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Sakha Republic Head's Cup Rapid 2026

SwissRapid

103 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held from 03 Apr 2026 to 04 Apr 2026 in Yakutsk, Russia. 16 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2415, and top seed was Dmitry Kokarev (🇷🇺 RUS, GM, 2531).

Roman Kezin (🇷🇺 RUS, IM, 2506) won with 8.5/11, ahead of Vadim Zvjaginsev (8.0) and Sergey Volkov (8.0). Kezin shared the lead from round 7 and won solo starting round 9.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Valeriya Eg Sleptsova (1667) beat Alexander Tuzov (2294), a +627-point gap.

Location
🇷🇺Yakutsk, Russia
Dates
03 Apr 2026 → 04 Apr 2026
Time control
Rapid: 15 minutes for game with 10 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 11 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇺GMDmitry Kokarev2531
Avg top 10
2,415
Participants
103
Titled players · 16
GM×5
IM×2
FM×2
CM×3
WGM×1
WFM×3
Federations · 2 represented
🇷🇺Russia×89
FIDE (no federation)×4
Top 3
  • 🥇
    🇷🇺RUS·2506
    8.5pts·2486perf+1.4
  • 🥈
    🇷🇺RUS·2456
    8.0pts·2459perf+3.9
  • 🥉
    🇷🇺RUS·2387
    8.0pts·2466perf+13.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 11 rounds

IM Roman Kezin led from R9; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
47
14
5
1
1
1
2
3
1
1
1
35.58.511R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11Shomoev takes leadKezin takes lead
R5 · LEADER CHANGE03 Apr

GM Anton Shomoev takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R8 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Roman Kezin drew with GM Vadim Zvjaginsev (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

IM Roman Kezin 4 wins (R4–R7)GM Vadim Zvjaginsev 3 wins (R1–R3)GM Dmitry Kokarev 3+4 wins (R1–R3, R7–R10)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1IMRoman Kezin*
½
—
1
2GMVadim Zvjaginsev
½
*
½
½
3GMDmitry Kokarev—
½
*
1
4GMAnton Shomoev
0
½
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Kezin, RomanIM2506RUS+36N+27B−3N+7B+23N+24B+4B=2N+13B=10N=5B8.573.579.559.752486+1.4
2Zvjaginsev, VadimGM2456RUS+28B+15N+9B=4N=8B+17N+11B=1B=5N=3N=6B8.077.083.559.502459+3.9
3Volkov, SergeyGM2387RUS+51B+18N+1B+5N−4B+9N=8B=7B=10N=2B+14N8.076.582.058.752466+13.0
4Shomoev, AntonGM2476RUS+38N+19B+10N=2B+3N+14B−1N+8B=7N−6B+18B8.076.082.057.752496+5.7
5Postnikov, AlbertCM2194RUS+29N+20B=7N−3B+49N=25B+23N+37B=2B+8N=1N8.072.077.554.252329+84.8
6Kokarev, DmitryGM2531RUS+16B+30N+17B=8N−9B−11N+62N+48B+28B+4N=2N8.071.076.053.252407-10.8
7Lysyj, IgorGM2499FID+21B+22N=5B−1N+48B+30N+17B=3N=4B=15N=10B7.574.580.052.252374-11.6
8Obgolts, ErikIM2410RUS+33N+24B+34N=6B=2N+26B=3N−4N+9B−5B+25N7.573.579.551.502344-3.8
9Batozhargalov, Erdem2090RUS+32N+31B−2N+38B+6N−3B+25N+14B−8N=23B+15B7.571.577.550.752275+102.8
10Mescheryakov, ArtemCM2276RUS+42N+48B−4B−16N+51B+36N+60B+22N=3B=1B=7N7.569.074.047.002259+12.4
11Mikhailov, Semen1952RUS=49N−25B+53N+66B+46N+6B−2N+50B−15B+52N+27B7.564.069.044.752024+22.6
12Mkrtoumian, Ashort1907RUS−13N+71B−27N+43B−18N+41B=55N+76B+53N+26B+23N7.561.566.042.752087+42.8
13Pogonina, NatalijaWGM2311RUS+12B−34N+25N−23B+29N+33B+63N+24B−1N=19B=20N7.068.573.545.502118-20.6
14Zhirkov, VladislavCM2171RUS−48B+63N+50B+20N+15B−4N+18B−9N+34B+22N−3B7.068.573.544.502150-2.0
15Ivanov, Aleksandr Lukich2008RUS+43N−2B+59N+54B−14N+35B+80N=26B+11N=7B−9N7.066.570.541.002112+60.8
16Burnashev, Nickolay1957RUS−6N+37B+43N+10B−26N+27B−24N+63B−23N+45B+35N7.065.570.543.002064+31.6
17Tuzov, Alexander2294RUS+39N+23B−6N+34B+35N−2B−7N−29B+81N+59B+42N7.065.569.539.502189-17.2
18Mustafin, Nariman2138RUS+35N−3B−54N+61N+12B+76B−14N+59B+29N+24B−4N7.065.069.541.002061-12.8
19Mestnikov, AisenFM1959RUS+40B−4N=48N+62B=76N+38B−37N+42B+36N=13N=21B7.062.567.041.002008+13.8
20Mestnikov, David1991RUS+65B−5N+41B−14B−59N+40N+68B+35B=26N+50N=13B7.062.067.040.252019+25.6
21Tomsky, Vladislav1868RUS−7N+76B−35N+40B+45N−23B+71N+62B=24N+49B=19N7.061.065.538.751945+39.6
22Vasilieva, ArinaWFM2041RUS+54N−7B+31N−35B+80N+59B+81N−10B+38N−14B+37N7.061.065.037.001989-6.4
23Kapitonov, Nikolai2068RUS+44B−17N+40B+13N−1B+21N−5B+39N+16B=9N−12B6.571.577.542.752121+16.0
24Smirnova, Polina AWFM2038FID+41B−8N+32B+51N+28B−1N+16B−13N=21B−18N+52B6.568.574.040.502143+54.4
25Pak, Polina1996RUS=50B+11N−13B+47N+60B=5N−9B=52N+32B+28N−8B6.567.572.541.002042+16.0
26Chumaevskiy, Arseniy2117RUS−31B+60N+39B+36N+16B−8N=28B=15N=20B−12N+44B6.567.072.040.252014-23.2
27Kurilov, Amuo1959RUS+52B−1N+12B−28N+39B−16N+72B=51N+37N+48B−11N6.565.570.538.251990+10.6
28Vinokurov, Nyurgun2120RUS−2N+62B+45N+27B−24N+34B=26N+49B−6N−25B+48N6.565.070.037.752076-8.6
29Sleptsova, Valeriya Eg1667FID−5B+68N−30B+44N−13B+65N+67B+17N−18B+61N=31B6.563.068.036.251840+70.4
30Vasiliev, Artur2123RUS+59N−6B+29N=33B+37N−7B−49N+81B−50N+53B+51N6.561.565.535.751976-62.8
31Kaskevich, Leonid S1610RUS+26N−9N−22B−45B+53N−43B+92N+70B+66N+36B=29N6.561.064.534.751847+106.4
32Kutukova, VirineyaWFM1941RUS−9B+67N−24N+53B−34N+45B=46N+55B−25N+54B+49N6.560.565.536.001847-19.6
33Romanov, Vasily1806RUS−8B+72N+64B=30N+50B−13N−48B+78N−52B+56N+57B6.558.563.034.251864+12.8
34Mestnikov, Aital1969RUS+45N+13B−8B−17N+32B−28N+47B+43N−14N−35B+50B6.065.571.037.002033+16.8
35Petrov, Petr K1813RUS−18B+61N+21B+22N−17B−15N+86B−20N+73B+34N−16B6.065.069.034.001910+25.0
36Spiridonov, Vladislav1925RUS−1B+81N+44B−26B+54N−10B+66N+60N−19B−31N+63B6.062.566.530.501831-21.0
37Petrov, Timur1662RUS+86B−16N+95B+64N−30B+61N+19B−5N−27B+39N−22B6.062.065.030.001865+88.4
38Levin, Mikhail1946RUS−4B+56N+65B−9N+52B−19N+64B+80N−22B−44N+60B6.061.565.530.001858-40.4
39Pakhomova, Tuyara1967RUS−17B+47N−26N+41B−27N+54B+70N−23B+62N−37B+66N6.060.065.032.501866-23.4
40Aleksandrov, Georgii S1889RUS−19N+69B−23N−21N+92B−20B+89N+64N+47B−42B+62N6.058.562.028.501765-27.2
41Mosorin, Dmitriy1880RUS−24N+55B−20N−39N+79B−12N+74B−69B+58N+70B+68N6.058.062.530.501668-40.2
42Filippov, Vadim1852RUS−10B−64N+83B−65N+78B+44N+61B−19N+60B+40N−17B6.058.062.030.501766-41.2
43Tappyrov, VladimirFM2015RUS−15B+80N−16B−12N+77B+31N+83B−34B+71N−51N+64B6.058.062.029.001764-51.2
44Andrievskiy, Roman1503RUS−23N+46B−36N−29B+85N−42B+88N+83B+69N+38B−26N6.056.560.529.001741+105.2
45Zhu, Aleksandr1715RUS−34B+82N−28B+31N−21B−32N+90B+95N+80B−16N+61B6.056.559.526.501734-1.0
46Semenov, Valery N1744RUS+94B−44N+63B+56N−11B−60N=32B−57N=67B+72N+65B6.056.059.529.751718-4.2
47Ushnitskiy, Vasiliy1592RUS+74N−39B+96N−25B+58N−80B−34N+84B−40N+75B+59N6.053.056.027.501655+7.2
48Yakimenko, Alexander A.1889FID+14N−10N=19B+71B−7N+69B+33N−6N+57B−27N−28B5.567.072.032.501965+11.6
49Danilov, Nikolay1733RUS=11B−50N+78B+68N−5B+64N+30B−28N+51B−21N−32B5.563.067.530.251840+50.8
50Grigoryev, Semyon D1631RUS=25N+49B−14N+70B−33N+55B+76N−11N+30B−20B−34N5.563.067.530.251833+85.6
51Baisheva, Nyurguiaana1959RUS−3N+66B+70N−24B−10N+73B+69N=27B−49N+43B−30B5.561.566.529.251893-14.4
52Vasilyev, Dulushan1839RUS−27N−70B+55N+85B−38N+57B+73N=25B+33N−11B−24N5.560.564.529.751707-26.2
53Simonyan, David Arm1634RUS=85N+93B−11B−32N−31B+97N+77B+56N−12B−30N+78B5.556.559.523.001678+6.0
54Okoneshnikov, Timur A1651RUS−22B+95N+18B−15N−36B−39N+98B=67N+78B−32N+77B5.556.559.024.001753+30.0
55Vasiliev, Denis V0RUS+101B−41N−52B+98N+56B−50N=12B−32N+77B−57N+81B5.553.054.021.2516920.0
56Pavlov, Petr S1804RUS+92N−38B+84N−46B−55N=58B+93N−53B+76N−33B+79N5.551.555.022.751549-44.2
57Belousov, Uran S0RUS−82B+97N−61B=92N+94B−52N+95N+46B−48N+55B−33N5.548.051.022.7517160.0
58Zabolotny, Anton M1479RUS−60B−77N+90B+99N−47B=56N−78B+94N−41B+93N+74B5.547.549.520.7515040.0
59Donskoy, Dmitriy1880RUS−30B+83N−15B+77N+20B−22N+87B−18N+72B−17N−47B5.061.065.024.501785-21.4
60Sivtsev, Ivan1676RUS+58N−26B+73N+69B−25N+46B−10N−36B−42N+85B−38N5.060.064.025.501735+8.8
61Popova, Michiye D0RUS+103N−35B+57N−18B+66N−37B−42N+65N+63B−29B−45N5.058.058.020.5015900.0
62Sergeev, Vladimir S1704RUS+98B−28N+82B−19N+83B+86N−6B−21N−39B+67N−40B5.057.560.019.501692-8.0
63Matveev, Andrey A1493RUS+87B−14B−46N+78N+67B+68N−13B−16N−61N+80B−36N5.056.560.522.501654+58.8
64Chagylysov, Chagyl1589RUS+96N+42B−33N−37B+74N−49B−38N−40B+88N+81B−43N5.055.058.022.001648+17.2
65Argunova, Saiaana1609RUS−20N+73B−38N+42B−81N−29B+96N−61B+84N+69B−46N5.054.557.523.001630-1.2
66Kolesov, Ayvar V1488RUS+88B−51N+98B−11N−61B+82N−36B+86N−31B+73N−39B5.053.556.019.501614+32.8
67Sleptsov, Aleksey N1517RUS+75N−32B+74N−76B−63N+88B−29N=54B=46N−62B+85N5.053.057.023.751462-13.0
