Championship of Russia on sport of blind people 2026: Chess (B1, B2, B3)

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50 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 29 Mar 2026 to 06 Apr 2026 in Kostroma, Russia. 5 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2136, and top seed was Alexey Smirnov (🇷🇺 RUS, 2360).

Alexey Smirnov (🇷🇺 RUS, 2360) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Maksim Ermakov (7.0) and Dmitrij Danilchenko (6.5). Smirnov won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Egor Kustovskiy (1624) beat Rustam Kasimov (2111), a +487-point gap.

Location

🇷🇺Kostroma, Russia

Dates

29 Mar 2026 → 06 Apr 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇺Alexey Smirnov2360

Avg top 10

2,136

Participants

Titled players · 5

FM×5

Federations · 1 represented

🇷🇺Russia×50

Top 3

🥇
Alexey Smirnov
🇷🇺RUS·2360
7.5pts·2367perf+3.1
🥈
FMMaksim Ermakov
🇷🇺RUS·2331
7.0pts·2288perf-2.2
🥉
Dmitrij Danilchenko
🇷🇺RUS·2079
6.5pts·2165perf+22.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Alexey Smirnov led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders

Smirnov7.5Ermakov7Danilchenko6.5Komissarov6.5Malezkey6Suslov6

R6–R9 · LEAD HELD

Alexey Smirnov held the sole lead from R6 through R9 without losing it.

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Alexey Smirnov beat FM Maksim Ermakov (Black).

2× WIN STREAK · 3+3 wins

Alexey Smirnov posted 3 in a row (R1–R3) and 3 in a row (R5–R7) — total 6 wins.

