Estonian Team Championship 2026

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68 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 06 Feb 2026 to 08 Feb 2026 in Tallinn, Estonia. 9 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2288, and top seed was Aleksandr Volodin (🇪🇪 EST, GM, 2461).

Aleksandr Volodin (🇪🇪 EST, GM, 2461) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Valeriy Golubenko (4.5) and Artem Arikov (4.0). Volodin broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Vladyslav Voropaiev (1534) beat Zakhar Bogdanov (2106), a +572-point gap.

Location

🇪🇪Tallinn, Estonia

Dates

06 Feb 2026 → 08 Feb 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇪🇪GMAleksandr Volodin2461

Avg top 10

2,288

Participants

Titled players · 9

GM×1

IM×2

FM×4

CM×2

Federations · 4 represented

🇪🇪Estonia×59

🇺🇦Ukraine×5

🇫🇮Finland×2

🇸🇪Sweden×1

Top 3

🥇
GMAleksandr Volodin
🇪🇪EST·2461
5.0pts·2998perf+9.4
🥈
Valeriy Golubenko
🇸🇪SWE·2179
4.5pts·2428perf+26.6
🥉
FMArtem Arikov
🇪🇪EST·2310
4.0pts·2234perf-2.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

GM Aleksandr Volodin led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Volodin5Golubenko4.5Arikov4Abozenko4Vorobyov4Haitin3.5

R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

GM Aleksandr Volodin held the sole lead from R5 through R5 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

GM Aleksandr Volodin 5 wins (R1–R5)Valeriy Golubenko 3 wins (R3–R5)

