Championship Samara-2026 men
22 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 07 Apr 2026 to 25 Apr 2026 in Samara, Russia. Top 10 Elo average was 1671, and top seed was Sergei Inyushkin (🇷🇺 RUS, 1837).
Sergei Inyushkin (🇷🇺 RUS, 1837) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Dmitry Kokshev (6.0) and Mariya Lazareva (6.0). Inyushkin won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Dmitry Kokshev (1642) beat Andrei Kadiayev (1813), a +171-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsSergei Inyushkin led from R4; +2.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Sergei Inyushkin never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +2.0 over the runner-up.
Sergei Inyushkin beat Mariya Lazareva (White).
Sergei Inyushkin 8 wins (R1–R8)Andrei Kadiayev 3 wins (R7–R9)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sergei Inyushkin | * | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2Mariya Lazareva | 0 | * | ½ | ½ |
| 3Andrei Kadiayev | 1 | ½ | * | 0 |
| 4Dmitry Kokshev | 0 | ½ | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inyushkin, Sergei | 1837 | RUS | +15B | +7N | +10B | +4N | +3B | +20N | +2N | +6B | −5N | 8.0 | 42.5 | 45.0 | 39.00 | 1956 | +18.6 |
| 2 | Kokshev, Dmitry | 1642 | RUS | +18B | +6N | −4B | =3B | +5N | +8N | −1B | +11B | =7N | 6.0 | 45.5 | 48.5 | 29.00 | 1765 | +52.8 |
| 3 | Lazareva, Mariya | 1665 | RUS | +8B | =9N | +6B | =2N | −1N | =5B | =11N | +17B | +4B | 6.0 | 45.0 | 48.5 | 30.25 | 1794 | +63.2 |
| 4 | Strunina, Polina | 1721 | RUS | +16N | +20B | +2N | −1B | =9N | +7B | =6N | +10B | −3N | 6.0 | 43.0 | 45.5 | 26.50 | 1690 | -4.8 |
| 5 | Kadiayev, Andrei | 1813 | RUS | +17B | −10N | +9B | =20N | −2B | =3N | +8B | +15N | +1B | 6.0 | 41.0 | 43.5 | 28.75 | 1806 | +0.8 |
| 6 | Sosnovskikh, Artem | 1656 | RUS | +11N | −2B | −3N | +13B | +16N | +9B | =4B | −1N | +10B | 5.5 | 43.0 | 46.5 | 23.50 | 1644 | -3.2 |
| 7 | Yavkin, Stepan | 1433 | RUS | +12N | −1B | =16N | =15B | +10B | −4N | =9B | +20N | =2B | 5.0 | 40.0 | 42.5 | 19.75 | 1556 | +38.4 |
| 8 | Kvitnitskiy, Vsevolod | 1618 | RUS | −3N | +14B | =12N | =16B | +17N | −2B | −5N | +9N | +20B | 5.0 | 37.5 | 40.0 | 18.25 | 1593 | -4.6 |
| 9 | Pustovalov, Gennady | 1616 | RUS | +14N | =3B | −5N | +12B | =4B | −6N | =7N | −8B | +17N | 4.5 | 41.5 | 45.0 | 20.00 | 1527 | -18.0 |
| 10 | Popov, Kirill An | 0 | RUS | +22N | +5B | −1N | =11B | −7N | +12B | +20B | −4N | −6N | 4.5 | 41.0 | 41.0 | 14.50 | 1554 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Tupikov, Maxim | 1624 | RUS | −6B | +13N | +21B | =10N | −20B | +15N | =3B | −2N | −19N | 4.0 | 35.0 | 37.0 | 14.75 | 1449 | -23.8 |
| 12 | Kravt, Konstantin | 0 | RUS | −7B | +15N | =8B | −9N | +21B | −10N | −17B | +18N | =13B | 4.0 | 33.0 | 35.0 | 13.00 | 1388 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Musienko, Ivan D | 0 | RUS | F | −11B | +22N | −6N | +14B | =18N | −15B | +16B | =12N | 4.0 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 11.00 | 1357 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Kerpik, Vitaliy | 0 | RUS | −9B | −8N | F | +?B | −13N | +22B | +16N | −19N | +18B | 4.0 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 6.50 | 1545 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Cherkasov, Timofei V. | 1517 | RUS | −1N | −12B | F | =7N | +18B | −11B | +13N | −5B | +21N | 3.5 | 38.0 | 40.0 | 11.50 | 1355 | -30.0 |
| 16 | Grigoryan, Seyran | 1403 | RUS | −4B | +18N | =7B | =8N | −6B | =17N | −14B | −13N | +22B | 3.5 | 36.0 | 36.0 | 9.75 | 1436 | +4.8 |
| 17 | Vinokurova, Svetlana | 1499 | RUS | −5N | +22B | F | +21N | −8B | =16B | +12N | −3N | −9B | 3.5 | 33.5 | 33.5 | 7.75 | 1257 | -24.6 |
| 18 | Shaydullin, Mikhail | 0 | RUS | −2N | −16B | =?N | +19B | −15N | =13B | +21N | −12B | −14N | 3.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 7.00 | 1204 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Zatler, Mikhail | 0 | RUS | F | F | F | −18N | F | F | +22N | +14B | +11B | 3.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 8.00 | 1645 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Safonov, Dmitry | 1508 | RUS | +21B | −4N | F | =5B | +11N | −1B | −10N | −7B | −8N | 2.5 | 42.0 | 44.0 | 9.00 | 1481 | -6.6 |
| 21 | Pronin, Matvej | 0 | RUS | −20N | +?B | −11N | −17B | −12N | F | −18B | +22N | −15B | 2.0 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 0.00 | 1299 | 0.0 |
| 22 | FIDE 540067238 | 0 | — | −10B | −17N | −13B | F | −?N | −14N | −19B | −21B | −16N | 0.0 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 0.00 | 682 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Lazareva, MariyaRUS+63.26.0 pts · #2
- 2Kokshev, DmitryRUS+52.86.0 pts · #4
- 3Yavkin, StepanRUS+38.45.0 pts · #8
- 1Cherkasov, Timofei V.RUS-30.03.5 pts · #21
- 2Vinokurova, SvetlanaRUS-24.63.5 pts · #20
- 3Tupikov, MaximRUS-23.84.0 pts · #15
- R5+171 Elo gap
- R5+116 Elo gap