68Sodnomov, Damdin B1469RUS+91N−29B+75N−49B+84N−63B−20N−73B+82N+97B−41B5.052.055.020.00879-63.2
69Maksimova, Kristina P1534RUS+90B−40N+103B−60N+75B−48N−51B+41N−44B−65N+84B5.052.052.019.001459-26.4
70Kolokoltsev, Konstantin M1639RUS+77B+52N−51B−50N−86B+90N−39B−31N+89B−41N+87B5.051.555.522.001537-47.6
71Fedorov, Ivan G0RUS+97B−12N+88B−48N−87B+98N−21B+82N−43B−74N+86B5.050.052.517.5016540.0
72Kolodeznikov, Egor1536RUS+89N−33B+92N−80B−73N+84B−27N+87B−59N−46B+82N5.049.052.519.501379-52.8
73Kulakovskaya, Arina A1447RUS+99B−65N−60B+88N+72B−51N−52B+68N−35N−66B+97N5.049.051.019.001520+22.4
74Zhirkova, Ekaterina S0RUS−47B+99N−67B+95N−64B−83N−41N+96B+87N+71B−58N5.046.548.517.0012800.0
75Vladimirova, Diana L0RUS−67B+79N−68B+97N−69N−95B−84N+91B+86B−47N+93B5.044.047.019.0013540.0
76Sleptsov, Timur Y1538RUS+79B−21N+87B+67N=19B−18N−50B−12N−56B−77N+94B4.557.561.020.501613+15.6
77Meksyarov, Afanasiy A0RUS−70N+58B=89N−59B−43N+85B−53N+92B−55N+76B−54N4.550.554.019.5015240.0
78Kharlampieva, Alisa A1455RUS=93N+85B−49N−63B−42N+100B+58N−33B−54N+92B−53N4.550.552.516.751382-33.6
79Nesterov, Timofey Ev0RUS−76N−75B=102N+100B−41N−93B−85N+101B+99B+94N−56B4.537.037.58.7513720.0
80Maksimova, Yuliana E1519RUSF−43B+81N+72N−22B+47N−15B−38B−45N−63N+88B4.056.056.019.001637+44.8
81Azarginov, Ildar D1556RUS+84N−36B−80B+82N+65B+87N−22B−30N−17B−64N−55N4.054.058.017.001478-31.6
82FIDE 5400657150—+57N−45B−62N−81B+96N−66B+91N−71B−68B+90N−72B4.048.551.516.507780.0
83Yakovlev, Timur1475RUS+102N−59B−42N+89B−62N+74B−43N−44N−85B−88B+92N4.048.549.013.001380-33.6
84FIDE 5400547050—−81B+90N−56B+103N−68B−72N+75B−47N−65B+91N−69N4.048.548.513.007860.0
85Solovyev, Nurgun S0RUS=53B−78N+94B−52N−44B−77N+79B=97B+83N−60N−67B4.048.051.016.2514240.0
86Sivtseva, Aytalina A0RUS−37N−96B+93N+91B+70N−62B−35N−66B−75N+98B−71N4.047.550.015.001495+5.2
87Martynov, Aleksey A0RUS−63N+91B−76N+96B+71N−81B−59N−72N−74B+89B−70N4.046.549.516.0012810.0
88Belyaeva, Akulina1528RUS−66N+100B−71N−73B+99B−67N−44B+90N−64B+83N−80N4.045.047.012.001196-54.8
89Everstov, Daniil N0RUS−72B=94N=77B−83N−90B+101N−40B+93B−70N−87N+99B4.041.542.510.501370-39.6
90Mokhordonov, Maksim E0RUS−69N−84B−58N+102B+89N−70B−45N−88B+101N−82B+96N4.041.542.08.5012900.0
91FIDE 5700217400—−68B−87N+101B−86N−95B+99N−82B−75N+102N−84B+100N4.034.034.55.507090.0
92Evgrafov, Pavel I0RUS−56B+101N−72B=57B−40N+94N−31B−77N+100B−78N−83B3.547.048.09.2512900.0
93Kubarov, Kirill D0RUS=78B−53N−86B−94N+103B+79N−56B−89N+98B−58B−75N3.544.544.59.251114-78.8
94Nazarov, Nikolay S1426RUS−46N=89B−85N+93B−57N−92B+100N−58B+96N−79B−76N3.544.046.010.501383-14.0
95Borisov, Viktor D0RUS+100N−54B−37N−74B+91N+75N−57B−45BFFF3.042.042.011.00876-46.0
96Alekseev, Ayaal A0RUS−64B+86N−47B−87N−82B+102N−65B−74N−94B+101N−90B3.041.542.05.5012970.0
97FIDE 5700217160—−71N−57B=100N−75B+102N−53B+101B=85NF−68N−73B3.041.041.54.507160.0
98FIDE 5400586110—−62N+102B−66N−55B+101N−71B−54N=99B−93N−86NF2.537.037.02.507450.0
99FIDE 5700216860—−73N−74BF−58B−88N−91B+102B=98N−79N=100B−89N2.037.037.02.756850.0
100FIDE 5700216940—−95B−88N=97B−79NF−78N−94B+102B−92N=99N−91B2.032.532.53.007000.0
101FIDE 5700216430—−55N−92B−91NF−98B−89B−97N−79N−90B−96B+102N1.034.534.50.506850.0
102FIDE 5700215200—−83B−98N=79B−90N−97B−96B−99N−100N−91BF−101B0.530.030.02.256750.0
103FIDE 5700217240—−61BF−69N−84B−93NFFFFFF0.017.517.50.006740.0

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