Vladimir Region Men Chess Championship
Open SwissStandard
36 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 23 Feb 2026 to 28 Feb 2026 in Kolchugino, Russia. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2018, and top seed was Alexei Mishin (🇷🇺 RUS, 2120).
Artemij Minakov (🇷🇺 RUS, 2054) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Maxim Parshin (7.0) and Egor Arhipov (6.5). Minakov shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 5.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Elisey Fadeev (1470) beat Sergey Gonov (1870), a +400-point gap.
Location
🇷🇺Kolchugino, Russia
Dates
23 Feb 2026 → 28 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Titled players · 1
FM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇺Russia×36
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsArtemij Minakov led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Co-leaders
18
7
8
2
1
1
1
1
1
R5–R9 · LEAD HELD
Artemij Minakov never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Artemij Minakov beat Maxim Parshin (Black).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Artemij Minakov 3 wins (R4–R6)Maxim Parshin 3 wins (R6–R8)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Artemij Minakov | * | 1 | ½ | 1 |
| 2Maxim Parshin | 0 | * | ½ | — |
| 3Egor Arhipov | ½ | ½ | * | — |
| 4Stepan Orekhov | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minakov, Artemij | 2054 | RUS | +26N | +17B | =5N | +7B | +2N | +4B | =3N | +8N | +12B | 8.0 | 45.0 | 48.5 | 42.50 | 2251 | +38.2 |
| 2 | Parshin, Maxim | 2064 | RUS | +24B | +12N | =3B | +9N | −1B | +5N | +10B | +6N | =8B | 7.0 | 47.0 | 51.0 | 37.00 | 2163 | +24.2 |
| 3 | Arhipov, Egor | 1984 | RUS | +18N | +13B | =2N | =5B | +17N | +15B | =1B | =12N | =9B | 6.5 | 45.5 | 50.0 | 34.50 | 2043 | +36.4 |
| 4 | Orekhov, Stepan | 2082 | RUS | +20B | +21N | =9B | =6N | +8B | −1N | =12B | =5N | =10B | 5.5 | 45.0 | 49.0 | 27.50 | 1991 | -15.2 |
| 5 | Savosto, PetrFM | 2057 | RUS | +32B | +33N | =1B | =3N | =12B | −2B | +17N | =4B | =7N | 5.5 | 45.0 | 47.5 | 25.25 | 1928 | -20.8 |
| 6 | Mishin, Alexei | 2120 | RUS | +11N | =7B | +8N | =4B | −15N | =12N | +22B | −2B | +18N | 5.5 | 43.5 | 47.5 | 27.50 | 1946 | -31.0 |
| 7 | Musin, Artur | 1744 | RUS | +19B | =6N | +14B | −1N | =9B | +27N | −8B | +21N | =5B | 5.5 | 43.5 | 47.0 | 25.25 | 1916 | +75.2 |
| 8 | Kopulov, Mikhail | 2016 | RUS | +27B | +29N | −6B | +30N | −4N | +14B | +7N | −1B | =2N | 5.5 | 43.5 | 47.0 | 24.50 | 1914 | -28.0 |
| 9 | Maximov, Anton | 1995 | RUS | +23N | +28B | =4N | −2B | =7N | +21B | −15N | +13B | =3N | 5.5 | 42.5 | 46.0 | 25.25 | 1897 | -15.2 |
| 10 | Shustikov, Ilya | 1797 | RUS | −28N | +23B | =15N | =19B | +18N | +26B | −2N | +14B | =4N | 5.5 | 39.0 | 42.5 | 24.50 | 1815 | +11.6 |
| 11 | Gorbenko, Igor | 1629 | RUS | −6B | =19N | +34B | =22N | −27B | =29N | +31B | +25N | +17N | 5.5 | 32.5 | 35.0 | 20.00 | 1768 | +48.0 |
| 12 | Nefedov, Aleksandr | 1794 | RUS | +30N | −2B | +18N | +26B | =5N | =6B | =4N | =3B | −1N | 5.0 | 46.0 | 49.5 | 23.00 | 1941 | +64.4 |
| 13 | Pronoza, Artem | 1638 | RUS | +16B | −3N | +28B | −15B | =19N | =34N | +27B | −9N | +22B | 5.0 | 37.5 | 40.0 | 19.50 | 1816 | +76.0 |
| 14 | Khodzhamkulov, Mark | 1576 | RUS | +34B | =15B | −7N | =21N | +24B | −8N | +25B | −10N | +28B | 5.0 | 37.0 | 39.5 | 18.50 | 1824 | +108.4 |
| 15 | Telegin, Andrey | 1935 | RUS | +22B | =14N | =10B | +13N | +6B | −3N | +9B | F | F | 5.0 | 37.0 | 37.0 | 25.25 | 1964 | +10.6 |
| 16 | Perov, Viktor | 1838 | RUS | −13N | −18B | −23N | +31B | −20N | +35B | +32B | +24N | +21B | 5.0 | 32.0 | 34.0 | 16.00 | 1535 | -52.4 |
| 17 | Matveev, Artemy | 1703 | RUS | +35B | −1N | +32B | +27N | −3B | =22N | −5B | +19N | −11B | 4.5 | 40.5 | 42.5 | 15.00 | 1683 | -15.6 |
| 18 | Abdalov, Vadim | 1659 | RUS | −3B | +16N | −12B | +28N | −10B | +19N | +24B | =22N | −6B | 4.5 | 40.0 | 43.5 | 19.00 | 1756 | +40.0 |
| 19 | Sidorov, Georgiy | 1493 | RUS | −7N | =11B | +31N | =10N | =13B | −18B | +34N | −17B | +29N | 4.5 | 37.0 | 39.5 | 17.00 | 1618 | +38.4 |
| 20 | Sidorov, Denis | 1524 | RUS | −4N | =31B | −30N | −35B | +16B | =32N | =28B | +36N | +26B | 4.5 | 29.0 | 30.0 | 14.25 | 1663 | +37.2 |
| 21 | Savchenko, Savely | 1546 | RUS | +31N | −4B | =22N | =14B | +23N | −9N | +26B | −7B | −16N | 4.0 | 38.0 | 41.0 | 15.00 | 1616 | +16.0 |
| 22 | Fadeev, Elisey | 1470 | RUS | −15N | +34N | =21B | =11B | +33N | =17B | −6N | =18B | −13N | 4.0 | 36.5 | 39.0 | 14.25 | 1636 | +53.2 |
| 23 | Razin, Ivan | 1608 | RUS | −9B | −10N | +16B | +25N | −21B | −24N | +29B | =26N | =27B | 4.0 | 35.0 | 38.5 | 16.00 | 1639 | +5.6 |
| 24 | Konstantinov, Dmitry | 1670 | RUS | −2N | −30B | +36N | +29B | −14N | +23B | −18N | −16B | +33N | 4.0 | 35.0 | 36.0 | 11.00 | 1445 | -70.0 |
| 25 | Razumov, Dmitriy | 1793 | RUS | −29N | −27B | +35N | −23B | +32B | +30N | −14N | −11B | +31B | 4.0 | 31.0 | 33.0 | 11.50 | 1458 | -102.8 |
| 26 | Savchenko, Nikolay | 1498 | RUS | −1B | +35N | +29B | −12N | +30B | −10N | −21N | =23B | −20N | 3.5 | 38.0 | 40.0 | 11.00 | 1445 | -10.6 |
| 27 | Motorzhin, Iliya | 1672 | RUS | −8N | +25N | +33B | −17B | +11N | −7B | −13N | −29B | =23N | 3.5 | 37.5 | 40.0 | 14.00 | 1631 | -20.8 |
| 28 | Dolgopyatov, Evgeniy | 1701 | RUS | +10B | −9N | −13N | −18B | −29N | +36B | =20N | +30B | −14N | 3.5 | 37.0 | 38.0 | 12.25 | 1577 | -25.2 |
| 29 | Abramov, Timofey | 0 | RUS | +25B | −8B | −26N | −24N | +28B | =11B | −23N | +27N | −19B | 3.5 | 34.5 | 38.0 | 13.75 | 1595 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Buzanov, Artemiy | 1563 | RUS | −12B | +24N | +20B | −8B | −26N | −25B | =33N | −28N | +36B | 3.5 | 32.5 | 33.5 | 10.75 | 1548 | -6.2 |
| 31 | Klimov, Anton Art | 0 | RUS | −21B | =20N | −19B | −16N | +36N | +33B | −11N | =32B | −25N | 3.0 | 33.0 | 34.0 | 7.25 | 1301 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Matveev, Aleksey | 1454 | RUS | −5N | +36B | −17N | =33B | −25N | =20B | −16N | =31N | =35B | 3.0 | 31.0 | 32.0 | 7.00 | 1376 | -15.2 |
| 33 | Vasiliev, Timur | 0 | RUS | +36B | −5B | −27N | =32N | −22B | −31N | =30B | =35N | −24B | 2.5 | 28.5 | 29.5 | 5.25 | 1375 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Gonov, Sergey | 1870 | RUS | −14N | −22B | −11N | +36B | +35N | =13B | −19B | F | F | 2.5 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 5.50 | 1194 | -75.4 |
| 35 | Zavodtcov, Denis | 0 | RUS | −17N | −26B | −25B | +20N | −34B | −16N | −36N | =33B | =32N | 2.0 | 29.5 | 30.5 | 7.25 | 1438 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Makushkin, Zakhar | 0 | RUS | −33N | −32N | −24B | −34N | −31B | −28N | +35B | −20B | −30N | 1.0 | 26.5 | 28.5 | 2.00 | 830 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Khodzhamkulov, MarkRUS+108.45.0 pts · #12
- 2Pronoza, ArtemRUS+76.05.0 pts · #11
- 3Musin, ArturRUS+75.25.5 pts · #7
Top rating losers
- 1Razumov, DmitriyRUS-102.84.0 pts · #28
- 2Gonov, SergeyRUS-75.42.5 pts · #34
- 3Konstantinov, DmitryRUS-70.04.0 pts · #33
Biggest upsets
- R2+400 Elo gap
- R7+377 Elo gap
- R5+314 Elo gap