Blitz Moscow. March 2026 - 4

SwissBlitz

77 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held on 14 Mar 2026 in Moscow, Russia. 23 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2445, and top seed was Dmitry Rostovtsev (🇷🇺 RUS, IM, 2520).

Aleksandr E. Usov (🇷🇺 RUS, IM, 2507) won with 9.0/11, ahead of Vladimir Zakhartsov (9.0) and David Kaufman (8.0). Usov won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Konstantin Alekseev (1699) beat Anton Karpenko (CM, 2243), a +544-point gap.

Location

🇷🇺Moscow, Russia

Dates

14 Mar 2026

Time control

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

System

Swiss · 11 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇺IMDmitry Rostovtsev2520

Avg top 10

2,445

Participants

Titled players · 23

GM×1

IM×7

FM×10

CM×1

WFM×1

WCM×3

Federations · 5 represented

🇷🇺Russia×58

FIDE (no federation)×15

🇪🇪Estonia×1

🇦🇲Armenia×1

🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina×1

Top 3

🥇
IMAleksandr E. Usov
🇷🇺RUS·2507
9.0pts·2619perf+15.5
🥈
GMVladimir Zakhartsov
🇷🇺RUS·2499
9.0pts·2546perf+8.3
🥉
IMDavid Kaufman
FID·2430
8.0pts·2450perf+6.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 11 rounds

Tight race until R11; 2 players tied at 9.0/11, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Usov9Zakhartsov9Gilfanov8Bukreev8Kaufman8Panichkin8— ex-leaders:Galaktionovled R5, #15

R8 · LEADER CHANGE14 Mar

GM Vladimir Zakhartsov takes the sole lead (7.0/8).

R11 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 9.0/11. Usov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (75.5).

R10 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Aleksandr E. Usov drew with GM Vladimir Zakhartsov (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1IMAleksandr E. Usov	*	½	0	1
2GMVladimir Zakhartsov	½	*	1	—
3FMMarat I Gilfanov	1	0	*	0
4IMStanislav Bukreev	0	—	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	+28N	+37B	+9N	+5B	=8N	−4B	+18N	+3B	+7N	=2N	+10B	9.0	75.5	81.0	64.75	2619	+15.5
2	Zakhartsov, VladimirGM	2499	RUS	+42B	−20N	+23N	+17B	+9N	+13B	+12N	+4B	+8N	=1B	=3B	9.0	74.0	79.5	64.50	2546	+8.3
3	Kaufman, DavidIM	2430	FID	+74N	+21B	+38N	=4B	−12N	+19N	+5B	−1N	+11B	+7B	=2N	8.0	74.5	76.5	52.00	2450	+6.6
4	Gilfanov, Marat IFM	2301	FID	+54B	+25N	+52B	=3N	+19B	+1N	=8B	−2N	+15B	+6N	−5B	8.0	74.0	78.5	53.75	2423	+19.4
5	Bukreev, StanislavIM	2422	RUS	+41B	+27N	+11B	−1N	+59B	+22N	−3N	−6B	+14N	+9B	+4N	8.0	73.0	77.0	52.00	2380	-2.4
6	Panichkin, Aleksey	2223	RUS	+49B	−26N	+29B	+36N	+54B	−7N	+27B	+5N	+20B	−4B	+16N	8.0	65.5	70.0	48.50	2288	+17.1
7	Manvelyan, MikayelFM	2494	ARM	+29N	+45B	+20N	−12B	+14N	+6B	+10N	=8B	−1B	−3N	+15B	7.5	73.5	78.5	50.75	2425	-4.9
8	Rostovtsev, DmitryIM	2520	RUS	+61B	+15N	+44B	+13N	=1B	+12B	=4N	=7N	−2B	−10N	+20B	7.5	73.5	77.5	48.75	2461	-4.3
9	Tregubenko, NikolayFM	2189	FID	+43B	+47N	−1B	+35N	−2B	+26B	+21N	+13N	=10B	−5N	+19B	7.5	70.5	75.5	45.75	2324	+23.9
10	Zverev, LevIM	2480	FID	+39B	−38N	+61B	+11N	+44B	+27N	−7B	+22N	=9N	+8B	−1N	7.5	67.5	71.5	45.75	2367	-9.6
11	Loboyko, Fedor	2081	RUS	+66N	+18B	−5N	−10B	=34N	+59B	+53N	+37B	−3N	+35B	+22N	7.5	61.5	65.0	38.75	2248	+38.2
12	Galaktionov, ArtemFM	2413	RUS	+59N	+36B	+17B	+7N	+3B	−8N	−2B	−15N	+44B	−16N	+24B	7.0	70.0	74.0	43.50	2335	-6.4
13	Kishiev, FamilFM	2339	FID	+34N	+35B	+26N	−8B	+60N	−2N	+38B	−9B	+45N	−15N	+27B	7.0	64.5	68.5	37.50	2241	-19.8
14	Lyutsinger, IrenFM	2158	FID	+33B	−52N	+41B	+47N	−7B	−23N	+54B	+28N	−5B	+36N	+30B	7.0	60.5	65.0	38.50	2109	-6.5
15	Usov, Dmitry E.	2148	RUS	+62N	−8B	−34N	+58B	+74N	+60B	+35N	+12B	−4N	+13B	−7N	7.0	60.5	62.5	34.00	2201	+11.5
16	Shinkorenko, Ivan Al	2203	FID	+53N	−60B	−59N	+43B	+46N	−21B	+29N	+23B	+26N	+12B	−6B	7.0	59.0	63.0	40.50	2076	-16.2
17	Frolova, Lyubov V.	2043	RUS	+69B	+58B	−12N	−2N	+40B	−18B	−46N	+53B	+59N	+44N	+31B	7.0	57.0	60.0	32.50	2147	+21.5
18	Vershinin, IgorFM	2349	RUS	+48B	−11N	+28B	+21N	−27B	+17N	−1B	=52N	+25B	−24N	+26B	6.5	66.0	70.5	39.25	2120	-51.6
19	Korneva, MarinaIM	2134	RUS	=55B	+40N	+32B	+22N	−4N	−3B	+34N	−20B	+23N	+37B	−9N	6.5	65.5	70.0	37.75	2161	+6.2
20	Kozenkov, Valery	2136	RUS	+63N	+2B	−7B	−59N	+41B	+52N	+24B	+19N	−6N	=22B	−8N	6.5	65.5	69.5	39.25	2209	+20.4
21	Pereverzev, Timofei	2005	RUS	+67B	−3N	+49B	−18B	+30N	+16N	−9B	−44N	=28B	+41N	+35B	6.5	62.0	65.5	35.50	2105	+12.4
22	Dragomarezkij, EvgeniIM	2218	RUS	+64N	+46B	+60N	−19B	+26N	−5B	+45N	−10B	+36N	=20N	−11B	6.5	61.5	65.5	32.75	2147	-7.4
23	Ponomariov, TimurFM	1959	RUS	+50B	=32N	−2B	+55N	=52B	+14B	=37N	−16N	−19B	+40N	+44B	6.5	61.0	65.5	35.00	2110	+43.2
24	Kondakov, Konstantin	2027	FID	−51N	+62B	=53N	+56B	=37N	+31B	−20N	=35B	+52N	+18B	−12N	6.5	55.5	59.5	33.25	2077	+11.9
25	Pasalic, HarunFM	2003	BIH	+65N	−4B	=56N	−53B	+39N	−34B	+55N	+46B	−18N	+52B	+37N	6.5	54.0	57.5	30.75	2009	+2.8
26	Pankratov, Mikhail A.	1984	RUS	+73N	+6B	−13B	+31N	−22B	−9N	+33B	+27N	−16B	+38N	−18N	6.0	66.0	68.0	33.50	2159	+50.2
27	Fedorov, Artem AlekFM	2110	RUS	+76N	−5B	+30N	+34B	+18N	−10B	−6N	−26B	+29N	+60B	−13N	6.0	64.5	65.5	29.00	2114	+4.3
28	Ivashentseva, DominikaWCM	1921	FID	−1B	+33N	−18N	−63B	+73N	+58B	+31N	−14B	=21N	=34B	+60N	6.0	59.0	61.0	28.50	1991	+16.8
29	Vershinin, Miroslav	1908	RUS	−7B	+75N	−6N	−57B	+70N	+63B	−16B	+33N	−27B	+49N	+50B	6.0	56.0	58.0	25.00	1930	+7.6
30	Makalkin, Andrey	1854	RUS	−32B	+70N	−27B	+50N	−21B	−47N	+51B	+57N	+42B	+45B	−14N	6.0	55.5	58.5	28.00	1948	+18.9
31	Tolstykh, Viktor	2210	FID	−40B	+55N	+74B	−26B	+53N	−24N	−28B	+49N	+48B	+56B	−17N	6.0	54.5	56.5	25.50	1929	-71.6
32	Karpenko, AntonCM	2243	FID	+30N	=23B	−19N	−60B	+56N	−53B	+62N	+34B	−35N	=39B	+48N	6.0	53.5	57.5	31.00	1940	-71.8
33	Mamedov, Elshad	1767	RUS	−14N	−28B	+65N	+61N	+36B	−45B	−26N	−29B	+69B	+54N	+47B	6.0	52.5	55.5	25.50	1960	+51.0
34	Zhuravlev, Matvey R	1877	RUS	−13B	+68N	+15B	−27N	=11B	+25N	−19B	−32N	+55B	=28N	=36B	5.5	62.5	66.0	31.00	2025	+59.2
35	Krasin, Boris Vsev	1974	FID	+70B	−13N	+43B	−9B	+63N	+44N	−15B	=24N	+32B	−11N	−21N	5.5	62.5	65.5	26.75	2031	+34.8
36	Pak, Georgy	1988	RUS	+68B	−12N	+40B	−6B	−33N	+42N	+41B	+38N	−22B	−14B	=34N	5.5	62.0	65.5	28.25	2000	+2.2
37	Fedorova, Olesya	2144	RUS	+75B	−1N	+48B	=52N	=24B	+54N	=23B	−11N	+40B	−19N	−25B	5.5	62.0	64.0	25.75	1998	-42.0
38	Babakekhyan, Artem	2120	FID	+56N	+10B	−3B	−54N	+48B	+57N	−13N	−36B	+46N	−26B	=39N	5.5	58.5	63.0	29.25	2025	-19.2
39	Rodnikov, Alexei	1904	RUS	−10N	=76B	+64N	−45B	−25B	+50N	+42B	−40N	+43B	=32N	=38B	5.5	56.0	57.0	26.25	1947	+8.2
40	Gaer, Sofiya IgWCM	1821	FID	+31N	−19B	−36N	+77B	−17N	=61N	+57B	+39B	−37N	−23B	+56N	5.5	55.5	55.5	22.50	1942	+54.4
41	Ivanova, Lubov	1893	RUS	−5N	+66B	−14N	+73B	−20N	+69B	−36N	=56B	+53N	−21B	+55B	5.5	53.5	55.5	19.75	1899	-1.0
42	Lopatkin, Aleksey	1908	RUS	−2N	−56B	=69N	+62B	+55N	−36B	−39N	+66B	−30N	+65B	+57B	5.5	50.5	53.5	21.50	1823	-25.6
43	Popov, Nikita Vlad	1796	RUS	−9N	+72B	−35N	−16N	=69B	−55B	+65N	+62B	−39N	+67B	+52N	5.5	48.5	51.0	19.50	1842	+9.7
44	Esipenko, Aleksandr	2176	RUS	+58N	+51B	−8N	+46B	−10N	−35B	+59N	+21B	−12N	−17B	−23N	5.0	62.0	66.0	25.00	2032	-28.7
45	Poluyanov, Alexander	2113	RUS	+57B	−7N	−54B	+39N	+49B	+33N	−22B	+48N	−13B	−30N	F	5.0	57.5	57.5	26.00	1988	-59.2
46	Barkasheva, SofiaWCM	1930	EST	+77B	−22N	+71B	−44N	−16B	+49N	+17B	−25N	−38B	−50N	+62B	5.0	54.0	54.0	18.50	1873	-7.7
47	Torgaev, Igor	1962	RUS	+72N	−9B	+51N	−14B	−57N	+30B	−48N	+63B	−60N	+59B	−33N	5.0	53.0	55.5	21.50	1794	-45.0
48	Demina, Alena	1877	RUS	−18N	+69B	−37N	+70B	−38N	+51N	+47B	−45B	−31N	+61N	−32B	5.0	51.5	54.5	20.00	1958	+6.7
49	Burnazov, Lev	1824	RUS	−6N	+73B	−21N	+71B	−45N	−46B	+69N	−31B	+63N	−29B	+59N	5.0	50.0	52.0	15.50	1861	+7.4
50	Farkhulin, Daniel	1566	RUS	−23N	=64B	=62N	−30B	+76N	−39B	+58N	−59B	+66N	+46B	−29N	5.0	49.0	50.0	18.00	1801	+119.6
51	Vitsenovskiy, Vadim Ven	1656	RUS	+24B	−44N	−47B	−74N	+77N	−48B	−30N	−69N	+68B	+64N	+61B	5.0	44.0	44.0	18.00	1803	+34.5
52	Maslova, Anastasiya YarWFM	1941	FID	+71N	+14B	−4N	=37B	=23N	−20B	+60N	=18B	−24B	−25N	−43B	4.5	62.5	65.0	22.75	1944	-1.5
53	Golofast, Uliyana	1809	RUS	−16B	+77N	=24B	+25N	−31B	+32N	−11B	−17N	−41B	−57N	+63N	4.5	60.5	60.5	19.75	1905	+17.9
54	Volkov, Vladislav	1875	RUS	−4N	+65B	+45N	+38B	−6N	−37B	−14N	=67B	−56N	−33B	+66N	4.5	56.5	60.0	19.25	1893	-0.5
55	Yashina, Olga V	1746	RUS	=19N	−31B	+76N	−23B	−42B	+43N	−25B	+64B	−34N	+58B	−41N	4.5	56.0	57.0	18.25	1847	+25.0
56	Litvinenko, Dmitriy	1745	RUS	−38B	+42N	=25B	−24N	−32B	+76N	=61B	=41N	+54B	−31N	−40B	4.5	55.5	56.5	19.00	1897	+36.4
57	Solunov, Danila	1728	RUS	−45N	−74B	+72N	+29N	+47B	−38B	−40N	−30B	=58N	+53B	−42N	4.5	50.0	52.0	20.25	1820	+21.6
58	Klyueva, Tatyana Ig	1776	RUS	−44B	−17N	+67B	−15N	+72B	−28N	−50B	+77N	=57B	−55N	+65B	4.5	48.5	48.5	11.75	1709	-46.8
59	Mizerova, Yana	1880	RUS	−12B	+67N	+16B	+20B	−5N	−11N	−44B	+50N	−17B	−47N	−49B	4.0	63.0	66.5	22.00	1916	+3.5
60	Alekseev, Konstantin	1699	RUS	F	+16N	−22B	+32N	−13B	−15N	−52B	+61N	+47B	−27N	−28B	4.0	59.0	59.0	22.00	1959	+96.3
61	Nigmatzyanov, Marat	1929	RUS	−8N	+63B	−10N	−33B	+65N	=40B	=56N	−60B	+67N	−48B	−51N	4.0	52.5	56.0	16.00	1741	-28.6
62	Ananiev, Grigory	1761	RUS	−15B	−24N	=50B	−42N	+68B	+71N	−32B	−43N	=64B	+69N	−46N	4.0	51.0	53.5	13.50	1735	-21.4
63	Glamazdin, Evgeniy	1758	RUS	−20B	−61N	+68B	+28N	−35B	−29N	+72B	−47N	−49B	+70N	−53B	4.0	49.0	51.5	15.00	1737	-16.8
64	Kapitanov, Andrej	1824	RUS	−22B	=50N	−39B	−69N	=71N	=65B	+68B	−55N	=62N	−51B	+70B	4.0	43.5	46.0	14.00	1619	-60.8
65	Shevchenko, Timofey Den	1642	RUS	−25B	−54N	−33B	+67N	−61B	=64N	−43B	+70N	+71B	−42N	−58N	3.5	47.0	49.5	11.00	1653	-2.4
66	Dudareva, Mariya Andr	1695	RUS	−11B	−41N	−70B	=68N	=75B	=72N	+71B	−42N	−50B	+73N	−54B	3.5	41.5	43.5	8.50	1595	-65.6
67	Pashchenko, Anastasiya	1654	RUS	−21N	−59B	−58N	−65B	F	+70N	+75B	=54N	−61B	−43N	+71B	3.5	40.0	40.0	9.75	1668	+0.3
68	Gerasimov, Elisey Pav	1625	RUS	−36N	−34B	−63N	=66B	−62N	+73B	−64N	−72B	−51N	+77B	+69B	3.5	39.0	39.0	6.75	1551	-42.0
69	Shevchenko, Rostislav	1692	RUS	−17N	−48N	=42B	+64B	=43N	−41N	−49B	+51B	−33N	−62B	−68N	3.0	52.5	56.0	14.50	1641	-30.8
70	Makarov, Daniil	1587	RUS	−35N	−30B	+66N	−48N	−29B	−67B	+73N	−65B	+72N	−63B	−64N	3.0	43.5	45.5	8.00	1586	-3.8
71	Plekhanov, Nikita	1531	RUS	−52B	F	−46N	−49N	=64B	−62B	−66N	+73B	−65N	+72B	−67N	2.5	37.5	37.5	6.50	1552	+1.6
72	Kochergin, Vladimir	1570	RUS	−47B	−43N	−57B	F	−58N	=66B	−63N	+68N	−70B	−71N	+77N	2.5	36.0	36.0	5.25	1444	-29.9
73	Grigorcha, Evgeny S	1621	RUS	−26B	−49N	+75B	−41N	−28B	−68N	−70B	−71N	+77B	−66B	F	2.0	37.0	37.0	2.00	1406	-52.8
74	Kichatov, Dmitriy Ser	1899	RUS	−3B	+57N	−31N	+51B	−15B	F	F	F	F	F	F	2.0	30.5	30.5	9.50	1936	+0.4
75	Lebedev, Andrey	1760	RUS	−37N	−29B	−73N	=76B	=66N	+77B	−67N	F	F	F	F	2.0	21.5	21.5	2.25	1517	-75.2
76	Larionov, Dmitry	1720	RUS	−27B	=39N	−55B	=75N	−50B	−56B	F	F	F	F	F	1.0	27.5	27.5	3.75	1532	-25.6
77	FIDE 570017123	0	—	−46N	−53B	F	−40N	−51B	−75N	F	−58B	−73N	−68N	−72B	0.0	35.5	35.5	0.00	929	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Farkhulin, DanielRUS
+119.6
5.0 pts · #45
2Alekseev, KonstantinRUS
+96.3
4.0 pts · #57
3Zhuravlev, Matvey RRUS
+59.2
5.5 pts · #36

Top rating losers

1Lebedev, AndreyRUS
-75.2
2.0 pts · #74
2Karpenko, AntonCMFID
-71.8
6.0 pts · #26
3Tolstykh, ViktorFID
-71.6
6.0 pts · #30

Biggest upsets

R4+544 Elo gap
Alekseev, Konstantin1699 beat CMKarpenko, Anton2243
R2+504 Elo gap
Alekseev, Konstantin1699 beat Shinkorenko, Ivan Al2203
R6+434 Elo gap
Golofast, Uliyana1809 beat CMKarpenko, Anton2243