Russian Championship B17 2026

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56 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 06 Feb 2026 to 14 Feb 2026 in Sochi, Russia. 20 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2333, and top seed was Aleksandr E. Usov (🇷🇺 RUS, IM, 2402).

Aleksandr E. Usov (🇷🇺 RUS, IM, 2402) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Semyon Puzyrevsky (6.5) and Aleksey Prokhorov (6.5). Usov took the lead from round 8.

The biggest upset came in round 9: Fedor Gemel (1851) beat Boris Plotnikov (FM, 2367), a +516-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

🇷🇺IMAleksandr E. Usov2402

Avg top 10

2,333

Participants

Titled players · 20

IM×1

FM×11

CM×8

Federations · 2 represented

🇷🇺Russia×42

FIDE (no federation)×14

Top 3

🥇
IMAleksandr E. Usov
🇷🇺RUS·2402
7.0pts·2380perf-0.6
🥈
FMSemyon Puzyrevsky
FID·2330
6.5pts·2333perf+4.2
🥉
FMAleksey Prokhorov
FID·2267
6.5pts·2338perf+19.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

IM Aleksandr E. Usov led from R8; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Usov7Lebedev6.5Prokhorov6.5Puzyrevsky6.5Moskvinov6.5Temirbekov6

R8 · LEADER CHANGE13 Feb

IM Aleksandr E. Usov takes the sole lead (6.5/8).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Artem S. Lebedev 3 wins (R2–R4)FM Aleksey Prokhorov 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1IMAleksandr E. Usov	*	—	1	½
2FMArtem S. Lebedev	—	*	—	½
3FMAleksey Prokhorov	0	—	*	½
4FMSemyon Puzyrevsky	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	Usov, Aleksandr E.IM	2402	RUS	+24N	+27B	=15N	=6B	+12N	=2B	+9N	+3N	=4B	7.0	47.0	51.5	39.50	2380	-0.6
2	Puzyrevsky, SemyonFM	2330	FID	+33N	+29B	=6N	+35B	=3B	=1N	+8B	=4N	=5B	6.5	47.5	51.5	35.25	2333	+4.2
3	Prokhorov, AlekseyFM	2267	FID	+53N	+22B	+34N	+11B	=2N	+4B	=7N	−1B	=6N	6.5	46.5	49.0	32.75	2338	+19.4
4	Moskvinov, ProkhorCM	2150	FID	+52B	+16N	=35B	+26N	+7B	−3N	+6B	=2B	=1N	6.5	45.5	48.0	32.75	2336	+88.8
5	Lebedev, Artem S.FM	2345	FID	−34N	+50B	+41N	+19B	=13N	=6B	+15N	+7B	=2N	6.5	42.0	45.0	32.00	2279	-8.0
6	Belov, Aleksei R.CM	2119	RUS	+42B	+37N	=2B	=1N	+36B	=5N	−4N	+13B	=3B	6.0	46.5	50.0	30.25	2309	+93.2
7	Temirbekov, TaimazFM	2353	FID	=44B	+39N	+8B	+15B	−4N	+10N	=3B	−5N	+21B	6.0	45.5	49.0	31.00	2285	-12.2
8	Artemenko, Lev	2074	RUS	+45N	+12B	−7N	+37B	=17N	+13B	−2N	+20B	=10N	6.0	43.5	47.0	29.00	2283	+100.4
9	Gemel, Fedor	1851	RUS	+47B	−15N	=20B	+28N	+23B	+14N	−1B	=11N	+17B	6.0	42.5	46.0	28.75	2296	+189.6
10	Kotelva, Lev MCM	2198	RUS	+50N	−34B	=38N	+39B	+22N	−7B	+29B	+21N	=8B	6.0	38.5	41.5	26.50	2197	+2.4
11	Nosach, Roman AlCM	2202	RUS	+55B	=28N	+18B	−3N	+35N	=17B	=12N	=9B	=14B	5.5	42.0	44.0	24.25	2211	+11.2
12	Rumyantsev, SemenFM	2300	FID	+40B	−8N	+32B	+34N	−1B	=16N	=11B	=18N	+28B	5.5	41.5	45.5	24.75	2148	-28.6
13	Naumov, PetrCM	2181	RUS	=18B	+44N	=36B	+43N	=5B	−8N	+16B	−6N	+31B	5.5	40.5	44.0	24.25	2175	+4.0
14	Gilfanov, Marat IFM	2337	FID	=39B	−18N	+51B	=16N	+43B	−9B	+22N	+23B	=11N	5.5	39.0	41.5	23.25	2086	-45.6
15	Sankov, Igor	2138	RUS	+46N	+9B	=1B	−7N	=26B	+49N	−5B	−17N	+27N	5.0	43.0	46.0	22.75	2171	+18.8
16	Varankin, Leonid	1968	RUS	+31N	−4B	=27N	=14B	+39N	=12B	−13N	+29B	=20N	5.0	41.5	45.5	23.25	2216	+109.2
17	Plotnikov, BorisFM	2367	RUS	+32B	−35N	+28B	+29N	=8B	=11N	−21B	+15B	−9N	5.0	41.0	45.0	24.25	2141	-46.8
18	Ionov, Andrey	1933	RUS	=13N	+14B	−11N	=27B	=31N	+35B	=26N	=12B	=25N	5.0	40.5	44.5	24.25	2223	+125.6
19	Kovalenko, Mark	1885	RUS	=23B	=20N	+21B	−5N	=34B	=22B	−25N	+49N	+35B	5.0	39.5	42.5	21.50	2127	+105.2
20	Demchenko, Maksim DmFM	2166	FID	=38N	=19B	=9N	=30B	=37N	+34B	+36B	−8N	=16B	5.0	38.5	42.5	22.25	2020	-60.8
21	Fedosov, AlexanderFM	2271	FID	=30N	=38B	−19N	+42B	+53N	+26B	+17N	−10B	−7N	5.0	38.5	41.0	19.75	2114	-30.8
22	Batozhargalov, Erdem	2038	RUS	+51B	−3N	+49B	=36N	−10B	=19N	−14B	+30B	+41N	5.0	38.5	41.0	18.50	2089	+24.4
23	Ivannikov, MaksimCM	2112	FID	=19N	+30B	−26N	+38B	−9N	+37B	=31B	−14N	+34B	5.0	38.0	42.0	21.25	2047	-27.2
24	Lartsev, Vladislav	2020	RUS	−1B	+48N	−37B	+52N	+51B	−31N	=28B	=35N	+36B	5.0	34.0	36.5	16.75	2076	+24.8
25	Rakhmanov, Georgii	2042	RUS	−37N	=42B	−30N	=40B	+45N	+50B	+19B	=36N	=18B	5.0	33.5	36.5	19.75	1986	-27.2
26	Beznosov, TimofeyCM	2072	RUS	+56B	=36N	+23B	−4B	=15N	−21N	=18B	=34N	=32B	4.5	39.0	40.5	17.75	2084	+5.6
27	Vlasenkov, Vladislav	2112	RUS	+48B	−1N	=16B	=18N	−49B	+40N	+32B	=31N	−15B	4.5	38.5	41.5	19.25	2032	-35.2
28	Gerasimov, Kirill An.	2058	RUS	+43N	=11B	−17N	−9B	=50N	+53B	=24N	+33B	−12N	4.5	38.0	40.5	17.25	2045	-7.2
29	Kengurov, YaroslavCM	2056	RUS	+49B	−2N	+52B	−17B	=30N	+38B	−10N	−16N	+46B	4.5	37.5	40.0	15.25	2037	-10.8
30	Mamchenko, Stepan	1973	RUS	=21B	−23N	+25B	=20N	=29B	−36N	+51B	−22N	+42N	4.5	37.0	39.5	18.25	2057	+38.4
31	Melnikov, FedorFM	2270	FID	−16B	−52N	+40B	+55N	=18B	+24B	=23N	=27B	−13N	4.5	36.5	38.5	18.25	2019	-53.8
32	Boronin, Aleksey V	2012	RUS	−17N	+54B	−12N	=50B	=42N	+43B	−27N	+37B	=26N	4.5	33.5	36.0	15.50	2004	-6.0
33	Gareev, Viktor	1984	RUS	−2B	−49N	+46B	−51N	+52B	=42N	+38B	−28N	+48N	4.5	31.0	33.5	15.25	1912	-32.8
34	Paretskiy, Mikhail	1991	RUS	+5B	+10N	−3B	−12B	=19N	−20N	+42B	=26B	−23N	4.0	44.0	47.5	20.75	2095	+42.8
35	Belinskiy, Nikita	2106	RUS	+54B	+17B	=4N	−2N	−11B	−18N	+49B	=24B	−19N	4.0	41.5	44.0	16.25	2010	-42.0
36	Polkovnikyan, ArtemFM	2357	RUS	+41N	=26B	=13N	=22B	−6N	+30B	−20N	=25B	−24N	4.0	40.5	44.5	18.50	2026	-70.6
37	Aibazov, Zurab	1726	RUS	+25B	−6B	+24N	−8N	=20B	−23N	=40B	−32N	+49B	4.0	40.5	43.5	17.50	1982	+101.6
38	Dunaev, Dmitriy	1926	RUS	=20B	=21N	=10B	−23N	+47B	−29N	−33N	+45B	=40N	4.0	37.5	41.0	17.00	2031	+46.0
39	Bobovkin, Rostislav	1989	RUS	=14N	−7B	+45N	−10N	−16B	=44N	+50B	−41B	+43N	4.0	37.0	40.0	14.50	2000	-0.4
40	Vasiliev, Artur	1973	RUS	−12N	=45B	−31N	=25N	+44B	−27B	=37N	+51N	=38B	4.0	34.5	37.0	14.25	1930	-19.6
41	Ulasevich, Andrey	2009	RUS	−36B	+56N	−5B	−49N	+55B	=51N	=46B	+39N	−22B	4.0	30.5	32.0	10.50	1928	-38.0
42	Mochalov, Daniil	1896	RUS	−6N	=25N	+44B	−21N	=32B	=33B	−34N	+47N	−30B	3.5	37.0	40.5	14.00	1976	+33.2
43	Ambaryan, Andrey	1770	RUS	−28B	+55N	+47B	−13B	−14N	−32N	+53B	=46N	−39B	3.5	33.5	35.5	9.75	1958	+72.4
44	Rakipi, Alexandr	2004	RUS	=7N	−13B	−42N	=45B	−40N	=39B	+54N	−48B	+52N	3.5	32.5	35.0	11.75	1898	-56.0
45	Tidzhiev, Artemiy	1798	RUS	−8B	=40N	−39B	=44N	−25B	+55N	=47B	−38N	+51B	3.5	32.5	34.5	10.00	1880	+32.4
46	Matyukov, Vsevolod	1907	RUS	−15B	−47N	−33N	+54B	=56N	+48B	=41N	=43B	−29N	3.5	31.0	32.5	10.50	1871	-20.0
47	Kurdagiya, Aleksandr G	2107	FID	−9N	+46B	−43N	−53B	−38N	+52B	=45N	−42B	+54N	3.5	29.0	31.5	10.25	1795	-143.2
48	Dmitrenko, Ignat	1866	RUS	−27N	−24B	−53N	+56B	=54N	−46N	+55B	+44N	−33B	3.5	28.0	29.5	8.25	1875	+10.0
49	Dubinin, Dmitry	1746	RUS	−29N	+33B	−22N	+41B	+27N	−15B	−35N	−19B	−37N	3.0	36.5	40.5	13.00	1881	+48.0
50	Paurchak, Daniil	1947	FID	−10B	−5N	+56B	=32N	=28B	−25N	−39N	−54B	+55B	3.0	35.0	36.5	8.00	1902	-26.4
51	Vorokov, Damir	1561	RUS	−22N	+53B	−14N	+33B	−24N	=41B	−30N	−40B	−45N	2.5	36.0	38.5	9.00	1778	+66.4
52	Sapelkin, Artem	1912	RUS	−4N	+31B	−29N	−24B	−33N	−47N	=56B	+53N	−44B	2.5	34.5	36.0	7.75	1873	-22.4
53	Khiryaev, Adam	1966	FID	−3B	−51N	+48B	+47N	−21B	−28N	−43N	−52B	=56N	2.5	31.5	33.0	7.75	1789	-84.4
54	Vlasyuk, Mikhail	1850	RUS	−35N	−32N	−55B	−46N	=48B	+56N	−44B	+50N	−47B	2.5	27.5	29.0	6.25	1799	-26.8
55	Puryga, Ilya	1959	RUS	−11N	−43B	+54N	−31B	−41N	−45B	−48N	+56B	−50N	2.0	30.0	31.5	4.00	1723	-110.4
56	Nikonov, Maksim	1791	RUS	−26N	−41B	−50N	−48N	=46B	−54B	=52N	−55N	=53B	1.5	26.0	28.0	4.25	1668	-49.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Gemel, FedorRUS
+189.6
6.0 pts · #8
2Ionov, AndreyRUS
+125.6
5.0 pts · #20
3Varankin, LeonidRUS
+109.2
5.0 pts · #22

Top rating losers

1Kurdagiya, Aleksandr GFID
-143.2
3.5 pts · #45
2Puryga, IlyaRUS
-110.4
2.0 pts · #55
3Khiryaev, AdamFID
-84.4
2.5 pts · #53

Biggest upsets

R9+516 Elo gap
Gemel, Fedor1851 beat FMPlotnikov, Boris2367
R6+486 Elo gap
Gemel, Fedor1851 beat FMGilfanov, Marat I2337
R4+423 Elo gap
Vorokov, Damir1561 beat Gareev, Viktor1984