V.N. Startsev Memorial - 2026

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72 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 23 Jan 2026 to 27 Jan 2026 in Ufa, Russia. 19 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2374, and top seed was Vladimir Zakhartsov (🇷🇺 RUS, GM, 2478).

Ivan Yeletsky (🇷🇺 RUS, FM, 2414) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Yaroslav Remizov (7.0) and David Zakaryan (6.5). Yeletsky shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Andrey Utyatnikov (1748) beat Kamil Islamov (2013), a +265-point gap.

Location

🇷🇺Ufa, Russia

Dates

23 Jan 2026 → 27 Jan 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇺GMVladimir Zakhartsov2478

Avg top 10

2,374

Participants

Titled players · 19

GM×2

IM×3

FM×9

CM×1

WFM×1

WCM×3

Federations · 3 represented

🇷🇺Russia×60

FIDE (no federation)×11

🇰🇿Kazakhstan×1

Top 3

🥇
FMIvan Yeletsky
🇷🇺RUS·2414
7.0pts·2469perf+7.2
🥈
IMYaroslav Remizov
🇷🇺RUS·2477
7.0pts·2463perf+1.1
🥉
IMDavid Zakaryan
🇷🇺RUS·2282
6.5pts·2271perf+2.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Yeletsky7Remizov7Zakaryan6.5Shapiro6.5Zakhartsov6Ganiev6

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.0/9. Yeletsky takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (48.0).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Ivan Yeletsky drew with IM Yaroslav Remizov (Black).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

FM Ivan Yeletsky won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMIvan Yeletsky	*	½	—	—
2IMYaroslav Remizov	½	*	½	—
3IMDavid Zakaryan	—	½	*	—
4FMDavid Shapiro	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Yeletsky, IvanFM	2414	RUS	+70B	+20N	+7B	=5N	=2N	+9B	=11N	+12B	=6N	7.0	48.0	50.0	37.50	2469	+7.2
2	Remizov, YaroslavIM	2477	RUS	+21B	=15N	+17B	+34N	=1B	=5N	+8B	+7B	=3N	7.0	47.5	52.0	39.50	2463	+1.1
3	Zakaryan, DavidIM	2282	RUS	=28N	=37B	+49B	=20N	+34B	=10N	+22B	+5N	=2B	6.5	43.0	47.0	33.25	2271	+2.4
4	Shapiro, DavidFM	2384	RUS	+35N	=33B	=15N	=9B	=45N	=25B	+42N	+11B	+26N	6.5	41.0	45.0	32.50	2265	-9.3
5	Zakhartsov, VladimirGM	2478	RUS	+46N	+16B	+24N	=1B	+6N	=2B	=7N	−3B	=9N	6.0	49.0	53.0	33.50	2379	-8.6
6	Ganiev, ArturFM	2300	RUS	+18B	+36N	+10B	=14N	−5B	=20N	=23B	+17N	=1B	6.0	45.5	50.0	32.75	2312	+6.0
7	Pshmakhov, OsmanFM	2260	RUS	+64N	+27B	−1N	+33B	+24N	=13B	=5B	−2N	+22B	6.0	45.0	48.0	28.25	2330	+20.0
8	Khripachenko, AlexanderIM	2380	FID	+29B	=34N	+31B	=12N	=10B	=23N	−2N	+45B	+30N	6.0	43.5	47.5	29.75	2257	-10.4
9	Kozachkov, Pavel	2191	RUS	=47B	+44N	+55B	=4N	+14B	−1N	=20B	+21N	=5B	6.0	43.5	47.0	29.25	2257	+38.0
10	Kavyev, RuslanFM	2179	RUS	+72N	+45B	−6N	+27B	=8N	=3B	=13N	=16B	+25N	6.0	43.5	45.0	27.25	2279	+24.6
11	Kuzmin, RomanFM	2215	RUS	=44B	+47N	+39B	=13N	=22B	+21N	=1B	−4N	+23B	6.0	43.0	47.0	29.50	2236	+9.0
12	Zharkov, Nikolay	2214	RUS	=52N	+53B	+48N	=8B	=13B	=22N	+14B	−1N	+20B	6.0	41.5	45.0	28.00	2264	+16.2
13	Kryakvin, DmitryGM	2437	RUS	+38N	=25B	+30N	=11B	=12N	=7N	=10B	=15B	=16N	5.5	45.0	49.5	29.50	2230	-20.1
14	Levchenko, LeonidFM	2323	RUS	=37N	+28B	+25N	=6B	−9N	+33B	−12N	+48B	=15N	5.5	42.5	46.5	26.50	2165	-29.6
15	Mikheeva, GalinaFM	2121	FID	+69N	=2B	=4B	=40N	=21B	=45N	+38B	=13N	=14B	5.5	42.5	44.5	25.50	2214	+20.6
16	Karpenko, AntonCM	2109	FID	+50B	−5N	+29B	−21N	=41B	+18N	+40B	=10N	=13B	5.5	42.0	46.0	27.00	2134	+10.8
17	Somkin, Kirill	2097	RUS	=53N	+68B	−2N	+46B	=52N	=26B	+27N	−6B	+35N	5.5	38.5	40.5	21.50	2115	+5.4
18	Palamar, Stefan	1899	RUS	−6N	+57B	=19N	−53B	+65N	−16B	+61N	+42B	+39B	5.5	36.0	38.5	20.75	2027	+57.6
19	Gurianov, Danil	2092	RUS	=55B	=54N	=18B	=41N	=29B	+49N	−21B	+52N	+40B	5.5	35.5	39.0	23.00	1943	-30.6
20	Tabermakova, LeilaWFM	2091	FID	+60N	−1B	+35N	=3B	+53N	=6B	=9N	=26B	−12N	5.0	44.5	48.0	23.25	2177	+41.2
21	Potapenko, Nikita	1923	FID	−2N	+69B	+62N	+16B	=15N	−11B	+19N	−9B	=24N	5.0	43.5	45.5	21.25	2125	+88.4
22	Batozhargalov, Erdem	1958	RUS	+66N	−24B	+56N	+30B	=11N	=12B	−3N	+33B	−7N	5.0	42.5	45.0	21.50	2140	+80.8
23	Goltsev, DmitryFM	2162	RUS	+32N	=48B	=33N	=45B	+28N	=8B	=6N	=25B	−11N	5.0	41.5	45.5	24.75	2119	-8.6
24	Poluyanov, Alexander	2176	RUS	+43B	+22N	−5B	+36N	−7B	=40N	=45B	=39N	=21B	5.0	40.0	44.0	23.00	2086	-40.0
25	Kunakkuzin, Rinat	2085	RUS	+56B	=13N	−14B	+55N	=40B	=4N	+52B	=23N	−10B	5.0	40.0	43.5	21.25	2148	+13.2
26	Ignatiev, Aleksey	2262	RUS	+41B	=39N	−34B	=47N	+46B	=17N	+36B	=20N	−4B	5.0	39.0	43.0	22.50	2085	-73.2
27	Kolomeets, Daniel	1966	RUS	+65B	−7N	+43B	−10N	=49B	+54N	−17B	+41N	=31B	5.0	39.0	41.5	19.50	1989	+9.6
28	Yusupova, AdelWCM	1892	RUS	=3B	−14N	+60B	+31N	−23B	−36N	+54B	=38N	+46B	5.0	38.5	42.0	21.50	2065	+72.8
29	Galiev, Rasul	1906	RUS	−8N	+59B	−16N	+56B	=19N	=62B	−33N	+55B	+45N	5.0	36.0	39.0	18.75	2000	+40.0
30	Gusarov, Aleksey	2127	RUS	+71B	+58N	−13B	−22N	=38B	=52B	+53N	+46N	−8B	5.0	35.5	37.5	17.00	2033	-19.4
31	Chvanov, Ilia	1990	RUS	=68N	+52B	−8N	−28B	=62N	=35B	+57N	+37B	=27N	5.0	35.0	37.0	18.75	1945	-22.8
32	Gamilova, ReginaWCM	1851	RUS	−23B	−62N	−63B	−57N	+64N	+50B	+65N	+51B	+48N	5.0	29.5	32.0	17.50	1910	+12.2
33	Sharikov, Alexander	2058	RUS	+63B	=4N	=23B	−7N	+47B	−14N	+29B	−22N	=43B	4.5	41.5	44.5	20.00	2058	-1.4
34	Bastanov, Murat	2081	RUS	+59N	=8B	+26N	−2B	−3N	−37B	=63N	+53B	=38N	4.5	40.5	43.5	18.75	2071	-7.2
35	Artamonov, Matvei	1907	RUS	−4B	+63N	−20B	−54N	+60B	=31N	+43B	+36N	−17B	4.5	38.0	41.0	18.00	1972	+26.4
36	Rakhimkulov, Askar	2039	FID	+57N	−6B	+37N	−24B	=61N	+28B	−26N	−35B	+47B	4.5	37.5	40.5	18.50	1981	-27.2
37	Tarakanov, Kirill Vad	1906	RUS	=14B	=3N	−36B	=63N	+66B	+34N	−39B	−31N	+57B	4.5	37.0	39.5	18.00	1995	+34.8
38	Isakova, Anna	1912	RUS	−13B	−56N	+50B	+59N	=30N	+61B	−15N	=28B	=34B	4.5	36.5	39.5	17.75	1969	+20.8
39	Dolinskaia, MariiaWCM	1966	RUS	+61N	=26B	−11N	−52B	+55N	=53B	+37N	=24B	−18N	4.5	36.5	39.5	17.75	1968	-1.6
40	Lubyanov, Roman	1953	RUS	−58N	+71B	+65N	=15B	=25N	=24B	−16N	+56B	−19N	4.5	36.0	38.0	15.75	1966	+6.8
41	Nikiforov, Daniil Dm	1891	RUS	−26N	=61B	+68N	=19B	=16N	−42B	+58N	−27B	+56N	4.5	35.5	37.5	16.00	1939	+18.0
42	Rakhmatullin, Eduard	1987	RUS	=49B	−55N	=72B	=61B	+63N	+41N	−4B	−18N	+52B	4.5	33.5	35.0	15.25	1892	-48.8
43	Kruglikov, Mark	1858	FID	−24N	+66B	−27N	=58B	+67N	=48B	−35N	+62B	=33N	4.5	32.0	34.5	14.00	1877	+7.6
44	Shimanskaia, Tatiana	1883	FID	=11N	−9B	−61N	−66N	=69B	+67B	=59N	+65B	+54N	4.5	29.5	31.5	14.25	1860	-15.2
45	Ivanov, Zakhar A	1953	RUS	+67B	−10N	+54B	=23N	=4B	=15B	=24N	−8N	−29B	4.0	42.5	45.0	17.00	2038	+31.6
46	Volodina, Nadezhda	1947	RUS	−5B	+50N	+58B	−17N	−26N	+51B	+62N	−30B	−28N	4.0	38.0	41.0	14.50	1951	-3.2
47	Tazetdinov, Kamil	1876	RUS	=9N	−11B	+51N	=26B	−33N	+58B	−48N	+63B	−36N	4.0	37.5	40.5	16.00	1984	+21.4
48	Ukolov, Egor	1953	RUS	+62B	=23N	−12B	=49N	=54B	=43N	+47B	−14N	−32B	4.0	37.5	40.5	15.50	1896	-29.6
49	Utyatnikov, Andrey	1748	RUS	=42N	+51B	−3N	=48B	=27N	−19B	−56N	+60B	=53N	4.0	36.5	40.0	16.00	1913	+70.4
50	Nigmatullina, Dina	1824	RUS	−16N	−46B	−38N	+64B	−57N	−32N	+66B	+68B	+61N	4.0	31.0	33.0	10.50	1813	-3.2
51	Islamov, Kamil	2013	RUS	=54B	−49N	−47B	=60N	+59B	−46N	+68B	−32N	+63B	4.0	30.5	32.5	12.00	1774	-108.8
52	Gusev, Arseniy	1878	RUS	=12B	−31N	+67B	+39N	=17B	=30N	−25N	−19B	−42N	3.5	41.0	43.5	15.25	1951	+28.8
53	Garaev, Tamerlan	1819	FID	=17B	−12N	+70B	+18N	−20B	=39N	−30B	−34N	=49B	3.5	40.0	42.0	14.50	1935	+43.6
54	Yashina, Olga V	1756	RUS	=51N	=19B	−45N	+35B	=48N	−27B	−28N	+58B	−44B	3.5	36.5	40.0	14.75	1850	+38.4
55	Chernyshov, Eduard	1818	RUS	=19N	+42B	−9N	−25B	−39B	=68N	+70B	−29N	=59B	3.5	36.0	38.0	12.00	1886	+26.0
56	Akentjev, Kirill	1811	RUS	−25N	+38B	−22B	−29N	=70B	+66N	+49B	−40N	−41B	3.5	35.0	37.0	12.00	1819	+1.6
57	Petrova, Yana M	1768	RUS	−36B	−18N	−71N	+32B	+50B	=70N	−31B	+67B	−37N	3.5	33.0	35.0	12.50	1808	+17.2
58	Yusupov, Kamil	1712	RUS	+40B	−30B	−46N	=43N	+72B	−47N	−41B	−54N	+66N	3.5	32.5	34.0	10.75	1809	+38.0
59	Saifullin, Ainur	1802	RUS	−34B	−29N	+64N	−38B	−51N	+69N	=44B	=61B	=55N	3.5	32.0	34.0	10.50	1818	+4.8
60	Zaitseva, Diana V.	1816	FID	−20B	=70N	−28N	=51B	−35N	=64B	+72B	−49N	+62N	3.5	30.5	32.0	9.00	1807	-8.0
61	Sattarov, Ruslan	1746	RUS	−39B	=41N	+44B	=42N	=36B	−38N	−18B	=59N	−50B	3.0	36.5	40.0	13.00	1787	+16.8
62	Kayumova, Karina	1667	RUS	−48N	+32B	−21B	+71N	=31B	=29N	−46B	−43N	−60B	3.0	36.0	38.0	12.00	1774	+43.6
63	Khammatullin, Danis	1799	RUS	−33N	−35B	+32N	=37B	−42B	+72N	=34B	−47N	−51N	3.0	35.5	37.0	11.00	1825	+10.8
64	Safronov, Grigoriy	1883	FID	−7B	−65N	−59B	−50N	−32B	=60N	+69B	=71N	+68N	3.0	28.5	30.5	6.75	1735	-74.8
65	Bayturin, Batyr	1735	RUS	−27N	+64B	−40B	=72N	−18B	+71N	−32B	−44N	F	2.5	32.0	33.5	5.75	1754	+8.0
66	Rakhmatullin, Nikita	1731	RUS	−22B	−43N	=69N	+44B	−37N	−56B	−50N	+72N	−58B	2.5	31.5	33.0	7.00	1686	-22.8
67	Yakovlev, Vitaliy	1722	RUS	−45N	=72B	−52N	+69B	−43B	−44N	+71B	−57N	F	2.5	26.5	28.0	4.75	1722	0.0
68	Meleshko, Nikolay	1755	RUS	=31B	−17N	−41B	=70N	=71B	=55B	−51N	−50N	−64B	2.0	31.5	33.5	6.25	1700	-26.8
69	Levin, Mikhail	1845	RUS	−15B	−21N	=66B	−67N	=44N	−59B	−64N	F	+71B	2.0	28.5	28.5	5.50	1672	-73.2
70	Shaiakhmetov, Linat	1910	RUS	−1N	=60B	−53N	=68B	=56N	=57B	−55N	F	F	2.0	26.5	26.5	6.25	1713	-39.8
71	Antontsev, Yevgeniy	1850	KAZ	−30N	−40N	+57B	−62B	=68N	−65B	−67N	=64B	−69N	2.0	26.0	28.0	6.00	1608	-56.6
72	Mulenko, Alexander	1874	RUS	−10B	=67N	=42N	=65B	−58N	−63B	−60N	−66B	F	1.5	28.0	28.0	4.75	1584	-59.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Potapenko, NikitaFID
+88.4
5.0 pts · #29
2Batozhargalov, ErdemRUS
+80.8
5.0 pts · #20
3Yusupova, AdelWCMRUS
+72.8
5.0 pts · #30

Top rating losers

1Islamov, KamilRUS
-108.8
4.0 pts · #47
2Safronov, GrigoriyFID
-74.8
3.0 pts · #62
3Ignatiev, AlekseyRUS
-73.2
5.0 pts · #25

Biggest upsets

R2+265 Elo gap
Utyatnikov, Andrey1748 beat Islamov, Kamil2013
R1+241 Elo gap
Yusupov, Kamil1712 beat Lubyanov, Roman1953
R8+196 Elo gap
IMZakaryan, David2282 beat GMZakhartsov, Vladimir2478