Championship of the Leningrad Region 2026_B17
27 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 09 Mar 2026 to 13 Mar 2026 in Tosno, Russia. Top 10 Elo average was 1647, and top seed was Artem Sapelkin (🇷🇺 RUS, 1889).
Aleksandr And Suvorov (🇷🇺 RUS, 1578) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Sevastyan Kuznetsov (7.0) and Artem Sapelkin (6.0). Suvorov shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 5.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Aleksandr And Suvorov (1578) beat Sevastyan Kuznetsov (1842), a +264-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsAleksandr And Suvorov led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Aleksandr And Suvorov never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
Aleksandr And Suvorov beat Sevastyan Kuznetsov (Black).
Aleksandr And Suvorov 3+3 wins (R3–R5, R7–R9)Sevastyan Kuznetsov 3 wins (R7–R9)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Aleksandr And Suvorov | * | 1 | ½ | 1 |
| 2Sevastyan Kuznetsov | 0 | * | ½ | 1 |
| 3Artem Sapelkin | ½ | ½ | * | ½ |
| 4Andrei Cherkasov | 0 | 0 | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suvorov, Aleksandr And | 1578 | RUS | +23B | =9N | +8B | +2N | +7B | =3N | +4B | +13N | +11B | 8.0 | 43.5 | 46.0 | 40.50 | 1931 | +122.0 |
| 2 | Kuznetsov, Sevastyan | 1842 | RUS | +17N | +4B | =3N | −1B | +9N | =7N | +6B | +5B | +8N | 7.0 | 46.0 | 50.0 | 36.50 | 1805 | -8.0 |
| 3 | Sapelkin, Artem | 1889 | RUS | +15B | +14N | =2B | =5N | +13B | =1B | =7N | =4N | =12B | 6.0 | 45.5 | 50.0 | 31.75 | 1708 | -64.0 |
| 4 | Cherkasov, Andrei | 1517 | RUS | +22B | −2N | +18B | +10N | =8N | +5B | −1N | =3B | +7N | 6.0 | 45.5 | 48.0 | 27.50 | 1735 | +85.6 |
| 5 | Abashev, Vladimir | 1605 | RUS | +18B | =8N | +16B | =3B | +6N | −4N | =13B | −2N | +14B | 5.5 | 42.5 | 46.5 | 25.75 | 1686 | +32.4 |
| 6 | Ermakov, Egor A | 1655 | RUS | +24B | −16N | +15B | +14N | −5B | +18B | −2N | =10N | +13B | 5.5 | 39.0 | 41.5 | 22.50 | 1651 | -4.4 |
| 7 | Polyakov, Timofey Dm | 1572 | RUS | =11N | +12B | +27B | +19N | −1N | =2B | =3B | =14N | −4B | 5.0 | 45.5 | 46.5 | 21.25 | 1600 | +3.6 |
| 8 | Kotsur, Egor | 1470 | RUS | +25B | =5B | −1N | +15N | =4B | =11B | =9N | +17N | −2B | 5.0 | 45.0 | 47.0 | 21.25 | 1549 | +21.2 |
| 9 | Veselov, Stepan | 1455 | RUS | +10B | =1B | =13N | =17N | −2B | =19N | =8B | +21N | =15B | 5.0 | 42.0 | 44.5 | 22.50 | 1611 | +70.4 |
| 10 | Agafonov, Evgeny | 1647 | RUS | −9N | +11B | +24N | −4B | =17N | =14B | =12N | =6B | +16N | 5.0 | 39.0 | 41.5 | 21.00 | 1534 | -54.0 |
| 11 | Voronov, Dmitriy | 1404 | RUS | =7B | −10N | +22B | +27N | =14B | =8N | =17B | +15N | −1N | 5.0 | 38.5 | 39.5 | 17.25 | 1495 | +32.4 |
| 12 | Gaynulin, Andrey | 1437 | RUS | +19B | −7N | −14B | +21N | +16B | −13N | =10B | +18N | =3N | 5.0 | 37.0 | 39.5 | 20.00 | 1610 | +82.0 |
| 13 | Kapshukov, Vasiliy | 1563 | RUS | +20B | =27N | =9B | +16N | −3N | +12B | =5N | −1B | −6N | 4.5 | 43.0 | 44.0 | 18.75 | 1537 | -15.6 |
| 14 | Skobelin, Ivan | 1529 | RUS | +21N | −3B | +12N | −6B | =11N | =10N | +18B | =7B | −5N | 4.5 | 41.0 | 43.5 | 19.00 | 1566 | +11.2 |
| 15 | Banukhin, Leonid | 1463 | RUS | −3N | +20B | −6N | −8B | +25N | +16N | +19B | −11B | =9N | 4.5 | 38.5 | 40.5 | 16.50 | 1466 | -21.2 |
| 16 | Kostylev, Luchezar | 1474 | RUS | +26N | +6B | −5N | −13B | −12N | −15B | +20B | +19N | −10B | 4.0 | 38.0 | 39.5 | 15.00 | 1417 | -23.2 |
| 17 | Kocheryzhkin, Vasiliy | 1462 | RUS | −2B | =22N | +23N | =9B | =10B | F | =11N | −8B | +21B | 4.0 | 34.5 | 37.0 | 13.75 | 1484 | -0.4 |
| 18 | Zhalov, Vladimir | 1453 | RUS | −5N | +26B | −4N | +25B | +27B | −6N | −14N | −12B | +22N | 4.0 | 32.5 | 33.5 | 7.00 | 752 | -76.0 |
| 19 | Goroschenya, Maksim A | 1589 | RUS | −12N | +23B | +25N | −7B | =24N | =9B | −15N | −16B | +26N | 4.0 | 30.5 | 32.0 | 9.75 | 1214 | -115.2 |
| 20 | Dimakov, Dmitry | 0 | RUS | −13N | −15N | −21B | +22N | +26B | =23B | −16N | =25B | +27B | 4.0 | 24.0 | 25.0 | 7.25 | 688 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Petrov, Egor | 0 | RUS | −14B | −24N | +20N | −12B | =23N | F | +22B | −9B | −17N | 2.5 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 7.75 | 672 | -80.8 |
| 22 | Eganyan, Tigran | 0 | RUS | −4N | =17B | −11N | −20B | F | +27N | −21N | +23B | −18B | 2.5 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 5.50 | 1084 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Chebotarev, Maksim L | 1410 | RUS | −1N | −19N | −17B | F | =21B | =20N | +26B | −22N | =25N | 2.5 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 5.75 | 1190 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Terzi, Aleksandr | 1460 | RUS | −6N | +21B | −10B | +26N | =19B | F | F | F | F | 2.5 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 6.00 | 1491 | +2.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 540087263 | 0 | — | −8N | F | −19B | −18N | −15B | =26N | =27B | =20N | =23B | 2.0 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 4.50 | 714 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Starykh, Mark | 0 | RUS | −16B | −18N | F | −24B | −20N | =25B | −23N | +27N | −19B | 1.5 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 2.00 | 703 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 540001504 | 0 | — | F | =13B | −7N | −11B | −18N | −22B | =25N | −26B | −20N | 1.0 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 3.25 | 1183 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Suvorov, Aleksandr AndRUS+122.08.0 pts · #2
- 2Cherkasov, AndreiRUS+85.66.0 pts · #9
- 3Gaynulin, AndreyRUS+82.05.0 pts · #7
- 1Goroschenya, Maksim ARUS-115.24.0 pts · #19
- 2Petrov, EgorRUS-80.82.5 pts · #27
- 3Zhalov, VladimirRUS-76.04.0 pts · #25
- R4+264 Elo gap
- R1+192 Elo gap
- R2+181 Elo gap