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VPHS_NEVA OPEN January 2026 Standard A

Open SwissStandard

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.

Location
🇷🇺St. Petersburg, Russia
Dates
24 Jan 2026 → 25 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 30 Min. Del. 30 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇺Fevroniya Pashina1560
Avg top 10
1,043
Participants
19
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇺Russia×17
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight 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.

Co-leaders
7
1
3
3
5
1
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Pashina takes lead
R6 · LEADER CHANGE25 Jan

Fevroniya Pashina takes the sole lead (4.5/6).

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.0/7. Simkin takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (25.0).

R5–R7 · WIN STREAK

Ekaterina Voronkova won 3 in a row (R5–R7).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Simkin, Alexander1517RUS+8B=3N+5NF=4B+10N+7B5.025.027.520.501750+12.2
2Voronkova, Ekaterina1459RUS+7B=10N3B=6N+18B+14N+4B5.023.525.517.002358+53.6
3Simonov, Konstantin0RUS+9N=1B+2N=5B=10B4N+13N4.526.529.518.5015150.0
4Pashina, Fevroniya1560RUS+15N=14B=12N+8B=1N+3B2N4.524.026.516.251362-39.2
5Kosheleva, Alesya1526RUS+11B+18N1B=3N+14B=7N=6B4.524.026.014.501515+0.4
6Nazarov, Aleksey Val0RUS=12N+16B14N=2B+8N+13B=5N4.522.024.515.7513590.0
7Gaponova, Lada0RUS2N=15B+19N+11N+12B=5B1N4.023.525.011.5012130.0
8Leonova, Varvara Yur0RUS1N+19B+18B4N6B+11N+14B4.022.023.59.5014200.0
9FIDE 57000814003B11N17B+19B+?N+12N+10B4.018.518.58.0014830.0
10Kovaleva, Elizaveta0RUS=16N=2B+13N+12B=3N1B9N3.524.527.012.0012810.0
11Melezhik, Eleazar0RUS5N+9B=15N7B+17N8B+16N3.521.524.010.257090.0
12Konstantinov, Nikita Al0RUS=6B+?N=4B10N7N9B+18B3.022.522.56.5015540.0
13Koshelev, Mikhail0RUS18B+17N10B+?N+15B6N3B3.019.519.55.0014830.0
14Soras, Anton1509RUS+17B=4N+6BF5N2B8N2.527.530.09.251241-19.6
15Rubel, Yana0RUS4B=7N=11B=17N13N16B+19N2.520.021.56.508040.0
16Grigorian, Mikhail B1409RUS=10B6N=?B18N=19B+15N11B2.517.517.55.0014630.0
17Kulakov, Ilya Ig1448RUS14N13B+9N=15B11B=19N=?N2.517.017.06.001295-25.2
18Kunakhovets, Ivan0RUS+13N5B8N+16B2N?B12N2.022.022.05.506670.0
19FIDE 5700081590=?B8N7B9N=16N=17B15B1.519.519.52.5014630.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets