Championship UKR Boys-16 (classic) 2026

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53 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 31 Jan 2026 to 06 Feb 2026 in Ternopil, Ukraine. 3 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2103, and top seed was Maksym Pankiv (🇺🇦 UKR, FM, 2349).

Yan Domin (🇺🇦 UKR, FM, 2254) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Oleksii Karvatskyi (7.5) and Maksym Pankiv (7.0). Domin took the lead from round 8, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Danylo Nerubatskyi (1599) beat Denys Shykyravyi (2081), a +482-point gap.

Location

🇺🇦Ternopil, Ukraine

Dates

31 Jan 2026 → 06 Feb 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes for game with 30 seconds delay from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇺🇦FMMaksym Pankiv2349

Avg top 10

2,103

Participants

Titled players · 3

FM×3

Federations · 1 represented

🇺🇦Ukraine×53

Top 3

🥇
FMYan Domin
🇺🇦UKR·2254
7.5pts·2293perf+29.2
🥈
FMOleksii Karvatskyi
🇺🇦UKR·2269
7.5pts·2336perf+8.6
🥉
FMMaksym Pankiv
🇺🇦UKR·2349
7.0pts·2210perf-8.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Karvatskyi7.5Domin7.5Pankiv7Pilchuk6.5Dyachenko6Babayev6

R5 · LEADER CHANGE03 Feb

FM Oleksii Karvatskyi takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.5/9. Domin takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (48.0).

