Blitz Moscow. January 2026 - 8

SwissBlitz

85 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held on 31 Jan 2026 in Moscow, Russia. 21 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2435, and top seed was Nikita Afanasiev (🇷🇺 RUS, GM, 2494).

Ivan Yeletsky (🇷🇺 RUS, FM, 2456) won with 8.5/11, ahead of Nikita Afanasiev (8.5) and Stanislav Bukreev (8.5). Yeletsky won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Kristina Geo Neverova (1430) beat Mikhail Dm Kuznetsov (2041), a +611-point gap.

Location

🇷🇺Moscow, Russia

Dates

31 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

2,435

Participants

Titled players · 21

GM×2

IM×7

FM×8

CM×1

WFM×1

WCM×2

Federations · 3 represented

🇷🇺Russia×69

FIDE (no federation)×13

🇦🇲Armenia×1

Top 3

🥇
FMIvan Yeletsky
🇷🇺RUS·2456
8.5pts·2469perf+5.6
🥈
GMNikita Afanasiev
🇷🇺RUS·2494
8.5pts·2485perf+2.5
🥉
IMStanislav Bukreev
🇷🇺RUS·2444
8.5pts·2449perf+5.5

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 11 rounds

Tight race until R9; 3 players tied at 8.5/11, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Yeletsky8.5Afanasiev8.5Bukreev8.5Zakhartsov8Shinkorenko8Zverev7.5

R9 · LEADER CHANGE31 Jan

FM Ivan Yeletsky takes the sole lead (7.5/9).

R11 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 8.5/11. Yeletsky takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (72.0).

R10 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Ivan Yeletsky lost to GM Nikita Afanasiev (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMIvan Yeletsky	*	0	1	½
2GMNikita Afanasiev	1	*	—	½
3IMStanislav Bukreev	0	—	*	½
4GMVladimir Zakhartsov	½	½	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	Yeletsky, IvanFM	2456	RUS	+38B	+48N	−15B	+19N	+26B	+27N	+3B	=4N	+7B	−2B	+8N	8.5	72.0	77.0	57.50	2469	+5.6
2	Afanasiev, NikitaGM	2494	RUS	+52B	+24N	+5B	−8N	−7N	+51B	+14N	+27B	+11B	+1N	=4N	8.5	71.5	76.5	57.50	2485	+2.5
3	Bukreev, StanislavIM	2444	RUS	+50N	+28B	−25N	+51B	+20N	+14B	−1N	+8B	+6N	=4B	+7N	8.5	69.5	74.5	56.00	2449	+5.5
4	Zakhartsov, VladimirGM	2472	RUS	F	+18B	+27N	+25B	=8N	+7B	+6N	=1B	+10N	=3N	=2B	8.0	74.5	80.5	58.00	2575	+14.0
5	Shinkorenko, Ivan Al	2236	FID	+84N	+66B	−2N	−29B	+33N	−21B	+56N	+36B	+31N	+26B	+9B	8.0	61.5	62.5	41.50	2200	-3.7
6	Zverev, LevIM	2476	FID	+45N	+20B	+9N	+14B	+10N	+8B	−4B	−7N	−3B	+16N	=11B	7.5	74.5	80.0	52.25	2421	-4.1
7	Kaufman, DavidIM	2445	FID	+44B	+35N	+26B	=15N	+2B	−4N	+25B	+6B	−1N	+21N	−3B	7.5	72.5	78.0	49.50	2400	-1.3
8	Manvelyan, MikayelFM	2307	ARM	+53N	+51B	+21N	+2B	=4B	−6N	+15B	−3N	+26B	+20N	−1B	7.5	72.0	77.0	48.50	2379	+25.8
9	Vershinin, IgorFM	2243	RUS	+57B	+39N	−6B	+32N	=23B	+12N	−11B	+24N	+28B	+10B	−5N	7.5	68.5	73.5	47.25	2288	+17.8
10	Kleimenov, NikolayFM	2331	FID	+54B	+19N	+23B	+30N	−6B	=25N	+21B	+28N	−4B	−9N	+22B	7.5	67.5	72.5	46.50	2276	-8.2
11	Rostovtsev, DmitryIM	2446	RUS	+43N	+31B	−14N	+22B	−25N	+66B	+9N	+16B	−2N	+29B	=6N	7.5	67.5	71.5	46.25	2306	-12.9
12	Rudakov, Sergey S.	2248	RUS	=46N	+40B	−22N	+43B	+29N	−9B	+39N	+25B	−20N	+14N	+21B	7.5	62.5	68.0	44.75	2150	-19.0
13	Usov, Dmitry E.	2267	RUS	+61B	+32N	−30B	+39N	+15B	−28N	−26B	+48N	=23B	+42N	+20B	7.5	60.0	64.5	43.25	2156	-25.4
14	Vasilkov, NikolayFM	2157	FID	+65B	+34N	+11B	−6N	+30B	−3N	−2B	+66N	+17N	−12B	+28N	7.0	68.5	72.5	40.50	2304	+24.8
15	Maslovskiy, VladimirFM	2168	FID	+67N	+29B	+1N	=7B	−13N	+22B	−8N	−20B	+48N	=28B	+37N	7.0	67.0	71.0	42.75	2209	+26.0
16	Chuklin, Ivan	2172	RUS	=22N	+46B	=17N	+66B	−28N	+29B	+31N	−11N	+49B	−6B	+25N	7.0	63.0	67.0	39.25	2198	+10.2
17	Usov, Aleksandr E.IM	2475	RUS	+41B	−30N	=16B	+48N	+40B	+23N	=28B	−26N	−14B	+39B	+29N	7.0	61.0	66.0	40.50	2200	-29.6
18	Kuznetsov, Mikhail Dm	2041	RUS	+63B	−4N	=41B	−40N	−64N	+74B	+60N	+43B	=39N	+36B	+27N	7.0	55.0	58.5	35.50	1966	-22.3
19	Khodyrev, Elisey Aleks	2002	RUS	+77N	−10B	+84N	−1B	=53N	=50N	+52B	−49B	+65N	+34B	+26N	7.0	55.0	56.0	30.00	1982	-2.5
20	Medvedev, Ivan Dmit	2069	RUS	+80B	−6N	+52B	+44N	−3B	=39N	+42B	+15N	+12B	−8B	−13N	6.5	67.0	69.0	35.25	2156	+50.4
