Blitz Moscow. March 2026 - 3

SwissBlitz

63 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held on 13 Mar 2026 in Moscow, Russia. 24 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2439, and top seed was Aleksandr E. Usov (🇷🇺 RUS, IM, 2507).

Aleksandr E. Usov (🇷🇺 RUS, IM, 2507) won with 9.5/11, ahead of Ivan Yeletsky (9.0) and Svyatoslav Lisenkov (8.0). Usov took the lead from round 10.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Vladimir Kochergin (1570) beat Mikhail Khmelev (2071), a +501-point gap.

Location

🇷🇺Moscow, Russia

Dates

13 Mar 2026

Time control

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

System

Swiss · 11 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇺IMAleksandr E. Usov2507

Avg top 10

2,439

Participants

Titled players · 24

GM×1

IM×5

FM×12

CM×2

WFM×1

WCM×3

Federations · 3 represented

🇷🇺Russia×42

FIDE (no federation)×20

🇦🇲Armenia×1

Top 3

🥇
IMAleksandr E. Usov
🇷🇺RUS·2507
9.5pts·2641perf+16.4
🥈
FMIvan Yeletsky
🇷🇺RUS·2480
9.0pts·2601perf+15.9
🥉
FMSvyatoslav Lisenkov
FID·2366
8.0pts·2388perf+11.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 11 rounds

IM Aleksandr E. Usov led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Usov9.5Yeletsky9Lisenkov8Gilfanov7.5Kishiev7.5Shinkorenko7.5

R6 · LEADER CHANGE13 Mar

IM Aleksandr E. Usov takes the sole lead (5.5/6).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Aleksandr E. Usov beat FM Ivan Yeletsky (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

IM Aleksandr E. Usov 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)FM Ivan Yeletsky 4+4 wins (R1–R4, R6–R9)FM Svyatoslav Lisenkov 3+4 wins (R1–R3, R8–R11)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1IMAleksandr E. Usov	*	1	—	1
2FMIvan Yeletsky	0	*	1	0
3FMSvyatoslav Lisenkov	—	0	*	0
4FMMarat I Gilfanov	0	1	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Usov, Aleksandr E.IM	2507	RUS	+29N	+10B	+14N	=8B	+2N	+4B	+36N	=9B	=5N	+19B	+7N	9.5	70.5	75.5	64.75	2641	+16.4
2	Yeletsky, IvanFM	2480	RUS	+28B	+42N	+5B	+3N	−1B	+14N	+8B	+19N	+9N	−4B	+11B	9.0	71.5	76.0	59.00	2601	+15.9
3	Lisenkov, SvyatoslavFM	2366	FID	+45N	+22B	+17N	−2B	+30N	−36B	−4N	+44B	+21N	+13B	+8N	8.0	64.0	68.5	47.00	2388	+11.6
4	Gilfanov, Marat IFM	2301	FID	+47B	+18N	+11B	=9N	+20B	−1N	+3B	−8N	+6B	+2N	−12B	7.5	74.5	79.0	52.00	2466	+26.1
5	Kishiev, FamilFM	2339	FID	+46N	+27B	−2N	+21B	+22N	−8B	+44N	+36B	=1B	−12N	+19N	7.5	65.5	70.0	42.25	2398	+24.2
6	Bukreev, StanislavIM	2422	RUS	+32N	+30B	=23N	=36B	=8N	+10B	−9N	+21B	−4N	+27B	+15N	7.5	63.5	68.5	45.00	2372	-3.3
7	Shinkorenko, Ivan Al	2203	FID	+43N	=36B	−9N	+38B	+27N	−19B	+45N	+29B	+10N	+8N	−1B	7.5	62.0	66.5	41.50	2335	+24.6
8	Galaktionov, ArtemFM	2413	RUS	+31B	+34N	+15B	=1N	=6B	+5N	−2N	+4B	+14N	−7B	−3B	7.0	75.0	80.5	47.50	2410	+1.3
9	Averin, NikolayIM	2422	FID	+39B	=20N	+7B	=4B	=10N	+42N	+6B	=1N	−2B	−11N	+24B	7.0	72.0	76.5	45.50	2385	-3.3
10	Tregubenko, NikolayFM	2189	FID	+40B	−1N	+39B	+31N	=9B	−6N	=28B	+16N	−7B	+30N	+20B	7.0	65.5	70.5	39.75	2239	+10.0
11	Kaufman, DavidIM	2430	FID	+55N	+13B	−4N	−27B	−17N	+56B	+25N	+46B	+36N	+9B	−2N	7.0	61.5	64.5	36.00	2310	-11.7
12	Manvelyan, MikayelFM	2494	ARM	=25N	F	−20B	−42N	+43B	=16N	+32B	+54B	+24N	+5B	+4N	7.0	60.0	64.0	41.25	2316	-16.3
13	Charochkina, DariaIM	2162	RUS	+53B	−11N	−31B	+51N	+37B	−21N	+57B	+28N	+42B	−3N	+23N	7.0	55.5	58.5	32.00	2138	-0.5
14	Ponomarev, GrigoriFM	2345	RUS	+37B	+33N	−1B	+54N	+24B	−2B	=22N	+42N	−8B	=20N	=16B	6.5	65.0	69.0	34.25	2277	-14.6
15	Zdorov, Egor VitCM	2267	RUS	+48N	+21B	−8N	+29B	−36N	=27B	+30N	+22B	−19B	+34N	−6B	6.5	59.5	64.0	35.75	2263	+5.2
16	Betenev, Artem Dm	2062	RUS	+59N	−23B	+56N	=17B	−19N	=12B	+31N	−10B	+25N	+21B	=14N	6.5	59.5	62.0	33.00	2176	+24.9
17	Tolstykh, Viktor	2210	FID	+50B	+58N	−3B	=16N	+11B	−20N	−29B	−18N	+44N	+32B	+27N	6.5	59.0	62.0	32.75	2120	-19.5
18	Loboyko, Fedor	2081	RUS	+62N	−4B	−48N	+56B	=45N	−31B	+41N	+17B	−23N	+43B	+29N	6.5	52.5	54.0	28.25	2027	-7.8
19	Yurasov, MatfeyFM	2354	FID	F	F	+58B	+34N	+16B	+7N	+20B	−2B	+15N	−1N	−5B	6.0	68.0	68.0	35.00	2361	+2.5
20	Lyutsinger, IrenFM	2158	FID	+41N	=9B	+12N	+23B	−4N	+17B	−19N	−24B	+22N	=14B	−10N	6.0	65.5	70.5	37.25	2279	+21.0
21	Frolova, Lyubov V.	2043	RUS	+63B	−15N	+49B	−5N	+47B	+13B	+24N	−6N	−3B	−16N	+39B	6.0	63.0	64.0	28.00	2120	+16.7
22	Usov, Dmitry E.	2148	RUS	+57B	−3N	+47B	+43N	−5B	+32N	=14B	−15N	−20B	=26N	+34B	6.0	60.5	63.5	29.25	2127	-1.4
23	Voloshkin, Daniil	2229	FID	+51B	+16N	=6B	−20N	−42B	−28N	=37B	+40N	+18B	+33N	−13B	6.0	59.0	63.0	33.75	2104	-23.6
24	Panichkin, Aleksey	2223	RUS	+56N	+38B	−36N	+32B	−14N	+54B	−21B	+20N	−12B	+28N	−9N	6.0	57.5	60.5	29.00	2194	-5.1
25	Tolengit, Arman	1967	RUS	=12B	−26N	−28B	+40N	+55B	=33N	−11B	+57N	−16B	+53N	+38B	6.0	55.0	58.0	26.75	2048	+11.5
26	Pereverzev, Timofei	2005	RUS	−36N	+25B	−43N	+50B	−44N	−45B	+56N	+41B	=32N	=22B	+37B	6.0	50.0	53.0	28.75	1969	-5.5
27	Denisenko, DenisCM	2098	RUS	+49B	−5N	+51B	+11N	−7B	=15N	−42B	+35N	+30B	−6N	−17B	5.5	62.5	66.5	29.75	2145	+10.7
28	Maslova, Anastasiya YarWFM	1941	FID	−2N	−43B	+25N	=35B	+38N	+23B	=10N	−13B	+46N	−24B	=33B	5.5	61.5	66.0	30.50	2070	+34.9
29	Kondakov, Konstantin	2027	FID	−1B	+40N	+59B	−15N	+48B	=30B	+17N	−7N	−34B	+42N	−18B	5.5	61.5	64.0	25.75	2091	+13.8
30	Vasilkov, NikolayFM	2156	FID	+60B	−6N	+37B	+48N	−3B	=29N	−15B	+31B	−27N	−10B	+43N	5.5	59.5	62.0	24.75	2058	-18.0
31	Rodnikov, Alexei	1904	RUS	−8N	+41B	+13N	−10B	=33B	+18N	−16B	−30N	−43N	+55B	+46N	5.5	59.0	62.5	29.25	2046	+29.8
32	Siverin, Vladislav	1913	FID	−6B	+60N	+33B	−24N	+57B	−22B	−12N	+39N	=26B	−17N	+44B	5.5	57.0	59.5	23.50	2044	+33.2
33	Fedorova, Olesya	2144	RUS	+44N	−14B	−32N	+55B	=31N	=25B	−46N	+37B	+38N	−23B	=28N	5.5	54.0	57.5	26.50	1976	-47.3
34	Borisova, EkaterinaFM	2152	RUS	+52N	−8B	=55N	−19B	+35N	−44B	+43N	+45B	+29N	−15B	−22N	5.5	54.0	57.5	25.75	2017	-32.4
35	Fedorenko, Ekaterina I.WCM	1820	FID	−42B	−39N	+61B	=28N	−34B	+50N	+55B	−27B	−45N	+52B	+56N	5.5	45.0	47.5	19.75	1924	+49.2
36	Zakhartsov, VladimirGM	2499	RUS	+26B	=7N	+24B	=6N	+15B	+3N	−1B	−5N	−11B	F	F	5.0	65.5	65.5	34.00	2360	-14.8
37	Kichatov, Dmitriy Ser	1899	RUS	−14N	+52B	−30N	+62B	−13N	=43B	=23N	−33N	+40B	+41B	−26N	5.0	55.0	56.5	20.75	1941	+3.1
38	Pak, Georgy	1988	RUS	+61B	−24N	=42B	−7N	−28B	=40N	+53B	+51N	−33B	+45B	−25N	5.0	52.5	55.0	19.75	1931	-16.8
39	Petrov, Maksim V	1919	RUS	−9N	+35B	−10N	−44B	−41N	+62B	+60N	−32B	+52N	+50B	−21N	5.0	51.0	52.5	17.50	1847	-21.6
40	Rodionov, Nikita Pav	1823	RUS	−10N	−29B	=52N	−25B	+59N	=38B	+48N	−23B	−37N	+61N	+51B	5.0	49.5	52.0	18.00	1859	+6.7
41	Izotov, Vladimir	1770	FID	−20B	−31N	−50B	+63N	+39B	+47N	−18B	−26N	+56B	−37N	+55B	5.0	49.0	50.0	17.00	1873	+22.9
42	Ippolitov, Mikhail Al	2180	RUS	+35N	−2B	=38N	+12B	+23N	−9B	+27N	−14B	−13N	−29B	F	4.5	64.0	68.5	26.50	2170	-3.0
43	Petrenko, Nikita S.	1830	RUS	−7B	+28N	+26B	−22B	−12N	=37N	−34B	+55N	+31B	−18N	−30B	4.5	60.0	63.5	23.00	1993	+60.8
44	Shimanskaia, Tatiana	1713	FID	−33B	−47N	+53B	+39N	+26B	+34N	−5B	−3N	−17B	=46B	−32N	4.5	58.5	62.5	22.75	1929	+99.6
45	Asachenko, Ksenia	1901	RUS	−3B	−57N	+60B	+49N	=18B	+26N	−7B	−34N	+35B	−38N	F	4.5	56.0	58.5	21.75	1932	+7.6
46	Tereshchenko, ElizaWCM	1883	FID	−5B	−49N	+63B	+58N	−54B	+53N	+33B	−11N	−28B	=44N	−31B	4.5	51.0	52.0	15.75	1826	-29.1
47	Mizerova, Yana	1880	RUS	−4N	+44B	−22N	+59B	−21N	−41B	=58N	−52B	+57B	−51N	+60N	4.5	45.5	48.0	14.00	1767	-25.7
48	Demina, Alena	1877	RUS	−15B	+63N	+18B	−30B	−29N	−57N	−40B	+58N	−53B	=49N	+62B	4.5	45.0	46.0	14.25	1766	-11.3
49	Zagrebneva, Anna	1632	RUS	−27N	+46B	−21N	−45B	−56N	+61B	−52N	−50B	+63N	=48B	+59N	4.5	41.0	42.0	12.75	1712	+27.2
50	Onischenko, Andrey	1860	RUS	−17N	−54B	+41N	−26N	−58B	−35B	F	+49N	+51B	−39N	+53B	4.0	47.5	47.5	17.50	1791	-20.0
51	Volkov, Vladislav	1875	RUS	−23N	+62B	−27N	−13B	+61N	+58B	−54N	−38B	−50N	+47B	−40N	4.0	46.5	48.0	11.50	1777	-13.8
52	Parshinov, Bato Tsy	1755	RUS	−34B	−37N	=40B	−57N	+63B	−55N	+49B	+47N	−39B	−35N	=58N	4.0	44.5	45.5	14.00	1703	-16.8
53	Shevtsov, Demyan	1773	RUS	−13N	−55B	−44N	+60B	+62N	−46B	−38N	+59B	+48N	−25B	−50N	4.0	44.0	45.5	11.00	1737	-24.8
54	Khmelev, Mikhail	2071	RUS	−58B	+50N	+57B	−14B	+46N	−24N	+51B	−12N	F	F	F	4.0	38.0	38.0	15.50	2008	-12.4
55	Nigmatzyanov, Marat	1929	RUS	−11B	+53N	=34B	−33N	−25N	+52B	−35N	−43B	+58B	−31N	−41N	3.5	52.5	55.5	13.75	1776	-23.5
56	Vasilkin, Dmitrii	1868	RUS	−24B	+61N	−16B	−18N	+49B	−11N	−26B	F	−41N	+57N	−35B	3.0	52.5	52.5	10.00	1734	-65.2
57	Kusakina, UlianaWCM	1740	FID	−22N	+45B	−54N	+52B	−32N	+48B	−13N	−25B	−47N	−56B	F	3.0	49.0	49.0	13.00	1802	+20.4
58	Kochergin, Vladimir	1570	RUS	+54N	−17B	−19N	−46B	+50N	−51N	=47B	−48B	−55N	F	=52B	3.0	45.5	45.5	12.25	1746	+39.6
59	Kurguzikova, Alisa	1510	RUS	−16B	F	−29N	−47N	−40B	−60N	+61B	−53N	=62N	+63B	−49B	2.5	37.5	37.5	4.25	1480	-20.4
60	Ananiev, Grigory	1761	RUS	−30N	−32B	−45N	−53N	F	+59B	−39B	−63N	=61B	+62N	−47B	2.5	36.5	36.5	5.25	1573	-75.6
61	Litvinenko, Elizaveta	1420	RUS	−38N	−56B	−35N	F	−51B	−49N	−59N	+62B	=60N	−40B	+63N	2.5	34.5	34.5	3.75	1543	0.0
62	Alekseev, Stanislav	1582	RUS	−18B	−51N	F	−37N	−53B	−39N	+63B	−61N	=59B	−60B	−48N	1.5	37.5	37.5	2.25	1516	-17.2
63	Mityakov, Nikolay	1502	RUS	−21N	−48B	−46N	−41B	−52N	F	−62N	+60B	−49B	−59N	−61B	1.0	37.5	37.5	2.50	1390	-20.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Shimanskaia, TatianaFID
+99.6
4.5 pts · #46
2Petrenko, Nikita S.RUS
+60.8
4.5 pts · #39
3Fedorenko, Ekaterina I.WCMFID
+49.2
5.5 pts · #44

Top rating losers

1Ananiev, GrigoryRUS
-75.6
2.5 pts · #60
2Vasilkin, DmitriiRUS
-65.2
3.0 pts · #59
3Fedorova, OlesyaRUS
-47.3
5.5 pts · #30

Biggest upsets

R1+501 Elo gap
Kochergin, Vladimir1570 beat Khmelev, Mikhail2071
R6+439 Elo gap
Shimanskaia, Tatiana1713 beat FMBorisova, Ekaterina2152
R3+336 Elo gap
FMLyutsinger, Iren2158 beat FMManvelyan, Mikayel2494