VO Moscow. February 2026

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70 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 08 Feb 2026 to 01 Mar 2026 in Moscow, Russia. 3 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1978, and top seed was Marat Denishev ( FID, FM, 2108).

Ivan Kuzmin (🇷🇺 RUS, 1935) won with 6.5/8, ahead of Andrey Onischenko (6.0) and Vladimir Galkin (6.0). Kuzmin shared the lead from round 5 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Yaroslav Netesa (1525) beat Mikhail Oborin (1960), a +435-point gap.

Location

🇷🇺Moscow, Russia

Dates

08 Feb 2026 → 01 Mar 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 8 rounds

Top seed

FMMarat Denishev2108

Avg top 10

1,978

Participants

Titled players · 3

FM×2

CM×1

Federations · 3 represented

🇷🇺Russia×61

FIDE (no federation)×4

🇹🇬Togo×1

Top 3

🥇
Ivan Kuzmin
🇷🇺RUS·1935
6.5pts·2302perf+51.2
🥈
Andrey Onischenko
🇷🇺RUS·1915
6.0pts·2049perf+29.0
🥉
Vladimir Galkin
🇷🇺RUS·1902
6.0pts·2037perf+29.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

Ivan Kuzmin led from R8; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Kuzmin6.5Galkin6Onischenko6Denishev5.5Tolengit5.5Lagashin5.5

R8 · LEADER CHANGE01 Mar

Ivan Kuzmin takes the sole lead (6.5/8).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Ivan Kuzmin beat Vladimir Galkin (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Ivan Kuzmin 6 wins (R1–R7)Vladimir Galkin 3 wins (R1–R3)Andrey Onischenko 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Ivan Kuzmin	*	1	1	1
2Vladimir Galkin	0	*	—	0
3Andrey Onischenko	0	—	*	0
4FMMarat Denishev	0	1	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Kuzmin, Ivan	1935	RUS	+40N	+17B	F	+6N	+2B	+4N	+3B	=9N	6.5	37.5	41.0	33.50	2302	+51.2
2	Onischenko, Andrey	1915	RUS	+25N	+22B	+8N	+16B	−1N	+5B	+12N	−4B	6.0	36.5	41.0	29.00	2049	+29.0
3	Galkin, Vladimir	1902	RUS	+26B	+62N	+15B	−4N	+8B	+6N	−1N	+16B	6.0	36.0	37.0	25.00	2037	+29.2
4	Denishev, MaratFM	2108	FID	+29N	+27B	=10N	+3B	F	−1B	+30N	+2N	5.5	36.5	40.5	26.50	2064	-5.0
5	Tolengit, Arman	1833	RUS	+43B	=39N	+9B	=7B	+16N	−2N	=11B	+15N	5.5	34.0	37.5	24.50	1966	+60.0
6	Lagashin, Pavel	1900	FID	+47N	+42B	+28N	−1B	+17N	−3B	+22B	=11N	5.5	34.0	37.0	22.00	1903	+3.4
7	Kapitsa, Matvey	1930	RUS	=34N	+58B	+35B	=5N	=41B	+39N	−9N	+18B	5.5	29.0	31.0	19.75	1866	-14.4
8	Polukhin, Yaroslav	1813	RUS	+56N	+20B	−2B	+31N	−3N	−16B	+40N	+28B	5.0	32.5	34.5	18.00	1882	+30.8
9	Popkov, Andrey	1991	RUS	=52N	+66B	−5N	+25B	F	+15N	+7B	=1B	5.0	32.5	33.5	20.00	1902	-9.8
10	Novenko, Denis	1859	RUS	+18N	+36B	=4B	=12N	−15B	=28N	+19B	=29N	5.0	32.0	35.5	21.75	1865	+2.6
11	Ivanov, Andrey	1961	RUS	−37N	=18B	=50N	+21N	+34B	+17B	=5N	=6B	5.0	31.5	34.5	21.75	1790	-23.0
12	Kedrov, Valery V.FM	1922	RUS	+46B	−15N	+34B	=10B	+29N	+20N	−2B	=27N	5.0	31.5	34.5	19.50	1867	-9.0
13	Mukhin, Mikhail	1860	FID	+51B	=45N	+23B	+38B	F	F	+37N	=30N	5.0	27.5	27.5	18.25	1967	+31.2
14	Belokon, Artour	1826	RUS	+64B	+21N	F	F	+46B	=18N	=28B	+31N	5.0	27.5	27.5	16.75	1848	+4.0
15	Naskalnyi, Timofey	1729	RUS	+49N	+12B	−3N	+20B	+10N	−9B	=16N	−5B	4.5	35.5	38.5	19.75	1915	+38.6
16	Bagdasaryan, Artem	1964	RUS	+48B	+30N	+41B	−2N	−5B	+8N	=15B	−3N	4.5	34.5	37.5	17.75	1844	-46.4
17	Petrenko, Nikita S.	1738	RUS	+53B	−1N	+24B	+56N	−6B	−11N	+34B	=19N	4.5	32.0	34.0	14.75	1763	+14.0
18	Netesa, Yaroslav	1525	RUS	−10B	=11N	=61B	+48N	+31B	=14B	+38N	−7N	4.5	31.0	32.5	16.25	1850	+121.6
19	Kumarage, Vishva	1880	RUS	+24B	−28N	+46B	−22N	+27N	+47B	−10N	=17B	4.5	29.5	32.5	16.75	1717	-29.8
20	Grigorian, Sergey	2073	RUS	+32B	−8N	+39B	−15N	+52N	−12B	+48B	=22N	4.5	29.5	32.0	15.25	1772	-50.0
21	Dozorov, Mikhail	1495	RUS	+69N	−14B	=42N	−11B	−23N	+54B	+45B	+36N	4.5	27.5	28.0	11.75	1738	+40.4
22	Dryabin, Maksim Al	1682	RUS	+67B	−2N	+51B	+19B	F	+35N	−6N	=20B	4.5	27.5	27.5	13.75	1920	+72.8
23	Ananiev, Grigory	1614	RUS	=38N	+52B	−13N	F	+21B	=36N	=35B	+43N	4.5	26.0	26.0	15.75	1817	+73.2
24	Gudkov, Egor	1552	RUS	−19N	+54B	−17N	=62B	+42N	−27B	+49N	+37B	4.5	25.5	26.5	13.00	1691	+48.4
25	Borisenkov, Kirill Rom	1590	RUS	−2B	=67N	+64B	−9N	+57N	=38B	=36B	+35N	4.5	24.5	25.0	10.25	1813	+69.6
26	Zaremba, Stanislav	1587	RUS	−3N	+70B	=27N	−55B	+62N	−29B	+53N	+52B	4.5	22.5	22.5	8.00	1719	+44.4
27	Ermolaev, Aleksandr	1767	RUS	+63B	−4N	=26B	+37N	−19B	+24N	F	=12B	4.0	31.0	32.0	13.75	1787	+4.0
28	Maksimov, Aleksey Iv	1678	RUS	+70N	+19B	−6B	−41N	+56B	=10B	=14N	−8N	4.0	30.5	30.5	11.50	1750	+25.2
29	Popov, German	1643	RUS	−4B	+63N	+57B	=30N	−12B	+26N	F	=10B	4.0	29.5	30.5	12.00	1775	+22.2
30	Netesa, Gleb	1754	RUS	+59N	−16B	+47N	=29B	F	+41N	−4B	=13B	4.0	28.0	30.0	13.00	1822	+24.8
31	Chapygin, Sergey	1663	RUS	−66N	+65B	+59N	−8B	−18N	+33B	+47N	−14B	4.0	24.5	25.5	10.00	1639	-3.4
32	Musagitov, Marat	1642	RUS	−20N	−56B	+49N	=51B	=33N	−34N	+46B	+47B	4.0	24.0	26.0	12.50	1590	-13.4
33	Plekhanov, Nikita	1500	RUS	=44B	+61N	F	F	=32B	−31N	+62N	+48B	4.0	17.0	17.0	9.25	1820	+100.0
34	Gorlova, Yuliya	1596	FID	=7B	=35N	−12N	+59B	−11N	+32B	−17N	=38B	3.5	31.0	33.0	12.25	1769	+58.4
35	Burnazov, Lev	1874	RUS	+58N	=34B	−7N	=36B	+40N	−22B	=23N	−25B	3.5	29.5	31.5	11.25	1613	-52.2
36	Zaitsev, Mikhail Andr	1669	RUS	+68B	−10N	+53B	=35N	F	=23B	=25N	−21B	3.5	29.5	30.0	9.25	1590	-28.4
37	Shiryaev, Eduard	1628	RUS	+11B	−41N	=55N	−27B	+45B	+44N	−13B	−24N	3.5	29.0	31.5	13.25	1756	+23.8
38	Oborin, Mikhail	1960	RUS	=23B	+57N	+44B	−13N	−39B	=25N	−18B	=34N	3.5	29.0	31.0	11.75	1608	-65.2
39	Bocharnikov, Oleg	1601	RUS	+55N	=5B	−20N	+42B	+38N	−7B	F	F	3.5	29.0	29.0	12.25	1945	+49.4
40	Tutykhin, Erkin Val	1605	RUS	−1B	−53N	+63B	+43N	−35B	+46N	−8B	=44N	3.5	27.5	28.5	9.25	1639	+6.8
41	Orekhov, Ivan Aleks	1831	RUS	+65N	+37B	−16N	+28B	=7N	−30B	F	F	3.5	26.5	26.5	11.25	1794	-3.0
42	Noskov, Alexei	1674	RUS	+60B	−6N	=21B	−39N	−24B	+63N	−43B	+57N	3.5	25.0	26.0	6.75	1465	-39.6
43	Dolotova, Kseniya Rom	1512	RUS	−5N	−55B	+54N	−40B	+60N	=62B	+42N	−23B	3.5	23.5	24.5	8.00	1532	+2.4
44	Lagutina, Olga	1819	RUS	=33N	+50B	−38N	=52B	−47N	−37B	+56N	=40B	3.5	23.0	25.0	10.00	1519	-53.0
45	Shustov, Filipp	1672	RUS	+54N	=13B	F	F	−37N	+67B	−21N	+53B	3.5	18.5	18.5	8.00	1518	-33.2
46	Trubitsyn, Vladimir	1592	RUS	−12N	+49B	−19N	+50B	−14N	−40B	−32N	+58B	3.0	28.0	30.0	8.00	1536	-13.4
47	Akchurin, Rafael Faridovich	1559	RUS	−6B	+60N	−30B	+65N	+44B	−19N	−31B	−32N	3.0	27.0	28.0	6.00	1574	+6.4
48	Okmyanskiy, Sergey	1629	RUS	−16N	−59B	+70N	−18B	+50N	+56B	−20N	−33N	3.0	24.5	24.5	5.00	1390	-38.2
49	Meleshin, Igor V	1435	RUS	−15B	−46N	−32B	=64N	+63B	+70N	−24B	=51N	3.0	21.0	21.0	3.00	1417	-8.8
50	Sinitsyn, German	0	RUS	=61B	−44N	=11B	−46N	−48B	=68B	=58N	+56B	3.0	20.0	20.5	6.50	1575	0.0
51	Makeeva, Margarita Rom	1538	RUS	−13N	+68B	−22N	=32N	F	F	+54B	=49B	3.0	19.5	19.5	6.50	1461	-17.2
52	Cherepashkin, Ivan	1634	RUS	=9B	−23N	F	=44N	−20B	=53N	+57B	−26N	2.5	26.5	27.0	7.50	1600	-11.2
53	Mirzoev, Dzhuma	1439	RUS	−17N	+40B	−36N	−57B	+68N	=52B	−26B	−45N	2.5	24.0	24.5	5.25	1390	-8.0
54	FIDE 570015090	0	—	−45B	−24N	−43B	=63N	+70B	−21N	−51N	+60B	2.5	21.5	21.5	2.00	1139	0.0
55	Airapetyan, Tigran	1933	RUS	−39B	+43N	=37B	+26N	F	F	F	F	2.5	19.0	19.0	9.75	1682	-21.0
56	Salimov, Galimzyan	1492	RUS	−8B	+32N	+62B	−17B	−28N	−48N	−44B	−50N	2.0	27.0	28.0	5.00	1561	+17.6
57	Kashirsky, Eugeny D.	1430	RUS	F	−38B	−29N	+53N	−25B	+60B	−52N	−42B	2.0	22.0	22.0	4.00	1364	-10.4
58	Markova, Varvara Vas	1544	RUS	−35B	−7N	+60B	=61N	F	F	=50B	−46N	2.0	18.0	18.0	3.75	1453	-17.6
59	Dudareva, Mariya Andr	1468	RUS	−30B	+48N	−31B	−34N	F	F	+68N	F	2.0	15.0	15.0	3.50	1468	-1.2
60	FIDE 570015082	0	—	−42N	−47B	−58N	+70B	−43B	−57N	=63B	−54N	1.5	17.5	17.5	0.50	1127	0.0
61	Voronin, Sergey Yur	1703	RUS	=50N	−33B	=18N	=58B	F	F	F	F	1.5	14.0	14.0	4.75	1398	-48.0
62	Lilov, Aleksandr P.	1716	RUS	F	−3B	−56N	=24N	−26B	=43N	−33B	F	1.0	24.5	24.5	4.00	1317	-59.6
63	Darjin, Nikolay	1479	RUS	−27N	−29B	−40N	=54B	−49N	−42B	=60N	F	1.0	22.0	22.0	2.00	825	-31.6
64	Danilov, Sergey Ars	1506	RUS	−14N	=69B	−25N	=49B	F	F	F	F	1.0	13.0	13.0	1.75	1476	-8.4
65	Kubataev, Zakarya	1512	RUS	−41B	−31N	+68N	−47B	F	F	F	F	1.0	12.0	12.0	0.50	874	-30.4
66	Zakaev, Islam	0	RUS	+31B	−9N	F	F	F	F	F	F	1.0	10.0	10.0	4.00	1827	0.0
67	Lyubimov, Nikolay	0	RUS	−22N	=25B	F	F	F	−45N	F	F	0.5	17.0	17.0	2.25	1377	0.0
68	FIDE 570015104	0	—	−36N	−51N	−65B	F	−53B	=50N	−59B	F	0.5	15.0	15.0	1.50	716	0.0
69	Strovskiy, MikhailCM	1815	TOG	−21B	=64N	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.5	6.0	6.0	0.50	1304	-24.8
70	FIDE 55859828	0	—	−28B	−26N	−48B	−60N	−54N	−49B	F	F	0.0	19.0	19.0	0.00	782	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Netesa, YaroslavRUS
+121.6
4.5 pts · #17
2Plekhanov, NikitaRUS
+100.0
4.0 pts · #28
3Ananiev, GrigoryRUS
+73.2
4.5 pts · #20

Top rating losers

1Oborin, MikhailRUS
-65.2
3.5 pts · #39
2Lilov, Aleksandr P.RUS
-59.6
1.0 pts · #57
3Lagutina, OlgaRUS
-53.0
3.5 pts · #44

Biggest upsets

R7+435 Elo gap
Netesa, Yaroslav1525 beat Oborin, Mikhail1960
R5+359 Elo gap
Bocharnikov, Oleg1601 beat Oborin, Mikhail1960
R4+344 Elo gap
Naskalnyi, Timofey1729 beat Grigorian, Sergey2073