Dnipropetrovsk Region U20 Championship (boys) - 2026
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23 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 17 Jan 2026 to 23 Jan 2026 in Dnipro, Ukraine. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1961, and top seed was Artem Dyachuk (🇺🇦 UKR, FM, 2339).
Olexandr Topal (🇺🇦 UKR, 1975) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Vasiliy Lyakh (7.0) and Artem Dyachuk (6.5). Topal took the lead from round 8.
The biggest upset came in round 8: Pavlo Dyachenko (1588) beat Vasiliy Lyakh (FM, 2259), a +671-point gap.
Location
🇺🇦Dnipro, Ukraine
Dates
17 Jan 2026 → 23 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Titled players · 2
FM×2
Federations · 1 represented
🇺🇦Ukraine×23
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsOlexandr Topal led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R4 · LEADER CHANGE18 Jan
Olexandr Topal takes the sole lead (3.5/4).
R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Olexandr Topal lost to FM Vasiliy Lyakh (White).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
Olexandr Topal 3 wins (R7–R9)FM Vasiliy Lyakh 4 wins (R4–R7)FM Artem Dyachuk 3 wins (R4–R6)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Olexandr Topal | * | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2FMVasiliy Lyakh | 1 | * | ½ | 1 |
| 3FMArtem Dyachuk | 0 | ½ | * | 1 |
| 4Vladyslav Anisimov | 0 | 0 | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Topal, Olexandr | 1975 | UKR | +8N | +5B | =7N | +4B | +13N | −2B | +3B | +6N | +9B | 7.5 | 45.5 | 49.5 | 40.00 | 2115 | +65.6 |
| 2 | Lyakh, VasiliyFM | 2259 | UKR | +15N | =6B | =3N | +8B | +7N | +1N | +4B | −5B | +11N | 7.0 | 45.5 | 49.5 | 38.00 | 2157 | -24.0 |
| 3 | Dyachuk, ArtemFM | 2339 | UKR | −14B | +18N | =2B | +15N | +9B | +4B | −1N | +8B | +5N | 6.5 | 44.0 | 47.5 | 32.50 | 2148 | -28.6 |
| 4 | Anisimov, Vladyslav | 1968 | UKR | +10B | +16N | +9B | −1N | +6B | −3N | −2N | +14B | +7N | 6.0 | 45.5 | 49.0 | 28.00 | 1983 | +11.2 |
| 5 | Dyachenko, Pavlo | 1588 | UKR | +11B | −1N | +21B | =9N | +10B | =7N | =6B | +2N | −3B | 5.5 | 46.0 | 48.0 | 26.25 | 1877 | +126.4 |
| 6 | Lytvyn, Vladyslav | 1675 | UKR | +23N | =2N | +14B | =7B | −4N | +13B | =5N | −1B | +8N | 5.5 | 44.0 | 44.0 | 21.75 | 1893 | +96.0 |
| 7 | Desyatnyk, Denys | 1742 | UKR | +22B | +17N | =1B | =6N | −2B | =5B | =9N | +10N | −4B | 5.0 | 45.0 | 47.0 | 22.25 | 1802 | +22.8 |
| 8 | Dunaevsky, David | 1668 | UKR | −1B | +19N | +16B | −2N | +14B | +10N | +11B | −3N | −6B | 5.0 | 43.5 | 46.5 | 20.00 | 1865 | +83.2 |
| 9 | Tykhomyrov, Jan | 1768 | UKR | +21N | +13B | −4N | =5B | −3N | +12N | =7B | +20B | −1N | 5.0 | 41.5 | 43.5 | 18.25 | 1806 | +7.4 |
| 10 | Liubetskyi, Roman | 1652 | UKR | −4N | +23B | +20N | +12B | −5N | −8B | +13N | −7B | +14N | 5.0 | 36.5 | 36.5 | 15.00 | 1775 | +52.8 |
| 11 | Zhuravlov, Artur | 1852 | UKR | −5N | =15B | −13N | +17N | +21B | +20B | −8N | +12N | −2B | 4.5 | 36.0 | 38.0 | 14.50 | 1690 | -71.6 |
| 12 | Dolynin, Ivan | 1840 | UKR | −16B | +22N | +17B | −10N | =20N | −9B | +19N | −11B | +13N | 4.5 | 31.0 | 33.0 | 13.75 | 1641 | -84.8 |
| 13 | Komlyk, Dmytro | 1566 | UKR | +19B | −9N | +11B | +14N | −1B | −6N | −10B | +16N | −12B | 4.0 | 39.5 | 42.5 | 15.00 | 1720 | +66.4 |
| 14 | Shyrokyi, Illia | 1729 | UKR | +3N | +20B | −6N | −13B | −8N | +18B | +17N | −4N | −10B | 4.0 | 39.0 | 41.5 | 16.00 | 1679 | -28.4 |
| 15 | Kochura, Taras | 1723 | UKR | −2B | =11N | +19B | −3B | =18N | −17N | =16B | =22B | +21N | 4.0 | 33.5 | 35.5 | 11.75 | 1721 | -8.0 |
| 16 | Yerokhin, David | 1584 | UKR | +12N | −4B | −8N | −20B | =19N | +22B | =15N | −13B | =18N | 3.5 | 32.5 | 34.5 | 11.75 | 1626 | +11.2 |
| 17 | Bolebrukh, Artemiy | 1560 | UKR | +18N | −7B | −12N | −11B | +22N | +15B | −14B | =21N | −19N | 3.5 | 30.5 | 32.5 | 10.50 | 1645 | +35.2 |
| 18 | Herus, Evgeniy | 1798 | UKR | −17B | −3B | +22N | =21N | =15B | −14N | −20N | +19B | =16B | 3.5 | 29.0 | 31.0 | 9.75 | 1599 | -95.2 |
| 19 | Ploskonos, Davyd | 1801 | UKR | −13N | −8B | −15N | =22B | =16B | +21N | −12B | −18N | +17B | 3.0 | 30.0 | 32.0 | 8.25 | 1517 | -131.2 |
| 20 | Petukhov, Maxim | 1484 | UKR | F | −14N | −10B | +16N | =12B | −11N | +18B | −9N | −22B | 2.5 | 32.0 | 32.0 | 9.25 | 1575 | +27.6 |
| 21 | Moiseienkov, Mykyta | 1535 | UKR | −9B | F | −5N | =18B | −11N | −19B | +22N | =17B | −15B | 2.0 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 5.50 | 1506 | -16.0 |
| 22 | Zavizion, Demyd | 1505 | UKR | −7N | −12B | −18B | =19N | −17B | −16N | −21B | =15N | +20N | 2.0 | 29.5 | 31.5 | 6.00 | 1454 | -26.0 |
| 23 | Metreveli, Georgii | 2008 | UKR | −6B | −10N | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0.00 | 863 | -70.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Dyachenko, PavloUKR+126.45.5 pts · #6
- 2Lytvyn, VladyslavUKR+96.05.5 pts · #5
- 3Dunaevsky, DavidUKR+83.25.0 pts · #7
Top rating losers
- 1Ploskonos, DavydUKR-131.23.0 pts · #19
- 2Herus, EvgeniyUKR-95.23.5 pts · #18
- 3Dolynin, IvanUKR-84.84.5 pts · #11
Biggest upsets
- R8+671 Elo gap
- R1+610 Elo gap
- R7+364 Elo gap