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VPHS_Petrosyan Memorial 2026 January STANDARD-B

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25 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 05 Jan 2026 to 11 Jan 2026 in Moscow, Russia. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1825, and top seed was Maksim Al Zuev (🇷🇺 RUS, 1899).

Vladimir Mikh Demidov (🇷🇺 RUS, 1698) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Valeriy Talyzin (6.0) and Alexandr Denisovich Filippov (5.0). Demidov shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Alisa Domashchenko (1603) beat Vladislav Grigoryev (1792), a +189-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
Top seed
🇷🇺Maksim Al Zuev1899
Avg top 10
1,825
Participants
25
Federations · 3 represented
🇷🇺Russia×20
FIDE (no federation)×4
🇦🇲Armenia×1
Top 3

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
10
6
3
2
1
1
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Demidov6Talyzin6Filippov5Kravchenko5Tolengit4.5Dragunov4.5
R5–R7 · LEAD HELD

Vladimir Mikh Demidov held the sole lead from R5 through R7 without losing it.

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.0/7. Demidov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (26.0).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Vladimir Mikh Demidov drew with Valeriy Talyzin (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Vladimir Mikh Demidov*
½
——
2Valeriy Talyzin
½
*
½
—
3Alexandr Denisovich Filippov—
½
*
1
4Nikita A Kravchenko——
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Demidov, Vladimir Mikh1698RUS+14B+17N+5B=2N+11B+7N=6B6.026.028.523.252098+135.6
2Talyzin, Valeriy1812RUS+16N+20B+8N=1B=3N+9B+10N6.026.028.022.502074+41.0
3Filippov, Alexandr Denisovich1831RUS+25B+12N−11B+4N=2B=5N+7B5.026.526.517.751936+19.8
4Kravchenko, Nikita A1790RUS−12B+25N+23B−3B+18N+8B+9N5.020.520.512.001902+42.8
5Tolengit, Arman1826RUS+21N+7B−1N−9B+20N=3B+19B4.523.525.513.001840+7.6
6Dragunov, Sergey Aleks1824RUS=17B=18N+12B=19N=13B+11N=1N4.521.524.015.501851+12.0
7Shilyaev, Makariy1759RUS+13B−5N+24B+15N+8N−1B−3N4.026.527.512.001866+42.0
8Zuev, Maksim Al1899RUS+22B+15N−2B+11N−7B−4N+13B4.025.527.012.001850-18.4
9Zaretskiy, Vadim1714RUS−15B+22N+14B+5N+19B−2N−4B4.025.026.512.001829+46.0
10Pjankov, Evgeny1774RUS=18B−13N+22B=17B+23N+12N−2B4.019.521.09.001794+4.2
11Nikonov, Maksim1807RUS+19B+23N+3N−8B−1N−6B=14N3.525.527.010.751762-16.4
12Barchuk, Ilya A1714RUS+4N−3B−6N+25B=17N−10B+18N3.523.523.58.751771+23.2
13Krivonosov, Alexandr1881RUS−7N+10B−19N+16B=6N+17B−8N3.522.024.511.751775-20.0
14Saifulov, Gleb1767RUS−1N+16B−9N=20B=15B+24N=11B3.522.023.08.501748-8.0
15Sobolev, Lev Yu.1788FID+9N−8B=20N−7B=14N=18B+21N3.520.022.010.001758-11.6
16Kazaryan, Karina1727FID−2B−14NF−13N+24B+20B+17N3.018.518.55.501783+18.4
17Zakharova, Milana1729RUS=6N−1B+18B=10N=12B−13N−16B2.524.527.08.501658-28.8
18Osetrov, Prokhor1711FID=10N=6B−17N+21B−4B=15N−12B2.523.025.08.001663-18.0
19Bortkevich, Vladimir Vit1716RUS−11NF+13B=6B−9N+22B−5N2.521.521.57.251745+8.8
20Mirzoev, Tabriz Z1715RUS+24B−2N=15B=14N−5B−16NF2.021.521.54.501660-17.2
21Khachatrian, Narek1739ARM−5B−24N+25B−18N−22N+23B−15B2.014.514.51.501588-58.8
22Naskalnyi, Timofey1762RUS−8N−9B−10NF+21B−19N=23N1.518.018.02.751548-33.4
23Domashchenko, Alisa1603FIDF−11B−4N+24N−10B−21N=22B1.517.017.01.751585-5.2
24Grigoryev, Vladislav1792RUS−20N+21B−7N−23B−16N−14BF1.016.016.02.001446-51.6
25Zaitsev, Pavel1743RUS−3N−4B−21N−12NFFF0.015.515.50.00969-37.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets