Blitz Moscow. January 2026 - 6

SwissBlitz

86 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held on 24 Jan 2026 in Moscow, Russia. 22 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2421, and top seed was Nikita Afanasiev (🇷🇺 RUS, GM, 2494).

Aleksandr E. Usov (🇷🇺 RUS, IM, 2475) won with 10.0/11, ahead of Nikita Afanasiev (8.5) and Lev Zverev (8.5). Usov won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 10: Kirill Kulikov (1651) beat Boris Dolinskij (FM, 2348), a +697-point gap.

Location

🇷🇺Moscow, Russia

Dates

24 Jan 2026

Time control

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

System

Swiss · 11 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇺GMNikita Afanasiev2494

Avg top 10

2,421

Participants

Titled players · 22

GM×1

IM×9

FM×7

CM×1

WIM×2

WFM×1

WCM×1

Federations · 3 represented

🇷🇺Russia×66

FIDE (no federation)×17

🇪🇸Spain×1

Top 3

🥇
IMAleksandr E. Usov
🇷🇺RUS·2475
10.0pts·2672perf+21.6
🥈
GMNikita Afanasiev
🇷🇺RUS·2494
8.5pts·2540perf+8.1
🥉
IMLev Zverev
FID·2476
8.5pts·2464perf+2.3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 11 rounds

IM Aleksandr E. Usov led from R5; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Usov10Zverev8.5Afanasiev8.5Parpiev8Boikov7.5Esipenko7.5

R5–R11 · LEAD HELD

IM Aleksandr E. Usov never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Aleksandr E. Usov beat IM Lev Zverev (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

IM Aleksandr E. Usov 5+3 wins (R1–R5, R7–R9)IM Lev Zverev 3 wins (R4–R6)GM Nikita Afanasiev 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1IMAleksandr E. Usov	*	1	½	1
2IMLev Zverev	0	*	½	—
3GMNikita Afanasiev	½	½	*	½
4IMIsaak Parpiev	0	—	½	*

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	+39N	+18B	+27N	+15B	+5N	=2B	+3N	+4B	+6N	=13B	+7N	10.0	74.5	80.0	72.25	2672	+21.6
2	Afanasiev, NikitaGM	2494	RUS	+31N	+25B	+19N	+14B	=4N	=1N	+5B	=6N	+9B	=3B	=8N	8.5	76.5	82.5	61.75	2540	+8.1
3	Zverev, LevIM	2476	FID	+33B	+43N	−5B	+34N	+16B	+27N	−1B	+19N	+14B	=2N	+6B	8.5	72.0	77.5	55.75	2464	+2.3
4	Parpiev, IsaakIM	2394	FID	+49N	+24B	+10N	+13B	=2B	=6N	+11B	−1N	+27B	−7N	+14B	8.0	75.0	80.0	54.50	2433	+17.4
5	Boikov, PavelCM	2265	RUS	+41N	+68B	+3N	+9B	−1B	+15N	−2N	=10B	−13N	+25B	+20B	7.5	74.5	78.5	49.25	2373	+35.4
6	Rostovtsev, DmitryIM	2446	RUS	=47N	+73B	+44N	+20B	+7N	=4B	+14N	=2B	−1B	+9N	−3N	7.5	74.5	78.5	49.00	2414	0.0
7	Ippolitov, Mikhail Al	2216	RUS	+72N	=51B	+35N	+32B	−6B	+17N	−13N	+48B	+15N	+4B	−1B	7.5	68.5	72.5	45.50	2277	+17.4
8	Ponomarev, GrigoriFM	2353	RUS	+63B	+34N	=20B	=29N	+12B	−11N	+30B	−27N	+32B	+16N	=2B	7.5	67.0	71.5	47.50	2236	-23.4
9	Kaufman, DavidIM	2445	FID	+69B	=29N	+45B	−5N	+35N	+32B	+28N	+13B	−2N	−6B	+19N	7.5	66.5	70.5	44.00	2330	-9.3
10	Esipenko, Aleksandr	2134	RUS	+79B	+61N	−4B	+21N	+30B	−14B	+68N	=5N	=12B	+17N	=11B	7.5	65.5	69.0	42.75	2190	+21.6
11	Tregubenko, NikolayFM	2139	FID	+71B	+22N	−13N	+68B	+24N	+8B	−4N	−14B	+54N	+28B	=10N	7.5	65.0	69.0	43.25	2226	+36.0
12	Voloshkin, Daniil	2096	FID	−50N	+52B	+49N	+48B	−8N	=22B	+39N	+43B	=10N	=19B	+13N	7.5	61.0	66.0	43.25	2141	+11.0
13	Tsvetkov, AndreyIM	2452	FID	+46B	+23N	+11B	−4N	=17B	+43N	+7B	−9N	+5B	=1N	−12B	7.0	74.5	80.0	48.50	2313	-14.7
14	Kleimenov, NikolayFM	2331	FID	+28B	+30N	+16B	−2N	+23B	+10N	−6B	+11N	−3N	+27B	−4N	7.0	73.0	79.0	46.50	2313	+0.4
15	Appolonov, SergeyIM	2125	RUS	+36B	+37N	+80B	−1N	+26B	−5B	=48N	+20N	−7B	=22N	+29B	7.0	67.5	71.0	40.25	2185	+9.3
16	Karmanova, Olga Dm.WIM	2129	FID	+52N	+50B	−14N	+22B	−3N	=42B	=31N	+68B	+30N	−8B	+28N	7.0	63.0	67.0	38.25	2106	-1.6
17	Korneva, MarinaIM	2108	RUS	−61N	+79B	+46N	+44B	=13N	−7B	+22N	=28B	+31N	−10B	+33N	7.0	62.0	65.5	39.50	2045	-6.4
18	Frolova, Lyubov V.	2030	RUS	+56B	−1N	−40B	−79N	+57B	+71N	+62B	−21N	+41B	+42N	+37B	7.0	57.5	61.0	35.50	1889	-30.9
19	Rudakov, Sergey S.	2248	RUS	+40B	+42N	−2B	−30N	+33B	+21N	+29B	−3B	+24N	=12N	−9B	6.5	68.5	74.0	39.75	2162	-12.8
20	Lyutsinger, IrenFM	2135	FID	+38N	+48B	=8N	−6N	+40B	−28B	+42N	−15B	+21N	+35B	−5N	6.5	65.0	70.0	38.25	2080	-5.8
21	Zhelonkin, Kirill Mikh	1918	RUS	+83N	−27B	+36N	−10B	+38N	−19B	+72N	+18B	−20B	=23N	+40B	6.5	61.5	64.5	34.75	1988	+45.6
22	Panteleev, Yury	1911	RUS	+85N	−11B	+50N	−16N	+79B	=12N	−17B	+55B	+68N	=15B	=26N	6.5	60.0	61.0	29.00	2002	+25.2
23	Gorbatov, AlexejIM	2057	RUS	+59N	−13B	+41N	+33B	−14N	−48B	+40N	−31B	+70N	=21B	+39N	6.5	59.0	63.0	34.75	1976	-19.6
24	Mozolevskaya, Tatyana Nik	1998	FID	+58B	−4N	+71B	+80N	−11B	+69N	−27B	+41N	−19B	=40N	+44B	6.5	57.5	61.0	30.25	2047	+23.9
25	Kondakov, Konstantin	2097	FID	+81B	−2N	+69B	−40N	=39B	−70N	+44B	+62N	+53B	−5N	+32B	6.5	56.0	59.5	31.25	1986	-38.4
26	Chibukhchyan, Erik	2164	RUS	+65N	−44B	+39N	+54B	−15N	−68B	−41N	+72B	+47N	+30B	=22B	6.5	55.0	59.0	33.75	1954	-49.4
27	Maslovskiy, VladimirFM	2168	FID	+70B	+21N	−1B	+42N	+29B	−3B	+24N	+8B	−4N	−14N	F	6.0	69.5	69.5	36.00	2241	+34.7
28	Kalinichenko, German Yu	1783	FID	−14N	+66B	=43B	+45N	+80B	+20N	−9B	=17N	+29B	−11N	−16B	6.0	64.0	67.5	32.25	2100	+65.5
29	Veselov, YaroslavFM	2029	RUS	+75N	=9B	+51N	=8B	−27N	+46B	−19N	+47B	−28N	+48B	−15N	6.0	61.5	65.5	32.50	2056	+9.9
30	Pankratov, Mikhail A.	1961	RUS	+66N	−14B	+65N	+19B	−10N	+40B	−8N	+70B	−16B	−26N	+49B	6.0	61.5	65.5	30.00	2027	+13.9
31	Eltsov, Konstantin	1855	RUS	−2B	−81N	+58B	=36N	+56B	+45N	=16B	+23N	−17B	−32N	+54N	6.0	61.5	65.0	33.50	1958	+44.2
32	Smirnova, EkaterinaWIM	2016	FID	=62B	+76N	+53B	−7N	+51B	−9N	=52B	+46B	−8N	+31B	−25N	6.0	60.0	64.0	30.25	1998	-5.2
33	Mamedov, Elshad	1851	RUS	−3N	+57B	+37B	−23N	−19N	−50B	+81B	+71N	+52B	+53N	−17B	6.0	58.5	62.0	28.50	1899	+5.9
34	Vlasova, OlesiaWFM	2013	FID	+77N	−8B	+72N	−3B	−46N	+38B	−61N	+75B	−40N	+70B	+48N	6.0	54.5	58.5	27.00	1888	-16.4
35	Pak, Georgy	1964	RUS	F	+62N	−7B	+70N	−9B	−39N	+69B	+64B	+51N	−20N	+46B	6.0	54.5	54.5	27.50	2003	+9.6
36	Ananiev, Grigory	1685	RUS	−15N	+74N	−21B	=31B	=47N	−41B	+67N	−45N	+69B	+68B	+51N	6.0	53.5	57.5	27.25	1896	+87.1
37	Efimov, Stepan	0	RUS	+74B	−15B	−33N	+71N	−45B	−49N	+79B	+69N	+73B	+54B	−18N	6.0	51.5	55.0	24.50	1897	0.0
38	Izotov, Vladimir	1699	FID	−20B	+60N	−42B	+78N	−21B	−34N	+82B	−49N	+80B	+74N	+63B	6.0	50.5	53.5	24.00	1854	+35.0
39	Chekanov, Timur	1850	FID	−1B	+56N	−26B	+61N	=25N	+35B	−12B	−51N	+62B	+63N	−23B	5.5	62.0	66.5	27.75	1939	+25.9
40	Kuzmina, Viktoria	1750	RUS	−19N	+84B	+18N	+25B	−20N	−30N	−23B	+80N	+34B	=24B	−21N	5.5	61.5	64.0	28.75	1995	+102.3
41	Baryshnikov, Egor	1763	RUS	−5B	+67N	−23B	+59N	−42B	+36N	+26B	−24B	−18N	+58N	=45B	5.5	61.0	65.5	29.75	1888	+61.2
42	Martyntsev, Roman	1952	RUS	+84N	−19B	+38N	−27B	+41N	=16N	−20B	+61B	=48N	−18B	=47N	5.5	59.5	62.0	27.25	1916	-8.4
43	Pereverzev, Timofei	2080	RUS	+57B	−3B	=28N	+63N	+53B	−13B	=70N	−12N	=49B	−46N	+62B	5.5	58.5	62.5	26.50	1933	-20.8
44	Dragunov, Sergey Aleks	1900	RUS	+86B	+26N	−6B	−17N	=52B	−62N	−25N	+65B	+55N	+61B	−24N	5.5	57.5	57.5	23.00	1862	-22.4
45	Betenev, Artem Dm	1992	RUS	=55N	+47B	−9N	−28B	+37N	−31B	−64N	+36B	=50N	+72B	=41N	5.5	57.0	61.0	29.25	1772	-58.2
46	Saveljev, Roman	1845	RUS	−13N	+59B	−17B	+81N	+34B	−29N	+75B	−32N	=61N	+43B	−35N	5.5	57.0	60.5	26.25	1920	+30.4
47	Stupa, Gleb	1812	RUS	=6B	−45N	+76B	−53N	=36B	+81N	+80B	−29N	−26B	+52N	=42B	5.5	54.5	58.0	25.50	1918	+42.4
48	Sarkisyan, Sarkis	1870	RUS	+60B	−20N	+78B	−12N	+75B	+23N	=15B	−7N	=42B	−29N	−34B	5.0	61.5	65.5	25.75	1911	+17.2
49	Abramov, Pavel	1801	RUS	−4B	+58N	−12B	+57N	−68N	+37B	−54N	+38B	=43N	=51B	−30N	5.0	59.0	63.0	27.25	1843	+6.4
50	Schetinin, Aleksey Yar	1667	RUS	+12B	−16N	−22B	−69N	+82B	+33N	=51B	−53N	=45B	=56N	=60B	5.0	56.5	59.5	26.75	1827	+70.0
51	Akimov, Denis L	1925	RUS	+82B	=7N	−29B	+62N	−32N	=72B	=50N	+39B	−35B	=49N	−36B	5.0	55.5	58.5	23.75	1795	-60.9
52	Trapeznikova, Emma	1688	RUS	−16B	−12N	+84B	+74N	=44N	+53B	=32N	−54B	−33N	−47B	+73N	5.0	55.5	58.0	21.25	1864	+73.9
53	Osipchuk, Artem	1933	RUS	F	+55B	−32N	+47B	−43N	−52N	+63B	+50B	−25N	−33B	+61N	5.0	53.5	53.5	24.50	1826	-50.4
54	Golovatenko, EvaWCM	1978	RUS	+78B	−80N	+61B	−26N	−69B	+79N	+49B	+52N	−11B	−37N	−31B	5.0	52.0	55.5	22.00	1874	-26.0
55	Vasiliev, Nikita	1584	RUS	=45B	−53N	−63B	+58N	−70B	+56N	+74B	−22N	−44B	=73N	+71B	5.0	49.0	53.0	22.75	1781	+99.6
56	Sakhno, Robert Ev	1656	RUS	−18N	−39B	+85N	=72B	−31N	−55B	+83N	−63N	+81B	=50B	+70N	5.0	47.5	48.5	16.00	1660	-2.0
57	Alekseev, Konstantin	1666	RUS	−43N	−33N	+82B	−49B	−18N	+76B	=65N	−73B	=77N	+83N	+74B	5.0	47.0	50.0	18.25	1702	+8.6
58	Shubin, Alexander	1593	RUS	−24N	−49B	−31N	−55B	+86N	−67B	+84N	+76N	+71B	−41B	+72N	5.0	47.0	47.0	14.50	1580	-6.8
59	Tsybanov, Bazar-Sada	1658	RUS	−23B	−46N	+86B	−41B	=73N	−63N	=76B	=60N	=83B	+82N	+69B	5.0	45.0	45.0	15.00	1665	-1.8
60	Vasiliev, Andrey	0	RUS	−48N	−38B	−75N	−82N	+85B	−83B	+86N	=59B	+65N	+64B	=50N	5.0	41.0	41.0	15.00	1530	0.0
61	Gainulin, Amir	1674	RUS	+17B	−10B	−54N	−39B	+67N	+74N	+34B	−42N	=46B	−44N	−53B	4.5	57.0	61.0	24.25	1841	+79.6
62	Kulikov, Kirill	1651	RUS	=32N	−35B	+73N	−51B	+64N	+44B	−18N	−25B	−39N	+80B	−43N	4.5	55.5	59.0	20.50	1893	+113.2
63	Godovikov, Vyacheslav Val	1790	RUS	−8N	=77B	+55N	−43B	−72N	+59B	−53N	+56B	+64N	−39B	−38N	4.5	53.0	57.0	21.50	1737	-19.4
64	Brankovsky, Georgy	1786	RUS	−80B	−78N	=66B	+83N	−62B	+77N	+45B	−35N	−63B	−60N	+82B	4.5	44.5	47.5	17.75	1678	-48.0
65	Parshinov, Bato Tsy	1713	RUS	−26B	+86N	−30B	−75N	+66B	−80N	=57B	−44N	−60B	+85N	+79B	4.5	44.5	44.5	11.50	1686	-10.6
66	Kochergin, Vladimir	1517	RUS	−30B	−28N	=64N	=73B	−65N	+84B	−71B	−74N	+85B	=79N	+81B	4.5	42.5	43.5	13.00	1641	+49.2
67	Vologdin, Sergey V	1471	RUS	−68N	−41B	−79N	+85B	−61B	+58N	−36B	=81N	−82B	+84N	+76B	4.5	41.5	42.5	14.25	1481	-1.6
68	Kichatov, Dmitriy Ser	1952	RUS	+67B	−5N	+81B	−11N	+49B	+26N	−10B	−16N	−22B	−36N	F	4.0	61.5	61.5	19.50	1873	-16.0
69	Astakhov, Darij	1804	RUS	−9N	+75B	−25N	+50B	+54N	−24B	−35N	−37B	−36N	+77B	−59N	4.0	57.5	61.5	18.00	1784	-11.3
70	Lebedev, Andrey	1726	RUS	−27N	=83B	+77N	−35B	+55N	+25B	=43B	−30N	−23B	−34N	−56B	4.0	56.5	59.5	19.75	1771	+2.9
71	Gogov, Mukhamed	1700	RUS	−11N	+85B	−24N	−37B	+77N	−18B	+66N	−33B	−58N	+78B	−55N	4.0	55.5	56.5	13.50	1639	-19.2
72	Dunaev, Denis	1733	RUS	−7B	+82N	−34B	=56N	+63B	=51N	−21B	−26N	+79B	−45N	−58B	4.0	55.0	58.0	16.00	1741	-3.0
73	Bubnov, Arseniy	1915	RUS	=76B	−6N	−62B	=66N	=59B	−75N	+77B	+57N	−37N	=55B	−52B	4.0	50.5	54.5	18.25	1629	-65.4
74	Ilyukhin, Daniil	1879	RUS	−37N	−36B	+83N	−52B	+78N	−61B	−55N	+66B	+75N	−38B	−57N	4.0	50.0	53.0	15.50	1549	-163.2
75	Petergova, Stella	1655	ESP	−29B	−69N	+60B	+65B	−48N	+73B	−46N	−34N	−74B	−76N	+85B	4.0	48.0	49.0	14.50	1690	+7.6
76	Trofimov, Dmitriy M.	0	RUS	=73N	−32B	−47N	−77B	+83B	−57N	=59N	−58B	+84N	+75B	−67N	4.0	46.0	48.5	14.00	1561	0.0
77	Eremenko, Gleb	1647	RUS	−34B	=63N	−70B	+76N	−71B	−64B	−73N	+82N	=57B	−69N	+86N	4.0	43.0	43.0	11.75	1539	-25.0
78	Belova, Elizaveta Nik	1557	RUS	−54N	+64B	−48N	−38B	−74B	−82N	+85B	−79N	+86B	−71N	+83B	4.0	39.0	39.0	8.50	1494	-34.0
79	Dobryansky, Konstantin Mikh	1692	RUS	−10N	−17N	+67B	+18B	−22N	−54B	−37N	+78B	−72N	=66B	−65N	3.5	56.5	60.5	17.75	1699	-5.5
80	Dolinskij, BorisFM	2348	RUS	+64N	+54B	−15N	−24B	−28N	+65B	−47N	−40B	−38N	−62N	=84B	3.5	55.0	57.5	15.25	1838	-128.6
81	Ivanov, Andrey	1672	RUS	−25N	+31B	−68N	−46B	+84N	−47B	−33N	=67B	−56N	+86B	−66N	3.5	50.0	50.0	10.75	1554	-32.6
82	Neverova, Kristina Geo	1430	RUS	−51N	−72B	−57N	+60B	−50N	+78B	−38N	−77B	+67N	−59B	−64N	3.0	48.0	52.0	13.50	1431	-3.5
83	Rybakov, Stepan	1412	RUS	−21B	=70N	−74B	−64B	−76N	+60N	−56B	+86N	=59N	−57B	−78N	3.0	47.0	47.0	9.50	1387	-12.0
84	Nikitin, Igor	1444	RUS	−42B	−40N	−52N	+86B	−81B	−66N	−58B	+85N	−76B	−67B	=80N	2.5	42.0	42.0	2.75	1228	-54.8
85	FIDE 540043100	0	—	−22B	−71N	−56B	−67N	−60N	+86B	−78N	−84B	−66N	−65B	−75N	1.0	44.5	44.5	0.00	824	0.0
86	FIDE 570006920	0	—	−44N	−65B	−59N	−84N	−58B	−85N	−60B	−83B	−78N	−81N	−77B	0.0	42.0	43.0	0.00	821	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Kulikov, KirillRUS
+113.2
4.5 pts · #57
2Kuzmina, ViktoriaRUS
+102.3
5.5 pts · #37
3Vasiliev, NikitaRUS
+99.6
5.0 pts · #43

Top rating losers

1Ilyukhin, DaniilRUS
-163.2
4.0 pts · #59
2Dolinskij, BorisFMRUS
-128.6
3.5 pts · #69
3Bubnov, ArseniyRUS
-65.4
4.0 pts · #71

Biggest upsets

R10+697 Elo gap
Kulikov, Kirill1651 beat FMDolinskij, Boris2348
R9+649 Elo gap
Izotov, Vladimir1699 beat FMDolinskij, Boris2348
R8+598 Elo gap
Kuzmina, Viktoria1750 beat FMDolinskij, Boris2348