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FIDE World Cadet & Youth Chess Championships 2026 - Blitz O16

SwissBlitz

43 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held from 19 Apr 2026 to 20 Apr 2026 in Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia. 18 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2438, and top seed was Aleksandr E. Usov (🇷🇺 RUS, IM, 2547).

David Kaufman ( FID, IM, 2438) won with 9.0/11, ahead of Khumoyun Begmuratov (8.5) and Aleksandr E. Usov (8.0). Kaufman shared the lead from round 9 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Ognjen Mihajlovic (1935) beat Novak Dumbelovic (FM, 2522), a +587-point gap.

Location
🇷🇸Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia
Dates
19 Apr 2026 → 20 Apr 2026
Time control
Blitz: 5 minutes for game with 3 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 11 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇺IMAleksandr E. Usov2547
Avg top 10
2,438
Participants
43
Titled players · 18
IM×8
FM×9
CM×1
Federations · 8 represented
FIDE (no federation)×9
🇷🇸Serbia×9
🇷🇺Russia×8
🇰🇿Kazakhstan×3
🇪🇸Spain×3
🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina×2
🇺🇿Uzbekistan×2
🇧🇾Belarus×2
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 11 rounds

IM David Kaufman led from R11; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R11.

Co-leaders
20
9
2
4
2
1
1
1
3
2
1
35.58.511R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11Begmuratov takes leadKaufman takes lead
Kaufman9Begmuratov8.5Bukreev8Usov8Puzyrevsky7.5Averin7
R8 · LEADER CHANGE20 Apr

IM Khumoyun Begmuratov takes the sole lead (7.0/8).

R9 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM David Kaufman beat IM Khumoyun Begmuratov (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

