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8th SCO International Team Chess Tournament 2026 | Group Stage | Group A

8 Apr to 9 Apr 2026 · Shanghai, China · 7-team round-robin · 15 min + 10 sec Finished

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Team standings

Team standings, 8th SCO International Team Chess Tournament 2026 | Group Stage | Group A
#	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	TB1	TB2	TB4
1	Russia	*	2	2½	3	3	3	3	12	16.5	76.5
2	Belarus	1	*	2	2	2	3	3	10	13	54
3	China II	½	1	*	2½	1½	2½	3	7	11	43.5
4	Uzbekistan	0	1	½	*	2	2	3	6	8.5	27.5
5	Kyrgyzstan	0	1	1½	1	*	3	3	5	9.5	32.5
6	Nepal	0	0	½	1	0	*	2	2	3.5	9.5
7	Myanmar	0	0	0	0	0	1	*	0	1	2

TB1 Matchpoints (variabel) · TB2 points (game-points) · TB3 The results of the teams in then same point group according to Matchpoints · TB4 Sonneborn-Berger-Tie-Break (analog [57] but with all results)

Ranking crosstable (Pts.). Official ranking from chess-results.com.

Team matches by round

Every team match with its boards, and team pages with full rosters.

Top 100 players in this event

GM Alexander Grischuk ★: No. 1, 6/6, performance 3053 (+6)
GM Vladislav Artemiev ★: No. 2, 5½/6, performance 2641 (+1)
IM Polina Shuvalova ★: No. 4, 5/6, performance 2176 (-1)
WGM Shiqun Ni ★: No. 5, 4½/6, performance 2105 (-3)

Standings

Standings, 8th SCO International Team Chess Tournament 2026 | Group Stage | Group A
#	Player	Team	Rating	Score	Games	Perf	Change
1	GM Alexander Grischuk ★	Russia	2673	6	6	3053	+6
2	GM Vladislav Artemiev ★	Russia	2739	5½	6	2641	+1
3	WIM Aliaksandra Tarasenka	Belarus	2151	5½	6	2342	+30
4	IM Polina Shuvalova ★	Russia	2382	5	6	2176	-1
5	WGM Shiqun Ni ★	China Shanghai	2324	4½	6	2105	-3
6	IM Yihan Meng	China Shanghai	2476	4	6	2409	+2
7	GM Mihail Nikitenko	Belarus	2428	4	6	2374	-2
8	GM Maksim Tsaruk	Belarus	2450	3½	6	2345	-1
9	IM Eldiyar Orozbaev	Kyrgyzstan	2425	3½	6	2349	+1
10	IM Asrorjon Omonov	Uzbekistan	2305	3½	6	2369	+18
11	CM Emir Sharshenbekov	Kyrgyzstan	2165	3	6	2282	+18
12	FM Davron Sharipov	Uzbekistan	2140	3	6	2287	+12
13	WFM Aleksandra Samaganova	Kyrgyzstan	1952	3	6	1974	+2
14	GM Yi Xu	China Shanghai	2419	2½	6	2154	-17
15	Aashish Phunyal	Nepal	2113	2½	6	2216	+5
16	WCM Shohina Akhmedova	Uzbekistan	1707	2	6	1890	+16
17	FM Rupesh Jaiswal	Nepal	2162	1	6	2063	-16
18	May Mahar	Myanmar	1525	1	6	1772	+8
19	Kritisara Adhikari	Nepal	1759	0	6	1206	-37
20	Tha Scit	Myanmar	1624	0	6	1626	-16
21	Oung Scit	Myanmar		0	6	1523

Games

Games
Round	Game	Result
1.6	Aliaksandra Tarasenka – Shiqun Ni	1-0
2.3	Shiqun Ni – May Mahar	1-0
2.7	Vladislav Artemiev – Eldiyar Orozbaev	1-0
2.8	Emir Sharshenbekov – Alexander Grischuk	0-1
2.9	Polina Shuvalova – Aleksandra Samaganova	1-0
3.1	Maksim Tsaruk – Vladislav Artemiev	½-½
3.2	Alexander Grischuk – Mihail Nikitenko	1-0
3.3	Aliaksandra Tarasenka – Polina Shuvalova	½-½
3.9	Shohina Akhmedova – Shiqun Ni	0-1
4.4	Vladislav Artemiev – Tha Scit	1-0
4.5	Oung Scit – Alexander Grischuk	0-1
4.6	Polina Shuvalova – May Mahar	1-0
5.4	Asrorjon Omonov – Vladislav Artemiev	0-1
5.5	Alexander Grischuk – Davron Sharipov	1-0
5.6	Shohina Akhmedova – Polina Shuvalova	0-1
5.9	Shiqun Ni – Kritisara Adhikari	1-0
6.1	Vladislav Artemiev – Yihan Meng	1-0
6.2	Yi Xu – Alexander Grischuk	0-1
6.3	Polina Shuvalova – Shiqun Ni	½-½
7.6	Shiqun Ni – Aleksandra Samaganova	1-0
7.7	Rupesh Jaiswal – Vladislav Artemiev	0-1
7.8	Alexander Grischuk – Aashish Phunyal	1-0
7.9	Kritisara Adhikari – Polina Shuvalova	0-1

Games involving a top-100 player. Click a game to replay it.

Standings and games from Lichess broadcasts. ★ marks a player on the FIDE top 100 lists.