Titans Cup 2026_G15
43 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 04 Mar 2026 to 09 Mar 2026 in Verkhnyaya Salda, Russia. Top 10 Elo average was 1729, and top seed was Viktoriya Mak Tochilkina (🇷🇺 RUS, 1790).
Veronika Vorona (🇷🇺 RUS, 1734) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Maria Kleshcheva (7.5) and Kseniya Fefelova (6.5). Vorona shared the lead from round 5 and won solo starting round 6.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Kseniya Fefelova (1517) beat Viktoriya Mak Tochilkina (1790), a +273-point gap.
- 🥇
- 🥈
- 🥉
How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsVeronika Vorona led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Veronika Vorona takes the sole lead (5.0/6).
Veronika Vorona beat Maria Kleshcheva (Black).
Veronika Vorona 5 wins (R5–R9)Maria Kleshcheva 4+3 wins (R1–R4, R7–R9)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Veronika Vorona | * | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2Maria Kleshcheva | 0 | * | — | 1 |
| 3Yana M Petrova | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Kseniya Fefelova | 0 | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vorona, Veronika | 1734 | RUS | +26N | +5B | =13N | =7B | +2N | +3B | +19N | +4B | +8N | 8.0 | 47.0 | 51.0 | 45.75 | 2005 | +53.6 |
| 2 | Kleshcheva, Maria | 1749 | RUS | +31B | +25N | +10B | +3N | −1B | =19N | +8B | +6N | +7B | 7.5 | 45.5 | 49.5 | 39.25 | 1898 | +22.4 |
| 3 | Fefelova, Kseniya | 1517 | RUS | +17N | +8N | +19B | −2B | +9N | −1N | +25B | +12N | =5B | 6.5 | 47.0 | 51.0 | 32.50 | 1857 | +159.2 |
| 4 | Petrova, Yana M | 1766 | RUS | +20N | =14B | =18N | +29B | =13N | +17B | +7B | −1N | +12B | 6.5 | 43.0 | 47.0 | 31.50 | 1806 | +47.2 |
| 5 | Martiushova, Kseniia | 1582 | RUS | +24B | −1N | +28B | −19N | +21B | =10N | +11B | +25N | =3N | 6.0 | 43.0 | 47.0 | 28.50 | 1696 | +26.8 |
| 6 | Yadryshnikova, Tatyana Vl | 1475 | RUS | +39N | =9B | +12N | =13B | −7N | +27B | +16N | −2B | +15B | 6.0 | 42.5 | 45.0 | 26.75 | 1754 | +113.2 |
| 7 | Vlasenkova, Ekaterina | 1642 | RUS | +40N | +43B | =9N | =1N | +6B | =16B | −4N | +19B | −2N | 5.5 | 45.0 | 45.0 | 21.75 | 1709 | +27.2 |
| 8 | Bajyrly, Dilara | 1717 | RUS | +35N | −3B | +37N | =27B | +26N | +13B | −2N | +9B | −1B | 5.5 | 43.5 | 46.5 | 22.50 | 1708 | -2.8 |
| 9 | Skvortsova, Anna Ig | 1778 | RUS | +21B | =6N | =7B | +15N | −3B | =14N | +22B | −8N | +34B | 5.5 | 42.5 | 46.0 | 25.75 | 1622 | -9.6 |
| 10 | Malyjkina, Elizaveta | 1581 | RUS | +30N | +23B | −2N | −14B | +18N | =5B | −12B | +22N | +21B | 5.5 | 42.0 | 46.0 | 25.50 | 1660 | +7.6 |
| 11 | Kirichuk, Ulyana | 1554 | RUS | −28B | +34N | =36B | −12N | +35N | +29B | −5N | +14B | +20N | 5.5 | 35.0 | 38.0 | 21.50 | 1642 | +34.0 |
| 12 | Krasheninnikova, Ekaterina | 1466 | RUS | +16N | =15N | −6B | +11B | =27N | +23B | +10N | −3B | −4N | 5.0 | 44.5 | 48.5 | 25.00 | 1654 | +90.0 |
| 13 | Sadrtdinova, Sofia | 1620 | RUS | +34B | +28N | =1B | =6N | =4B | −8N | =14B | =21N | =17B | 5.0 | 44.5 | 48.0 | 25.00 | 1597 | -10.4 |
| 14 | Meleshko, Margarita | 1612 | RUS | +42B | =4N | =15B | +10N | −19B | =9B | =13N | −11N | +28B | 5.0 | 41.5 | 42.5 | 21.50 | 1623 | +20.0 |
| 15 | Ilina, Kseniya | 1602 | RUS | +32N | =12B | =14N | −9B | −30N | +20B | +26N | +16B | −6N | 5.0 | 39.0 | 43.0 | 22.50 | 1571 | -33.2 |
| 16 | Litvinkova, Glafira | 1673 | RUS | −12B | +32N | +21B | =25N | +22B | =7N | −6B | −15N | +30B | 5.0 | 38.5 | 42.5 | 21.75 | 1566 | -51.6 |
| 17 | Druzhinina, Uliana | 1730 | RUS | −3B | =35N | +40N | +20B | =25B | −4N | +30N | =23B | =13N | 5.0 | 38.0 | 40.0 | 18.75 | 1556 | -86.4 |
| 18 | Ivanova, Mariya An | 1577 | RUS | =27N | +38B | =4B | −22N | −10B | =24N | +39B | =26N | +25B | 5.0 | 35.5 | 38.0 | 18.50 | 1580 | -7.2 |
| 19 | Tochilkina, Viktoriya Mak | 1790 | RUS | +37N | +29B | −3N | +5B | +14N | =2B | −1B | −7N | F | 4.5 | 47.0 | 50.0 | 21.75 | 1702 | -16.4 |
| 20 | Lebedeva, Viktoriya | 1614 | RUS | −4B | +42N | =22B | −17N | +36B | −15N | +31B | +24N | −11B | 4.5 | 38.0 | 39.0 | 14.75 | 1580 | -11.6 |
| 21 | Dmitrieva, Mariya | 1442 | RUS | −9N | +33B | −16N | +42B | −5N | +38B | +27N | =13B | −10N | 4.5 | 37.0 | 38.0 | 13.50 | 1581 | +72.0 |
| 22 | Kashperova, Elizaveta | 1647 | RUS | =38N | =27B | =20N | +18B | −16N | +33B | −9N | −10B | +39B | 4.5 | 35.5 | 38.0 | 16.50 | 1554 | -40.8 |
| 23 | Fedosova, Valentina | 1556 | RUS | +36B | −10N | −27N | +40B | +24B | −12N | +28B | =17N | F | 4.5 | 35.5 | 37.5 | 16.00 | 1540 | -7.6 |
| 24 | Mukhina, Polina | 1557 | RUS | −5N | =26B | =38N | +37B | −23N | =18B | +29N | −20B | +33N | 4.5 | 34.5 | 37.0 | 16.25 | 1541 | -4.8 |
| 25 | Smirnyagina, Vasilisa | 1530 | RUS | +33N | −2B | +43N | =16B | =17N | +30B | −3N | −5B | −18N | 4.0 | 42.5 | 42.5 | 12.50 | 1534 | -2.8 |
| 26 | Ushakova, Darya Vir | 1431 | RUS | −1B | =24N | +35B | +36N | −8B | =28N | −15B | =18B | =29N | 4.0 | 39.0 | 42.0 | 14.75 | 1561 | +55.2 |
| 27 | Denisova, Varvara | 1669 | RUS | =18B | =22N | +23B | =8N | =12B | −6N | −21B | −28N | +43N | 4.0 | 39.0 | 39.0 | 14.50 | 1505 | -81.6 |
| 28 | Liubas, Varvara | 0 | RUS | +11N | −13B | −5N | +43B | =29N | =26B | −23N | +27B | −14N | 4.0 | 38.0 | 38.0 | 13.50 | 1503 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Ustyugova, Maria | 1687 | RUS | +41B | −19N | +39B | −4N | =28B | −11N | −24B | +38N | =26B | 4.0 | 34.0 | 36.0 | 11.00 | 1453 | -69.6 |
| 30 | Gaag, Anastasiya | 1470 | RUS | −10B | −36N | +41B | +39N | +15B | −25N | −17B | +40N | −16N | 4.0 | 32.0 | 34.0 | 11.50 | 1439 | -14.8 |
| 31 | Tregubova, Elizaveta | 1512 | RUS | −2N | −40B | +34N | =38B | −33N | +35B | −20N | =32B | +41N | 4.0 | 30.5 | 32.5 | 11.75 | 1479 | -18.4 |
| 32 | Pribylskaya, Kristina | 1415 | RUS | −15B | −16B | =33N | −35B | +43N | =37N | =38B | =31N | +42B | 4.0 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 7.50 | 1429 | -4.8 |
| 33 | Fesenko, Yana | 1451 | RUS | −25B | −21N | =32B | +41N | +31B | −22N | +37B | −34N | −24B | 3.5 | 32.0 | 34.0 | 11.00 | 1477 | +9.2 |
| 34 | Zhuravleva, Maria | 0 | RUS | −13N | −11B | −31B | F | +42N | =39N | +36B | +33B | −9N | 3.5 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 8.75 | 1467 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Gaydamak, Anna | 1452 | RUS | −8B | =17B | −26N | +32N | −11B | −31N | F | =36N | +40B | 3.0 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 10.00 | 1388 | -28.4 |
| 36 | Khammatullina, Arina | 1461 | RUS | −23N | +30B | =11N | −26B | −20N | +42B | −34N | =35B | −37N | 3.0 | 32.0 | 33.0 | 9.25 | 1416 | -2.0 |
| 37 | Shvetsova, Elizaveta | 1579 | RUS | −19B | +41N | −8B | −24N | =38N | =32B | −33N | F | +36B | 3.0 | 29.5 | 29.5 | 8.25 | 1442 | -58.4 |
| 38 | Lukoyanova, Anastasiya | 1414 | RUS | =22B | −18N | =24B | =31N | =37B | −21N | =32N | −29B | F | 2.5 | 33.5 | 33.5 | 10.00 | 1406 | -4.4 |
| 39 | Molotilova, Ekaterina | 0 | RUS | −6B | F | −29N | −30B | +40N | =34B | −18N | +43B | −22N | 2.5 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 3.75 | 765 | 0.0 |
| 40 | Gadun, Sofia | 0 | RUS | −7B | +31N | −17B | −23N | −39B | F | +41N | −30B | −35N | 2.0 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 6.00 | 1399 | 0.0 |
| 41 | Chebotar, Ameliya | 1416 | RUS | −29N | −37B | −30N | −33B | F | +43N | −40B | +42N | −31B | 2.0 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 1.00 | 1236 | -76.0 |
| 42 | Gallyamova, Lilianna | 1417 | RUS | −14N | −20B | F | −21N | −34B | −36N | +43B | −41B | −32N | 1.0 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 0.00 | 691 | -94.0 |
| 43 | FIDE 570016402 | 0 | — | F | −7N | −25B | −28N | −32B | −41B | −42N | −39N | −27B | 0.0 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 0.00 | 738 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Fefelova, KseniyaRUS+159.26.5 pts · #4
- 2Yadryshnikova, Tatyana VlRUS+113.26.0 pts · #11
- 3Krasheninnikova, EkaterinaRUS+90.05.0 pts · #8
- 1Gallyamova, LiliannaRUS-94.01.0 pts · #43
- 2Druzhinina, UlianaRUS-86.45.0 pts · #20
- 3Denisova, VarvaraRUS-81.64.0 pts · #25
- R3+273 Elo gap
- R5+261 Elo gap
- R7+227 Elo gap