Championship Rostov-on-Don - 2026 (B-15)
25 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 31 Mar 2026 to 03 Apr 2026 in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Top 10 Elo average was 1519, and top seed was Petr Paskal (🇷🇺 RUS, 1675).
Albert Barashev (🇷🇺 RUS, 1461) won with 6.5/8, ahead of Nikita Sinegubenko (5.5) and Gennadiy Sharovatov (5.0). Barashev took the lead from round 7.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Albert Barashev (1461) beat Petr Paskal (1675), a +214-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 8 roundsAlbert Barashev led from R7; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.
Albert Barashev takes the sole lead (5.5/7).
Albert Barashev lost to Nikita Sinegubenko (White).
Albert Barashev 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R6–R8)Roman Shelepov 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Albert Barashev | * | 0 | ½ | — |
| 2Nikita Sinegubenko | 1 | * | ½ | ½ |
| 3Roman Shelepov | ½ | ½ | * | — |
| 4Viktor Kosarev | — | ½ | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barashev, Albert | 1461 | RUS | +20N | +11B | +12N | =4N | −2B | +3B | +5N | +6B | 6.5 | 34.0 | 36.5 | 28.50 | 1738 | +94.4 |
| 2 | Sinegubenko, Nikita | 1596 | RUS | =5N | +13B | +6N | =9B | +1N | =4N | =8B | =3B | 5.5 | 36.5 | 40.5 | 28.00 | 1611 | +7.2 |
| 3 | Sharovatov, Gennadiy | 1495 | RUS | +15B | +16N | −4B | +10N | +11B | −1N | =7B | =2N | 5.0 | 35.5 | 39.0 | 22.25 | 1470 | -7.6 |
| 4 | Shelepov, Roman | 1498 | RUS | +17N | +14B | +3N | =1B | +9N | =2B | −6N | −11B | 5.0 | 35.5 | 38.5 | 23.00 | 1554 | +16.8 |
| 5 | Abkhazava, David | 0 | RUS | =2B | =8N | +18B | +12B | −7N | +10N | −1B | +13N | 5.0 | 35.0 | 38.0 | 21.25 | 1431 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Shamov, Fedor | 1463 | RUS | +23B | =7N | −2B | +16N | =8B | +13N | +4B | −1N | 5.0 | 34.5 | 36.5 | 19.50 | 1422 | -8.8 |
| 7 | Krupin, Filipp | 1490 | RUS | +22N | =6B | −9N | +15B | +5B | −11N | =3N | +14B | 5.0 | 32.5 | 35.0 | 20.50 | 1429 | -20.8 |
| 8 | Kosarev, Viktor | 0 | RUS | −11N | =5B | +20N | +17B | =6N | +12B | =2N | =9B | 5.0 | 32.0 | 34.5 | 19.75 | 1534 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Malkhasyan, Arman | 1408 | RUS | +21B | =25N | +7B | =2N | −4B | +16N | =11B | =8N | 5.0 | 31.0 | 32.5 | 19.25 | 1551 | +36.8 |
| 10 | Agametov, David | 0 | RUS | +?N | −12B | +19N | −3B | +14N | −5B | +18N | +17B | 5.0 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 13.00 | 1378 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Paskal, Petr | 1675 | RUS | +8B | −1N | F | +14B | −3N | +7B | =9N | +4N | 4.5 | 35.5 | 37.0 | 21.50 | 1528 | -42.8 |
| 12 | Grishin, Daniil | 1537 | RUS | +24B | +10N | −1B | −5N | +18B | −8N | −13B | +19N | 4.0 | 31.5 | 33.5 | 13.00 | 637 | -26.0 |
| 13 | Evdokimov, Timofey | 0 | RUS | −16B | −2N | +21B | +24N | +15N | −6B | +12N | −5B | 4.0 | 29.5 | 31.5 | 12.50 | 1404 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Novikov, Nikolai | 1485 | RUS | +18B | −4N | +23B | −11N | −10B | +24N | +16B | −7N | 4.0 | 28.0 | 30.0 | 10.50 | 763 | -45.2 |
| 15 | FIDE 55885446 | 0 | — | −3N | =20B | +22N | −7N | −13B | +19B | =17N | +18B | 4.0 | 25.5 | 28.0 | 11.25 | 699 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Tanasiichuk, Nikita | 0 | RUS | +13N | −3B | =17N | −6B | +20N | −9B | −14N | +23B | 3.5 | 28.5 | 30.5 | 10.00 | 657 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Kazanchuk, Vladimir | 0 | RUS | −4B | +21N | =16B | −8N | +23B | −18N | =15B | −10N | 3.0 | 28.0 | 30.0 | 8.25 | 712 | 0.0 |
| 18 | FIDE 540074978 | 0 | — | −14N | +?B | −5N | +19B | −12N | +17B | −10B | −15N | 3.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 6.00 | 708 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Istomin, Ilya | 0 | RUS | −25B | +24N | −10B | −18N | +?B | −15N | +20N | −12B | 3.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 4.50 | 715 | 0.0 |
| 20 | FIDE 570021201 | 0 | — | −1B | =15N | −8B | +23N | −16B | +21N | −19B | −22N | 2.5 | 27.0 | 29.0 | 6.50 | 637 | 0.0 |
| 21 | FIDE 522074783 | 0 | — | −9N | −17B | −13N | =22B | F | −20B | +23N | +?B | 2.5 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 3.25 | 608 | 0.0 |
| 22 | FIDE 55725074 | 0 | — | −7B | −23N | −15B | =21N | −24B | F | +?N | +20B | 2.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 3.75 | 703 | 0.0 |
| 23 | FIDE 570021198 | 0 | — | −6N | +22B | −14N | −20B | −17N | +?B | −21B | −16N | 2.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 2.50 | 663 | 0.0 |
| 24 | FIDE 540059740 | 0 | — | −12N | −19B | +?N | −13B | +22N | −14B | F | F | 2.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 2.50 | 708 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Sabidov, Aleksandr | 1485 | RUS | +19N | =9B | F | F | F | F | F | F | 1.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 5.50 | 1408 | -4.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Barashev, AlbertRUS+94.46.5 pts · #1
- 2Malkhasyan, ArmanRUS+36.85.0 pts · #6
- 3Shelepov, RomanRUS+16.85.0 pts · #2
- 1Novikov, NikolaiRUS-45.24.0 pts · #24
- 2Paskal, PetrRUS-42.84.5 pts · #4
- 3Grishin, DaniilRUS-26.04.0 pts · #17
- R2+214 Elo gap
- R5+180 Elo gap