St. Petersburg 94th Women Championship, Semifinal
27 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 12 Mar 2026 to 20 Mar 2026 in St. Petersburg, Russia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1720, and top seed was Daria Efremova (🇷🇺 RUS, 1923).
Anastasia Epifanova (🇷🇺 RUS, 1692) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Elizaveta Fomina (7.5) and Agnia Borodkina (7.0). Epifanova shared the lead from round 7, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Zlata Ser Komlievskaya (1518) beat Daria Efremova (1923), a +405-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R9; 2 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz.
2 players finish on 7.5/9. Epifanova takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (42.5).
Anastasia Epifanova beat Elizaveta Fomina (White).
Anastasia Epifanova 5 wins (R5–R9)Elizaveta Fomina 5 wins (R1–R5)Agnia Borodkina 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R6–R8)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishersGrille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Epifanova, Anastasia | 1692 | RUS | +26N | +17B | −3N | =13B | +12N | +11B | +2B | +4N | +9B | 7.5 | 42.5 | 43.5 | 34.25 | 1889 | +84.4 |
| 2 | Fomina, Elizaveta | 1805 | RUS | +22N | +19B | +4N | +3B | +17N | =7B | −1N | +11B | +13N | 7.5 | 41.5 | 44.5 | 34.50 | 1906 | +41.2 |
| 3 | Borodkina, Agnia | 1610 | RUS | +27B | +16N | +1B | −2N | =11B | +5B | +7N | +12N | =4B | 7.0 | 44.5 | 45.0 | 32.50 | 1849 | +99.2 |
| 4 | Likhacheva, Yaroslava | 1684 | RUS | +8B | +21N | −2B | +18N | −7N | +13B | +17N | −1B | =3N | 5.5 | 44.5 | 47.5 | 24.00 | 1689 | +4.8 |
| 5 | Trifonova, Daria | 1544 | RUS | =7N | −11B | +24N | +23B | +14B | −3N | =6B | =8N | +20B | 5.5 | 38.0 | 40.5 | 21.25 | 1690 | +70.4 |
| 6 | Segodnyaeva, Alexandra | 1740 | FID | −19N | −18B | =15N | =20B | +22N | +23B | =5N | +25B | +11N | 5.5 | 31.5 | 34.0 | 19.75 | 1643 | -37.2 |
| 7 | Efimova, Yulia | 1791 | RUS | =5B | +24N | +14B | =11N | +4B | =2N | −3B | −9N | =8B | 5.0 | 44.5 | 47.0 | 23.75 | 1666 | -28.6 |
| 8 | Komlievskaya, Zlata Ser | 1518 | RUS | −4N | +15B | −13N | +22B | +10N | +9N | −12B | =5B | =7N | 5.0 | 39.5 | 42.5 | 22.75 | 1688 | +74.4 |
| 9 | Tselminsh, Milana | 1607 | RUS | =18N | =12B | +26N | −17B | +16N | −8B | +21N | +7B | −1N | 5.0 | 37.5 | 38.5 | 17.75 | 1557 | -22.4 |
| 10 | Efremova, Daria | 1923 | RUS | +20B | −14N | −11N | +27B | −8B | =15N | +24B | =18N | +12B | 5.0 | 33.0 | 33.5 | 15.25 | 1610 | -59.8 |
| 11 | Afanasyeva, Ekaterina | 1714 | RUS | =24B | +5N | +10B | =7B | =3N | −1N | +18B | −2N | −6B | 4.5 | 47.0 | 49.5 | 21.75 | 1679 | -14.8 |
| 12 | Pogodina, Anastasiia | 1514 | RUS | +25B | =9N | =18B | =14N | −1B | +19B | +8N | −3B | −10N | 4.5 | 41.5 | 44.0 | 17.75 | 1624 | +44.4 |
