Blitz Moscow. January 2026 - 4

SwissBlitz

91 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held on 17 Jan 2026 in Moscow, Russia. 18 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2429, and top seed was Yaroslav Remizov (🇷🇺 RUS, IM, 2518).

Aleksandr E. Usov (🇷🇺 RUS, IM, 2475) won with 8.5/11, ahead of Lev Zverev (8.5) and Dmitry Rostovtsev (8.5). Usov shared the lead from round 10, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 9: Yaroslav Shlykov (2033) beat Yaroslav Remizov (IM, 2518), a +485-point gap.

Location

🇷🇺Moscow, Russia

Dates

17 Jan 2026

Time control

Blitz: 3 minutes for game with 2 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 11 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇺IMYaroslav Remizov2518

Avg top 10

2,429

Participants

Titled players · 18

GM×1

IM×6

FM×6

CM×1

WIM×2

WFM×2

Federations · 2 represented

🇷🇺Russia×75

FIDE (no federation)×15

Top 3

🥇
IMAleksandr E. Usov
🇷🇺RUS·2475
8.5pts·2510perf+7.7
🥈
IMLev Zverev
FID·2476
8.5pts·2513perf+8.1
🥉
IMDmitry Rostovtsev
🇷🇺RUS·2446
8.5pts·2469perf+6.7

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 11 rounds

Tight race until R11; 3 players tied at 8.5/11, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Usov8.5Rostovtsev8.5Zverev8.5Yeletsky8Galaktionov8Zakhartsov8

R9 · LEADER CHANGE17 Jan

IM Lev Zverev takes the sole lead (7.5/9).

