Russian Championship B19 2026
SwissStandard
43 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 06 Feb 2026 to 14 Feb 2026 in Sochi, Russia. 14 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2330, and top seed was Artem Pingin (🇷🇺 RUS, IM, 2456).
Artem Pingin (🇷🇺 RUS, IM, 2456) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Maksim Volkov (6.5) and Nikita An. Kalinin (6.5). Pingin won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Vladimir Banetskiy (1705) beat Viktor Otdelnov (2168), a +463-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
Titled players · 14
IM×1
FM×10
CM×3
Federations · 2 represented
🇷🇺Russia×37
FIDE (no federation)×6
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsIM Artem Pingin led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R4–R9 · LEAD HELD
IM Artem Pingin never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
IM Artem Pingin 4 wins (R1–R4)FM Nikita An. Kalinin 3 wins (R7–R9)Maxim Ivanov 3+3 wins (R3–R5, R7–R9)
R5 · LATE SURGE
Maxim Ivanov was #13 at R5, climbed to #3 over the final stretch.
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1IMArtem Pingin | * | — | — | 1 |
| 2FMNikita An. Kalinin | — | * | — | 1 |
| 3Maxim Ivanov | — | — | * | — |
| 4FMMaksim Volkov | 0 | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pingin, ArtemIM | 2456 | RUS | +30N | +12B | +11N | +2B | =8N | =13B | +14N | +9B | =5N | 7.5 | 43.5 | 47.0 | 38.75 | 2478 | +3.3 |
| 2 | Volkov, MaksimFM | 2366 | RUS | +14B | +27N | +15B | −1N | =19B | +8B | +13N | +6N | −3B | 6.5 | 45.0 | 49.5 | 33.25 | 2417 | +14.0 |
| 3 | Kalinin, Nikita An.FM | 2301 | FID | =38N | =32B | +16N | +22B | =11N | −14B | +21N | +8B | +2N | 6.5 | 39.5 | 42.0 | 31.50 | 2288 | +0.8 |
| 4 | Ivanov, Maxim | 2007 | RUS | −12N | −16B | +41N | +30B | +29N | =5B | +23N | +11B | +10B | 6.5 | 39.0 | 41.5 | 28.50 | 2326 | +149.6 |
| 5 | Kozlov, AlexeiFM | 2320 | FID | =21B | =26N | =14B | =20N | +28B | =4N | +19B | +12N | =1B | 6.0 | 42.0 | 46.5 | 30.25 | 2228 | -16.2 |
| 6 | Efimov, LeonidFM | 2342 | FID | +28N | =8B | =19B | =25N | +27B | =9N | +11N | −2B | +17B | 6.0 | 41.0 | 45.5 | 29.00 | 2319 | -4.2 |
| 7 | Kobelev, Andrey | 2274 | RUS | +22N | =37B | −8N | +38B | +24B | =10N | −9B | +25N | +15B | 6.0 | 37.5 | 40.0 | 25.00 | 2245 | -7.6 |
| 8 | Mescheryakov, ArtemCM | 2165 | RUS | +39B | =6N | +7B | +17N | =1B | −2N | =10B | −3N | +19B | 5.5 | 47.5 | 50.0 | 27.50 | 2318 | +74.0 |
| 9 | Gavrilov, MaximFM | 2109 | RUS | =42B | =20N | +18B | =15N | +17B | =6B | +7N | −1N | =11B | 5.5 | 44.0 | 45.5 | 27.00 | 2277 | +39.4 |
| 10 | Tupitsin, Yaroslav | 2107 | RUS | +36N | −11B | =43N | +31B | +23N | =7B | =8N | +13B | −4N | 5.5 | 38.5 | 40.0 | 22.00 | 2206 | +53.6 |
| 11 | Popov, TikhonFM | 2283 | RUS | +34B | +10N | −1B | +36N | =3B | +19N | −6B | −4N | =9N | 5.0 | 45.0 | 47.5 | 21.50 | 2194 | -18.0 |
| 12 | Ignatiev, Aleksey | 2190 | RUS | +4B | −1N | −22B | +18N | +20B | =17N | +36B | −5B | =16N | 5.0 | 44.0 | 46.5 | 23.50 | 2142 | -19.2 |
| 13 | Postnikov, AlbertCM | 2237 | RUS | =18B | +21N | +26B | =19N | +15B | =1N | −2B | −10N | =14B | 5.0 | 43.5 | 48.0 | 25.00 | 2217 | -9.2 |
| 14 | Panichkin, Aleksey | 2085 | RUS | −2N | +41B | =5N | +37B | +25B | +3N | −1B | −15N | =13N | 5.0 | 43.5 | 46.0 | 21.50 | 2258 | +78.0 |
| 15 | Koshulyan, Egor A.FM | 2363 | RUS | +16N | +24B | −2N | =9B | −13N | =28N | +34B | +14B | −7N | 5.0 | 42.0 | 45.0 | 22.50 | 2197 | -35.4 |
| 16 | Kazyura, Kirill | 2076 | RUS | −15B | +4N | −3B | +39N | −36B | +31N | =20B | +26N | =12B | 5.0 | 38.0 | 40.5 | 21.75 | 2083 | +3.6 |
| 17 | Otdelnov, KirillFM | 2232 | FID | =32N | +40B | +37N | −8B | −9N | =12B | +28N | +22B | −6N | 5.0 | 37.0 | 39.5 | 18.25 | 2125 | -23.0 |
| 18 | Safin, Roman | 2016 | RUS | =13N | =29B | −9N | −12B | +39B | +33N | =24B | =27N | +31B | 5.0 | 36.0 | 38.5 | 18.75 | 2149 | +62.8 |
| 19 | Buyanov, Gleb | 2126 | RUS | +31N | +43B | =6N | =13B | =2N | −11B | −5N | +36B | −8N | 4.5 | 40.0 | 41.5 | 16.25 | 2185 | +32.0 |
| 20 | Khasanov, Oleg | 1968 | RUS | =29N | =9B | =24N | =5B | −12N | +30B | =16N | =28B | =23N | 4.5 | 39.5 | 43.0 | 20.75 | 2155 | +85.2 |
| 21 | Toropov, Timofey | 2044 | RUS | =5N | −13B | +35N | −23B | +40N | +27N | −3B | =24N | =25B | 4.5 | 38.5 | 41.0 | 17.50 | 2183 | +62.8 |
| 22 | Khlypovka, Stepan | 2031 | RUS | −7B | +30B | +12N | −3N | +43B | =36N | =25B | −17N | =27B | 4.5 | 37.5 | 39.0 | 15.75 | 2173 | +66.0 |
| 23 | Kurchenko, EgorFM | 2229 | RUS | −26B | +42N | =28B | +21N | −10B | =24N | −4B | +34N | =20B | 4.5 | 37.5 | 39.0 | 15.75 | 2024 | -45.6 |
| 24 | Denisov, Matvey | 2166 | RUS | +35N | −15N | =20B | +40B | −7N | =23B | =18N | =21B | =29N | 4.5 | 37.0 | 39.5 | 17.00 | 2115 | -24.4 |
| 25 | Kozachkov, Pavel | 2229 | RUS | =40N | =38B | +32N | =6B | −14N | +26B | =22N | −7B | =21N | 4.5 | 36.5 | 39.0 | 18.00 | 2094 | -62.4 |
| 26 | Lekhtonen, Yaroslav | 2008 | RUS | +23N | =5B | −13N | −27N | +33B | −25N | +37B | −16B | +30N | 4.5 | 36.5 | 39.0 | 17.00 | 2126 | +55.6 |
| 27 | Kulnev, AleksandrCM | 2188 | FID | +41N | −2B | =38N | +26B | −6N | −21B | +35N | =18B | =22N | 4.5 | 36.5 | 39.0 | 16.00 | 2087 | -47.2 |
| 28 | Markelov, Aleksey | 2046 | RUS | −6B | +39N | =23N | +43B | −5N | =15B | −17B | =20N | +36N | 4.5 | 36.0 | 37.5 | 13.50 | 2162 | +50.4 |
