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Championship Moscow 2026 (men)

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22 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 21 Mar 2026 to 29 Mar 2026 in Moscow, Russia. 12 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2318, and top seed was Vladimir Zakhartsov (🇷🇺 RUS, GM, 2469).

Matfey Yurasov ( FID, FM, 2270) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Nikolay Kleimenov (7.0) and Artem Alek Fedorov (6.0). Yurasov won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Anton Karpenko (CM, 2121) beat Vladimir Zakhartsov (GM, 2469), a +348-point gap.

Location
🇷🇺Moscow, Russia
Dates
21 Mar 2026 → 29 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇺GMVladimir Zakhartsov2469
Avg top 10
2,318
Participants
22
Titled players · 12
GM×2
FM×7
CM×3
Federations · 2 represented
🇷🇺Russia×15
FIDE (no federation)×7
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 6 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
8
3
5
6
3
1
2
1
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Kleimenov takes lead
Yurasov7Kleimenov7Fedorov6Bazyrtsyrenov5.5Karpenko5.5Kleschevnikov5
R8 · LEADER CHANGE28 Mar

FM Nikolay Kleimenov takes the sole lead (6.5/8).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.0/9. Yurasov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (43.0).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Matfey Yurasov drew with FM Nikolay Kleimenov (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMMatfey Yurasov*
½
1
1
2FMNikolay Kleimenov
½
*
1
1
3FMArtem Alek Fedorov
0
0
*
1
4FMKirill Bazyrtsyrenov
0
0
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Yurasov, MatfeyFM2270FID+12N+5B=9N=2B+3N+4B=6N=8B+10N7.043.047.036.252472+45.8
2Kleimenov, NikolayFM2332FID=20B+14N+4B=1N+6B=9B+3N+5N=7B7.042.044.034.752441+26.6
3Fedorov, Artem AlekFM2258RUS+21B+11N−6B+5N−1B+10N−2B+12N+4B6.043.044.525.502310+13.6
4Bazyrtsyrenov, KirillFM2276RUS=16N+13B−2N+18B+10N−1N+8B+9B−3N5.541.544.522.752276+3.4
5Karpenko, AntonCM2121FID+22N−1N+11B−3B+19N+7B+9N−2B=6N5.541.542.019.502341+98.0
6Vorobiov, Evgeny E.GM2351RUS+15N=10B+3N=9B−2N=12B=1B=13N=5B5.042.546.024.252257-10.6
7Galaktionov, ArtemFM2333RUS−11B+21N+8B+10B−9N−5N=12B+15N=2N5.038.540.020.002208-26.6
8Kleschevnikov, ArsenyCM2250FID+18N−9B−7N=20N+16B+15B−4N=1N+13B5.036.038.018.502205-16.0
9Yeletsky, IvanFM2421RUS+17B+8N=1B=6N+7B=2N−5B−4NF4.544.047.523.002298-11.7
10Sanches-Shananin, Adrian2135FID+19B=6N+20B−7N−4B−3B+17N+11N−1B4.539.041.015.002243+48.8
11Khlypovka, Stepan2097RUS+7N−3B−5N−12B+14N+18N=13B−10B+16N4.536.039.017.002100+2.4
12Rudenko, Dmitry Al.2126RUS−1B=22N=14B+11N+20B=6N=7N−3BF4.037.538.013.502125+2.0
13Gubajdullin, AlexeiFM2223RUS=14B−4N+22B−19N=18B+20N=11N=6B−8N4.031.031.510.502068-15.6
14Rizoev, Timur1843RUS=13N−2B=12N=17N−11B+16N−15BF+22B3.531.532.09.752039+69.2
15Tolstykh, Viktor2045FID−6B−19N=21B+22N+17B−8N+14N−7BF3.529.029.58.252096+12.0
16Blagoveshchenskiy, Roman1996FID=4B−20N−17B+21N−8N−14B+22B+18N−11B3.528.529.07.751947-27.2
17Zdorov, Egor VitCM2106RUS−9N−18B+16N=14B−15N+21B−10B+22NF3.524.524.57.251968-59.6
18Loboyko, Fedor1866RUS−8B+17N=19B−4N=13N−11B+21N−16BF3.032.033.58.252058+61.6
19Zakhartsov, VladimirGM2469RUS−10N+15B=18N+13B−5BFFFF2.520.520.59.002123-19.2
20Tunik, Denis2024RUS=2N+16B−10N=8B−12N−13BFFF2.028.028.09.502052+6.4
21Kolomeets, Daniel1960RUS−3N−7B=15N−16B+22B−17N−18BFF1.528.528.52.251831-48.0
22Demidov, Vladimir Mikh1821RUS−5B=12B−13N−15B−21NF−16N−17B−14N0.529.029.02.001608-52.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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