VO Moscow. January 2026

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72 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 11 Jan 2026 to 01 Feb 2026 in Moscow, Russia. 1 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1972, and top seed was Sergey Grigorian (🇷🇺 RUS, 2073).

Ivan Tokmantsev (🇷🇺 RUS, 1988) won with 6.5/8, ahead of Matvey Kapitsa (6.5) and Vladimir Galkin (6.0). Tokmantsev shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Stanislav Zaremba (1534) beat Andrey Ivanov (1961), a +427-point gap.

Location

🇷🇺Moscow, Russia

Dates

11 Jan 2026 → 01 Feb 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 8 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇺Sergey Grigorian2073

Avg top 10

1,972

Participants

Titled players · 1

CM×1

Federations · 3 represented

🇷🇺Russia×64

FIDE (no federation)×5

🇹🇬Togo×1

Top 3

🥇
Ivan Tokmantsev
🇷🇺RUS·1988
6.5pts·2093perf+41.2
🥈
Matvey Kapitsa
🇷🇺RUS·1930
6.5pts·2042perf+45.6
🥉
Vladimir Galkin
🇷🇺RUS·1899
6.0pts·1998perf+22.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

Tight race until R8; 2 players tied at 6.5/8, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Kapitsa6.5Tokmantsev6.5Kumarage6Galkin6Gordeychik6Onischenko5.5

