Russian Championship G13 1st league 2026
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36 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 1586, and top seed was Svetlana Vvedenskaya (🇷🇺 RUS, 1743).
Alena Kuznetsova (🇷🇺 RUS, 1542) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Polina Petina (7.0) and Mariya Chernyavskaya (6.5). Kuznetsova shared the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Veronika Nik Ryaskova (1431) beat Svetlana Vvedenskaya (1743), a +312-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
Federations · 2 represented
🇷🇺Russia×31
FIDE (no federation)×3
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R6; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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Kuznetsova7Petina7Chernyavskaya6.5Kalimullina6.5Bezmenova6Dolgodvorova6— ex-leaders:Bakharevaled R4, #10
R6 · LEADER CHANGE11 Feb
Alena Kuznetsova takes the sole lead (5.5/6).
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 7.0/9. Kuznetsova takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (47.0).
R8 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Alena Kuznetsova lost to Polina Petina (Black).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Alena Kuznetsova | * | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2Polina Petina | 1 | * | ½ | — |
| 3Mariya Chernyavskaya | 0 | ½ | * | — |
| 4Amaliya Kalimullina | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuznetsova, Alena | 1542 | RUS | +21B | =18N | +19B | +4N | +6B | +5N | +3B | −2N | =7B | 7.0 | 47.0 | 51.5 | 39.25 | 1692 | +62.0 |
| 2 | Petina, Polina | 1554 | RUS | +28N | −16B | +29N | =10B | +17N | +9B | +8N | +1B | =3N | 7.0 | 43.0 | 46.5 | 36.25 | 1693 | +42.4 |
| 3 | Chernyavskaya, Mariya | 0 | RUS | +9N | −11B | +31N | +33B | +7N | +6B | −1N | +5B | =2B | 6.5 | 46.5 | 49.5 | 34.00 | 1594 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Kalimullina, Amaliya | 1520 | RUS | +25N | +22B | =16N | −1B | =10N | +27B | +11N | +8B | =6B | 6.5 | 41.5 | 45.0 | 30.25 | 1579 | +20.4 |
| 5 | Bakhareva, Elizaveta | 1513 | RUS | +35N | +8B | +17N | +11B | =12N | −1B | =7B | −3N | +14B | 6.0 | 45.0 | 46.0 | 27.00 | 1658 | +53.6 |
| 6 | Danilova, Mariya | 1576 | FID | =12N | +31B | +13N | +16B | −1N | −3N | +18B | +10B | =4N | 6.0 | 44.0 | 47.5 | 28.25 | 1659 | +31.2 |
| 7 | Dolgodvorova, Elizaveta | 1539 | RUS | +20B | −10N | +26B | +19N | −3B | +13B | =5N | +12B | =1N | 6.0 | 43.5 | 47.5 | 29.50 | 1656 | +44.4 |
| 8 | Bezmenova, Mila | 0 | RUS | +32B | −5N | +14B | +24N | +11N | +12B | −2B | −4N | +17N | 6.0 | 43.0 | 46.5 | 27.00 | 1587 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Kislukhina, Polina | 1525 | RUS | −3B | +36N | +30B | =17B | +16N | −2N | =13B | +15N | +11B | 6.0 | 41.0 | 41.0 | 22.75 | 1659 | +43.2 |
| 10 | Akifeva, Anna | 1452 | RUS | +14B | +7B | −11N | =2N | =4B | +17B | =12N | −6N | =13B | 5.0 | 45.5 | 50.0 | 27.25 | 1591 | +66.8 |
| 11 | Bubnova, Alisa | 1520 | RUS | +29B | +3N | +10B | −5N | −8B | +14N | −4B | +18N | −9N | 5.0 | 45.5 | 49.0 | 24.50 | 1507 | -4.0 |
| 12 | Ryaskova, Veronika Nik | 1431 | RUS | =6B | +24N | +18B | +23N | =5B | −8N | =10B | −7N | =16B | 5.0 | 42.0 | 46.0 | 23.25 | 1630 | +86.0 |
| 13 | Arykbaeva, Almira Tash | 1623 | RUS | −18B | +21N | −6B | +20N | +19B | −7N | =9N | +28B | =10N | 5.0 | 41.0 | 44.5 | 22.50 | 1477 | -60.0 |
| 14 | Yarmak, Maria | 1587 | RUS | −10N | +20B | −8N | +18N | +30B | −11B | +22N | +16B | −5N | 5.0 | 39.5 | 43.0 | 21.00 | 1410 | -48.0 |
| 15 | Efimenko, Mariya Kir | 1444 | RUS | −17N | +35B | −33N | =22B | +31N | =16B | +27N | −9B | +23B | 5.0 | 33.0 | 34.0 | 16.25 | 1515 | +20.0 |
| 16 | Gradusova, Alisa Aleks | 1480 | FID | +23B | +2N | =4B | −6N | −9B | =15N | +19B | −14N | =12N | 4.5 | 45.0 | 49.0 | 23.75 | 1534 | +24.8 |
| 17 | Petina, Elizabeth | 1585 | RUS | +15B | +26N | −5B | =9N | −2B | −10N | +30B | +21N | −8B | 4.5 | 43.5 | 47.0 | 20.00 | 1484 | -39.6 |
| 18 | Aptykova, Svetlana | 1474 | RUS | +13N | =1B | −12N | −14B | +33N | +28B | −6N | −11B | +30N | 4.5 | 40.0 | 43.0 | 18.50 | 1483 | +4.8 |
| 19 | Parshintseva, Elizaveta | 1417 | RUS | +27N | +33B | −1N | −7B | −13N | +26B | −16N | =22B | +29B | 4.5 | 37.5 | 40.5 | 16.00 | 1493 | +20.0 |
| 20 | Kozello, Vasilisa Ser | 0 | RUS | −7N | −14N | +32B | −13B | −26N | +35B | =25N | +31B | +27N | 4.5 | 34.5 | 35.5 | 13.50 | 1436 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Rozhkova, Veronika | 1407 | RUS | −1N | −13B | +35N | −27B | =25N | +36B | +33N | −17B | +28N | 4.5 | 31.5 | 31.5 | 9.50 | 1419 | +3.2 |
| 22 | Pavlova, Sofia M | 0 | RUS | +34B | −4N | −23B | =15N | +29B | =30N | −14B | =19N | =24B | 4.0 | 36.0 | 39.0 | 15.00 | 1444 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Vvedenskaya, Svetlana | 1743 | RUS | −16N | +28B | +22N | −12B | −27N | =33B | =24N | +25B | −15N | 4.0 | 33.5 | 36.5 | 15.00 | 1326 | -147.6 |
| 24 | Mikhaleva, Yulia | 1530 | FID | =31N | −12B | +25N | −8B | −28N | +34N | =23B | =27B | =22N | 4.0 | 33.5 | 36.5 | 14.50 | 1469 | -18.0 |
| 25 | Ibragimova, Aida | 0 | RUS | −4B | =34N | −24B | =32N | =21B | +29N | =20B | −23N | +33N | 4.0 | 33.5 | 36.5 | 14.25 | 1444 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Kosta, Alena | 1513 | RUS | +36B | −17B | −7N | −30N | +20B | −19N | −29B | +35N | +34B | 4.0 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 8.50 | 1339 | -38.4 |
| 27 | Belova, Elizaveta Nik | 1566 | RUS | −19B | −30N | +34B | +21N | +23B | −4N | −15B | =24N | −20B | 3.5 | 36.5 | 39.5 | 13.50 | 1520 | -17.6 |
| 28 | Sandakova, Lyubov Ser | 1415 | RUS | −2B | −23N | +36B | =29N | +24B | −18N | +32B | −13N | −21B | 3.5 | 36.0 | 36.0 | 9.25 | 1392 | -10.8 |
| 29 | Pitinova, Evgeniya | 0 | RUS | −11N | +32N | −2B | =28B | −22N | −25B | +26N | +36B | −19N | 3.5 | 35.5 | 35.5 | 9.25 | 1439 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Kazakova, Ulyana A | 0 | RUS | −33N | +27B | −9N | +26B | −14N | =22B | −17N | +32N | −18B | 3.5 | 35.0 | 38.0 | 13.00 | 1453 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Gagarenkova, Alisa | 0 | RUS | =24B | −6N | −3B | +34N | −15B | −32N | +35B | −20N | +36B | 3.5 | 33.5 | 33.5 | 6.00 | 1379 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Bozhko, Miroslava | 1533 | RUS | −8N | −29B | −20N | =25B | +36N | +31B | −28N | −30B | +35N | 3.5 | 29.5 | 29.5 | 6.50 | 614 | -26.4 |
| 33 | Nikiforova, Anna A | 1531 | RUS | +30B | −19N | +15B | −3N | −18B | =23N | −21B | =34N | −25B | 3.0 | 36.5 | 39.5 | 12.00 | 1385 | -47.6 |
| 34 | Lapina, Elizaveta Il | 1540 | RUS | −22N | =25B | −27N | −31B | +35N | −24B | +36N | =33B | −26N | 3.0 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 4.50 | 1215 | -64.8 |
| 35 | FIDE 55849571 | 0 | — | −5B | −15N | −21B | +36N | −34B | −20N | −31N | −26B | −32B | 1.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 0.00 | 693 | 0.0 |
| 36 | FIDE 540090191 | 0 | — | −26N | −9B | −28N | −35B | −32B | −21N | −34B | −29N | −31N | 0.0 | 31.5 | 32.5 | 0.00 | 693 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Ryaskova, Veronika NikRUS+86.05.0 pts · #5
- 2Akifeva, AnnaRUS+66.85.0 pts · #7
- 3Kuznetsova, AlenaRUS+62.07.0 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Vvedenskaya, SvetlanaRUS-147.64.0 pts · #27
- 2Lapina, Elizaveta IlRUS-64.83.0 pts · #33
- 3Arykbaeva, Almira TashRUS-60.05.0 pts · #11
Biggest upsets
- R4+312 Elo gap
- R9+299 Elo gap
- R1+263 Elo gap