Ch BLR U16 M 2026

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36 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 19 Mar 2026 to 26 Mar 2026 in Minsk, Belarus. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1997, and top seed was Matvei Savelev (🇧🇾 BLR, 2202).

Mikita Novikau (🇧🇾 BLR, 2130) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Radion Sidorenja (6.5) and Illia Tsevelyuk (6.5). Novikau clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Illia Tsevelyuk (1781) beat Matvei Savelev (2202), a +421-point gap.

Location

🇧🇾Minsk, Belarus

Dates

19 Mar 2026 → 26 Mar 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇧🇾Matvei Savelev2202

Avg top 10

1,997

Participants

Titled players · 1

CM×1

Federations · 2 represented

🇧🇾Belarus×30

FIDE (no federation)×5

Top 3

🥇
Mikita Novikau
🇧🇾BLR·2130
7.0pts·2150perf+18.4
🥈
CMRadion Sidorenja
FID·2185
6.5pts·2064perf-33.6
🥉
Illia Tsevelyuk
🇧🇾BLR·1781
6.5pts·2011perf+103.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Mikita Novikau led from R9; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Novikau7Sidorenja6.5Tsevelyuk6.5Navumenka6.5Savelev6Yemelyanau6— ex-leaders:Navumenkaled R8, #7

R8 · LEADER CHANGE25 Mar

Makar Navumenka takes the sole lead (6.5/8).

R8 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Mikita Novikau drew with CM Radion Sidorenja (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

CM Radion Sidorenja 3 wins (R1–R3)Illia Tsevelyuk 3 wins (R6–R8)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Mikita Novikau	*	½	—	1
2CMRadion Sidorenja	½	*	1	—
3Illia Tsevelyuk	—	0	*	—
4Makar Navumenka	0	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Novikau, Mikita	2130	BLR	=12B	+20N	+17B	=6B	=5N	+8B	+7N	=2N	+4B	7.0	46.0	50.5	38.75	2150	+18.4
2	Sidorenja, RadionCM	2185	FID	+33N	+8B	+3N	−5B	=13N	=6B	+16N	=1B	+14B	6.5	45.5	48.0	33.00	2064	-33.6
3	Tsevelyuk, Illia	1781	BLR	+21B	+7N	−2B	=15N	=12B	+9N	+18B	+6B	=5N	6.5	44.5	49.0	34.50	2011	+103.6
4	Navumenka, Makar	1991	BLR	+27B	=9N	+30B	−14N	+20B	+13N	+15B	+5N	−1N	6.5	41.5	44.5	29.75	1948	-9.2
5	Yemelyanau, Zakhar	1869	BLR	+32N	+16B	+13N	+2N	=1B	=7B	=6N	−4B	=3B	6.0	48.0	50.5	31.25	2040	+80.0
6	Savelev, Matvei	2202	BLR	+10B	=17N	+9B	=1N	+14B	=2N	=5B	−3N	+15B	6.0	47.0	51.5	33.00	2025	-58.4
7	Dzenisenia, Mikhail.	2037	FID	+19N	−3B	+18B	+22N	+11B	=5N	−1B	=12N	+8B	6.0	44.5	48.5	29.50	1945	-29.6
8	Shuliak, Zakhar	1850	BLR	+25B	−2N	+34B	=12N	+9B	−1N	+13B	+10B	−7N	5.5	44.5	47.0	25.00	1867	+8.8
9	Tsyhanou, Andrei	1729	BLR	+26N	=4B	−6N	+27B	−8N	−3B	+21N	+19B	+16N	5.5	41.5	45.0	23.75	1808	+28.8
10	Kirko, Ivan	1685	FID	−6N	+28B	=11B	+24N	=15B	=12N	+17B	−8N	+22N	5.5	39.5	43.0	23.75	1849	+54.4
11	Vitsiuk, Anton	1987	FID	+23N	−13B	=10N	+19B	−7N	−16B	+31N	+26B	+12B	5.5	38.0	40.5	22.25	1744	-82.4
12	Papou, Illia	1646	BLR	=1N	=14B	+16N	=8B	=3N	=10B	+22N	=7B	−11N	5.0	45.5	49.5	26.25	1905	+109.6
13	Nasenia, Matsvei	1716	BLR	+24B	+11N	−5B	+17N	=2B	−4B	−8N	=22B	+23N	5.0	42.5	46.5	23.25	1862	+55.6
14	Luhinin, Maksim	1886	BLR	=29B	=12N	+25B	+4B	−6N	−18N	+24B	+23B	−2N	5.0	40.5	44.0	22.75	1782	-36.0
15	Zhukov, Roman	1828	FID	=31N	+35B	=22N	=3B	=10N	+23B	−4N	+18B	−6N	5.0	39.5	41.5	19.75	1765	-24.4
16	Makarevich, Dzmitry	1705	BLR	+34B	−5N	−12B	+25N	=22B	+11N	−2B	+30N	−9B	4.5	39.5	42.0	17.00	1693	-11.2
17	Shkred, Timofei	1773	BLR	+28N	=6B	−1N	−13B	=31N	+27B	−10N	+25B	=18N	4.5	39.0	41.5	17.50	1695	-37.6
18	Kholiusev, Mikhail	1706	BLR	=35N	+31B	−7N	=23B	+26N	+14B	−3N	−15N	=17B	4.5	37.0	39.0	16.25	1705	-3.2
19	Khakhlou, Arseni	1635	BLR	−7B	+21N	=20B	−11N	+32B	=30N	=25B	−9N	+27B	4.5	36.5	39.0	16.25	1676	+11.6
20	Bondarev, Roman	1691	BLR	+36N	−1B	=19N	+30B	−4N	−22B	−26N	+31B	+24N	4.5	35.0	35.5	12.25	1635	-20.4
21	Dashko, Pavel	1419	BLR	−3N	−19B	=36N	+33B	−23N	+28N	−9B	+32B	+26N	4.5	32.5	33.0	12.25	1515	+24.4
22	Tolkatch, Roman	1771	BLR	=30B	+29N	=15B	−7B	=16N	+20N	−12B	=13N	−10B	4.0	39.0	42.0	16.75	1683	-39.2
23	Giruev, Konstantin	1542	BLR	−11B	=24N	+29B	=18N	+21B	−15N	+30B	−14N	−13B	4.0	37.0	40.0	15.25	1610	+14.0
24	Tsiarletski, Hleb	0	BLR	−13N	=23B	+31N	−10B	+27N	=26B	−14N	+29N	−20B	4.0	34.5	37.0	13.25	1589	0.0
25	Rusetski, Ivan	1451	BLR	−8N	+36B	−14N	−16B	+35N	=31B	=19N	−17N	+30B	4.0	31.5	32.0	9.00	1435	-10.4
26	Merny, Matvey	0	BLR	−9B	=27N	=32B	+34N	−18B	=24N	+20B	−11N	−21B	3.5	34.5	37.0	12.00	1504	0.0
27	Dymont, Roman	1602	BLR	−4N	=26B	+35N	−9N	−24B	−17N	+33B	+28B	−19N	3.5	34.5	36.5	9.75	1517	-22.8
28	Anatski, Yahor	0	BLR	−17B	−10N	=33N	−31B	+36N	−21B	+34B	−27N	+32N	3.5	28.0	28.5	6.75	1351	0.0
29	Podgayskiy, Andrei	1520	BLR	=14N	−22B	−23N	=35B	−30N	+36B	+32N	−24B	=34N	3.5	27.0	27.5	7.75	1585	+12.8
30	Arutyunyan, David	0	BLR	=22N	+33B	−4N	−20N	+29B	=19B	−23N	−16B	−25N	3.0	35.5	38.0	10.25	1534	0.0
31	Koliadov, Ivan	1440	BLR	=15B	−18N	−24B	+28N	=17B	=25N	−11B	−20N	−33N	2.5	35.5	38.0	10.25	1476	+6.0
32	Lamaka, Mikhail	1492	BLR	−5B	−34N	=26N	+36B	−19N	+33B	−29B	−21N	−28B	2.5	30.5	31.0	4.75	1374	-31.2
33	Romashchenko, Nikita	1656	BLR	−2B	−30N	=28B	−21N	+34B	−32N	−27N	F	+31B	2.5	28.5	30.5	6.75	1361	-78.4
34	Levashkevich, Afanasi	0	BLR	−16N	+32B	−8N	−26B	−33N	+35B	−28N	F	=29B	2.5	27.5	27.5	6.25	1490	0.0
35	Yatsyna, Tsimafei	0	BLR	=18B	−15N	−27B	=29N	−25B	−34N	+36B	F	F	2.0	26.0	26.0	4.50	1375	0.0
36	FIDE 13542524	0	—	−20B	−25N	=21B	−32N	−28B	−29N	−35N	F	F	0.5	24.5	24.5	2.25	1143	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Papou, IlliaBLR
+109.6
5.0 pts · #8
2Tsevelyuk, IlliaBLR
+103.6
6.5 pts · #3
3Yemelyanau, ZakharBLR
+80.0
6.0 pts · #5

Top rating losers

1Vitsiuk, AntonFID
-82.4
5.5 pts · #11
2Romashchenko, NikitaBLR
-78.4
2.5 pts · #31
3Savelev, MatveiBLR
-58.4
6.0 pts · #4

Biggest upsets

R8+421 Elo gap
Tsevelyuk, Illia1781 beat Savelev, Matvei2202
R4+316 Elo gap
Yemelyanau, Zakhar1869 beat CMSidorenja, Radion2185
R6+282 Elo gap
Makarevich, Dzmitry1705 beat Vitsiuk, Anton1987