CFR Women Chess Championship 2026

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34 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 28 Feb 2026 to 05 Mar 2026 in Voronezh, Russia. 5 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1984, and top seed was Anna Golubova (🇷🇺 RUS, WIM, 2122).

Anna Golubova (🇷🇺 RUS, WIM, 2122) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Tatiana Chervyakova (6.5) and Tatiana Shimanskaia (6.5). Golubova won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Vladislava Kotelnikova (1629) beat Maria Malakhova (2010), a +381-point gap.

Location

🇷🇺Voronezh, Russia

Dates

28 Feb 2026 → 05 Mar 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇺WIMAnna Golubova2122

Avg top 10

1,984

Participants

Titled players · 5

WIM×2

WFM×1

WCM×2

Federations · 2 represented

🇷🇺Russia×26

FIDE (no federation)×7

Top 3

🥇
WIMAnna Golubova
🇷🇺RUS·2122
7.0pts·2078perf-3.6
🥈
Tatiana Chervyakova
🇷🇺RUS·1893
6.5pts·2050perf+37.2
🥉
Tatiana Shimanskaia
FID·1867
6.5pts·1996perf+59.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

WIM Anna Golubova led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Golubova7Chervyakova6.5Shimanskaia6.5Shelaykina6.5Shkalova6Pavlova6

R5–R9 · LEAD HELD

WIM Anna Golubova held the sole lead from R5 through R9 without losing it.

R8 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WIM Anna Golubova drew with Tatiana Chervyakova (Black).

R3–R5 · WIN STREAK

Tatiana Shimanskaia won 3 in a row (R3–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1WIMAnna Golubova	*	½	1	½
2Tatiana Chervyakova	½	*	0	—
3Tatiana Shimanskaia	0	1	*	0
4Eva Shelaykina	½	—	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Golubova, AnnaWIM	2122	RUS	+27B	+3N	=10B	+20N	+5B	=7N	+8B	=2N	=4B	7.0	45.5	49.0	37.25	2078	-3.6
2	Chervyakova, Tatiana	1893	RUS	+24B	=8N	+18B	=10N	−3B	+15B	+11N	=1B	+9N	6.5	44.0	47.5	32.25	2050	+37.2
3	Shimanskaia, Tatiana	1867	FID	+25N	−1B	+23N	+30B	+2N	=10B	+5B	−4N	+7N	6.5	43.5	46.5	30.50	1996	+59.8
4	Shelaykina, Eva	1812	RUS	+26B	−5N	−13B	+22N	+23B	+18N	+10B	+3B	=1N	6.5	41.5	45.0	30.50	1960	+108.8
5	Shkalova, MargaritaWIM	1987	RUS	+23N	+4B	=20N	+12B	−1N	+9B	−3N	=7B	+11N	6.0	45.0	48.5	30.25	2005	+8.4
6	Pavlova, Maria	1764	RUS	+34B	=9B	=11N	−7N	=14B	+13N	+16B	=8N	+10B	6.0	41.5	42.0	26.00	1986	+90.4
7	Vlasova, OlesiaWFM	2122	FID	+21N	=19B	=12N	+6B	=10N	=1B	+17B	=5N	−3B	5.5	45.0	49.0	28.75	1987	-55.9
8	Morozova, Aleksandra Art	1824	RUS	+30N	=2B	=9N	+11B	=12N	+21B	−1N	=6B	=14N	5.5	44.0	47.0	26.00	1962	+94.2
9	Elnikova, Milena	1925	RUS	+22B	=6N	=8B	=21N	+13B	−5N	+19B	+14N	−2B	5.5	42.5	46.5	26.25	1889	-19.6
10	Bubnova, Uliana	1936	FID	+16N	+17B	=1N	=2B	=7B	=3N	−4N	+12B	−6N	5.0	48.0	53.0	27.75	1944	+7.6
11	Pjankova, Olga	1963	RUS	+28B	=18N	=6B	−8N	+24B	+16N	−2B	+17N	−5B	5.0	42.0	45.5	22.25	1856	-41.6
12	Efimova, DaryaWCM	1990	FID	+13B	+15N	=7B	−5N	=8B	−17N	+20B	−10N	+19B	5.0	41.5	45.5	24.00	1907	-18.4
13	Grakholskaya, Anna	1694	RUS	−12N	+33B	+4N	=19B	−9N	−6B	+31N	+20B	=15N	5.0	39.0	40.5	19.25	1770	+31.6
14	Malakhova, Maria	2010	RUS	−20N	+25B	=19N	=16B	=6N	+24B	+21N	−9B	=8B	5.0	38.0	41.5	21.50	1796	-88.8
15	Gaer, Sofiya IgWCM	1852	FID	+33N	−12B	=16N	+28B	=20B	−2N	=18B	+26N	=13B	5.0	37.0	38.5	17.75	1754	-37.2
16	Maksimova, Viktoriya Val	1727	RUS	−10B	+31N	=15B	=14N	+28N	−11B	−6N	+25B	+23N	5.0	36.5	39.0	18.00	1785	+23.6
17	Isakova, Anna	1834	RUS	+31B	−10N	=28B	=18N	+26B	+12B	−7N	−11B	+21N	5.0	36.0	38.5	19.00	1842	-34.8
18	Yashina, Olga V	1795	RUS	+29N	=11B	−2N	=17B	+30N	−4B	=15N	=21B	=24N	4.5	39.0	42.0	17.75	1780	-6.0
19	Lopukhova, Anna Al	1888	RUS	+32B	=7N	=14B	=13N	−21B	+20N	−9N	+23B	−12N	4.5	37.5	39.5	17.25	1804	-31.6
20	Kotelnikova, Vladislava	1629	RUS	+14B	+27N	=5B	−1B	=15N	−19B	−12N	−13N	+30B	4.0	41.0	44.0	17.00	1786	+30.2
21	Volkova, Nadezhda Vlad	1715	FID	−7B	+32N	+22B	=9B	+19N	−8N	−14B	=18N	−17B	4.0	39.5	41.5	15.50	1799	+33.6
22	Gorskaya, Viktoria	1595	RUS	−9N	+34B	−21N	−4B	+29N	−31B	+30N	−24N	+26B	4.0	32.0	32.5	10.50	1652	+17.2
23	Balabinskaya, Taisiya Ev	1653	FID	−5B	+26N	−3B	+27N	−4N	+30B	=25N	−19N	−16B	3.5	39.0	42.0	11.75	1620	+0.8
24	Frolova, Umila	1768	RUS	−2N	−30B	+29N	+25B	−11N	−14N	F	+22B	=18B	3.5	35.0	37.0	13.25	1698	-30.8
25	Vetokhina, Sofia Val	1533	RUS	−3B	−14N	+31B	−24N	+27B	=26N	=23B	−16N	=29B	3.5	34.0	36.5	11.25	1546	+15.2
26	Shafrostova, Kristina	1565	RUS	−4N	−23B	+34N	+33B	−17N	=25B	+27N	−15B	−22N	3.5	32.5	33.0	7.25	1495	-34.8
27	Zykova, Zlata	1650	RUS	−1N	−20B	+33N	−23B	−25N	+29B	−26B	=28N	+31B	3.5	31.0	32.5	9.25	1471	-6.0
28	Skuridina, Ekaterina	1705	RUS	−11N	+29B	=17N	−15N	−16B	−32N	=33B	=27B	+34N	3.5	30.5	31.0	9.00	1549	-65.6
29	Popova, Maria Al	1609	RUS	−18B	−28N	−24B	+32N	−22B	−27N	+34B	+31N	=25N	3.5	27.0	27.5	6.75	1395	-74.4
30	Airapetyan, Anush	1595	RUS	−8B	+24N	+32B	−3N	−18B	−23N	−22B	+33N	−20N	3.0	33.5	35.0	7.00	1540	-13.8
31	Matasova, Veronika	0	RUS	−17N	−16B	−25N	=34B	+33N	+22N	−13B	−29B	−27N	2.5	31.0	31.5	5.75	1426	0.0
32	Pervitskaya, Nadezhda	1590	RUS	−19N	−21B	−30N	−29B	+34N	+28B	F	F	F	2.0	22.5	22.5	4.00	1460	-24.0
33	Korpusenko, Victoria	1432	RUS	−15B	−13N	−27B	−26N	−31B	+34N	=28N	−30B	F	1.5	26.5	26.5	2.25	1243	-38.8
34	FIDE 522080910	0	—	−6N	−22N	−26B	=31N	−32B	−33B	−29N	F	−28B	0.5	26.5	26.5	1.25	803	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Shelaykina, EvaRUS
+108.8
6.5 pts · #4
2Morozova, Aleksandra ArtRUS
+94.2
5.5 pts · #8
3Pavlova, MariaRUS
+90.4
6.0 pts · #11

Top rating losers

1Malakhova, MariaRUS
-88.8
5.0 pts · #14
2Popova, Maria AlRUS
-74.4
3.5 pts · #31
3Skuridina, EkaterinaRUS
-65.6
3.5 pts · #27

Biggest upsets

R1+381 Elo gap
Kotelnikova, Vladislava1629 beat Malakhova, Maria2010
R9+255 Elo gap
Shimanskaia, Tatiana1867 beat WFMVlasova, Olesia2122
R5+173 Elo gap
Volkova, Nadezhda Vlad1715 beat Lopukhova, Anna Al1888