R8 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.5/8. Tokmantsev takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (39.0).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Matvey Kapitsa lost to Ivan Tokmantsev (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Matvey Kapitsa 3 wins (R1–R3)Vishva Kumarage 6 wins (R1–R8)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Matvey Kapitsa	*	0	—	—
2Ivan Tokmantsev	1	*	—	1
3Vishva Kumarage	—	—	*	—
4Vladimir Galkin	—	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Tokmantsev, Ivan	1988	RUS	+31B	=15N	+7B	+2N	=4B	+3B	+11N	=12N	6.5	39.0	43.0	35.00	2093	+41.2
2	Kapitsa, Matvey	1930	RUS	+38N	+29B	+53N	−1B	+9N	+13B	=12B	+4N	6.5	35.5	38.0	29.00	2042	+45.6
3	Galkin, Vladimir	1899	RUS	=18N	+39B	+20N	=11B	+6B	−1N	+13N	+17B	6.0	35.5	39.0	27.75	1998	+22.6
4	Gordeychik, Matvey	1854	RUS	+55B	+66N	+27B	=37N	=1N	+17B	+22N	−2B	6.0	32.0	33.0	21.50	1986	+57.6
5	Kumarage, Vishva	1818	RUS	+19B	+28N	F	F	+46B	+49N	+23N	+11B	6.0	29.0	29.0	24.00	2594	+56.4
6	Popkov, Andrey	1991	RUS	+33N	+50B	+35N	−12B	−3N	+41B	=7N	+22B	5.5	32.5	35.5	21.75	1909	-13.0
7	Gorelov, Yuriy	1801	RUS	=42N	+40B	−1N	+36B	+53N	+37N	=6B	=8B	5.5	32.0	34.5	20.75	1936	+60.0
8	Onischenko, Andrey	1933	RUS	+45B	−27N	+46B	+29N	−13B	+25N	+16B	=7N	5.5	31.5	34.5	22.75	1845	-14.8
9	Polukhin, Yaroslav	1829	RUS	+49B	+64N	−37B	+26N	−2B	+27N	=14B	+20N	5.5	31.0	32.5	20.00	1836	+6.8
10	Gerasimov, Viktor Aleks	1704	RUS	+68N	=51B	−17N	=14B	=56N	+40B	+54N	+28B	5.5	25.0	26.0	16.25	1837	+46.4
11	Kuzmin, Ivan	1935	RUS	=39N	+18B	+15B	=3N	+26B	+12N	−1B	−5N	5.0	37.5	41.0	23.75	1875	-9.8
12	Chkhitunidze, Leon	1877	RUS	+36N	+44B	F	+6N	+37B	−11B	=2N	=1B	5.0	37.0	40.5	23.00	2029	+30.2
13	Agapov, Ivan Dm	1633	RUS	−37B	+57N	+64B	+35B	+8N	−2N	−3B	+32N	5.0	32.0	33.5	17.50	1893	+89.6
14	Orlov, Arseniy	1562	RUS	+16B	−35N	=67B	=10N	+29B	+58N	=9N	=15B	5.0	31.5	32.5	20.00	1870	+127.2
15	Nabatyan, Mikael	1807	RUS	+57B	=1B	−11N	=59N	=19B	+34N	+38B	=14N	5.0	31.0	33.0	19.00	1729	-11.6
16	Kamaev, Stanislav Al	1816	RUS	−14N	+49B	=56N	+18N	+54B	=23B	−8N	+31B	5.0	29.0	31.5	17.50	1776	-13.2
17	Lagashin, Pavel	1925	FID	+46B	=25N	+10B	=51N	+28B	−4N	=20B	−3N	4.5	33.5	36.5	18.50	1854	-12.8
18	Shabanova, Mariya	1600	FID	=3B	−11N	+63N	−16B	+39N	=30B	=21N	+43B	4.5	31.5	33.0	15.75	1826	+89.6
19	Belyaevskiy, Mikhail	1563	RUS	−5N	+41B	=44N	=20B	=15N	=33B	=30N	+39B	4.5	30.5	34.0	17.50	1773	+91.2
20	Petrenko, Nikita S.	1738	RUS	=34B	+70N	−3B	=19N	+59B	+28N	=17N	−9B	4.5	30.5	31.5	13.50	1808	+26.4
21	Ivanov, Andrey	1961	RUS	=26B	=24N	+45B	−27N	−22B	+59N	=18B	+38N	4.5	29.0	31.0	15.75	1656	-51.8
22	Zaremba, Stanislav	1534	RUS	−58B	+31N	+66B	=53B	+21N	+32N	−4B	−6N	4.5	29.0	30.0	14.75	1854	+122.8
