DATMO 2026 -Round 1 "upsets"

🇳🇱 THE "UPSET DRAWS" 🏆
When rating gaps don't matter...

👇 Upsets don't happen when a weaker beats a stronger one..

⚡ Board 37 – The Giant Killer
🟢 Ishmeet Singh (1817) held GM-strength Samuel Asaka (2241) to a draw.
➡️ That’s a gap of nearly 425 rating points – bridged like it was nothing.

⚡ Board 47 – The Underdog Strikes
🟢 Hua Bochu (1696) drew with Alok Sinha (2148).
➡️ Giving away over 450 points – and still walking away with half a point.

⚡ Board 5 – The Statement
🟢 Vijay Rege (2074) split the point with GM Boris Savchenko (2477).

⚡ Board 8 – No Fear
🟢 Lee Jing Xi Jonathan (2054) drew IM Iljya Grigorjev (2432).

⚡ Further Down the Leaderboard...
🟢 Munkhbaatar Surenmandakh (1774) drew WFM Buyankhishig Batpelden (2181).

🟢 IM Mark Manon (2408) and IM Michael Concio Jr. (2375) –
➡️ Both were held to draws by opposition rated 300+ points below them.

Full results: https://s3.chess-results.com/tnr1474019.aspx?lan=1&art=2&rd=1&flag=30&SNode=S0
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