Blitz Moscow. February 2026 - 2

SwissBlitz

76 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held on 07 Feb 2026 in Moscow, Russia. 23 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2413, and top seed was Nikita Afanasiev (🇷🇺 RUS, GM, 2516).

Dmitry Rostovtsev (🇷🇺 RUS, IM, 2471) won with 8.5/11, ahead of Nikita Afanasiev (8.5) and Stanislav Bukreev (8.5). Rostovtsev shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Fedor Loboyko (1919) beat Stanislav Bukreev (IM, 2443), a +524-point gap.

Location

🇷🇺Moscow, Russia

Dates

07 Feb 2026

Time control

Blitz: 3 minutes for game with 2 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 11 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇺GMNikita Afanasiev2516

Avg top 10

2,413

Participants

Titled players · 23

GM×1

IM×6

FM×11

CM×1

WIM×1

WFM×2

WCM×1

Federations · 5 represented

🇷🇺Russia×59

FIDE (no federation)×12

🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan×2

🇰🇿Kazakhstan×1

🇦🇲Armenia×1

Top 3

🥇
IMDmitry Rostovtsev
🇷🇺RUS·2471
8.5pts·2510perf+7.8
🥈
GMNikita Afanasiev
🇷🇺RUS·2516
8.5pts·2522perf+4.1
🥉
IMStanislav Bukreev
🇷🇺RUS·2443
8.5pts·2447perf+5.5

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 11 rounds

Tight race until R5; 3 players tied at 8.5/11, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Rostovtsev8.5Bukreev8.5Afanasiev8.5Lisenkov8Kleimenov8Zverev8

R5–R11 · LEAD HELD

IM Dmitry Rostovtsev held the sole lead from R5 through R11 without losing it.

R11 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 8.5/11. Rostovtsev takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (77.0).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Dmitry Rostovtsev drew with IM Stanislav Bukreev (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1IMDmitry Rostovtsev	*	½	0	½
2IMStanislav Bukreev	½	*	0	—
3GMNikita Afanasiev	1	1	*	—
4FMSvyatoslav Lisenkov	½	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Rostovtsev, DmitryIM	2471	RUS	+44N	+10B	+17N	+16B	+7N	+9B	=3N	+4B	−2N	=6N	=5N	8.5	77.0	82.0	61.25	2510	+7.8
2	Afanasiev, NikitaGM	2516	RUS	+45B	+15N	+8B	−9N	+30B	+11N	−4B	+18N	+1B	+3B	=6N	8.5	74.5	79.5	60.00	2522	+4.1
3	Bukreev, StanislavIM	2443	RUS	−25B	+59N	+21B	+31N	+35B	+12N	=1B	+11N	+8B	−2N	+13B	8.5	69.5	73.5	54.75	2447	+5.5
4	Zverev, LevIM	2487	FID	+21B	+22N	=23B	+34N	=9B	+16B	+2N	−1N	−6B	+12N	+11B	8.0	72.0	77.5	54.25	2438	-2.5
5	Lisenkov, SvyatoslavFM	2319	FID	+56B	+20N	=11B	−23N	+10N	+19B	+9N	−13B	+34N	+17N	=1B	8.0	68.5	72.5	51.75	2385	+22.4
6	Shoboev, DandarFM	2325	RUS	+48B	+55N	−12B	+20N	=25B	=18N	+34B	+30N	+4N	=1B	=2B	8.0	67.5	71.5	49.75	2342	+11.4
7	Kleimenov, NikolayFM	2362	FID	+52B	+31N	+35B	+12N	−1B	+24N	−11B	−8N	+20B	+23N	+16B	8.0	66.5	71.0	48.00	2357	+4.4
8	Gubajdullin, AlexeiFM	2322	RUS	+33N	+27B	−2N	+29B	−16N	+25N	+24B	+7B	−3N	=10B	+19N	7.5	69.5	75.5	48.25	2285	-1.1
9	Manvelyan, MikayelFM	2340	ARM	+41N	+36B	+24N	+2B	=4N	−1N	−5B	−34B	+37N	+18N	+17B	7.5	68.5	74.0	48.00	2344	+7.6
10	Chibukhchyan, Erik	2100	RUS	+67B	−1N	+52B	+45N	−5B	+37N	−13B	+43N	+30B	=8N	+23B	7.5	63.0	66.5	39.25	2237	+31.4
11	Remizov, YaroslavIM	2493	RUS	+47N	+28B	=5N	+14B	+23N	−2B	+7N	−3B	+16N	=19B	−4N	7.0	73.0	78.0	45.75	2374	-12.7
12	Lyutsinger, IrenFM	2121	FID	+73N	+76B	+6N	−7B	+17N	−3B	+14N	−23B	+27N	−4B	+26N	7.0	66.5	66.5	36.00	2258	+18.1
13	Yurasov, MatfeyFM	2370	FID	+69N	+70B	−16N	+19B	−24N	+36B	+10N	+5N	−17B	+14B	−3N	7.0	65.5	68.5	41.00	2259	-13.1
14	Khafizova, DianaWIM	2159	FID	=51B	+32N	+40B	−11N	=26B	+55N	−12B	+36N	+35B	−13N	+25B	7.0	60.5	64.5	38.00	2162	+3.4
15	Novodvorskiy, Dmitriy Al	2088	FID	+54N	−2B	−44N	+57B	+47N	−29B	+33N	−27B	+52N	+50B	+24N	7.0	56.5	60.5	35.00	2039	-15.8
16	Borisova, EkaterinaFM	2157	RUS	+57N	+39B	+13B	−1N	+8B	−4N	=21B	+26N	−11B	+22N	−7N	6.5	70.5	74.5	39.75	2265	+31.0
17	Dedkov, Roman Ol	2173	RUS	+46B	+37N	−1B	+55N	−12B	+20N	=26B	+22N	+13N	−5B	−9N	6.5	67.5	71.5	37.50	2192	+3.1
18	Tregubenko, NikolayFM	2169	FID	+53N	=26B	−34N	+67N	+22B	=6B	+27N	−2B	+28N	−9B	=20N	6.5	65.0	68.5	36.75	2159	+0.2
19	Esipenko, Aleksandr	2156	RUS	+50B	=40N	+26B	−13N	+46B	−5N	+25B	+21N	=23B	=11N	−8B	6.5	64.5	69.5	37.75	2158	+4.8
20	Pankratov, Mikhail A.	1995	RUS	+65N	−5B	+57N	−6B	+49N	−17B	+53N	+24B	−7N	+28B	=18B	6.5	62.5	66.5	32.75	2110	+55.4
21	Madaev, Adam	1928	RUS	−4N	+73B	−3N	+42B	+70N	+38B	=16N	−19B	=26N	=36B	+40N	6.5	60.5	63.0	31.00	2106	+80.5
22	Fedotov, Andrey	2065	RUS	+72N	−4B	=69N	+32B	−18N	+73B	+39N	−17B	+40N	−16B	+38N	6.5	56.0	58.5	29.25	2068	+4.2
23	Somkin, Kirill	2209	RUS	+49N	+38B	=4N	+5B	−11B	−34N	+46B	+12N	=19N	−7B	−10N	6.0	68.0	73.0	37.75	2196	-1.0
24	Korneva, MarinaIM	2121	RUS	+59B	+25N	−9B	+37N	+13B	−7B	−8N	−20N	+41B	+29N	−15B	6.0	66.5	70.5	34.00	2119	+0.1
25	Loboyko, Fedor	1919	RUS	+3N	−24B	+28N	+36B	=6N	−8B	−19N	+39B	+38N	=34B	−14N	6.0	66.0	71.5	37.75	2182	+107.9
26	Abylkasymov, Kairatbek	1974	KGZ	+43B	=18N	−19N	+69B	=14N	+28B	=17N	−16B	=21B	+35N	−12B	6.0	63.0	66.5	33.25	2090	+35.2
27	Granovskiy, AlexandrIM	2014	KAZ	+58B	−8N	−67B	+50N	+43B	+35N	−18B	+15N	−12B	−30N	+48B	6.0	58.5	62.0	31.50	2004	+0.8
28	Demkin, Igor	2101	RUS	+60B	−11N	−25B	+58N	+45B	−26N	+40B	+29N	−18B	−20N	+43B	6.0	57.5	61.5	29.50	1991	-28.4
29	Korolev, Kirill O.	1958	RUS	+71B	−35N	+43B	−8N	+56B	+15N	−30B	−28B	+46N	−24B	+44N	6.0	57.0	60.0	29.00	2000	+11.8
30	Cherednichenko, DmitrijFM	2143	RUS	F	F	+65N	+47B	−2N	+44B	+29N	−6B	−10N	+27B	+34N	6.0	55.5	55.5	31.50	2191	+12.6
31	Kapitsa, Matvey	2017	RUS	+68N	−7B	+33N	−3B	−44N	−49B	=54N	+53B	=57N	+56B	+46N	6.0	54.5	58.0	27.25	1924	-51.2
32	Demina, Alena	1854	RUS	F	−14B	+51N	−22N	−48B	+59N	−38B	+58N	+42B	+37B	+36N	6.0	53.5	53.5	29.50	1958	+24.0
33	Makalkin, Andrey	1858	RUS	−8B	+75N	−31B	−43N	+61B	+74N	−15B	+55N	−36B	+45N	+47B	6.0	51.0	53.0	22.00	1896	+6.9
34	Gorokhov, Alexandr	2090	RUS	F	+51N	+18B	−4B	+38N	+23B	−6N	+9N	−5B	=25N	−30B	5.5	66.5	66.5	33.50	2202	+28.4
35	Vasilkov, NikolayFM	2141	FID	+42N	+29B	−7N	+44B	−3N	−27B	+52N	+50B	−14N	−26B	=41N	5.5	62.5	67.0	28.75	2003	-21.0
36	Pereverzev, Timofei	2062	RUS	+62B	−9N	+56B	−25N	+67B	−13N	+49B	−14B	+33N	=21N	−32B	5.5	59.0	62.5	25.75	1963	-41.9
37	Pak, MatveyCM	1973	RUS	+63N	−17B	+76N	−24B	+53N	−10B	=42N	+48B	−9B	−32N	+55B	5.5	56.5	56.5	20.25	1915	-15.0
38	Kochukova, AnnaWFM	2001	RUS	+75B	−23N	=46B	+48N	−34B	−21N	+32N	+69B	−25B	+47N	−22B	5.5	55.0	57.0	24.00	1921	-21.2
39	Polkovnikov, Evgeny	1973	RUS	+64B	−16N	=58B	−46N	+59B	+48N	−22B	−25N	+43B	−40B	+50N	5.5	52.5	56.5	25.00	1808	-40.6
40	Filippova, MargaritaWFM	1966	RUS	+74N	=19B	−14N	=70B	=73N	+69B	−28N	+42B	−22B	+39N	−21B	5.5	52.5	54.5	22.50	1942	-5.8
41	Del, Nikita	1863	FID	−9B	−58N	+61B	+60N	−55B	−43N	+62B	+70B	−24N	+51N	=35B	5.5	49.0	52.0	22.75	1847	-9.2
42	Polevoy, Yusuf	1720	FID	−35B	−45N	+75B	−21N	+71B	+67N	=37B	−40N	−32N	+60B	+54N	5.5	49.0	51.0	19.75	1817	+44.4
43	Dmitriev, Artem	1483	RUS	−26N	+49B	−29N	+33B	−27N	+41B	+44N	−10B	−39N	+52B	−28N	5.0	58.5	63.0	26.00	1836	+162.0
44	Kuralin, Arseniy Ev	1919	RUS	−1B	+61N	+15B	−35N	+31B	−30N	−43B	−56N	+53B	+49N	−29B	5.0	57.5	61.5	26.50	1896	-12.4
45	Bakhchinyan, Simon	1930	RUS	−2N	+42B	+63N	−10B	−28N	−53B	+61N	+67B	−50N	−33B	+57N	5.0	55.0	58.5	21.00	1814	-64.8
46	Gamilova, ReginaWCM	1771	RUS	−17N	+65B	=38N	+39B	−19N	+70B	−23N	=47B	−29B	+55N	−31B	5.0	55.0	58.0	21.75	1967	+39.5
47	Kobozeva, Viktoria	1930	RUS	−11B	+60N	+74B	−30N	−15B	=57N	+58B	=46N	+56B	−38B	−33N	5.0	52.5	54.5	18.50	1831	-27.4
48	Zakharov, Mikael Dm	1860	RUS	−6N	+72B	=70N	−38B	+32N	−39B	+73N	−37N	=51B	+57B	−27N	5.0	51.0	53.5	19.00	1866	+1.6
49	Mirzoev, Tabriz Z	1826	RUS	−23B	−43N	+62B	+76N	−20B	+31N	−36N	−52B	+66N	−44B	+60N	5.0	50.5	50.5	18.00	1767	-26.1
50	Lebedev, Andrey	1732	RUS	−19N	−63B	+72N	−27B	+76B	+56N	+55B	−35N	+45B	−15N	−39B	5.0	50.0	50.0	15.50	1846	+36.6
51	Tyuvetskiy, Ivan Ser	1754	RUS	=14N	−34B	−32B	−68N	+64B	−61N	+72N	+54B	=48N	−41B	+56N	5.0	49.0	51.5	21.00	1744	-7.3
52	Senyukov, Alexey V.	1865	RUS	−7N	+54B	−10N	−73B	+68B	+60N	−35B	+49N	−15B	−43N	=53B	4.5	54.5	57.0	19.25	1780	-26.8
53	Anarkasov, Aidar	1765	KGZ	−18B	+64N	−55B	+74N	−37B	+45N	−20B	−31N	−44N	+63B	=52N	4.5	51.0	53.0	17.25	1770	-1.0
54	Pischik, Aleksei	1661	RUS	−15B	−52N	+71B	−56N	−74B	+75N	=31B	−51N	+58B	+59N	−42B	4.5	45.0	47.0	16.00	1707	+5.8
55	Khodyrev, Elisey Aleks	2002	RUS	+66N	−6B	+53N	−17B	+41N	−14B	−50N	−33B	+61N	−46B	−37N	4.0	57.0	61.0	18.00	1794	-88.4
56	Nistratov, Anton	1840	RUS	−5N	+68B	−36N	+54B	−29N	−50B	+66N	+44B	−47N	−31N	−51B	4.0	54.0	57.5	17.00	1752	-27.0
57	Schetinin, Aleksey Yar	1737	RUS	−16B	+71N	−20B	−15N	+62B	=47B	−69N	+59N	=31B	−48N	−45B	4.0	52.5	55.5	16.50	1768	+3.0
58	Svintsov, Ivan	1562	RUS	−27N	+41B	=39N	−28B	−69N	+68B	−47N	−32B	−54N	+66B	=61N	4.0	50.0	53.5	17.75	1704	+59.6
59	Tyuvetskiy, Siluan Ser	1712	RUS	−24N	−3B	=68N	+63B	−39N	−32B	+64N	−57B	+72N	−54B	=62N	4.0	50.0	52.5	14.25	1638	-42.6
60	Kiselev, Gennadiy	1700	RUS	−28N	−47B	+66N	−41B	+63N	−52B	−70N	+68B	+67N	−42N	−49B	4.0	46.5	49.5	15.00	1699	-4.2
61	Gavrilov, Dmitry Den	1636	RUS	−70N	−44B	−41N	+75B	−33N	+51B	−45B	+74N	−55B	=64N	=58B	4.0	43.5	45.5	13.00	1645	-7.2
62	Senyukov, Ivan A.	1591	RUS	−36N	−69B	−49N	+65B	−57N	+63B	−41N	−66B	+76N	=68B	=59B	4.0	43.0	43.0	11.75	1575	-9.2
63	Solunov, Makar Il	1476	RUS	−37B	+50N	−45B	−59N	−60B	−62N	+71B	−64N	+74B	−53N	+76B	4.0	41.0	41.0	10.00	1392	-32.0
64	Trofimov, Dmitriy M.	1461	RUS	−39N	−53B	−73N	=72B	−51N	+65N	−59B	+63B	=68N	=61B	=67N	4.0	40.5	43.0	14.75	1580	+56.4
65	Kunitsyn, Aleksandr Dm	1594	RUS	−20B	−46N	−30B	−62N	−75N	−64B	+76N	F	+71B	+67B	+68N	4.0	37.5	37.5	10.00	1529	-17.6
66	Orlov, Denis	1558	RUS	−55B	−67N	−60B	−71N	+72N	+76B	−56B	+62N	−49B	−58N	+75N	4.0	36.0	36.0	8.50	1594	+4.2
67	Mamedov, Elshad	1839	RUS	−10N	+66B	+27N	−18B	−36N	−42B	+74B	−45N	−60B	−65N	=64B	3.5	52.0	54.0	14.00	1637	-44.5
68	Selezneva, Anna	1568	RUS	−31B	−56N	=59B	+51B	−52N	−58N	+75B	−60N	=64B	=62N	−65B	3.5	43.5	45.5	13.00	1558	-8.2
69	Kichatov, Dmitriy Ser	1915	RUS	−13B	+62N	=22B	−26N	+58B	−40N	+57B	−38N	F	F	F	3.5	42.5	42.5	15.25	1858	-4.8
70	Kondakov, Konstantin	2068	FID	+61B	−13N	=48B	=40N	−21B	−46N	+60B	−41N	F	F	F	3.0	42.5	42.5	13.25	1803	-29.4
71	Tyuvetskiy, Aleksandr Ser	0	RUS	−29N	−57B	−54N	+66B	−42N	−72B	−63N	+76B	−65N	F	+74B	3.0	36.5	36.5	6.00	1340	0.0
72	Chenchik, Mikhail	1594	RUS	−22B	−48N	−50B	=64N	−66B	+71N	−51B	+75N	−59B	−74N	F	2.5	40.5	40.5	7.00	1452	-29.6
73	Parshinov, Bato Tsy	1702	RUS	−12B	−21N	+64B	+52N	=40B	−22N	−48B	F	F	F	F	2.5	39.0	39.0	11.25	1790	+11.2
74	Nabiev, Emil	0	RUS	−40B	F	−47N	−53B	+54N	−33B	−67N	−61B	−63N	+72B	−71N	2.0	42.5	42.5	7.00	1528	0.0
75	Paramonova, Ekaterina	1557	RUS	−38N	−33B	−42N	−61N	+65B	−54B	−68N	−72B	F	+76N	−66B	2.0	39.5	39.5	4.00	1332	-43.0
76	FIDE 533077886	0	—	F	−12N	−37B	−49B	−50N	−66N	−65B	−71N	−62B	−75B	−63N	0.0	43.5	43.5	0.00	914	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Dmitriev, ArtemRUS
+162.0
5.0 pts · #40
2Loboyko, FedorRUS
+107.9
6.0 pts · #26
3Madaev, AdamRUS
+80.5
6.5 pts · #19

Top rating losers

1Khodyrev, Elisey AleksRUS
-88.4
4.0 pts · #54
2Bakhchinyan, SimonRUS
-64.8
5.0 pts · #39
3Kapitsa, MatveyRUS
-51.2
6.0 pts · #23

Biggest upsets

R1+524 Elo gap
Loboyko, Fedor1919 beat IMBukreev, Stanislav2443
R7+436 Elo gap
Dmitriev, Artem1483 beat Kuralin, Arseniy Ev1919
R10+382 Elo gap
Dmitriev, Artem1483 beat Senyukov, Alexey V.1865