Ch Minsk U16 2026
Open SwissStandard
31 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 17 Feb 2026 to 23 Feb 2026 in Minsk, Belarus. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1747, and top seed was Anton Vitsiuk ( FID, 2136).
Anton Vitsiuk ( FID, 2136) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Timofei Shkred (7.5) and Roman Tolkatch (6.5). Vitsiuk shared the lead from round 6 and won solo starting round 8.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Timofei Shkred (1678) beat Anton Vitsiuk (2136), a +458-point gap.
Location
🇧🇾Minsk, Belarus
Dates
17 Feb 2026 → 23 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Federations · 2 represented
🇧🇾Belarus×25
FIDE (no federation)×2
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsAnton Vitsiuk led from R8; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R8.
Co-leaders
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R8 · LEADER CHANGE22 Feb
Anton Vitsiuk takes the sole lead (7.0/8).
R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Anton Vitsiuk lost to Timofei Shkred (Black).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
Anton Vitsiuk 3+5 wins (R1–R3, R5–R9)Timofei Shkred 4 wins (R1–R4)Roman Zhukov 3 wins (R4–R6)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Anton Vitsiuk | * | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2Timofei Shkred | 1 | * | 1 | 0 |
| 3Roman Zhukov | 0 | 0 | * | 1 |
| 4Roman Tolkatch | 0 | 1 | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vitsiuk, Anton | 2136 | FID | +12B | +6N | +27B | −2N | +5B | +15N | +4B | +3N | +8B | 8.0 | 46.0 | 48.5 | 41.00 | 2090 | -9.9 |
| 2 | Shkred, Timofei | 1678 | BLR | +21B | +13N | +4B | +1B | −3N | +17N | +8B | =5N | +15B | 7.5 | 44.5 | 48.5 | 39.00 | 1925 | +94.0 |
| 3 | Tolkatch, Roman | 1711 | BLR | +11B | +15N | +9B | +5N | +2B | −4N | =6B | −1B | +10N | 6.5 | 48.5 | 52.5 | 35.25 | 1862 | +59.2 |
| 4 | Zhukov, Roman | 1765 | FID | +22N | +8B | −2N | +9B | +6N | +3B | −1N | +13B | =5B | 6.5 | 48.0 | 52.0 | 33.50 | 1824 | +23.2 |
| 5 | Kholiusev, Mikhail | 1647 | BLR | +23B | +7N | +16B | −3B | −1N | +9N | +15B | =2B | =4N | 6.0 | 47.0 | 50.5 | 29.00 | 1795 | +58.0 |
| 6 | Tsyhanou, Andrei | 1673 | BLR | +19N | −1B | +31N | +7N | −4B | +20B | =3N | −10B | +13N | 5.5 | 44.0 | 45.5 | 22.75 | 1743 | +28.0 |
| 7 | Papou, Illia | 1797 | BLR | +25N | −5B | +18N | −6B | +19N | −8B | =20N | +16B | +11N | 5.5 | 37.5 | 40.5 | 22.00 | 1565 | -83.2 |
| 8 | Tarasevich, Ivan | 1552 | BLR | +24B | −4N | +23B | =27N | =16B | +7N | −2N | +17B | −1N | 5.0 | 42.0 | 44.5 | 19.25 | 1656 | +40.0 |
| 9 | Zoryn, Mikhail | 1570 | BLR | +30N | +10B | −3N | −4N | +14B | −5B | +18N | −11B | +21N | 5.0 | 41.5 | 43.0 | 19.00 | 1592 | +4.8 |
| 10 | Dymont, Roman | 1778 | BLR | +18B | −9N | +11B | −15N | +23B | =16N | =17B | +6N | −3B | 5.0 | 38.0 | 41.5 | 22.00 | 1522 | -90.8 |
| 11 | Lukashevich, Mikhail | 0 | BLR | −3N | +26B | −10N | −14B | +30N | +19B | +25B | +9N | −7B | 5.0 | 36.0 | 37.5 | 16.00 | 1627 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Vavilau, Arseni | 1466 | BLR | −1N | −19B | =28N | +25B | −24N | +26B | +22N | =18B | +17N | 5.0 | 32.5 | 35.0 | 16.75 | 1558 | +19.6 |
| 13 | Podgayskiy, Andrei | 1519 | BLR | +31N | −2B | +29N | =20B | −17N | +24B | +16N | −4N | −6B | 4.5 | 36.0 | 37.5 | 12.00 | 1426 | -29.6 |
