Christmas gatherings Round Robin
6 players participated in this 10-round tournament, held from 31 Dec 2025 to 05 Jan 2026 in Orsha, Belarus. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1040, and top seed was Matvei Kulikov (🇧🇾 BLR, 1699).
Ilya Kosinets (🇧🇾 BLR, 1507) won with 7.0/10, ahead of Ivan Teterev (6.5) and Matvei Kulikov (6.5). Kosinets clinched sole first place in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 10: Ivan Teterev (1563) beat Matvei Kulikov (1699), a +136-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 10 rounds4 leader changes shaped the tournament; Kosinets pulled away in R10. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R8.
Matvei Kulikov takes the sole lead (5.0/6).
Ilya Kosinets 0.5–1.5 against Matvei Kulikov (R4 ½-½, R9 0-1) — decisive in 1/2.
Ivan Teterev won 4 in a row (R7–R10).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 4 | 🇧🇾Kosinets, Ilya | 1507 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 27.00 | 46.0 | +42.4 | 1634 |
| 3 | 🇧🇾Teterev, Ivan | 1563 | ½ | * | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 6.5 | 30.50 | 47.0 | +17.6 | 1615 |
| 1 | 🇧🇾Kulikov, Matvei | 1699 | ½ | 1 | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | 6.5 | 29.25 | 47.0 | -17.6 | 1638 |
| 2 | 🇧🇾Charkas, Tsimafei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 19.00 | 49.0 | 0.0 | 1516 |
| 6 | 🇧🇾Zhytkevich, Valeryia | 1468 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | 3.0 | 9.50 | 54.0 | -42.4 | 1316 |
| 5 | 🇷🇺Parygina, Galina | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1.5 | 9.75 | 57.0 | 0.0 | 1308 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Kosinets, IlyaBLR+42.47.0 pts · #4
- 2Teterev, IvanBLR+17.66.5 pts · #3
- 3Charkas, TsimafeiBLR0.05.5 pts · #2
- 1Zhytkevich, ValeryiaBLR-42.43.0 pts · #6
- 2Kulikov, MatveiBLR-17.66.5 pts · #1
- 3Charkas, TsimafeiBLR0.05.5 pts · #2
- R10+136 Elo gap