21	Voloshkin, Daniil	2096	FID	+47B	+76N	−8B	=42N	+50B	+5N	−10N	+22B	+27N	−7B	−12N	6.5	66.5	69.5	36.75	2154	+13.8
22	Balashov, Arseny	2070	RUS	=16B	+78N	+12B	−11N	+42B	−15N	+41B	−21N	+33B	+23N	−10N	6.5	66.5	69.0	37.00	2136	+17.6
23	Kondakov, Konstantin	2097	FID	+49N	+56B	−10N	+36B	=9N	−17B	=24B	+40N	=13N	−22B	+42B	6.5	64.5	69.5	37.75	2118	+4.6
24	Pereverzev, Timofei	2080	RUS	+55N	−2B	+45N	+49B	−27N	+36B	=23N	−9B	−29N	+43B	+41N	6.5	62.0	67.0	35.75	2028	-14.6
25	Korneva, MarinaIM	2108	RUS	+68B	+42N	+3B	−4N	+11B	=10B	−7N	−12N	=41B	+49N	−16B	6.0	69.5	73.5	37.00	2184	+10.8
26	Lyutsinger, IrenFM	2135	FID	+60N	+36B	−7N	+53B	−1N	+56B	+13N	+17B	−8N	−5N	−19B	6.0	69.0	73.5	35.00	2163	+4.9
27	Fedorov, Artem AlekFM	2216	RUS	+58B	+59N	−4B	+34N	+24B	−1B	+30N	−2N	−21B	+40N	−18B	6.0	67.5	72.0	33.50	2137	-37.6
28	Denisenko, DenisCM	2022	RUS	+73B	−3N	+54B	+76N	+16B	+13B	=17N	−10B	−9N	=15N	−14B	6.0	67.5	70.5	33.00	2157	+32.8
29	Knyazkov, Egor	1933	RUS	+83B	−15N	+68B	+5N	−12B	−16N	+58B	+32N	+24B	−11N	−17B	6.0	65.5	67.0	31.00	2071	+72.8
30	Gorbatov, AlexejIM	2057	RUS	+62N	+17B	+13N	−10B	−14N	+64B	−27B	=33N	−42B	=35N	+56N	6.0	62.0	66.0	34.00	2060	+2.8
31	Teymurkhanly, Teymur	2034	RUS	+69B	−11N	−44B	+68N	+52B	+34N	−16B	+50N	−5B	=41N	=33B	6.0	59.5	63.5	29.75	1943	-23.2
32	Golovatenko, EvaWCM	1978	RUS	+64N	−13B	+67N	−9B	−49N	+47B	+45N	−29B	+52N	−37B	+55N	6.0	57.0	61.0	29.00	1887	-26.7
33	Grinshtein, Shmuel	1794	RUS	F	−80N	+73B	+63N	−5B	+68N	+59B	=30B	−22N	+46B	=31N	6.0	56.5	58.5	28.00	1893	+41.3
34	Bogomazov, Mikhail	1857	RUS	+81N	−14B	+71N	−27B	+37N	−31B	−49N	+58B	+54B	−19N	+53B	6.0	56.0	58.0	27.00	1822	-19.2
35	Maslova, Anastasiya YarWFM	2033	FID	+74N	−7B	−53N	+46B	=60N	−43B	+54N	−39B	+47N	=30B	+52N	6.0	55.0	58.5	29.75	1874	-29.7
36	Sarkisyan, Sarkis	1870	RUS	+79B	−26N	+80B	−23N	+76B	−24N	+65B	−5N	+50B	−18N	+49B	6.0	53.5	55.5	21.50	1873	-0.2
37	Efimov, Stepan	0	RUS	−59B	+58N	−40B	+61N	−34B	−65N	+80B	+44N	+66B	+32N	−15B	6.0	52.0	54.0	27.00	1868	-19.2
38	Butuzova, Tatyana	1789	RUS	−1N	−71B	+77N	−64B	−73N	+72B	+62N	−55B	+58N	+67B	+48N	6.0	47.5	50.5	25.50	1682	-23.0
39	Popov, Sergey Vl	1957	RUS	+70N	−9B	+60N	−13B	+55N	=20B	−12B	+35N	=18B	−17N	=44B	5.5	64.0	68.0	29.00	1986	+7.0
40	Eltsov, Konstantin	1855	RUS	=78B	−12N	+37N	+18B	−17N	=54B	+64N	−23B	+55N	−27B	=45N	5.5	59.5	62.0	28.50	1899	+12.3
41	Galyaeva, Victoria	1804	RUS	−17N	+62B	=18N	−50B	+74N	+60B	−22N	+53B	=25N	=31B	−24B	5.5	58.0	61.5	27.00	1892	+21.8
42	Mamedov, Elshad	1851	RUS	+85N	−25B	+82N	=21B	−22N	+53B	−20N	+46B	+30N	−13B	−23N	5.5	58.0	58.0	21.75	1944	+14.8
43	Larionov, Dmitry	1787	RUS	−11B	=63N	+57B	−12N	+69B	+35N	−48B	−18N	+68B	−24N	+60B	5.5	57.5	61.5	25.75	1875	+19.4
