79 Karelian men championship
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33 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 19 Feb 2026 to 23 Feb 2026 in Petrozavodsk, Russia. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1985, and top seed was Bazhen D. Radkov (🇷🇺 RUS, 2113).
Alexander V. Toivonen (🇷🇺 RUS, FM, 2077) won with 6.5/8, ahead of Yaroslav Lekhtonen (6.5) and Bazhen D. Radkov (6.0). Toivonen shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Timur A Generalov (1411) beat Lev P. Savolainen (FM, 2008), a +597-point gap.
Location
🇷🇺Petrozavodsk, Russia
Dates
19 Feb 2026 → 23 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 75 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 8 rounds
Titled players · 2
FM×2
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇺Russia×33
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 8 roundsTight race until R3; 2 players tied at 6.5/8, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
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R5 · LEADER CHANGE21 Feb
Mikhail A. Rumak takes the sole lead (4.5/5).
R8 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 6.5/8. Toivonen takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (37.0).
R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Yaroslav Lekhtonen drew with FM Alexander V. Toivonen (White).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Yaroslav Lekhtonen | * | ½ | ½ | — |
| 2FMAlexander V. Toivonen | ½ | * | ½ | ½ |
| 3Bazhen D. Radkov | ½ | ½ | * | 1 |
| 4Alexander R. Popkov | — | ½ | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toivonen, Alexander V.FM | 2077 | RUS | +14N | +10B | =3N | +7B | =2N | +5B | =4N | +23B | 6.5 | 37.0 | 40.5 | 31.25 | 2163 | +18.4 |
| 2 | Lekhtonen, Yaroslav | 2007 | RUS | +15B | +9N | +19B | =3N | =1B | +13N | =5B | +7N | 6.5 | 35.0 | 38.5 | 29.75 | 2176 | +73.6 |
| 3 | Radkov, Bazhen D. | 2113 | RUS | +16B | +4N | =1B | =2B | −13N | +15N | +6B | +14N | 6.0 | 36.0 | 40.0 | 29.50 | 2050 | -5.6 |
| 4 | Popkov, Alexander R. | 1889 | RUS | +20B | −3B | +21N | =6N | +9B | +14N | =1B | +5N | 6.0 | 34.5 | 38.0 | 26.25 | 1987 | +46.4 |
| 5 | Rumak, Mikhail A. | 2022 | RUS | +11B | =6N | +17B | +23N | +15B | −1N | =2N | −4B | 5.0 | 36.5 | 40.0 | 21.75 | 1915 | -16.8 |
| 6 | Kopshin, Stanislav A | 1740 | RUS | +31N | =5B | =13N | =4B | +25N | =7B | −3N | +16B | 5.0 | 33.0 | 34.5 | 18.50 | 1906 | +58.4 |
| 7 | Senyukov, Alexey V. | 1953 | RUS | +32B | =25N | +26B | −1N | +17B | =6N | +13B | −2B | 5.0 | 32.0 | 33.0 | 16.00 | 1870 | -10.2 |
| 8 | Kolegov, Andrey E. | 1886 | RUS | −25N | +24B | −14N | +26N | =11B | +27B | =16N | +18B | 5.0 | 26.0 | 28.5 | 17.25 | 1601 | -43.0 |
| 9 | Tulenkov, Timofey | 1613 | RUS | +28N | −2B | =27N | +21B | −4N | =10B | +25N | =12B | 4.5 | 30.5 | 33.0 | 14.75 | 1772 | +45.6 |
| 10 | Egorov, Vladimir Vict | 1743 | RUS | +30B | −1N | +11B | −15N | =22B | =9N | +20B | =13N | 4.5 | 30.5 | 32.5 | 16.00 | 1717 | -12.0 |
| 11 | Belyachkov, Matvey I | 1569 | RUS | −5N | +31B | −10N | +29B | =8N | +21B | −23N | +19B | 4.5 | 27.0 | 28.5 | 13.00 | 1799 | +72.0 |
| 12 | Kamalov, Rashit S. | 1854 | RUS | =26B | −17N | −15B | +33N | =20B | +31N | +22B | =9N | 4.5 | 24.0 | 24.5 | 11.00 | 1584 | -43.6 |
| 13 | Andronov, Mikhail G. | 2006 | RUS | +24N | F | =6B | +16N | +3B | −2B | −7N | =10B | 4.0 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 18.25 | 1874 | -18.0 |
| 14 | Ivanov, Nikita S | 1572 | RUS | −1B | +20N | +8B | +22N | F | −4B | +19N | −3B | 4.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 15.50 | 1892 | +102.4 |
| 15 | Gashkov, Nikita | 1555 | RUS | −2N | +28B | +12N | +10B | −5N | −3B | −18N | +25B | 4.0 | 33.5 | 36.0 | 14.50 | 1726 | +47.2 |
| 16 | Ivanov, Maxim S | 1602 | RUS | −3N | +33B | +29N | −13B | +18N | =23B | =8B | −6N | 4.0 | 29.5 | 30.0 | 10.75 | 1743 | +48.0 |
| 17 | Yuryan, Alexey O | 1708 | RUS | F | +12B | −5N | +27B | −7N | −19N | +30B | +21B | 4.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 12.50 | 1841 | +29.6 |
| 18 | Tomashev, Arseny A | 1560 | RUS | −19B | +30N | −22B | +32N | −16B | +26N | +15B | −8N | 4.0 | 25.0 | 26.0 | 10.00 | 1634 | +18.8 |
| 19 | Savolainen, Lev P.FM | 2008 | RUS | +18N | =21B | −2N | −25B | +24N | +17B | −14B | −11N | 3.5 | 30.0 | 33.0 | 13.25 | 1643 | -65.6 |
| 20 | Deryabin, Arseny R | 1452 | RUS | −4N | −14B | +28N | =24B | =12N | +29B | −10N | =22N | 3.5 | 28.5 | 30.5 | 10.25 | 1567 | +28.4 |
| 21 | Puzyrevsky, Boris M. | 1730 | RUS | +29B | =19N | −4B | −9N | +26B | −11N | +27B | −17N | 3.5 | 28.0 | 30.0 | 9.25 | 1575 | -29.4 |
| 22 | Nilov, Vladimir A. | 1748 | RUS | −27N | +32B | +18N | −14B | =10N | =25B | −12N | =20B | 3.5 | 26.0 | 27.0 | 10.50 | 1583 | -27.8 |
| 23 | Kravtchenko, Vladimir G. | 1892 | RUS | +33N | F | +25B | −5B | F | =16N | +11B | −1N | 3.5 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 10.00 | 1766 | -12.6 |
| 24 | Bykov, Aleksey Alekseev | 1510 | RUS | −13B | −8N | +30B | =20N | −19B | −28N | +31B | +27N | 3.5 | 23.0 | 24.5 | 7.75 | 1468 | -13.2 |
| 25 | Generalov, Timur A | 1411 | RUS | +8B | =7B | −23N | +19N | −6B | =22N | −9B | −15N | 3.0 | 30.5 | 34.0 | 12.75 | 1650 | +75.6 |
| 26 | Tulenkov, Mark | 0 | RUS | =12N | +27B | −7N | −8B | −21N | −18B | +33N | =29B | 3.0 | 26.5 | 27.0 | 6.25 | 1534 | -17.6 |
| 27 | Gatilin, Alexander Yu | 0 | RUS | +22B | −26N | =9B | −17N | +32B | −8N | −21N | −24B | 2.5 | 27.0 | 28.0 | 6.75 | 1513 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Ripsov, Sergey | 0 | RUS | −9B | −15N | −20B | −30N | F | +24B | =29N | +32N | 2.5 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 5.50 | 1445 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Savelyev, Boris A | 0 | RUS | −21N | F | −16B | −11N | +33B | −20N | =28B | =26N | 2.0 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 3.25 | 1368 | -11.6 |
| 30 | Novozhilov, Rodion A | 0 | RUS | −10N | −18B | −24N | +28B | −31N | +32B | −17N | F | 2.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 3.50 | 1362 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Senyukov, Georgy A | 0 | RUS | −6B | −11N | −32N | F | +30B | −12B | −24N | =33B | 1.5 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 2.25 | 1202 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Kokachev, Ivan V | 1484 | RUS | −7N | −22N | +31B | −18B | −27N | −30N | F | −28B | 1.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 1.50 | 931 | -26.4 |
| 33 | Pekkarev, Maksim | 1457 | RUS | −23B | −16N | F | −12B | −29N | F | −26B | =31N | 0.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 0.75 | 853 | -56.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Ivanov, Nikita SRUS+102.44.0 pts · #7
- 2Generalov, Timur ARUS+75.63.0 pts · #21
- 3Lekhtonen, YaroslavRUS+73.66.5 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Savolainen, Lev P.FMRUS-65.63.5 pts · #14
- 2Pekkarev, MaksimRUS-56.80.5 pts · #32
- 3Kamalov, Rashit S.RUS-43.64.5 pts · #15
Biggest upsets
- R4+597 Elo gap
- R1+475 Elo gap
- R8+439 Elo gap