Blitz Moscow. March 2026 - 2

SwissBlitz

75 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held on 07 Mar 2026 in Moscow, Russia. 21 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2415, and top seed was Nikita Afanasiev (🇷🇺 RUS, GM, 2536).

Shiroghlan Talibov (🇦🇿 AZE, IM, 2335) won with 9.0/11, ahead of Aleksandr E. Usov (9.0) and Nikolay Averin (8.0). Talibov took the lead from round 8, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 9: Andrey Pav Salamov (1646) beat Fedor Loboyko (2081), a +435-point gap.

Location

🇷🇺Moscow, Russia

Dates

07 Mar 2026

Time control

Blitz: 3 minutes for game with 2 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 11 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇺GMNikita Afanasiev2536

Avg top 10

2,415

Participants

Titled players · 21

GM×1

IM×7

FM×8

CM×2

WFM×1

WCM×2

Federations · 6 represented

🇷🇺Russia×59

FIDE (no federation)×12

🇹🇷Turkiye×1

🇪🇪Estonia×1

🇦🇲Armenia×1

🇦🇿Azerbaijan×1

Top 3

🥇
IMShiroghlan Talibov
🇦🇿AZE·2335
9.0pts·2554perf+62.4
🥈
IMAleksandr E. Usov
🇷🇺RUS·2507
9.0pts·2555perf+6.8
🥉
IMNikolay Averin
FID·2422
8.0pts·2445perf+5.3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 11 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 9.0/11, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Usov9Talibov9Kaufman8Gilfanov8Averin8Appolonov8

R8 · LEADER CHANGE07 Mar

IM Shiroghlan Talibov takes the sole lead (7.0/8).

R11 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 9.0/11. Talibov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (73.5).

R8 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Aleksandr E. Usov lost to IM Shiroghlan Talibov (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1IMAleksandr E. Usov	*	0	1	½
2IMShiroghlan Talibov	1	*	½	1
3IMDavid Kaufman	0	½	*	1
4FMMarat I Gilfanov	½	0	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Talibov, ShiroghlanIM	2335	AZE	+49N	+28B	+47N	=7N	=8B	+6B	+17N	+2B	=3N	=5B	+4N	9.0	73.5	78.5	63.00	2554	+62.4
2	Usov, Aleksandr E.IM	2507	RUS	+31B	+54N	+26B	+25N	=4B	+7N	+5B	−1N	+13B	=3B	+9N	9.0	73.0	77.5	60.50	2555	+6.8
3	Averin, NikolayIM	2422	FID	+45N	+12B	+34N	−4B	+14N	=18B	+13B	+8N	=1B	=2N	=5B	8.0	75.0	80.0	55.75	2445	+5.3
4	Gilfanov, Marat IFM	2301	FID	+38B	+66N	+8B	+3N	=2N	−5B	+18N	=9B	+10N	+17B	−1B	8.0	75.0	78.0	52.75	2479	+26.8
5	Kaufman, DavidIM	2430	FID	+30B	+11N	=24B	+20N	+19B	+4N	−2N	=17B	+7B	=1N	=3N	8.0	74.5	80.5	56.75	2476	+8.2
6	Appolonov, SergeyIM	2134	RUS	+69B	−25N	+36B	+58N	+26B	−1N	−7B	+27N	+24B	+19N	+14N	8.0	63.5	66.5	44.00	2292	+24.3
7	Manvelyan, MikayelFM	2494	ARM	+37N	+18B	+9N	=1B	=17N	−2B	+6N	+14B	−5N	+16B	=12B	7.5	76.0	81.5	53.00	2386	-10.4
8	Afanasiev, NikitaGM	2536	RUS	+32N	+16B	−4N	+28B	=1N	+35B	+24N	−3B	+18N	−9B	+17N	7.5	70.5	76.0	48.00	2382	-16.2
9	Zhukov, AntonFM	2212	FID	+44B	+21N	−7B	+22N	+54B	−13N	+29B	=4N	+19B	+8N	−2B	7.5	69.5	74.0	46.50	2353	+41.8
10	Vershinin, IgorFM	2349	RUS	+36B	+15N	−19B	+24N	−13B	+66N	=11B	+21N	−4B	+22N	+26B	7.5	66.5	69.5	44.25	2269	-17.4
11	Usov, Dmitry E.	2148	RUS	+33N	−5B	−45N	+39B	+40N	+32B	=10N	+34B	−17N	+20B	+18N	7.5	63.5	68.5	45.25	2231	+17.4
12	Zaytsev, Egor	2144	RUS	+68B	−3N	−30B	+55N	+37B	−27N	+45B	+42N	+26B	+25B	=7N	7.5	59.5	62.5	38.75	2210	+44.8
13	Rudakov, Sergey S.	2181	RUS	+52N	+56B	−17N	+43B	+10N	+9B	−3N	+25B	−2N	−14B	+28N	7.0	67.5	72.0	41.50	2310	+19.1
14	Ippolitov, Mikhail Al	2180	RUS	+48B	+46N	−25B	+27N	−3B	+43N	+26B	−7N	+15B	+13N	−6B	7.0	65.5	70.5	41.00	2246	+16.8
15	Korneva, MarinaIM	2134	RUS	+59N	−10B	+39N	+48B	+20N	−17B	+34N	−18B	−14N	+32B	+24N	7.0	62.0	66.0	38.50	2195	+11.2
16	Lipovoy, Danila	2173	RUS	+57B	−8N	=23N	+71B	+46B	−19N	+27B	=24N	+31B	−7N	+29B	7.0	61.5	64.0	36.25	2192	+8.6
17	Bukreev, StanislavIM	2422	RUS	+55B	+29N	+13B	=19N	=7B	+15N	−1B	=5N	+11B	−4N	−8B	6.5	74.0	78.5	43.00	2328	-10.3
18	Lyutsinger, IrenFM	2158	FID	+60B	−7N	+37B	+44N	+25B	=3N	−4B	+15N	−8B	+21N	−11B	6.5	68.5	72.5	38.00	2237	+14.5
