Blitz Moscow. February 2026 - 4

SwissBlitz

42 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held on 13 Feb 2026 in Moscow, Russia. 16 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2424, and top seed was Nikita Afanasiev (🇷🇺 RUS, GM, 2516).

Mikayel Manvelyan (🇦🇲 ARM, FM, 2340) won with 9.5/11, ahead of Vladimir Zakhartsov (9.0) and Ivan Yeletsky (8.0). Manvelyan shared the lead from round 9 and won solo starting round 10.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Bato Tsy Parshinov (1702) beat Yakov Gornostaev (2101), a +399-point gap.

Location

🇷🇺Moscow, Russia

Dates

13 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

2,424

Participants

Titled players · 16

GM×2

IM×3

FM×8

CM×1

WIM×1

WCM×1

Federations · 5 represented

🇷🇺Russia×30

FIDE (no federation)×9

🇹🇷Turkiye×1

🇦🇲Armenia×1

🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan×1

Top 3

🥇
FMMikayel Manvelyan
🇦🇲ARM·2340
9.5pts·2571perf+64.2
🥈
GMVladimir Zakhartsov
🇷🇺RUS·2473
9.0pts·2569perf+14.6
🥉
FMIvan Yeletsky
🇷🇺RUS·2470
8.0pts·2504perf+7.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 11 rounds

FM Mikayel Manvelyan led from R10; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R10.

Co-leaders

Manvelyan9.5Zakhartsov9Yeletsky8Remizov7.5Averin7.5Afanasiev7.5

R10 · LEADER CHANGE13 Feb

FM Mikayel Manvelyan takes the sole lead (8.5/10).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Mikayel Manvelyan lost to GM Vladimir Zakhartsov (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

FM Mikayel Manvelyan 3+4 wins (R4–R6, R8–R11)GM Vladimir Zakhartsov 4 wins (R1–R4)FM Ivan Yeletsky 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMMikayel Manvelyan	*	0	½	1
2GMVladimir Zakhartsov	1	*	½	½
3FMIvan Yeletsky	½	½	*	0
4IMYaroslav Remizov	0	½	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Manvelyan, MikayelFM	2340	ARM	+27N	+11B	−2N	+13B	+14N	+5B	=3B	+4N	+9B	+15N	+7B	9.5	70.0	75.0	62.00	2571	+64.2
2	Zakhartsov, VladimirGM	2473	RUS	+37B	+19N	+1B	+6N	=3B	=4N	+9B	+11N	=5B	=10N	+13B	9.0	71.0	75.0	60.25	2569	+14.6
3	Yeletsky, IvanFM	2470	RUS	+26N	+8B	+7N	+5B	=2N	=6B	=1N	+12B	−4N	=11N	+10B	8.0	74.5	79.5	55.75	2504	+7.6
4	Remizov, YaroslavIM	2493	RUS	+34N	+10B	−6N	+19B	+7N	=2B	+8N	−1B	+3B	−5N	+11B	7.5	74.0	78.5	49.50	2441	-3.0
5	Afanasiev, NikitaGM	2516	RUS	+21B	+20N	+9B	−3N	+12B	−1N	+10B	+7N	=2N	+4B	−6N	7.5	73.5	79.0	49.50	2496	-0.2
6	Averin, NikolayIM	2466	FID	+23B	+16N	+4B	−2B	+10N	=3N	−7B	−9N	+24B	+22N	+5B	7.5	68.0	73.0	46.50	2439	+1.0
7	Rakitin, DaniilFM	2430	RUS	+41B	+22N	−3B	+16N	−4B	+13N	+6N	−5B	+20B	+9N	−1N	7.0	69.0	71.0	38.50	2390	-2.0
8	Vasilkov, NikolayFM	2141	FID	+17B	−3N	−21B	+32N	+22B	+15N	−4B	+19N	−10B	+23N	+14B	7.0	61.0	65.5	38.00	2132	+0.6
9	Bukreev, StanislavIM	2443	RUS	+30N	+13B	−5N	+11B	+28N	=12B	−2N	+6B	−1N	−7B	+20N	6.5	70.0	75.0	38.75	2341	-10.4
10	Zdorov, Egor VitCM	2243	RUS	+33B	−4N	+22B	+21N	−6B	+16N	−5N	+28B	+8N	=2B	−3N	6.5	68.0	72.5	37.50	2265	+12.6
11	Novodvorskiy, Dmitriy Al	2088	FID	+42B	−1N	+36B	−9N	+35B	+20N	+18N	−2B	+12N	=3B	−4N	6.5	67.0	69.0	32.50	2227	+60.1
12	Ponomarev, GrigoriFM	2366	RUS	F	+36N	+32B	+14B	−5N	=9N	+19B	−3N	−11B	+24N	+15B	6.5	59.5	59.5	34.25	2265	-14.4
13	Lyutsinger, IrenFM	2121	FID	+35B	−9N	+17B	−1N	+23B	−7B	+14N	−15N	+36B	+32B	−2N	6.0	64.0	68.0	30.00	2068	-5.3
14	Lebedev, Mikhail S.	1969	RUS	=38B	+15N	+24B	−12N	−1B	+32N	−13B	+18N	+19B	=20N	−8N	6.0	61.5	64.5	31.25	2086	+31.0
15	Tolengit, Arman	1933	RUS	=39N	−14B	=33N	+24N	+36B	−8B	+27N	+13B	+32N	−1B	−12N	6.0	58.0	61.0	28.25	1989	+21.1
16	Gornostaev, Yakov	2101	RUS	+25N	−6B	+29N	−7B	+27N	−10B	−26N	−32N	+31B	+28B	+22N	6.0	56.0	60.5	30.00	1997	-25.0
17	Vysotskiy, OlegFM	1781	RUS	−8N	+26B	−13N	−22N	−30B	−34B	+40N	+37B	+38N	+25B	+29N	6.0	49.5	52.0	24.50	1874	+24.0
18	Pak, Georgy	1939	RUS	F	−32B	+39N	+38N	−20B	+24N	−11B	−14B	+34N	+33B	+23N	6.0	47.5	47.5	25.00	1948	+4.2
19	Yonal, TimurFM	2131	TUR	+29N	−2B	+25N	−4N	+21B	+28B	−12N	−8B	−14N	=26B	+34N	5.5	61.5	66.0	27.50	2036	-37.8
20	Khafizova, DianaWIM	2159	FID	+31N	−5B	+27N	−28B	+18N	−11B	+25N	+26B	−7N	=14B	−9B	5.5	59.5	64.5	29.00	2043	-30.5
21	Tereshchenko, ElizaWCM	1858	FID	−5N	+31B	+8N	−10B	−19N	−25B	+29N	=34B	−33N	+27B	+32N	5.5	55.5	60.0	28.75	1924	+13.9
22	Varnazov, Lev	1915	RUS	+40N	−7B	−10N	+17B	−8N	+29B	−28N	+25B	+26N	−6B	−16B	5.0	60.0	62.5	23.50	1937	+2.2
23	Sosnina, Anna	1806	RUS	−6N	−25B	+31N	+29B	−13N	=35B	=34N	+38B	+28N	−8B	−18B	5.0	55.5	58.5	22.50	1861	+18.3
24	Asachenko, Ksenia	2040	RUS	=32N	+39B	−14N	−15B	+25N	−18B	+35N	+33B	−6N	−12B	=26N	5.0	55.5	58.5	21.75	1882	-45.8
25	Bakay, Alexander	1715	RUS	−16B	+23N	−19B	+37N	−24B	+21N	−20B	−22N	+41B	−17N	+36B	5.0	51.5	53.5	20.50	1868	+65.8
26	Trapeznikova, Emma	1835	RUS	−3B	−17N	+42B	−35N	+40B	+38N	+16B	−20N	−22B	=19N	=24B	5.0	51.0	53.0	18.75	1854	+5.9
27	Izotov, Vladimir	1788	FID	−1B	+42N	−20B	+40N	−16B	+37N	−15B	−36N	+35B	−21N	+39N	5.0	50.5	52.5	16.00	1791	-0.9
28	Petrov, Maksim V	1926	RUS	−36B	+38N	+40B	+20N	−9B	−19N	+22B	−10N	−23B	−16N	+41B	5.0	49.5	51.5	18.00	1901	-7.2
29	Ananiev, Grigory	1769	RUS	−19B	+37N	−16B	−23N	+41B	−22N	−21B	+42B	+30N	+36N	−17B	5.0	48.0	50.0	17.00	1787	+7.4
30	Geldt, Vladimir	1792	RUS	−9B	=35N	−38B	=33B	+17N	−36N	−32B	+41N	−29B	+40N	+37B	5.0	44.5	46.5	19.00	1730	-19.6
31	Arutyunova, Yuliya	1785	RUS	−20B	−21N	−23B	+42N	−37B	+41N	−38B	+40B	−16N	+39B	+33N	5.0	41.0	43.0	14.00	1757	-9.4
32	Parshinov, Bato Tsy	1702	RUS	=24B	+18N	−12N	−8B	+33N	−14B	+30N	+16B	−15B	−13N	−21B	4.5	59.0	63.5	24.00	1910	+48.6
33	Lykhin, Mark	1788	RUS	−10N	=34B	=15B	=30N	−32B	+39N	+36B	−24N	+21B	−18N	−31B	4.5	52.0	55.0	20.25	1785	-8.8
34	Kapitanov, Andrej	1846	RUS	−4B	=33N	=35B	−36N	=38B	+17N	=23B	=21N	−18B	+41N	−19B	4.5	51.5	53.5	19.25	1784	-21.6
35	Litvinenko, Dmitriy	1737	RUS	−13N	=30B	=34N	+26B	−11N	=23N	−24B	+39B	−27N	−37N	+42B	4.5	49.0	51.0	17.25	1779	+8.2
36	Sakhno, Robert Ev	1590	RUS	+28N	−12B	−11N	+34B	−15N	+30B	−33N	+27B	−13N	−29B	−25N	4.0	54.5	59.0	19.50	1764	+22.0
37	Spiridonov, Kirill	1839	KGZ	−2N	−29B	+41N	−25B	+31N	−27B	−39B	−17N	+42N	+35B	−30N	4.0	49.5	51.5	13.50	1673	-49.2
38	Fedorov, Nikita A	1682	RUS	=14N	−28B	+30N	−18B	=34N	−26B	+31N	−23N	−17B	−42B	−40N	3.0	50.0	52.0	15.25	1615	-38.4
39	Khodzhoyan, Artush	1682	RUS	=15B	−24N	−18B	−41B	+42N	−33B	+37N	−35N	=40B	−31N	−27B	3.0	44.5	46.5	10.25	1612	-20.8
40	Khizhnyakov, Mikhail Mak	1563	FID	−22B	+41N	−28N	−27B	−26N	−42B	−17B	−31N	=39N	−30B	+38B	2.5	44.0	46.0	6.50	1555	-9.0
41	Ulanov, Vladislav	1791	RUS	−7N	−40B	−37B	+39N	−29N	−31B	+42N	−30B	−25N	−34B	−28N	2.0	46.0	48.0	5.00	1516	-74.2
42	Aksakova, Lana	1457	FID	−11N	−27B	−26N	−31B	−39B	+40N	−41B	−29N	−37B	+38N	−35N	2.0	43.5	45.5	5.50	1494	+9.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Bakay, AlexanderRUS
+65.8
5.0 pts · #26
2Manvelyan, MikayelFMARM
+64.2
9.5 pts · #1
3Novodvorskiy, Dmitriy AlFID
+60.1
6.5 pts · #9

Top rating losers

1Ulanov, VladislavRUS
-74.2
2.0 pts · #41
2Spiridonov, KirillKGZ
-49.2
4.0 pts · #37
3Asachenko, KseniaRUS
-45.8
5.0 pts · #30

Biggest upsets

R8+399 Elo gap
Parshinov, Bato Tsy1702 beat Gornostaev, Yakov2101
R1+336 Elo gap
Sakhno, Robert Ev1590 beat Petrov, Maksim V1926
R3+283 Elo gap
WCMTereshchenko, Eliza1858 beat FMVasilkov, Nikolay2141