R8 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Oleksii Karvatskyi lost to FM Yan Domin (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMOleksii Karvatskyi	*	0	1	—
2FMYan Domin	1	*	0	½
3FMMaksym Pankiv	0	1	*	—
4Artem Pilchuk	—	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Domin, YanFM	2254	UKR	+36N	+27B	+9N	−3B	+5N	+8B	+12N	+2B	=4N	7.5	48.0	52.0	41.75	2293	+29.2
2	Karvatskyi, OleksiiFM	2269	UKR	+22N	+29B	+13N	=8B	+3N	+11N	+6B	−1N	+14B	7.5	47.5	52.0	41.75	2336	+8.6
3	Pankiv, MaksymFM	2349	UKR	+17B	+20N	+18B	+1N	−2B	−6N	+15B	+9N	+10B	7.0	47.5	52.5	39.00	2210	-8.4
4	Pilchuk, Artem	1957	UKR	−10B	+44N	+33B	=24N	+7B	=15N	+19B	+11N	=1B	6.5	43.5	46.5	32.25	1941	+3.2
5	Babayev, Murad	1888	UKR	=33B	+31N	+16B	+7N	−1B	=18N	=14B	=15N	+17B	6.0	44.5	48.5	31.00	1928	+24.0
6	Platovskyi, Semen	1968	UKR	−35N	+37B	+41N	+26B	+10N	+3B	−2N	=8B	=11N	6.0	43.5	47.0	30.00	2002	+26.4
7	Dyachenko, Pavlo	1714	UKR	=12B	+23N	+15B	−5B	−4N	+26N	=24B	+20N	+19B	6.0	43.0	47.5	30.00	1959	+167.2
8	Shevchenko, Yaroslav	2222	UKR	+34B	+24N	+19B	=2N	=11B	−1N	+18B	=6N	F	5.5	46.5	50.5	28.00	2127	-22.4
9	Stravinsky, Bogdan	1830	UKR	+37B	+10N	−1B	+34N	+14B	=12N	+13N	−3B	F	5.5	46.0	50.0	27.25	2020	+76.8
10	Lishchenko, Oleksandr	1592	UKR	+4N	−9B	+28N	+19N	−6B	+30N	=16B	+12B	−3N	5.5	45.5	50.0	28.75	1954	+158.0
11	Mishchuk, Marian	1998	UKR	+42B	+25N	+30B	=12N	=8N	−2B	+21N	−4B	=6B	5.5	45.0	48.5	26.00	2013	+11.6
12	Hyron, Artem	2029	UKR	=7N	+47B	+32N	=11B	+22N	=9B	−1B	−10N	+24B	5.5	43.5	46.0	24.50	1844	-31.2
13	Paryokha, Ivan	1905	UKR	+46B	+26N	−2B	=17N	+24B	+16N	−9B	−14N	+25N	5.5	42.5	45.0	24.00	1914	+6.4
14	Shykyravyi, Denys	2081	UKR	−32N	+53B	+36N	+20B	−9N	+22B	=5N	+13B	−2N	5.5	42.5	42.5	22.50	1912	-60.4
15	Vatsyk, Artem	1838	UKR	=47N	+40B	−7N	+32B	+25N	=4B	−3N	=5B	+27N	5.5	42.0	44.5	24.00	1834	-4.4
16	Korchevskyi, Volodymyr	1833	UKR	+53N	=32B	−5N	+33B	+40N	−13B	=10N	=25B	+28N	5.5	37.5	37.5	19.00	1732	-35.2
17	Nechaiev, Matvii	1683	UKR	−3N	+38B	+29N	=13B	−18B	+23N	=25N	+30B	−5N	5.0	42.0	46.0	23.00	1864	+71.6
18	Serbin, Egor	1890	UKR	+41N	+28B	−3N	=25B	+17N	=5B	−8N	=27B	=21N	5.0	42.0	45.5	23.00	1899	0.0
19	Kipen, Svyatoslav	1799	UKR	+38N	+35B	−8N	−10B	+28N	+34B	−4N	+22B	−7N	5.0	41.0	45.0	21.50	1752	-27.6
20	Anuchyn, Serhii	1777	UKR	+51N	−3B	+35N	−14N	+43B	−21B	+34N	−7B	+32N	5.0	38.5	40.0	16.50	1736	-22.4
21	Pivnev, Vladyslav	1837	UKR	=31B	−33N	=23B	+41N	+27B	+20N	−11B	=24N	=18B	5.0	38.0	41.5	22.50	1772	-26.4
22	Sokolvak, Artem	1722	UKR	−2B	+50N	+52B	+30N	−12B	−14N	+29B	−19N	+34B	5.0	38.0	39.0	15.50	1833	+31.6
23	Liashuk, Daniil	1826	UKR	=40N	−7B	=21N	+38B	=26N	−17B	+50N	=32B	+36N	5.0	36.0	37.5	18.00	1628	-53.6
24	Smal, Demian	1752	UKR	+39N	−8B	+45N	=4B	−13N	+32B	=7N	=21B	−12N	4.5	42.0	45.0	19.75	1752	-7.6
25	Serbin, Mykola	1751	UKR	+49B	−11B	+39N	=18N	−15B	+31N	=17B	=16N	−13B	4.5	40.5	42.5	18.25	1709	-17.6
26	Desyatnyk, Denys	1765	UKR	+45N	−13B	+43N	−6N	=23B	−7B	+40N	=35B	=29N	4.5	37.5	40.5	16.25	1579	-50.8
27	Saliuk, Yevhen	1770	UKR	+48B	−1N	−34B	+49N	−21N	+39B	+37B	=18N	−15B	4.5	37.5	39.5	15.00	1608	-51.6
28	Shyrokyi, Illia	1701	UKR	+43B	−18N	−10B	+45N	−19B	+33N	=30B	+31N	−16B	4.5	37.0	40.0	16.75	1611	-45.2
