DDYUT Chess Cup Winter 2026
30 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 24 Jan 2026 to 25 Jan 2026 in Lyubertsy, Russia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1544, and top seed was Yuri Luzhetskiy (🇷🇺 RUS, 1996).
Fedor An Fomenko (🇷🇺 RUS, 1520) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Lev An Fomenko (5.5) and Ivan Ars Tychinin (5.0). Fomenko shared the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Nikolay Step Kavalenya (1547) beat Yuri Luzhetskiy (1996), a +449-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R7; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz.
2 players finish on 5.5/7. Fomenko takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (27.5).
Fedor An Fomenko 3 wins (R4–R6)Mark Kireev 3 wins (R1–R3)
Mikhail Ev. Markov held the sole lead at R4 but finished #27.
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fedor An Fomenko | * | — | 1 | 1 |
| 2Lev An Fomenko | — | * | 0 | 1 |
| 3Mark Kireev | 0 | 1 | * | — |
| 4Ivan Ars Tychinin | 0 | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fomenko, Fedor An | 1520 | RUS | +3N | =9B | =17N | +16B | +5N | +4B | =6N | 5.5 | 27.5 | 30.5 | 24.75 | 1776 | +26.8 |
| 2 | Fomenko, Lev An | 1527 | RUS | +24B | +17N | =6B | +10N | −4B | +7B | +3N | 5.5 | 26.0 | 29.0 | 21.75 | 1772 | +25.6 |
| 3 | Tychinin, Ivan Ars | 0 | RUS | −1B | +30N | +8N | +9B | +11B | +5N | −2B | 5.0 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 17.50 | 1536 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Kireev, Mark | 0 | RUS | +?B | +14N | +11B | −5B | +2N | −1N | +10B | 5.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 17.50 | 1577 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Markov, Mikhail Ev. | 1555 | FID | +15B | +27N | +12B | +4N | −1B | −3B | +9N | 5.0 | 27.5 | 29.5 | 19.00 | 721 | -22.0 |
| 6 | Gaan, Anatoly K. | 1610 | RUS | +8N | =19B | =2N | =12B | +18N | =10N | =1B | 4.5 | 26.5 | 29.5 | 18.50 | 1585 | -3.2 |
| 7 | Kuroschenkov, Sergey Bor | 0 | RUS | =10N | +13B | =9N | =18B | +14B | −2N | +19B | 4.5 | 24.5 | 27.5 | 16.50 | 1535 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Golubinov, Dmitrii | 0 | RUS | −6B | +25N | −3B | +24N | +28B | +19N | =13B | 4.5 | 22.5 | 24.5 | 13.00 | 1533 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Aydarov, Timur Gal | 0 | RUS | +30B | =1N | =7B | −3N | +20B | +15N | −5B | 4.0 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 12.00 | 1345 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Kavalenya, Nikolay Step | 1547 | RUS | =7B | +?N | +19N | −2B | +12N | =6B | −4N | 4.0 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 11.50 | 1531 | -2.4 |
| 11 | Leisle, Vera Den | 1554 | FID | +20N | +22B | −4N | +15B | −3N | =13N | =12B | 4.0 | 25.0 | 28.0 | 14.00 | 2237 | +14.4 |
| 12 | Zagorskiy, Daniil Lv | 0 | RUS | +23N | +18B | −5N | =6N | −10B | +21B | =11N | 4.0 | 23.5 | 26.5 | 13.25 | 1569 | 0.0 |
| 13 | FIDE 570006636 | 0 | — | =?B | −7N | +21N | =22B | +16N | =11B | =8N | 4.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 12.75 | 1488 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Nekrasov, Anton | 1532 | RUS | +16N | −4B | =20N | +17B | −7N | =18B | +22N | 4.0 | 22.5 | 25.5 | 13.00 | 1668 | +13.6 |
| 15 | Sintsov, Yaroslav Aleks | 0 | RUS | −5N | +26B | +27B | −11N | +25N | −9B | +18N | 4.0 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 11.00 | 1411 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Ivanov, Maksim Aleks | 0 | RUS | −14B | +?N | +28B | −1N | −13B | +27N | +17B | 4.0 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 7.00 | 727 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Zemtsov, Andrey | 0 | RUS | +21N | −2B | =1B | −14N | =22N | +25B | −16N | 3.0 | 25.0 | 28.0 | 10.25 | 1311 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Sukharev, Dmitrii A. | 1492 | RUS | +28B | −12N | +26B | =7N | −6B | =14N | −15B | 3.0 | 24.0 | 26.0 | 9.25 | 1378 | -13.6 |
| 19 | Kuznetsova, Polina Dm | 1456 | RUS | +25N | =6N | −10B | =20B | +21N | −8B | −7N | 3.0 | 23.5 | 26.5 | 9.75 | 1386 | -6.8 |
| 20 | Korolev, Maksim Ser | 0 | RUS | −11B | +29N | =14B | =19N | −9N | +26B | −23N | 3.0 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 7.50 | 1351 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Brusyanin, Stepan Yu | 0 | RUS | −17B | +24N | −13B | +23N | −19B | −12N | +27B | 3.0 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 8.00 | 1553 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Nasyrova, Agata Rus | 1437 | FID | +29B | −11N | −23B | =13N | =17B | +28N | −14B | 3.0 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 6.50 | 773 | -38.4 |
| 23 | Pozhidaev, Sergey | 1649 | RUS | −12B | −28N | +22N | −21B | −26N | +30N | +20B | 3.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 6.00 | 2237 | +9.2 |
| 24 | Chemezov, Mikhail | 0 | RUS | −2N | −21B | +30N | −8B | −27B | +29N | +28B | 3.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 3.00 | 727 | 0.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 522056661 | 0 | — | −19B | −8B | +29N | +27N | −15B | −17N | +30B | 3.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 3.00 | 656 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 540038785 | 0 | — | −27B | −15N | −18N | +30B | +23B | −20N | +29B | 3.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 4.00 | 1581 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Samko, Andrey | 0 | RUS | +26N | −5B | −15N | −25B | +24N | −16B | −21N | 2.0 | 22.0 | 25.0 | 6.00 | 755 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Kholopov, Ilya | 0 | RUS | −18N | +23B | −16N | +29B | −8N | −22B | −24N | 2.0 | 20.5 | 21.5 | 4.00 | 1408 | 0.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 570006628 | 0 | — | −22N | −20B | −25B | −28N | +30B | −24B | −26N | 1.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 0.00 | 637 | 0.0 |
| 30 | FIDE 570006644 | 0 | — | −9N | −3B | −24B | −26N | −29N | −23B | −25N | 0.0 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 0.00 | 849 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Fomenko, Fedor AnRUS+26.85.5 pts · #7
- 2Fomenko, Lev AnRUS+25.65.5 pts · #8
- 3Leisle, Vera DenFID+14.44.0 pts · #15
- 1Nasyrova, Agata RusFID-38.43.0 pts · #25
- 2Markov, Mikhail Ev.FID-22.05.0 pts · #27
- 3Sukharev, Dmitrii A.RUS-13.63.0 pts · #22
- R2+449 Elo gap