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PFO championship 2026 - women

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25 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 20 Mar 2026 to 28 Mar 2026 in Naberezhnye Chelny, Russia. 7 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2022, and top seed was Zarina Shafigullina (🇷🇺 RUS, WFM, 2148).

Olga Matveeva (🇷🇺 RUS, WIM, 2079) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Mariya Nosacheva (6.5) and Zarina Shafigullina (6.0). Matveeva shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Malika Yunusova (1652) beat Olga Iljushina (WGM, 2017), a +365-point gap.

Location
🇷🇺Naberezhnye Chelny, Russia
Dates
20 Mar 2026 → 28 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇺WFMZarina Shafigullina2148
Avg top 10
2,022
Participants
25
Titled players · 7
WGM×1
WIM×1
WFM×3
WCM×2
Federations · 2 represented
🇷🇺Russia×24
FIDE (no federation)×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

WIM Olga Matveeva led from R5; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
11
6
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Matveeva takes lead
Matveeva8Nosacheva6.5Shafigullina6Dolinskaia5.5Zaitseva5.5Volodina5.5
R5 · LEADER CHANGE24 Mar

WIM Olga Matveeva takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WIM Olga Matveeva beat WFM Mariya Nosacheva (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

WIM Olga Matveeva 4 wins (R4–R7)WFM Mariya Nosacheva 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1WIMOlga Matveeva*
1
1
1
2WFMMariya Nosacheva
0
*
½
1
3WFMZarina Shafigullina
0
½
*—
4WCMMariia Dolinskaia
0
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Matveeva, OlgaWIM2079RUS+15B+7N=9B+4N+2B+3N+5B=6N+12B8.044.048.042.752315+45.0
2Nosacheva, MariyaWFM2098RUS+8N+11B+5N=3B−1N+13B+4N=9B=6N6.545.550.033.752143+12.4
3Shafigullina, ZarinaWFM2148RUS+10B+14N=4B=2N+11B−1B=9N+16N=7B6.044.548.529.252096-10.0
4Ryzhova, Mariya2040RUS+12B+13N=3N−1B+5N+17B−2B−7N+9N5.545.549.026.002014-4.8
5Dolinskaia, MariiaWCM1988RUS+21B+24N−2B+9N−4B+14N−1N=8B+11N5.542.044.021.251982+8.0
6Iljushina, OlgaWGM2017RUS=18N−8B+19N−17B+21N+15B+13N=1B=2B5.538.040.522.751890-23.0
7Volodina, Nadezhda1921RUS+20N−1B+21N=15B−17N=10B+22N+4B=3N5.537.540.021.001885-7.6
8Zaitseva, Diana V.1818FID−2B+6N=16B−13N=12B+23N+21B=5N+15B5.537.039.521.501910+48.0
9Chernyshova, Alisa1920RUS+17B+16N=1N−5B=15N+11B=3B=2N−4B5.044.047.524.252006+40.8
10Aristova, Yuliya1756RUS−3N+18B+24B−11N−14B=7N+19B=17N+16B5.034.036.016.501883+56.0
11Nagaeva, Aliia1967RUS+25B−2N+12B+10B−3N−9N+15B=14N−5B4.541.043.017.751899-13.8
12Miftakhova, Azalia1778RUS−4N+20B−11N+24B=8N=16N=14B+13B−1N4.539.541.516.501864+38.8
13Nigmatullina, Dina1821RUS+22N−4B=17N+8B+16B−2N−6B−12N+23B4.537.540.016.251831+2.4
14Yusupova, AdelWCM2025RUS+23N−3B−15N+22B+10N−5B=12N=11B=17B4.535.538.016.251813-86.4
15Malykh, Kristina M1765RUS−1N+23B+14B=7N=9B−6N−11N+25B−8N4.041.043.014.251831+29.2
16Fefelova, EkaterinaWFM1936RUS+19N−9B=8N+18B−13N=12B+17N−3B−10N4.037.040.014.501772-76.4
17Yunusova, Malika1652RUS−9NF=13B+6N+7B−4N−16B=10B=14N3.539.539.518.001887+84.0
18Alisheva, Aigul1718RUS=6B−10N+25B−16N=19B−20N−24BF+22N3.027.027.08.751635-40.0
19Bajyrly, Dilara1726RUS−16B=25N−6BF=18N−22B−10N+21B+24N3.026.526.57.001626-46.4
20Sadrtdinova, Sofia1622RUS−7B−12N+23N=21B−22N+18B−25N=24BF3.024.524.57.751563-29.2
21Leshcheva, Ekaterina1561RUS−5N+22B−7B=20N−6BF−8N−19N+25B2.532.532.56.001639+23.2
22Ustyugova, Maria1641RUS−13B−21NF−14N+20B+19N−7B=23N−18B2.528.528.57.251596-24.0
23Fefelova, Kseniya1515RUS−14B−15N−20B+25N+24N−8BF=22B−13N2.528.028.05.251565+14.4
24Asanova, Karina1471RUSF−5B−10N−12N−23B=25B+18N=20N−19B2.028.528.55.501506+7.2
25Pevgova, Anastasiya1612RUS−11N=19B−18N−23BF=24N+20B−15N−21N2.024.524.55.501473-60.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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PFO championship 2026 - women — Naberezhnye Chelny, Russia | Chess Tournament Results | ChessStats