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Ch BLR U18 W 2026

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26 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 04 Feb 2026 to 12 Feb 2026 in Minsk, Belarus. 4 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1891, and top seed was Yuliya Liavonava ( FID, WFM, 2183).

Margarita Bendik ( FID, WFM, 2036) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Lizaveta Liashkevich (7.0) and Yuliya Liavonava (6.5). Bendik shared the lead from round 8, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Darya Kavgarenia (1552) beat Milena Sidorenja (1923), a +371-point gap.

Location
🇧🇾Minsk, Belarus
Dates
04 Feb 2026 → 12 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
WFMYuliya Liavonava2183
Avg top 10
1,891
Participants
26
Titled players · 4
WFM×3
WCM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇧🇾Belarus×19
FIDE (no federation)×7
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
11
6
3
1
1
2
1
2
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Bendik takes leadLiashkevich takes lead
Bendik7Liashkevich7Liavonava6.5Venskaya6.5Saprykava5.5Dzeviatnikava5.5
R5 · LEADER CHANGE08 Feb

WFM Margarita Bendik takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.0/9. Bendik takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (45.0).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WFM Margarita Bendik beat WFM Lizaveta Liashkevich (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1WFMMargarita Bendik*
1
½
½
2WFMLizaveta Liashkevich
0
*
1
½
3WFMYuliya Liavonava
½
0
*
½
4WCMNika Venskaya
½
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Bendik, MargaritaWFM2036FID+26N+11B+14N=4B+2N=5B=3N+8B=7N7.045.046.034.002013+7.6
2Liashkevich, LizavetaWFM2072FID+22B+16N+5B+3N−1B+14N+7B=4N=6B7.044.547.034.002054+6.8
3Liavonava, YuliyaWFM2183FID+7N+8B+25N−2B+13B=4N=1B=6N+5N6.547.049.032.502057-39.2
4Venskaya, NikaWCM1954FID=21B=6N+9B=1N+15B=3B+5N=2B+12N6.545.047.533.251986+29.6
5Cheshko, Darya1717BLR+13B+9N−2N+12B+6B=1N−4B+17N−3B5.546.550.527.001885+72.0
6Sidorenja, Milena1923BLR−11N=4B+21N+8B−5N+18B+9N=3B=2N5.544.547.027.001830-26.0
7Saprykava, Hanna1574FID−3B−20N+23B+19N+17B+15N−2N+9B=1B5.541.043.022.501806+99.2
8Dzeviatnikava, Marharyta1670BLR+20B−3N=18B−6N+22B+12N+14B−1N+11B5.539.542.021.001754+33.6
9Ramanovich, Maryia1526BLR+23B−5B−4N+20N+10B+13N−6B−7N+15B5.040.042.019.001737+91.2
10Nartovich, Daminika1631BLR−14N−13B=26N+21B−9N+22B+18N=11B+17B5.031.032.015.751570-30.0
11Kavgarenia, Darya1552BLR+6B−1N+20B−18N=12B=17N+13B=10N−8N4.540.043.520.251635+31.6
12Kalendarova, Alina1539BLR=15B+21N=16B−5N=11N−8B+23B+14N−4B4.536.538.514.751664+54.4
13Tarasiuk, Yeva1530BLR−5N+10N+22B+25B−3N−9B−11N=16B+21N4.535.537.514.001667+57.2
14Zhytkevich, Valeryia1459BLR+10B+15N−1B=17N+18B−2B−8N−12B=16N4.041.045.017.001618+65.6
15Maliush, Alisa1784FID=12N−14B+24N+16B−4N−7B=19N+20B−9N4.037.039.013.751508-114.0
16Matseralnik, Vera1624BLR+18B−2B=12N−15N=19B−20B+24N=13N=14B4.035.537.514.501519-52.4
17Blazhevich, Sofya1550BLR−25N+23N+19B=14B−7N=11B+20N−5B−10N4.034.036.013.751577+10.4
18Meleshko, Varvara1433BLR−16N+26B=8N+11B−14N−6N−10B=24B+22N4.033.034.011.751570+50.8
19Yakovleva, Katrina1596BLR+24N−25B−17N−7B=16N+21B=15B−22N+26N4.026.527.59.501553-22.4
20Fedotova, Anastasia1489BLR−8N+7B−11N−9B+23B+16N−17B−15N=24N3.534.536.512.501532+14.4
21Shuhalo, Dziyana1555BLR=4N−12B−6B−10NF−19N+26B+23N−13B2.533.033.06.251536-16.0
22Karpinskaya, Aryna1566BLR−2N=24B−13N+26B−8N−10NF+19B−18B2.533.033.06.001469-41.2
23Vitsiuk, Aleksandra1676FID−9N−17B−7N+24B−20N+26B−12N−21BF2.028.028.03.001234-149.2
24Kozhedub, Elizaveta0BLR−19B=22N−15B−23N=26NF−16B=18N=20B2.025.025.05.5013980.0
25Borovikova, Marija1898BLR+17B+19N−3B−13NFFFFF2.019.019.08.001714-32.4
26Kazhukhar, Varvara1566BLR−1B−18N=10B−22N=24B−23N−21NF−19B1.029.029.03.501209-101.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets