Championship Rostov-on-Don - 2026 (B-19)

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20 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 31 Mar 2026 to 03 Apr 2026 in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1804, and top seed was Nikita Evseev (🇷🇺 RUS, 1940).

Kyrylo Milko (🇷🇺 RUS, 1853) won with 6.5/8, ahead of Platon Zabelin (5.5) and Nikita Evseev (5.0). Milko won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Grigoriy Grechkin (1767) beat Nikita Evseev (1940), a +173-point gap.

Location

🇷🇺Rostov-on-Don, Russia

Dates

31 Mar 2026 → 03 Apr 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 8 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇺Nikita Evseev1940

Avg top 10

1,804

Participants

Federations · 2 represented

🇷🇺Russia×18

FIDE (no federation)×2

Top 3

🥇
Kyrylo Milko
🇷🇺RUS·1853
6.5pts·2039perf+73.2
🥈
Platon Zabelin
FID·1905
5.5pts·1937perf+15.6
🥉
Nikita Evseev
🇷🇺RUS·1940
5.0pts·1858perf-30.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

Kyrylo Milko led from R3; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Milko6.5Zabelin5.5Evseev5Darbinyan5Cherkashin5Kolosov5

R3–R8 · LEAD HELD

Kyrylo Milko never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Kyrylo Milko drew with Platon Zabelin (White).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

Kyrylo Milko won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Kyrylo Milko	*	½	½	—
2Platon Zabelin	½	*	1	½
3Nikita Evseev	½	0	*	1
4Artem Darbinyan	—	½	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Milko, Kyrylo	1853	RUS	+18B	+10N	+14B	=3N	=2B	+7N	+5B	=4N	6.5	32.5	34.0	26.25	2039	+73.2
2	Zabelin, Platon	1905	FID	+16B	=7N	=5B	+14N	=1N	=4B	+3B	=6N	5.5	34.5	38.0	25.00	1937	+15.6
3	Evseev, Nikita	1940	RUS	+17N	=4B	+6N	=1B	−7N	+10B	−2N	+9B	5.0	34.5	36.5	20.75	1858	-30.8
4	Kolosov, Ruslan	1821	RUS	+13B	=3N	=7B	=9N	=8B	=2N	+12B	=1B	5.0	34.0	38.0	23.00	1817	+2.0
5	Cherkashin, Matvey	1862	RUS	+11N	=6B	=2N	−7B	+9B	+15N	−1N	+14B	5.0	33.0	36.5	20.25	1831	-13.2
6	Darbinyan, Artem	1765	RUS	+15B	=5N	−3B	+12N	=10B	=8N	+7B	=2B	5.0	32.5	36.0	21.50	1850	+34.4
7	Grechkin, Grigoriy	1767	RUS	+9N	=2B	=4N	+5N	+3B	−1B	−6N	=8N	4.5	36.5	40.5	21.50	1860	+43.2
8	Kolmagorov, Ivan	1756	RUS	=20N	−14B	+17N	+18B	=4N	=6B	=11N	=7B	4.5	25.5	26.0	13.00	1743	-4.0
9	Sapunova, Maria	1635	RUS	−7B	+13N	+16B	=4B	−5N	=14N	+15B	−3N	4.0	30.5	34.0	15.25	1716	+27.6
10	Yudin, Dmitriy S	1673	RUS	+19N	−1B	=18N	+11B	=6N	−3N	=14B	=12N	4.0	29.5	31.0	12.50	1697	+8.0
11	Veselova, Daniela	1655	RUS	−5B	=12N	+15B	−10N	=14B	+13N	=8B	=16N	4.0	28.5	32.0	15.25	1635	-8.8
12	Zhirkov, German	1524	RUS	−14N	=11B	+20N	−6B	+18N	+16B	−4N	=10B	4.0	26.5	27.0	9.50	1685	+66.4
13	Pashutin, Daniil	0	RUS	−4N	−9B	+19N	+20B	−15N	−11B	+17B	+18N	4.0	21.5	22.0	5.50	1639	0.0
14	Vatamanyuk, Varvara	1701	RUS	+12B	+8N	−1N	−2B	=11N	=9B	=10N	−5N	3.5	33.5	37.5	14.50	1690	-5.6
15	Gevorkyan, David	1621	RUS	−6N	+17B	−11N	+16N	+13B	−5B	−9N	=19N	3.5	27.5	29.0	10.25	1579	-17.2
16	Del, Nikita	1660	FID	−2N	+20B	−9N	−15B	+17N	−12N	+19B	=11B	3.5	24.5	25.0	6.00	1592	-32.0
17	Borisovskiy, Mikhail	1669	RUS	−3B	−15N	−8B	+19N	−16B	+18B	−13N	F	2.0	23.5	23.5	3.00	1560	-43.2
18	Savin, Maxim	1642	RUS	−1N	+19B	=10B	−8N	−12B	−17N	F	−13B	1.5	26.5	26.5	3.50	1473	-52.8
19	Levanov, Aleksander	1495	RUS	−10B	−18N	−13B	−17B	+20N	F	−16N	=15B	1.5	19.0	19.0	2.25	1449	-12.8
20	Chernyshev, Yaroslav	1560	RUS	=8B	−16N	−12B	−13N	−19B	F	F	F	0.5	17.5	17.5	2.25	1287	-50.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Milko, KyryloRUS
+73.2
6.5 pts · #1
2Zhirkov, GermanRUS
+66.4
4.0 pts · #8
3Grechkin, GrigoriyRUS
+43.2
4.5 pts · #7

Top rating losers

1Savin, MaximRUS
-52.8
1.5 pts · #19
2Chernyshev, YaroslavRUS
-50.0
0.5 pts · #20
3Borisovskiy, MikhailRUS
-43.2
2.0 pts · #17

Biggest upsets

R5+173 Elo gap
Grechkin, Grigoriy1767 beat Evseev, Nikita1940
R6+136 Elo gap
Zhirkov, German1524 beat Del, Nikita1660
R5+118 Elo gap
Zhirkov, German1524 beat Savin, Maxim1642