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Vladimir Region Women Chess Championship

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17 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 23 Feb 2026 to 28 Feb 2026 in Kolchugino, Russia. 1 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1659, and top seed was Svetlana Chirva (🇷🇺 RUS, WFM, 1968).

Varvara Fits (🇷🇺 RUS, 1793) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Anna Savosto (7.5) and Yana Chistyakova (6.0). Fits shared the lead from round 5 and won solo starting round 8.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Elizaveta Den Shvedova (1440) beat Svetlana Chirva (WFM, 1968), a +528-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
Top seed
🇷🇺WFMSvetlana Chirva1968
Avg top 10
1,659
Participants
17
Titled players · 1
WFM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇷🇺Russia×14
🇹🇯Tajikistan×1
FIDE (no federation)×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Varvara Fits led from R8; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
7
3
2
1
3
2
2
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Fits takes lead
R8 · LEADER CHANGE27 Feb

Varvara Fits takes the sole lead (7.0/8).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Varvara Fits beat Anna Savosto (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Varvara Fits 8 wins (R2–R9)Anna Savosto 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Fits, Varvara1793RUSF+12B+9N+13B+2N+3N+11B+4B+6N8.036.536.536.502424+96.8
2Savosto, Anna1878RUS+14N+6B+3N+11B1B+4N+8B=5N+7B7.540.543.032.501809-12.0
3Chistyakova, Yana1487RUS+15B+4N2B+7N+11N1B=5N+6B=8N6.042.044.524.501731+85.2
4Shvedova, Elizaveta Den1440RUS+13N3B+6N=5B+15N2B+9B1N=12B5.041.043.518.001669+84.0
5Radushinskaya, Svetlana1760FID8B+15N+17B=4N=6B=11N=3B=2B=14N5.035.536.518.001571-44.4
6Kirillova, Polina1471RUS+17N2N4B+14B=5N+10B+13N3N1B4.541.042.013.001563+19.2
7Yuklyayevskikh, Diana1480RUS=10N13B+14N3B9N+17B+12N+16B2N4.532.033.010.501448-17.2
8Kuzmina, Sofia0RUS+5N10B13N=9B+16N+15B2NF=3B4.034.034.014.5015550.0
9Zalesnova, Anna Aleks1558RUS+16B11N1B=8N+7B+13B4N=10NF4.034.034.013.501557-6.8
10Vorontsova, Margarita1435RUS=7B+8N11B17N+12B6NF=9B+16N4.026.526.513.251468+8.4
11Fayzieva, Darina1582TJK+12N+9B+10N2N3B=5B1NFF3.537.537.513.501645+10.4
12Egorova, Angelina1613RUS11B1N=16BF10N+14N7B+15B=4N3.032.032.08.501180-97.6
13Chirva, SvetlanaWFM1968RUS4B+7N+8B1N+17B9N6BFF3.031.031.09.501373-68.2
14Matveeva, Eseniya0RUS2B=16N7B6NF12B=15N+17B=5B2.530.030.05.7512740.0
15Kudryashova, Anastasiya Andr0RUS3N5BF+16N4B8N=14B12N+17N2.528.528.54.257740.0
16FIDE 3435803009N=14B=12N15B8BF+17N7N10B2.025.525.53.7511990.0
17Dorofeeva, Viktoriya0RUS6BF5N+10B13N7N16B14N15B1.028.028.04.0013820.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets