VPHS_RIVIERA January STANDARD-A

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37 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 05 Jan 2026 to 06 Jan 2026 in Moscow, Russia. Top 10 Elo average was 1537, and top seed was Alexey Egorov (🇷🇺 RUS, 1660).

Stepan Efimov (🇷🇺 RUS, 0) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Yulia Panochina (6.0) and Alexey Egorov (5.0). Efimov shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.

Location

🇷🇺Moscow, Russia

Dates

05 Jan 2026 → 06 Jan 2026

Time control

Standard: All Moves in 30 Min. Del. 30 Sec. / /

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇺Alexey Egorov1660

Avg top 10

1,537

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇷🇺Russia×33

Top 3

🥇
Stepan Efimov
🇷🇺RUS
6.0pts·1641perf0.0
🥈
Yulia Panochina
🇷🇺RUS
6.0pts·1630perf0.0
🥉
Alexey Egorov
🇷🇺RUS·1660
5.0pts·1677perf+0.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Efimov6Panochina6Vavilin5Kuzmichev5Ananiev5Egorov5

R5–R7 · LEAD HELD

Stepan Efimov held the sole lead from R5 through R7 without losing it.

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.0/7. Efimov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (29.5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Stepan Efimov beat Yulia Panochina (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Stepan Efimov	*	1	1	1
2Yulia Panochina	0	*	—	—
3Artem Ev Vavilin	0	—	*	—
4Pavel Kuzmichev	0	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Efimov, Stepan	0	RUS	+3B	+7N	+6B	+4N	+2B	−?N	+9B	6.0	29.5	29.5	29.50	1641	0.0
2	Panochina, Yulia	0	RUS	+22B	+17N	+20B	+9N	−1N	+11B	+?B	6.0	24.0	24.0	18.00	1630	0.0
3	Egorov, Alexey	1660	RUS	−1N	+37B	+12N	+18B	+10N	=13B	=6N	5.0	26.5	26.5	16.00	1677	+0.8
4	Kuzmichev, Pavel	0	RUS	+18N	+19B	+8N	−1B	−?N	+10B	+11N	5.0	25.5	25.5	19.50	1581	0.0
5	Ananiev, Grigory	0	RUS	+11N	=10B	=?N	=7N	=9B	+15B	+13N	5.0	24.5	24.5	18.25	1544	0.0
6	Vavilin, Artem Ev	1486	RUS	+37N	+24B	−1N	=10B	+21N	+18B	=3B	5.0	24.5	24.5	14.00	1815	+49.2
7	Grishchenko, Rodion	1516	RUS	+29N	−1B	+19N	=5B	−11N	+21B	+17N	4.5	25.0	27.5	15.00	2395	+24.4
8	Zolin, Aleksey Al	1580	RUS	+27B	+23N	−4B	=17N	−13B	+26N	+12B	4.5	22.5	25.5	14.75	1709	+11.6
9	Mametov, Daniel	1575	RUS	+36N	=12B	+21N	−2B	=5N	+14B	−1N	4.0	28.0	28.5	12.00	2207	+10.8
10	Tyabaev, Aleksandr	0	RUS	+34B	=5N	+14B	=6N	−3B	−4N	+25B	4.0	27.0	28.0	13.00	1550	0.0
11	Bogoljubov, Evgeniy	0	RUS	−5B	+34N	+25B	+23N	+7B	−2N	−4B	4.0	26.5	27.5	11.50	1580	0.0
12	Stepanenko, Sergey	0	RUS	+13B	=9N	−3B	=14N	+23B	+22B	−8N	4.0	24.5	27.5	14.00	1369	0.0
13	Volkov, Yaroslav Yu	0	RUS	−12N	+36B	=28N	+32B	+8N	=3N	−5B	4.0	23.0	23.5	10.75	1649	0.0
14	Rogov, Aleksey Aleks	1405	RUS	=16B	+31N	−10N	=12B	+20B	−9N	+29N	4.0	22.0	24.5	12.50	784	-10.8
15	Batrakov, Vladimir	1476	RUS	+25B	−20N	−23B	+27N	+17B	−5N	+22B	4.0	21.0	24.0	12.50	2333	+69.6
16	Kheifets, Alexander Mikh	0	RUS	=14N	−21B	=32N	+29B	−22N	+34B	+24N	4.0	17.5	18.5	9.50	1466	0.0
17	Tosenko, Aleksandr	1550	RUS	+28N	−2B	+24N	=8B	−15N	+30B	−7B	3.5	24.5	27.0	10.25	1431	-36.8
18	Uymanov, Georgy Al	1488	RUS	−4B	+26N	+33B	−3N	+25B	−6N	=20B	3.5	24.5	26.0	9.25	1446	-6.0
19	Chernov, Viktor	0	RUS	+26B	−4N	−7B	−25N	+31N	=29B	+28N	3.5	20.5	23.0	9.25	740	0.0
20	Deordiev, Luka	0	RUS	+35N	+15B	−2N	−?B	−14N	+32B	=18N	3.5	20.5	20.5	8.75	1455	0.0
21	FIDE 570004994	0	—	=30B	+16N	−9B	+28N	−6B	−7N	=26B	3.0	23.0	25.5	9.25	727	0.0
22	Golubeva, Vera And	0	RUS	−2N	−28B	+36N	+30B	+16B	−12N	−15N	3.0	23.0	23.5	7.00	675	0.0
23	Belikov, Nikita Aleks	0	RUS	+32N	−8B	+15N	−11B	−12N	−24B	+30N	3.0	22.0	24.0	8.50	1394	0.0
24	Averyanov, Sergey	1468	RUS	+33B	−6N	−17B	−26N	+27B	+23N	−16B	3.0	21.5	23.0	7.50	1381	-16.8
25	Khejfets, Dmitry	1566	RUS	−15N	+35B	−11N	+19B	−18N	+36B	−10N	3.0	20.0	20.5	5.00	679	-50.0
26	Saffiulinna, Dina	1409	RUS	−19N	−18B	+37N	+24B	=32N	−8B	=21N	3.0	19.5	19.5	5.50	1397	0.0
27	Koltygin, Dmitriy	1433	RUS	−8N	−32B	+35N	−15B	−24N	+33B	+34N	3.0	16.0	17.0	3.50	719	-23.4
28	Lazarev, Aleksey	0	RUS	−17B	+22N	=13B	−21B	−30N	+31N	−19B	2.5	19.5	22.0	7.50	795	0.0
29	Chernov, Konstantin	0	RUS	−7B	−33N	+34B	−16N	+35B	=19N	−14B	2.5	18.5	19.5	3.75	660	0.0
30	Chumak, Alexandr	0	RUS	=21N	−?B	+31B	−22N	+28B	−17N	−23B	2.5	17.5	17.5	6.50	795	0.0
31	Godnya, Alexander Ev	0	RUS	=?N	−14B	−30N	+33N	−19B	−28B	+36N	2.5	14.5	14.5	2.00	607	0.0
32	Ananev, Nikolay	0	RUS	−23B	+27N	=16B	−13N	=26B	−20N	F	2.0	20.5	20.5	6.50	1457	0.0
33	FIDE 13541668	0	—	−24N	+29B	−18N	−31B	−34N	−27N	=35B	1.5	15.5	16.5	3.00	668	0.0
34	Bogolyubova, Ekaterina Ev	0	RUS	−10N	−11B	−29N	F	+33B	−16N	−27B	1.0	19.0	19.0	1.50	637	0.0
35	FIDE 570004986	0	—	−20B	−25N	−27B	=36B	−29N	F	=33N	1.0	14.0	14.0	1.00	702	0.0
36	FIDE 522065903	0	—	−9B	−13N	−22B	=35N	F	−25N	−31B	0.5	17.5	17.5	0.50	776	0.0
37	Plotnikov, Nikita Al	0	RUS	−6B	−3N	−26B	F	F	F	F	0.0	14.0	14.0	0.00	773	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Batrakov, VladimirRUS
+69.6
4.0 pts · #2
2Vavilin, Artem EvRUS
+49.2
5.0 pts · #4
3Grishchenko, RodionRUS
+24.4
4.5 pts · #19

Top rating losers

1Khejfets, DmitryRUS
-50.0
3.0 pts · #24
2Tosenko, AleksandrRUS
-36.8
3.5 pts · #13
3Koltygin, DmitriyRUS
-23.4
3.0 pts · #36