Russian Championship B15 2026

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59 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 06 Feb 2026 to 14 Feb 2026 in Sochi, Russia. 5 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2159, and top seed was Ruslan Gadzhiev ( FID, FM, 2339).

Arseny Kleschevnikov ( FID, CM, 2227) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Vadim Starikov (7.0) and Miroslav Baturin-Vinogradov (7.0). Kleschevnikov shared the lead from round 7, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Aleksandr Ter-Abramyan (1565) beat Vadim Kelekhsaev (1975), a +410-point gap.

Location

🇷🇺Sochi, Russia

Dates

06 Feb 2026 → 14 Feb 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

FMRuslan Gadzhiev2339

Avg top 10

2,159

Participants

Titled players · 5

FM×1

CM×4

Federations · 2 represented

🇷🇺Russia×40

FIDE (no federation)×19

Top 3

🥇
CMArseny Kleschevnikov
FID·2227
7.0pts·2267perf+23.2
🥈
Vadim Starikov
FID·1983
7.0pts·2162perf+82.4
🥉
CMMiroslav Baturin-Vinogradov
FID·2100
7.0pts·2206perf+48.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 4 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Starikov7Kleschevnikov7Baturin-Vinogradov7Kryakvin7Gadzhiev6.5Lovakov6— ex-leaders:Kotsyubaled R6, #8

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

4 players finish on 7.0/9. Kleschevnikov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (49.0).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Vadim Starikov lost to CM Arseny Kleschevnikov (White).

2× WIN STREAK · 3+3 wins

Vadim Starikov posted 3 in a row (R1–R3) and 3 in a row (R7–R9) — total 6 wins.

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Vadim Starikov	*	0	1	—
2CMArseny Kleschevnikov	1	*	—	½
3CMMiroslav Baturin-Vinogradov	0	—	*	—
4Andrey Kryakvin	—	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Kleschevnikov, ArsenyCM	2227	FID	+22B	+34N	=7B	+2N	=4B	=5N	+9B	=6N	+14B	7.0	49.0	53.5	40.75	2267	+23.2
2	Starikov, Vadim	1983	FID	+24B	+29N	+3N	−1B	+12N	−6B	+19N	+8B	+13N	7.0	46.5	51.0	38.00	2162	+82.4
3	Baturin-Vinogradov, MiroslavCM	2100	FID	+52B	+8N	−2B	+27N	=16B	+15N	+5B	=7N	+6B	7.0	46.5	49.0	36.50	2206	+48.8
4	Kryakvin, Andrey	2168	RUS	+19B	+27N	+31B	=5N	=1N	=10B	=6N	+21B	+7B	7.0	46.0	50.5	37.75	2290	+57.6
5	Gadzhiev, RuslanFM	2339	FID	+43N	+16B	+13N	=4B	=6N	=1B	−3N	+17B	+12N	6.5	48.0	52.0	35.00	2213	-19.6
6	Kotsyuba, VictorCM	2136	FID	+49B	=20N	+41B	+7N	=5B	+2N	=4B	=1B	−3N	6.0	49.5	52.5	32.75	2170	+20.0
7	Gudovanyi, Lev	2027	RUS	+47N	+44B	=1N	−6B	+14N	+37B	+13N	=3B	−4N	6.0	45.5	48.5	28.50	2094	+38.8
8	Nefedov, Mikhail	1769	RUS	+17N	−3B	−16N	+39B	+22B	+33N	+15B	−2N	+18B	6.0	44.0	48.0	29.00	2111	+155.2
9	Avagyan, Artur	2098	RUS	+38N	+14B	=37N	=12B	=11N	=17B	−1N	+26B	+28N	6.0	42.0	46.0	28.75	2067	-8.0
10	Antipov, FedorCM	2213	FID	=25N	=26B	+20B	=35N	+24B	=4N	=17N	=11B	+21N	6.0	41.5	46.0	30.25	2043	-57.4
11	Lovakov, Egor Vladimirovich	1936	RUS	=56N	+45B	=25N	+30B	=9B	−18N	+20B	=10N	+16B	6.0	39.5	41.5	27.25	2016	+40.8
12	Chernov, Lev	1928	FID	+42B	+28N	=18B	=9N	−2B	=38N	+25B	+40N	−5B	5.5	41.5	45.5	24.50	2081	+70.4
13	Rakhimkulov, Askar	2012	FID	+54B	+46N	−5B	=24N	+20B	+16N	−7B	+37N	−2B	5.5	41.5	44.0	22.25	1969	-12.8
14	Soldatov, Artem	1889	RUS	+59B	−9N	+51B	=18N	−7B	+44N	+24B	+28B	−1N	5.5	39.5	40.5	19.00	2018	+60.4
15	Pyatnitsyn, Matvey A	1958	RUS	=50N	=56B	+26N	+25B	=37N	−3B	−8N	+39B	+30N	5.5	37.5	39.5	22.00	1892	-22.4
16	Kuchma, Danil	1946	RUS	+48N	−5N	+8B	+19B	=3N	−13B	=26N	+33B	−11N	5.0	45.0	48.0	24.25	1992	+17.2
17	Gladchenko, Nikolay	1960	FID	−8B	=38N	+29B	+41N	+44B	=9N	=10B	−5N	=20B	5.0	42.0	45.5	22.50	1971	+2.8
18	Voroshilov, Roman	2106	FID	=26N	+50B	=12N	=14B	=32N	+11B	−21N	+19B	−8N	5.0	42.0	45.0	24.00	1909	-85.6
19	Elamiryan, Martin	1859	RUS	−4N	+48B	+28B	−16N	+23B	+31N	−2B	−18N	+40B	5.0	42.0	45.0	21.00	2041	+82.4
20	Golikov, Ivan	1815	FID	+39N	=6B	−10N	+40B	−13N	+30B	−11N	+35B	=17N	5.0	41.5	45.5	22.50	2023	+90.8
21	Volkov, Aleksandr Ser	1936	RUS	=58B	−41N	+47B	=44N	+49B	+32N	+18B	−4N	−10B	5.0	36.0	37.5	18.00	1972	+13.6
22	Makovetskiy, Artem Ser	1867	RUS	−1N	+53B	−30N	+56B	−8N	=29B	=47N	+45B	+42N	5.0	35.0	37.0	15.75	1810	-29.2
23	Glushkov, Dmitry E	1909	RUS	−29B	−24N	+45N	+50B	−19N	+46B	=39N	+38B	=37B	5.0	33.0	36.0	18.00	1798	-47.2
24	Volodin, Gleb	1800	RUS	−2N	+23B	+39N	=13B	−10N	+36B	−14N	=27B	=33N	4.5	42.5	46.5	20.75	1980	+80.4
25	Usov, Dmitry E.	1864	RUS	=10B	+58N	=11B	−15N	+29B	=28B	−12N	=31N	=36B	4.5	41.0	42.5	18.75	1948	+36.4
26	Golubev, Dmitry E	1851	RUS	=18B	=10N	−15B	=58N	+41B	+35N	=16B	−9N	=34B	4.5	40.5	42.0	19.50	1973	+53.2
27	Prokhorov, Ivan	1891	FID	+51N	−4B	+46N	−3B	=30N	=40B	=31B	=24N	=29B	4.5	39.5	42.5	17.50	1849	-18.0
28	Birmenko, Nikolay	2164	FID	+32N	−12B	−19N	+57B	+35B	=25N	+38B	−14N	−9B	4.5	39.5	41.5	17.25	1894	-115.2
29	Zimens, Nikita	1647	RUS	+23N	−2B	−17N	+43B	−25N	=22N	=42B	+47B	=27N	4.5	39.0	42.0	18.75	1871	+99.2
30	Zakaryan, Bogdan	1651	RUS	+35B	−31N	+22B	−11N	=27B	−20N	+44B	+49N	−15B	4.5	38.5	41.5	18.25	1888	+104.4
31	Minkhajdarov, Ruslan	2004	FID	+57N	+30B	−4N	=37B	=38N	−19B	=27N	=25B	=32N	4.5	38.0	40.0	17.25	1836	-72.4
32	Berdashkevich, Makar	1859	FID	−28B	+59N	=36B	+34N	=18B	−21B	−40N	+53N	=31B	4.5	34.5	35.5	15.00	1941	+38.0
33	Zherzdev, Mikhail	1919	FID	−46B	=54N	=42B	+48N	+52B	−8B	+45N	−16N	=24B	4.5	32.0	34.5	14.50	1765	-70.8
34	Kozlov, Ilya	1920	RUS	+55N	−1B	−44N	−32B	+56N	+48B	−37N	+51B	=26N	4.5	32.0	34.0	12.75	1781	-62.8
35	Betenev, Artem Dm	1916	RUS	−30N	+57B	+56N	=10B	−28N	−26B	+49B	−20N	+55N	4.5	32.0	34.0	12.50	1860	-28.0
36	Kelekhsaev, Vadim	1975	RUS	+53N	−37B	=32N	−38B	=45N	−24N	+50B	+48B	=25N	4.5	31.0	33.5	14.75	1760	-94.4
37	Ter-Abramyan, Aleksandr	1565	FID	F	+36N	=9B	=31N	=15B	−7N	+34B	−13B	=23N	4.0	41.5	41.5	19.50	1952	+131.6
38	Belousov, Maksim Dm.	1824	RUS	−9B	=17B	+55N	+36N	=31B	=12B	−28N	−23N	=39B	4.0	39.0	41.5	16.50	1930	+46.4
39	Konyaev, Kirill Andr	2039	FID	−20B	+52N	−24B	−8N	+47N	+50B	=23B	−15N	=38N	4.0	36.0	38.5	13.00	1788	-114.0
40	Igumnov, Nikita	1951	RUS	−44B	=47N	+54B	−20N	+58B	=27N	+32B	−12B	−19N	4.0	33.5	35.0	12.25	1782	-80.4
41	Maslov, Dmitry	1889	RUS	=45N	+21B	−6N	−17B	−26N	=57B	−48N	+59B	+46N	4.0	32.5	33.5	12.25	1775	-51.6
42	Tynkalyuk, Nikita	1691	RUS	−12N	=43B	=33N	−47B	=57N	+55B	=29N	+54B	−22B	4.0	31.5	33.5	12.50	1772	+38.8
43	Knyazkov, Egor	1874	RUS	−5B	=42N	=58B	−29N	−48B	+59N	−53B	+57N	+50B	4.0	27.0	28.0	8.75	1740	-67.2
44	Vagizov, Aidar	1755	RUS	+40N	−7N	+34B	=21B	−17N	−14B	−30N	−46B	+59N	3.5	38.0	39.0	12.00	1769	+3.2
45	Larionov, Mikhail	1623	RUS	=41B	−11N	−23B	+54N	=36B	+52N	−33B	−22N	=53B	3.5	34.0	36.5	10.50	1799	+71.2
46	Gershenovich, Timofei	1678	RUS	+33N	−13B	−27B	−49N	+53B	−23N	=52B	+44N	−41B	3.5	32.5	35.0	11.75	1791	+48.4
47	Larionov, Tikhon	1806	RUS	−7B	=40B	−21N	+42N	−39B	+58N	=22B	−29N	−51N	3.0	35.5	37.0	10.00	1709	-47.6
48	Artemyev, Miron	1746	RUS	−16B	−19N	F	−33B	+43N	−34N	+41B	−36N	+49B	3.0	34.5	34.5	11.00	1818	+26.8
49	Valiullin, Danir	1855	RUS	−6N	=55B	=50N	+46B	−21N	+51B	−35N	−30B	−48N	3.0	32.5	35.0	9.25	1669	-89.2
50	Bazarguruev, Ayur	1766	RUS	=15B	−18N	=49B	−23N	+59B	−39N	−36N	+58B	−43N	3.0	32.5	33.5	6.75	1769	-3.2
51	Ovchinnikov, Vsevolod	1640	RUS	−27B	F	−14N	−52N	+54B	−49N	+57B	−34N	+47B	3.0	27.5	27.5	7.50	1763	+45.2
52	Svetletskiy, Ivan	1828	RUS	−3N	−39B	+53N	+51B	−33N	−45B	=46N	−55B	−54N	2.5	30.5	33.0	7.25	1642	-90.0
53	Samurganov, Hristofor	1782	RUS	−36B	−22N	−52B	F	−46N	+56B	+43N	−32B	=45N	2.5	29.5	29.5	7.75	1659	-54.0
54	Slashchev, Nikita	1806	FID	−13N	=33B	−40N	−45B	−51N	F	+58B	−42N	+52B	2.5	28.5	28.5	6.25	1655	-65.2
55	Nazarov, Mikhail Yu	1683	RUS	−34B	=49N	−38B	−59N	F	−42N	+56B	+52N	−35B	2.5	25.5	25.5	6.00	1654	-13.6
56	Savarkhanov, Radmir	1703	RUS	=11B	=15N	−35B	−22N	−34B	−53N	−55N	F	+57B	2.0	32.5	32.5	7.75	1666	-15.2
57	Kozyrin, Maxim A	1805	RUS	−31B	−35N	+59B	−28N	=42B	=41N	−51N	−43B	−56N	2.0	30.5	31.5	5.00	1614	-84.4
58	Veselovsky, Ilja	1708	RUS	=21N	−25B	=43N	=26B	−40N	−47B	−54N	−50N	F	1.5	30.5	30.5	6.75	1606	-37.6
59	Nesterenko, Mikhail Vit	1627	RUS	−14N	−32B	−57N	+55B	−50N	−43B	F	−41N	−44B	1.0	29.0	29.0	2.50	1493	-43.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Nefedov, MikhailRUS
+155.2
6.0 pts · #9
2Ter-Abramyan, AleksandrFID
+131.6
4.0 pts · #40
3Zakaryan, BogdanRUS
+104.4
4.5 pts · #34

Top rating losers

1Birmenko, NikolayFID
-115.2
4.5 pts · #32
2Konyaev, Kirill AndrFID
-114.0
4.0 pts · #38
3Kelekhsaev, VadimRUS
-94.4
4.5 pts · #33

Biggest upsets

R2+410 Elo gap
Ter-Abramyan, Aleksandr1565 beat Kelekhsaev, Vadim1975
R7+355 Elo gap
Ter-Abramyan, Aleksandr1565 beat Kozlov, Ilya1920
R9+337 Elo gap
Nefedov, Mikhail1769 beat Voroshilov, Roman2106