19	Esipenko, Aleksandr	2176	RUS	+61N	+43B	+10N	=17B	−5N	+16B	−25N	+23B	−9N	−6B	+50N	6.5	67.0	71.0	38.25	2223	+12.8
20	Somkin, Kirill	2283	RUS	+39N	=23B	+35N	−5B	−15B	+46N	−21B	+55N	+54B	−11N	+38B	6.5	61.5	66.0	33.75	2139	-24.0
21	Frolova, Lyubov V.	2043	RUS	+62N	−9B	=41N	+51B	−24B	+44N	+20N	−10B	+35N	−18B	+34N	6.5	60.5	64.5	34.25	2129	+21.0
22	Betenev, Artem Dm	2062	RUS	+72B	−24N	+53B	−9B	+51N	−26N	+38B	=54N	+37B	−10B	+35N	6.5	58.0	60.0	30.75	2099	+11.0
23	Neklyudov, Taras	2075	RUS	+65B	=20N	=16B	−26N	+36B	=54N	+66B	−19N	=43B	=38N	+42B	6.5	55.0	58.0	31.25	2111	+13.8
24	Shinkorenko, Ivan Al	2203	FID	+41N	+22B	=5N	−10B	+21N	+29N	−8B	=16B	−6N	+42N	−15B	6.0	69.5	74.5	37.00	2207	+0.6
25	Yurasov, MatfeyFM	2354	FID	+40N	+6B	+14N	−2B	−18N	+28B	+19B	−13N	+29B	−12N	F	6.0	69.0	69.0	39.00	2240	-13.0
26	Panichkin, Aleksey	2223	RUS	+51N	+42B	−2N	+23B	−6N	+22B	−14N	+56B	−12N	+27B	−10N	6.0	68.0	72.5	33.50	2157	-13.5
27	Ermolaev, Andrey	1979	RUS	+75N	−34B	+52N	−14B	+48N	+12B	−16N	−6B	+30N	−26N	+49B	6.0	62.0	62.0	28.50	2028	+31.2
28	Denisenko, DenisCM	2098	RUS	+58B	−1N	+38B	−8N	+30B	−25N	+36B	−31N	+60B	+43N	−13B	6.0	61.5	65.5	30.00	2057	-7.1
29	Fedorova, Olesya	2144	RUS	+70N	−17B	+40N	+47B	+34N	−24B	−9N	+32B	−25N	+31B	−16N	6.0	61.0	63.5	30.50	2110	-6.9
30	Ivanova, Lubov	1893	RUS	−5N	+33B	+12N	−34B	−28N	+52B	−42B	+48N	−27B	+60N	+44B	6.0	59.0	63.0	32.50	1988	+23.6
31	Khodyrev, Elisey Aleks	1911	RUS	−2N	−71B	+70N	+59B	−35N	+41B	+58N	+28B	−16N	−29N	+52B	6.0	54.5	57.0	27.00	1966	+19.2
32	Ivashentseva, DominikaWCM	1921	FID	−8B	+57N	−54B	+63N	+58B	−11N	+60B	−29N	+67B	−15N	+51B	6.0	54.0	57.0	24.50	1936	+3.4
33	Tsybikov, Lev Mikh	1675	RUS	−11B	−30N	−63B	+72N	+67B	−36N	+47B	+66N	−42B	+45N	+43B	6.0	49.0	51.0	23.00	1885	+95.6
34	Maslovskiy, VladimirFM	2182	FID	+53B	+27N	−3B	+30N	−29B	+42N	−15B	−11N	=36B	+37N	−21B	5.5	63.0	68.0	30.25	2035	-59.8
35	Fisher, TimofeyCM	2248	FID	−47B	+61N	−20B	+38N	+31B	−8N	=37B	+44N	−21B	+55N	−22B	5.5	58.5	62.5	27.75	2000	-59.2
36	Demina, Alena	1877	RUS	−10N	+59B	−6N	+74B	−23N	+33B	−28N	+52B	=34N	=56B	=41N	5.5	58.5	60.5	24.75	1922	+4.1
37	Kichatov, Dmitriy Ser	1899	RUS	−7B	+60N	−18N	+62B	−12N	+51B	=35N	+39B	−22N	−34B	+55B	5.5	58.0	62.0	25.75	1990	+7.8
38	Kim, Mikhail	1824	RUS	−4N	+64B	−28N	−35B	+71N	+59B	−22N	+58B	+56N	=23B	−20N	5.5	55.5	58.0	22.25	1960	+63.6
39	Gorshkov, Artem O	1823	RUS	−20B	+65N	−15B	−11N	+69B	+68N	=43B	−37N	−48B	+57N	+54B	5.5	52.0	55.0	21.00	1906	+36.8
