St. Petersburg 99th Championship, Quarterfinal, Men

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31 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 13 Jan 2026 to 23 Jan 2026 in St. Petersburg, Russia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1864, and top seed was Maksim S Dmitriev (🇷🇺 RUS, 1913).

Deni Visitov (🇷🇺 RUS, 1764) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Artem Ershov (6.5) and Andrey Ryabchenko (6.5). Visitov shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Sergey Klobukov (1585) beat Pavel Stepikov (1886), a +301-point gap.

Location

🇷🇺St. Petersburg, Russia

Dates

13 Jan 2026 → 23 Jan 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇺Maksim S Dmitriev1913

Avg top 10

1,864

Participants

Federations · 2 represented

🇷🇺Russia×30

FIDE (no federation)×1

Top 3

🥇
Deni Visitov
🇷🇺RUS·1764
6.5pts·1937perf+85.2
🥈
Artem Ershov
🇷🇺RUS·1856
6.5pts·1954perf+47.2
🥉
Andrey Ryabchenko
🇷🇺RUS·1712
6.5pts·1990perf+133.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 3 players tied at 6.5/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Ryabchenko6.5Ershov6.5Visitov6.5Vinogradov6Shakuro6Gerchikov5.5

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 6.5/9. Visitov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (46.0).

R4–R6 · WIN STREAK

Deni Visitov won 3 in a row (R4–R6).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Andrey Ryabchenko	*	—	0	½
2Artem Ershov	—	*	0	½
3Deni Visitov	1	1	*	½
4Artem Pav. Vinogradov	½	½	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Visitov, Deni	1764	RUS	+18B	=4N	=5B	+19N	+3B	+2B	=7N	=10N	=6B	6.5	46.0	50.0	35.75	1937	+85.2
2	Ershov, Artem	1856	RUS	+28N	+20B	=11N	+7B	=4B	−1N	+14B	+9N	=5B	6.5	44.0	46.0	30.75	1954	+47.2
3	Ryabchenko, Andrey	1712	RUS	+31N	=8B	+12N	=15B	−1N	+6B	=5N	+21B	+4B	6.5	42.5	42.5	28.00	1990	+133.2
4	Shakuro, Petr E	1901	RUS	+22N	=1B	+16N	+11B	=2N	+5B	=8N	=6B	−3N	6.0	46.5	50.0	31.50	1928	+6.2
5	Vinogradov, Artem Pav.	1884	RUS	=24N	+26B	=1N	+20B	+8N	−4N	=3B	+15B	=2N	6.0	42.0	44.0	27.00	1886	+4.0
6	Dmitriev, Maksim S	1913	RUS	=16B	+14N	=7B	+9N	=10B	−3N	+13B	=4N	=1N	5.5	45.5	50.0	29.50	1856	-24.0
7	Gerchikov, Matvey	1782	RUS	+21N	+15B	=6N	−2N	+11B	=10N	=1B	=8B	=14N	5.5	44.5	48.0	27.50	1881	+50.0
8	Dudarev, Viacheslav	1823	FID	+27B	=3N	=9B	+23N	−5B	+17N	=4B	=7N	=10B	5.5	42.0	44.0	23.50	1818	-0.2
9	Yakubovich, Vladimir	1683	RUS	+13N	=12B	=8N	−6B	+20N	=15B	+23N	−2B	+21N	5.5	39.5	42.0	22.50	1871	+88.8
10	Kirichek, Viktor	1746	RUS	−26N	+19B	+25N	+13B	=6N	=7B	=21N	=1B	=8N	5.5	37.5	39.5	24.25	1779	+17.2
11	Korotkikh, Miron	1837	RUS	+29N	+25B	=2B	−4N	−7N	−21B	+24N	+23B	+15N	5.5	33.0	34.5	16.25	1810	-7.6
12	Shapovalov, Timofey Mikh	1788	RUS	+17B	=9N	−3B	=14N	−21B	+27N	=19B	=13N	+20B	5.0	38.0	40.0	20.25	1729	-27.6
13	Dudkin, Mikhail Dm.	1852	RUS	−9B	+17N	+21B	−10N	=15N	+29B	−6N	=12B	+19B	5.0	38.0	39.5	18.25	1759	-42.0
14	Vereteshkin, Artyom	1810	RUS	=19N	−6B	+28N	=12B	+25N	=23B	−2N	+16N	=7B	5.0	35.5	37.5	17.00	1773	-16.8
15	Polnikov, Ivan	1876	RUS	+23B	−7N	+27B	=3N	=13B	=9N	+17B	−5N	−11B	4.5	41.0	43.0	17.50	1741	-62.8
16	Sergeev, Egor V.	1717	RUS	=6N	+24B	−4B	=29N	−17B	+18N	=22N	−14B	+23N	4.5	34.0	35.5	14.75	1726	+1.6
17	Klobukov, Sergey	1585	RUS	−12N	−13B	+31N	+26B	+16N	−8B	−15N	=22B	+25B	4.5	32.0	32.0	10.25	1740	+32.8
18	Kulakov, Igor	1546	RUS	−1N	+22B	−20N	−28B	+30N	−16B	+29N	=19N	+24B	4.5	28.5	29.5	10.50	1673	+60.8
19	Puchkov, Yury Yu.	1592	RUS	=14B	−10N	+24N	−1B	=22N	+20B	=12N	=18B	−13N	4.0	39.0	41.5	15.50	1696	+48.8
20	Nazarov, Mikhail Yu	1730	RUS	+30B	−2N	+18B	−5N	−9B	−19N	+25B	+29N	−12N	4.0	35.0	36.0	9.00	1625	-48.0
21	Antonov, Savva Dm	1578	RUS	−7B	F	−13N	+22B	+12N	+11N	=10B	−3N	−9B	3.5	42.0	42.0	16.75	1723	+57.2
22	Yatsyshin, Aleksandr	1716	RUS	−4B	−18N	+30B	−21N	=19B	+26N	=16B	=17N	F	3.5	31.0	32.0	9.50	1567	-32.2
23	Gantsevich, Dmitry	1700	RUS	−15N	+29B	+26N	−8B	F	=14N	−9B	−11N	−16B	2.5	34.5	36.0	6.00	1596	-22.0
24	Komlievskaya, Zlata Ser	1703	RUS	=5B	−16N	−19B	+30N	−29B	+25N	−11B	−26B	−18N	2.5	30.0	31.0	6.00	1469	-108.0
25	Simkin, Alexander	1517	RUS	F	−11N	−10B	+27N	−14B	−24B	−20N	+30B	−17N	2.0	30.0	30.0	3.00	1497	-6.2
26	Shutkov, Maksim	1469	RUS	+10B	−5N	−23B	−17N	−27B	−22B	F	+24N	F	2.0	26.5	26.5	8.00	1550	+19.6
27	Nuritdinov, Nizomitdin	1622	RUS	−8N	+31B	−15N	−25B	+26N	−12B	−30B	F	F	2.0	23.5	23.5	2.00	1534	-18.6
28	Zavgorodniy, Valentin	1697	RUS	−2B	+30N	−14B	+18N	F	F	F	F	F	2.0	19.5	19.5	5.50	1672	-2.4
29	Tselminsh, Milana	1660	RUS	−11B	−23N	F	=16B	+24N	−13N	−18B	−20B	F	1.5	29.5	29.5	4.75	1496	-56.4
30	Zakharov, Yuri	1470	RUS	−20N	−28B	−22N	−24B	−18B	F	+27N	−25N	F	1.0	22.0	22.0	2.00	1337	-19.6
31	Stepikov, Pavel	1886	RUS	−3B	−27N	−17B	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	13.0	13.0	0.00	842	-48.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Ryabchenko, AndreyRUS
+133.2
6.5 pts · #1
2Yakubovich, VladimirRUS
+88.8
5.5 pts · #9
3Visitov, DeniRUS
+85.2
6.5 pts · #3

Top rating losers

1Komlievskaya, Zlata SerRUS
-108.0
2.5 pts · #23
2Polnikov, IvanRUS
-62.8
4.5 pts · #15
3Tselminsh, MilanaRUS
-56.4
1.5 pts · #29

Biggest upsets

R3+301 Elo gap
Klobukov, Sergey1585 beat Stepikov, Pavel1886
R1+277 Elo gap
Shutkov, Maksim1469 beat Kirichek, Viktor1746
R2+264 Elo gap
Nuritdinov, Nizomitdin1622 beat Stepikov, Pavel1886