| 29 | Otdelnov, Viktor | 2168 | RUS | =20B | =18N | −36B | +32N | −4B | −34N | +41B | +37N | =24B | 4.5 | 32.0 | 34.5 | 15.50 | 1968 | -85.6 |
| 30 | Kichakov, Eduard | 2090 | RUS | −1B | −22N | +34B | −4N | +41B | −20N | =31B | +39N | −26B | 3.5 | 36.5 | 39.0 | 9.75 | 1953 | -72.0 |
| 31 | Aidiev, Arslan | 1878 | RUS | −19B | =34N | +33B | −10N | =38N | −16B | =30N | +35B | −18N | 3.5 | 33.0 | 35.5 | 11.00 | 1978 | +44.0 |
| 32 | Kuznetsov, Sergey S | 2015 | RUS | =17B | =3N | −25B | −29B | −35N | −39N | +42B | =33N | +40B | 3.5 | 32.0 | 33.5 | 11.50 | 2005 | -9.6 |
| 33 | Bastanov, Murat | 2073 | RUS | −43N | =35B | −31N | +42B | −26N | −18B | =40N | =32B | +34B | 3.5 | 26.5 | 28.0 | 9.00 | 1933 | -70.4 |
| 34 | Chernyaev, Vladislav | 2032 | RUS | −11N | =31B | −30N | +35B | =37N | +29B | −15N | −23B | −33N | 3.0 | 32.5 | 35.0 | 10.50 | 1957 | -37.2 |
| 35 | Chvanov, Ilia | 1967 | RUS | −24B | =33N | −21B | −34N | +32B | +42N | −27B | −31N | =37B | 3.0 | 29.5 | 31.0 | 8.00 | 1867 | -46.8 |
| 36 | Banetskiy, Vladimir | 1705 | RUS | −10B | F | +29N | −11B | +16N | =22B | −12N | −19N | −28B | 2.5 | 38.5 | 38.5 | 11.75 | 1944 | +70.0 |
| 37 | Butaev, Bagautdin | 1687 | RUS | F | =7N | −17B | −14N | =34B | +38B | −26N | −29B | =35N | 2.5 | 33.5 | 33.5 | 8.50 | 1908 | +66.8 |
| 38 | Kolomeets, Daniel | 2038 | RUS | =3B | =25N | =27B | −7N | =31B | −37N | −39B | =40N | −42N | 2.5 | 32.5 | 34.0 | 10.75 | 1873 | -78.4 |
| 39 | Mikryukov, Igor | 1944 | RUS | −8N | −28B | F | −16B | −18N | +32B | +38N | −30B | =41N | 2.5 | 32.0 | 32.0 | 7.25 | 1912 | -13.2 |
| 40 | Seryshev, Viktor | 2008 | RUS | =25B | −17N | +42B | −24N | −21B | −41N | =33B | =38B | −32N | 2.5 | 30.5 | 32.0 | 6.75 | 1903 | -52.4 |
| 41 | Mitin, Nikita | 1975 | RUS | −27B | −14N | −4B | F | −30N | +40B | −29N | +42N | =39B | 2.5 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 5.25 | 1901 | -32.0 |
| 42 | Fomenko, Mikhail | 1843 | RUS | =9N | −23B | −40N | −33N | F | −35B | −32N | −41B | +38B | 1.5 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 5.25 | 1801 | -17.2 |
| 43 | Kishiev, FamilFM | 2353 | FID | +33B | −19N | =10B | −28N | −22N | F | F | F | F | 1.5 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 6.25 | 1927 | -53.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Ivanov, MaximRUS+149.66.5 pts · #3
- 2Khasanov, OlegRUS+85.24.5 pts · #20
- 3Panichkin, AlekseyRUS+78.05.0 pts · #18
Top rating losers
- 1Otdelnov, ViktorRUS-85.64.5 pts · #29
- 2Kolomeets, DanielRUS-78.42.5 pts · #39
- 3Kichakov, EduardRUS-72.03.5 pts · #31
Biggest upsets
- R3+463 Elo gap
- R5+371 Elo gap
- R6+351 Elo gap