Levitsky Memorial 2026_G13
Open SwissStandard
12 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 25 Feb 2026 to 02 Mar 2026 in Nizhniy Tagil, Russia. Top 10 Elo average was 892, and top seed was Veronika Leshchinskaya (🇷🇺 RUS, 1590).
Anastasiya Lubentsova (🇷🇺 RUS, 1461) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Veronika Leshchinskaya (5.5) and Margarita Beloborodova (5.0). Lubentsova shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.
Location
🇷🇺Nizhniy Tagil, Russia
Dates
25 Feb 2026 → 02 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇺Russia×7
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R4; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R4–R7 · LEAD HELD
Anastasiya Lubentsova held the sole lead from R4 through R7 without losing it.
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 5.5/7. Lubentsova takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (26.5).
R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Anastasiya Lubentsova drew with Veronika Leshchinskaya (White).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Anastasiya Lubentsova | * | ½ | ½ | 1 |
| 2Veronika Leshchinskaya | ½ | * | ½ | ½ |
| 3Margarita Beloborodova | ½ | ½ | * | ½ |
| 4Eva Stepanova | 0 | ½ | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lubentsova, Anastasiya | 1461 | RUS | +10N | =7B | +4N | +5B | =3N | =2B | +6B | 5.5 | 26.5 | 29.0 | 21.75 | 1728 | +66.4 |
| 2 | Leshchinskaya, Veronika | 1590 | RUS | +8N | =4B | =3N | +6B | +5N | =1N | +11B | 5.5 | 26.0 | 27.0 | 19.75 | 1612 | +5.6 |
| 3 | Beloborodova, Margarita | 1462 | RUS | =5B | +6N | =2B | +9N | =1B | =4N | +12N | 5.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 16.50 | 1562 | +31.2 |
| 4 | Stepanova, Eva | 1522 | RUS | +9B | =2N | −1B | =7N | +11B | =3B | =5N | 4.0 | 27.0 | 28.0 | 13.25 | 1395 | -28.8 |
| 5 | Shirokaya, Aleksandra | 1426 | RUS | =3N | +10B | +7N | −1N | −2B | +12B | =4B | 4.0 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 11.00 | 1314 | -21.6 |
| 6 | Marinina, Sofia | 1456 | RUS | +12N | −3B | +8N | −2N | +9B | +7B | −1N | 4.0 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 10.50 | 702 | -52.8 |
| 7 | Malkova, Elizaveta Anat | 0 | RUS | +11B | =1N | −5B | =4B | +8N | −6N | +10B | 4.0 | 23.5 | 24.5 | 11.75 | 1273 | 0.0 |
| 8 | FIDE 55843247 | 0 | — | −2B | +11N | −6B | +12N | −7B | =10B | +9N | 3.5 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 5.25 | 723 | 0.0 |
| 9 | FIDE 570014736 | 0 | — | −4N | +12B | +10N | −3B | −6N | +11B | −8B | 3.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 3.50 | 676 | 0.0 |
| 10 | FIDE 522021370 | 0 | — | −1B | −5N | −9B | +11N | +12B | =8N | −7N | 2.5 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 2.75 | 643 | 0.0 |
| 11 | FIDE 570014752 | 0 | — | −7N | −8B | +12N | −10B | −4N | −9N | −2N | 1.0 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 0.00 | 756 | 0.0 |
| 12 | FIDE 570014744 | 0 | — | −6B | −9N | −11B | −8B | −10N | −5N | −3B | 0.0 | 22.0 | 23.0 | 0.00 | 643 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Lubentsova, AnastasiyaRUS+66.45.5 pts · #1
- 2Beloborodova, MargaritaRUS+31.25.0 pts · #3
- 3Leshchinskaya, VeronikaRUS+5.65.5 pts · #2
Top rating losers
- 1Marinina, SofiaRUS-52.84.0 pts · #9
- 2Stepanova, EvaRUS-28.84.0 pts · #4
- 3Shirokaya, AleksandraRUS-21.64.0 pts · #5