Russian Championship G11 1st league 2026
27 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 1347, and top seed was Nadezhda Pervitskaya (🇷🇺 RUS, 1561).
Sofia Val Vetokhina (🇷🇺 RUS, 1494) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Sofia Tikhonova (6.5) and Mariya Aleks Kondratieva (6.0). Vetokhina shared the lead from round 8 and broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Mariya Aleks Kondratieva (1431) beat Valeriya Ser Valtseva (1537), a +106-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsSofia Val Vetokhina led from R9; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R9.
Sofia Val Vetokhina takes the sole lead (7.0/9).
Sofia Val Vetokhina beat Sofia Tikhonova (Black).
Sofia Val Vetokhina 4 wins (R6–R9)Sofia Tikhonova 3 wins (R4–R6)Mariya Verba 5 wins (R1–R5)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sofia Val Vetokhina | * | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2Sofia Tikhonova | 0 | * | 1 | ½ |
| 3Mariya Verba | 0 | 0 | * | 1 |
| 4Mariya Aleks Kondratieva | 1 | ½ | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vetokhina, Sofia Val | 1494 | RUS | =13B | +11N | +12B | −3N | =8B | +21N | +10B | +2N | +4B | 7.0 | 44.0 | 47.5 | 36.25 | 1717 | +57.2 |
| 2 | Tikhonova, Sofia | 0 | RUS | +18B | +24N | −10B | +7N | +21B | +4B | =3N | −1B | +8N | 6.5 | 42.5 | 45.5 | 30.50 | 1475 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Kondratieva, Mariya Aleks | 1431 | RUS | +9N | +14B | +5N | +1B | −4N | +17B | =2B | =8N | −6B | 6.0 | 47.5 | 51.5 | 33.50 | 1569 | +39.6 |
| 4 | Verba, Mariya | 0 | RUS | +25N | +15B | +17B | +10N | +3B | −2N | −8B | +7B | −1N | 6.0 | 44.0 | 47.0 | 28.00 | 1712 | +74.0 |
| 5 | Valtseva, Valeriya Ser | 1537 | RUS | +7B | +16N | −3B | =8N | +9B | −10N | +12B | =6N | +11B | 6.0 | 43.5 | 48.0 | 31.25 | 1415 | -28.8 |
| 6 | Pervitskaya, Nadezhda | 1561 | RUS | −19N | −9B | +27N | +23B | =7N | +14B | +17N | =5B | +3N | 6.0 | 39.0 | 39.0 | 23.75 | 1755 | +27.6 |
| 7 | Perepelova, Vera Ev | 0 | RUS | −5N | +25B | +15N | −2B | =6B | +13N | +9B | −4N | +16B | 5.5 | 44.0 | 47.0 | 25.50 | 1404 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Asanova, Feride | 0 | RUS | F | +22N | +18B | =5B | =1N | +15B | +4N | =3B | −2B | 5.5 | 43.5 | 43.5 | 27.50 | 1504 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Mambetova, Lenara | 0 | RUS | −3B | +6N | =11B | +13N | −5N | +23B | −7N | +15B | +10B | 5.5 | 43.0 | 46.0 | 26.00 | 1519 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Mirakova, Lola Dzh | 1531 | RUS | +20N | +23B | +2N | −4B | −17N | +5B | −1N | +21B | −9N | 5.0 | 42.5 | 45.5 | 23.00 | 1417 | -30.0 |
| 11 | Melentieva, Mariya Ev | 0 | RUS | =12N | −1B | =9N | +24B | −15N | +22B | +19N | +17B | −5N | 5.0 | 39.5 | 42.5 | 19.75 | 1341 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Sych, Maria | 1500 | RUS | =11B | =13N | −1N | +26B | =14N | +19B | −5N | =24B | +17N | 5.0 | 39.0 | 42.0 | 20.00 | 1378 | -19.6 |
| 13 | Saifutdinova, Renata | 0 | RUS | =1N | =12B | =23N | −9B | +22N | −7B | =14N | +20N | +24B | 5.0 | 38.5 | 41.5 | 20.50 | 1493 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Ganzha, Milena | 0 | RUS | +21B | −3N | +16B | −17N | =12B | −6N | =13B | +18N | +22N | 5.0 | 38.0 | 41.5 | 20.50 | 1346 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Belovolova, Sofiya | 1445 | RUS | +22B | −4N | −7B | +18N | +11B | −8N | =16B | −9N | +21N | 4.5 | 39.5 | 43.0 | 18.25 | 1469 | +2.8 |
| 16 | Pitinova, Sofiya K | 0 | RUS | +27N | −5B | −14N | =22B | =23N | +26B | =15N | +19B | −7N | 4.5 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 12.50 | 1301 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Rodina, Viktoriya A | 1479 | RUS | +26N | +19B | −4N | +14B | +10B | −3N | −6B | −11N | −12B | 4.0 | 42.0 | 45.0 | 17.00 | 1245 | -57.6 |
| 18 | Tacheeva, Mariya | 0 | RUS | −2N | +20B | −8N | −15B | −26N | +25B | +23N | −14B | +?N | 4.0 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 10.00 | 644 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Khodyaeva, Sofia | 0 | RUS | +6B | −17N | +24B | −21N | +?B | −12N | −11B | −16N | +27B | 4.0 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 9.00 | 1320 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Elanova, Marina Vlad | 0 | RUS | −10B | −18N | −?B | +25N | −24N | +27B | +26N | −13B | +23N | 4.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 9.00 | 726 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Yudina, Agata | 1495 | FID | −14N | +27B | +26N | +19B | −2N | −1B | =24N | −10N | −15B | 3.5 | 38.0 | 38.0 | 8.50 | 686 | -65.2 |
| 22 | Snigireva, Nadezhda | 0 | RUS | −15N | −8B | +25N | =16N | −13B | −11N | +27B | +?N | −14B | 3.5 | 32.5 | 32.5 | 5.25 | 644 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Leonova, Polina E | 0 | RUS | +?B | −10N | =13B | −6N | =16B | −9N | −18B | +25N | −20B | 3.0 | 37.0 | 37.0 | 7.75 | 742 | 0.0 |
| 24 | FIDE 522067710 | 0 | — | F | −2B | −19N | −11N | +20B | +?N | =21B | =12N | −13N | 3.0 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 8.25 | 1508 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Dremova, Darya | 0 | RUS | −4B | −7N | −22B | −20B | +27N | −18N | +?B | −23B | +26N | 3.0 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 3.00 | 620 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Maloletneva, Aleksandra | 0 | RUS | −17B | +?N | −21B | −12N | +18B | −16N | −20B | +27N | −25B | 3.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 4.00 | 698 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 570011125 | 0 | — | −16B | −21N | −6B | −?N | −25B | −20N | −22N | −26B | −19N | 0.0 | 31.5 | 31.5 | 0.00 | 738 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Verba, MariyaRUS+74.06.0 pts · #1
- 2Vetokhina, Sofia ValRUS+57.27.0 pts · #2
- 3Kondratieva, Mariya AleksRUS+39.66.0 pts · #4
- 1Yudina, AgataFID-65.23.5 pts · #23
- 2Rodina, Viktoriya ARUS-57.64.0 pts · #18
- 3Mirakova, Lola DzhRUS-30.05.0 pts · #8
- R3+106 Elo gap