Winter on Petrograd Side 2026
Open SwissStandard
39 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 02 Feb 2026 to 12 Feb 2026 in St. Petersburg, Russia. 1 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1926, and top seed was Valery Artamonov (🇷🇺 RUS, 2017).
Valery Artamonov (🇷🇺 RUS, 2017) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Soigina Komissarova (7.0) and Roman Grekhov (6.5). Artamonov shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 7: Aleksandr St Ivashko (1567) beat Ivan Polnikov (1816), a +249-point gap.
Location
🇷🇺St. Petersburg, Russia
Dates
02 Feb 2026 → 12 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Titled players · 1
WFM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇷🇺Russia×37
FIDE (no federation)×1
🇪🇪Estonia×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R7; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R7 · LEADER CHANGE10 Feb
Valery Artamonov takes the sole lead (6.0/7).
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 7.0/9. Artamonov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (44.5).
R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Valery Artamonov beat WFM Soigina Komissarova (White).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Valery Artamonov | * | 1 | — | ½ |
| 2WFMSoigina Komissarova | 0 | * | — | — |
| 3Danila Lipovoy | — | — | * | 0 |
| 4Roman Grekhov | ½ | — | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Artamonov, Valery | 2017 | RUS | +9B | =18N | =8B | +12N | +21B | +22N | +2B | =3N | =4B | 7.0 | 44.5 | 48.5 | 37.00 | 2086 | +15.8 |
| 2 | Komissarova, SoiginaWFM | 1885 | RUS | +14B | +11N | +21B | −22N | +8B | +4B | −1N | +25N | +7B | 7.0 | 43.0 | 46.5 | 35.50 | 2026 | +33.2 |
| 3 | Grekhov, Roman | 1978 | RUS | +29N | =12B | −6N | +17B | +13N | +5B | =4N | =1B | +11N | 6.5 | 45.5 | 49.0 | 33.75 | 1960 | +1.6 |
| 4 | Travin, Andrey | 1878 | RUS | +32N | +16B | +30N | =6B | +22B | −2N | =3B | +21N | =1N | 6.5 | 43.0 | 46.0 | 29.25 | 2023 | +36.6 |
| 5 | Lipovoy, Danila | 1961 | RUS | +25N | +7B | −22B | =11N | +28B | −3N | +9B | +10N | +21B | 6.5 | 40.0 | 43.5 | 30.50 | 1905 | -5.6 |
| 6 | Petrova, Varvara | 1843 | RUS | =27B | +9N | +3B | =4N | =11B | =18N | −8B | +14N | +15B | 6.0 | 43.5 | 47.0 | 31.75 | 1868 | +8.2 |
| 7 | Korolev, Artem | 1735 | RUS | +35B | −5N | +10B | −21N | +24B | +27N | +22B | +8N | −2N | 6.0 | 40.0 | 42.5 | 25.00 | 1893 | +37.4 |
| 8 | Tipikin, Ivan | 1914 | RUS | =17N | +26B | =1N | +23B | −2N | +30B | +6N | −7B | =13N | 5.5 | 43.0 | 46.5 | 25.25 | 1846 | -12.0 |
| 9 | Mikhailov, Timofey Ig | 1629 | RUS | −1N | −6B | +31N | +34B | +26N | +12B | −5N | =13B | +25B | 5.5 | 39.5 | 42.5 | 20.50 | 1797 | +65.2 |
| 10 | Nuritdinov, Nizomitdin | 1604 | RUS | −26N | +31B | −7N | +37B | =15N | +17B | +24N | −5B | +19N | 5.5 | 37.0 | 38.5 | 20.00 | 1801 | +40.4 |
| 11 | Egorov, Ivan S. | 1644 | RUS | +39N | −2B | +34N | =5B | =6N | −21B | +26N | +17B | −3B | 5.0 | 41.0 | 41.0 | 17.25 | 1772 | +19.0 |
| 12 | Polnikov, Ivan | 1816 | RUS | +20B | =3N | =18B | −1B | +19N | −9N | −14B | +33N | +31B | 5.0 | 40.5 | 43.5 | 20.50 | 1733 | -33.6 |
| 13 | Kirichek, Viktor | 1769 | RUS | +37N | F | =25B | +14N | −3B | +28N | =15B | =9N | =8B | 5.0 | 38.5 | 40.0 | 19.75 | 1770 | +2.4 |
| 14 | Ivashko, Aleksandr St | 1567 | RUS | −2N | +39B | =19N | −13B | =29N | +36B | +12N | −6B | +23N | 5.0 | 37.5 | 37.5 | 15.50 | 1713 | +57.6 |
| 15 | Bykov, Vadim Aleksandr | 1718 | RUS | +31N | −30B | =17N | =25N | =10B | +23B | =13N | +22B | −6N | 5.0 | 36.0 | 39.0 | 20.25 | 1752 | +15.6 |
| 16 | Mertins, Ostap | 1653 | EST | +38B | −4N | −27B | −28N | +35B | −24N | +34B | +20N | +29B | 5.0 | 31.0 | 32.5 | 15.00 | 1609 | -21.6 |
| 17 | Balabaev, Aleksandr | 1586 | RUS | =8B | =27N | =15B | −3N | +20B | −10N | +31B | −11N | +28B | 4.5 | 39.0 | 42.0 | 18.00 | 1649 | +24.0 |
| 18 | Fomina, Elizaveta | 1817 | RUS | +34N | =1B | =12N | +26B | =30N | =6B | −21N | =19B | −22N | 4.5 | 37.5 | 40.5 | 19.50 | 1790 | -12.0 |
| 19 | Gantsevich, Dmitry | 1678 | RUS | +36N | F | =14B | +20N | −12B | =25N | +27B | =18N | −10B | 4.5 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 17.00 | 1654 | -3.4 |
| 20 | Kudryashova, Sofiya | 1517 | FID | −12N | =29B | +32N | −19B | −17N | +37B | +28N | −16B | +26B | 4.5 | 32.5 | 34.0 | 13.25 | 1568 | +17.6 |
| 21 | Revyakin, Evgeniy | 1976 | RUS | +24B | F | −2N | +7B | −1N | +11N | +18B | −4B | −5N | 4.0 | 47.5 | 51.5 | 19.50 | 1820 | -59.6 |
| 22 | Surovets, Saveliy | 1897 | RUS | F | +23B | +5N | +2B | −4N | −1B | −7N | −15N | +18B | 4.0 | 46.5 | 46.5 | 22.00 | 1837 | -25.2 |
| 23 | Chernov, Mikhail | 1680 | RUS | +28B | −22N | +33B | −8N | −25B | −15N | +32B | +27N | −14B | 4.0 | 33.0 | 36.0 | 13.00 | 1602 | -19.0 |
| 24 | Leontiev, Ivan | 1619 | RUS | −21N | +37B | −26N | +39B | −7N | +16B | −10B | −31N | +32B | 4.0 | 31.5 | 31.5 | 9.50 | 1595 | -14.4 |
| 25 | Klobukov, Sergey | 1622 | RUS | −5B | +35N | =13N | =15B | +23N | =19B | F | −2B | −9N | 3.5 | 41.0 | 43.5 | 13.75 | 1688 | +10.8 |
| 26 | Petrov, Anton | 0 | RUS | +10B | −8N | +24B | −18N | −9B | +33N | −11B | =29B | −20N | 3.5 | 38.0 | 41.0 | 14.25 | 1577 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Romanov, Vladimir A | 1539 | RUS | =6N | =17B | +16N | −30B | +36N | −7B | −19N | −23B | =37B | 3.5 | 36.0 | 37.5 | 13.50 | 1586 | +16.4 |
| 28 | Zakharov, Yuri | 1446 | RUS | −23N | =32B | +29N | +16B | −5N | −13B | −20B | +38N | −17N | 3.5 | 36.0 | 37.5 | 11.50 | 1548 | +18.4 |
| 29 | Fokin, Anatoly | 1629 | RUS | −3B | =20N | −28B | +33N | =14B | −31N | +36B | =26N | −16N | 3.5 | 34.0 | 36.5 | 12.00 | 1485 | -33.6 |
| 30 | Shakuro, Petr E | 1908 | RUS | +33B | +15N | −4B | +27N | =18B | −8N | F | F | F | 3.5 | 31.5 | 31.5 | 13.75 | 1790 | -14.2 |
| 31 | Makaridze, David Aleks | 1470 | RUS | −15B | −10N | −9B | F | +37N | +29B | −17N | +24B | −12N | 3.0 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 9.00 | 1553 | +28.0 |
| 32 | Laschevsky, Vasily | 1562 | RUS | −4B | =28N | −20B | =35N | F | +38B | −23N | +39B | −24N | 3.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 4.50 | 1424 | -27.4 |
| 33 | Eremeev, Anatoliy | 1532 | RUS | −30N | +36B | −23N | −29B | +39N | −26B | +35N | −12B | −34N | 3.0 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 5.00 | 1483 | -24.4 |
| 34 | Karyshev, Dmitry | 1535 | RUS | −18B | +38N | −11B | −9N | F | +39B | −16N | F | +33B | 3.0 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 4.50 | 1489 | -14.4 |
| 35 | Kholodnov, Oleg Al | 1521 | RUS | −7N | −25B | =36N | =32B | −16N | F | −33B | +37N | =38B | 2.5 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 5.00 | 1412 | -46.4 |
| 36 | Petrov, Mikhail Al. | 1403 | RUS | −19B | −33N | =35B | +38N | −27B | −14N | −29N | F | +39B | 2.5 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 2.75 | 1323 | -26.0 |
| 37 | Simkin, Alexander | 1511 | RUS | −13B | −24N | +38B | −10N | −31B | −20N | F | −35B | =27N | 1.5 | 29.5 | 29.5 | 3.25 | 1305 | -41.4 |
| 38 | Imykhelov, Bair | 1400 | RUS | −16N | −34B | −37N | −36B | F | −32N | +39N | −28B | =35N | 1.5 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 1.25 | 1097 | -77.2 |
| 39 | Gordin, Mikhail | 0 | RUS | −11B | −14N | F | −24N | −33B | −34N | −38B | −32N | −36N | 0.0 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 0.00 | 733 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Mikhailov, Timofey IgRUS+65.25.5 pts · #16
- 2Ivashko, Aleksandr StRUS+57.65.0 pts · #19
- 3Nuritdinov, NizomitdinRUS+40.45.5 pts · #8
Top rating losers
- 1Imykhelov, BairRUS-77.21.5 pts · #38
- 2Revyakin, EvgeniyRUS-59.64.0 pts · #18
- 3Kholodnov, Oleg AlRUS-46.42.5 pts · #32
Biggest upsets
- R7+249 Elo gap
- R4+207 Elo gap
- R6+187 Elo gap