40	Zhuravlev, Matvey R	1877	RUS	−25B	+69N	−29B	+57N	−11B	=61N	−44B	+47N	−50N	+65B	+56N	5.5	51.0	54.0	22.50	1892	+3.4
41	Zakharova, Milana	1804	RUS	−24B	+63N	=21B	−46N	+50B	−31N	−55B	=61N	+73B	+67N	=36B	5.5	49.5	51.5	22.00	1830	+7.9
42	Yonal, TimurFM	2069	TUR	+73N	−26N	−44B	+69B	+49N	−34B	+30N	−12B	+33N	−24B	−23N	5.0	56.5	58.5	22.00	1911	-76.4
43	Filippova, MargaritaWFM	1960	RUS	+74B	−19N	+67B	−13N	+60N	−14B	=39N	+50B	=23N	−28B	−33N	5.0	56.5	58.5	20.00	1860	-24.4
44	Golofast, Uliyana	1809	RUS	−9N	+73B	+42N	−18B	=56N	−21B	+40N	−35B	=46N	+62B	−30N	5.0	56.0	58.0	21.25	1927	+30.5
45	Kleschev, Semen	1889	RUS	−3B	+68N	+11B	−54N	−66B	+48B	−12N	−60N	+59B	−33B	+69N	5.0	52.5	55.5	22.50	1868	-13.6
46	Barkasheva, SofiaWCM	1930	EST	+67N	−14B	=71N	+41B	−16N	−20B	−50B	+64N	=44B	−52N	+63B	5.0	52.0	54.5	20.25	1808	-18.4
47	Pismanik, Maksim	1817	RUS	+35N	+50B	−1B	−29N	−55B	−58N	−33N	−40B	+72N	+64B	+73N	5.0	51.5	53.5	18.50	1817	-8.8
48	Izotov, Vladimir	1770	FID	−14N	+75B	+72B	−15N	−27B	−45N	+62N	−30B	+39N	−49B	+67B	5.0	50.5	50.5	14.50	1774	-1.8
49	Volkov, Vladislav	1875	RUS	−1B	−58N	+65B	+67N	−42B	−60N	+61B	+59N	−55B	+48N	−27N	5.0	49.0	52.0	19.50	1762	-16.1
50	Onischenko, Andrey	1860	RUS	F	−47N	−55B	+70B	−41N	+62B	+46N	−43N	+40B	+54N	−19B	5.0	48.0	48.0	21.50	1886	+5.8
51	Nagaev, Robert	1813	RUS	−26B	+72N	+66B	−21N	−22B	−37N	+68B	−67N	+64B	+58B	−32N	5.0	47.5	49.5	16.00	1878	+28.4
52	Yukhman, Matvey	1770	RUS	−13B	+74N	−27B	−66N	+73B	−30N	+69B	−36N	+68B	+46B	−31N	5.0	46.5	48.5	15.00	1805	+18.4
53	Koroteev, Aleksandr	1774	RUS	−34N	+62B	−22N	−56B	−59N	+71B	−64N	−73N	+74B	+61B	+58N	5.0	41.0	43.0	16.50	1720	-18.3
54	Dedkov, Roman Ol	2162	RUS	+71N	−2B	+32N	+45B	−9N	=23B	=56N	=22B	−20N	−50B	−39N	4.5	62.0	64.5	22.25	1971	-39.5
55	Mizerova, Yana	1880	RUS	−17N	=70B	+50N	−12B	+47N	−56B	+41N	−20B	+49N	−35B	−37N	4.5	56.5	59.0	21.75	1924	+3.8
56	Pereverzev, Timofei	2005	RUS	+63B	−13N	−58B	+53N	=44B	+55N	=54B	−26N	−38B	=36N	−40B	4.5	52.5	56.5	21.00	1831	-21.5
57	Petrova, Kseniia K.	1726	RUS	−16N	−32B	+64N	−40B	−62N	+73B	−59N	+72B	=65N	−39B	+70N	4.5	44.0	46.0	12.25	1676	-36.8
58	Salamov, Andrey Pav	1646	RUS	−28N	+49B	+56N	−6B	−32N	+47B	−31B	−38N	+66B	−51N	−53B	4.0	56.0	59.0	17.50	1814	+39.0
59	Pashchenko, Anastasiya	1654	RUS	−15B	−36N	+61B	−31N	+53B	−38N	+57B	−49B	−45N	−63N	+68B	4.0	51.5	54.5	16.50	1710	+10.6
60	Alekseev, Konstantin	1699	RUS	−18N	−37B	+73N	F	−43B	+49B	−32N	+45B	−28N	−30B	+62N	4.0	51.0	51.0	16.00	1811	+42.4
61	Parshinov, Bato Tsy	1755	RUS	−19B	−35B	−59N	+65N	+63B	=40B	−49N	=41B	−62N	−53N	+72B	4.0	48.5	50.5	15.00	1689	-23.8
62	Makarov, Daniil	1587	RUS	−21B	−53N	+68B	−37N	+57B	−50N	−48B	+69N	+61B	−44N	−60B	4.0	47.5	50.5	14.50	1679	+24.2
63	Ukrainskaya, Ilona	1580	RUS	−56N	−41B	+33N	−32B	−61N	−70B	+74N	−68N	+75B	+59B	−46N	4.0	42.5	42.5	12.00	1627	+16.4
64	Sakhno, Robert Ev	1629	RUS	−66B	−38N	−57B	−68N	+72B	+75N	+53B	−46B	−51N	−47N	+74B	4.0	40.0	40.0	9.00	1640	-0.5
65	Svintsov, Ivan	1622	RUS	−23N	−39B	−49N	−61B	+70N	−67B	+75N	+71N	=57B	−40N	F	3.5	42.0	42.0	7.25	1693	+25.6
66	Loboyko, Fedor	2081	RUS	+64N	−4B	−51N	+52B	+45N	−10B	−23N	−33B	−58N	F	F	3.0	54.5	56.5	14.00	1789	-49.1
67	Kurochkin, Georgiy	0	RUS	−46B	F	−43N	−49B	−33N	+65N	+71B	+51B	−32N	−41B	−48N	3.0	48.5	48.5	11.00	1660	0.0
68	Shubin, Alexander	1674	RUS	−12N	−45B	−62N	+64B	+74N	−39B	−51N	+63B	−52N	−70B	−59N	3.0	46.5	48.5	10.00	1547	-62.4
69	Vitsenovskiy, Vadim Ven	1656	RUS	−6N	−40B	+75B	−42N	−39N	+74B	−52N	−62B	+70N	F	−45B	3.0	42.5	42.5	4.50	1619	-16.7
70	Visotsky, Alexey	1668	RUS	−29B	=55N	−31B	−50N	−65B	+63N	−72N	F	−69B	+68N	−57B	2.5	41.5	41.5	9.25	1566	-28.8
71	Ektov, Kirill V	1720	RUS	−54B	+31N	=46B	−16N	−38B	−53N	−67N	−65B	F	−74N	+75B	2.5	41.5	41.5	8.50	1641	-46.4
72	Khizhnyakov, Mikhail Mak	1620	FID	−22N	−51B	−48N	−33B	−64N	F	+70B	−57N	−47B	+75N	−61N	2.0	42.5	42.5	2.50	1496	-55.0
73	Grigorcha, Evgeny S	1621	RUS	−42B	−44N	−60B	+75B	−52N	−57N	F	+53B	−41N	F	−47B	2.0	42.0	42.0	5.00	1547	-23.1
74	Shilov, Vladimir	1463	RUS	−43N	−52B	F	−36N	−68B	−69N	−63B	+75B	−53N	+71B	−64N	2.0	37.0	37.0	2.50	1462	-9.2
75	Sazonov, Timofey	1495	RUS	−27B	−48N	−69N	−73N	F	−64B	−65B	−74N	−63N	−72B	−71N	0.0	34.0	34.0	0.00	858	-119.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Tsybikov, Lev MikhRUS
+95.6
6.0 pts · #41
2Kim, MikhailRUS
+63.6
5.5 pts · #36
3Talibov, ShiroghlanIMAZE
+62.4
9.0 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1Sazonov, TimofeyRUS
-119.2
0.0 pts · #75
2Yonal, TimurFMTUR
-76.4
5.0 pts · #44
3Shubin, AlexanderRUS
-62.4
3.0 pts · #69

Biggest upsets

R9+435 Elo gap
Salamov, Andrey Pav1646 beat Loboyko, Fedor2081
R1+431 Elo gap
Pismanik, Maksim1817 beat CMFisher, Timofey2248
R8+406 Elo gap
Tsybikov, Lev Mikh1675 beat Loboyko, Fedor2081