Russian Championship G13 2026

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52 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 1822, and top seed was Viktoria Makhina (🇷🇺 RUS, 1925).

Viktoria Makhina (🇷🇺 RUS, 1925) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Iliana In Masaeva (7.0) and Alisa Genrietta Yunker (6.5). Makhina won solo starting round 7.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Taisiya Ev Balabinskaya (1606) beat Milana Aleks Sokolova (WFM, 1914), a +308-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

🇷🇺Viktoria Makhina1925

Avg top 10

1,822

Participants

Titled players · 2

WFM×2

Federations · 2 represented

🇷🇺Russia×35

FIDE (no federation)×17

Top 3

🥇
Viktoria Makhina
🇷🇺RUS·1925
7.5pts·2006perf+33.2
🥈
Iliana In Masaeva
🇷🇺RUS·1784
7.0pts·1941perf+68.8
🥉
WFMAlisa Genrietta Yunker
FID·1923
6.5pts·1914perf+0.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Viktoria Makhina led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Makhina7.5Masaeva7Yunker6.5Kokareva6.5Smirnova6Mukhorina6

R4–R9 · LEAD HELD

Viktoria Makhina held the sole lead from R4 through R9 without losing it.

R8 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Viktoria Makhina drew with Iliana In Masaeva (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Viktoria Makhina 4 wins (R1–R4)Iliana In Masaeva 3 wins (R4–R6)WFM Alisa Genrietta Yunker 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Viktoria Makhina	*	½	½	—
2Iliana In Masaeva	½	*	½	—
3WFMAlisa Genrietta Yunker	½	½	*	½
4Sofya Dm Kokareva	—	—	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Makhina, Viktoria	1925	RUS	+24N	+9B	+7N	+11B	=5N	=3B	+23N	=2B	+8N	7.5	47.5	52.0	42.25	2006	+33.2
2	Masaeva, Iliana In	1784	RUS	+47B	+30N	−12B	+17N	+15B	+5B	=3N	=1N	+11B	7.0	45.0	47.5	35.00	1941	+68.8
3	Yunker, Alisa GenriettaWFM	1923	FID	+32B	=5N	+16B	+12N	+23B	=1N	=2B	=4N	=6B	6.5	48.0	52.0	35.50	1914	+0.4
4	Kokareva, Sofya Dm	1817	FID	+40N	+21B	−11N	=9B	+37N	=8B	+5N	=3B	+12N	6.5	44.0	47.5	32.75	1848	+17.6
5	Smirnova, Mariya	1677	RUS	+14N	=3B	+29N	+6B	=1B	−2N	−4B	+19N	+15B	6.0	49.0	53.5	33.00	1880	+97.2
6	Obraztsova, Sofiya Rom	1821	FID	+19B	−12N	+47B	−5N	+36B	+30N	+7N	=11B	=3N	6.0	42.0	44.5	27.00	1807	-5.2
7	Osipova, Maryana Aleks	1753	RUS	+44B	+36N	−1B	+42N	=12B	+15N	−6B	=18N	+17B	6.0	40.5	43.5	24.75	1851	+47.2
8	Abasova, Darina Raf	1673	FID	+51B	+42N	=23B	−15N	+38B	=4N	+16B	+13N	−1B	6.0	40.5	42.5	24.50	1843	+80.4
9	Tuchinova, Selmeg	1682	RUS	+38B	−1N	+36B	=4N	+48B	−23N	+24B	=15N	+18B	6.0	40.0	42.5	24.75	1818	+64.8
10	Mukhorina, Mariya Dm	1762	FID	−36B	+44N	+19B	=30N	=11N	−17B	+26N	+21B	+16B	6.0	37.5	40.5	27.25	1750	-6.0
11	Smirnova, Oksana Andr	1735	FID	+48B	+43N	+4B	−1N	=10B	+12N	=13B	=6N	−2N	5.5	47.0	49.5	26.25	1803	+40.8
12	Segodnyaeva, Alexandra	1648	FID	+49N	+6B	+2N	−3B	=7N	−11B	+35N	+23B	−4B	5.5	46.0	48.5	27.00	1820	+84.8
13	Sviridova, Sofia	1666	RUS	−39N	+33B	=37N	+25B	+22N	+42B	=11N	−8B	=20N	5.5	37.0	40.0	23.50	1728	+31.2
14	Mokrushina, Oksana	1485	RUS	−5B	=32N	−41B	=27B	+40N	+44N	=20B	+30N	+29B	5.5	34.5	37.5	21.75	1702	+103.6
15	Volkova, Nadezhda Vlad	1715	FID	=27N	+45B	+25N	+8B	−2N	−7B	+28N	=9B	−5N	5.0	44.5	47.5	23.25	1686	-14.0
16	Likhacheva, Yaroslava	1687	RUS	=45N	+27B	−3N	=39B	+28N	+31B	−8N	+22B	−10N	5.0	40.0	43.0	21.25	1691	+4.0
17	Sizintseva, Viktoria	1632	RUS	+50B	−23N	+43B	−2B	+39N	+10N	−18B	+31B	−7N	5.0	39.0	41.5	19.00	1692	+22.0
18	Vatamanyuk, Varvara	1734	RUS	+33N	=39B	−28N	=22B	+44N	=24B	+17N	=7B	−9N	5.0	38.5	41.5	21.50	1657	-38.4
19	Balabinskaya, Taisiya Ev	1606	FID	−6N	+49B	−10N	+26B	−24N	+27B	+42N	−5B	+31N	5.0	38.5	41.0	18.50	1714	+50.8
20	Emelyanova, Liliya Mikh	1768	FID	=25N	=26B	−22N	−37B	+43N	+33B	=14N	+28B	=13B	5.0	37.0	40.0	21.50	1619	-68.0
21	Chernova, Vasilisa	1665	RUS	+34B	−4N	=48B	−38N	+25B	+41N	+37B	−10N	=32B	5.0	35.0	37.5	18.25	1641	-6.8
22	Veselova, Daniela	1610	RUS	−42B	+51N	+20B	=18N	−13B	=38N	+30B	−16N	+33B	5.0	35.0	37.0	19.25	1704	+40.4
23	Pekhtasheva, Aglaia	1755	FID	+37N	+17B	=8N	+28B	−3N	+9B	−1B	−12N	F	4.5	45.5	49.0	22.00	1758	+2.4
24	Vinokurova, Miya Mir	1629	RUS	−1B	=38N	+46B	=41N	+19B	=18N	−9N	+37B	F	4.5	38.0	41.0	17.25	1668	+16.8
25	Blinova, Ulyana Vlad	1580	RUS	=20B	+31N	−15B	−13N	−21N	+49B	+41B	−29N	+37N	4.5	35.5	38.0	15.50	1645	+37.2
26	Shakhova, Mariya	1544	FID	=31B	=20N	−30B	−19N	+51B	+36N	−10B	+38N	=35B	4.5	35.0	37.0	15.50	1639	+44.0
27	Voronova, Alisa	1508	RUS	=15B	−16N	−38B	=14N	+34B	−19N	+47B	=36N	+43B	4.5	34.5	37.0	16.50	1573	+31.6
28	Ivanova, Ekaterina Vlad	1645	RUS	=46B	+41N	+18B	−23N	−16B	+48N	−15B	−20N	+36B	4.5	34.0	36.5	15.50	1637	-5.2
29	Brykova, Viktoriya Art	1727	RUS	=41B	+46N	−5B	−48N	+32B	−37N	+45B	+25B	−14N	4.5	32.5	35.0	16.00	1547	-82.0
30	Shakirova, Darina	1642	FID	+52N	−2B	+26N	=10B	=31N	−6B	−22N	−14B	+45N	4.0	41.0	42.5	14.00	1571	-34.8
31	Storozhilova, Eseniya	1752	RUS	=26N	−25B	+34B	+32N	=30B	−16N	+38B	−17N	−19B	4.0	36.0	39.5	15.75	1543	-96.0
32	Klimkina, Sofiia	1616	RUS	−3N	=14B	+45N	−31B	−29N	+39B	F	+35B	=21N	4.0	36.0	38.5	15.75	1643	+6.4
33	Malinka, Vera	1544	RUS	−18B	−13N	+50B	+47N	−42B	−20N	+46B	+34B	−22N	4.0	33.0	35.5	12.00	1558	-2.0
34	Bazyrzhapova, Saruul	1440	RUS	−21N	+40B	−31N	−35B	−27N	+52B	+44B	−33N	+47B	4.0	30.5	32.0	10.50	1518	+27.2
35	Lobovich, Darina	1692	RUS	−43B	−48N	+51B	+34N	=41B	+45N	−12B	−32N	=26N	4.0	29.5	31.5	12.75	1492	-76.4
36	Lebedeva, Ksenia	1579	RUS	+10N	−7B	−9N	+43B	−6N	−26B	+39N	=27B	−28N	3.5	41.0	44.0	14.75	1555	-14.8
37	Nogovitsina, Yana	1574	FID	−23B	+50N	=13B	+20N	−4B	+29B	−21N	−24N	−25B	3.5	40.0	42.5	14.75	1556	-9.2
38	Adamova, Mariya Ser	1486	RUS	−9N	=24B	+27N	+21B	−8N	=22B	−31N	−26B	=40N	3.5	39.5	43.0	16.00	1547	+6.0
39	Kochenko, Taisiya Andr	1455	RUS	+13B	=18N	−42B	=16N	−17B	−32N	−36B	=47N	+50N	3.5	33.5	36.0	14.25	1531	+25.2
40	Kuramshina, Diana Din	1590	RUS	−4B	−34N	−49B	+50N	−14B	−43N	+52B	+41N	=38B	3.5	30.5	32.0	8.75	1307	-100.4
41	Bobrova, Maria	1519	RUS	=29N	−28B	+14N	=24B	=35N	−21B	−25N	−40B	=46N	3.0	36.0	39.0	13.50	1473	-21.6
42	Sokolova, Milana AleksWFM	1914	FID	+22N	−8B	+39N	−7B	+33N	−13N	−19B	F	F	3.0	35.0	35.0	12.50	1574	-114.0
43	Grebenkina, Kristina	1502	RUS	+35N	−11B	−17N	−36N	−20B	+40B	=51N	=45B	−27N	3.0	34.0	36.0	10.00	1477	-29.6
44	Leisle, Vera Den	1568	FID	−7N	−10B	+52N	+49N	−18B	−14B	−34N	−50B	+51N	3.0	33.5	35.0	6.00	1424	-50.4
45	Poyarkina, Anastasiya	1496	RUS	=16B	−15N	−32B	+46N	+47B	−35B	−29N	=43N	−30B	3.0	32.5	35.0	9.50	1497	-0.4
46	Badaraeva, Darya	1432	RUS	=28N	−29B	−24N	−45B	=49N	+50B	−33N	=52N	=41B	3.0	28.5	30.0	8.25	1341	-29.6
47	Leshchinskaya, Veronika	1590	RUS	−2N	+52B	−6N	−33B	−45N	+51B	−27N	=39B	−34N	2.5	34.0	35.5	5.25	1313	-112.4
48	Dorzhieva, Sofiya	1544	FID	−11N	+35B	=21N	+29B	−9N	−28B	F	F	F	2.5	33.5	33.5	11.00	1623	+22.0
49	Evloeva, Hava	1435	RUS	−12B	−19N	+40N	−44B	=46B	−25N	−50N	=51B	=52N	2.5	29.0	30.5	6.75	1391	-16.8
50	Akopyan, Victoria	0	RUS	−17N	−37B	−33N	−40B	=52N	−46N	+49B	+44N	−39B	2.5	28.0	29.5	6.25	1335	0.0
51	Talykh, Taisiya	1461	RUS	−8N	−22B	−35N	+52B	−26N	−47N	=43B	=49N	−44B	2.0	30.5	32.0	4.25	1253	-72.0
52	Sedashova, Anastasia	0	RUS	−30B	−47N	−44B	−51N	=50B	−34N	−40N	=46B	=49B	1.5	25.0	27.0	4.00	1196	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Mokrushina, OksanaRUS
+103.6
5.5 pts · #13
2Smirnova, MariyaRUS
+97.2
6.0 pts · #5
3Segodnyaeva, AlexandraFID
+84.8
5.5 pts · #14

Top rating losers

1Sokolova, Milana AleksWFMFID
-114.0
3.0 pts · #39
2Leshchinskaya, VeronikaRUS
-112.4
2.5 pts · #49
3Kuramshina, Diana DinRUS
-100.4
3.5 pts · #50

Biggest upsets

R7+308 Elo gap
Balabinskaya, Taisiya Ev1606 beat WFMSokolova, Milana Aleks1914
R6+248 Elo gap
Sviridova, Sofia1666 beat WFMSokolova, Milana Aleks1914
R9+242 Elo gap
Mokrushina, Oksana1485 beat Brykova, Viktoriya Art1727