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First League Altay Region Championship 2026

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22 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 03 Jan 2026 to 08 Jan 2026 in Barnaul, Russia. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1900, and top seed was Vitaly Boiarintsev (🇷🇺 RUS, FM, 2226).

Maksim Turbanov (🇷🇺 RUS, 1816) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Aleksandr Scherbakov (6.5) and Vitaly Boiarintsev (6.5). Turbanov took the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 9: Ilya Puryga (1934) beat Vitaly Boiarintsev (FM, 2226), a +292-point gap.

Location
🇷🇺Barnaul, Russia
Dates
03 Jan 2026 → 08 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇺FMVitaly Boiarintsev2226
Avg top 10
1,900
Participants
22
Titled players · 1
FM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇺Russia×22
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 3 players tied at 6.5/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
9
5
1
1
1
1
1
2
3
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Boiarintsev6.5Scherbakov6.5Turbanov6.5Plotnikov6Puryga6Malakhov5.5
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 6.5/9. Turbanov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (44.0).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Vitaly Boiarintsev drew with Aleksandr Scherbakov (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

FM Vitaly Boiarintsev 4 wins (R5–R8)Aleksandr Scherbakov 3 wins (R5–R7)Maksim Turbanov 5 wins (R1–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMVitaly Boiarintsev*
½
1
1
2Aleksandr Scherbakov
½
*
0
½
3Maksim Turbanov
0
1
*
1
4Alexander Plotnikov
0
½
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Turbanov, Maksim1816RUS+14B+15N+2B+7N+5B−3N+9B=4N−6B6.544.048.033.002006+76.4
2Scherbakov, Aleksandr1835RUS+20N+9B−1N=3B+4N+6B+14B=15N=5B6.543.045.530.752029+38.0
3Boiarintsev, VitalyFM2226RUSF+18B+14N=2N+7B+1B+5N+10B−4N6.542.042.032.752108-6.9
4Puryga, Ilya1934RUS=18N+8B+6B−5N−2B+17N+7N=1B+3B6.044.548.030.501988+24.4
5Plotnikov, Alexander1855RUS+16N+10B=7N+4B−1N+9B−3B+14N=2N6.043.547.528.751956+22.6
6Malakhov, Nikita1776RUS+17N+19B−4N−9B+16N−2N=11B+13B+1N5.540.043.023.751813+19.6
7Kochnev, Vladislav1886RUS+13B+12N=5B−1B−3N+15N−4B=9N+16B5.042.546.522.251800-17.6
8Bykovskikh, Vladimir1841RUS−12B−4N−20B=22N+21B+16B+18N+17N=9B5.030.030.515.001766-14.6
9Mayer, Denis1735RUS+11B−2N+15B+6N=13B−5N−1N=7B=8N4.543.547.521.251777+15.6
10Kuznetsov, Alexander S1746RUS+21B−5N=12B=13N−17B=11N+20B−3N+18B4.535.537.014.251784+13.2
11Osadchy, Andrey K1960RUS−9N=16B=18N=15B=19N=10B=6N+20N=12B4.533.536.017.001718-81.6
12Mescheryakov, Alexander1620RUS+8N−7B=10N=16B−14N=18B=19N+22B=11N4.533.534.015.251750+41.2
13Larionov, Mikhail1597RUS−7N+20B+19N=10B=9NF=17B−6N+22B4.532.533.012.251688+26.4
14Kolobov, Nikita1684RUS−1N+17B−3B+21N+12BF−2N−5B+15N4.042.043.513.501743+16.4
15Kolesnikov, Sergey0RUS+22N−1B−9N=11N+20B−7B+21N=2B−14B4.035.035.510.0016950.0
16Parshin, Alexey1616RUS−5B=11N+21B=12N−6B−8N+22N+19B−7N4.035.035.59.501643+4.4
17Ermilov, Alexander1669RUS−6B−14N+22N+18B+10N−4B=13N−8B−19N3.536.036.510.751675-0.6
18Kaschaev, Konstantin1870RUS=4B−3N=11B−17N+22B=12N−8B+21B−10N3.536.036.59.501693-38.8
19Peter, Dmitry0RUSF−6N−13B=20N=11B=21N=12B−16N+17B3.030.530.510.0016090.0
20Belyaev, Ivan1666RUS−2B−13N+8N=19B−15N+22B−10N−11BF2.533.534.07.001555-13.8
21Serebrennikov, Ivan1670RUS−10N+22B−16N−14B−8N=19B−15B−18NF1.530.531.02.00951-39.4
22Tolstolesov, Anatoly0RUS−15B−21N−17B=8B−18N−20N−16B−12N−13N0.531.533.02.5012500.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets