Ryazan Region Chess Cup

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60 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 03 Jan 2026 to 06 Jan 2026 in Ryazan, Russia. 2 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1830, and top seed was Andrey M. Sokolov (🇷🇺 RUS, FM, 2299).

Anton Arsenov (🇷🇺 RUS, 2025) won with 6.5/8, ahead of Roman A. Shanoyan (6.0) and Andrey M. Sokolov (6.0). Arsenov won solo starting round 7.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Roman A. Shanoyan (1662) beat Anton Arsenov (2025), a +363-point gap.

Location

🇷🇺Ryazan, Russia

Dates

03 Jan 2026 → 06 Jan 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 8 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇺FMAndrey M. Sokolov2299

Avg top 10

1,830

Participants

Titled players · 2

IM×1

FM×1

Federations · 2 represented

🇷🇺Russia×48

FIDE (no federation)×1

Top 3

🥇
Anton Arsenov
🇷🇺RUS·2025
6.5pts·1994perf+1.0
🥈
Roman A. Shanoyan
🇷🇺RUS·1662
6.0pts·1903perf+87.2
🥉
FMAndrey M. Sokolov
🇷🇺RUS·2299
6.0pts·2075perf-27.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

Anton Arsenov led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Arsenov6.5Shanoyan6Frolova6Sokolov6Raikin5.5Zherzdeliaev5.5

R4–R8 · LEAD HELD

Anton Arsenov held the sole lead from R4 through R8 without losing it.

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Anton Arsenov lost to Roman A. Shanoyan (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Anton Arsenov 5 wins (R1–R5)Roman A. Shanoyan 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Anton Arsenov	*	0	½	1
2Roman A. Shanoyan	1	*	—	—
3Umila Frolova	½	—	*	—
4FMAndrey M. Sokolov	0	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Arsenov, Anton	2025	RUS	+22B	+19N	+11B	+6N	+3B	−2N	+5B	=4N	6.5	39.0	43.5	34.50	1994	+1.0
2	Shanoyan, Roman A.	1662	RUS	+27N	+42B	+8N	=7B	=5N	+1B	=9N	=10B	6.0	38.0	41.0	30.00	1903	+87.2
3	Sokolov, Andrey M.FM	2299	RUS	+48N	+28B	=5N	+10B	−1N	+19B	=8N	+14B	6.0	36.5	39.5	27.50	2075	-27.0
4	Frolova, Umila	1679	RUS	+38B	+39N	=9B	+20N	=7N	=8B	+23N	=1B	6.0	36.0	40.0	28.50	1925	+88.4
5	Zherzdeliaev, Andrei	1688	RUS	+34N	+17B	=3B	+9N	=2B	+12N	−1N	=7B	5.5	40.0	44.0	28.75	1922	+92.0
6	Proshlyakov, Ivan	1690	RUS	+31N	+16B	+15N	−1B	+14N	=7B	=10N	=9B	5.5	38.0	42.0	27.25	1843	+56.0
7	Raikin, LeonidIM	1950	RUS	+47B	+14N	+24B	=2N	=4B	=6N	=11B	=5N	5.5	38.0	41.0	26.75	1794	-12.7
8	Apalkov, Nikolai	1696	RUS	+35B	+18N	−2B	+36N	+22B	=4N	=3B	=11N	5.5	37.0	41.0	26.25	1796	+34.4
9	Budanov, Aleksey	1746	RUS	+54N	+13B	=4N	−5B	+21N	+28B	=2B	=6N	5.5	37.0	39.5	25.25	1735	-1.0
10	Zharkov, Daniil	1693	FID	=12B	+29N	+33B	−3N	+24B	+18N	=6B	=2N	5.5	36.5	40.5	26.00	1834	+49.6
11	Khokhlov, Vitaliy Kir	1674	RUS	+30N	+52B	−1N	=21B	+27N	+13B	=7N	=8B	5.5	35.5	38.0	23.75	1751	+22.4
12	Zorin, Dmitrii	1758	RUS	=10N	+51B	=21N	=13B	+16N	−5B	+27N	+17B	5.5	35.0	37.5	24.25	1658	-29.6
13	Bocharov, Vladimir Il	1518	RUS	+40B	−9N	+37B	=12N	+20B	−11N	+36B	+21N	5.5	33.5	37.0	23.25	1737	+69.6
14	Petrachenkov, Aleksandr	1606	RUS	+57B	−7B	+30N	+33N	−6B	+31N	+29B	−3N	5.0	33.0	34.5	17.50	1628	-1.6
15	Pustov, Stanislav	1653	RUS	+25B	+26N	−6B	−22N	−19B	+35N	+46B	+31N	5.0	31.5	34.5	20.00	1375	-28.6
16	Logunov, Mark	1515	RUS	+41B	−6N	+38B	=24N	−12B	+51N	=20B	+29N	5.0	31.5	34.0	18.50	1631	+28.4
17	Orlov, Ivan Aleks	1500	RUS	+58B	−5N	=35B	+40N	=29B	+32N	+22B	−12N	5.0	31.0	32.5	17.50	1573	+12.0
18	Mangutov, Viktor St	1598	RUS	+59N	−8B	+49N	+43B	=28N	−10B	=19N	+33B	5.0	29.5	30.5	15.25	1469	-28.0
19	Sevostianov, Kirill	1622	RUS	+45N	−1B	+52N	=27B	+15N	−3N	=18B	=26N	4.5	34.0	36.5	17.25	1632	-6.8
20	Lukianov, Ilia	1757	RUS	+49N	=21B	+23N	−4B	−13N	+43B	=16N	=22B	4.5	33.0	36.0	17.50	1523	-74.8
21	Suchkova, Evangelina Pet	1545	RUS	+56B	=20N	=12B	=11N	−9B	+52N	+28N	−13B	4.5	33.0	35.0	16.25	1625	+19.2
22	Fomenko, Evgeniy	1551	RUS	−1N	+46B	+54N	+15B	−8N	+42B	−17N	=20N	4.5	32.5	35.0	15.75	1563	-2.4
23	Glushkov, Vadim Val	1651	RUS	+46B	−33N	−20B	+56N	+37B	+26N	−4B	=25N	4.5	30.5	32.5	15.75	1491	-24.8
24	Esin, Sergey	1672	RUS	+55N	+43B	−7N	=16B	−10N	−27B	+52B	+37N	4.5	29.5	32.0	14.50	1322	-66.4
25	Sabadin, Dmitrii	0	RUS	−15N	−31B	+59N	−30B	+54N	+40B	+34N	=23B	4.5	27.5	28.5	13.25	1608	0.0
26	Shcherbakov, Grigorii	1431	RUS	+32N	−15B	=51N	=44B	+53N	−23B	+43N	=19B	4.5	26.5	29.0	14.50	1369	-5.2
27	Batin, Bogdan	1415	RUS	−2B	+56N	+32B	=19N	−11B	+24N	−12B	=30N	4.0	34.0	36.0	14.75	1529	+23.2
28	Kharkin, Alexey	1637	RUS	+60B	−3N	+31B	+47N	=18B	−9N	−21B	=32N	4.0	32.0	33.0	12.50	1537	-15.8
29	Storozhuk, Mikhail	1685	RUS	=44N	−10B	+41N	+51B	=17N	+30B	−14N	−16B	4.0	31.0	33.5	14.00	1258	-73.2
30	Glushenkov, Platon Ser	0	RUS	−11B	+?N	−14B	+25N	+36B	−29N	=32B	=27B	4.0	31.0	31.0	12.50	1436	0.0
31	FIDE 55870988	0	—	−6B	+25N	−28N	+54B	+44N	−14B	+45N	−15B	4.0	30.0	32.5	13.00	846	0.0
32	Sokolov, Aleksandr	0	RUS	−26B	+41N	−27N	+49B	+34N	−17B	=30N	=28B	4.0	29.0	32.0	14.50	1348	0.0
33	Konkov, Danila Rom	0	RUS	+50N	+23B	−10N	−14B	−42N	+53B	+44N	−18N	4.0	29.0	31.5	13.00	1447	0.0
34	Potapov, Dmitrii	1520	RUS	−5B	+57N	=40B	=35N	−32B	+41N	−25B	+44N	4.0	28.0	29.5	11.75	888	-11.2
35	Guseynov, Aleksandr	0	RUS	−8N	+59B	=17N	=34B	−52N	−15B	+53N	+45B	4.0	27.5	28.5	11.00	1400	0.0
36	Chupsheva, Miraslava Ser	1591	RUS	−42N	+44B	+48N	−8B	−30N	+55B	−13N	+43B	4.0	27.0	29.5	11.50	808	-37.6
37	Sharipov, Maksim	0	RUS	−51N	+53B	−13N	+45B	−23N	+48B	+42N	−24B	4.0	26.0	28.5	11.50	814	0.0
38	Udaltsov, Roman	0	RUS	−4N	+50B	−16N	−53B	−45N	+59B	+55N	+42B	4.0	25.0	26.0	9.50	798	0.0
39	Kiseleva, Angelina	1542	RUS	+53N	−4B	−43N	=48B	=55N	−44B	+51B	+46N	4.0	23.0	25.5	10.75	880	-12.4
40	FIDE 522083049	0	—	−13N	+45B	=34N	−17B	−51N	−25N	+57B	+54B	3.5	27.0	28.5	9.00	1241	0.0
41	FIDE 522067710	0	—	−16N	−32B	−29B	+60N	+50N	−34B	=49N	+52B	3.5	25.5	26.5	8.00	758	0.0
42	Bespalov, Kirill	0	RUS	+36B	−2N	−47B	+58N	+33B	−22N	−37B	−38N	3.0	29.5	31.0	9.50	1378	0.0
43	Vasin, Egor	0	RUS	+?B	−24N	+39B	−18N	+47B	−20N	−26B	−36N	3.0	29.5	29.5	7.00	1422	0.0
44	Israfilov, Kenan	0	RUS	=29B	−36N	+57B	=26N	−31B	+39N	−33B	−34B	3.0	28.5	30.0	9.75	1468	0.0
45	Proshliakov, Oleg	0	RUS	−19B	−40N	+60B	−37N	+38B	+47N	−31B	−35N	3.0	27.0	28.0	8.00	1551	0.0
46	Novichkov, Aleksandr	0	RUS	−23N	−22N	+?B	=52B	=48N	+49B	−15N	−39B	3.0	26.5	26.5	5.75	799	0.0
47	Stepanov, Evgeniy Ol	1490	RUS	−7N	+55B	+42N	−28B	−43N	−45B	=54N	=50B	3.0	24.0	26.5	8.25	959	-14.8
48	Siniakin, Artem	0	RUS	−3B	+60N	−36B	=39N	=46B	−37N	=?B	=56N	3.0	24.0	24.0	5.50	1536	0.0
49	FIDE 55872239	0	—	−20B	+58N	−18B	−32N	+56B	−46N	=41B	=?N	3.0	23.5	23.5	5.25	883	0.0
50	FIDE 522027696	0	—	−33B	−38N	−56B	+?N	−41B	=57N	+58B	=47N	3.0	19.5	19.5	3.75	1481	0.0
51	Kholin, Mikhail	0	RUS	+37B	−12N	=26B	−29N	+40B	−16B	−39N	F	2.5	30.5	30.5	9.75	1207	0.0
52	Filin, Aleksei	0	RUS	+?B	−11N	−19B	=46N	+35B	−21B	−24N	−41N	2.5	29.5	29.5	5.50	832	0.0
53	FIDE 540023214	0	—	−39B	−37N	+?B	+38N	−26B	−33N	−35B	=55B	2.5	27.0	27.0	5.25	677	0.0
54	Lobanov, Andrey Andreev	0	RUS	−9B	+?N	−22B	−31N	−25B	+58N	=47B	−40N	2.5	26.5	26.5	3.00	1320	0.0
55	Mistiukov, Vadim	0	RUS	−24B	−47N	=58B	+?N	=39B	−36N	−38B	=53N	2.5	23.5	23.5	4.00	1249	0.0
56	FIDE 570004765	0	—	−21N	−27B	+50N	−23B	−49N	=?B	F	=48B	2.0	23.0	23.0	4.50	742	0.0
57	FIDE 540054420	0	—	−14N	−34B	−44N	−59B	+60N	=50B	−40N	−?B	1.5	20.5	20.5	2.50	763	0.0
58	FIDE 570004749	0	—	−17N	−49B	=55N	−42B	+59N	−54B	−50N	−60N	1.5	20.0	21.0	2.25	703	0.0
59	FIDE 570004773	0	—	−18B	−35N	−25B	+57N	−58B	−38N	F	F	1.0	22.5	22.5	1.50	808	0.0
60	FIDE 570004803	0	—	−28N	−48B	−45N	−41B	−57B	−?N	−?N	+58B	1.0	16.5	16.5	1.50	836	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Zherzdeliaev, AndreiRUS
+92.0
5.5 pts · #3
2Frolova, UmilaRUS
+88.4
6.0 pts · #5
3Shanoyan, Roman A.RUS
+87.2
6.0 pts · #4

Top rating losers

1Lukianov, IliaRUS
-74.8
4.5 pts · #15
2Storozhuk, MikhailRUS
-73.2
4.0 pts · #36
3Esin, SergeyRUS
-66.4
4.5 pts · #38

Biggest upsets

R6+363 Elo gap
Shanoyan, Roman A.1662 beat Arsenov, Anton2025
R5+274 Elo gap
Arsenov, Anton2025 beat FMSokolov, Andrey M.2299
R6+257 Elo gap
Batin, Bogdan1415 beat Esin, Sergey1672