Russian Championship B9 1st league 2026
20 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 776, and top seed was Demyan Golovachev (🇷🇺 RUS, 1710).
Adam Magomedov (🇷🇺 RUS, 1578) won with 9.0/9, ahead of Demyan Golovachev (7.0) and Artur Arutynov (6.5). Magomedov won solo starting round 5.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Adam Magomedov (1578) beat Demyan Golovachev (1710), a +132-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsAdam Magomedov led from R5; +2.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Adam Magomedov never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +2.0 over the runner-up.
Adam Magomedov beat Demyan Golovachev (White).
Adam Magomedov 9 wins (R1–R9)Demyan Golovachev 4 wins (R1–R4)Artur Arutynov 3 wins (R6–R8)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Adam Magomedov | * | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2Demyan Golovachev | 0 | * | 0 | 1 |
| 3Artur Arutynov | 0 | 1 | * | ½ |
| 4Alexander Akatyshev | 0 | 0 | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magomedov, Adam | 1578 | RUS | +6B | +3N | +5B | +10N | +2B | +4N | +8B | +9B | +11N | 9.0 | 42.5 | 47.0 | 47.00 | 2364 | +38.8 |
| 2 | Golovachev, Demyan | 1710 | RUS | +9N | +17B | +4N | +12B | −1N | +5B | −3N | +14B | +8N | 7.0 | 43.5 | 46.5 | 31.00 | 1629 | -11.2 |
| 3 | Arutynov, Artur | 0 | RUS | +8N | −1B | =15N | +18B | =5B | +10N | +2B | +7N | =4N | 6.5 | 44.5 | 47.0 | 30.75 | 1569 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Akatyshev, Alexander | 0 | FID | +7B | +16N | −2B | +14N | +10B | −1B | −9N | +5N | =3B | 5.5 | 45.5 | 49.5 | 25.75 | 1553 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Makeev, Peter | 1415 | FID | +11N | +14B | −1N | +9B | =3N | −2N | +16B | −4B | =10N | 5.0 | 45.5 | 49.5 | 22.50 | 1473 | +7.2 |
| 6 | FIDE 570011010 | 0 | — | −1N | −8B | −19N | +20B | +13B | −11N | +18N | +15B | +9N | 5.0 | 36.0 | 36.0 | 15.50 | 779 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Ryzhov, Dmitry | 0 | RUS | −4N | +18B | −14N | −17B | +20N | +15B | +12N | −3B | +16N | 5.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 15.00 | 1551 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Nogtev, Artem | 0 | RUS | −3B | +6N | −13B | +11N | +17N | +14B | −1N | =16B | −2B | 4.5 | 44.5 | 47.5 | 18.50 | 1325 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Ryabinin, Roman | 0 | RUS | −2B | +19N | +16B | −5N | =12N | +17B | +4B | −1N | −6B | 4.5 | 43.0 | 45.5 | 17.25 | 1396 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Prokofyev, Alexander Aleks | 0 | RUS | +15N | +12B | +17N | −1B | −4N | −3B | −14N | +19B | =5B | 4.5 | 41.5 | 44.0 | 16.50 | 1504 | 0.0 |
| 11 | FIDE 540073254 | 0 | — | −5B | +20N | −12N | −8B | =18N | +6B | +19N | +13B | −1B | 4.5 | 37.5 | 37.5 | 13.25 | 704 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Tuktamyshev, Marat | 1515 | RUS | +13B | −10N | +11B | −2N | =9B | −16N | −7B | +18N | +20B | 4.5 | 36.5 | 36.5 | 13.75 | 808 | -30.8 |
| 13 | FIDE 522098194 | 0 | — | −12N | −15B | +8N | =19B | −6N | +18B | +17N | −11N | +14B | 4.5 | 32.0 | 34.5 | 15.25 | 716 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Mikhailov, Vladislav | 0 | RUS | +20B | −5N | +7B | −4B | +15N | −8N | +10B | −2N | −13N | 4.0 | 40.0 | 40.0 | 13.50 | 764 | 0.0 |
| 15 | FIDE 570009953 | 0 | — | −10B | +13N | =3B | =16N | −14B | −7N | +20B | −6N | +17N | 4.0 | 36.5 | 36.5 | 12.75 | 1505 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Sek, Maksim | 1543 | RUS | +18N | −4B | −9N | =15B | +19N | +12B | −5N | =8N | −7B | 4.0 | 35.5 | 38.0 | 13.75 | 1467 | -4.0 |
| 17 | Bobrov, Vladimir V | 0 | RUS | +19B | −2N | −10B | +7N | −8B | −9N | −13B | +20N | −15B | 3.0 | 36.5 | 36.5 | 7.50 | 910 | 0.0 |
| 18 | FIDE 540045285 | 0 | — | −16B | −7N | +20B | −3N | =11B | −13N | −6B | −12B | +19N | 2.5 | 36.5 | 36.5 | 4.75 | 711 | 0.0 |
| 19 | FIDE 540052397 | 0 | — | −17N | −9B | +6B | =13N | −16B | +20N | −11B | −10N | −18B | 2.5 | 32.5 | 32.5 | 7.25 | 705 | 0.0 |
| 20 | FIDE 540052648 | 0 | — | −14N | −11B | −18N | −6N | −7B | −19B | −15N | −17B | −12N | 0.0 | 32.5 | 35.0 | 0.00 | 716 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Magomedov, AdamRUS+38.89.0 pts · #1
- 2Makeev, PeterFID+7.25.0 pts · #9
- 3Prokofyev, Alexander AleksRUS0.04.5 pts · #6
- 1Tuktamyshev, MaratRUS-30.84.5 pts · #20
- 2Golovachev, DemyanRUS-11.27.0 pts · #2
- 3Sek, MaksimRUS-4.04.0 pts · #8
- R5+132 Elo gap
- R7+128 Elo gap