23	Demkin, Igor	2015	RUS	+47B	−53N	+72B	=43N	+27B	=16N	−5B	=25N	4.5	28.5	28.5	13.50	1766	-42.2
24	Lashkul, Sergey	1569	RUS	=30N	=21B	−29N	+66N	−25B	+47N	=27B	+41B	4.5	27.5	28.5	13.75	1787	+90.0
25	Popov, Sergey Vl	1719	RUS	+71N	=17B	−51N	=56B	+24N	−8B	+46N	=23B	4.5	27.5	28.0	13.75	1790	+23.2
26	Musagitov, Marat	1628	RUS	=21N	+63B	=30N	−9B	−11N	+60B	=41N	+54B	4.5	27.0	28.5	12.00	1737	+18.0
27	Rodionov, Nikita Pav	1740	RUS	+62N	+8B	−4N	+21B	−23N	−9B	=24N	=30B	4.0	34.5	36.5	16.25	1803	+28.0
28	Grigorian, Sergey	2073	RUS	+41N	−5B	+38N	+30B	−17N	−20B	+33N	−10N	4.0	32.0	35.5	15.00	1754	-57.2
29	Gurgenidze, Aleksandra	1716	FID	+69B	−2N	+24B	−8B	−14N	=55N	=34B	+46N	4.0	31.0	32.0	11.75	1639	-13.8
30	Belokon, Artour	1826	RUS	=24B	+34N	=26B	−28N	=38B	=18N	=19B	=27N	4.0	30.0	33.5	16.75	1631	-35.6
31	Cherepashkin, Ivan	1634	RUS	−1N	−22B	=40N	+63B	+61N	+42B	=32B	−16N	4.0	29.0	30.5	10.75	1651	+1.8
32	Lagutina, Olga	1819	RUS	=40N	=42B	=36N	+39B	+33N	−22B	=31N	−13B	4.0	28.5	32.0	15.00	1593	-45.0
33	Zaitsev, Mikhail Andr	1642	RUS	−6B	+65N	=54B	+34N	−32B	=19N	−28B	+61N	4.0	26.5	28.0	11.00	1678	-2.4
34	Efimov, Stepan	0	RUS	=20N	−30B	+61N	−33B	+66N	−15B	=29N	+50B	4.0	26.5	27.5	10.25	1732	-107.6
35	Glazkov, Kirill	1836	RUS	+56N	+14B	−6B	−13N	F	F	+48B	+42N	4.0	24.5	24.5	14.00	1747	-18.8
36	Trubitsyn, Vladimir	1592	RUS	−12B	+69N	=32B	−7N	−58B	=48N	+67B	+47N	4.0	24.0	25.0	8.50	1680	+14.4
37	Anfinogenov, Artem	1965	FID	+13N	+43B	+9N	=4B	−12N	−7B	F	F	3.5	30.5	30.5	17.00	1855	-15.6
38	Ignatenko, Boris Al	1603	RUS	−2B	+48N	−28B	+72N	=30N	+53B	−15N	−21B	3.5	29.5	29.5	7.50	1729	+32.8
39	Shiryaev, Eduard	1628	RUS	=11B	−3N	+70B	−32N	−18B	+57N	+58B	−19N	3.5	29.0	30.0	8.50	1653	+2.8
40	Makarov, Daniil	1565	RUS	=32B	−7N	=31B	=47N	+67B	−10N	−43B	+57B	3.5	28.0	29.0	9.00	1657	+35.6
41	Chapygin, Sergey	1663	RUS	−28B	−19N	+69B	+65N	+55B	−6N	=26B	−24N	3.5	27.0	28.0	7.25	1603	-16.0
42	Leontiev, Nikita	1498	RUS	=7B	=32N	=47B	+67N	−44B	−31N	+55B	−35B	3.5	26.5	27.5	9.75	1671	+64.4
43	Grigoryev, Vladislav	1792	RUS	+48B	−37N	+52B	=23B	F	F	+40N	−18N	3.5	22.0	22.0	11.75	1722	-8.0
44	Egorushkin, Lev Aleks	1699	RUS	+60B	−12N	=19B	−54N	+42N	+56B	F	F	3.5	20.0	20.0	10.25	1612	-23.2
45	Tsaregorodtsev, Alexandr	1608	RUS	−8N	+62B	−21N	=57B	F	F	+60N	+71B	3.5	17.0	17.0	5.75	1626	-3.2
46	Bocharnikov, Oleg	1601	RUS	−17N	+71B	−8N	+48B	−5N	+52N	−25B	−29B	3.0	30.5	31.0	6.50	1490	-16.6
47	Pavlenko, Alexandr	1656	RUS	−23N	=61B	=42N	=40B	=48N	−24B	+62N	−36B	3.0	25.0	27.0	8.00	1503	-35.4
48	Darjin, Nikolay	1464	RUS	−43N	−38B	+68N	−46N	=47B	=36B	−35N	+60B	3.0	23.0	24.0	6.50	1407	-8.8
49	Shumilin, Yuriy V	1583	RUS	−9N	−16N	+60B	+64B	+50N	−5B	F	F	3.0	23.0	23.0	6.50	1627	+7.6
50	Magomedov, Rustam	1815	RUS	+65B	−6N	=59B	=55N	−49B	−54N	+52B	−34N	3.0	22.5	24.0	6.75	1515	-45.8
51	Tarnashinskiy, Evgeny	1897	RUS	+59B	=10N	+25B	=17B	F	F	F	F	3.0	16.5	16.5	11.50	1929	+8.4
52	Prokhorov, Vsevolod	0	RUS	−66B	−55N	−43N	+71B	+63N	−46B	−50N	+68N	3.0	15.5	16.0	3.00	1373	0.0
53	Pak, Georgy	1828	RUS	+61N	+23B	−2B	=22N	−7B	−38N	F	F	2.5	26.5	26.5	8.75	1687	-21.8
54	Prutkovskiy, Stepan G	1535	RUS	F	F	=33N	+44B	−16N	+50B	−10B	−26N	2.5	25.5	25.5	8.50	1664	+34.8
55	Korolev, Viktor	1587	RUS	−4N	+52B	=58N	=50B	−41N	=29B	−42N	F	2.5	25.5	25.5	7.75	1534	-9.0
56	Gusev, Andrey V	1586	RUS	−35B	+60N	=16B	=25N	=10B	−44N	F	F	2.5	24.5	24.5	9.50	1605	+3.6
57	Mityakov, Nikolay	1519	RUS	−15N	−13B	+71N	=45N	F	−39B	+70B	−40N	2.5	22.0	22.0	3.25	1419	-15.6
58	Strovskiy, MikhailCM	1815	TOG	+22N	F	=55B	F	+36N	−14B	−39N	F	2.5	19.5	19.5	9.75	1580	-29.4
59	Gorlova, Yuliya	1596	FID	−51N	+68B	=50N	=15B	−20N	−21B	F	F	2.0	23.0	23.0	5.00	1604	-0.4
60	Popov, Aleksey	0	RUS	−44N	−56B	−49N	+62B	+68N	−26N	−45B	−48N	2.0	22.0	23.0	3.00	1263	0.0
61	Prakhov, Nikolay	1583	RUS	−53B	=47N	−34B	+70N	−31B	=67N	F	−33B	2.0	20.5	21.5	3.00	1523	-9.8
62	Mirzoev, Dzhuma	1439	RUS	−27B	−45N	−65B	−60N	+70B	+69N	−47B	F	2.0	16.0	17.0	2.00	1355	-10.4
63	Lyubimov, Nikolay	1410	RUS	F	−26N	−18B	−31N	−52B	−70N	+68B	=69N	1.5	19.0	19.0	1.50	773	0.0
64	Troyan, Mikhail	0	RUS	F	−9B	−13N	−49N	=65B	+68B	F	F	1.5	16.0	16.0	1.75	1319	-15.2
65	Sazhin, Petr	1542	RUS	−50N	−33B	+62N	−41B	=64N	F	F	F	1.5	14.5	14.5	2.75	1452	-19.6
66	Pylaev, Evgenij	1673	RUS	+52N	−4B	−22N	−24B	−34B	F	F	F	1.0	22.0	22.0	3.00	852	-31.8
67	Bars, Oleg	1676	RUS	F	F	=14N	−42B	−40N	=61B	−36N	F	1.0	20.0	20.0	3.50	1319	-45.8
68	FIDE 55859828	0	—	−10B	−59N	−48B	+69N	−60B	−64N	−63N	−52B	1.0	18.5	19.5	1.00	743	0.0
69	Fomichev, Alexey Ol.	0	RUS	−29N	−36B	−41N	−68B	=71N	−62B	F	=63B	1.0	16.5	16.5	1.00	1197	0.0
70	Kashirsky, Eugeny D.	1430	RUS	F	−20B	−39N	−61B	−62N	+63B	−57N	F	1.0	16.0	16.0	1.50	1279	-21.8
71	Tsareva, Vasilisa Andr	0	RUS	−25B	−46N	−57B	−52N	=69B	F	F	−45N	0.5	19.0	19.0	0.50	811	-47.2
72	FIDE 55846270	0	—	F	F	−23N	−38B	F	F	F	F	0.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	1009	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Orlov, ArseniyRUS
+127.2
5.0 pts · #10
2Zaremba, StanislavRUS
+122.8
4.5 pts · #19
3Belyaevskiy, MikhailRUS
+91.2
4.5 pts · #20

Top rating losers

1Efimov, StepanRUS
-107.6
4.0 pts · #27
2Grigorian, SergeyRUS
-57.2
4.0 pts · #25
3Ivanov, AndreyRUS
-51.8
4.5 pts · #15

Biggest upsets

R5+427 Elo gap
Zaremba, Stanislav1534 beat Ivanov, Andrey1961
R8+369 Elo gap
Gerasimov, Viktor Aleks1704 beat Grigorian, Sergey2073
R6+335 Elo gap
Petrenko, Nikita S.1738 beat Grigorian, Sergey2073