Championship AGOO Armavir
14 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 31 Jan 2026 to 03 Feb 2026 in Armavir, Russia. Top 10 Elo average was 1746, and top seed was Aleksandr Kulchitski (🇷🇺 RUS, 1967).
Rodion Avetisov (🇷🇺 RUS, 1818) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Aleksandr Kulchitski (5.5) and Alexander Titov (4.5). Avetisov won solo starting round 5.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Alexander Titov (1451) beat Artur Grigoryan (1789), a +338-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsRodion Avetisov led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Rodion Avetisov held the sole lead from R5 through R7 without losing it.
Rodion Avetisov beat Aleksandr Kulchitski (White).
Aleksandr Kulchitski 3 wins (R5–R7)Alexander Titov 3 wins (R2–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rodion Avetisov | * | 1 | 1 | ½ |
| 2Aleksandr Kulchitski | 0 | * | ½ | 1 |
| 3Alexander Titov | 0 | ½ | * | 1 |
| 4Maxim Dultsev | ½ | 0 | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avetisov, Rodion | 1818 | RUS | +6N | +5B | =7N | +2B | +3N | =4B | +9N | 6.0 | 24.5 | 28.0 | 24.25 | 1996 | +58.4 |
| 2 | Kulchitski, Aleksandr | 1967 | RUS | =3B | +10N | +4B | −1N | +5B | +6N | +8B | 5.5 | 25.0 | 28.0 | 19.75 | 1934 | -2.0 |
| 3 | Titov, Alexander | 1451 | RUS | =2N | +6B | +11N | +7B | −1B | −8N | +4N | 4.5 | 26.0 | 29.0 | 16.75 | 1816 | +123.2 |
| 4 | Dultsev, Maxim | 1586 | RUS | +13N | +11B | −2N | =5B | +7N | =1N | −3B | 4.0 | 26.0 | 28.5 | 13.75 | 1760 | +57.2 |
| 5 | Lyashenko, Valeri | 1876 | RUS | +9B | −1N | +8B | =4N | −2N | −12B | +14N | 3.5 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 9.00 | 1800 | -9.8 |
| 6 | Karian, Seda | 1474 | RUS | −1B | −3N | +14B | +9N | +10B | −2B | =13N | 3.5 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 7.75 | 1642 | +56.0 |
| 7 | Grigoryan, Artur | 1789 | RUS | +14B | +8N | =1B | −3N | −4B | −9B | +10N | 3.5 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 9.50 | 1661 | -22.2 |
| 8 | Gasparian, Artur | 1819 | RUS | +12N | −7B | −5N | +11B | =9N | +3B | −2N | 3.5 | 23.5 | 26.5 | 12.25 | 1677 | -21.6 |
| 9 | Afanasev, Vasiliy | 1664 | RUS | −5N | +13B | +12N | −6B | =8B | +7N | −1B | 3.5 | 23.0 | 25.5 | 10.75 | 1640 | -8.0 |
| 10 | Tvelov, Boris | 1687 | RUS | −11N | −2B | +13N | +12B | −6N | +14B | −7B | 3.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 5.50 | 1523 | -26.0 |
| 11 | Zharikov, Nikita | 1657 | RUS | +10B | −4N | −3B | −8N | +14B | −13N | +12N | 3.0 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 6.00 | 1468 | -60.0 |
| 12 | Dovgan, Antonina | 0 | RUS | −8B | +14N | −9B | −10N | +13B | +5N | −11B | 3.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 6.00 | 1623 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Babyan, Arman | 1410 | RUS | −4B | −9N | −10B | +14N | −12N | +11B | =6B | 2.5 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 4.75 | 1554 | +40.4 |
| 14 | Gasparian, Aleksandr | 1594 | RUS | −7N | −12B | −6N | −13B | −11N | −10N | −5B | 0.0 | 19.5 | 22.0 | 0.00 | 849 | -52.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Titov, AlexanderRUS+123.24.5 pts · #3
- 2Avetisov, RodionRUS+58.46.0 pts · #1
- 3Dultsev, MaximRUS+57.24.0 pts · #4
- 1Zharikov, NikitaRUS-60.03.0 pts · #12
- 2Gasparian, AleksandrRUS-52.00.0 pts · #14
- 3Tvelov, BorisRUS-26.03.0 pts · #13
- R4+338 Elo gap
- R6+247 Elo gap
- R5+213 Elo gap