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FIDE World Cadet & Youth Chess Championships 2026 - Blitz O18

SwissBlitz

33 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held from 19 Apr 2026 to 20 Apr 2026 in Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia. 23 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2407, and top seed was Mukhammadzokhid Suyarov (🇺🇿 UZB, IM, 2505).

Roman Shogdzhiev ( FID, IM, 2405) won with 9.0/11, ahead of Ergali Suleimen (8.5) and Alexei Kozlov (8.0). Shogdzhiev shared the lead from round 9 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 11: Radmil Georgiev (1653) beat Michael Burns (2206), a +553-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
🇺🇿IMMukhammadzokhid Suyarov2505
Avg top 10
2,407
Participants
33
Titled players · 23
IM×8
FM×14
CM×1
Federations · 8 represented
🇰🇿Kazakhstan×9
🇷🇸Serbia×5
🇷🇺Russia×4
🇺🇿Uzbekistan×3
🇪🇸Spain×2
FIDE (no federation)×2
🇭🇷Croatia×2
🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina×2
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 11 rounds

IM Roman Shogdzhiev led from R11; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
13
5
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
35.58.511R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11Kozlov takes leadShogdzhiev takes lead
Shogdzhiev9Suleimen8.5Kozlov8Suyarov7.5Vershinin7.5Tabuenca Mendataurigoitia7
R7 · LEADER CHANGE20 Apr

FM Alexei Kozlov takes the sole lead (6.0/7).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Roman Shogdzhiev drew with IM Ergali Suleimen (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

IM Roman Shogdzhiev 4 wins (R8–R11)IM Ergali Suleimen 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R9–R11)FM Alexei Kozlov 6 wins (R3–R8)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1IMRoman Shogdzhiev*
½
1
½
2IMErgali Suleimen
½
*
0
0
3FMAlexei Kozlov
0
1
*
1
4IMMukhammadzokhid Suyarov
½
1
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Shogdzhiev, RomanIM2405FID=27B+29N+12B=15N+16B=4B=2N+6N+3B+7B+9N9.065.068.055.502557+20.1
2Suleimen, ErgaliIM2333KAZ+28N+30B+5N−4B+14B+8N=1B−3N+6B+15N+12N8.566.569.049.002480+23.0
3Kozlov, AlexeiFM2366FID+13B−21N+33B+27N+15B+7N+4N+2B−1N+9B−5B8.066.066.044.502451+13.1
4Suyarov, MukhammadzokhidIM2505UZB+24B+16N+21B+2N+6B=1N−3B+17N−9B+10N−7B7.568.573.047.002480-2.7
5Vershinin, IgorFM2280RUS+26B+17N−2B−6N+27B−22N+12B+8N=15B+11B+3N7.562.566.042.752426+46.4
6Tabuenca Mendataurigoitia, DanielFM2376ESP+23N−15B+25N+5B−4N+14B+7N−1B−2N+19N+13B7.067.571.541.002367-0.6
7Omonov, AsrorjonIM2372UZB+19N=14B=15N+24B+18N−3B−6B+13N+16B−1N+4N7.065.570.040.252399+9.0
8Ansat, AldiyarIM2461KAZ−14N+19B=20N+13B=10N−2B+29N−5B=23N+22B+18N6.561.064.033.502313-18.2
9Daulet, AlikhanFM2350KAZ=29B−11N−13B+32N+28N+24B+20N+10B+4N−3N−1B6.560.061.030.002297-7.8
10Sapenov, DaniyalIM2435KAZ−21B=13N+29B+12N=8B=16N+15B−9N+18B−4B+20N6.559.562.534.502337-11.7
11Pingin, ArtemIM2364RUS=25N+9B−18N−20B−19N+31B+28B+21N+17B−5N+15B6.554.056.530.502267-22.2
12Akhilbay, ImangaliFM2190KAZ+22N=18B−1N−10B=13N+25B−5N+26B+14N+17N−2B6.063.567.530.252287+29.2
13Amirkul, AlimzhanFM2114KAZ−3N=10B+9N−8N=12B+21N+23B−7B+25N+16N−6N6.063.067.032.252339+121.6
14Bayantas, AsmanFM2247KAZ+8B=7N+17B=18B−2N−6N+19B−16N−12B+29N+24B6.061.564.531.252318+20.8
15Abdukhakimov, AkbaraliFM2266UZB+33N+6N=7B=1B−3N+18B−10N+22B=5N−2B−11N5.570.570.529.252317+30.8
16Amangeldy, ErnurFM2281KAZ+31N−4B+23N+21B−1N=10B=18N+14B−7N−13B=17B5.563.065.527.252283+1.7
17Perea Fruet, LorenzoIM2406ESP+20N−5B−14N+25B+21N+19B+22N−4B−11N−12B=16N5.560.064.027.752265-19.5
18Sundac, IvanoFM2317CRO+32B=12N+11B=14N−7B−15N=16B+20N−10N+23B−8B5.560.061.026.752269-12.0
19Zakirov, MusaFM2140RUS−7B−8N+32B+30N+11B−17N−14N+28B+22N−6B=21B5.554.555.521.002204+40.4
20Assylov, MirasFM2233KAZ−17B+32N=8B+11N−22B+23N−9B−18B+30N+24N−10B5.554.055.022.752256+11.4
21Kozlovic, JernejFM2241SLO+10N+3B−4N−16N−17B−13B+32N−11B=27N+28B=19N5.058.059.023.502195-19.2
22Khodko, Yurii N.FM2375RUS−12B+28N−27B+26N+20N+5B−17B−15N−19B−8N+33B5.053.053.020.502156-56.4
23Tadic, Stefan M2195SRB−6B+26N−16B+33N+24N−20B−13N+29B=8B−18N=25B5.051.551.516.752115-32.6
24Petrus, AdrianCM2251CRO−4N+31B+30N−7N−23B−9N+27B=25B+26N−20B−14N4.551.554.014.502092-31.2
25Kanacki, Vuk2061SRB=11B=27N−6B−17N+26B−12NF=24N−13B+32B=23N4.049.049.014.752082+7.6
26Georgiev, Radmil1653BUL−5N−23BF−22B−25N+30N+31B−12N−24B+33N+27B4.040.540.58.501853+73.2
27Burns, Michael2206MKD=1N=25B+22N−3B−5N−29B−24NF=21B+30B−26N3.552.552.516.502047-76.8
28Zdravkovic, Filip1885SRB−2B−22B+31N=29N−9BF−11N−19N+33B−21N+32B3.543.543.55.001951+12.0
29Mulhem,Laith.1976SYR=9N−1B−10N=28B+33B+27N−8B−23NF−14BF3.049.049.08.502059+22.4
30Ivanov, Semen1543SRBF−2N−24B−19B=31N−26B+33N+32B−20B−27NF2.538.038.02.251665+33.4
31Gigov, Mario1692SRB−16B−24N−28BF=30B−11N−26N+33B+32NFF2.527.527.52.251706-7.6
32Sukalo, Dobrica1774BIH−18N−20B−19N−9BF+33N−21B−30N−31B−25N−28N1.040.540.50.001600-80.0
33Pepic, Vasilije1646BIH−15BF−3N−23B−29N−32B−30B−31N−28N−26B−22N0.040.040.00.001071-101.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets