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First_League_Dinamo_Cup_2025 (standard)

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21 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 04 Jan 2026 to 11 Jan 2026 in Irkutsk, Russia. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1901, and top seed was Alexander Shelk (🇷🇺 RUS, FM, 2121).

Pavel Kulykov (🇷🇺 RUS, 1976) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Alexander Shelk (7.5) and Romik Ziroyan (5.5). Kulykov shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Nikita A Pozdnyakov (1753) beat Fedor Gordeev (1973), a +220-point gap.

Location
🇷🇺Irkutsk, Russia
Dates
04 Jan 2026 → 11 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇺FMAlexander Shelk2121
Avg top 10
1,901
Participants
21
Titled players · 1
FM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇺Russia×21
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
6
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Shelk7.5Kulykov7.5Galenpolskiy5.5Ziroyan5.5Gorbunov5.5Kozyrin5
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.5/9. Kulykov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (41.0).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Alexander Shelk beat Pavel Kulykov (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Alexander Shelk 5 wins (R5–R9)Pavel Kulykov 5 wins (R1–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMAlexander Shelk*
1
—
1
2Pavel Kulykov
0
*
1
1
3Mikhail Galenpolskiy—
0
*—
4Romik Ziroyan
0
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Kulykov, Pavel1976RUS+3B+17N+10B+4N+9B=11N−2B+5N+12B7.541.044.034.252136+69.2
2Shelk, AlexanderFM2121RUS=19N+7B=9N=20B+10N+4B+1N+3B+11N7.539.542.037.252104-0.1
3Ziroyan, Romik1759RUS−1N=14B+15N+12B+8N=10B+11B−2N=6B5.541.044.523.001958+46.8
4Gorbunov, Dmitry Pav1852RUS=6N+19B+8N−1B+16N−2N−5B+18B+9N5.541.043.520.501892+20.8
5Galenpolskiy, Mikhail1866RUS−7N+16B+6N−9B=12N+20B+4N−1B+10N5.538.541.022.251880+4.6
6Melnikova, Alena1705RUS=4B=11N−5B+17N=7N=8B+14N=9B=3N5.039.042.021.501841+62.8
7Kozyrin, Maxim A1734RUS+5B−2N+13B−10N=6B=19N+15B=11N=8B5.039.041.521.001891+70.8
8Pozdnyakov, Nikita A1753RUS+11B=9N−4B+13N−3B=6N+16B=10B=7N5.038.041.020.501832+37.2
9Kozyrin, Alexandr A1841RUS+16N=8B=2B+5N−1N=13B=10N=6N−4B4.544.047.021.251834-4.0
10Sunduev, Vadim1864RUS+20B+21N−1N+7B−2B=3N=9B=8N−5B4.543.043.015.001819-10.8
11Gordeev, Fedor1973RUS−8N=6B+19N+14B+20N=1B−3N=7B−2B4.541.544.017.251814-71.6
12Tikhonov, Vasily1873RUS=13B=18N=17B−3N=5B=16NF+14B−1N3.534.534.512.501712-34.2
13Patina, Anna1740RUS=12N+15B−7N−8B+21B=9N=18N−17B−16N3.530.530.59.001649-45.2
14Bystrykh, Artem1791RUS−17B=3N+18B−11N=19B+21N−6B−12N=15B3.530.530.58.751676-57.2
15Samarin, Sergei1849RUS=18B−13N−3B+21N=17BF−7N+20B=14N3.526.026.07.251661-40.4
16Koshkarev, Dmitry1631RUS−9B−5NF+18N−4B=12B−8N=19N+13B3.033.033.09.501706+26.8
17Tyaglov, Timofey1620RUS+14N−1B=12N−6B=15N−18BF+13NF3.032.032.010.501749+42.0
18Gimaltdinov, Timur1657RUS=15N=12B−14N−16BF+17N=13B−4N=20B3.028.028.09.501673+3.2
19Kurkutov, Daniil1764RUS=2B−4N−11BF=14N=7B=20N=16BF2.534.534.510.751730-18.0
20Kalinin, Egor1723RUS−10NF+21B=2N−11B−5N=19B−15N=18N2.531.031.06.501696-16.4
21Gvozdeva, Sofya1604RUSF−10B−20N−15B−13N−14BFFF0.021.021.00.00994-52.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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