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Pushchino Winter Chess Championship 2026

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16 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 06 Feb 2026 to 08 Feb 2026 in Pushchino, Russia. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1875, and top seed was Artem Gorlov (🇷🇺 RUS, 2172).

Sergei Volkov (🇷🇺 RUS, FM, 2143) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Timur Chekanov (5.5) and Artem Gorlov (5.0). Volkov won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Nikita Ser Sokolov (1469) beat Ruslan Kazakov (1767), a +298-point gap.

Location
🇷🇺Pushchino, Russia
Dates
06 Feb 2026 → 08 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇺Artem Gorlov2172
Avg top 10
1,875
Participants
16
Titled players · 1
FM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇷🇺Russia×13
FIDE (no federation)×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

FM Sergei Volkov led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
7
4
2
1
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Volkov6.5Chekanov5.5Gorlov5Pugin4.5Veselov4Chkhitunidze4
R4–R7 · LEAD HELD

FM Sergei Volkov never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Sergei Volkov beat Timur Chekanov (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

FM Sergei Volkov 6 wins (R1–R6)Timur Chekanov 3 wins (R3–R5)Artem Gorlov 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMSergei Volkov*
1
1
½
2Timur Chekanov
0
*
1
—
3Artem Gorlov
0
0
*
1
4Stepan Pugin
½
—
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Volkov, SergeiFM2143RUS+10N+2B+5N+3B+9N+6B=4N6.526.530.027.752340+23.0
2Chekanov, Timur1899FID+13B−1N+14B+11N+3N=5B+9N5.524.527.018.502068+36.0
3Gorlov, Artem2172RUS+7B+6N+4B−1N−2B+11N+5B5.028.531.519.502058-13.0
4Pugin, Stepan1969RUS+14B+11N−3N−5B+12N+10N=1B4.524.527.014.751880-7.0
5Chkhitunidze, Leon1878RUS+15B+9N−1B+4N=6B=2N−3N4.029.030.013.751995+20.6
6Veselov, Vadim1799RUS+8N−3B=10N+14B=5N−1N+13B4.025.528.012.751822+3.6
7Kazakov, Ruslan1767RUS−3N=12B=13N+8B−11B+16N+15B4.018.018.07.501608-22.8
8Zarubin, Peter1604RUS−6B+15N−9B−7N+16B+12N+11B4.018.018.06.501623+1.0
9Chervonnyy, Mikhail1897RUS=12N−5B+8N+10B−1B+13N−2B3.526.028.511.251750-22.4
10Stadnik, Konstantin Den1458RUS−1B+13N=6B−9N+14N−4B+16B3.523.523.57.001701+59.2
11Sokolov, Nikita Ser1469RUS+16N−4B+12N−2B+7N−3B−8N3.025.525.56.501628+35.6
12Zarenkov, Timofey Iv1541RUS=9B=7N−11B+15N−4B−8B=14N2.521.522.56.001512-15.6
13Vlasov, Dmitriy I.1618RUS−2N−10B=7B+16N+15B−9B−6N2.521.521.53.001416-20.6
14Barchukov, Fedor Pav1552RUS−4N+16B−2N−6N−10B+15N=12B2.521.021.02.251375-40.0
15FIDE 5220636840—−5N−8B+16N−12B−13N−14B−7N1.019.519.50.008560.0
16FIDE 5400228970—−11B−14N−15B−13B−8N−7B−10N0.019.520.50.007780.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets