Championship of the Leningrad Region 2026_B15
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35 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 09 Mar 2026 to 13 Mar 2026 in Tosno, Russia. Top 10 Elo average was 1597, and top seed was Miroslav Melnichuk (🇷🇺 RUS, 1801).
Miroslav Melnichuk (🇷🇺 RUS, 1801) won with 8.5/9, ahead of Lev Zivert (8.0) and Bogdan Gudilin (6.0). Melnichuk shared the lead from round 5 and won solo starting round 6.
The biggest upset came in round 6: Nikita Ev Vasiliev (1414) beat Vyacheslav Stankevich (1579), a +165-point gap.
Location
🇷🇺Tosno, Russia
Dates
09 Mar 2026 → 13 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇺Russia×26
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsMiroslav Melnichuk led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R6 · LEADER CHANGE12 Mar
Miroslav Melnichuk takes the sole lead (5.5/6).
R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Miroslav Melnichuk drew with Lev Zivert (Black).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
Miroslav Melnichuk 7 wins (R3–R9)Lev Zivert 6 wins (R4–R9)Bogdan Gudilin 4 wins (R1–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Miroslav Melnichuk | * | ½ | 1 | 1 |
| 2Lev Zivert | ½ | * | 1 | — |
| 3Bogdan Gudilin | 0 | 0 | * | — |
| 4Konstantin A Pekshev | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melnichuk, Miroslav | 1801 | RUS | +20B | =2N | +6B | +19N | +25B | +3N | +4B | +8N | +5B | 8.5 | 45.0 | 48.5 | 44.50 | 1966 | +33.2 |
| 2 | Zivert, Lev | 1514 | RUS | +29N | =1B | =7N | +15B | +10N | +5B | +3N | +6B | +9B | 8.0 | 46.0 | 49.0 | 42.00 | 1898 | +119.2 |
| 3 | Gudilin, Bogdan | 1536 | RUS | +30N | +16B | +14N | +10B | =5N | −1B | −2B | =9N | +11B | 6.0 | 47.0 | 49.5 | 27.75 | 1641 | +38.4 |
| 4 | Pekshev, Konstantin A | 1628 | RUS | +11B | =6N | −19B | =13N | +24B | +25N | −1N | +22B | +17N | 6.0 | 41.5 | 45.0 | 26.75 | 1560 | -14.0 |
| 5 | Skurikhin, Timofey | 1512 | RUS | +32B | =8N | +9B | +7N | =3B | −2N | =6B | +13N | −1N | 5.5 | 48.5 | 51.0 | 26.25 | 1646 | +56.4 |
| 6 | Andreev, Dmitriy Kir | 1511 | RUS | +26N | =4B | −1N | +30B | +12N | =8B | =5N | −2N | +19B | 5.5 | 46.0 | 48.5 | 23.75 | 1575 | +22.0 |
| 7 | Stankevich, Vyacheslav | 1579 | RUS | +25B | =19N | =2B | −5B | =21N | −23N | +27B | +20N | +10B | 5.5 | 39.5 | 43.0 | 25.00 | 1480 | -31.2 |
| 8 | Kaschenko, Artem Ig | 1578 | RUS | +15N | =5B | =12N | =14B | +23B | =6N | =9N | −1B | =16N | 5.0 | 44.5 | 48.5 | 24.50 | 1542 | -18.4 |
| 9 | Ksenzov, Matvey | 1633 | RUS | +23N | =12B | −5N | +17B | =14N | +19N | =8B | =3B | −2N | 5.0 | 44.0 | 48.0 | 24.00 | 1506 | -56.8 |
| 10 | Sergeev, Petr Vital | 1523 | RUS | +21N | +34B | +22N | −3N | −2B | =14B | =12N | +23B | −7N | 5.0 | 42.0 | 43.0 | 18.50 | 1463 | -25.6 |
| 11 | Serdtsev, Sergey | 1412 | RUS | −4N | +21B | +34N | −12B | +16N | −22B | +15N | +14B | −3N | 5.0 | 40.5 | 41.5 | 20.50 | 1397 | -4.0 |
| 12 | Bugaev, Gordei | 1515 | RUS | +27B | =9N | =8B | +11N | −6B | =13N | =10B | =19N | =18B | 5.0 | 40.0 | 43.5 | 23.25 | 1540 | +8.8 |
| 13 | Rusinov, Matvey | 1626 | RUS | =17N | −14B | +26N | =4B | +15N | =12B | =22N | −5B | +23N | 5.0 | 39.5 | 43.0 | 22.50 | 1451 | -59.2 |
| 14 | Zotov, Alexey Yur | 1463 | RUS | +35B | +13N | −3B | =8N | =9B | =10N | =19B | −11N | +22N | 5.0 | 39.5 | 40.0 | 19.25 | 1542 | +32.8 |
| 15 | Perun, Vladimir | 0 | RUS | −8B | +31N | +20B | −2N | −13B | +33N | −11B | +24N | +30B | 5.0 | 36.5 | 38.0 | 15.00 | 1275 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Khromeev, Artem Evg | 1467 | RUS | +31B | −3N | +24B | −25N | −11B | +29N | =20B | +21N | =8B | 5.0 | 35.5 | 38.0 | 18.75 | 1296 | -35.2 |
| 17 | Sidorov, Artem Andr | 0 | RUS | =13B | −20N | +35B | −9N | +33B | =18N | +24B | +25N | −4B | 5.0 | 34.5 | 35.0 | 14.50 | 1328 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Abashev, Pavel S | 1543 | RUS | −24B | +27N | −25B | =33N | +31N | =17B | =23B | +30N | =12N | 5.0 | 30.0 | 31.5 | 16.25 | 1468 | -8.8 |
| 19 | Korobov, Nikolay Serg | 1464 | RUS | +33N | =7B | +4N | −1B | +22N | −9B | =14N | =12B | −6N | 4.5 | 44.5 | 46.0 | 19.25 | 1538 | +26.4 |
| 20 | Malinin, Gleb Yur | 1416 | RUS | −1N | +17B | −15N | =31B | +30N | =21B | =16N | −7B | +26N | 4.5 | 39.5 | 42.0 | 17.00 | 1343 | -12.4 |
| 21 | Drachev, Maxim Vyach | 0 | RUS | −10B | −11N | +32B | +27N | =7B | =20N | =25B | −16B | +31N | 4.5 | 34.5 | 37.0 | 15.25 | 1240 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Ressin, Aleksandr | 1525 | RUS | +28B | +24N | −10B | =23N | −19B | +11N | =13B | −4N | −14B | 4.0 | 38.5 | 42.0 | 17.00 | 1345 | -70.4 |
| 23 | Vasiliev, Nikita Ev | 1414 | RUS | −9B | +32N | +33B | =22B | −8N | +7B | =18N | −10N | −13B | 4.0 | 37.0 | 38.5 | 14.00 | 1419 | -1.2 |
| 24 | Grishin, Gleb Al | 0 | RUS | +18N | −22B | −16N | +34B | −4N | +26B | −17N | −15B | +35N | 4.0 | 34.5 | 35.0 | 10.00 | 1345 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Tretyakov, Yaroslav And | 0 | RUS | −7N | +29B | +18N | +16B | −1N | −4B | =21N | −17B | F | 3.5 | 42.5 | 42.5 | 15.25 | 1528 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 522010424 | 0 | — | −6B | =28N | −13B | +35N | =27B | −24N | +29B | =32N | −20B | 3.5 | 31.5 | 32.0 | 8.25 | 720 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 570017867 | 0 | — | −12N | −18B | +29N | −21B | =26N | +35B | −7N | −28B | +34B | 3.5 | 31.0 | 31.5 | 6.25 | 748 | 0.0 |
| 28 | FIDE 570017883 | 0 | — | −22N | =26B | −30N | −29B | +34N | −31B | F | +27N | +32B | 3.5 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 8.75 | 731 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Kislukhin, Gleb | 0 | RUS | −2B | −25N | −27B | +28N | +32N | −16B | −26N | F | +33B | 3.0 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 7.50 | 702 | 0.0 |
| 30 | FIDE 570017859 | 0 | — | −3B | =35N | +28B | −6N | −20B | F | +31N | −18B | −15N | 2.5 | 32.5 | 32.5 | 6.25 | 706 | 0.0 |
| 31 | FIDE 570017875 | 0 | — | −16N | −15B | F | =20N | −18B | +28N | −30B | +34N | −21B | 2.5 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 6.75 | 1205 | 0.0 |
| 32 | FIDE 540087344 | 0 | — | −5N | −23B | −21N | F | −29B | +34N | +33B | =26B | −28N | 2.5 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 4.25 | 666 | 0.0 |
| 33 | FIDE 570017840 | 0 | — | −19B | F | −23N | =18B | −17N | −15B | −32N | +35B | −29N | 1.5 | 29.5 | 29.5 | 3.00 | 1205 | 0.0 |
| 34 | FIDE 55615562 | 0 | — | F | −10N | −11B | −24N | −28B | −32B | +35N | −31B | −27N | 1.0 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 0.50 | 670 | 0.0 |
| 35 | FIDE 540087387 | 0 | — | −14N | =30B | −17N | −26B | F | −27N | −34B | −33N | −24B | 0.5 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 1.25 | 665 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Zivert, LevRUS+119.28.0 pts · #2
- 2Skurikhin, TimofeyRUS+56.45.5 pts · #4
- 3Gudilin, BogdanRUS+38.46.0 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1Ressin, AleksandrRUS-70.44.0 pts · #18
- 2Rusinov, MatveyRUS-59.25.0 pts · #14
- 3Ksenzov, MatveyRUS-56.85.0 pts · #8
Biggest upsets
- R6+165 Elo gap
- R3+164 Elo gap
- R2+163 Elo gap