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Pedagogical Chess Union Cup in Chess 2026 March STANDARD-A

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13 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 02 Mar 2026 to 08 Mar 2026 in Moscow, Russia. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1957, and top seed was Mikhail Al Ippolitov (🇷🇺 RUS, 2066).

Ivan Al Shinkorenko ( FID, 1980) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Mikhail Al Ippolitov (5.5) and Ruben Makinyan (4.5). Shinkorenko won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Karina Kazaryan (1703) beat Boris Vsev Krasin (1979), a +276-point gap.

Location
🇷🇺Moscow, Russia
Dates
02 Mar 2026 → 08 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇺Mikhail Al Ippolitov2066
Avg top 10
1,957
Participants
13
Titled players · 1
FM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇷🇺Russia×9
FIDE (no federation)×4
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Ivan Al Shinkorenko led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
4
2
3
2
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Shinkorenko6Ippolitov5.5Makinyan4.5Talyzin3.5Zhevna3Efimov3
R5–R7 · LEAD HELD

Ivan Al Shinkorenko held the sole lead from R5 through R7 without losing it.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Ivan Al Shinkorenko drew with Mikhail Al Ippolitov (Black).

R4–R6 · WIN STREAK

Ivan Al Shinkorenko won 3 in a row (R4–R6).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Ivan Al Shinkorenko*
½
—
1
2Mikhail Al Ippolitov
½
*
1
0
3Ruben Makinyan—
0
*
1
4Valeriy Talyzin
0
1
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Shinkorenko, Ivan Al1980FID+7N+10B=2N+5B+8N+4B=6N6.021.023.018.752254+87.2
2Ippolitov, Mikhail Al2066RUS+6B+11N=1B+3N−4B+5N+10B5.522.023.517.002131+22.0
3Makinyan, Ruben1948RUS=12N=5B+13N−2B=6N+9B+4N4.518.018.09.252011+13.0
4Talyzin, Valeriy1853RUS=8N+12B−5N+7B+2N−1N−3B3.525.025.510.501928+13.8
5Lagashin, Pavel1897FID+9B=3N+4B−1N=11B−2BF3.025.026.59.001920+3.8
6Kanzychakov, Mihail1945RUS−2N−7BF+13N=3B+11N=1B3.020.520.56.751919-3.8
7Efimov, Stepan1920RUS−1B+6N=9B−4N+10N=8BF3.020.020.07.751948+11.6
8Zhevna, Yulia1965RUS=4B−9N+12B+11N−1B=7NF3.019.520.05.251857-16.4
9Kurdakov, YuriFM1966RUS−5N+8B=7N−10BF−3N+11B2.517.017.06.001844-20.2
10Krasin, Boris Vsev1979FID+13B−1N−11B+9N−7BF−2N2.018.518.52.501797-56.8
11Kazaryan, Karina1703FIDF−2B+10N−8B=5N−6B−9N1.519.019.03.501777+16.8
12Paldyaev, Vladislav1727RUS=3B−4N−8NFFFF0.511.011.02.251649-5.0
13Tarnashinskiy, Evgeny1906RUS−10NF−3B−6BFFF0.012.012.00.001157-51.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets