VO Moscow. March 2026
78 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 08 Mar 2026 to 29 Mar 2026 in Moscow, Russia. 2 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1982, and top seed was Daniil Voloshkin ( FID, 2109).
Luka Sakovich ( FID, 1898) won with 7.0/8, ahead of Andrey Onischenko (6.5) and Andrey Popkov (6.0). Sakovich took the lead from round 7.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Dzhuma Mirzoev (1430) beat Alexander Elez (1830), a +400-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 8 roundsLuka Sakovich led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.
Luka Sakovich takes the sole lead (6.0/7).
Luka Sakovich beat Andrey Onischenko (White).
Luka Sakovich 5 wins (R4–R8)Andrey Onischenko 4 wins (R1–R4)Andrey Popkov 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Luka Sakovich | * | 1 | — | — |
| 2Andrey Onischenko | 0 | * | 1 | 1 |
| 3Andrey Popkov | — | 0 | * | — |
| 4Daniil Voloshkin | — | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sakovich, Luka | 1898 | FID | +55N | +42B | −18N | +51B | +28B | +7N | +2B | +14N | 7.0 | 32.0 | 35.0 | 30.50 | 2091 | +31.2 |
| 2 | Onischenko, Andrey | 1900 | RUS | +35B | +27N | +4B | +3B | =18N | +9B | −1N | +10N | 6.5 | 37.5 | 41.5 | 32.25 | 2128 | +46.2 |
| 3 | Popkov, Andrey | 1978 | RUS | +36B | +5N | +21B | −2N | +20B | +10N | −14B | +12N | 6.0 | 36.5 | 40.5 | 29.00 | 2030 | +11.8 |
| 4 | Voloshkin, Daniil | 2109 | FID | +34N | +30B | −2N | +11B | −10B | +54N | +19B | +13N | 6.0 | 34.0 | 37.0 | 25.50 | 2008 | -14.2 |
| 5 | Polukhin, Yaroslav | 1819 | RUS | +45N | −3B | +24N | +53B | =6N | =11B | +21B | +25N | 6.0 | 34.0 | 37.0 | 25.50 | 1961 | +64.4 |
| 6 | Denishev, MaratFM | 2108 | FID | +76B | −12N | +8B | +62N | =5B | =19N | +31B | +9N | 6.0 | 33.0 | 34.0 | 23.75 | 1967 | -18.6 |
| 7 | Mukhin, Mikhail | 1860 | FID | +15B | =52N | +29B | +17N | =9N | −1B | =8N | +19B | 5.5 | 36.0 | 39.0 | 25.25 | 1938 | +32.8 |
| 8 | Kolisnichenko, Evgeny | 0 | RUS | =63N | +72B | −6N | +52N | =12B | +27N | =7B | +18B | 5.5 | 30.5 | 32.0 | 19.50 | 1868 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Chkhitunidze, Leon | 1906 | RUS | +23B | =29N | +16B | +12N | =7B | −2N | +20B | −6B | 5.0 | 37.0 | 41.0 | 23.75 | 1914 | +2.2 |
| 10 | Lagashin, Pavel | 1897 | FID | +57B | +20N | +33B | −18B | +4N | −3B | +11N | −2B | 5.0 | 36.5 | 39.5 | 22.50 | 1952 | +12.8 |
| 11 | Popov, Sergey Vl | 1747 | RUS | +73B | =13N | +22B | −4N | +17B | =5N | −10B | +35N | 5.0 | 35.5 | 37.0 | 20.50 | 1945 | +70.8 |
| 12 | Medvedev, Ivan Dmit | 1850 | RUS | +38N | +6B | =32N | −9B | =8N | +23B | +28N | −3B | 5.0 | 35.0 | 39.0 | 23.25 | 1897 | +20.0 |
| 13 | Gordeychik, Matvey | 1912 | RUS | +24N | =11B | =67N | +56B | −19N | +43B | +18N | −4B | 5.0 | 31.0 | 33.5 | 19.25 | 1884 | -9.6 |
| 14 | Krasin, Boris Vsev | 1979 | FID | F | F | +60B | +27N | +31B | +18B | +3N | −1B | 5.0 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 21.50 | 2087 | +32.8 |
| 15 | Dmitriev, Artem | 1527 | RUS | −7N | +54N | −20B | +24B | +51N | −62N | +27B | +41B | 5.0 | 28.0 | 31.0 | 18.00 | 1816 | +118.4 |
| 16 | Belokon, Artour | 1790 | RUS | +66N | =32B | −9N | +74B | =22N | =37B | =26N | +53B | 5.0 | 27.5 | 28.5 | 15.00 | 1773 | +1.6 |
| 17 | Pavlenko, Aleksej | 1905 | RUS | +40N | =67B | +63N | −7B | −11N | +72B | =37N | +44B | 5.0 | 26.5 | 28.0 | 14.25 | 1781 | -23.0 |
| 18 | Kuzmin, Ivan | 1925 | RUS | +43B | +19N | +1B | +10N | =2B | −14N | −13B | −8N | 4.5 | 38.5 | 42.0 | 23.25 | 1964 | +9.0 |
| 19 | Stupa, Gleb | 1804 | RUS | +70B | −18B | +42N | +33N | +13B | =6B | −4N | −7N | 4.5 | 34.5 | 36.5 | 17.50 | 1900 | +44.4 |
| 20 | Maksimov, Aleksey Iv | 1678 | RUS | +68N | −10B | +15N | +32B | −3N | +22B | −9N | =26B | 4.5 | 34.0 | 36.0 | 17.75 | 1874 | +56.0 |
| 21 | Galkin, Vladimir | 1924 | RUS | +71N | +56B | −3N | =67B | =30N | +44B | −5N | =23B | 4.5 | 29.5 | 31.5 | 14.00 | 1795 | -23.8 |
| 22 | Grigorian, Sergey | 2016 | RUS | +65N | =50B | −11N | +43N | =16B | −20N | =36B | +40B | 4.5 | 29.0 | 31.5 | 15.75 | 1741 | -47.6 |
| 23 | Butuzova, Tatyana | 1617 | RUS | −9N | +48B | −56N | +68B | +32N | −12N | +33B | =21N | 4.5 | 29.0 | 31.0 | 15.75 | 1831 | +28.8 |
| 24 | Shiryaev, Eduard | 1631 | RUS | −13B | +70N | −5B | −15N | +49B | +69N | =39B | +45N | 4.5 | 29.0 | 31.0 | 13.00 | 1569 | -11.4 |
| 25 | Burnazov, Lev | 1874 | RUS | +64N | =53B | +26N | −50B | −44N | +34B | +46N | −5B | 4.5 | 28.0 | 30.5 | 16.00 | 1605 | -39.8 |
| 26 | Malygin, Maksim | 0 | RUS | =31B | +74N | −25B | =29N | =52B | +63N | =16B | =20N | 4.5 | 27.5 | 28.5 | 13.75 | 1727 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Malchenko, Ilya Mikh | 1696 | RUS | +48N | −2B | +64N | −14B | +38N | −8B | −15N | +51B | 4.0 | 32.5 | 35.0 | 13.00 | 1682 | -6.0 |
| 28 | Kachev, Andrey | 0 | RUS | +54B | −31N | F | +41B | −1N | +29N | −12B | +36N | 4.0 | 30.5 | 31.5 | 14.50 | 1799 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Morozevich, Kirill Aleks | 1752 | FID | +78N | =9B | −7N | =26B | +57N | −28B | =40N | =38B | 4.0 | 29.5 | 29.5 | 11.50 | 1691 | -14.4 |
| 30 | Tolengit, Arman | 1841 | RUS | +39B | −4N | +71B | =44N | =21B | −35N | +55B | −37N | 4.0 | 29.0 | 31.0 | 13.00 | 1697 | -55.6 |
| 31 | Kelekhsaev, Ivan | 1808 | RUS | =26N | +28B | =53N | +57B | −14N | +40B | −6N | F | 4.0 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 14.25 | 1747 | -14.0 |
| 32 | Kedrov, Valery V.FM | 1923 | RUS | +58B | =16N | =12B | −20N | −23B | −55N | +69B | +52N | 4.0 | 28.0 | 30.0 | 13.00 | 1668 | -47.8 |
| 33 | Anfinogenov, Artem | 1949 | FID | +51N | +41B | −10N | −19B | −40N | +42B | −23N | +55B | 4.0 | 27.5 | 30.5 | 13.00 | 1695 | -47.0 |
| 34 | Pashchenko, Anastasiya | 1665 | RUS | −4B | +39N | =37B | +46N | F | −25N | =63B | +61B | 4.0 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 13.75 | 1751 | +23.6 |
| 35 | Trubitsyn, Vladimir | 1606 | RUS | −2N | −68B | +66N | +77B | +56N | +30B | −44N | −11B | 4.0 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 9.50 | 1714 | +13.0 |
| 36 | Chapygin, Sergey | 1647 | RUS | −3N | =45B | +72N | −54B | +74N | +41B | =22N | −28B | 4.0 | 26.0 | 27.0 | 10.00 | 1762 | +20.0 |
| 37 | Prutkovskiy, Stepan G | 1576 | RUS | F | F | =34N | +63B | =41N | =16N | =17B | +30B | 4.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 15.25 | 1908 | +101.2 |
| 38 | Glamazdin, Evgeniy | 1509 | RUS | −12B | −76N | +73B | +58N | −27B | =52N | +68B | =29N | 4.0 | 22.5 | 23.5 | 10.00 | 1586 | +20.8 |
| 39 | Mityakov, Nikolay | 1487 | RUS | −30N | −34B | +78N | −40B | +77N | +51B | =24N | =57B | 4.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 6.75 | 1534 | +6.0 |
| 40 | Tutykhin, Erkin Val | 1606 | RUS | −17B | −47N | +70B | +39N | +33B | −31N | =29B | −22N | 3.5 | 29.0 | 31.0 | 12.00 | 1758 | +46.8 |
| 41 | Kuznetsova, Veronika | 1818 | RUS | +49B | −33N | +58B | −28N | =37B | −36N | +65B | −15N | 3.5 | 27.5 | 30.0 | 11.00 | 1607 | -66.8 |
| 42 | Zelenkov, Grigorii | 1595 | RUS | +59B | −1N | −19B | +69N | −62B | −33N | +64B | =63N | 3.5 | 26.5 | 28.5 | 8.75 | 1640 | +13.2 |
| 43 | Pylaev, Evgenij | 1641 | RUS | −18N | +66B | +68N | −22B | +53N | −13N | =57B | −46B | 3.5 | 26.0 | 28.0 | 9.00 | 1630 | -4.8 |
| 44 | Sidelnikov, Fedor Andr | 1663 | FID | F | F | +77N | =30B | +25B | −21N | +35B | −17N | 3.5 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 10.50 | 1830 | +41.6 |
| 45 | Lomakin, Konstantin | 1408 | RUS | −5B | =36N | F | F | +68N | +64B | +72N | −24B | 3.5 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 8.00 | 1659 | +59.6 |
| 46 | Smetanin, Alexandr | 0 | RUS | =72N | −63B | +61N | −34B | F | +78N | −25B | +43N | 3.5 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 7.25 | 1670 | 0.0 |
| 47 | Morozov, Daniil M. | 0 | RUS | −56N | +40B | −51N | −72B | =64N | −60B | +66N | +74B | 3.5 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 8.25 | 1499 | 0.0 |
| 48 | Botsyan, Andrey | 0 | RUS | −27B | −23N | −69B | =70N | +75B | −59N | +77B | +65N | 3.5 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 4.50 | 1340 | 0.0 |
| 49 | Bazarbaev, Arman Bul | 0 | RUS | −41N | −71B | −54B | +78N | −24N | =66B | +73N | +72B | 3.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 4.25 | 1448 | 0.0 |
| 50 | Safir, Iaroslav | 1821 | ISR | +69B | =22N | +52B | +25N | F | F | F | F | 3.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 11.75 | 2084 | +48.0 |
| 51 | Popov, German | 1643 | RUS | −33B | +59N | +47B | −1N | −15B | −39N | +70B | −27N | 3.0 | 30.5 | 32.5 | 8.50 | 1465 | -34.6 |
| 52 | Zaitsev, Mikhail Andr | 1670 | RUS | +75N | =7B | −50N | −8B | =26N | =38B | =60N | −32B | 3.0 | 30.0 | 31.0 | 9.50 | 1586 | -24.8 |
| 53 | Dudareva, Mariya Andr | 1468 | RUS | +61B | =25N | =31B | −5N | −43B | +58N | F | −16N | 3.0 | 29.0 | 32.0 | 10.25 | 1720 | +76.4 |
| 54 | Madaev, Adam | 1682 | RUS | −28N | −15B | +49N | +36N | +55B | −4B | F | F | 3.0 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 10.50 | 1708 | +0.8 |
| 55 | Shchukina, Ekaterina | 1578 | FID | −1B | +73N | −62B | +59B | −54N | +32B | −30N | −33N | 3.0 | 28.0 | 29.5 | 8.50 | 1623 | +2.4 |
| 56 | Blyanikhov, Artur | 1777 | RUS | +47B | −21N | +23B | −13N | −35B | −57N | +59B | −60N | 3.0 | 27.5 | 30.5 | 11.00 | 1499 | -49.8 |
| 57 | Khodzhoyan, Artush | 1573 | RUS | −10N | +75B | F | −31N | −29B | +56B | =43N | =39N | 3.0 | 26.0 | 27.0 | 7.75 | 1602 | +2.4 |
| 58 | Cherepashkin, Ivan | 1636 | RUS | −32N | +78B | −41N | −38B | +59N | −53B | −61N | +70B | 3.0 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 5.00 | 1464 | -33.0 |
| 59 | Filippov, Nikolay | 1407 | RUS | −42N | −51B | +75N | −55N | −58B | +48B | −56N | +69N | 3.0 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 6.50 | 1336 | -20.4 |