44	Yakushin, Fedor	1787	RUS	−7N	+74B	+31N	−20B	−51N	+55B	−66N	−37B	+64N	+65B	=39N	5.5	53.5	57.0	25.25	1873	+36.6
45	Astakhov, Darij	1804	RUS	−6B	+47N	−24B	−80N	+63B	+57N	−32B	−65N	+72B	+54N	=40B	5.5	53.5	55.5	26.75	1766	-23.6
46	Izotov, Vladimir	1701	FID	=12B	−16N	+78B	−35N	−57B	+80N	+67B	−42N	+59B	−33N	+62B	5.5	52.5	54.5	21.25	1794	+12.0
47	Gumbatov, Danis	1599	RUS	−21N	−45B	+81N	−56B	+82B	−32N	=69B	+63N	−35B	+75N	+61B	5.5	47.5	49.5	18.50	1684	+24.4
48	Ivashentseva, DominikaWCM	2037	FID	+71N	−1B	=50N	−17B	+67N	+49B	+43N	−13B	−15B	=53N	−38B	5.0	60.5	64.5	23.50	1906	-35.7
49	Vatsanaev, Soulim	1628	RUS	−23B	+79N	+59B	−24N	+32B	−48N	+34B	+19N	−16N	−25B	−36N	5.0	60.5	63.0	26.00	1901	+61.6
50	Yurkov, Aleksey	1780	RUS	−3B	+69N	=48B	+41N	−21N	=19B	+51N	−31B	−36N	−52B	+72N	5.0	58.5	62.5	24.50	1856	+40.0
51	Barchuk, Ilya A	1994	RUS	+72B	−8N	+61B	−3N	+44B	−2N	−50B	−54N	+60N	−55B	+65N	5.0	58.0	62.0	22.50	1844	-62.6
52	Mizerova, Yana	1839	RUS	−2N	+55B	−20N	+71B	−31N	+73B	−19N	+64B	−32B	+50N	−35B	5.0	58.0	61.5	21.50	1799	-8.8
53	Baryshnikov, Egor	1763	RUS	−8B	+73N	+35B	−26N	=19B	−42N	+57B	−41N	+76N	=48B	−34N	5.0	57.0	60.0	23.50	1832	+21.1
54	Lyadov, Denis Genn	1766	RUS	−10N	+77B	−28N	=70B	+62N	=40N	−35B	+51B	−34N	−45B	+64N	5.0	54.0	57.0	21.25	1748	-7.1
55	Shevtsov, Ratmir	1596	RUS	−24B	−52N	+72B	+59N	−39B	−44N	+70B	+38N	−40B	+51N	−32B	5.0	53.5	57.5	23.50	1776	+86.8
56	Kuzmin, Sevastian	1844	FID	+82B	−23N	−76B	+47N	+65B	−26N	−5B	=68N	=67B	+61N	−30B	5.0	51.5	53.5	20.00	1828	-12.4
57	Trapeznikova, Emma	1688	RUS	−9N	=70B	−43N	+75B	+46N	−45B	−53N	−62B	+74N	=69B	+76N	5.0	48.5	51.5	19.50	1586	-46.9
58	Korzun, Vera	1670	RUS	−27N	−37B	−64N	+81B	+72N	+76B	−29N	−34N	−38B	+73B	+69N	5.0	48.5	50.5	16.50	1602	-35.6
59	Makalkin, Andrey	1886	RUS	+37N	−27B	−49N	−55B	+70N	+71B	−33N	=61B	−46N	−62N	+75B	4.5	50.5	54.0	19.75	1570	-50.7
60	Pashchenko, Anastasiya	1652	RUS	−26B	+83N	−39B	+82N	=35B	−41N	−18B	+69N	−51B	+70N	−43N	4.5	50.5	52.0	14.50	1691	+3.2
61	Usov, Vladimir E.	1754	RUS	−13N	+64B	−51N	−37B	−71N	+81B	+73N	=59N	+62B	−56B	−47N	4.5	49.5	51.5	16.25	1644	-30.4
62	Vasiliev, Nikita	1584	RUS	−30B	−41N	=75B	+83N	−54B	+78N	−38B	+57N	−61N	+59B	−46N	4.5	48.0	49.5	15.25	1610	+4.8
63	Makeeva, Margarita Rom	1561	RUS	−18N	=43B	=70N	−33B	−45N	+79B	=76N	−47B	−75N	+81B	+68B	4.5	46.5	48.5	14.75	1484	-36.8
64	Neverova, Kristina Geo	1430	RUS	−32B	−61N	+58B	+38N	+18B	−30N	−40B	−52N	−44B	+82N	−54B	4.0	55.5	57.5	20.00	1643	+77.6
65	Sakhno, Robert Ev	1656	RUS	−14N	+81B	−66N	+79B	−56N	+37B	−36N	+45B	−19B	−44N	−51B	4.0	53.5	55.5	16.00	1592	-6.3
66	Kichatov, Dmitriy Ser	1953	RUS	+75B	−5N	+65B	−16N	+80B	−11N	+44B	−14B	−37N	F	F	4.0	50.5	50.5	15.00	1938	-0.6
