Russian Championship B17 1st league 2026
28 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 06 Feb 2026 to 14 Feb 2026 in Sochi, Russia. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2008, and top seed was Dinis Sattarov (🇷🇺 RUS, FM, 2235).
Dinis Sattarov (🇷🇺 RUS, FM, 2235) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Erik Kuus (6.5) and Semen Smikovski (6.0). Sattarov won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 7: Ivan Salnikov (1511) beat Shapur Sediki (1918), a +407-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R9; 2 players tied at 6.5/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 7 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Erik Kuus takes the sole lead (5.0/6).
2 players finish on 6.5/9. Sattarov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (41.0).
FM Dinis Sattarov beat Erik Kuus (Black).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1FMDinis Sattarov | * | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2Erik Kuus | 0 | * | ½ | 1 |
| 3Semen Smikovski | 1 | ½ | * | ½ |
| 4Matvey Seledchik | — | 0 | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sattarov, DinisFM | 2235 | RUS | −6N | +20B | +7N | =19B | −3N | +14B | +18N | +8B | +2N | 6.5 | 41.0 | 44.5 | 31.25 | 2115 | -38.8 |
| 2 | Kuus, Erik | 1938 | RUS | +21B | =17N | +27B | =10N | +19B | +11N | +4B | =3N | −1B | 6.5 | 39.5 | 42.0 | 28.00 | 2020 | +42.4 |
| 3 | Smikovski, Semen | 2170 | RUS | =12B | =23N | +15B | =4N | +1B | =10N | +11B | =2B | =5N | 6.0 | 44.5 | 47.5 | 31.75 | 2054 | -41.6 |
| 4 | Seledchik, Matvey | 1954 | RUS | +22N | =11B | =6N | =3B | =13N | +17B | −2N | +14B | +10N | 6.0 | 41.5 | 45.0 | 27.75 | 2000 | +24.0 |
| 5 | Salnikov, Ivan | 1511 | RUS | +20N | −6B | −13N | +16B | =7N | +27B | +15B | +12N | =3B | 6.0 | 39.5 | 42.0 | 25.75 | 1982 | +195.6 |
| 6 | Pogorelov, Vladimir | 1876 | RUS | +1B | +5N | =4B | =11N | =10B | =12N | −8N | +17B | =13N | 5.5 | 44.0 | 48.0 | 29.50 | 1940 | +33.6 |
| 7 | Ivanov, Zakhar A | 1985 | RUS | −11N | +22B | −1B | +20N | =5B | +9N | +13B | =10B | =8N | 5.5 | 42.0 | 45.5 | 25.75 | 1935 | -17.2 |
| 8 | Druchinin, Semen | 1995 | RUS | −10B | +9N | +26B | +17N | −11B | +19N | +6B | −1N | =7B | 5.5 | 40.5 | 43.5 | 24.25 | 1912 | -29.2 |
| 9 | Glebov, Kirill | 1750 | RUS | −14N | −8B | +28N | =15N | +24B | −7B | +23N | +18B | +17N | 5.5 | 34.0 | 36.0 | 18.25 | 1953 | +95.2 |
| 10 | Ivanov, Aleksandr Lukich | 1842 | RUS | +8N | =14B | +25N | =2B | =6N | =3B | =12B | =7N | −4B | 5.0 | 44.5 | 47.5 | 25.00 | 2003 | +74.0 |
| 11 | Staykin, Mikhail | 1835 | RUS | +7B | =4N | +24B | =6B | +8N | −2B | −3N | =15N | =12B | 5.0 | 44.5 | 47.5 | 24.50 | 1996 | +74.8 |