| 60 | Grinshtein, Shmuel | 1561 | RUS | F | F | −14N | =65B | F | +47N | =52B | +56B | 3.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 9.25 | 1765 | +38.4 |
| 61 | Elez, Alexander | 1830 | RUS | −53N | −64B | −46B | +73N | −69B | +77N | +58B | −34N | 3.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 4.50 | 1306 | -125.6 |
| 62 | Egorushkin, Lev Aleks | 1764 | RUS | F | F | +55N | −6B | +42N | +15B | F | F | 3.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 11.50 | 1894 | +24.4 |
| 63 | Trapeznikova, Emma | 1681 | RUS | =8B | +46N | −17B | −37N | F | −26B | =34N | =42B | 2.5 | 30.0 | 33.0 | 10.00 | 1490 | -40.4 |
| 64 | Makeeva, Margarita Rom | 1540 | RUS | −25B | +61N | −27B | −71N | =47B | −45N | −42N | +73B | 2.5 | 24.0 | 25.5 | 6.25 | 1400 | -40.4 |
| 65 | Belyaevskiy, Mikhail | 1654 | RUS | −22B | +69N | F | =60N | F | +74B | −41N | −48B | 2.5 | 23.0 | 24.0 | 4.50 | 1647 | -2.8 |
| 66 | Smetanin, Vladimir Al | 0 | RUS | −16B | −43N | −35B | =75N | =70B | =49N | −47B | +77N | 2.5 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 3.25 | 1287 | 0.0 |
| 67 | Neverova, Kristina Geo | 1684 | RUS | +77B | =17N | =13B | =21N | F | F | F | F | 2.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 7.25 | 1914 | +34.8 |
| 68 | FIDE 570015082 | 0 | — | −20B | +35N | −43B | −23N | −45B | −70N | −38N | +75B | 2.0 | 26.0 | 27.0 | 5.00 | 1242 | 0.0 |
| 69 | Mirzoev, Dzhuma | 1430 | RUS | −50N | −65B | +48N | −42B | +61N | −24B | −32N | −59B | 2.0 | 25.0 | 27.5 | 6.50 | 1370 | -10.2 |
| 70 | Koltygin, Dmitriy | 0 | RUS | −19N | −24B | −40N | =48B | =66N | +68B | −51N | −58N | 2.0 | 24.5 | 26.5 | 5.00 | 863 | -18.4 |
| 71 | Ignatenko, Boris Al | 1636 | RUS | −21B | +49N | −30N | +64B | F | F | F | F | 2.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 6.00 | 1642 | -1.6 |
| 72 | Kosolapova, Olga | 1674 | RUS | =46B | −8N | −36B | +47N | F | −17N | −45B | −49N | 1.5 | 28.5 | 29.5 | 5.25 | 853 | -31.4 |
| 73 | Borisov, Artem | 0 | RUS | −11N | −55B | −38N | −61B | +78B | =75N | −49B | −64N | 1.5 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 0.50 | 839 | 0.0 |
| 74 | Kashirsky, Eugeny D. | 1408 | RUS | F | −26B | F | −16N | −36B | −65N | +75B | −47N | 1.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 1.00 | 894 | -9.8 |
| 75 | FIDE 570015104 | 0 | — | −52B | −57N | −59B | =66B | −48N | =73B | −74N | −68N | 1.0 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 2.00 | 715 | 0.0 |
| 76 | Musagitov, Marat | 1660 | RUS | −6N | +38B | F | F | F | F | F | F | 1.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 4.00 | 1784 | +4.4 |
| 77 | FIDE 55859828 | 0 | — | −67N | F | −44B | −35N | −39B | −61B | −48N | −66B | 0.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 0.00 | 853 | 0.0 |
| 78 | Kelekhsaev, Andrey | 0 | RUS | −29B | −58N | −39B | −49B | −73N | −46B | F | F | 0.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 0.00 | 824 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Dmitriev, ArtemRUS+118.45.0 pts · #12
- 2Prutkovskiy, Stepan GRUS+101.24.0 pts · #24
- 3Dudareva, Mariya AndrRUS+76.43.0 pts · #36
- 1Elez, AlexanderRUS-125.63.0 pts · #64
- 2Kuznetsova, VeronikaRUS-66.83.5 pts · #43
- 3Tolengit, ArmanRUS-55.64.0 pts · #23
- R5+400 Elo gap
- R1+362 Elo gap
- R6+345 Elo gap