67	Chechulin, Vladislav	1663	RUS	−15B	+75N	−32B	=69N	−48B	F	−46N	+74B	=56N	−38N	+70B	4.0	49.5	51.0	15.50	1654	-7.6
68	Grigorieva, Sofia	1640	RUS	−25N	+85B	−29N	−31B	+79N	−33B	+71N	=56B	−43N	=76B	−63N	4.0	48.5	48.5	10.50	1567	-17.8
69	Nurgaliev, Damir	1521	RUS	−31N	−50B	+85N	=67B	−43N	=70B	=47N	−60B	+78N	=57N	−58B	4.0	47.0	47.0	11.75	1466	-27.2
70	Rybakov, Stepan	1413	RUS	−39B	=57N	=63B	=54N	−59B	=69N	−55N	+71B	+73N	−60B	−67N	4.0	46.0	49.5	16.75	1543	+19.8
71	Dushanina, Kira Rus	1550	RUS	−48B	+38N	−34B	−52N	+61B	−59N	−68B	−70N	−77B	+85N	+79B	4.0	44.5	44.5	13.00	1513	-21.6
72	Nikitin, Igor	1444	RUS	−51N	−84B	−55N	+77B	−58B	−38N	+78B	+82N	−45N	+74B	−50B	4.0	42.5	43.5	11.00	1463	-0.4
73	Solovjyov, Robert	1471	RUS	−28N	−53B	−33N	+85B	+38B	−52N	−61B	+79N	−70B	−58N	=81N	3.5	46.0	46.0	9.50	1415	-22.8
74	Skvortsova, Ekaterina Yu	1502	RUS	−35B	−44N	=83B	+78N	−41B	−18N	+75B	−67N	−57B	−72N	+85B	3.5	44.5	44.5	6.75	1395	-53.6
75	Davoyan, Garik	1418	RUS	−66N	−67B	=62N	−57N	−83B	+82B	−74N	+77N	+63B	−47B	−59N	3.5	40.5	42.0	11.75	1418	-7.6
76	Vasiliev, Andrey	0	RUS	F	−21B	+56N	−28B	−36N	−58N	=63B	+80N	−53B	=68N	−57B	3.0	49.0	49.0	11.25	1626	+6.4
77	Tarasov, Miron	1470	RUS	−19B	−54N	−38B	−72N	−78B	+85N	−79N	−75B	+71N	F	+82B	3.0	36.5	36.5	6.00	1367	-34.4
78	Molodtsov, Andrey	0	RUS	=40N	−22B	−46N	−74B	+77N	−62B	−72N	+85B	−69B	−79N	F	2.5	39.0	39.0	5.75	1392	0.0
79	Ignatieva, Vasilina	0	RUS	−36N	−49B	F	−65N	−68B	−63N	+77B	−73B	=81N	+78B	−71N	2.5	38.5	38.5	6.50	1284	0.0
80	Odiyankov, Svyatoslav	1595	RUS	−20N	+33B	−36N	+45B	−66N	−46B	−37N	−76B	F	F	F	2.0	42.5	42.5	11.50	1728	+32.4
81	Mochalova, Valeriya	0	RUS	−34B	−65N	−47B	−58N	+85B	−61N	−82N	F	=79B	−63N	=73B	2.0	37.5	37.5	3.00	1231	0.0
82	FIDE 34187828	0	—	−56N	F	−42B	−60B	−47N	−75N	+81B	−72B	+85N	−64B	−77N	2.0	37.0	37.0	2.00	788	0.0
83	Troyan, Mikhail	1411	RUS	−29N	−60B	=74N	−62B	+75N	F	F	F	F	F	F	1.5	26.0	26.0	5.25	1444	+3.6
84	Salamov, Andrey Pav	1689	RUS	−5B	+72N	−19B	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	1.0	19.0	19.0	4.00	1720	-0.2
85	FIDE 570008639	0	—	−42B	−68N	−69B	−73N	−81N	−77B	F	−78N	−82B	−71B	−74N	0.0	34.0	34.0	0.00	772	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Shevtsov, RatmirRUS
+86.8
5.0 pts · #44
2Neverova, Kristina GeoRUS
+77.6
4.0 pts · #67
3Knyazkov, EgorRUS
+72.8
6.0 pts · #25

Top rating losers

1Barchuk, Ilya ARUS
-62.6
5.0 pts · #43
2Skvortsova, Ekaterina YuRUS
-53.6
3.5 pts · #76
3Makalkin, AndreyRUS
-50.7
4.5 pts · #64

Biggest upsets

R5+611 Elo gap
Neverova, Kristina Geo1430 beat Kuznetsov, Mikhail Dm2041
R2+418 Elo gap
IMGorbatov, Alexej2057 beat IMUsov, Aleksandr E.2475
R10+398 Elo gap
Shevtsov, Ratmir1596 beat Barchuk, Ilya A1994