Championship of Ugra (men) 2026
20 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 30 Mar 2026 to 03 Apr 2026 in Poykovskiy, Russia. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1899, and top seed was Nikolai Kabanov (🇷🇺 RUS, GM, 2423).
Nikolai Kabanov (🇷🇺 RUS, GM, 2423) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Dinis Sattarov (8.0) and Kamil Islamov (7.0). Kabanov shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Dmitry Rudenko (1456) beat Yuri Bryukhachev (1965), a +509-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 8.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
GM Nikolai Kabanov held the sole lead from R5 through R9 without losing it.
2 players finish on 8.0/9. Kabanov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (43.5).
GM Nikolai Kabanov lost to FM Dinis Sattarov (White).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1GMNikolai Kabanov | * | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2FMDinis Sattarov | 1 | * | 0 | — |
| 3Kamil Islamov | 0 | 1 | * | 0 |
| 4Fedor Aleks Ustyantsev | 0 | — | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kabanov, NikolaiGM | 2423 | RUS | +4N | +5B | +11N | +8B | +3N | −2B | +12N | +13B | +7B | 8.0 | 43.5 | 47.5 | 39.50 | 2402 | -1.0 |
| 2 | Sattarov, DinisFM | 2196 | RUS | +9B | +13N | +12B | −3N | +7B | +1N | +5B | +8N | +10B | 8.0 | 42.0 | 46.0 | 39.00 | 2263 | +32.0 |
| 3 | Islamov, Kamil | 1904 | RUS | +18N | +10B | +5N | +2B | −1B | +13N | +8B | +7N | −4B | 7.0 | 44.5 | 47.0 | 33.00 | 2049 | +65.2 |
| 4 | Ustyantsev, Fedor Aleks | 1607 | RUS | −1B | +20N | −7B | +14N | −5B | +6N | +9B | +12B | +3N | 6.0 | 42.0 | 44.0 | 26.50 | 1805 | +72.0 |
| 5 | Ovchinnikov, Vsevolod | 1693 | RUS | +15N | −1N | −3B | +18B | +4N | +12B | −2N | −10N | +14B | 5.0 | 45.0 | 47.5 | 20.00 | 1746 | +20.0 |
| 6 | Davletshin, Denis | 1541 | RUS | −11N | +17B | =19N | −7N | =9B | −4B | +20N | +16B | +12N | 5.0 | 32.0 | 34.0 | 15.50 | 1655 | +38.8 |
| 7 | Saveliev, Alexey | 2106 | RUS | =16N | −19B | +4N | +6B | −2N | +15N | +11B | −3B | −1N | 4.5 | 45.0 | 47.5 | 20.50 | 1891 | -41.2 |
| 8 | Arapov, Roman | 1692 | RUS | −12B | +18N | +14B | −1N | +11N | +16B | −3N | −2B | =9N | 4.5 | 43.0 | 45.5 | 16.25 | 1746 | +15.6 |
| 9 | Lagutin, Kirill | 1587 | RUS | −2N | =15B | =16N | =10B | =6N | +14B | −4N | +19N | =8B | 4.5 | 38.5 | 41.0 | 16.75 | 1636 | +19.2 |
| 10 | Solovev, Georgiy Nik | 1642 | RUS | +20B | −3N | −13B | =9N | −16N | +17B | +15N | +5B | −2N | 4.5 | 38.0 | 40.0 | 15.75 | 1629 | -12.8 |
| 11 | Bryukhachev, Yuri | 1965 | RUS | +6B | +14N | −1B | −12N | −8B | +18N | −7N | =15B | +13N | 4.5 | 37.5 | 40.0 | 17.25 | 1739 | -43.4 |
| 12 | Rudenko, Dmitry | 1456 | RUS | +8N | +16B | −2N | +11B | +13B | −5N | −1B | −4N | −6B | 4.0 | 45.0 | 48.0 | 16.00 | 1660 | +42.0 |
| 13 | Tsurkanenko-Klimanov, Grigori | 1667 | RUS | +17N | −2B | +10N | +19B | −12N | −3B | +16N | −1N | −11B | 4.0 | 42.0 | 44.5 | 13.00 | 1713 | +6.2 |
| 14 | Yakovlev, Danil | 1506 | RUS | +19N | −11B | −8N | −4B | +17B | −9N | +18B | +20B | −5N | 4.0 | 32.5 | 34.5 | 10.00 | 1559 | +20.0 |
| 15 | Fayzrakhmanov, Danis | 1492 | RUS | −5B | =9N | −18B | +17N | +19N | −7B | −10B | =11N | =20B | 3.5 | 31.0 | 33.0 | 11.00 | 1588 | +28.4 |
| 16 | Shabalda, Artem | 1565 | RUS | =7B | −12N | =9B | +20N | +10B | −8N | −13B | −6N | −17N | 3.0 | 34.0 | 36.0 | 11.00 | 1430 | -59.2 |
| 17 | Ustyantsev, Timofey Aleks | 1438 | RUS | −13B | −6N | −20B | −15B | −14N | −10N | +19B | +18N | +16B | 3.0 | 29.0 | 31.0 | 8.00 | 1496 | +20.4 |
| 18 | Yandulov, Kirill | 1537 | RUS | −3B | −8B | +15N | −5N | +20B | −11B | −14N | −17B | =19N | 2.5 | 34.0 | 36.0 | 6.75 | 1420 | -60.8 |
| 19 | Idrisov, Zalimkhan | 1702 | RUS | −14B | +7N | =6B | −13N | −15B | =20N | −17N | −9B | =18B | 2.5 | 31.0 | 33.0 | 9.25 | 1417 | -122.0 |
| 20 | Sagidullin, Timur | 0 | RUS | −10N | −4B | +17N | −16B | −18N | =19B | −6B | −14N | =15N | 2.0 | 31.5 | 34.0 | 6.00 | 1340 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Ustyantsev, Fedor AleksRUS+72.06.0 pts · #4
- 2Islamov, KamilRUS+65.27.0 pts · #3
- 3Rudenko, DmitryRUS+42.04.0 pts · #10
- 1Idrisov, ZalimkhanRUS-122.02.5 pts · #17
- 2Yandulov, KirillRUS-60.82.5 pts · #20
- 3Shabalda, ArtemRUS-59.23.0 pts · #18
- R4+509 Elo gap
- R2+404 Elo gap
- R9+297 Elo gap