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Alexey Smirnov	*	1	½	—
2FMMaksim Ermakov	0	*	½	—
3Dmitrij Danilchenko	½	½	*	½
4FMAlexey Komissarov	—	—	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Smirnov, Alexey	2360	RUS	+31B	+9N	+17B	=6N	+15B	+2N	+12B	=5N	=3B	7.5	47.0	51.0	41.75	2367	+3.1
2	Ermakov, MaksimFM	2331	RUS	+43B	+20N	=12B	+22N	+6B	−1B	=3N	+16N	+5B	7.0	46.0	49.0	35.50	2288	-2.2
3	Danilchenko, Dmitrij	2079	RUS	+32B	=10N	+8B	=12N	+16B	=4N	=2B	+15N	=1N	6.5	48.5	52.5	36.25	2165	+22.4
4	Komissarov, AlexeyFM	1943	RUS	+27B	=22N	+23B	=5N	+9B	=3B	=14N	=7N	+15B	6.5	44.0	48.5	34.25	2190	+48.6
5	Babarykin, StanislavFM	2335	RUS	+24N	=16B	=18N	=4B	+22N	+13B	+6N	=1B	−2N	6.0	47.0	51.5	32.50	2166	-12.9
6	Suslov, EvgeniyFM	2141	RUS	+30N	+14B	+15N	=1B	−2N	+23B	−5B	+12N	=7B	6.0	47.0	51.0	31.25	2206	+17.6
7	Kasimov, Rustam	2111	RUS	+42N	=18B	=16N	−11B	+31N	+8N	+9B	=4B	=6N	6.0	44.5	47.5	30.25	1979	-22.8
8	Malezkey, Vladimir	1777	RUS	+34N	+25B	−3N	+19B	=13N	−7B	+23N	=14B	+18N	6.0	42.5	46.5	28.50	2055	+64.4
9	Bagdasarian, Semen	1892	RUS	+39N	−1B	+48N	+25B	−4N	+30B	−7N	+13B	+17B	6.0	42.5	44.5	24.50	2066	+39.6
10	Kostyukov, Denis	1890	RUS	+41N	=3B	=13N	−15B	+34N	−14B	+24N	+19B	+22N	6.0	40.5	44.0	27.50	1967	+17.2
11	Kustovskiy, Egor	1624	RUS	+45B	−17N	+32B	+7N	−12B	−15N	+30B	+20N	+16B	6.0	39.5	42.5	27.00	2016	+146.8
12	Draganov, RuslanFM	2025	RUS	+38N	+19B	=2N	=3B	+11N	+18B	−1N	−6B	=14N	5.5	48.5	52.0	29.00	2077	+14.0
13	Kuzmin, Vladimir	1968	RUS	+28B	=23N	=10B	+26N	=8B	−5N	+20B	−9N	+30B	5.5	42.5	46.5	26.25	1936	-6.2
14	Glagolev, Semen	1875	RUS	+47B	−6N	−22B	+39N	+32B	+10N	=4B	=8N	=12B	5.5	42.0	44.5	25.00	1982	+23.4
15	Ivanov, German	2025	RUS	+37B	+26N	−6B	+10N	−1N	+11B	+18N	−3B	−4N	5.0	48.0	52.0	25.50	1951	-13.0
16	Bukarin, Mikhail	1957	RUS	+46B	=5N	=7B	+33N	−3N	+21B	+19N	−2B	−11N	5.0	45.5	48.5	23.00	2007	+8.4
17	Makarov, Viatcheslav	1986	RUS	+48N	+11B	−1N	+21B	−18N	−19B	+22N	+31B	−9N	5.0	43.0	45.0	21.50	1858	-25.6
18	Dadukov, Victor	1842	RUS	+33B	=7N	=5B	+31N	+17B	−12N	−15B	+26N	−8B	5.0	42.0	46.0	23.50	1953	+23.6
19	Kalupov, Aleksandr	1913	RUS	+40B	−12N	+27B	−8N	+28B	+17N	−16B	−10N	+32B	5.0	40.5	44.0	21.50	1856	-22.8
20	Blokhovtsov, Alexandr	1873	RUS	+35N	−2B	+38N	−30B	+24N	+25B	−13N	−11B	+31N	5.0	39.5	43.0	20.50	1853	-5.4
21	Chigarev, Damir M	1883	RUS	−29B	+46N	+28B	−17N	+27B	−16N	=32B	=23N	+35B	5.0	36.0	39.0	20.25	1819	-9.6
22	Toryanik, Demid	0	RUS	+44N	=4B	+14N	−2B	−5B	+26N	−17B	+28N	−10B	4.5	45.0	48.0	20.75	1909	0.0
23	Kirgetov, Vitaly	1859	RUS	+49N	=13B	−4N	+48B	+30N	−6N	−8B	=21B	=24N	4.5	39.5	41.5	15.50	1851	-2.4
24	Gasretov, Ibrahim	1766	RUS	−5B	+29N	−33B	+35N	−20B	+45N	−10B	+37N	=23B	4.5	38.0	41.0	17.75	1679	-15.2
25	Chezganov, Alexey	1874	RUS	+50B	−8N	+35B	−9N	+33B	−20N	=28B	=32N	=26B	4.5	38.0	38.5	15.00	1649	-108.4
26	Konyakhina, Angelina	1623	RUS	+36N	−15B	+34N	−13B	+38N	−22B	+42N	−18B	=25N	4.5	36.0	39.0	16.75	1876	+49.4
27	Ogannisyan, Mkhitar	1797	RUS	−4N	+44B	−19N	+40B	−21N	−31B	=36N	+38B	+41N	4.5	35.0	38.0	15.50	1724	-32.4
