Titans Cup 2026_B15

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78 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 04 Mar 2026 to 09 Mar 2026 in Verkhnyaya Salda, Russia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1783, and top seed was Nikolay Gladchenko ( FID, 1959).

Nikolay Gladchenko ( FID, 1959) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Aidar Vagizov (7.0) and Ivan Prokhorov (6.5). Gladchenko broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Yaroslav Kazantsev (1427) beat Artur Valdas (1725), a +298-point gap.

Location

🇷🇺Verkhnyaya Salda, Russia

Dates

04 Mar 2026 → 09 Mar 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

Nikolay Gladchenko1959

Avg top 10

1,783

Participants

Federations · 2 represented

🇷🇺Russia×68

FIDE (no federation)×3

Top 3

🥇
Nikolay Gladchenko
FID·1959
7.5pts·1928perf-2.8
🥈
Aidar Vagizov
🇷🇺RUS·1755
7.0pts·1744perf-1.2
🥉
Ivan Prokhorov
FID·1891
6.5pts·1835perf-5.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Nikolay Gladchenko led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 7 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders

Gladchenko7.5Vagizov7Prokhorov6.5Bakiev6.5Savarkhanov6.5Kazakov6.5

R7–R9 · LEAD HELD

Nikolay Gladchenko held the sole lead from R7 through R9 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Nikolay Gladchenko 3 wins (R1–R3)Ivan Prokhorov 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Nikolay Gladchenko	*	—	½	—
2Aidar Vagizov	—	*	—	—
3Ivan Prokhorov	½	—	*	—
4Asadbek Bakiev	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Gladchenko, Nikolay	1959	FID	+57B	+11N	+17B	=16N	+18B	=9N	+10B	=3N	+4B	7.5	47.5	51.0	42.00	1928	-2.8
2	Vagizov, Aidar	1755	RUS	+56N	=12B	+32N	=19B	=4N	+27B	=11N	+10B	+14B	7.0	45.5	49.0	37.00	1744	-1.2
3	Prokhorov, Ivan	1891	FID	+25B	+37N	+4B	=18N	=10B	+19N	=9B	=1B	=6N	6.5	49.0	53.5	37.75	1835	-5.6
4	Ismailov, Rishat Rin	1630	RUS	+34N	+33B	−3N	+56B	=2B	+31N	+19B	+9N	−1N	6.5	46.0	49.5	32.00	1837	+67.2
5	Savarkhanov, Radmir	1703	RUS	+40B	=31N	=23B	+28N	+22B	−10N	+25B	=15N	+17B	6.5	43.0	47.5	33.75	1735	+24.0
6	Kazakov, Alexandr Ivan	1850	RUS	+51B	=23N	=15B	=31N	+47B	+24N	=17B	+26N	=3B	6.5	42.0	46.0	32.25	1761	-25.6
7	Bakiev, Asadbek	1700	RUS	+55B	=38N	=31B	+23N	=15B	−17N	+22B	+36N	+24B	6.5	41.0	45.0	32.25	1747	+25.2
8	Valdas, Artur	1725	RUS	−50N	+42B	+49N	+48B	−9N	+33B	=32N	+21B	+16N	6.5	38.5	42.5	30.25	1719	-17.6
9	Vershinin, Miroslav	1771	RUS	+44B	=15N	+28B	+13N	+8B	=1B	=3N	−4B	=12N	6.0	49.5	54.0	34.75	1808	+0.4
10	Rakhimov, Timerhan	1570	RUS	+39N	=21B	+35N	+14B	=3N	+5B	−1N	−2N	+26B	6.0	48.5	53.0	32.50	1744	+60.0
11	Savarkhanov, Ravil	1506	RUS	+29B	−1B	+42N	+41N	=17B	+20N	=2B	−14N	+30B	6.0	46.0	50.5	30.75	1777	+96.4
12	Mirzoev, Tabriz Z	1698	RUS	+67B	=2N	−13B	+29N	−31B	+44N	+20B	+37N	=9B	6.0	43.0	46.0	29.00	1709	+6.4
13	Larionov, Mikhail	1597	RUS	+49N	=32B	+12N	−9B	+35N	=16B	−26B	+31N	+15B	6.0	41.5	45.5	29.50	1708	+6.8
14	Sorokin, Lev	0	RUS	+43N	+48B	−18N	−10N	+51B	+57N	+37B	+11B	−2N	6.0	41.5	45.0	26.50	1581	0.0
15	Turanov, Mark	1525	RUS	+66N	=9B	=6N	+34B	=7N	+18B	=16N	=5B	−13N	5.5	47.0	50.0	28.50	1713	+65.2
16	Yakovlev, Vitaliy	1721	RUS	+41B	+45N	+22B	=1B	=19N	=13N	=15B	=17N	−8B	5.5	46.5	51.0	29.50	1698	-7.2
17	Shtanko, Egor	1566	RUS	+58N	+62B	−1N	+33B	=11N	+7B	=6N	=16B	−5N	5.5	46.5	50.0	27.00	1746	+82.0
18	Chuha, Yuriy	1525	RUS	+30B	+26N	+14B	=3B	−1N	−15N	=31B	+28N	=23B	5.5	46.0	50.5	29.25	1681	+59.6
19	Meloyan, Levon	1527	RUS	+52B	+36N	+20B	=2N	=16B	−3B	−4N	=25N	+40B	5.5	45.5	49.5	27.50	1734	+98.0
20	Baranov, Alexey A.	1744	RUS	+53N	+47B	−19N	+21B	=27N	−11B	−12N	+42B	+43N	5.5	41.0	45.0	25.00	1575	-60.8
21	Naydenov, Alexander P	1581	RUS	+61B	=10N	=24B	−20N	=41B	+47N	+38B	−8N	+34B	5.5	41.0	44.5	24.50	1556	-8.8
22	Bazhenov, Tikhon	1631	RUS	+63N	+50B	−16N	+43B	−5N	=32B	−7N	+39B	+36N	5.5	40.5	44.0	23.25	1548	-27.2
23	Lukashov, Felix	1709	RUS	+69N	=6B	=5N	−7B	−56N	+66B	+49N	+33B	=18N	5.5	40.0	43.0	23.75	1702	-4.4
24	Mukhin, Semen	1678	RUS	+54N	=35B	=21N	=47B	+66N	−6B	+39N	+32B	−7N	5.5	40.0	43.0	23.00	1600	-24.4
25	Yurganov, Mikhail	1554	RUS	−3N	+65B	+69N	−27B	+34N	+48B	−5N	=19B	+32N	5.5	40.0	43.0	22.25	1592	+12.8
26	Goreev, Maksim	1506	RUS	+76N	−18B	−29N	+54N	+30B	+49B	+13N	−6B	−10N	5.0	42.0	44.0	21.00	1586	+22.4
27	Babenchikov, Konstantin Ev	1610	RUS	+59B	−28N	+38B	+25N	=20B	−2N	−36B	=40N	+51B	5.0	40.5	44.0	22.50	1611	0.0
28	Naydenov, Aleksandr Ser	1515	RUS	+74N	+27B	−9N	−5B	−49N	+52B	+58N	−18B	+47N	5.0	38.5	41.0	19.00	1625	+34.0
29	Sirotin, Dmitriy	0	RUS	−11N	+57N	+26B	−12B	−33N	+50B	−47N	+49B	+48N	5.0	37.5	41.0	20.50	1543	0.0
30	Skobochkin, Ivan	1439	RUS	−18N	+76B	−33N	+62B	−26N	+45N	+57B	+48B	−11N	5.0	36.5	38.5	17.50	1493	+22.4
31	Govorun, Nikolay	1589	RUS	+64N	=5B	=7N	=6B	+12N	−4B	=18N	−13B	=45N	4.5	48.0	51.5	24.25	1613	+6.8
32	Yakushin, Fedor	1539	RUS	+77B	=13N	−2B	+68N	+38B	=22N	=8B	−24N	−25B	4.5	43.5	45.0	18.00	1550	-0.8
33	Ushakov, Nikita	1619	RUS	+75B	−4N	+30B	−17N	+29B	−8N	+55B	−23N	=38B	4.5	42.5	44.5	18.25	1487	-50.4
34	Trembach, Andrey	0	RUS	−4B	+78N	+45B	−15N	−25B	=51N	+44B	+56B	−21N	4.5	39.5	40.5	15.50	1426	0.0
35	Yakovlev, Danil	1525	RUS	+68B	=24N	−10B	+52N	−13B	=41N	−40B	+55N	=37B	4.5	39.0	42.0	18.25	1512	+6.4
36	Vadaturskiy, Petr Dm	1554	RUS	+60N	−19B	−66N	+65B	+43N	=39B	+27N	−7B	−22B	4.5	38.5	41.5	18.75	1422	-27.2
37	Husnullin, Timerhan	1559	RUS	+65N	−3B	+53N	=66B	=39N	+56B	−14N	−12B	=35N	4.5	38.5	41.5	17.00	1584	+0.8
38	Eremin, Vladimir	1472	RUS	+70N	=7B	−27N	+50B	−32N	=58B	−21N	+53B	=33N	4.5	37.5	40.5	18.25	1535	+24.0
39	Malgin, Dmitriy	0	RUS	−10B	=68N	+61B	+45N	=37B	=36N	−24B	−22N	+56N	4.5	37.5	40.5	17.50	1448	0.0
40	Kiriakov, Andrey	1445	RUS	−5N	+64B	−48N	−60B	+46N	+71B	+35N	=27B	−19N	4.5	37.0	40.0	18.00	1397	-14.4
41	Gorbunov, Matvei	1434	RUS	−16N	+72B	+62N	−11B	=21N	=35B	=56N	−43B	+63N	4.5	36.5	39.5	16.75	1474	+8.4
42	Lumpov, Nikita I	1493	RUS	+73B	−8N	−11B	=59N	=52B	=67N	+61B	−20N	+60B	4.5	35.5	38.5	15.25	1395	-24.0
43	Vlasov, Kirill	0	RUS	−14B	+71N	+75B	−22N	−36B	=59N	+67B	+41N	−20B	4.5	35.5	37.5	14.25	1436	0.0
44	Volkov, Demid Yu	1444	RUS	−9N	−66B	=64N	+63B	+60N	−12B	−34N	+59N	+58B	4.5	34.0	37.0	15.75	1653	+40.0
45	Khusnutdinov, Rail	1444	RUS	+72N	−16B	−34N	−39B	+69N	−30B	+71N	+54N	=31B	4.5	34.0	37.0	15.25	1538	+24.0
46	Petrov, Roman	0	RUS	−47N	−53B	−51B	+78N	−40B	+76N	+62B	+57N	=50B	4.5	29.5	30.5	12.00	1430	0.0
47	Khamidulin, Gordei	0	RUS	+46B	−20N	+54B	=24N	−6N	−21B	+29B	=51N	−28B	4.0	41.5	45.5	18.25	1456	0.0
48	Kovalchuk, Nikolay	1417	RUS	+71B	−14N	+40B	−8N	+55B	−25N	+54B	−30N	−29B	4.0	40.5	43.5	15.50	1525	+30.8
49	Zhidkov, Nikita	0	RUS	−13B	+77N	−8B	+67N	+28B	−26N	−23B	−29N	+68B	4.0	39.0	40.5	12.50	1404	0.0
50	Kazantsev, Yaroslav	1427	RUS	+8B	−22N	=52B	−38N	=59B	−29N	+75N	=58B	=46N	4.0	37.0	39.0	16.25	1536	+28.8
51	Pentegov, Alexey	1501	RUS	−6N	−69B	+46N	+70B	−14N	=34B	+66N	=47B	−27N	4.0	36.5	39.5	14.75	850	-38.4
52	Babkin, Artem	1581	RUS	−19N	+60B	=50N	−35B	=42N	−28N	=68B	=70B	+72N	4.0	33.0	36.0	13.75	1250	-84.4
53	Krylov, Matvei	1622	RUS	−20B	+46N	−37B	+75N	−57B	=61N	=59B	−38N	+67B	4.0	32.5	34.5	13.00	1201	-94.8
54	Spirkovich, Makar	1441	RUS	−24B	+73N	−47N	−26B	+64N	+75B	−48N	−45B	+70N	4.0	32.5	34.5	11.50	711	-65.6
55	Nakhrapov, Saveliy	1482	RUS	−7N	−70B	+72N	+74B	−48N	+60B	−33N	−35B	+66N	4.0	32.0	34.5	12.00	757	-64.8
56	Sazhin, Timofei	0	RUS	−2B	+67N	+59B	−4N	+23B	−37N	=41B	−34N	−39B	3.5	40.5	43.5	14.25	1559	0.0
57	Lobych, Mikhail	1491	RUS	−1N	−29B	+58N	+69B	+53N	−14B	−30N	−46B	=65N	3.5	39.0	42.0	12.25	1667	+43.6
58	Matirko, Aleksandr	1526	RUS	−17B	=61N	−57B	+73N	+68B	=38N	−28B	=50N	−44N	3.5	33.5	36.5	12.00	1213	-92.8
59	Ivchenko, Yaroslav	1565	FID	−27N	+74B	−56N	=42B	=50N	=43B	=53N	−44B	=62N	3.5	33.5	36.0	12.75	1379	-59.6
60	FIDE 570001103	0	—	−36B	−52N	+71B	+40N	−44B	−55N	=63N	+64B	−42N	3.5	33.0	36.0	12.75	1226	0.0
61	Mikhailovsky, Vladimir	0	RUS	−21N	=58B	−39N	=64B	+62N	=53B	−42N	−63B	+74N	3.5	32.5	35.0	11.50	1458	0.0
62	Ivanov, Miron	1434	RUS	+78B	−17N	−41B	−30N	−61B	+74B	−46N	+73N	=59B	3.5	32.0	33.0	8.25	1179	-45.2
63	Mosunov, Mikhail	0	RUS	−22B	−75N	=73B	−44N	+77B	=68N	=60B	+61N	−41B	3.5	29.5	31.0	9.75	702	0.0
64	Vatutin, Nikita	0	RUS	−31B	−40N	=44B	=61N	−54B	=72N	+77B	−60N	+75B	3.5	29.5	31.0	9.00	1159	0.0
65	Urakov, Pavel	0	RUS	−37B	−25N	+78B	−36N	−75B	=70N	=73B	+71N	=57B	3.5	29.0	30.0	8.75	1219	0.0
66	Sitnikov, Alexey	0	RUS	−15B	+44N	+36B	=37N	−24B	−23N	−51B	=68N	−55B	3.0	38.0	41.0	12.75	1418	0.0
67	Michkov, Kirill	0	RUS	−12N	−56B	+76N	−49B	+70N	=42B	−43N	=72B	−53N	3.0	32.5	34.5	8.75	1330	0.0
68	FIDE 522045660	0	—	−35N	=39B	+70N	−32B	−58N	=63B	=52N	=66B	−49N	3.0	31.5	34.5	10.50	1213	0.0
69	Asanov, Anton	0	RUS	−23B	+51N	−25B	−57N	−45B	=73N	−72B	=77N	+78B	3.0	30.5	31.5	7.25	1302	-48.4
70	Bikbaev, Rustam	0	RUS	−38B	+55N	−68B	−51N	−67B	=65B	+74N	=52N	−54B	3.0	30.0	32.5	10.25	1346	0.0
71	FIDE 522086579	0	—	−48N	−43B	−60N	+72B	+76N	−40N	−45B	−65B	+77N	3.0	29.5	31.0	6.50	636	0.0
72	Musin, Anton	0	RUS	−45B	−41N	−55B	−71N	+78B	=64B	+69N	=67N	−52B	3.0	29.5	30.5	7.25	1247	0.0
73	Elin, Arseniy	0	RUS	−42N	−54B	=63N	−58B	=74N	=69B	=65N	−62B	+76N	3.0	28.0	30.0	8.25	1111	0.0
74	FIDE 55876102	0	—	−28B	−59N	+77B	−55N	=73B	−62N	−70B	+78N	−61B	2.5	27.0	28.0	4.00	699	0.0
75	FIDE 570002223	0	—	−33N	+63B	−43N	−53B	+65N	−54N	−50B	−76B	−64N	2.0	31.5	33.5	7.00	728	0.0
76	FIDE 522055339	0	—	−26B	−30N	−67B	+77N	−71B	−46B	−78N	+75N	−73B	2.0	27.0	28.0	3.50	674	0.0
77	Bakhodirov, Bekhryz	0	RUS	−32N	−49B	−74N	−76B	−63N	+78B	−64N	=69B	−71B	1.5	26.0	27.0	2.50	1327	0.0
78	FIDE 522062394	0	—	−62N	−34B	−65N	−46B	−72N	−77N	+76B	−74B	−69N	1.0	26.5	28.0	2.00	665	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Meloyan, LevonRUS
+98.0
5.5 pts · #8
2Savarkhanov, RavilRUS
+96.4
6.0 pts · #14
3Shtanko, EgorRUS
+82.0
5.5 pts · #10

Top rating losers

1Krylov, MatveiRUS
-94.8
4.0 pts · #68
2Matirko, AleksandrRUS
-92.8
3.5 pts · #56
3Babkin, ArtemRUS
-84.4
4.0 pts · #54

Biggest upsets

R1+298 Elo gap
Kazantsev, Yaroslav1427 beat Valdas, Artur1725
R6+238 Elo gap
Savarkhanov, Ravil1506 beat Baranov, Alexey A.1744
R3+217 Elo gap
Meloyan, Levon1527 beat Baranov, Alexey A.1744