Ohta-park chess Artek 2026. Standard B1
30 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 23 Feb 2026 to 25 Feb 2026 in Mistolovo, Russia. Top 10 Elo average was 1814, and top seed was Valery Artamonov (🇷🇺 RUS, 2017).
Valery Artamonov (🇷🇺 RUS, 2017) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Arseniy Vik Makarchik (5.5) and Sevastyan Kuznetsov (5.0). Artamonov shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 5.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Aleksandra Pustynnikova (1556) beat Nikolay Y. Gerasimov (1917), a +361-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsValery Artamonov led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Valery Artamonov takes the sole lead (4.5/5).
Valery Artamonov beat Arseniy Vik Makarchik (White).
Valery Artamonov 5 wins (R3–R7)Arseniy Vik Makarchik 3 wins (R1–R3)Sevastyan Kuznetsov 3 wins (R4–R6)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Valery Artamonov | * | 1 | 1 | — |
| 2Arseniy Vik Makarchik | 0 | * | 1 | — |
| 3Sevastyan Kuznetsov | 0 | 0 | * | 1 |
| 4Vladislav Buga | — | — | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Artamonov, Valery | 2017 | RUS | +19B | =5N | +3B | +15N | +2B | +6N | +7B | 6.5 | 27.0 | 30.0 | 27.75 | 2193 | +19.0 |
| 2 | Makarchik, Arseniy Vik | 1766 | RUS | +29N | +23B | +15B | =7N | −1N | +8B | +3B | 5.5 | 25.5 | 26.0 | 17.50 | 1974 | +72.4 |
| 3 | Kuznetsov, Sevastyan | 1814 | RUS | +8N | +11B | −1N | +13B | +4N | +5B | −2N | 5.0 | 29.5 | 33.5 | 21.50 | 1869 | +24.0 |
| 4 | Buga, Vladislav | 1758 | RUS | +24B | =16N | +9B | =5N | −3B | +20N | +15B | 5.0 | 23.5 | 26.0 | 17.00 | 1864 | +40.0 |
| 5 | Lambert, Mark | 1756 | RUS | +22N | =1B | +10N | =4B | +17N | −3N | =6B | 4.5 | 28.5 | 31.0 | 18.00 | 1822 | +26.0 |
| 6 | Solntseva, Arina | 1698 | RUS | =12B | +14N | =20B | +21N | +7B | −1B | =5N | 4.5 | 26.0 | 28.5 | 16.25 | 1782 | +30.8 |
| 7 | Khalyapin, Sergey | 1770 | RUS | +21B | =9N | +16B | =2B | −6N | +11B | −1N | 4.0 | 28.0 | 30.5 | 14.75 | 1738 | -10.8 |
| 8 | Abashev, Vladimir | 1561 | RUS | −3B | +18N | +26B | =20N | +9B | −2N | =10N | 4.0 | 25.0 | 27.0 | 13.00 | 1685 | +36.8 |
| 9 | Masalova, Elizaveta | 1674 | RUS | +28N | =7B | −4N | +19B | −8N | +22B | =12N | 4.0 | 22.5 | 24.0 | 11.00 | 1662 | -4.0 |
| 10 | Latypov, Mark Ev | 1626 | RUS | =26B | +12N | −5B | =14N | =20B | +21N | =8B | 4.0 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 13.00 | 1630 | +3.6 |
| 11 | Ermakov, Egor A | 1488 | RUS | +27B | −3N | =19B | =16N | +14B | −7N | +21B | 4.0 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 11.75 | 1693 | +74.0 |
| 12 | Goroschenya, Maksim A | 1515 | RUS | =6N | −10B | +30N | −17B | +27B | +16N | =9B | 4.0 | 21.5 | 22.0 | 10.25 | 1675 | +54.8 |
| 13 | Rusinov, Matvey | 1598 | RUS | +18B | −15N | +24B | −3N | =21B | =19N | +20B | 4.0 | 20.5 | 23.0 | 11.75 | 1694 | +32.4 |
| 14 | Pekshev, Konstantin A | 1562 | RUS | =25N | −6B | +29N | =10B | −11N | +23N | +19B | 4.0 | 20.5 | 21.0 | 9.25 | 1671 | +37.6 |
| 15 | Zuev, Maksim Al | 1969 | RUS | +30N | +13B | −2N | −1B | =22N | +17B | −4N | 3.5 | 27.0 | 27.5 | 9.25 | 1695 | -84.4 |
| 16 | Lobanov, Semen A | 1613 | RUS | +23N | =4B | −7N | =11B | =25N | −12B | +22N | 3.5 | 22.0 | 24.5 | 10.75 | 1644 | +6.4 |
| 17 | Teterin, Mikhail | 1585 | RUS | −20B | =26N | +27B | +12N | −5B | −15N | +28B | 3.5 | 19.0 | 20.5 | 8.50 | 1635 | +13.2 |
| 18 | Kotsur, Egor | 1487 | RUS | −13N | −8B | =28N | +29B | −19N | +27N | +24B | 3.5 | 17.0 | 17.5 | 5.75 | 1567 | +28.0 |
| 19 | Kapshukov, Vasiliy | 1573 | RUS | −1N | +22B | =11N | −9N | +18B | =13B | −14N | 3.0 | 26.0 | 28.5 | 10.00 | 1570 | -8.4 |
| 20 | Polyakov, Timofey Dm | 1480 | RUS | +17N | =25B | =6N | =8B | =10N | −4B | −13N | 3.0 | 25.0 | 27.5 | 11.00 | 1632 | +20.0 |
| 21 | Pustynnikova, Aleksandra | 1556 | RUS | −7N | +28B | +25N | −6B | =13N | −10B | −11N | 2.5 | 23.0 | 24.5 | 6.00 | 1557 | -2.8 |
| 22 | Zivert, Lev | 1526 | RUS | −5B | −19N | +23B | +24N | =15B | −9N | −16B | 2.5 | 21.0 | 23.5 | 6.75 | 1556 | -0.8 |
| 23 | Ratnikov, Pavel Andr. | 1497 | RUS | −16B | −2N | −22N | +30B | +29N | −14B | =26N | 2.5 | 18.0 | 18.5 | 2.00 | 1486 | -6.4 |
| 24 | Andreev, Dmitriy Kir | 1540 | RUS | −4N | +30B | −13N | −22B | =26N | +29B | −18N | 2.5 | 17.5 | 18.0 | 2.00 | 1472 | -28.0 |
| 25 | Gerasimov, Nikolay Y. | 1917 | RUS | =14B | =20N | −21B | +26N | =16B | F | F | 2.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 7.25 | 1564 | -39.0 |
| 26 | Besaraba, Viktor V | 1500 | RUS | =10N | =17B | −8N | −25B | =24B | −28N | =23B | 2.0 | 19.0 | 20.5 | 6.25 | 1449 | -26.0 |
| 27 | Skurikhin, Timofey | 1598 | RUS | −11N | =29B | −17N | +28B | −12N | −18B | =30N | 2.0 | 17.0 | 17.5 | 2.00 | 1376 | -85.6 |
| 28 | Simkin, Alexander | 1511 | RUS | −9B | −21N | =18B | −27N | F | +26B | −17N | 1.5 | 17.5 | 18.0 | 3.75 | 1375 | -21.0 |
| 29 | Petrov, Nikolay | 1552 | RUS | −2B | =27N | −14B | −18N | −23B | −24N | F | 0.5 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 1.00 | 1176 | -45.8 |
| 30 | Matyushina, Varvara | 1566 | RUS | −15B | −24N | −12B | −23N | F | F | =27B | 0.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 1.00 | 1262 | -69.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Ermakov, Egor ARUS+74.04.0 pts · #9
- 2Makarchik, Arseniy VikRUS+72.45.5 pts · #2
- 3Goroschenya, Maksim ARUS+54.84.0 pts · #13
- 1Skurikhin, TimofeyRUS-85.62.0 pts · #27
- 2Zuev, Maksim AlRUS-84.43.5 pts · #15
- 3Matyushina, VarvaraRUS-69.20.5 pts · #30
- R3+361 Elo gap
- R7+211 Elo gap
- R3+203 Elo gap