Russian Championship B15 1st league 2026

Open SwissStandard

33 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 06 Feb 2026 to 14 Feb 2026 in Sochi, Russia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1888, and top seed was Timofey Vadeev (🇷🇺 RUS, 1980).

Igor Vad Shabardin (🇷🇺 RUS, 1949) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Egor Kuramshin (6.5) and Mikhail Kasimov (6.5). Shabardin shared the lead from round 6 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Egor Kuramshin (1707) beat Timofey Vadeev (1980), a +273-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

🇷🇺Timofey Vadeev1980

Avg top 10

1,888

Participants

Federations · 2 represented

🇷🇺Russia×32

FIDE (no federation)×1

Top 3

🥇
Igor Vad Shabardin
🇷🇺RUS·1949
7.0pts·2023perf+32.4
🥈
Egor Kuramshin
🇷🇺RUS·1707
6.5pts·2039perf+157.2
🥉
Mikhail Kasimov
🇷🇺RUS·1729
6.5pts·1936perf+99.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Igor Vad Shabardin led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders

Shabardin7Minnullin6.5Kasimov6.5Kuramshin6.5Eltsev6Zavorotinskiy5.5— ex-leaders:Vadeevled R5, #11Shustikovled R3, #18

R5 · LEADER CHANGE10 Feb

Timofey Vadeev takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Igor Vad Shabardin beat Kirill Minnullin (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Igor Vad Shabardin 5 wins (R3–R7)Mikhail Kasimov 5 wins (R2–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Igor Vad Shabardin	*	1	1	1
2Kirill Minnullin	0	*	—	½
3Mikhail Kasimov	0	—	*	1
4Egor Kuramshin	0	½	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Shabardin, Igor Vad	1949	RUS	+3B	−5N	+2B	+16N	+15B	+6N	+4B	=8N	=12B	7.0	46.0	50.5	39.25	2023	+32.4
2	Kuramshin, Egor	1707	RUS	=4N	+10B	−1N	+20N	+7B	+5B	+9N	+6B	−3N	6.5	48.0	52.0	35.25	2039	+157.2
3	Kasimov, Mikhail	1729	RUS	−1N	+28B	+32N	+9B	+12N	+8B	−6N	=5B	+2B	6.5	44.0	45.5	30.00	1936	+99.6
4	Minnullin, Kirill	1896	RUS	=2B	+22N	+20B	−5N	+21B	+11N	−1N	+17B	+6N	6.5	43.0	47.0	30.75	1965	+37.6
5	Eltsev, Semen	1795	RUS	+26N	+1B	=9N	+4B	−6B	−2N	+16B	=3N	+8B	6.0	47.5	50.5	32.50	1917	+60.0
6	Vadeev, Timofey	1980	RUS	+29N	+11B	=12N	+15B	+5N	−1B	+3B	−2N	−4B	5.5	47.5	50.0	27.50	1887	-39.2
7	Savenko, Dmitriy And	1936	RUS	+8N	−15B	+17N	=12B	−2N	+13B	−10N	+14B	+18N	5.5	41.5	46.0	27.00	1834	-44.0
8	Valdas, Artur	1725	RUS	−7B	+27N	+31B	+21N	+13B	−3N	+15B	=1B	−5N	5.5	41.5	43.0	21.50	1844	+58.8
9	Zavorotinskiy, Bogdan	1850	RUS	+24B	=16N	=5B	−3N	+19B	+27N	−2B	=18B	+17N	5.5	40.5	43.5	23.00	1782	-28.4
10	Osipov, Vladimir Il.	1862	RUS	=17B	−2N	=23B	=19N	+20B	=18N	+7B	=16N	+15B	5.5	38.5	42.5	25.00	1830	-11.6
11	Sukhoguzov, Arseniy Alek	1820	RUS	+19B	−6N	+24B	=13N	+22B	−4B	−17N	+21N	+16B	5.5	38.5	42.0	23.00	1819	+4.0
12	Kozyrin, Alexandr A	1837	RUS	+28N	+32B	=6B	=7N	−3B	−16N	+24B	=15N	=1N	5.0	40.0	41.5	19.25	1811	-9.2
13	Kosterin, Maksim	1670	RUS	=20B	+18N	=16B	=11B	−8N	−7N	+22B	=19N	+24B	5.0	38.0	41.5	21.25	1787	+53.6
14	Saryg-Lama, Mongun	1695	RUS	−21B	+33N	=22B	=18N	+24B	−15N	+27B	−7N	+26N	5.0	32.0	33.5	15.25	1736	+18.8
15	Shustikov, Ilya	1797	RUS	+27B	+7N	+21B	−6N	−1N	+14B	−8N	=12B	−10N	4.5	43.0	46.0	20.00	1827	+15.2
16	Prokhorenko, Yaroslav	1764	FID	+31N	=9B	=13N	−1B	+26N	+12B	−5N	=10B	−11N	4.5	42.5	44.0	17.50	1761	0.0
17	Nesterenko, Vladislav	1688	RUS	=10N	=25B	−7B	+33N	=18B	+22N	+11B	−4N	−9B	4.5	40.5	42.0	17.75	1775	+44.8
18	Akimov, Denis L	1813	RUS	=23N	−13B	+25N	=14B	=17N	=10B	+21B	=9N	−7B	4.5	39.0	42.5	19.75	1770	-20.0
19	Bugaev, Ilia	1601	RUS	−11N	+29B	=30N	=10B	−9N	+28B	=23N	=13B	=25N	4.5	34.5	36.5	15.50	1742	+66.0
20	Zaprometov, Prohor	1860	RUS	=13N	+23B	−4N	−2B	−10N	=30B	+29N	=28B	=22N	4.0	37.0	39.0	13.50	1664	-88.8
21	Vinogradov, Artem Pav.	1889	RUS	+14N	+30B	−15N	−8B	−4N	+26B	−18N	−11B	+33N	4.0	36.5	38.0	11.50	1687	-89.6
22	Veselyy, Maksim	1514	RUS	+25N	−4B	=14N	+30B	−11N	−17B	−13N	+31B	=20B	4.0	36.0	37.5	11.50	1700	+79.2
23	Davydov, Alim	1589	RUS	=18B	−20N	=10N	−26B	+32N	=25B	=19B	=24N	=28N	4.0	31.5	33.0	13.75	1644	+22.8
24	Margavkin, Mark	1667	RUS	−9N	+26B	−11N	+31B	−14N	+29B	−12N	=23B	−13N	3.5	35.5	37.0	9.00	1616	-24.8
25	Kuznetsov, Alexander S	1759	RUS	−22B	=17N	−18B	−29N	F	=23N	+33B	+27N	=19B	3.5	28.5	28.5	11.00	1585	-72.8
26	Dzeranov, Artur	1532	RUS	−5B	−24N	F	+23N	−16B	−21N	+31B	+30N	−14B	3.0	30.5	30.5	7.50	1626	+31.2
27	Babuev, Ayur	1576	RUS	−15N	−8B	+29N	+32B	+30N	−9B	−14N	−25B	F	3.0	30.0	30.0	6.00	1639	+22.0
28	Moiseenko, Andrey	1620	RUS	−12B	−3N	−33B	F	+31N	−19N	+32B	=20N	=23B	3.0	28.5	28.5	7.00	1557	-30.8
29	Terekhov, Aleksandr Dm	1736	RUS	−6B	−19N	−27B	+25B	+33N	−24N	−20B	F	=32N	2.5	27.0	27.0	5.75	1538	-83.2
30	Khalyapin, Sergey	1772	RUS	+33B	−21N	=19B	−22N	−27B	=20N	F	−26B	−31N	2.0	25.5	25.5	5.75	1436	-137.2
31	Andrienko, Mikhail	1515	RUS	−16B	F	−8N	−24N	−28B	=32B	−26N	−22N	+30B	1.5	27.0	27.0	2.75	1382	-61.2
32	Krasovsky, Kirill Vik	1475	RUS	F	−12N	−3B	−27N	−23B	=31N	−28N	=33B	=29B	1.5	27.0	27.0	2.75	1392	-33.2
33	Kiselev, Dmitry Pavl	1517	RUS	−30N	−14B	+28N	−17B	−29B	F	−25N	=32N	−21B	1.5	26.0	26.0	3.75	1452	-29.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Kuramshin, EgorRUS
+157.2
6.5 pts · #4
2Kasimov, MikhailRUS
+99.6
6.5 pts · #3
3Veselyy, MaksimRUS
+79.2
4.0 pts · #20

Top rating losers

1Khalyapin, SergeyRUS
-137.2
2.0 pts · #30
2Vinogradov, Artem Pav.RUS
-89.6
4.0 pts · #23
3Zaprometov, ProhorRUS
-88.8
4.0 pts · #21

Biggest upsets

R8+273 Elo gap
Kuramshin, Egor1707 beat Vadeev, Timofey1980
R4+258 Elo gap
Veselyy, Maksim1514 beat Khalyapin, Sergey1772
R9+257 Elo gap
Andrienko, Mikhail1515 beat Khalyapin, Sergey1772