28	Manyakin, Aleksandr	1640	RUS	−13N	+49B	−21N	+41B	−19N	+44B	=25N	−22B	+33B	4.5	35.0	37.0	14.75	1828	+73.6
29	Magamedov, Yusup	0	RUS	+21N	−24B	−30N	−34B	+48N	−42B	=38N	+39B	+40N	4.5	31.0	33.0	15.75	1743	0.0
30	Sinyagaev, Dmitry	1812	RUS	−6B	+47N	+29B	+20N	−23B	−9N	−11N	+36B	−13N	4.0	41.5	44.0	16.00	1736	-18.2
31	Pisnov, Dmitriy	1626	RUS	−1N	+39B	+36N	−18B	−7B	+27N	+33B	−17N	−20B	4.0	41.0	44.5	16.00	1806	+37.0
32	Samsonova, Anastasia	1672	RUS	−3N	+41B	−11N	+36B	−14N	+34B	=21N	=25B	−19N	4.0	40.5	44.0	16.25	1768	+38.4
33	Martynov, Aleksandr	1780	RUS	−18N	+42B	+24N	−16B	−25N	+38B	−31N	+34B	−28N	4.0	35.0	38.0	15.00	1739	-18.8
34	Polianskiy, Alexandr	1774	RUS	−8B	+50N	−26B	+29N	−10B	−32N	+49B	−33N	+43B	4.0	34.0	34.5	10.00	1574	-37.8
35	Denisov, Ivan	0	RUS	−20B	+43N	−25N	−24B	=40N	=41B	+44N	+42B	−21N	4.0	32.0	35.0	12.50	1689	0.0
36	Fesenko, Vyacheslav	1630	RUS	−26B	+37N	−31B	−32N	=39B	+43N	=27B	−30N	+44B	4.0	31.5	34.5	14.00	1643	+6.8
37	Klochko, Elizaveta	1667	RUS	−15N	−36B	=49N	−44B	+46N	=40B	+39N	−24B	+42N	4.0	29.5	31.5	12.25	1607	-32.0
38	Kazimagomedov, Kazimagomed	0	RUS	−12B	+40N	−20B	+45N	−26B	−33N	=29B	−27N	+48B	3.5	34.5	36.5	10.75	1612	-74.4
39	Vekshina, Nadezhda	1680	RUS	−9B	−31N	+50B	−14B	=36N	+47N	−37B	−29N	+49B	3.5	32.5	33.0	7.00	1603	-32.4
40	Magomedov, Shakhban	1574	RUS	−19N	−38B	+46B	−27N	=35B	=37N	+45B	=43N	−29B	3.5	31.5	34.5	11.50	1545	-7.6
41	Batashev, Mikhail	1578	RUS	−10B	−32N	+43B	−28N	−45B	=35N	+47B	+49N	−27B	3.5	31.5	33.5	9.50	1662	+28.0
42	Shishkin, Anatoliy	1669	RUS	−7B	−33N	−45B	+50N	+47B	+29N	−26B	−35N	−37B	3.0	32.5	33.0	7.50	1507	-43.6
43	Maadov, Sultan	1740	RUS	−2N	−35B	−41N	+46B	=44N	−36B	+50N	=40B	−34N	3.0	32.0	32.5	6.75	1436	-47.0
44	Kurbanov, Magomed	1559	RUS	−22B	−27N	=47B	+37N	=43B	−28N	−35B	+46N	−36N	3.0	31.5	34.0	9.75	1554	-1.2
45	Malyh, Vladimir	0	RUS	−11N	−48B	+42N	−38B	+41N	−24B	−40N	−47B	+50N	3.0	28.5	29.0	7.00	1475	0.0
46	Kovtun, Raisa	0	RUS	−16N	−21B	−40N	−43N	−37B	+50N	+48B	−44B	+47N	3.0	28.0	28.5	5.00	1520	0.0
47	Zverev, Nikolay	1600	RUS	−14N	−30B	=44N	+49B	−42N	−39B	−41N	+45N	−46B	2.5	28.5	30.5	6.50	1459	-48.4
48	Makarenko, Vladimir	1723	RUS	−17B	+45N	−9B	−23N	−29B	−49N	−46N	+50B	−38N	2.0	31.5	32.0	3.50	1039	-35.2
49	Kuchmuk, Pavel	1648	RUS	−23B	−28N	=37B	−47N	=50B	+48B	−34N	−41B	−39N	2.0	28.5	29.0	4.25	1439	-82.4
50	Sokolova, Olga	0	RUS	−25N	−34B	−39N	−42B	=49N	−46B	−43B	−48N	−45B	0.5	26.0	28.0	1.00	1318	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Kustovskiy, EgorRUS
+146.8
6.0 pts · #14
2Manyakin, AleksandrRUS
+73.6
4.5 pts · #19
3Malezkey, VladimirRUS
+64.4
6.0 pts · #3

Top rating losers

1Chezganov, AlexeyRUS
-108.4
4.5 pts · #37
2Kuchmuk, PavelRUS
-82.4
2.0 pts · #44
3Kazimagomedov, KazimagomedRUS
-74.4
3.5 pts · #38

Biggest upsets

R4+487 Elo gap
Kustovskiy, Egor1624 beat Kasimov, Rustam2111
R9+333 Elo gap
Kustovskiy, Egor1624 beat Bukarin, Mikhail1957
R8+249 Elo gap
Kustovskiy, Egor1624 beat Blokhovtsov, Alexandr1873