IM David Kaufman 4+5 wins (R2–R5, R7–R11)IM Khumoyun Begmuratov 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1IMDavid Kaufman*
1
1
0
2IMKhumoyun Begmuratov
0
*
½
½
3IMStanislav Bukreev
0
½
*
1
4IMAleksandr E. Usov
1
½
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Kaufman, DavidIM2438FID−30N+31B+6N+21B+26N−3B+15N+8B+2B+4N+5B9.067.071.559.002527+12.8
2Begmuratov, KhumoyunIM2411UZB+20N+21B+14N=3B+7N=4B+10N+16B−1N+11B=6N8.570.576.055.502549+20.4
3Usov, Aleksandr E.IM2547RUS+19B+11N+13B=2N+9B+1N+17B−4N−5B+10N=12B8.072.078.055.002485-5.7
4Bukreev, StanislavIM2404RUS+28B+17N=12B=15N+19B=2N+5B+3B=11N−1B+10B8.070.575.552.752467+10.6
5Puzyrevsky, SemyonFM2415FID+23N=6B+10N−9B+12N+7B−4N+15B+3N+8B−1N7.572.077.550.002449+6.6
6Bogdanov, ArtyomIM2238KAZ+38B=5N−1B+32N−10N+23B−9B+24N+18B+16N=2B7.066.069.539.002337+60.0
7Averin, NikolayIM2490FID+24B+26N=15B+12N−2B−5N−8B+28N+14B=9N+18B7.065.570.541.002328-18.3
8Sidorenja, RadionCM2123FID+42B−15N+11B−13N+35B+14B+7N−1N+17B−5N+16B7.065.066.037.002428+164.4
9Shevchenko, Yaroslav2282UKR+32B+41N=18B+5N−3N−10B+6N+22B−16N=7B+11N7.064.565.538.502374+25.8
10Villa Tornero, AlexIM2415ESP=18B+42N−5B+23N+6B+9N−2B+13N+25B−3B−4N6.569.070.035.002372-3.8
11Marin Ferragut, PauIM2262ESP+36N−3B−8N+39B+30N+20B+13B+17N=4B−2N−9B6.565.569.034.502269+5.0
12Stefanovic, Bosko2166SRB+34N+16B=4N−7B−5B−25N+23N=21B+29N+17B=3N6.563.568.037.752312+70.7
13Melnikov, FedorFM2325FID+37N+29B−3N+8B−22N+26B−11N−10B+20N=21B+24N6.560.564.535.252262-15.4
14Rumyantsev, SemenFM2311FID+35B+27N−2B−19N+24B−8N=25B+39N−7N+22B+21N6.559.062.531.502201-25.0
15Khazhatuly, AlikhanFM2285KAZ+31N+8B=7N=4B−17N+29B−1B−5N+19B−18N+25B6.066.571.035.002254-13.0
16Gilfanov, Marat IFM2413FID+25B−12N+24B−17N+18B+19N+22B−2N+9B−6B−8N6.065.070.035.002212-26.2
17Zhauynbay AldiyarFM2142KAZ+40N−4B+20N+16B+15B+22N−3N−11B−8N−12N+27B6.064.566.530.502222+33.8
18Krauchi Romero, MartinFM2086ESP=10N+30B=9N−22B−16N+31B+26N+20B−6N+15B−7N6.060.565.032.752272+98.0
19Savelev, Matvei2125BLR−3N+36B+43N+14B−4N−16B−20N+27B−15N+31B+23N6.059.559.525.502187+21.1
20Savchenko, Matvey2032FID−2B+38N−17B+33N+32B−11N+19B−18N−13B+35N+30B6.057.060.527.002133+54.4
21Pogorelov, Vladimir2163RUS+33B−2N+28B−1N=25B−24N+32B=12N+35B=13N−14B5.561.565.527.002141-5.7
22Blagoveshchenskiy, Roman2180FID−27B+35N+25B+18N+13B−17B−16N−9N=30B−14N+33B5.557.061.028.252125-26.8
23Azizov, SadulloFM2086UZB−5B=32N+27B−10B+37N−6N−12B+33N+28B+30N−19B5.557.061.025.252095+4.0
24Kutanjac, Aleksandar2123SRB−7N+39B−16N+36B−14N+21B=28N−6B+38N+25N−13B5.556.059.524.002164+16.8
25Loboyko, Fedor2059RUS−16N+34B−22N+40B=21N+12B=14N+29B−10N−24B−15N5.057.559.524.002120+22.1
26Novikau, Mikita2194BLR+39N−7B+30N+29B−1B−13N−18B−35N−27N+43B+36N5.054.554.517.002060-58.7
27Mihaylov, Boyan1894BUL+22N−14B−23N−30B+36N−38B+31N−19N+26B+29B−17N5.052.556.024.002064+69.8
28Sergooris, Danail Jurgen2000BEL−4N+40B−21N+43B−29N+39N=24B−7B−23N+32B=31N5.051.051.015.002009-1.2
29Kuus, Erik2135RUS+43B−13N+41B−26N+28B−15N+35B−25N−12B−27N+37B5.048.048.014.001975-76.4
30Panic, Viktor2099BIH+1B−18N−26B+27N−11B−35N+38N+36B=22N−23B−20N4.556.560.024.252028-35.3
31Jovanovic, David1976SRB−15B−1N=33B=37B+40N−18N−27B+41N+34B−19N=28B4.552.053.014.251886-30.7
32Makarchik, Arseniy Vik1976RUS−9N=23B+37N−6B−20N+33B−21N−38B+40B−28N+43N4.550.050.013.251897-42.4
33Vlasov, Ilya Ig1724RUS−21N=37B=31N−20B=38N−32N+40B−23B+41N+36B−22N4.545.046.013.001870+23.0
34Ubiparip, Jovan1863SRB−12B−25N−35B−42N+41N+43B−36N+37B−31N=39N+40B4.535.535.58.751826-8.4
35Cirkovic, Vuk1979SRB−14N−22B+34N+41B−8N+30B−29N+26B−21N−20B−38N4.053.054.015.001955-7.5
36Zaklan, Petar1939SRB−11B−19N+38B−24N−27B+41N+34B−30N+39B−33N−26B4.048.549.512.501867-43.2
37Avramovic, Aleksa1995SRB−13B=33N−32B=31N−23B+40N−39B−34N+43N+38B−29N4.044.044.010.001808-88.2
38Davydenya, Mikhail1935RUS−6N−20B−36NF=33B+27N−30B+32N−24B−37N+35B3.549.049.015.751890-26.8
39Mihajlovic, Ognjen1935SLO−26B−24N+42B−11N+43N−28B+37N−14B−36N=34BF3.543.043.07.251948-4.0
40Bajic, Stevo1614BIH−17B−28NF−25N−31B−37B−33N+43B−32N+41B−34N2.039.039.01.001146-43.2
41Snyder, Malik0USAF−9B−29N−35N−34B−36B+43N−31B−33B−40NF1.039.039.00.0011390.0
42Dumbelovic, NovakFM2522SRB−8N−10B−39N+34BFFFFFFF1.021.521.54.502003-24.1
43Moskovljevic, Milos0SRB−29NF−19B−28N−39B−34N−41B−40N−37B−26N−32B0.040.540.50.0011820.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets