VPHS_Petrosyan Memorial 2026 January STANDARD-A
Open SwissStandard
43 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 05 Jan 2026 to 11 Jan 2026 in Moscow, Russia. 10 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2165, and top seed was Saveliy Golubov (🇷🇺 RUS, IM, 2481).
Saveliy Golubov (🇷🇺 RUS, IM, 2481) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Nikolay Birmenko (5.5) and Kirill Bazyrtsyrenov (5.0). Golubov shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Evgenij Shuvalov (1980) beat Evgeny Egorov (IM, 2204), a +224-point gap.
Location
🇷🇺Moscow, Russia
Dates
05 Jan 2026 → 11 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Titled players · 10
IM×3
FM×3
CM×1
WIM×1
WFM×1
WCM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇷🇺Russia×28
FIDE (no federation)×13
🇰🇿Kazakhstan×2
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R7; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
13
6
3
4
2
2
2
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 5.5/7. Golubov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (28.5).
R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
IM Saveliy Golubov drew with Nikolay Birmenko (White).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
IM Saveliy Golubov 3 wins (R1–R3)Nikolay Birmenko 4 wins (R3–R6)Andrey Preobrazhensky 4 wins (R3–R6)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1IMSaveliy Golubov | * | ½ | — | ½ |
| 2Nikolay Birmenko | ½ | * | — | 1 |
| 3Andrey Preobrazhensky | — | — | * | ½ |
| 4FMKirill Bazyrtsyrenov | ½ | 0 | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Golubov, SaveliyIM | 2481 | RUS | +22N | +27B | +10N | =3B | +6N | =5N | =2B | 5.5 | 28.5 | 31.5 | 23.75 | 2334 | -8.2 |
| 2 | Birmenko, Nikolay | 2081 | FID | +36N | −19B | +34N | +18B | +9B | +3N | =1N | 5.5 | 24.0 | 26.0 | 19.75 | 2331 | +83.6 |
| 3 | Bazyrtsyrenov, KirillFM | 2226 | RUS | +26B | +29N | +5B | =1N | +4B | −2B | =7N | 5.0 | 29.0 | 32.0 | 21.25 | 2245 | +5.2 |
| 4 | Murashko, Vasiliy | 1943 | RUS | =6N | +7B | +25B | +13N | −3N | +12B | =9B | 5.0 | 28.0 | 31.5 | 21.75 | 2246 | +111.6 |
| 5 | Voloshkin, Daniil | 2081 | FID | +17B | +18N | −3N | +38B | +10N | =1B | =6N | 5.0 | 27.0 | 29.0 | 18.75 | 2238 | +27.8 |
| 6 | Kurdagiya, Aleksandr G | 2044 | FID | =4B | +24N | +35B | +9N | −1B | +19N | =5B | 5.0 | 27.0 | 29.0 | 18.50 | 2225 | +63.6 |
| 7 | Preobrazhensky, Andrey | 2057 | RUS | =35B | −4N | +30B | +36N | +17B | +11N | =3B | 5.0 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 16.50 | 2147 | +17.2 |
| 8 | Sanches-Shananin, Adrian | 2130 | FID | =20N | −28B | =37N | +34B | +38N | +18B | +14N | 5.0 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 14.25 | 2130 | +3.6 |
| 9 | Prokopchuk, YuryFM | 2221 | RUS | +34N | +15B | +19N | −6B | −2N | +26B | =4N | 4.5 | 26.0 | 28.0 | 15.00 | 2091 | -20.0 |
| 10 | Zdorov, Egor VitCM | 2098 | RUS | +41B | +11N | −1B | +21N | −5B | =32N | +17B | 4.5 | 24.5 | 25.5 | 13.75 | 2155 | +19.6 |
| 11 | Shuvalov, Evgenij | 1980 | FID | +14N | −10B | +27N | =26B | +40N | −7B | +32B | 4.5 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 13.00 | 2129 | +28.4 |
| 12 | Tokmantsev, Ivan | 1988 | RUS | =33N | +37B | −13B | +35N | +23B | −4N | +19B | 4.5 | 20.5 | 22.5 | 12.25 | 2067 | +31.2 |
| 13 | Ippolitov, Mikhail Al | 2073 | RUS | =28N | +20B | +12N | −4B | =26N | −14B | +29N | 4.0 | 23.0 | 26.0 | 14.00 | 2054 | -6.8 |
| 14 | Egorov, EvgenyIM | 2204 | KAZ | −11B | +41N | =36B | =17N | +29B | +13N | −8B | 4.0 | 22.0 | 23.0 | 10.75 | 2057 | -12.5 |
| 15 | Kanzychakov, Mihail | 1987 | RUS | +31B | −9N | −17B | +30N | −32B | +35N | +36B | 4.0 | 18.5 | 20.5 | 10.00 | 2015 | +5.2 |
| 16 | Kovtunenko, AlexandrFM | 2018 | RUS | −18B | −17N | +33N | =20B | =37N | +34B | +26N | 4.0 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 10.25 | 2003 | -2.4 |
| 17 | Druchinin, Semen | 1959 | RUS | −5N | +16B | +15N | =14B | −7N | +28B | −10N | 3.5 | 26.5 | 29.5 | 13.00 | 2056 | +36.4 |
| 18 | Dubovkin, Matvey | 1929 | RUS | +16N | −5B | +29B | −2N | +25B | −8N | =23B | 3.5 | 26.5 | 29.5 | 12.25 | 2048 | +44.0 |
| 19 | I, Gi Su | 1910 | RUS | +43B | +2N | −9B | =23N | +21B | −6B | −12N | 3.5 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 10.75 | 2058 | +26.6 |
| 20 | Tolstykh, Viktor | 1972 | FID | =8B | −13N | =24B | =16N | +39B | =21N | =25B | 3.5 | 23.5 | 25.5 | 11.75 | 2017 | +17.2 |
| 21 | Kondakov, Konstantin | 2046 | FID | =37N | +42B | +28N | −10B | −19N | =20B | =22N | 3.5 | 20.0 | 20.5 | 8.00 | 1970 | -29.2 |
| 22 | Krasin, Boris Vsev | 1984 | FID | −1B | −30N | +31B | −32N | +41B | +38N | =21B | 3.5 | 19.5 | 20.5 | 7.75 | 1983 | -4.8 |
| 23 | Nasybullina, AlfiaWIM | 2036 | KAZ | =42N | +33B | =38N | =19B | −12N | =27B | =18N | 3.5 | 19.0 | 19.5 | 8.75 | 1924 | -20.8 |
| 24 | Pjankova, Olga | 1922 | RUS | =40N | −6B | =20N | =27B | −28N | +39N | +34B | 3.5 | 18.5 | 20.5 | 8.25 | 1980 | +22.0 |
| 25 | Kuznetsov, Mikhail Dm | 2004 | RUS | +39N | =38B | −4N | =40B | −18N | +37B | =20N | 3.5 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 7.75 | 1935 | -26.8 |
| 26 | Starikov, Vadim | 1982 | FID | −3N | +39B | +32B | =11N | =13B | −9N | −16B | 3.0 | 24.5 | 26.5 | 8.75 | 1993 | +0.8 |
| 27 | Komissarov, Stanislav | 1988 | RUS | +30B | −1N | −11B | =24N | =35B | =23N | =28B | 3.0 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 9.00 | 1969 | -6.4 |
| 28 | Fotchenkov, Timofey | 1949 | RUS | =13B | +8N | −21B | −29N | +24B | −17N | =27N | 3.0 | 22.5 | 25.5 | 12.00 | 1965 | +4.4 |
| 29 | Chudinovskikh, Alexander MIM | 1987 | RUS | +32N | −3B | −18N | +28B | −14N | +33B | −13B | 3.0 | 22.0 | 24.5 | 8.00 | 1970 | -2.2 |
| 30 | Kozlov, Ilya | 1909 | RUS | −27N | +22B | −7N | −15B | −34N | +42B | +40N | 3.0 | 19.5 | 20.0 | 6.00 | 1940 | +11.2 |
| 31 | Galkin, Vladimir | 1899 | RUS | −15N | −34B | −22N | −39B | +42N | +41N | +35B | 3.0 | 14.5 | 15.0 | 3.50 | 1910 | +1.8 |
| 32 | Trubnikov, Nikita | 1860 | RUS | −29B | F | −26N | +22B | +15N | =10B | −11N | 2.5 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 9.75 | 1946 | +12.8 |
| 33 | Bazarov, Vladimir | 1901 | RUS | =12B | −23N | −16B | +42N | =36B | −29N | =39B | 2.5 | 19.0 | 19.5 | 4.75 | 1876 | -5.4 |
| 34 | Lovakov, Egor Vladimirovich | 1980 | RUS | −9B | +31N | −2B | −8N | +30B | −16N | −24N | 2.0 | 25.5 | 28.5 | 6.00 | 1868 | -44.0 |
| 35 | Yakimenko, Alexander A. | 1948 | FID | =7N | +40B | −6N | −12B | =27N | −15B | −31N | 2.0 | 24.5 | 26.5 | 6.00 | 1837 | -21.0 |
| 36 | Elnikova, Milena | 1960 | RUS | −2B | F | =14N | −7B | =33N | +40B | −15N | 2.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 5.25 | 1914 | -15.6 |
| 37 | Emelyanov, Evgeny Alex. | 1947 | RUS | =21B | −12N | =8B | =41N | =16B | −25N | −38B | 2.0 | 22.5 | 23.5 | 6.75 | 1838 | -41.2 |
| 38 | Ilin, Artem | 1822 | RUS | F | =25N | =23B | −5N | −8B | −22B | +37N | 2.0 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 5.50 | 1906 | +22.8 |
| 39 | Lagashin, Pavel | 1926 | FID | −25B | −26N | =41B | +31N | −20N | −24B | =33N | 2.0 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 4.75 | 1791 | -25.4 |
| 40 | Yunker, Alisa GenriettaWFM | 2003 | FID | =24B | −35N | +42B | =25N | −11B | −36N | −30B | 2.0 | 18.5 | 19.0 | 4.00 | 1793 | -80.4 |
| 41 | Vershinin, Ivan | 1964 | RUS | −10N | −14B | =39N | =37B | −22N | −31B | F | 1.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 2.00 | 1737 | -33.0 |
| 42 | Kusakina, UlianaWCM | 1932 | FID | =23B | −21N | −40N | −33B | −31B | −30N | F | 0.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 1.75 | 1565 | -88.4 |
| 43 | Varankin, Leonid | 1992 | RUS | −19N | F | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 1110 | -24.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Murashko, VasiliyRUS+111.65.0 pts · #7
- 2Birmenko, NikolayFID+83.65.5 pts · #2
- 3Kurdagiya, Aleksandr GFID+63.65.0 pts · #6
Top rating losers
- 1Kusakina, UlianaWCMFID-88.40.5 pts · #42
- 2Yunker, Alisa GenriettaWFMFID-80.42.0 pts · #37
- 3Lovakov, Egor VladimirovichRUS-44.02.0 pts · #35
Biggest upsets
- R1+224 Elo gap
- R2+181 Elo gap
- R4+177 Elo gap