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Irkutsk_Open_March_2026_Group1 (standard)

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22 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 21 Mar 2026 to 26 Mar 2026 in Irkutsk, Russia. Top 10 Elo average was 1727, and top seed was Fedor Gordeev (🇷🇺 RUS, 1914).

Daniil Kurkutov (🇷🇺 RUS, 1745) won with 5.0/7, ahead of Fedor Gordeev (5.0) and Maxim A Kozyrin (5.0). Kurkutov took the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Daniil Kurkutov (1745) beat Dmitry Pav Gorbunov (1887), a +142-point gap.

Location
🇷🇺Irkutsk, Russia
Dates
21 Mar 2026 → 26 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇺Fedor Gordeev1914
Avg top 10
1,727
Participants
22
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇺Russia×21
Top 3
  • 🥇
    Daniil Kurkutov
    🇷🇺RUS·1745
    5.0pts·1874perf+50.8
  • 🥈
    Fedor Gordeev
    🇷🇺RUS·1914
    5.0pts·1865perf-9.6
  • 🥉
    Maxim A Kozyrin
    🇷🇺RUS·1760
    5.0pts·1801perf+19.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R3; 4 players tied at 5.0/7, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
11
4
1
1
2
2
4
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Kurkutov5Gordeev5Kozyrin5Shurkhovetsky5Gorbunov4.5Shemet4.5
R3–R7 · LEAD HELD

Daniil Kurkutov held the sole lead from R3 through R7 without losing it.

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

4 players finish on 5.0/7. Kurkutov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (28.5).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Daniil Kurkutov drew with Fedor Gordeev (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Daniil Kurkutov*
½
½
1
2Fedor Gordeev
½
*—
½
3Maxim A Kozyrin
½
—*
½
4Ivan Shurkhovetsky
0
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Kurkutov, Daniil1745RUS+15N+4B+5N=3B=6N=2B=8N5.028.531.522.001874+50.8
2Gordeev, Fedor1914RUS+7N+10B=6N=5B=4N=1N+9B5.027.531.522.001865-9.6
3Kozyrin, Maxim A1760RUS+17B=14N+10B=1N+7B=4N=5B5.026.028.519.751801+19.2
4Shurkhovetsky, Ivan1576RUS+21B−1N+17B+11N=2B=3B+15N5.024.024.014.001737+40.4
5Gorbunov, Dmitry Pav1887RUS+12B+9N−1B=2N+13B=6B=3N4.527.030.518.251817-18.0
6Kozyrin, Alexandr A1827RUS+18N+8B=2B=14N=1B=5N=7B4.526.529.018.001790-7.2
7Shemet, Ilya1543RUS−2B+13N+16B+9N−3N+12B=6N4.525.528.516.251774+82.8
8Uvarov, Dmitry A1599RUS+19B−6N−14B+17N+11B+10N=1B4.522.524.514.501665+17.6
9Tyaglov, Timofey1662RUS+11N−5B+18N−7B+16N+14B−2N4.023.526.012.001654-4.4
10Kalinin, Egor1706RUS+16B−2N−3N+18B+15N−8B+14N4.023.526.011.501665-12.8
11Agapov, Andrey M0RUS−9B+12N+19B−4B−8N=17N+21B3.521.521.56.7514170.0
12Shirokolobov, Artur1541RUS−5N−11B+22N+15B=18N−7N+17B3.520.520.56.751575+6.0
13Voronov, Nikolay P1554RUS+22N−7B−15N+20B−5N=16B+18N3.519.019.05.501425-37.6
14Demin, Timofey1592RUS+20N=3B+8N=6BF−9N−10B3.023.523.510.751639+11.6
15Semenyugin, Sergey1452RUS−1B+21N+13B−12N−10B+19N−4B3.023.023.05.501384-16.4
16Stepanov, Alexey1449RUS−10N+22B−7N+21B−9B=13N=20B3.017.517.52.501295-25.6
17Ermolovich, Alexey1456RUS−3N+20B−4N−8B+22N=11B−12N2.523.023.03.25819-46.8
18Voykin, Matvey1540RUS−6B+19N−9B−10N=12B+21N−13B2.521.521.53.751292-50.0
19Andryushchenko, Maxim0RUS−8N−18B−11N+22B+20N−15BF2.015.015.01.507300.0
20Pisarev, Aleksandr Vl0RUS−14B−17N+21B−13N−19BF=16N1.514.014.01.5011900.0
21Soldatov, Iaromir0RUS−4N−15B−20N−16NF−18B−11N0.018.518.50.007040.0
22FIDE 5700181200—−13B−16N−12B−19N−17BFF0.016.016.00.007000.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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