Titans Cup 2026_G13
Open SwissStandard
40 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 04 Mar 2026 to 09 Mar 2026 in Verkhnyaya Salda, Russia. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1667, and top seed was Milana Aleks Sokolova ( FID, WFM, 1914).
Sofya Dm Kokareva ( FID, 1817) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Milana Aleks Sokolova (7.0) and Elizabeth Petina (6.5). Kokareva shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 8.
The biggest upset came in round 7: Anastasiya Lubentsova (1461) beat Alsu Zagidullina (1570), a +109-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
Titled players · 1
WFM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇷🇺Russia×34
FIDE (no federation)×3
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsSofya Dm Kokareva led from R8; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R8.
Co-leaders
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R8–R9 · LEAD HELD
Sofya Dm Kokareva held the sole lead from R8 through R9 without losing it.
R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Sofya Dm Kokareva drew with WFM Milana Aleks Sokolova (White).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
WFM Milana Aleks Sokolova 3 wins (R1–R3)Ksenia Lebedeva 3 wins (R7–R9)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sofya Dm Kokareva | * | ½ | — | ½ |
| 2WFMMilana Aleks Sokolova | ½ | * | — | — |
| 3Ksenia Lebedeva | — | — | * | 0 |
| 4Elizabeth Petina | ½ | — | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kokareva, Sofya Dm | 1817 | FID | +20B | +22N | =6B | +19N | =2B | +7N | =3B | +14N | +9B | 7.5 | 44.0 | 48.5 | 39.00 | 1875 | +17.5 |
| 2 | Sokolova, Milana AleksWFM | 1914 | FID | +25N | +18B | +8N | =7B | =1N | +9B | =14N | =6B | +10N | 7.0 | 44.5 | 48.5 | 36.75 | 1818 | +11.2 |
| 3 | Petina, Elizabeth | 1585 | RUS | +36N | −7B | +29N | =8B | +18N | +4B | =1N | =5B | +6N | 6.5 | 44.5 | 47.0 | 32.00 | 1717 | +62.4 |
| 4 | Lebedeva, Ksenia | 1579 | RUS | +12B | =13N | =21B | +11N | =10B | −3N | +24B | +8B | +7N | 6.5 | 44.0 | 48.0 | 33.75 | 1700 | +57.2 |
| 5 | Lubentsova, Anastasiya | 1461 | RUS | +30B | =21N | −19B | +26N | +11B | −6N | +20B | =3N | +14B | 6.0 | 40.0 | 43.5 | 28.00 | 1638 | +74.4 |
| 6 | Shakirova, Darina | 1642 | FID | +17N | +10B | =1N | =9B | =7N | +5B | =8N | =2N | −3B | 5.5 | 49.0 | 54.0 | 32.00 | 1666 | +24.8 |
| 7 | Chernova, Vasilisa | 1665 | RUS | +24B | +3N | +14B | =2N | =6B | −1B | +12N | =10N | −4B | 5.5 | 49.0 | 53.0 | 30.00 | 1649 | +2.0 |
| 8 | Vinokurova, Miya Mir | 1629 | RUS | +34B | +16N | −2B | =3N | +13B | =10N | =6B | −4N | +18B | 5.5 | 46.0 | 49.0 | 26.75 | 1616 | -11.2 |
| 9 | Petina, Polina | 1554 | RUS | +29B | =11N | +13B | =6N | =14B | −2N | +19B | +18N | −1N | 5.5 | 45.0 | 48.5 | 26.00 | 1672 | +33.2 |
| 10 | Beloborodova, Margarita | 1462 | RUS | +32B | −6N | +24B | +12N | =4N | =8B | +15N | =7B | −2B | 5.5 | 44.5 | 48.0 | 26.75 | 1632 | +75.2 |
| 11 | Stepanova, Eva | 1522 | RUS | +38N | =9B | =18N | −4B | −5N | +35B | +25N | +15B | =12N | 5.5 | 40.0 | 42.0 | 21.75 | 1570 | +22.4 |
| 12 | Vergun, Olga Ev | 1547 | RUS | −4N | +38B | +27N | −10B | +29N | +25B | −7B | +24N | =11B | 5.5 | 38.5 | 40.5 | 20.25 | 1396 | -33.6 |
| 13 | Zykova, Kira | 1618 | RUS | +37N | =4B | −9N | +36B | −8N | −18B | +17N | +31B | +23N | 5.5 | 37.5 | 40.0 | 21.25 | 1264 | -66.8 |
| 14 | Bubnova, Alisa | 1520 | RUS | +33N | +27B | −7N | +25B | =9N | +19N | =2B | −1B | −5N | 5.0 | 44.0 | 47.5 | 22.25 | 1591 | +23.6 |
| 15 | Akateva, Vasilisa | 1555 | RUS | =19B | −20N | =34B | +32N | +21B | +16N | −10B | −11N | +26B | 5.0 | 37.0 | 40.0 | 20.75 | 1499 | -0.8 |
| 16 | Kerimova, Nargiz | 1407 | RUS | +39N | −8B | +31N | +21N | −19B | −15B | =23N | =26N | +24B | 5.0 | 35.5 | 37.5 | 18.25 | 1395 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Menkina, Elizaveta | 0 | RUS | −6B | −30N | +39B | +40N | +22B | −24N | −13B | +34N | +25N | 5.0 | 32.0 | 34.0 | 15.50 | 1571 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Taligina, Alena | 1654 | RUS | +26B | −2N | =11B | +20N | −3B | +13N | +22B | −9B | −8N | 4.5 | 44.5 | 48.5 | 21.25 | 1587 | +23.6 |
| 19 | Kuznetsova, Alena | 1542 | RUS | =15N | +23B | +5N | −1B | +16N | −14B | −9N | +29B | F | 4.5 | 42.0 | 42.0 | 21.50 | 1433 | -46.8 |
| 20 | Zagidullina, Alsu | 1570 | RUS | −1N | +15B | =30N | −18B | +36N | +21B | −5N | −23B | +31N | 4.5 | 39.0 | 41.5 | 17.25 | 1498 | -22.0 |
| 21 | Kudomanova, Maria | 1515 | RUS | +31N | =5B | =4N | −16B | −15N | −20N | +33B | =22N | +30B | 4.5 | 38.5 | 42.0 | 19.00 | 1377 | -36.8 |
| 22 | Maslenina, Alexandra | 1528 | RUS | +35N | −1B | −25N | +30B | −17N | +34B | −18N | =21B | +29N | 4.5 | 35.5 | 38.5 | 15.25 | 1506 | -12.4 |
| 23 | Dymova, Anastasya | 0 | RUS | +40B | −19N | −26B | +31N | −24B | +38N | =16B | +20N | −13B | 4.5 | 33.0 | 35.0 | 14.50 | 1368 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Tolmacheva, Maria | 0 | RUS | −7N | +35B | −10N | +33B | +23N | +17B | −4N | −12B | −16N | 4.0 | 41.0 | 44.0 | 16.00 | 1295 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Bukhtereva, Alexandra | 1544 | RUS | −2B | +32N | +22B | −14N | +26B | −12N | −11B | +35N | −17B | 4.0 | 40.0 | 43.0 | 15.00 | 1532 | -6.4 |
| 26 | Marinina, Sofia | 1456 | RUS | −18N | +37B | +23N | −5B | −25N | =30B | +27N | =16B | −15N | 4.0 | 36.5 | 39.0 | 15.25 | 711 | -68.0 |
| 27 | Khairetdinova, Arina | 0 | RUS | +28B | −14N | −12B | =29B | =35N | =32N | −26B | =33N | +34B | 4.0 | 32.0 | 35.0 | 13.75 | 1352 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Gerasimova, Diana | 0 | RUS | −27N | −31B | −33N | −38N | −39B | +40B | +36N | +37B | +35B | 4.0 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 10.00 | 1512 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Burtseva, Darya | 0 | RUS | −9N | +39B | −3B | =27N | −12B | +37N | +32B | −19N | −22B | 3.5 | 36.5 | 38.5 | 10.00 | 1265 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Mitina, Mariya | 0 | RUS | −5N | +17B | =20B | −22N | =34B | =26N | −31B | +32N | −21N | 3.5 | 35.5 | 38.5 | 14.25 | 1386 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Bodrova, Aleksandra Ser | 0 | RUS | −21B | +28N | −16B | −23B | =37N | +36B | +30N | −13N | −20B | 3.5 | 34.0 | 36.5 | 11.25 | 767 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Shirokaya, Aleksandra | 1426 | RUS | −10N | −25B | +37N | −15B | +40N | =27B | −29N | −30B | +39N | 3.5 | 30.0 | 32.0 | 8.50 | 698 | -47.6 |
| 33 | Martyushova, Kira | 0 | RUS | −14B | −40N | +28B | −24N | −38B | +39N | −21N | =27B | +36N | 3.5 | 28.0 | 30.0 | 10.50 | 716 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Brazhnikova, Maria | 1453 | RUS | −8N | =36B | =15N | =35B | =30N | −22N | +38B | −17B | −27N | 3.0 | 33.0 | 35.0 | 9.00 | 1350 | -20.8 |
| 35 | Ckhan, Mariya | 1488 | RUS | −22B | −24N | +38B | =34N | =27B | −11N | +37B | −25B | −28N | 3.0 | 31.5 | 33.5 | 8.00 | 1191 | -55.2 |
| 36 | Ilicheva, Margarita | 0 | RUS | −3B | =34N | +40B | −13N | −20B | −31N | −28B | +39N | −33B | 2.5 | 32.5 | 34.5 | 5.50 | 1225 | 0.0 |
| 37 | FIDE 540029891 | 0 | — | −13B | −26N | −32B | +39N | =31B | −29B | −35N | −28N | +38B | 2.5 | 29.0 | 31.0 | 5.75 | 696 | 0.0 |
| 38 | FIDE 570002215 | 0 | — | −11B | −12N | −35N | +28B | +33N | −23B | −34N | −40B | −37N | 2.0 | 31.5 | 33.5 | 7.50 | 698 | 0.0 |
| 39 | FIDE 522045872 | 0 | — | −16B | −29N | −17N | −37B | +28N | −33B | +40N | −36B | −32B | 2.0 | 29.5 | 31.5 | 6.00 | 622 | 0.0 |
| 40 | Zakhmatova, Diana | 0 | RUS | −23N | +33B | −36N | −17B | −32B | −28N | −39B | +38N | F | 2.0 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 5.50 | 622 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Beloborodova, MargaritaRUS+75.25.5 pts · #6
- 2Lubentsova, AnastasiyaRUS+74.46.0 pts · #4
- 3Petina, ElizabethRUS+62.46.5 pts · #11
Top rating losers
- 1Marinina, SofiaRUS-68.04.0 pts · #34
- 2Zykova, KiraRUS-66.85.5 pts · #30
- 3Ckhan, MariyaRUS-55.23.0 pts · #31
Biggest upsets
- R7+109 Elo gap
- R4+108 Elo gap