VPHS_NEVA OPEN January 2026 Standard A
19 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 24 Jan 2026 to 25 Jan 2026 in St. Petersburg, Russia. Top 10 Elo average was 1043, and top seed was Fevroniya Pashina (🇷🇺 RUS, 1560).
Alexander Simkin (🇷🇺 RUS, 1517) won with 5.0/7, ahead of Ekaterina Voronkova (5.0) and Konstantin Simonov (4.5). Simkin won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 7: Ekaterina Voronkova (1459) beat Fevroniya Pashina (1560), a +101-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R7; 2 players tied at 5.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Fevroniya Pashina takes the sole lead (4.5/6).
2 players finish on 5.0/7. Simkin takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (25.0).
Ekaterina Voronkova won 3 in a row (R5–R7).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ekaterina Voronkova | * | — | 0 | — |
| 2Alexander Simkin | — | * | ½ | 1 |
| 3Konstantin Simonov | 1 | ½ | * | ½ |
| 4Alesya Kosheleva | — | 0 | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simkin, Alexander | 1517 | RUS | +8B | =3N | +5N | F | =4B | +10N | +7B | 5.0 | 25.0 | 27.5 | 20.50 | 1750 | +12.2 |
| 2 | Voronkova, Ekaterina | 1459 | RUS | +7B | =10N | −3B | =6N | +18B | +14N | +4B | 5.0 | 23.5 | 25.5 | 17.00 | 2358 | +53.6 |
| 3 | Simonov, Konstantin | 0 | RUS | +9N | =1B | +2N | =5B | =10B | −4N | +13N | 4.5 | 26.5 | 29.5 | 18.50 | 1515 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Pashina, Fevroniya | 1560 | RUS | +15N | =14B | =12N | +8B | =1N | +3B | −2N | 4.5 | 24.0 | 26.5 | 16.25 | 1362 | -39.2 |
| 5 | Kosheleva, Alesya | 1526 | RUS | +11B | +18N | −1B | =3N | +14B | =7N | =6B | 4.5 | 24.0 | 26.0 | 14.50 | 1515 | +0.4 |
| 6 | Nazarov, Aleksey Val | 0 | RUS | =12N | +16B | −14N | =2B | +8N | +13B | =5N | 4.5 | 22.0 | 24.5 | 15.75 | 1359 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Gaponova, Lada | 0 | RUS | −2N | =15B | +19N | +11N | +12B | =5B | −1N | 4.0 | 23.5 | 25.0 | 11.50 | 1213 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Leonova, Varvara Yur | 0 | RUS | −1N | +19B | +18B | −4N | −6B | +11N | +14B | 4.0 | 22.0 | 23.5 | 9.50 | 1420 | 0.0 |
| 9 | FIDE 570008140 | 0 | — | −3B | −11N | −17B | +19B | +?N | +12N | +10B | 4.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 8.00 | 1483 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Kovaleva, Elizaveta | 0 | RUS | =16N | =2B | +13N | +12B | =3N | −1B | −9N | 3.5 | 24.5 | 27.0 | 12.00 | 1281 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Melezhik, Eleazar | 0 | RUS | −5N | +9B | =15N | −7B | +17N | −8B | +16N | 3.5 | 21.5 | 24.0 | 10.25 | 709 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Konstantinov, Nikita Al | 0 | RUS | =6B | +?N | =4B | −10N | −7N | −9B | +18B | 3.0 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 6.50 | 1554 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Koshelev, Mikhail | 0 | RUS | −18B | +17N | −10B | +?N | +15B | −6N | −3B | 3.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 5.00 | 1483 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Soras, Anton | 1509 | RUS | +17B | =4N | +6B | F | −5N | −2B | −8N | 2.5 | 27.5 | 30.0 | 9.25 | 1241 | -19.6 |
| 15 | Rubel, Yana | 0 | RUS | −4B | =7N | =11B | =17N | −13N | −16B | +19N | 2.5 | 20.0 | 21.5 | 6.50 | 804 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Grigorian, Mikhail B | 1409 | RUS | =10B | −6N | =?B | −18N | =19B | +15N | −11B | 2.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 5.00 | 1463 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Kulakov, Ilya Ig | 1448 | RUS | −14N | −13B | +9N | =15B | −11B | =19N | =?N | 2.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 6.00 | 1295 | -25.2 |
| 18 | Kunakhovets, Ivan | 0 | RUS | +13N | −5B | −8N | +16B | −2N | −?B | −12N | 2.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 5.50 | 667 | 0.0 |
| 19 | FIDE 570008159 | 0 | — | =?B | −8N | −7B | −9N | =16N | =17B | −15B | 1.5 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 2.50 | 1463 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Voronkova, EkaterinaRUS+53.65.0 pts · #1
- 2Simkin, AlexanderRUS+12.25.0 pts · #4
- 3Kosheleva, AlesyaRUS+0.44.5 pts · #5
- 1Pashina, FevroniyaRUS-39.24.5 pts · #6
- 2Kulakov, Ilya IgRUS-25.22.5 pts · #12
- 3Soras, AntonRUS-19.62.5 pts · #13
- R7+101 Elo gap