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North-West chess Championship 2026 women

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13 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 05 Mar 2026 to 13 Mar 2026 in St. Petersburg, Russia. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1751, and top seed was Evgeniia Satanovskaia (🇷🇺 RUS, WFM, 2230).

Evgeniia Satanovskaia (🇷🇺 RUS, WFM, 2230) won with 8.5/9, ahead of Veronika Petrova (6.5) and Tatyana Zangirova (6.0). Satanovskaia won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Anastasiya Akochenok (1529) beat Vera Motorina (1774), a +245-point gap.

Location
🇷🇺St. Petersburg, Russia
Dates
05 Mar 2026 → 13 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇺WFMEvgeniia Satanovskaia2230
Avg top 10
1,751
Participants
13
Titled players · 1
WFM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇷🇺Russia×12
FIDE (no federation)×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

WFM Evgeniia Satanovskaia led from R4; +2.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
5
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Satanovskaia takes lead
Satanovskaia8.5Petrova6.5Zangirova6Popenkova5Akochenok4.5Chumakina4.5
R4 · LEADER CHANGE08 Mar

WFM Evgeniia Satanovskaia takes the sole lead (3.5/4).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WFM Evgeniia Satanovskaia beat Veronika Petrova (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

WFM Evgeniia Satanovskaia 8 wins (R2–R9)Veronika Petrova 3 wins (R6–R8)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1WFMEvgeniia Satanovskaia*
1
½
1
2Veronika Petrova
0
*
½
1
3Tatyana Zangirova
½
½
*—
4Varvara Popenkova
0
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Satanovskaia, EvgeniiaWFM2230RUS=3N+10B+2N+4B+9N+8B+7N+6B+5B8.538.541.538.502279+6.3
2Petrova, Veronika1650RUS+13B=7N−1B+11N=6B+10B+4N+5N=3B6.537.538.522.501859+96.8
3Zangirova, Tatyana1652RUS=1B+12N=7B=6N=8B=5N+9B+11N=2N6.037.539.022.751784+60.4
4Popenkova, Varvara1877FID+12B=5N+8B−1N+7B=6N−2B+13BF5.035.035.015.501812-22.4
5Chumakina, Zoya1531RUS+10N=4B−9N=7N+13B=3B+12N−2B−1N4.538.539.513.251718+80.4
6Akochenok, Anastasiya1529RUS−8BF+11N=3B=2N=4B+10N−1N+9B4.538.038.016.751743+83.6
7Golubeva, Mariya1801RUS+9N=2B=3N=5B−4N+13N−1BF+11B4.536.536.514.501727-28.4
8Anisimova, Anna1750RUS+6N+11B−4N=9B=3N−1NF=10B=12N4.033.533.513.001700-23.2
9Osoblivaya, Darya Ar1536RUS−7B+13N+5B=8N−1BF−3N+12B−6N3.534.534.59.001638+34.8
10Motorina, Vera1774RUS−5B−1N=12BF+11B−2N−6B=8N+13N3.032.032.05.251577-86.8
11Volodina, Polina1433RUSF−8N−6B−2B−10N=12B+13N−3B−7N1.531.031.01.751424-7.2
12Motorina, Irina1650RUS−4N−3B=10N−13BF=11N−5B−9N=8B1.528.528.54.251392-51.6
13Kryzhanovskaia, Veronika1593RUS−2N−9BF+12N−5N−7B−11B−4N−10B1.030.030.01.501334-94.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets