Russian Championship G15 2026

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55 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 06 Feb 2026 to 14 Feb 2026 in Sochi, Russia. 2 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1853, and top seed was Nadezhda Volodina (🇷🇺 RUS, 1944).

Maria Kleshcheva (🇷🇺 RUS, 1749) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Kristina Zavivaeva (7.0) and Tatyana Nik Mozolevskaya (6.5). Kleshcheva won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Milana St Suvorova (1577) beat Viktoriya Mak Tochilkina (1790), a +213-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

🇷🇺Nadezhda Volodina1944

Avg top 10

1,853

Participants

Titled players · 2

WCM×2

Federations · 2 represented

🇷🇺Russia×45

FIDE (no federation)×10

Top 3

🥇
Maria Kleshcheva
🇷🇺RUS·1749
7.0pts·1978perf+104.8
🥈
WCMKristina Zavivaeva
FID·1822
7.0pts·1971perf+65.2
🥉
Tatyana Nik Mozolevskaya
FID·1850
6.5pts·1947perf+45.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Kleshcheva7Zavivaeva7Mozolevskaya6.5Kalugina6.5Frolova6.5Vorona6.5— ex-leaders:Dolgovaled R4, #10

R5 · LEADER CHANGE10 Feb

Tatyana Nik Mozolevskaya takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.0/9. Kleshcheva takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (42.5).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Maria Kleshcheva 3 wins (R7–R9)WCM Kristina Zavivaeva 4 wins (R2–R5)Tatyana Nik Mozolevskaya 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Maria Kleshcheva	*	—	1	—
2WCMKristina Zavivaeva	—	*	½	—
3Tatyana Nik Mozolevskaya	0	½	*	½
4Maria Kalugina	—	—	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Kleshcheva, Maria	1749	RUS	+35B	+44N	−4N	=22B	+21N	=13B	+20N	+19B	+3N	7.0	42.5	45.5	33.75	1978	+104.8
2	Zavivaeva, KristinaWCM	1822	FID	−16N	+55B	+33N	+29B	+20N	=3B	+26N	=9B	+4B	7.0	42.5	43.5	31.75	1971	+65.2
3	Mozolevskaya, Tatyana Nik	1850	FID	+33B	+11N	+10B	=5N	+7B	=2N	+6B	=4N	−1B	6.5	51.5	55.5	38.50	1947	+45.6
4	Frolova, Lyubov V.	1841	RUS	+41B	+45N	+1B	=17N	=5B	+7N	+8B	=3B	−2N	6.5	48.0	51.0	34.75	1963	+63.2
5	Kalugina, Maria	1888	RUS	+23N	+36B	+20N	=3B	=4N	−6B	+10B	=7N	+15B	6.5	47.0	51.0	35.00	1932	+21.6
6	Vorona, Veronika	1734	RUS	+53B	+8N	−7B	+9N	+27B	+5N	−3N	+13B	=10B	6.5	47.0	48.5	33.00	1977	+115.2
7	Dolgova, Elina	1808	RUS	+42N	+12B	+6N	+19B	−3N	−4B	+32N	=5B	=13N	6.0	46.0	49.5	30.50	1903	+45.6
8	Volodina, Nadezhda	1944	RUS	+21N	−6B	+14N	+36B	=13N	+12B	−4N	+20B	=9N	6.0	45.5	49.5	30.75	1888	-24.4
9	Gaer, Sofiya IgWCM	1845	FID	−12N	+49B	+23N	−6B	+33N	+38B	+29N	=2N	=8B	6.0	42.0	44.5	26.00	1857	+6.8
10	Melnikova, Alena	1769	RUS	+55N	+32B	−3N	=12B	+39N	+19B	−5N	+26B	=6N	6.0	42.0	43.0	24.00	1880	+53.2
