CFD Chess Championship 2026 (Men)
Open SwissStandard
41 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 14 Mar 2026 to 22 Mar 2026 in Bryansk, Russia. 5 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2182, and top seed was Semen Kazmin (🇷🇺 RUS, FM, 2280).
Dmitrij Rodin (🇷🇺 RUS, IM, 2278) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Semen Kazmin (7.0) and Evgeny Klimentov (7.0). Rodin won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 7: Ivan Svetletskiy (1737) beat Eugene Kryuchkov (2110), a +373-point gap.
Location
🇷🇺Bryansk, Russia
Dates
14 Mar 2026 → 22 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Titled players · 5
IM×1
FM×4
Federations · 2 represented
🇷🇺Russia×40
FIDE (no federation)×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsIM Dmitrij Rodin led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R4–R9 · LEAD HELD
IM Dmitrij Rodin held the sole lead from R4 through R9 without losing it.
R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
IM Dmitrij Rodin beat FM Evgeny Klimentov (White).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
IM Dmitrij Rodin 4 wins (R1–R4)FM Evgeny Klimentov 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R7–R9)FM Semen Kazmin 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1IMDmitrij Rodin | * | 1 | ½ | — |
| 2FMEvgeny Klimentov | 0 | * | ½ | — |
| 3FMSemen Kazmin | ½ | ½ | * | — |
| 4FMNikita Fedotov | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rodin, DmitrijIM | 2278 | RUS | +20B | +27N | +6B | +3B | =4N | =2N | +8B | +11B | =7N | 7.5 | 46.5 | 50.5 | 41.25 | 2339 | +7.8 |
| 2 | Kazmin, SemenFM | 2280 | RUS | +17N | +11B | +8N | =4B | =3N | =1B | +7N | +12B | =10N | 7.0 | 47.0 | 52.0 | 39.00 | 2320 | +11.6 |
| 3 | Klimentov, EvgenyFM | 2258 | RUS | +26B | +14N | +7B | −1N | =2B | =9N | +27B | +4N | +8B | 7.0 | 46.0 | 50.0 | 36.25 | 2301 | +12.2 |
| 4 | Druchinin, Semen | 1966 | RUS | +24B | +21N | +5B | =2N | =1B | −7N | +26B | −3B | +18N | 6.0 | 46.5 | 50.5 | 30.75 | 2152 | +82.8 |
| 5 | Fedotov, NikitaFM | 2273 | RUS | +18N | +23B | −4N | +11B | +9N | −8B | =12N | =7B | +15N | 6.0 | 42.0 | 46.5 | 29.75 | 2157 | -20.4 |
| 6 | Galkin, Andrey | 1982 | RUS | +35N | +41B | −1N | −8B | −18N | +30B | +13N | +21B | +11N | 6.0 | 38.0 | 39.0 | 21.50 | 2008 | +10.4 |
| 7 | Minakov, Artemij | 2054 | RUS | +32N | +22B | −3N | +18B | =8N | +4B | −2B | =5N | =1B | 5.5 | 48.0 | 51.5 | 28.00 | 2160 | +26.6 |
| 8 | Manelyuk, DaniilFM | 2213 | RUS | +30B | +34N | −2B | +6N | =7B | +5N | −1N | +18B | −3N | 5.5 | 47.0 | 50.0 | 25.75 | 2152 | -7.8 |
| 9 | Kryuchkov, Eugene | 2110 | RUS | =13B | =19N | +16B | +14N | −5B | =3B | −18N | +26N | +22B | 5.5 | 41.5 | 45.5 | 26.75 | 2007 | -16.4 |
| 10 | Avagyan, Artur | 2090 | RUS | =19B | +29N | =12B | =21N | −26B | +20N | =15B | +14N | =2B | 5.5 | 39.5 | 43.0 | 26.00 | 2001 | -28.0 |
| 11 | Mikheev, Aleksandr | 1934 | RUS | +37B | −2N | +30B | −5N | +29B | +13N | +16B | −1N | −6B | 5.0 | 43.5 | 46.0 | 19.50 | 1987 | +11.8 |
| 12 | Tyutyunnikov, Alexey | 2225 | RUS | =25N | +31B | =10N | =22B | +15B | =26N | =5B | −2N | =16B | 5.0 | 41.5 | 45.0 | 23.25 | 2045 | -34.2 |
| 13 | Oshchepkov, Daniil | 1735 | RUS | =9N | =15B | =23N | +17B | =22N | −11B | −6B | +33N | +26B | 5.0 | 39.5 | 43.0 | 22.25 | 1928 | +86.4 |
| 14 | Tarakanov, Kirill Vad | 1940 | RUS | +33N | −3B | +17N | −9B | =30N | +28B | =22N | −10B | +19N | 5.0 | 39.5 | 43.0 | 21.00 | 1943 | +0.4 |
| 15 | Kulpin, Dmitriy | 2039 | RUS | =29B | =13N | +20B | +19B | −12N | =18B | =10N | +27N | −5B | 5.0 | 39.0 | 42.5 | 22.25 | 1966 | -13.2 |
| 16 | Kuznetsov, Sergey S | 2006 | RUS | =31N | +25B | −9N | +41B | =21N | +22B | −11N | =19B | =12N | 5.0 | 37.0 | 38.0 | 18.75 | 1901 | -42.0 |
| 17 | Potapov, Oleg E | 1825 | RUS | −2B | +24N | −14B | −13N | +39N | −19B | +37N | +28B | +27B | 5.0 | 36.5 | 38.5 | 17.00 | 1862 | +14.8 |
| 18 | Svetletskiy, Ivan | 1737 | RUS | −5B | +37N | +27B | −7N | +6B | =15N | +9B | −8N | −4B | 4.5 | 43.5 | 46.0 | 20.50 | 1994 | +103.6 |
| 19 | Nikolaychik, Andrey | 1797 | RUS | =10N | =9B | +34B | −15N | −27B | +17N | +25B | =16N | −14B | 4.5 | 39.5 | 42.5 | 20.50 | 1961 | +36.4 |
| 20 | Dobrovolskaya, Polina | 1778 | RUS | −1N | +36B | −15N | +40B | =28N | −10B | +24N | =23B | =21N | 4.5 | 38.0 | 39.5 | 15.00 | 1869 | +36.4 |
| 21 | Maslennikov, Dmitriy Aleks | 1806 | RUS | +38N | −4B | +35N | =10B | =16B | −27N | +33B | −6N | =20B | 4.5 | 37.0 | 39.0 | 15.50 | 1861 | +26.4 |
| 22 | Kuznetsov, Egor V | 1858 | RUS | +39B | −7N | +38B | =12N | =13B | −16N | =14B | +29N | −9N | 4.5 | 36.5 | 38.5 | 15.00 | 1861 | +2.4 |
| 23 | Trubnikov, Nikita | 1873 | RUS | +28B | −5N | =13B | −26N | =24B | =29N | +35B | =20N | =25B | 4.5 | 36.0 | 38.5 | 17.50 | 1801 | -19.2 |
| 24 | Moiseev, Nikolai V | 1813 | RUS | −4N | −17B | +31N | =32B | =23N | =34N | −20B | +40B | +30N | 4.5 | 33.5 | 35.0 | 14.00 | 1832 | +3.8 |
| 25 | Volkova, Nadezhda Vlad | 1715 | FID | =12B | −16N | =28B | −29N | +41N | +31B | −19N | +36B | =23N | 4.5 | 32.5 | 33.5 | 13.75 | 1763 | +12.4 |
| 26 | Maslennikov, Andrey Aleks | 1739 | RUS | −3N | +33B | =41N | +23B | +10N | =12B | −4N | −9B | −13N | 4.0 | 42.0 | 43.0 | 16.50 | 1914 | +57.2 |
| 27 | Shikhta, Vladislav | 2032 | RUS | +36N | −1B | −18N | +35B | +19N | +21B | −3N | −15B | −17N | 4.0 | 40.5 | 43.0 | 14.00 | 1865 | -35.8 |
| 28 | Landyshev, Valeriy | 1747 | RUS | −23N | =32B | =25N | +36B | =20B | −14N | =34B | −17N | +40N | 4.0 | 32.5 | 34.0 | 11.75 | 1752 | +1.2 |
| 29 | Makarov, Yuri A | 1602 | RUS | =15N | −10B | =32N | +25B | −11N | =23B | +30N | −22B | −31B | 3.5 | 36.0 | 39.5 | 14.50 | 1789 | +70.4 |
| 30 | Subbotin, Andrey | 1803 | RUS | −8N | +40B | −11N | +38B | =14B | −6N | −29B | +35N | −24B | 3.5 | 34.0 | 35.5 | 8.50 | 1753 | -13.4 |
| 31 | Luchinsky, Pavel | 1761 | RUS | =16B | −12N | −24B | +37N | =34B | −25N | F | =32B | +29N | 3.5 | 31.5 | 31.5 | 11.75 | 1775 | +0.2 |
| 32 | Terekhov, Dmitriy | 1859 | RUS | −7B | =28N | =29B | =24N | =33B | =35N | =36B | =31N | F | 3.5 | 29.5 | 31.5 | 12.00 | 1699 | -33.2 |
| 33 | Chervakov, Oleg | 1605 | RUS | −14B | −26N | +39B | =34N | =32N | +38B | −21N | −13B | =36N | 3.5 | 29.5 | 31.5 | 8.50 | 1652 | +12.4 |
| 34 | Khulapov, Vyacheslav | 1894 | RUS | +40N | −8B | −19N | =33B | =31N | =24B | =28N | F | F | 3.0 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 9.25 | 1761 | -26.0 |
| 35 | Denisov, Alexander | 1799 | RUS | −6B | +39N | −21B | −27N | +40N | =32B | −23N | −30B | −37N | 2.5 | 30.5 | 32.0 | 5.25 | 1629 | -40.2 |
| 36 | Nalivayko, Alisa Ev | 1539 | RUS | −27B | −20N | =37B | −28N | F | +41B | =32N | −25N | =33B | 2.5 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 5.75 | 1504 | -15.2 |
| 37 | Moskalenko, Aleksandra | 1508 | RUS | −11N | −18B | =36N | −31B | =38N | F | −17B | =39N | +35B | 2.5 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 5.75 | 1562 | +20.0 |
| 38 | Litvinov, Ivan | 1490 | RUS | −21B | F | −22N | −30N | =37B | −33N | =39B | +41B | F | 2.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 3.25 | 1419 | -22.8 |
| 39 | Bulokhov, Nikolai | 1586 | RUS | −22N | −35B | −33N | F | −17B | −40N | =38N | =37B | +41N | 2.0 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 3.25 | 1377 | -65.2 |
| 40 | Chistyakov, Stepan | 1731 | RUS | −34B | −30N | F | −20N | −35B | +39B | =41N | −24N | −28B | 1.5 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 2.50 | 1466 | -82.0 |
| 41 | Panitkov, Nikita | 0 | RUS | F | −6N | =26B | −16N | −25B | −36N | =40B | −38N | −39B | 1.0 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 2.75 | 1401 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Svetletskiy, IvanRUS+103.64.5 pts · #22
- 2Oshchepkov, DaniilRUS+86.45.0 pts · #16
- 3Druchinin, SemenRUS+82.86.0 pts · #5
Top rating losers
- 1Chistyakov, StepanRUS-82.01.5 pts · #40
- 2Bulokhov, NikolaiRUS-65.22.0 pts · #39
- 3Kuznetsov, Sergey SRUS-42.05.0 pts · #26
Biggest upsets
- R7+373 Elo gap
- R5+351 Elo gap
- R3+307 Elo gap