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Russian Championship G9 2026

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15 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 06 Feb 2026 to 14 Feb 2026 in Sochi, Russia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 313, and top seed was Viktoriya Yu Kulchieva ( FID, 1573).

Elizaveta Prayger (🇷🇺 RUS, 0) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Taisiia Agapova (7.0) and Viktoriya Yu Kulchieva (6.5). Prayger won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

Location
🇷🇺Sochi, Russia
Dates
06 Feb 2026 → 14 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Avg top 10
313
Participants
15
Federations · 2 represented
🇷🇺Russia×7
FIDE (no federation)×2
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders
18
6
3
2
1
1
1
1
3
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Prayger7Agapova7Kulchieva6.56.56Zinovieva5.5— ex-leaders:Agapovaled R5–R8, #8
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.0/9. Prayger takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (44.0).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Elizaveta Prayger lost to Taisiia Agapova (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Elizaveta Prayger 3 wins (R3–R5)Taisiia Agapova 7 wins (R1–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Elizaveta Prayger*
0
—
½
2Taisiia Agapova
1
*
0
1
3Viktoriya Yu Kulchieva—
1
*
½
4FIDE 570008795
½
0
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Prayger, Elizaveta0RUS+6B=9N+7B+12N+?B−2N+8N+10B=4B7.044.044.031.2515760.0
2Agapova, Taisiia0RUS+?N+?B+?N+?B+10N+1B+4B−?N−3B7.025.025.018.507560.0
3Kulchieva, Viktoriya Yu1573FID=4N+13B+11N−10B+5N+9B−6N+8B+2N6.545.049.035.252356+20.0
4FIDE 5700087950—=3B+15N+5B=8B+?N+10B−2N+6B=1N6.545.045.028.7515560.0
5FIDE 5400614500—+?N=11B−4N+?B−3B+14N=?B+12N+9B6.031.031.015.507560.0
6Zinovieva, Polina0RUS−1N+?B+?N+7B+?N=8B+3B−4N−?B5.530.530.514.5015760.0
7Akhmetova, Alexandra0RUS+?B=8B−1N−6N+?B+?N+?B=9N=?B5.522.522.55.0015560.0
8Mishenina, Mira Art1557RUS+15B=7N+9B=4N+14B=6N−1B−3N=12B5.044.047.022.50756-20.0
9Maisiuk, Adelina0FID+?N=1B−8N+?B+11N−3N+15B=7B−5N5.038.038.014.257560.0
10Sinitsyna, Olga0RUS+?N+?B+?B+3N−2B−4N+12B−1N−?B5.031.531.511.0015760.0
11FIDE 5400730090—+13B=5N−3B+?N−9B−?N+?B=?N+?B5.021.521.57.007560.0
12Nechaeva, Maria0RUS+14N+?B−?N−1B+?N+?B−10N−5B=8N4.526.526.56.0015560.0
13FIDE 5400759900—−11N−3N+?B−?B+?N+?B+?N−?B−?N4.011.511.50.007560.0
14FIDE 5220673700—−12B+?N+?N+?B−8N−5B−?N=?B−?N3.515.515.50.007560.0
15FIDE 5700111410—−8N−4B+?N+?B−?N+?B−9N−?B−?N3.016.516.50.007560.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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