11	Druzhinina, Uliana	1730	RUS	+30N	−3B	=38N	=28B	+47N	+22B	−13N	+32B	+26N	6.0	38.0	41.0	25.00	1821	+43.2
12	Lubenko, Alisiya Aleks	1681	RUS	+9B	−7N	+40B	=10N	+14B	−8N	+24B	−15N	+27B	5.5	44.5	48.0	27.50	1874	+94.4
13	Zaitseva, Diana V.	1810	FID	−38B	+43N	+41B	+46N	=8B	=1N	+11B	−6N	=7B	5.5	41.5	44.5	25.00	1824	+8.4
14	Pavlova, Maria	1761	RUS	=43B	+18N	−8B	=25N	−12N	+31B	+38N	+23B	=16B	5.5	40.5	43.5	25.25	1769	+4.4
15	Chornaya, Alesya	1700	RUS	−19N	=28B	+37N	+16B	−26N	+39B	+30N	+12B	−5N	5.5	40.0	43.5	25.25	1787	+41.2
16	Denisova, Varvara	1669	RUS	+2B	−27N	=24B	−15N	+43B	=21B	+47N	+33B	=14N	5.5	39.5	42.5	24.75	1793	+62.0
17	Khoroshikh, Sofia	1708	RUS	+54N	=22B	+51N	=4B	=19N	−26B	=23N	=29B	+32N	5.5	36.5	38.0	20.50	1770	+28.0
18	Evdokimova, Alisa	1715	RUS	=37N	−14B	−28N	+49B	+54N	−32B	+43N	+30B	+29N	5.5	32.5	34.0	18.00	1694	-7.6
19	Abasova, Adelina	1924	FID	+15B	+24N	+27B	−7N	=17B	−10N	+46B	−1N	=25B	5.0	44.5	47.5	23.25	1782	-64.8
20	Lapa, Viktoriya	1769	RUS	+25B	+38N	−5B	+34N	−2B	+28N	−1B	−8N	+41B	5.0	43.5	47.0	20.50	1775	+2.0
21	Malaya, Kristina	1706	RUS	−8B	+35N	+54B	=27N	−1B	=16N	+34B	=25N	=24B	5.0	41.0	42.5	19.50	1733	+12.0
22	Ohremenko, Yuliya	1793	RUS	+50B	=17N	=34B	=1N	=32B	−11N	−25B	+35N	+37B	5.0	39.5	42.0	20.75	1692	-48.4
23	Ivasenko, Vera	1692	RUS	−5B	+53N	−9B	+35N	+44B	=24N	=17B	−14N	+34B	5.0	39.5	41.0	17.75	1744	+22.4
24	Popova, Marja	1743	RUS	+28N	−19B	=16N	=38B	+31N	=23B	−12N	+39B	=21N	5.0	38.5	42.0	22.00	1736	-4.0
25	Khomyak, Darya	1611	RUS	−20N	=39B	+42N	=14B	−29N	+40B	+22N	=21B	=19N	5.0	37.0	40.5	21.50	1801	+88.8
26	Belokon, Vasilisa	1781	RUS	=34B	+52N	=46B	=32N	+15B	+17N	−2B	−10N	−11B	4.5	41.0	43.0	18.50	1695	-40.8
27	Tochilkina, Viktoriya Mak	1790	RUS	+49N	+16B	−19N	=21B	−6N	−30B	+41N	+28B	−12N	4.5	40.0	42.5	18.50	1688	-51.2
28	Ivchenkova, Veronika	1591	RUS	−24B	=15N	+18B	=11N	+45B	−20B	=33N	−27N	+38B	4.5	39.0	42.0	19.75	1726	+64.8
29	Vishtal, Olga An	1716	FID	−44B	+50N	+52B	−2N	+25B	+34N	−9B	=17N	−18B	4.5	38.5	40.5	16.25	1672	-20.4
30	Suvorova, Milana St	1577	RUS	−11B	−33N	+50B	=45N	+41B	+27N	−15B	−18N	+49B	4.5	34.5	37.0	14.50	1702	+59.2
31	Ilina, Kseniya	1602	RUS	−46B	−40N	+53B	+52N	−24B	−14N	+45B	=49N	+39N	4.5	28.0	29.5	11.25	1690	+42.4
32	Bobkova, Alesya Ivan	1615	RUS	+40B	−10N	+45B	=26B	=22N	+18N	−7B	−11N	−17B	4.0	42.0	45.0	16.75	1714	+48.8
33	Barabash, Anastasiya Aleks	1690	FID	−3N	+30B	−2B	+48N	−9B	+44N	=28B	−16N	=47B	4.0	40.0	43.0	14.25	1630	-27.6
34	Kozlova, Ekaterina	1635	RUS	=26N	+37B	=22N	−20B	+36N	−29B	−21N	+40B	−23N	4.0	37.0	40.5	16.25	1681	+23.2
35	Chesnokova, Anna	1601	RUS	−1N	−21B	+55N	−23B	+48N	+36B	−39N	−22B	+46B	4.0	35.5	36.5	11.00	1660	+33.2
36	Smirnova, Viktoria A	1729	FID	+48B	−5N	+44B	−8N	−34B	−35N	−49N	+51B	+43N	4.0	32.0	34.0	11.00	1594	-60.8
37	Buzdalova, Ksenia	1548	RUS	=18B	−34N	−15B	−43N	+50B	=45N	+55B	+46N	−22N	4.0	31.5	32.5	10.75	1647	+48.0
38	Senina, Sofiia	1666	RUS	+13N	−20B	=11B	=24N	+46B	−9N	−14B	=47N	−28N	3.5	40.5	43.5	15.50	1651	-9.6
39	Kruglova, Marina	1709	RUS	−52B	=25N	+43B	+51N	−10B	−15N	+35B	−24N	−31B	3.5	35.0	37.0	11.50	1504	-88.4
40	Skvortsova, Anna Ig	1778	RUS	−32N	+31B	−12N	−47B	+51B	−25N	+44B	−34N	=42B	3.5	32.5	34.5	11.25	1475	-128.0
41	Paramonova, Maria	1676	RUS	−4N	+47B	−13N	=54B	−30N	+51B	−27B	+53N	−20N	3.5	32.5	34.0	7.25	1536	-58.4
42	Gulishyan, Eseniya	1666	FID	−7B	=48N	−25B	−44N	=49B	+52N	=53N	=43B	=40N	3.5	28.0	29.5	8.75	1552	-57.2
43	Isaeva, Arina Ig	1610	RUS	=14N	−13B	−39N	+37B	−16N	+54B	−18B	=42N	−36B	3.0	37.0	38.5	10.00	1549	-34.8
44	Rodikova, Vera	1549	RUS	+29N	−1B	−36N	+42B	−23N	−33B	−40N	−45N	+55B	3.0	34.5	35.5	9.00	1581	+15.2
45	Pogodina, Antonina	1721	RUS	+47N	−4B	−32N	=30B	−28N	=37B	−31N	+44B	−48N	3.0	34.0	37.0	10.25	1482	-115.2
46	Radushinskaya, Svetlana	1760	FID	+31N	=51B	=26N	−13B	−38N	+53B	−19N	−37B	−35N	3.0	33.0	34.5	9.25	1548	-88.8
47	Mineeva, Alina	1574	RUS	−45B	−41N	F	+40N	−11B	+55N	−16B	=38B	=33N	3.0	30.0	30.0	8.25	1606	+10.4
48	Aleksandrova, Anastasiya	1576	RUS	−36N	=42B	=49N	−33B	−35B	−50N	F	+52N	+45B	3.0	25.5	25.5	8.00	1563	-9.2
49	Berezina, Dana	1637	RUS	−27B	−9N	=48B	−18N	=42N	F	+36B	=31B	−30N	2.5	35.5	35.5	9.50	1547	-38.4
50	Klescheva, Sofia	1659	RUS	−22N	−29B	−30N	=55B	−37N	+48B	−51N	F	+53B	2.5	25.5	25.5	5.00	1529	-48.4
51	Arstomyan, Cristina	0	RUS	F	=46N	−17B	−39B	−40N	−41N	+50B	−36N	=54B	2.0	27.0	27.0	4.75	1492	0.0
52	Isaeva, Mariya	1514	RUS	+39N	−26B	−29N	−31B	−53N	−42B	+54N	−48B	F	2.0	26.5	26.5	5.00	1445	-28.8
53	Komlievskaya, Zlata Ser	1591	RUS	−6N	−23B	−31N	F	+52B	−46N	=42B	−41B	−50N	1.5	30.5	30.5	3.75	1411	-67.6
54	Dzeranova, Sofiya	1464	RUS	−17B	F	−21N	=41N	−18B	−43N	−52B	=55N	=51N	1.5	27.5	27.5	3.25	1341	-33.2
55	Balbarova, Darima	1611	RUS	−10B	−2N	−35B	=50N	F	−47B	−37N	=54B	−44N	1.0	31.0	31.0	2.00	1300	-117.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Vorona, VeronikaRUS
+115.2
6.5 pts · #6
2Kleshcheva, MariaRUS
+104.8
7.0 pts · #1
3Lubenko, Alisiya AleksRUS
+94.4
5.5 pts · #15

Top rating losers

1Skvortsova, Anna IgRUS
-128.0
3.5 pts · #49
2Balbarova, DarimaRUS
-117.2
1.0 pts · #55
3Pogodina, AntoninaRUS
-115.2
3.0 pts · #44

Biggest upsets

R6+213 Elo gap
Suvorova, Milana St1577 beat Tochilkina, Viktoriya Mak1790
R8+212 Elo gap
Buzdalova, Ksenia1548 beat Radushinskaya, Svetlana1760
R2+210 Elo gap
Vorona, Veronika1734 beat Volodina, Nadezhda1944