| 13 | Aksyutina, Anastasiya | 1591 | RUS | −16B | +27N | +8B | =1N | =21B | −4N | =20B | +15N | −2B | 4.5 | 41.0 | 41.5 | 17.00 | 1646 | +22.0 |
| 14 | Tretyakova, Valeriya | 1597 | FID | +23N | +10B | −7N | =12B | −5N | −18N | −15B | +21B | +25N | 4.5 | 34.5 | 37.0 | 15.75 | 1597 | -3.2 |
| 15 | Chernova, Liliya | 1599 | RUS | −21B | −8N | =6B | =25N | +27N | =10B | +14N | −13B | +24N | 4.5 | 32.5 | 33.0 | 14.00 | 1607 | +1.6 |
| 16 | Dzhurabaeva, Yasmina | 0 | RUS | +13N | −3B | −17N | +26B | −9B | −20N | =27B | +19N | +22B | 4.5 | 31.5 | 32.0 | 12.25 | 1553 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Kudryashova, Sofiya | 1535 | FID | F | −1N | +16B | +9N | −2B | +21N | −4B | −20N | +18B | 4.0 | 40.5 | 40.5 | 16.50 | 1565 | +8.0 |
| 18 | Shelepkova, Vera | 1492 | RUS | =9B | +6N | =12N | −4B | =19N | +14B | −11N | =10B | −17N | 4.0 | 38.5 | 42.0 | 19.00 | 1604 | +50.0 |
| 19 | Bogoslovskaya, Elena Dm | 1541 | RUS | +6B | −2N | =23B | =21N | =18B | −12N | −25N | −16B | +27B | 3.5 | 34.5 | 35.0 | 11.00 | 1526 | -10.0 |
| 20 | Dolgodvorova, Elizaveta | 1581 | RUS | −10N | −26B | =25B | =6N | F | +16B | =13N | +17B | −5N | 3.5 | 32.5 | 32.5 | 14.75 | 1531 | -24.0 |
| 21 | Burakova, Ekaterina | 1443 | RUS | +15N | −4B | +22N | =19B | =13N | −17B | −9B | −14N | −23N | 3.0 | 34.5 | 37.5 | 11.50 | 1445 | +1.2 |
| 22 | Makovtsova, Varvara | 1557 | RUS | −2B | +25N | −21B | −8N | −6B | +27N | +23N | −24B | −16N | 3.0 | 33.5 | 34.0 | 6.00 | 1486 | -27.2 |
| 23 | Nikiforova, Mariya Aleks | 1427 | RUS | −14B | F | =19N | −5N | =24B | −6N | −22B | +27N | +21B | 3.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 6.50 | 1465 | +10.8 |
| 24 | Petrochenko, Ksenia | 1522 | RUS | =11N | −7B | −5B | F | =23N | =25B | −10N | +22N | −15B | 2.5 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 8.00 | 1505 | -13.6 |
| 25 | Volkova, Varvara | 1635 | FID | −12N | −22B | =20N | =15B | F | =24N | +19B | −6N | −14B | 2.5 | 31.5 | 32.5 | 8.75 | 1438 | -84.0 |
| 26 | Kondratieva, Mariya Aleks | 1519 | RUS | −1B | +20N | −9B | −16N | F | F | F | F | F | 1.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 3.50 | 1502 | +5.6 |
| 27 | Cheban, Yana | 1498 | RUS | −3N | −13B | F | −10N | −15B | −22B | =16N | −23B | −19N | 0.5 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 2.25 | 801 | -104.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Borodkina, AgniaRUS+99.27.0 pts · #3
- 2Epifanova, AnastasiaRUS+84.47.5 pts · #1
- 3Komlievskaya, Zlata SerRUS+74.45.0 pts · #7
- 1Cheban, YanaRUS-104.80.5 pts · #27
- 2Volkova, VarvaraFID-84.02.5 pts · #25
- 3Efremova, DariaRUS-59.85.0 pts · #9
- R5+405 Elo gap
- R2+326 Elo gap
- R2+248 Elo gap