R11 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 8.5/11. Usov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (76.5).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Aleksandr E. Usov drew with IM Dmitry Rostovtsev (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1IMAleksandr E. Usov	*	½	½	1
2IMDmitry Rostovtsev	½	*	1	0
3IMLev Zverev	½	0	*	0
4FMIvan Yeletsky	0	1	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Usov, Aleksandr E.IM	2475	RUS	+84N	+21B	=7N	+17B	+9N	=3B	=2N	=12B	+15N	+4B	=5N	8.5	76.5	79.5	59.50	2510	+7.7
2	Zverev, LevIM	2476	FID	+29B	+33N	+23B	+16N	+8B	−4N	=1B	+5N	+6B	−3N	+19B	8.5	75.5	81.5	60.75	2513	+8.1
3	Rostovtsev, DmitryIM	2446	RUS	+52B	+19N	+31B	+13N	−4B	=1N	+25B	=8N	+7B	+2B	=6N	8.5	75.0	80.0	60.00	2469	+6.7
4	Yeletsky, IvanFM	2456	RUS	+64N	+26B	+18N	+12B	+3N	+2B	−5N	−6B	+10N	−1N	+8B	8.0	77.0	81.5	57.00	2478	+6.1
5	Zakhartsov, VladimirGM	2472	RUS	+45B	+25N	−13B	+7B	+10N	+31N	+4B	−2B	=9N	+23N	=1B	8.0	74.0	79.5	56.00	2426	-2.7
6	Galaktionov, ArtemFM	2369	RUS	+41B	+46N	−27B	+19N	+14B	+13N	=8B	+4N	−2N	+12B	=3B	8.0	73.0	78.5	55.50	2432	+12.5
7	Ippolitov, Mikhail Al	2216	RUS	+48B	+35N	=1B	−5N	+26N	=24B	+32N	+14B	−3N	+18B	+15N	8.0	71.0	76.5	52.50	2377	+35.6
8	Parpiev, IsaakIM	2394	FID	+67N	+11B	+20N	+27B	−2N	+32B	=6N	=3B	=12N	+9B	−4N	7.5	74.5	78.5	50.25	2381	+5.4
9	Ponomarev, GrigoriFM	2353	RUS	+65N	+28B	+10N	=14N	−1B	+17B	=23N	+20B	=5B	−8N	+24B	7.5	72.0	76.5	49.75	2355	+7.6
10	Korneva, MarinaIM	2108	RUS	+54B	+63N	−9B	+43N	−5B	+35B	+11N	+16N	−4B	+33N	=12B	7.5	67.5	72.5	45.50	2232	+19.0
11	Betenev, Artem Dm	1992	RUS	+72B	−8N	+39B	+15B	−20N	+60N	−10B	+44N	=31B	+27N	+23B	7.5	64.5	68.5	43.50	2159	+52.9
12	Kleimenov, NikolayFM	2331	FID	+39B	+30N	+24B	−4N	=33B	+22N	+16B	=1N	=8B	−6N	=10N	7.0	72.5	78.5	47.75	2284	-5.6
13	Tunik, Denis	2181	RUS	+57N	+43B	+5N	−3B	+34N	−6B	=24N	−26B	+35N	+25B	=22N	7.0	68.5	73.5	43.75	2188	+10.0
14	Remizov, YaroslavIM	2518	RUS	+37N	+34B	+15N	=9B	−6N	=25N	+27B	−7N	−33B	+35B	+32N	7.0	67.5	73.5	44.50	2286	-25.2
15	Boikov, PavelCM	2265	RUS	+40B	+55N	−14B	−11N	+52B	+33N	+19B	+31N	−1B	+30N	−7B	7.0	67.5	72.5	41.50	2185	-14.6
16	Usov, Dmitry E.	2267	RUS	+59N	+42B	+32N	−2B	+27N	+20B	−12N	−10B	−34N	+37B	+36N	7.0	66.0	71.0	42.00	2181	-18.3
17	Lyutsinger, IrenFM	2135	FID	=53B	+22N	+61B	−1N	+46B	−9N	+44B	+25N	−23B	+26N	=18N	7.0	65.5	70.5	42.00	2174	+7.8
18	Vasilkov, NikolayFM	2157	FID	+62B	+44N	−4B	+42N	−25B	=36N	+46B	+22N	+26B	−7N	=17B	7.0	65.5	70.5	41.50	2124	-10.2
19	Mozolevskaya, Tatyana Nik	1998	FID	+69N	−3B	+59N	−6B	+47N	+84B	−15N	+37B	+20N	+34B	−2N	7.0	65.5	68.5	36.50	2141	+58.9
20	Karmanova, Olga Dm.WIM	2129	FID	+50N	+90B	−8B	+55N	+11B	−16N	+54B	−9N	−19B	+44N	+33B	7.0	63.5	65.5	36.50	2109	-0.2
21	Frolova, Lyubov V.	2030	RUS	+75B	−1N	+45B	+29N	−31B	−44N	+52B	−35B	+59N	+48B	+34N	7.0	59.5	63.5	37.50	2011	-3.8
22	Novikova, GalinaWFM	1966	RUS	=51N	−17B	+81N	+62B	+38N	−12B	+67N	−18B	+64N	+31N	=13B	7.0	59.0	62.0	34.75	2039	+24.2
23	Panichkin, Aleksey	2220	RUS	+47N	+36B	−2N	+28B	−32N	+42B	=9B	+24N	+17N	−5B	−11N	6.5	69.0	74.5	40.75	2178	-4.8
24	Pereverzev, Timofei	2080	RUS	+58N	+86B	−12N	=38B	+37N	=7N	=13B	−23B	+28N	+42B	−9N	6.5	65.0	68.0	36.50	2096	+3.6
25	Makeev, Igor	2019	RUS	+49N	−5B	+67N	+84B	+18N	=14B	−3N	−17B	+46N	−13N	+47B	6.5	65.0	68.0	34.00	2130	+15.0
26	Smirnova, EkaterinaWIM	2016	FID	+70B	−4N	+52B	+57N	−7B	=45N	+41B	+13N	−18N	−17B	+42N	6.5	64.0	68.0	35.25	2054	+13.0
27	Kondakov, Konstantin	2097	FID	+68N	+77B	+6N	−8N	−16B	+43B	−14N	+28B	=42N	−11B	+49N	6.5	64.0	67.5	35.75	2101	+8.7
28	Pankratov, Mikhail A.	1961	RUS	+73B	−9N	+40B	−23N	=41B	+47N	+45B	−27N	−24B	+64N	+43B	6.5	60.0	64.0	34.00	1994	+8.5
29	Makovetskiy, Artem Ser	1845	RUS	−2N	+58B	+83N	−21B	+68N	−34B	−48N	+47B	=50N	+65B	+46N	6.5	57.0	60.0	30.25	1897	+23.6
30	Knyazkov, Egor	1933	RUS	+82N	−12B	−57N	−68B	+73N	+50B	+84N	+48B	+32N	−15B	=31N	6.5	53.0	56.0	30.00	1940	+3.6
31	Kolomeets, Daniel	2139	RUS	+60N	+38B	−3N	+36B	+21N	−5B	+34N	−15B	=11N	−22B	=30B	6.0	69.5	74.5	37.00	2094	-25.2
32	Voloshkin, Daniil	2096	FID	+56B	+76N	−16B	+35N	+23B	−8N	−7B	+36N	−30B	+39N	−14B	6.0	65.5	69.0	33.00	2080	-2.2
33	Shlykov, Yaroslav	2033	RUS	+78N	−2B	+64N	+90B	=12N	−15B	=36B	+43N	+14N	−10B	−20N	6.0	63.5	65.5	29.00	2110	+18.6
34	Maslova, Anastasiya YarWFM	2033	FID	+66B	−14N	+53B	+44N	−13B	+29N	−31B	+55N	+16B	−19N	−21B	6.0	63.0	67.5	33.50	2034	+1.6
35	Zakharov, Mikael Dm	1883	RUS	+81N	−7B	+77N	−32B	+57B	−10N	+60B	+21N	−13B	−14N	+56B	6.0	61.0	64.0	28.50	1961	+14.3
36	Panteleev, Yury	1911	RUS	+79B	−23N	+60B	−31N	+40B	=18B	=33N	−32B	+45N	+54N	−16B	6.0	60.0	63.5	31.50	1986	+21.0
37	Mamedov, Elshad	1851	RUS	−14B	+66N	=76B	+53N	−24B	=56N	+63B	−19N	+40B	−16N	+54B	6.0	58.0	61.5	29.75	1910	+8.4
38	Eltsov, Konstantin	1855	RUS	+88B	−31N	+69B	=24N	−22B	−54N	+53B	=41N	−39B	+60N	+63B	6.0	55.5	57.5	27.25	1807	-21.1
39	Brankovsky, Georgy	1786	RUS	−12N	+85B	−11N	−49B	+88N	+58B	−42N	+68B	+38N	−32B	+53N	6.0	54.5	56.5	25.00	1821	+11.6
40	Kalinichenko, German Yu	1783	FID	−15N	+82B	−28N	+91B	−36N	+49B	−43N	+58B	−37N	+71B	+61B	6.0	53.5	53.5	22.50	1805	+2.6
41	Astakhov, Darij	1804	RUS	−6N	−69B	+70N	+78B	=28N	+87B	−26N	=38B	−49N	+68B	+58N	6.0	53.0	55.5	25.25	1833	+7.4
42	Martyntsev, Roman	1952	RUS	+71B	−16N	+48B	−18B	+64N	−23N	+39B	+54N	=27B	−24N	−26B	5.5	61.0	65.0	28.25	1950	+0.4
43	Kalita, Daniil	1883	RUS	+74B	−13N	+63B	−10B	+48N	−27N	+40B	−33B	+57N	=49B	−28N	5.5	60.5	64.5	28.25	1854	-6.4
44	Shirokov, Sergey	1853	RUS	+83N	−18B	+89N	−34B	+50N	+21B	−17N	−11B	+56N	−20B	=48N	5.5	60.5	62.5	25.25	1874	+1.8
45	Fomichev, German	1843	RUS	−5N	+78B	−21N	+58B	+49N	=26B	−28N	+65B	−36B	−47N	+66B	5.5	59.0	62.5	26.25	1839	-1.6
46	Loboyko, Fedor	1960	RUS	+85N	−6B	=47N	+76B	−17N	+65B	−18N	+67B	−25B	+50N	−29B	5.5	58.0	61.0	23.25	1876	-44.4
47	Usov, Vladimir E.	1754	RUS	−23B	+79N	=46B	+56N	−19B	−28B	+87N	−29N	+66B	+45B	−25N	5.5	57.0	59.5	23.75	1876	+48.4
48	Kuzmina, Viktoria	1750	RUS	−7N	+80B	−42N	+89B	−43B	+69N	+29B	−30N	+55B	−21N	=44B	5.5	57.0	59.0	23.75	1815	+25.4
49	Gudkov, Egor	1581	RUS	−25B	−52N	+88B	+39N	−45B	−40N	+86B	+60N	+41B	=43N	−27B	5.5	55.0	57.0	24.75	1763	+72.4
50	Nuvaltsev, Vladislav	1697	RUS	−20B	+91N	−55B	+73N	−44B	−30N	+72B	+71N	=29B	−46B	+65N	5.5	52.5	52.5	19.75	1754	+23.2
51	Gazzaeva, Liyana	1526	RUS	=22B	−53N	−56B	−81N	−70B	+83B	−73N	+86N	+80B	+75N	+64B	5.5	43.0	46.0	21.50	1550	+2.4
52	Zakharova, Milana	1813	RUS	−3N	+49B	−26N	+77B	−15N	+68B	−21N	−56B	+70N	−58B	+71N	5.0	56.5	60.0	21.00	1765	-27.7
53	Izotov, Vladimir	1699	FID	=17N	+51B	−34N	−37B	−54N	+76B	−38N	+73B	=61B	+55N	−39B	5.0	55.5	59.0	24.00	1757	+9.2
54	Trapeznikova, Emma	1688	RUS	−10N	−83B	+85N	+61N	+53B	+38B	−20N	−42B	+67N	−36B	−37N	5.0	55.0	58.0	23.00	1878	+71.9
55	Makalkin, Andrey	1886	RUS	+80N	−15B	+50N	−20B	−67N	+57B	+59N	−34B	−48N	−53B	+68N	5.0	54.0	57.5	23.00	1790	-22.1
56	Korzun, Vera	1670	RUS	−32N	=87B	+51N	−47B	+62N	=37B	−64N	+52N	−44B	+59B	−35N	5.0	54.0	56.5	24.75	1797	+58.5
57	Lutkovskij, Maksim Al.	1747	RUS	−13B	+74N	+30B	−26B	−35N	−55N	+70B	+69N	−43B	−61N	+72B	5.0	53.5	57.5	22.50	1769	+8.8
58	Sosnovskikh, Artem	1668	RUS	−24B	−29N	+79B	−45N	+71B	−39N	+74B	−40N	+82B	+52N	−41B	5.0	53.0	56.0	19.50	1676	+2.5
59	Larionov, Dmitry	1785	RUS	−16B	+71N	−19B	−69N	+79B	+72N	−55B	+63N	−21B	−56N	+74B	5.0	52.0	55.5	20.50	1683	-28.8
60	Mirzoev, Tabriz Z	1712	RUS	−31B	+88N	−36N	+83B	+90N	−11B	−35N	−49B	+69N	−38B	+67N	5.0	50.0	52.0	15.00	1711	-5.3
61	Tolengit, Arman	2041	RUS	−77N	+68B	−17N	−54B	+76N	=67B	−62N	+78B	=53N	+57B	−40N	5.0	48.0	51.5	20.50	1687	-87.6
62	Izotov, Artem	1735	RUS	−18N	=81B	+87N	−22N	−56B	+74N	+61B	−64B	−65N	=67B	+70N	5.0	48.0	50.5	19.00	1756	+4.4
63	Alekseev, Konstantin	1666	RUS	+87N	−10B	−43N	−64B	+91N	+90B	−37N	−59B	+85N	+76B	−38N	5.0	45.5	45.5	11.00	1728	+18.4
64	Mizerova, Yana	1839	RUS	−4B	+70N	−33B	+63N	−42B	=66N	+56B	+62N	−22B	−28B	−51N	4.5	58.0	62.0	21.25	1751	-18.8
65	Gomboev, Geser	1787	RUS	−9B	−73N	+72B	=75N	+81B	−46N	+66B	−45N	+62B	−29N	−50B	4.5	52.0	55.0	18.50	1659	-37.4
66	Domashchenko, Alisa	1649	FID	−34N	−37B	+82N	−67B	+89N	=64B	−65N	+76B	−47N	+77B	−45N	4.5	46.0	48.0	14.25	1616	-13.0
67	Saifulov, Gleb	1808	RUS	−8B	+72N	−25B	+66N	+55B	=61N	−22B	−46N	−54B	=62N	−60B	4.0	56.0	60.0	18.50	1752	-22.6
68	Ananiev, Grigory	1685	RUS	−27B	−61N	+71B	+30N	−29B	−52N	+82B	−39N	+72B	−41N	−55B	4.0	54.5	57.5	17.50	1688	-6.2
69	Shabanova, Mariya	1553	FID	−19B	+41N	−38N	+59B	−84N	−48B	+78N	−57B	−60B	−74N	+82B	4.0	50.0	53.0	17.50	1622	+34.9
70	Shrabshtein, Ilya	1580	RUS	−26N	−64B	−41B	−79N	+51N	+88B	−57N	+74B	−52B	+82N	−62B	4.0	48.0	50.0	14.50	1534	-16.2
71	Grigoryan, Seyran	1496	RUS	−42N	−59B	−68N	+80B	−58N	+91B	+77N	−50B	+75B	−40N	−52B	4.0	47.0	47.0	11.00	1554	+19.6
72	Nartsov, Dmitry	1530	RUS	−11N	−67B	−65N	+82B	+83N	−59B	−50N	+81B	−68N	+85B	−57N	4.0	44.5	47.5	12.00	1532	-7.2
73	Nurgaliev, Damir	1521	RUS	−28N	+65B	−90N	−50B	−30B	=80N	+51B	−53N	−77N	=88B	+89N	4.0	44.5	46.5	14.75	1556	+3.6
74	Neverova, Kristina Geo	1430	RUS	−43N	−57B	−78N	+85B	+77N	−62B	−58N	−70N	+86B	+69B	−59N	4.0	43.5	46.5	13.50	1517	+28.7
75	Ekimchev, Artjom	1586	RUS	−21N	−84B	+80N	=65B	−87N	−78B	+81N	=77B	−71N	−51B	+88N	4.0	40.0	42.0	12.50	1528	-39.5
76	Perfilov, Maksim	1406	RUS	F	−32B	=37N	−46N	−61B	−53N	+80B	−66N	+78B	−63N	+79N	3.5	47.5	47.5	13.50	1643	0.0
77	Sakhno, Robert Ev	1656	RUS	+61B	−27N	−35B	−52N	−74B	+79N	−71B	=75N	+73B	−66N	−80N	3.5	46.5	50.0	14.50	1540	-64.4
78	Betenev, Dmitry	1633	RUS	−33B	−45N	+74B	−41N	=86B	+75N	−69B	−61N	−76N	−80B	+83B	3.5	44.5	47.5	12.50	1520	-27.4
79	Evdokimova, Stefaniya	1456	RUS	−36N	−47B	−58N	+70B	−59N	−77B	+89N	−85B	=88N	+81N	−76B	3.5	40.5	42.5	10.00	1461	-16.4
80	Sakhno, Alexander Ev	1443	RUS	−55B	−48N	−75B	−71N	F	=73B	−76N	+91B	−51N	+78N	+77B	3.5	38.5	38.5	9.00	1485	+11.6
81	Troyan, Mikhail	1407	RUS	−35B	=62N	−22B	+51B	−65N	=86N	−75B	−72N	+89N	−79B	−85N	3.0	45.5	47.5	11.50	1367	-24.4
82	Tarasov, Miron	1470	RUS	−30B	−40N	−66B	−72N	+85N	+89B	−68N	+88B	−58N	−70B	−69N	3.0	43.0	45.0	7.00	1293	-63.6
83	Gershteyn, Oscar	0	RUS	−44B	+54N	−29B	−60N	−72B	−51N	−88N	−89B	+91N	+86B	−78N	3.0	42.0	42.0	8.00	1374	0.0
84	Slabov, Mikhail R.	1845	RUS	−1B	+75N	+86B	−25N	+69B	−19N	−30B	F	F	F	F	3.0	39.5	39.5	11.00	1761	-28.4
85	Sivakova, Elena	1509	RUS	−46B	−39N	−54B	−74N	−82B	F	+91N	+79N	−63B	−72N	+81B	3.0	39.0	39.0	6.50	1375	-56.8
86	Shafigulin, Vladislav	0	RUS	+89B	−24N	−84N	−87B	=78N	=81B	−49N	−51B	−74N	−83N	+91B	3.0	38.5	38.5	5.25	1372	0.0
87	Demina, Alena	2053	RUS	−63B	=56N	−62B	+86N	+75B	−41N	−47B	F	F	F	F	2.5	33.5	33.5	9.50	1521	-52.8
88	Feygin, Gleb	0	RUS	−38N	−60B	−49N	F	−39B	−70N	+83B	−82N	=79B	=73N	−75B	2.0	44.0	44.0	6.75	1268	0.0
89	FIDE 570006059	0	—	−86N	F	−44B	−48N	−66B	−82N	−79B	+83N	−81B	+91N	−73B	2.0	35.0	35.0	3.00	791	0.0
90	Belkin, Artem	1851	RUS	+91B	−20N	+73B	−33N	−60B	−63N	F	F	F	F	F	2.0	27.0	27.0	4.00	1572	-69.6
91	Reshetina, Elena Nik	0	RUS	−90N	−50B	F	−40N	−63B	−71N	−85B	−80N	−83B	−89B	−86N	0.0	37.0	37.0	0.00	834	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Gudkov, EgorRUS
+72.4
5.5 pts · #65
2Trapeznikova, EmmaRUS
+71.9
5.0 pts · #52
3Mozolevskaya, Tatyana NikFID
+58.9
7.0 pts · #14

Top rating losers

1Tolengit, ArmanRUS
-87.6
5.0 pts · #63
2Belkin, ArtemRUS
-69.6
2.0 pts · #88
3Sakhno, Robert EvRUS
-64.4
3.5 pts · #66

Biggest upsets

R9+485 Elo gap
Shlykov, Yaroslav2033 beat IMRemizov, Yaroslav2518
R1+387 Elo gap
Alekseev, Konstantin1666 beat Demina, Alena2053
R1+385 Elo gap
Sakhno, Robert Ev1656 beat Tolengit, Arman2041