| 12 | Agabalaev, Rolan | 1854 | RUS | =3N | +13B | −19N | +25B | +18N | =6B | =10N | −5B | =11N | 5.0 | 40.0 | 43.0 | 22.75 | 1879 | +12.8 |
| 13 | Golushko, Elisey S | 1852 | RUS | =23B | −12N | +5B | +24N | =4B | =18B | −7N | +20N | =6B | 5.0 | 38.5 | 41.5 | 21.75 | 1916 | +33.2 |
| 14 | Firsov, Grigory | 1972 | RUS | +9B | =10N | =17B | −18B | =23N | −1N | +24B | −4N | +20B | 4.5 | 37.5 | 40.5 | 18.00 | 1903 | -32.4 |
| 15 | Sediki, Shapur | 1918 | RUS | −17N | +21B | −3N | =9B | +27N | +23B | −5N | =11B | =18N | 4.5 | 37.0 | 39.5 | 16.25 | 1799 | -50.0 |
| 16 | Polyakov, Barat | 1893 | RUS | −27B | −26N | +22B | −5N | =21B | −20N | +25N | +19B | +23N | 4.5 | 29.0 | 31.5 | 14.75 | 1741 | -65.6 |
| 17 | Derkach, Vladimir | 1663 | RUS | +15B | =2B | =14N | −8B | +25N | −4N | +19B | −6N | −9B | 4.0 | 41.5 | 44.5 | 16.50 | 1840 | +75.6 |
| 18 | Filonov, Viktor | 1894 | RUS | −19N | +28B | +23B | +14N | −12B | =13N | −1B | −9N | =15B | 4.0 | 37.5 | 39.5 | 14.25 | 1820 | -33.2 |
| 19 | Asanov, Reshat | 1648 | RUS | +18B | =24N | +12B | =1N | −2N | −8B | −17N | −16N | =22B | 3.5 | 39.5 | 42.5 | 15.50 | 1798 | +59.2 |
| 20 | Koshcheev, Ivan | 1877 | RUS | −5B | −1N | +21N | −7B | =26N | +16B | +28N | −13B | −14N | 3.5 | 38.5 | 40.5 | 11.50 | 1735 | -64.8 |
| 21 | Milyutin, Nikita | 1710 | RUS | −2N | −15N | −20B | −28B | =16N | +22N | +26B | =24N | =25B | 3.5 | 31.5 | 33.5 | 11.75 | 1733 | +8.4 |
| 22 | Tedeev, Maksim | 1730 | RUS | −4B | −7N | −16N | +26B | =28N | −21B | +27N | =23B | =19N | 3.5 | 31.5 | 33.5 | 9.75 | 1699 | -17.2 |
| 23 | Kopulov, Mikhail | 2016 | RUS | =13N | =3B | −18N | +27N | =14B | −15N | −9B | =22N | −16B | 3.0 | 37.5 | 40.0 | 12.00 | 1742 | -118.9 |
| 24 | Turbanov, Maksim | 1892 | RUS | +28N | =19B | −11N | −13B | −9N | +25B | −14N | =21B | F | 3.0 | 33.0 | 35.0 | 8.50 | 1687 | -85.6 |
| 25 | Markin, Kirill | 1900 | RUS | +26B | =27N | −10B | −12N | −17B | −24N | −16B | +28B | =21N | 3.0 | 30.5 | 32.5 | 8.00 | 1616 | -129.6 |
| 26 | Cherny, Vladimir | 1657 | RUS | −25N | +16B | −8N | −22N | =20B | =28B | −21N | +27B | F | 3.0 | 29.0 | 31.0 | 9.75 | 1694 | +8.4 |
| 27 | Nyrkov, Maksim | 1632 | RUS | +16N | =25B | −2N | −23B | −15B | −5N | −22B | −26N | +28N | 2.5 | 34.0 | 36.0 | 8.00 | 1620 | -16.0 |
| 28 | Ozerov, Artur | 1521 | RUS | −24B | −18N | −9B | +21N | =22B | =26N | −20B | −25N | −27B | 2.0 | 29.0 | 31.5 | 6.75 | 1562 | +9.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Salnikov, IvanRUS+195.66.0 pts · #5
- 2Glebov, KirillRUS+95.25.5 pts · #9
- 3Derkach, VladimirRUS+75.64.0 pts · #17
- 1Markin, KirillRUS-129.63.0 pts · #24
- 2Kopulov, MikhailRUS-118.93.0 pts · #23
- 3Turbanov, MaksimRUS-85.63.0 pts · #26
- R7+407 Elo gap
- R4+382 Elo gap
- R1+366 Elo gap