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Volodin, AleksandrGM	2461	EST	+44N	+11B	+10N	+19B	+6N	5.0	12.0	13.5	13.50	2998	+9.4
2	Golubenko, Valeriy	2179	SWE	+14N	=20N	+29B	+7B	+32N	4.5	11.0	13.0	11.75	2428	+26.6
3	Arikov, ArtemFM	2310	EST	+16N	=8B	+48N	+45B	=29N	4.0	10.0	11.5	8.75	2234	-2.8
4	Abozenko, Georg	2070	EST	+30N	+25B	+31N	+17B	F	4.0	9.5	9.5	9.50	2633	+16.6
5	Vorobyov, Radmir	2036	FIN	+64B	=23N	+52B	+49B	=7N	4.0	8.5	8.5	5.50	2211	+33.6
6	Rychagov, NikitaFM	2241	EST	+15N	+33B	=19N	+10B	−1B	3.5	13.5	15.5	9.25	2334	+14.6
7	Haitin, IljaFM	2258	EST	+45N	+36B	+32B	−2N	=5B	3.5	12.5	14.0	7.50	2204	-4.6
8	Obolonin, Filipp	2095	EST	+48B	=3N	=28B	+29N	=53N	3.5	10.0	11.0	7.25	2249	+21.4
9	Hansson, Markus	1917	EST	F	+35N	=30N	+34B	+12N	3.5	9.0	9.0	8.00	2076	+13.4
10	Vorobjov, Pavel	2240	EST	+41N	+24B	−1B	−6N	+33N	3.0	13.0	15.0	6.50	2243	0.0
11	Andrijashkin, Deniss	2171	EST	+62B	−1N	+26B	=22B	=19N	3.0	12.5	12.5	5.00	2200	+4.6
12	Voropaiev, Vladyslav	1534	UKR	−31N	+54B	+13B	+40N	−9B	3.0	10.5	11.5	6.00	1804	+64.4
13	Bogdanov, Zakhar	2106	UKR	+38N	+31B	−12N	+30B	−37N	3.0	9.0	11.0	6.00	1861	-25.4
14	Jevglevski, Lev	1690	EST	−2B	−39B	+57N	+52N	+46B	3.0	9.0	10.0	3.50	1871	+28.8
15	Voropaiev, Illia	1752	UKR	−6B	+62N	+33N	+55B	−22N	3.0	9.0	9.0	3.00	2054	+52.0
16	Reinholm, Karl Kristjan	1698	EST	−3B	+65N	=20B	=36N	+63B	3.0	8.5	8.5	2.25	1885	+20.0
17	Skladtshikov, Andrei	1892	EST	+67B	+34N	+37B	−4N	F	3.0	8.0	8.0	4.00	2091	+16.0
18	Shnurov, DaniilCM	2209	EST	+61N	F	+46B	F	+47B	3.0	3.5	3.5	3.50	2609	+4.8
19	Zjukin, SergeiIM	2279	EST	=21B	+44N	=6B	−1N	=11B	2.5	14.0	15.5	6.00	2126	-8.0
20	Gorkov, Kirill	2138	EST	+63N	=2B	=16N	=24N	−28B	2.5	12.5	12.5	5.00	2028	-25.2
21	Leht, Karl Samuel	1769	EST	=19N	+42B	−22N	−33B	+44N	2.5	9.0	10.5	4.75	1995	+47.6
22	Wartiovaara, OliverFM	2288	FIN	F	F	+21B	=11N	+15B	2.5	8.5	8.5	7.00	2255	0.0
23	Koop, Vyacheslav	2185	EST	F	=5B	+35N	F	+31B	2.5	8.0	8.0	6.00	2186	+1.2
24	Kull, TormiCM	2165	EST	+55B	−10N	+45N	=20B	F	2.5	8.0	8.0	3.75	2159	+0.8
25	Jogi, Henry	1823	EST	F	−4N	+66B	+38B	=30N	2.5	8.0	8.0	3.00	1755	-4.2
26	Anderson, Markkus	1582	EST	−33N	+56B	−11N	=44B	+62N	2.5	7.5	7.5	1.75	1745	+18.4
27	Larin, Anton	1789	EST	+52B	−32N	+47B	=46N	−35B	2.5	7.0	8.0	3.25	1755	-10.4
28	Shishkov, AndreiIM	2354	EST	F	F	=8N	+53B	+20N	2.5	7.0	7.0	5.25	2406	+1.6
29	Oim, Mikk Kaarel	2045	EST	+65B	=49N	−2N	−8B	=3B	2.0	13.5	13.5	2.75	1945	-12.4
30	Veski, Rauno	1738	EST	−4B	+40N	=9B	−13N	=25B	2.0	13.0	15.0	5.00	1812	+6.8
31	Bondarenko, Dmitry	1876	EST	+12B	−13N	−4B	+37N	−23N	2.0	12.5	14.5	5.00	1887	+1.2
32	Karjakin, Sergei	2114	EST	+47N	+27B	−7N	−35B	−2B	2.0	12.5	14.0	4.00	1875	-27.6
33	Loy, Konstantin	2106	UKR	+26B	−6N	−15B	+21N	−10B	2.0	12.0	14.5	5.00	1871	-26.6
34	Petrov, Aleksandr	1911	EST	+54N	−17B	+38N	−9N	F	2.0	10.5	11.5	3.00	1708	-17.2
35	Lain, Sander	1793	EST	F	−9B	−23B	+32N	+27N	2.0	10.5	10.5	4.50	2001	+38.0
36	Magi, Ramon	1824	EST	=53N	−7N	=50B	=16B	=45N	2.0	9.5	10.5	3.50	1943	+16.4
37	Karba, Andres	1918	EST	+50N	F	−17N	−31B	+13B	2.0	9.5	9.5	4.50	1834	-14.4
38	Pavlov, Jan	1458	EST	−13B	+57N	−34B	−25N	+54B	2.0	8.5	9.5	2.00	1552	+8.4
39	Medar, Marti	2123	EST	+46B	+14N	F	F	F	2.0	6.5	6.5	4.50	2533	+3.4
40	Torkin, Edward	1506	EST	F	−30B	+68N	−12B	+50N	2.0	6.5	6.5	1.50	828	-27.6
41	Hook, Joosep	0	EST	−10B	F	F	+63B	+61B	2.0	3.5	3.5	0.50	2000	0.0
42	Pallum, Rasmus	1717	EST	F	−21N	+62B	F	+65B	2.0	2.5	2.5	0.00	972	-16.8
43	Kuusk, Andres	2093	EST	+66B	+59N	F	F	F	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2601	+3.0
44	Kais, Kristofer	1809	EST	−1B	−19B	+56N	=26N	−21B	1.5	12.5	13.5	2.25	1711	-33.2
45	Rauk, Tonu	2054	EST	−7B	+51N	−24B	−3N	=36B	1.5	12.0	13.5	2.50	1894	-19.8
46	Lainevool, Mirko	1741	EST	−39N	+58B	−18N	=27B	−14N	1.5	10.5	11.5	2.25	1719	-7.4
47	Chyrva, Yurii	1571	EST	−32B	+64N	−27N	=51B	−18N	1.5	9.0	9.0	0.75	1526	-10.4
48	Harbuziuk, Matvii	1552	UKR	−8N	+63B	−3B	=61N	−60B	1.5	9.0	9.0	0.25	1588	+0.8
49	Rajandu, Aaron	1960	EST	+51B	=29B	F	−5N	F	1.5	7.5	7.5	2.50	1908	-6.0
50	Avaste, Artur Aare	0	EST	−37B	+52N	=36N	F	−40B	1.5	7.0	7.0	2.00	1614	0.0
51	Dudakov, Andrei	1661	EST	−49N	−45B	+63N	=47N	F	1.5	4.5	4.5	0.75	1589	-14.0
52	Maidessoo, Marten	1569	EST	−27N	−50B	−5N	−14B	+64N	1.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	1012	-24.0
53	Petrov, Dmitri	2138	EST	=36B	F	F	−28N	=8B	1.0	8.0	8.0	2.75	1967	-12.6
54	Habarov, Daniel	1441	EST	−34B	−12N	−58N	+66N	−38N	1.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	802	-49.6
55	Siinmaa, Ander	1802	EST	−24N	F	F	−15N	+56B	1.0	6.5	6.5	1.00	1682	-20.8
56	Kaal, Karl Villem	1503	EST	F	−26N	−44B	+62N	−55N	1.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	940	-26.0
57	Ehastu, Hannes	0	EST	F	−38B	−14B	+64N	F	1.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	776	0.0
58	Tuul, Tristan Tormi	1592	EST	−59B	−46N	+54B	F	F	1.0	3.5	3.5	1.00	1536	-9.2
59	Orgse, Karl Kristofer	1801	EST	+58N	−43B	F	F	F	1.0	3.0	3.0	1.00	1843	+1.6
60	Pedoson, Georg Aleksander	2243	EST	F	F	F	F	+48N	1.0	1.5	1.5	1.50	2643	+1.6
61	Grents, Joosep	1760	EST	−18B	F	F	=48B	−41N	0.5	6.5	6.5	0.75	1667	-13.6
62	Vinogradov, Nikolai	0	EST	−11N	−15B	−42N	−56B	−26B	0.0	10.5	11.5	0.00	950	0.0
63	Seema, Karl	0	EST	−20B	−48N	−51B	−41N	−16N	0.0	9.0	10.5	0.00	972	0.0
64	Raudam, Konrad Aleksander	0	EST	−5N	−47B	F	−57B	−52B	0.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	931	0.0
65	Ehandi, Rasmus	0	EST	−29N	−16B	F	F	−42N	0.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	1006	0.0
66	Muur, Andero	0	EST	−43N	F	−25N	−54B	F	0.0	5.5	5.5	0.00	985	0.0
67	Sandberg, Laur-Markus	0	EST	−17N	F	F	F	F	0.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	1092	0.0
68	FIDE 4525310	0	—	F	F	−40B	F	F	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	706	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Voropaiev, VladyslavUKR
+64.4
3.0 pts · #10
2Voropaiev, IlliaUKR
+52.0
3.0 pts · #22
3Leht, Karl SamuelEST
+47.6
2.5 pts · #18

Top rating losers

1Habarov, DanielEST
-49.6
1.0 pts · #68
2Kais, KristoferEST
-33.2
1.5 pts · #33
3Torkin, EdwardEST
-27.6
2.0 pts · #67

Biggest upsets

R3+572 Elo gap
Voropaiev, Vladyslav1534 beat Bogdanov, Zakhar2106
R3+354 Elo gap
Voropaiev, Illia1752 beat Loy, Konstantin2106
R4+321 Elo gap
Lain, Sander1793 beat Karjakin, Sergei2114