Spirit squeak past Inner Circle on tN1R's debut

The Belarusian rifler had a subdued 1.03-rated debut in Sweden.

Spirit got the better of Inner Circle in a three-map series (Ancient 13-4, Nuke 4-13, Ancient 13-11) to get their time with Andrey "⁠tN1R⁠" Tatarinovich off to a succesfull start.

"I'm trying to share my positive emotions, to share my good vibe, because it helps a lot when we have hard rounds. I think my teammates like it," tN1R said about his loud off-server presence in the team.

The series began on Ancient, where Spirit got off to a 6-1 start thanks to a 4vs5 victory with naked pistols. Inner Circle got back into the game after that, though, but still finished their offensive half 4-8 down.

The Russian side's second-half pistol made sure of their victory, and they waltzed towards a 13-4 win without even needing tN1R's impact in the fragging department. The Belarusian rifler, who took over Myroslav "⁠zont1x⁠" Plakhotia's A anchor role, averaged a 0.76 rating on his map as a lack of action consigned him to just 55 ADR.

Nuke was an entirely different story, however, as Inner Circle made the most out of Spirit's completely disjointed T-half. The Russian squad went for three consecutive saves on their offense and could only muster a solitary round in the first half. While a second-half rally made the scoreline at least somewhat respectable, a 4-13 loss was far from what they expected.

Mirage began with another hot start by Inner Circle, who capitalized on Danil "⁠donk⁠" Kryshkovets's off-day to secure Mid control and take a 7-3 lead early on. The Russian phenom then came alive, however, and helped Spirit equal the scores at 7-7, and eventually win the map 13-11.

Mirage was also tN1R's best map in the series, as he found several impactful multi-kills on the CT side as the Short player and averaged a 1.27 rating on the map as a whole.

More highlights from Spirit vs. Inner Circle:

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4th October 2025
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Ancient
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4
Nuke
13
13
Mirage
11
 Spirit K - D Swing ADR KAST Rating3.0
49 - 32 +3.13% 84.0 72.4% 1.27
43 - 41 -0.32% 79.7 74.1% 1.06
34 - 37 -1.07% 68.2 77.6% 1.02
35 - 41 -0.45% 71.2 65.5% 0.97
31 - 41 -0.94% 69.5 62.1% 0.88
 Inner Circle K - D Swing ADR KAST Rating3.0
48 - 32 +1.13% 77.5 67.2% 1.12
37 - 41 +2.50% 76.0 70.7% 1.12
34 - 40 -2.27% 67.9 70.7% 1.00
36 - 40 -0.14% 65.3 65.5% 0.91
37 - 40 -1.77% 70.5 67.2% 0.91
Belarus Andrey 'tN1R' Tatarinovich
Andrey 'tN1R' Tatarinovich
Age:
24
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.06
Maps played:
829
KPR:
0.72
DPR:
0.66
Ukraine Myroslav 'zont1x' Plakhotia
Myroslav 'zont1x' Plakhotia
Age:
20
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.01
Maps played:
746
KPR:
0.67
DPR:
0.64
Russia Danil 'donk' Kryshkovets
Danil 'donk' Kryshkovets
Age:
18
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.25
Maps played:
641
KPR:
0.86
DPR:
0.67
Expected.
2025-10-04 13:17
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zont1x would never
2025-10-04 13:17
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IC fumbled 5v3s 4v2s , last round also unreal, this should have been a win for them. Hard for donk when the enemy also shots back hard 7-11 vs Cairne 11-10 vs dawy in duels
2025-10-04 13:30
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United Kingdom MathmechFan
Zontix would have killed inner circle pre game with his aura alone
2025-10-04 13:19
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1 reply
2025-10-04 21:03
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#5
Faceit level 8  | 
DZ | 
Algeria SilverQuick
Close one
2025-10-04 13:20
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#6
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Switzerland DrMeds
zweih is so fucking useless
2025-10-04 13:23
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he is literally magixx, but without the pop-off potential, like low key spirit is worse with zweih because at least magixx can have life games out of nowhere, like in shanghai.
2025-10-05 05:07
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GGs, what a game that was, props to both squads.
2025-10-04 13:26
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Finland FlaMax_CSGO
"spirit got the better of Inner Circle in a three-map series (Ancient 13-4, Nuke 4-13, Ancient 13-11) to get their time with Andrey "⁠tN1R⁠" Tatarinovich off to a succesfull start." Mfs played two ancients😂🙏
2025-10-04 13:30
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#27
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United States r0l4nd_
Ancient so good both teams agreed to play it twice 🤣
2025-10-04 21:31
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Horrible game, spirit really not looking much better with TN1r out the gate. Obviously it will take time to reach peak form with tn1r and zweih but man was this a rough watch
2025-10-04 13:38
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zont1x | 
Russia shoras
I think it's not the first time we're seeing top teams having a really hard time against significantly lower opposition in their early games at stage 2 (when their opponents came warmed up from stage 1).
2025-10-04 14:25
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yeah you're definitely right, especially since inner circle were peak confidence coming in since they went 3-0
2025-10-04 14:29
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Also spirit hasn‘t Played for a month. Expected rust
2025-10-04 14:34
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#19
Faceit level 8 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
zont1x | 
Russia shoras
Hotu also looking strong against Mongolz, similar situation as they also went 3-0.
2025-10-04 15:14
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To be fair they didn't look good either at the start of Cologne vs Heroic, and then they won the entire thing bearing MOUZ twice and only losing 1 map at the playoffs. Today was just 1 game vs a tier 2 team, I don't think they really prep much for these kinds of games. The real test will be in the 2-0 bracket, assuming they get there.
2025-10-04 21:05
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true true very true. Still im SHITTING myself for the HOTU game
2025-10-05 15:28
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2 replies
Still shitting yourself?
2025-10-05 17:00
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1 reply
no lmao
2025-10-05 17:09
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pick nuke more hally
2025-10-04 13:41
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#11
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Taiwan iloviz
-lully ch0pper +box 1eer
2025-10-04 13:50
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1 reply
#22
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Russia i0n1x
hell no
2025-10-04 21:00
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#12
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Russia kinsley
> Ancient 13-4, Nuke 4-13, Ancient 13-11 Mirage 3rd
2025-10-04 13:59
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#13
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Germany dont_car
kick sh0ro they said
2025-10-04 14:12
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No mentally stable human would say that. to kick a top 3-4 player
2025-10-04 14:34
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Zweih turned out to be such a flop lmao Those are karrigan stats from an upcoming star rifler
2025-10-04 14:24
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#20
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United States bruceW33
Tnir's tec-9 save was wild
2025-10-04 17:28
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#21
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Russia KopHuLLloH
ez
2025-10-04 20:56
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Nuke
2025-10-04 21:03
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Zwei is not that much better than Magixx.
2025-10-04 21:25
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