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Championship Moscow 2026 (women)

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19 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 21 Mar 2026 to 29 Mar 2026 in Moscow, Russia. 8 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2014, and top seed was Ekaterina Borisova (🇷🇺 RUS, FM, 2209).

Ekaterina Borisova (🇷🇺 RUS, FM, 2209) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Dominika Ivashentseva (7.0) and Anna Styazhkina (6.5). Borisova shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Alisa Genrietta Yunker (WFM, 1925) beat Ekaterina Borisova (FM, 2209), a +284-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
🇷🇺FMEkaterina Borisova2209
Avg top 10
2,014
Participants
19
Titled players · 8
FM×1
WIM×1
WFM×2
WCM×4
Federations · 2 represented
🇷🇺Russia×13
FIDE (no federation)×6
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R4; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
7
4
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Borisova7Ivashentseva7Styazhkina6.5Yunker6.5Fedorova5.5Ivanova4.5
R4–R9 · LEAD HELD

FM Ekaterina Borisova held the sole lead from R4 through R9 without losing it.

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.0/9. Borisova takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (41.0).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Ekaterina Borisova beat WCM Dominika Ivashentseva (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMEkaterina Borisova*
1
0
0
2WCMDominika Ivashentseva
0
*
1
1
3WIMAnna Styazhkina
1
0
*
1
4WFMAlisa Genrietta Yunker
1
0
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Borisova, EkaterinaFM2209RUS+12B+7N+13B+2N+6B−3N+11B−4N+5B7.041.044.031.002181-3.4
2Ivashentseva, DominikaWCM2045FID+14B+17N+3B−1B+11N+4B+8N−5N+10B7.040.042.029.502147+49.6
3Styazhkina, AnnaWIM2149RUS+16N+4B−2N=11B+13N+1B−5B+12N+8B6.539.542.027.7521380.0
4Yunker, Alisa GenriettaWFM1925FID+10B−3N+17B=13N+9B−2N+7N+1B+12B6.539.041.026.002134+101.6
5Fedorova, Olesya1909RUS=15N+8B−11N=9N+18B=13B+3N+2B−1N5.537.539.524.252066+73.6
6Ilyina, Lada1874RUS+9B−13N+7B+12N−1N−8B=16N=17B=11B4.531.533.515.501949+17.2
7Ivanova, Lubov1988RUS+18B−1B−6N+19N−14B+15N−4B=9N+17N4.531.533.510.501886-23.4
8Fedorenko, Ekaterina I.WCM1997FID=11B−5N+18B=14N+12B+6N−2BF−3N4.035.537.512.751931-28.4
9Golovatenko, EvaWCM2017RUS−6N=14B+15N=5B−4N−10B+18N=7B=19N4.032.534.512.001816-93.6
10Khlypovka, Lada1743FID−4NF−12B=18N=17B+9N+15B+11N−2N4.030.530.512.001877+53.2
11Pshenina, Anastasia1861RUS=8N+15B+5B=3N−2BF−1N−10B=6N3.541.544.015.501923+20.0
12Gerasimova, Maria V.1909RUS−1N+19B+10N−6B−8NF+13B−3B−4N3.037.537.59.001873-21.2
13Maslova, Anastasiya YarWFM1991FID+19N+6B−1N=4B−3B=5N−12NFF3.037.037.012.501916-29.6
14Frolova, Lyubov V.1899RUS−2N=9N+16B=8B+7NFFFF3.025.525.511.002063+46.0
15Grigorieva, Sofia1801RUS=5B−11N−9B=17NF−7B−10N=19B+18B2.527.527.56.751705-21.0
16Kusakina, UlianaWCM1908FID−3B−18N−14NF+19B+17N=6BFF2.524.024.06.251804-35.6
17Zakharova, Milana1658RUSF−2B−4N=15B=10N−16B=19N=6N−7B2.033.533.56.501691+7.6
18Sokolova, Maria1802RUS−7N+16B−8N=10B−5N=19B−9BF−15N2.030.032.05.501702-40.8
19Chistova, Ekaterina1792RUS−13B−12NF−7B−16N=18N=17B=15N=9B2.023.523.55.251691-41.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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