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Odintsovo Championship A 2026

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22 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 10 Jan 2026 to 18 Jan 2026 in Odintsovo, Russia. 7 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2126, and top seed was Vadim Karpov (🇷🇺 RUS, IM, 2299).

Grigorii Ter-Saakian (🇷🇺 RUS, FM, 2166) won with 6.5/8, ahead of Evgeniy Pletnev (6.5) and Vadim Karpov (5.5). Ter-Saakian won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Vishva Kumarage (1818) beat Vadim Karpov (IM, 2299), a +481-point gap.

Location
🇷🇺Odintsovo, Russia
Dates
10 Jan 2026 → 18 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 8 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇺IMVadim Karpov2299
Avg top 10
2,126
Participants
22
Titled players · 7
GM×1
IM×1
FM×5
Federations · 2 represented
🇷🇺Russia×20
FIDE (no federation)×2
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 6.5/8, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
9
3
4
2
1
2
1
2
2468R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8
Pletnev6.5Ter-Saakian6.5Karpov5.5Kumarage5.5Savenko5Popov4.5
R5–R8 · LEAD HELD

FM Evgeniy Pletnev held the sole lead from R5 through R8 without losing it.

R8 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.5/8. Ter-Saakian takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (35.0).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Evgeniy Pletnev drew with FM Grigorii Ter-Saakian (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMEvgeniy Pletnev*
½
½
1
2FMGrigorii Ter-Saakian
½
*
½
1
3IMVadim Karpov
½
½
*
0
4Vishva Kumarage
0
0
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Ter-Saakian, GrigoriiFM2166RUS+20N+11B=2N+4B=3N+6B=5N+8B6.535.036.027.502217+13.4
2Pletnev, EvgeniyFM2111RUS+16N+15B=1B+10N+7N=3B+4B=5B6.533.035.026.502212+23.0
3Karpov, VadimIM2299RUS+5B−4N+8B+11N=1B=2N+6B=7N5.537.040.526.252159-10.7
4Kumarage, Vishva1818RUS+7N+3B=6N−1N+10B+13B−2N+9B5.535.038.022.752136+61.8
5Savenko, Dmitriy And1855RUS−3N+16B=7N=6B+18N+11B=1B=2N5.033.034.518.002068+81.2
6Popov, Nikita Vlad1689RUS+9B=8N=4B=5N+15B−1N−3N+12B4.534.537.017.501999+118.8
7Vul, Arkadi EremeevichGM2130RUS−4B+14N=5B+9N−2B=10N+17N=3B4.532.534.515.501947-14.9
8Rolgeizer, Genrikh2057RUS+19N=6B−3N=18B=13N+15B+12N−1N4.527.028.512.001973-12.6
9Kedrov, Valery V.FM1955RUS−6N−20B+14B−7B+16N+18N+10B−4N4.024.025.09.501785-33.2
10Teremkov, Vladimir Al1629FID+13N=12B+18N−2B−4N=7B−9N=14B3.529.531.09.751846+76.4
11Bakhtin, Vladimir A.FM1982RUS+14B−1N+20B−3B=12N−5N=18B=17N3.526.527.57.001833-30.0
12Piatin, Oleg1863RUS=18B=10N−13N+19B=11B+14N−8B−6N3.523.024.58.251780-18.6
13Nakonechny, Ignat2065RUS−10B+17N+12B=15N=8B−4NFF3.021.521.59.001832-32.2
14Maksimova, Viktoriya Val1733RUS−11N−7B−9N+17NF−12B+19B=10N2.522.523.55.251737-6.0
15Karvatsky, Alexey1924RUS+17B−2N+19B=13B−6N−8NFF2.522.022.05.001817-15.8
16Bakay, Alexander1784RUS−2B−5N=17B+20N−9B=19NFF2.020.020.02.751722-20.8
17Shchukina, Ekaterina1559FID−15N−13B=16N−14B+19NF−7B=11B2.019.519.54.251710+18.6
18Rodichev, Sergey1670RUS=12NF−10B=8N−5B−9B=11N−19N1.525.526.05.751641-13.6
19Vlasov, Vladimir1762RUS−8BF−15N−12N−17B=16B−14N+18B1.518.518.52.501568-34.0
20Orekhov, Ivan Aleks1838RUS−1B+9N−11N−16BFFFF1.018.518.54.001778-7.2
21Minskiy, AndreyFM2281RUS=22NFFFFFFF0.52.02.00.252215-1.8
22Klimovets, Kirill2215RUS=21BFFFFFFF0.50.50.50.252281+1.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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