29	Dudka, Yehor	1788	UKR	+50B	−2N	−17B	+44N	−34B	+40B	−22N	+37N	=26B	4.5	36.5	38.0	14.25	1540	-80.4
30	Chuiko, Maksym	1810	UKR	+44B	+52N	−11N	−22B	+35N	−10B	=28N	−17N	+42B	4.5	36.0	37.0	13.75	1600	-79.6
31	Chernokol, Ilya	1640	UKR	=21N	−5B	+47N	−40B	+50N	−25B	+38N	−28B	+35N	4.5	34.0	35.5	14.50	1665	+36.8
32	Nerubatskyi, Danylo	1599	UKR	+14B	=16N	−12B	−15N	+46B	−24N	+43B	=23N	−20B	4.0	39.5	42.0	16.25	1722	+40.0
33	Polyvko, Maksim	1569	UKR	=5N	+21B	−4N	−16N	=37B	−28B	+41N	−36B	+40N	4.0	39.0	42.5	17.00	1643	+33.6
34	Hurov, Daniil	1625	UKR	−8N	+51B	+27N	−9B	+29N	−19N	−20B	+49B	−22N	4.0	37.0	38.5	12.50	1660	+6.4
35	Kuzyk, Matvii	1593	UKR	+6B	−19N	−20B	+52N	−30B	=43N	+44B	=26N	−31B	4.0	35.5	36.5	13.75	1579	-7.6
36	Novak, Yehor	1661	UKR	−1B	+48N	−14B	−43N	+49B	−37N	+46B	+33N	−23B	4.0	34.0	36.0	11.00	1609	-24.8
37	Pasemnyk, Oleksandr	1431	UKR	−9N	−6N	=50B	+47B	=33N	+36B	−27N	−29B	+45N	4.0	34.0	35.5	12.25	1604	+47.2
38	Fedorenko, Mykhailo	0	UKR	−19B	−17N	+48B	−23N	+45B	=46N	−31B	=43N	+44B	4.0	31.0	33.5	11.25	1302	0.0
39	Sahaidak, Artem	0	UKR	−24B	+42N	−25B	=46N	=41B	−27N	=48B	=44N	+50B	4.0	28.5	30.0	10.75	1530	0.0
40	Khoptiar, Vladyslav	0	UKR	=23B	−15N	+42B	+31N	−16B	−29N	−26B	+48N	−33B	3.5	37.0	39.5	13.00	1566	0.0
41	Melnyk, Bohdan	1530	UKR	−18B	+49N	−6B	−21B	=39N	=48N	−33B	=46N	+51B	3.5	31.0	32.5	8.00	1378	-32.8
42	Fek, Danylo	1595	UKR	−11N	−39B	−40N	−51B	=47N	+45B	+52B	+50N	−30N	3.5	26.0	27.0	6.75	1505	-16.0
43	Stepanyuk, Marko	0	UKR	−28N	F	−26B	+36B	−20N	=35B	−32N	=38B	+49N	3.0	32.0	32.0	10.00	1491	0.0
44	Honcharenko, Denis	0	UKR	−30N	−4B	+53N	−29B	=48N	+51B	−35N	=39B	−38N	3.0	31.5	31.5	4.75	1494	0.0
45	Stefanchyshyn, Denis	0	UKR	−26B	+46N	−24B	−28B	−38N	−42N	+47B	+52N	−37B	3.0	30.0	31.0	6.00	1458	0.0
46	Panchenko, Petro	1532	UKR	−13N	−45B	+51N	=39B	−32N	=38B	−36N	=41B	−48B	2.5	30.5	32.0	7.25	1351	-33.6
47	Skyba, Roman	1529	UKR	=15B	−12N	−31B	−37N	=42B	−49N	−45N	+51B	=52B	2.5	29.5	30.5	6.50	1425	-30.4
48	Nerubatskyi, Kyrylo	0	UKR	−27N	−36B	−38N	F	=44B	=41B	=39N	−40B	+46N	2.5	29.0	29.0	7.75	1536	0.0
49	Shamrai, Demian	0	UKR	−25N	−41B	F	−27B	−36N	+47B	+51N	−34N	−43B	2.0	27.5	27.5	4.00	1371	0.0
50	Kostiuk, Danylo	0	UKR	−29N	−22B	=37N	F	−31B	+52N	−23B	−42B	−39N	1.5	31.5	31.5	3.00	1242	0.0
51	Kravchuk, Ustym	0	UKR	−20B	−34N	−46B	+42N	=52B	−44N	−49B	−47N	−41N	1.5	26.0	27.0	4.00	1325	0.0
52	Tymoftey, Igor	0	UKR	F	−30B	−22N	−35B	=51N	−50B	−42N	−45B	=47N	1.0	25.5	25.5	2.00	1284	0.0
53	Burtovyy, Oleksandr	1518	UKR	−16B	−14N	−44B	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	15.5	15.5	0.00	1076	-8.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Dyachenko, PavloUKR
+167.2
6.0 pts · #4
2Lishchenko, OleksandrUKR
+158.0
5.5 pts · #11
3Stravinsky, BogdanUKR
+76.8
5.5 pts · #8

Top rating losers

1Dudka, YehorUKR
-80.4
4.5 pts · #37
2Chuiko, MaksymUKR
-79.6
4.5 pts · #25
3Shykyravyi, DenysUKR
-60.4
5.5 pts · #9

Biggest upsets

R1+482 Elo gap
Nerubatskyi, Danylo1599 beat Shykyravyi, Denys2081
R8+437 Elo gap
Lishchenko, Oleksandr1592 beat Hyron, Artem2029
R6+381 Elo gap
Platovskyi, Semen1968 beat FMPankiv, Maksym2349