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Pyatigorsk New Year Tale (cat. A)

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10 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 05 Jan 2026 to 06 Jan 2026 in Pyatigorsk, Russia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 302, and top seed was Artem Garbuzov ( FID, 1532).

Artem Garbuzov ( FID, 1532) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Mariya Ser Adamova (6.5) and Anastasia Malkina (4.5). Garbuzov shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

Location
🇷🇺Pyatigorsk, Russia
Dates
05 Jan 2026 → 06 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 45 Min. Incr. 15 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
Artem Garbuzov1532
Avg top 10
302
Participants
10
Federations · 2 represented
🇷🇺Russia×4
FIDE (no federation)×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 6.5/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
5
2
3
2
2
2
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Garbuzov6.5Adamova6.5Malkina4.54Urusov32.5
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.5/7. Garbuzov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (22.5).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Artem Garbuzov drew with Mariya Ser Adamova (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Artem Garbuzov 4 wins (R4–R7)Mariya Ser Adamova 4 wins (R4–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Artem Garbuzov*
½
1
1
2Mariya Ser Adamova
½
*
1
1
3Anastasia Malkina
0
0
*
1
4FIDE 55872735
0
0
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Garbuzov, Artem1532FID+5B+4N=2B+3N+7N+6B+8B6.522.524.521.2515320.0
2Adamova, Mariya Ser1483RUS+7B+10N=1N+9B+5B+3N+4N6.522.022.018.7515320.0
3Malkina, Anastasia0RUS+8N=6B+4N−1B+9N−2B+5N4.524.526.512.257320.0
4FIDE 558727350—+?N−1B−3B+10N+8B+5N−2B4.022.522.55.007320.0
5Urusov, Adam Ruslanovich0RUS−1N+?B+6N+7B−2N−4B−3B3.026.026.04.507320.0
6FIDE 5700045360—+9B=3N−5B−8NF−1N+7B2.520.020.06.257320.0
7FIDE 5700045790—−2N+8B+?N−5N−1B−9B−6N2.022.522.52.007320.0
8Shalmuev, David0RUS−3B−7NF+6B−4N+?B−1N2.019.519.52.507320.0
9FIDE 5700045520—−6NF+10B−2N−3B+7N−?B2.015.515.52.007320.0
10FIDE 5700045600—F−2B−9N−4BFFF0.012.512.50.007320.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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