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Kirov City Chess Championship 2026

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28 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 04 Apr 2026 to 26 Apr 2026 in Kirov, Russia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1857, and top seed was Igor Vad Shabardin (🇷🇺 RUS, 1981).

Igor Vad Shabardin (🇷🇺 RUS, 1981) won with 8.0/8, ahead of Dmitry Dubinin (6.5) and Nikolaj Tolstobrov (5.5). Shabardin won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Ekaterina Ser Sivkova (1583) beat Vyacheslav Popyvanov (1908), a +325-point gap.

Location
🇷🇺Kirov, Russia
Dates
04 Apr 2026 → 26 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 8 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇺Igor Vad Shabardin1981
Avg top 10
1,857
Participants
28
Federations · 2 represented
🇷🇺Russia×26
FIDE (no federation)×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

Igor Vad Shabardin led from R4; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
11
5
2
1
1
1
1
1
2468R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8
Shabardin8Dubinin6.5Tolstobrov5.5Shirokov5Semenovykh4.5Shustov4.5
R4–R8 · LEAD HELD

Igor Vad Shabardin never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Igor Vad Shabardin beat Dmitry Dubinin (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Igor Vad Shabardin 8 wins (R1–R8)Dmitry Dubinin 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Igor Vad Shabardin*
1
1
1
2Dmitry Dubinin
0
*
1
—
3Nikolaj Tolstobrov
0
0
*—
4Dmitry Shirokov
0
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Shabardin, Igor Vad1981RUS+14B+5N+7B+2N+3B+17N+4B+6N8.034.538.038.002510+60.4
2Dubinin, Dmitry1794RUS+22N+11B+8N−1B+6N=5B+10N+3N6.535.538.027.751997+80.8
3Tolstobrov, Nikolaj1703RUS+19N=6B+12B+16N−1N+13B+5N−2B5.535.539.022.251898+81.2
4Shirokov, Dmitry1878RUS−11N+24B+9N=17B=15N+8B−1N+12B5.032.534.018.251799-12.0
5Sivkova, Ekaterina Ser1583FID+10N−1B+26N+8B+7B=2N−3B−11N4.537.537.516.751782+66.4
6Shustov, Dmitrij1831RUS+27B=3N=16B+18N−2B=7N+17B−1B4.535.535.514.001777-10.0
7Semenovykh, Iliya1712RUS+24N+9B−1N+11B−5N=6B=19N=8B4.533.535.016.251795+35.6
8Astafiev, Oleg1801RUS+23N+18B−2B−5N+9B−4N+20B=7N4.531.534.015.751738-11.6
9Zykov, Pavel1802RUS+13N−7N−4B+23B−8N+22B=15N+17B4.528.030.514.501673-46.4
10Popyvanov, Vyacheslav1908RUS−5B−22N+28B+21N+14B=11N−2B+18N4.528.028.012.501684-40.2
11Kasiyanov, Artem1574RUS+4B−2N+25B−7NF=10B=12N+5B4.032.033.014.751806+81.6
12Dvinskikh, Leonid1857RUS=20N+15B−3N=13B+22N=16B=11B−4N4.029.532.014.001617-45.2
13Korolev, Timofey Vyach1492RUS−9B+28N=21B=12N+18B−3N=14B=16N4.028.528.511.001694+79.2
14Belyaev, Grigorij1489RUS−1N=23B=15N+26B−10N+25B=13N=19B4.027.527.58.001621+34.0
15Shuklin, Arkhip1456RUS=21B−12N=14B+24N=4B−19N=9B+20N4.027.028.512.751715+93.6
16Vozhegova, Ekaterina1619RUS+25N+26B=6N−3B−17N=12N=18B=13B4.026.026.09.001619-2.0
17Beltyugov, Pavel1595RUS−18B+27N+20B=4N+16B−1B−6N−9N3.532.532.59.501733+50.0
18Pronchatov, Vadim1646RUS+17N−8N+22B−6B−13N+26B=16N−10B3.527.527.58.001588-25.2
19Suleimanov, Konstantin1899RUS−3BF=23N+20NF+15B=7B=14N3.525.025.012.501650-31.4
20Shuljya, Alexander1625RUS=12B=21N−17N−19B+26N+23B−8N−15B3.025.025.06.001531-19.0
21Klassovich, Sergey Art1694RUS=15N=20B=13N−10BFF+22N=23B3.024.524.59.251598-30.8
22Kalinin, Nikita Vlad1586RUS−2B+10B−18N+25N−12B−9N−21B=24N2.527.528.56.251585-4.8
23Turuntseva, Elizaveta1521RUS−8B=14N=19B−9NF−20N+25B=21N2.523.523.56.251594+18.8
24Makhnev, Ivan1545RUS−7B−4NF−15BFF+26N=22B1.519.519.51.251336-38.4
25Tokarev, Yuriy V.1559RUS−16BF−11N−22BF−14N−23N+26B1.017.017.00.00758-50.2
26FIDE 5220750700—F−16N−5B−14N−20B−18N−24B−25N0.021.521.50.007810.0
27Merzlykh, Alexander1823RUS−6N−17BFFFFFF0.09.59.50.00913-51.2
28Kaisin, Yrij1739RUSF−13B−10NFFFFF0.09.59.50.00900-21.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets