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Saratov Region Championship 2026

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24 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 23 Feb 2026 to 28 Feb 2026 in Saratov, Russia. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1992, and top seed was Nikita Konstantinov (🇷🇺 RUS, 2118).

Maksim Nekrasov (🇷🇺 RUS, 2096) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Aleksandr Ser Volkov (5.5) and Olga Iljushina (5.0). Nekrasov shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Alina Ivanaeva (1790) beat Denis Baitzurov (2020), a +230-point gap.

Location
🇷🇺Saratov, Russia
Dates
23 Feb 2026 → 28 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇺Nikita Konstantinov2118
Avg top 10
1,992
Participants
24
Titled players · 2
FM×1
WGM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇺Russia×24
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
11
5
2
2
1
1
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Volkov5.5Nekrasov5.5Ryzhova5Iljushina5Konstantinov4.5Biryukov4
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.5/7. Nekrasov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (27.5).

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Aleksandr Ser Volkov lost to Maksim Nekrasov (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Aleksandr Ser Volkov 4 wins (R4–R7)Maksim Nekrasov 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Aleksandr Ser Volkov*
0
——
2Maksim Nekrasov
1
*
1
½
3Mariya Ryzhova—
0
*
½
4WGMOlga Iljushina—
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Nekrasov, Maksim2096RUS+16B+2N+11B=6B+4N=5N=3B5.527.530.523.752167+27.2
2Volkov, Aleksandr Ser1936RUS+23N−1B=18N+13B+11B+6N+5B5.523.524.017.252128+71.6
3Iljushina, OlgaWGM2017RUS+15N+10B=7N=4B=6N+8B=1N5.026.530.020.752056+10.6
4Ryzhova, Mariya1911RUS+21N=7B+9N=3N−1B+14B+6B5.026.028.018.002053+59.6
5Konstantinov, Nikita2118RUS+14N+9B−6N+10B+8N=1B−2N4.527.030.518.252009-14.4
6Biryukov, DmitriyFM2089RUS+18N+8B+5B=1N=3B−2B−4N4.029.532.016.251993-14.4
7Iljushin, Yaroslav1985RUS+17B=4N=3B−11N=16B+12N=10B4.024.027.015.001805-52.8
8Boykov, Artemiy Aleks1827RUS+24B−6N+12B+16N−5B−3N+17B4.023.023.510.001831+4.4
9Fedorova, Tatiana1921RUS+19B−5N−4B=12N+22B=16N+11B4.022.023.010.251760-21.6
10Pankov, Matvey Ser1757RUS+22B−3N+17B−5N+20B=11N=7N4.022.023.09.751825+12.4
11Ivanaeva, Alina1790RUS+20N+13B−1N+7B−2N=10B−9N3.526.528.511.501896+14.8
12Kuznetsov, Dmitriy1586RUS=13N=14B−8N=9B+15N−7B+19N3.522.525.011.501771+57.2
13Baitzurov, Denis2020RUS=12B−11N+22B−2N=18B=17N+16B3.521.022.08.501647-51.6
14Baydulin, Karim Al1643RUS−5B=12N=23B+21N=17B−4N+18B3.520.521.08.001676+4.8
15Arustamyan, Aram1583RUS−3B+24N−16B+22N−12B=18N+20B3.517.017.54.751501-23.6
16Iljushin, Mikhail1640RUS−1N+21B+15N−8B=7N=9B−13N3.024.526.59.501780+38.8
17Arustamyan, Marat Ash1575RUS−7N+20B−10N+18B=14N=13B−8N3.021.523.58.001674+22.0
18Mushtakov, Semen Aleks1610RUS−6B+19N=2B−17N=13N=15B−14N2.523.025.58.751642-2.0
19Bisultanov, Mukhamad1518RUS−9N−18B−20N=24B+21B+22N−12B2.515.015.53.251439-9.2
20Ambardanyan, Ovannes0RUS−11B−17N+19B+23N−10N−21B−15N2.018.519.03.0014360.0
21Markelova, Mariya St1446RUS−4B−16N+24B−14B−19N+20NF2.017.017.52.501366-22.0
22Gorbachev, Viktor N0RUS−10N+23B−13N−15B−9N−19BF1.019.520.00.5014420.0
23Kalinin, Artem Aleks1560RUS−2B−22N=14N−20BFFF0.512.512.51.751599+1.2
24Iksanov, Kamil1446RUS−8N−15B−21N=19NFFF0.512.512.51.251254-36.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets