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Seniors SZFO Championship 2026

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18 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 19 Jan 2026 to 25 Jan 2026 in St. Petersburg, Russia. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1985, and top seed was Nikolai M. Mishuchkov (🇷🇺 RUS, IM, 2238).

Valeriy Zhikharev (🇷🇺 RUS, 2096) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Vladimir Napalkov (5.0) and Nikolai M. Mishuchkov (5.0). Zhikharev shared the lead from round 6 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Nikolay Petrov (1526) beat Vladimir A. Nilov (1760), a +234-point gap.

Location
🇷🇺St. Petersburg, Russia
Dates
19 Jan 2026 → 25 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇺IMNikolai M. Mishuchkov2238
Avg top 10
1,985
Participants
18
Titled players · 2
IM×1
FM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇺Russia×18
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Valeriy Zhikharev led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
9
3
3
1
1
2
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Mishuchkov takes leadZhikharev takes lead
R5 · LEADER CHANGE23 Jan

IM Nikolai M. Mishuchkov takes the sole lead (4.0/5).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Valeriy Zhikharev lost to Vladimir Napalkov (Black).

R5–R7 · WIN STREAK

Valeriy Zhikharev won 3 in a row (R5–R7).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Valeriy Zhikharev*
0
½
—
2Vladimir Napalkov
1
*
0
½
3IMNikolai M. Mishuchkov
½
1
*—
4Vadim Balakin—
½
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Zhikharev, Valeriy2096RUS+12N+8B=3B−2N+5B+6N+10B5.525.028.521.002142+9.0
2Napalkov, Vladimir1971RUS+13N+9B=4N+1B−3N=7B+8N5.026.029.520.252124+29.2
3Mishuchkov, Nikolai M.IM2238RUS+10N+14B=1N=8B+2B=9N=5B5.025.028.019.752112-7.7
4Balakin, Vadim2002RUS+7B=11N=2B−5N+15B=10N+9B4.523.526.516.501951-5.4
5Polevoi, Vladimir1819RUS−9N+17B+14N+4B−1N=8B=3N4.025.026.012.752029+36.2
6Starkov, Valery1882RUS+18N−10B+12N=9B=8N−1B+16N4.022.522.510.001896+1.4
7Morozov, Mikhail Vas.1723RUS−4N+18B−8N+17B+14B=2N=12N4.020.520.58.251861+41.2
8Kravtchenko, Vladimir G.1891RUS+15B−1N+7B=3N=6B=5N−2B3.527.530.513.501894+0.6
9Zaykov, Sergey2107RUS+5B−2N+11B=6N=10B=3B−4N3.526.029.513.751948-27.2
10Dyatkinskii, Andrey1823RUS−3B+6N=15B+11N=9N=4B−1N3.526.029.013.001963+23.2
11Nochovniy, Vladimir1901RUS+17N=4B−9N−10B+13N−16B+14N3.521.022.09.751839-10.6
12Nilov, Vladimir A.1760RUS−1B+16N−6B−15N+18B+17N=7B3.520.520.56.001697-11.8
13Schetchikov, VladimirFM1703RUS−2B=15N+16B−14N−11B+18N+17B3.518.518.55.501716+0.2
14Sergeev, Alexey B.1940RUS+16B−3N−5B+13B−7N+15N−11B3.023.026.09.501753-33.2
15Petrov, Nikolay1526RUS−8N=13B=10N+12B−4N−14B+18N3.021.521.57.001714+22.2
16Skulenkov, Nikolay1698RUS−14N−12B−13N+18N+17B+11N−6B3.018.518.54.501673-4.6
17Evsukova, Marina1600RUS−11B−5N+18B−7N−16N−12B−13N1.021.521.50.00967-34.4
18Shalnova, Elena0RUS−6B−7N−17N−16B−12N−13B−15B0.021.022.00.008990.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
Seniors SZFO Championship 2026 — St. Petersburg, Russia | Chess Tournament Results | ChessStats