue 6 Jan 2026

#	White	Black	Result
1	Planiden,Chayne	Clouston,Bevan	`1-0`
2	Popovski,Lou	Raichle,Joerg	`0-1`
3	Giddings,Jye	(pairing-allocated bye)	`1 (PAB)`
4	Kurrell,Greg	Mohamed Razmy,Ahamed	`0-1`
5	Townend,Harry	Alsamirae,Yousif	`0-1`
6	Mailow,John	Quaranta,Marco	`0-1`
7	Bowmaker-Ksiazek,Koe	Valencic,Janez	`0-1`

Round 5, Tue 6 Jan 2026

#	White	Black	Result
1	Quaranta,Marco	Planiden,Chayne	`0-1`
2	Raichle,Joerg	Alsamirae,Yousif	`1-0`
3	Valencic,Janez	Giddings,Jye	`0-1`
4	Clouston,Bevan	Mohamed Razmy,Ahamed	`1-0`
5	Kurrell,Greg	Popovski,Lou	`1-0`
6	Bowmaker-Ksiazek,Koe	Townend,Harry	`1-0`
7	Mailow,John	(pairing-allocated bye)	`1 (PAB)`

Round 6, Tue 6 Jan 2026

#	White	Black	Result
1	Planiden,Chayne	Giddings,Jye	`1-0`
2	Clouston,Bevan	Raichle,Joerg	`0-1`
3	Alsamirae,Yousif	Kurrell,Greg	`1-0`
4	Mohamed Razmy,Ahamed	Mailow,John	`1-0`
5	Popovski,Lou	Quaranta,Marco	`1-0`
6	Townend,Harry	Valencic,Janez	`1-0`
7	Bowmaker-Ksiazek,Koe	(pairing-allocated bye)	`1 (PAB)`

Round 7, Tue 6 Jan 2026

#	White	Black	Result
1	Popovski,Lou	Planiden,Chayne	`0-1`
2	Raichle,Joerg	Mohamed Razmy,Ahamed	`1-0`
3	Giddings,Jye	Bowmaker-Ksiazek,Koe	`1-0`
4	Alsamirae,Yousif	Clouston,Bevan	`0-1`
5	Kurrell,Greg	(pairing-allocated bye)	`1 (PAB)`
6	Quaranta,Marco	Townend,Harry	`1-0`
7	Mailow,John	Valencic,Janez	`0-1`

Round 8, Tue 6 Jan 2026

#	White	Black	Result
1	Planiden,Chayne	Kurrell,Greg	`0-1`
2	Giddings,Jye	Raichle,Joerg	`1-0`
3	Valencic,Janez	Clouston,Bevan	`0-1`
4	Mohamed Razmy,Ahamed	Alsamirae,Yousif	`1-0`
5	Popovski,Lou	(pairing-allocated bye)	`1 (PAB)`
6	Bowmaker-Ksiazek,Koe	Quaranta,Marco	`0-1`
7	Townend,Harry	Mailow,John	`0-1`

Round 9, Tue 6 Jan 2026

#	White	Black	Result
1	Valencic,Janez	Planiden,Chayne	`0-1`
2	Mailow,John	Raichle,Joerg	`0-1`
3	Clouston,Bevan	Giddings,Jye	`0-1`
4	Kurrell,Greg	Bowmaker-Ksiazek,Koe	`1-0`
5	Quaranta,Marco	Mohamed Razmy,Ahamed	`0-1`
6	Alsamirae,Yousif	(pairing-allocated bye)	`1 (PAB)`
7	Townend,Harry	Popovski,Lou	`0-1`

Round 10, Tue 6 Jan 2026

#	White	Black	Result
1	Planiden,Chayne	Bowmaker-Ksiazek,Koe	`1-0`
2	Raichle,Joerg	(pairing-allocated bye)	`1 (PAB)`
3	Mohamed Razmy,Ahamed	Giddings,Jye	`0-1`
4	Popovski,Lou	Clouston,Bevan	`0-1`
5	Kurrell,Greg	Townend,Harry	`0-1`
6	Alsamirae,Yousif	Mailow,John	`1-0`
7	Quaranta,Marco	Valencic,Janez	`1-0`

Round 11, Tue 6 Jan 2026

#	White	Black	Result
1	Planiden,Chayne	Townend,Harry	`1-0`
2	Raichle,Joerg	Valencic,Janez	`1-0`
3	Giddings,Jye	Alsamirae,Yousif	`1-0`
4	Clouston,Bevan	Quaranta,Marco	`1-0`
5	Mailow,John	Kurrell,Greg	`0-1`
6	Mohamed Razmy,Ahamed	(pairing-allocated bye)	`1 (PAB)`
7	Bowmaker-Ksiazek,Koe	Popovski,Lou	`0-1`