| 14 | Videvich, Maksim | 0 | BLR | −20N | +28B | −17B | +11N | −9N | =22B | =24N | +19B | =16N | 4.5 | 33.0 | 35.5 | 17.00 | 1374 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Novikova, Alesia | 1547 | BLR | +26N | −3B | +19N | +10B | F | −1B | −5N | +20B | −2N | 4.0 | 43.5 | 46.0 | 15.50 | 1624 | +22.8 |
| 16 | Lamaka, Mikhail | 1488 | BLR | +29B | =17N | −5N | +18B | =8N | =10B | −13B | −7N | =14B | 4.0 | 38.5 | 40.0 | 14.75 | 1511 | +3.6 |
| 17 | Matsias, Yelisei | 1600 | BLR | F | =16B | +14N | +24N | +13B | −2B | =10N | −8N | −12B | 4.0 | 38.5 | 38.5 | 16.50 | 1452 | -48.0 |
| 18 | Levashkevich, Afanasi | 1418 | BLR | −10N | +30B | −7B | −16N | +21B | +23N | −9B | =12N | =20N | 4.0 | 36.0 | 37.5 | 13.50 | 1329 | -28.0 |
| 19 | Kopach, Michael | 0 | BLR | −6B | +12N | −15B | +29N | −7B | −11N | +23B | −14N | +24B | 4.0 | 36.0 | 37.5 | 13.00 | 1428 | -6.0 |
| 20 | Timoh, Gleb | 1535 | BLR | +14B | −27N | =24B | =13N | +26B | −6N | =7B | −15N | =18B | 4.0 | 33.5 | 36.0 | 15.50 | 1415 | -32.0 |
| 21 | FIDE 13539841 | 0 | — | −2N | −31B | =25N | =28B | −18N | +29B | +26N | +24B | −9B | 4.0 | 29.0 | 30.5 | 9.75 | 1210 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Deineka, Andrei | 0 | BLR | −4B | −24N | +30B | −26N | +31B | =14N | −12B | +29N | =25B | 4.0 | 27.5 | 29.0 | 8.25 | 1291 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Zhukov, Mikhail | 0 | BLR | −5N | +25B | −8N | +31B | −10N | −18B | −19N | =26B | +29B | 3.5 | 31.0 | 32.5 | 7.25 | 1273 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Makarevich, Daniil | 0 | BLR | −8N | +22B | =20N | −17B | +12B | −13N | =14B | −21N | −19N | 3.0 | 35.0 | 39.0 | 13.25 | 1319 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Koliadov, Ivan | 1465 | BLR | −7B | −23N | =21B | −12N | F | +28B | −11N | +30B | =22N | 3.0 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 8.00 | 832 | -24.4 |
| 26 | FIDE 13542168 | 0 | — | −15B | −11N | F | +22B | −20N | −12N | −21B | =23N | +28B | 2.5 | 32.0 | 32.0 | 8.25 | 710 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Khakhlou, Arseni | 1688 | BLR | +28N | +20B | −1N | =8B | F | F | F | F | F | 2.5 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 9.00 | 1710 | -0.8 |
| 28 | Paddubitski, Ivan | 0 | BLR | −27B | −14N | =12B | =21N | =29B | −25N | =30N | =31B | −26N | 2.5 | 24.5 | 26.0 | 6.75 | 1266 | 0.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 13539990 | 0 | — | −16N | F | −13B | −19B | =28N | −21N | +31B | −22B | −23N | 1.5 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 2.75 | 684 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Biako, Artsiom | 0 | BLR | −9B | −18N | −22N | F | −11B | +31N | =28B | −25N | F | 1.5 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 2.75 | 684 | 0.0 |
| 31 | FIDE 13542150 | 0 | — | −13B | +21N | −6B | −23N | −22N | −30B | −29N | =28N | F | 1.5 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 5.25 | 798 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Shkred, TimofeiBLR+94.07.5 pts · #2
- 2Tolkatch, RomanBLR+59.26.5 pts · #4
- 3Kholiusev, MikhailBLR+58.06.0 pts · #5
Top rating losers
- 1Dymont, RomanBLR-90.85.0 pts · #9
- 2Papou, IlliaBLR-83.25.5 pts · #7
- 3Matsias, YeliseiBLR-48.04.0 pts · #15
Biggest upsets
- R4+458 Elo gap
- R6+245 Elo gap
- R4+231 Elo gap