14th RSUH Chess Championship
Open SwissStandard
32 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 28 Mar 2026 to 25 Apr 2026 in Moscow, Russia. 1 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1858, and top seed was Vusal Mamedov (🇷🇺 RUS, 1994).
Mikhail Strovskiy (🇹🇬 TOG, CM, 1786) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Lev Levkin (5.5) and Sergey Makhov (5.0). Strovskiy shared the lead from round 6 and broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 6: Ivan Eg Filin (1583) beat Vusal Mamedov (1994), a +411-point gap.
Location
🇷🇺Moscow, Russia
Dates
28 Mar 2026 → 25 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇷🇺Russia×30
🇹🇬Togo×1
🇷🇸Serbia×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsCM Mikhail Strovskiy led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R7 · LEADER CHANGE25 Apr
CM Mikhail Strovskiy takes the sole lead (6.0/7).
R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
CM Mikhail Strovskiy beat Lev Levkin (Black).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
CM Mikhail Strovskiy 5 wins (R3–R7)Lev Levkin 3 wins (R1–R3)Ivan Eg Filin 3 wins (R5–R7)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1CMMikhail Strovskiy | * | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2Lev Levkin | 0 | * | — | — |
| 3Ivan Eg Filin | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Sergey Makhov | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Strovskiy, MikhailCM | 1786 | TOG | =13N | =15B | +17N | +5B | +2N | +12B | +3N | 6.0 | 26.0 | 29.0 | 25.50 | 1957 | +21.0 |
| 2 | Levkin, Lev | 1956 | RUS | +10B | +30N | +8B | =6N | −1B | +9N | +4B | 5.5 | 27.5 | 28.5 | 20.25 | 1980 | +3.4 |
| 3 | Makhov, Sergey | 1831 | RUS | +25B | +14N | +12B | +13N | +6B | −4N | −1B | 5.0 | 26.0 | 27.0 | 16.00 | 1840 | +2.0 |
| 4 | Kulkova, Dina | 1772 | RUS | +17N | −12B | +26N | +19B | +8N | +3B | −2N | 5.0 | 24.0 | 25.0 | 16.00 | 1821 | +7.0 |
| 5 | Filin, Ivan Eg | 1583 | RUS | +9N | −6B | +24B | −1N | +21N | +16B | +8N | 5.0 | 24.0 | 25.0 | 14.50 | 1852 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Ermolaev, Aleksandr | 1767 | RUS | +26B | +5N | +16N | =2B | −3N | +14B | −18N | 4.5 | 25.0 | 26.0 | 15.25 | 1904 | +22.4 |
| 7 | Babashov, Dgeykhun | 1933 | RUS | −12N | −13B | =20N | +26B | +24N | +21B | +14N | 4.5 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 9.25 | 1756 | -25.8 |
| 8 | Samokhin, Aleksandr | 1750 | RUS | +22B | +18N | −2N | +27B | −4B | +10N | −5B | 4.0 | 24.5 | 25.5 | 10.00 | 1856 | +27.6 |
| 9 | Kapitonov, Dmitry S. | 1783 | RUS | −5B | +25N | −10B | +23N | +22N | −2B | +19B | 4.0 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 7.50 | 1706 | -8.0 |
| 10 | Samoylov, Viktor | 1649 | RUS | −2N | +32B | +9N | +16B | −14N | −8B | +27N | 4.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 8.00 | 1774 | +18.2 |
| 11 | Dushin, Andrey | 1758 | RUS | +20N | −16B | −19N | −17B | +25N | +22B | +12N | 4.0 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 9.00 | 1884 | +25.2 |
| 12 | Shevchenko, Evelina A | 1634 | RUS | +7B | +4N | −3N | =14B | +13B | −1N | −11B | 3.5 | 28.0 | 31.5 | 14.75 | 1773 | +24.8 |
| 13 | Artyukhov, Evgeniy | 1587 | RUS | =1B | +7N | +15B | −3B | −12N | +20B | F | 3.5 | 25.5 | 28.0 | 13.50 | 1780 | +29.8 |
| 14 | Munos Vaskes, Ankhel | 1740 | RUS | +29B | −3B | +18N | =12N | +10B | −6N | −7B | 3.5 | 24.5 | 25.5 | 9.75 | 1743 | -1.4 |
| 15 | Kuzmenko, Egor | 1578 | RUS | +24B | =1N | −13N | −18B | −20N | +31B | +28N | 3.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 5.00 | 1689 | +36.0 |
| 16 | Mamedov, Vusal | 1994 | RUS | +21B | +11N | −6B | −10N | +17B | −5N | F | 3.0 | 24.0 | 26.5 | 9.50 | 1712 | -27.0 |
| 17 | Kachur, Aleksey | 1652 | RUS | −4B | +29N | −1B | +11N | −16N | +23B | F | 3.0 | 22.0 | 23.0 | 6.50 | 1722 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Gajic, Aleksa | 1984 | SRB | +28N | −8B | −14B | +15N | F | F | +6B | 3.0 | 19.5 | 20.5 | 9.00 | 1771 | -23.4 |
| 19 | Rakhmatulloev, Obid | 1570 | RUS | F | +31N | +11B | −4N | F | +28B | −9N | 3.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 5.00 | 1704 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Rastegaev, Dmitriy Evg | 1574 | RUS | −11B | −24N | =7B | +31N | +15B | −13N | F | 2.5 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 5.75 | 1627 | +5.4 |
| 21 | Sukhodolskiy, Petr | 1674 | RUS | −16N | F | +22B | +25N | −5B | −7N | =23B | 2.5 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 3.75 | 1700 | +0.4 |
| 22 | Zhuravleva, Elizaveta | 1559 | RUS | −8N | +28B | −21N | F | −9B | −11N | +31B | 2.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 1.00 | 1554 | -2.8 |
| 23 | Rudyak, Mikhail | 1659 | RUS | F | −26N | +31B | −9B | F | −17N | =21N | 1.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 1.25 | 1535 | -27.2 |
| 24 | Pogosyan, Genrik | 1774 | RUS | −15N | +20B | −5N | F | −7B | F | F | 1.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 2.50 | 1570 | -34.4 |
| 25 | Drebushevsky, Vladislav | 1589 | RUS | −3N | −9B | +32N | −21B | −11B | F | −29N | 1.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 0.00 | 1454 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Kuteev, Anton | 1576 | RUS | −6N | +23B | −4B | −7N | F | F | F | 1.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 1.50 | 1590 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Sukhanov, Sergei N | 1483 | RUS | F | F | F | −8N | +28B | F | −10B | 1.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 1.00 | 1559 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Shulga, Nikita | 1653 | RUS | −18B | −22N | +29B | F | −27N | −19N | −15B | 1.0 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 1.00 | 907 | -54.0 |
| 29 | Linnik, Vitalina | 1420 | RUS | −14N | −17B | −28N | F | F | F | +25B | 1.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 1.00 | 897 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Kitiev, Islam | 1745 | RUS | +32N | −2B | F | F | F | F | F | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 1689 | -2.0 |
| 31 | Kubareva, Anastasia M. | 1453 | RUS | F | −19B | −23N | −20B | F | −15N | −22N | 0.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 0.00 | 793 | -25.0 |
| 32 | Bukh, Grigorii | 1422 | RUS | −30B | −10N | −25B | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 897 | -13.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Kuzmenko, EgorRUS+36.03.5 pts · #9
- 2Artyukhov, EvgeniyRUS+29.83.5 pts · #7
- 3Samokhin, AleksandrRUS+27.64.0 pts · #13
Top rating losers
- 1Shulga, NikitaRUS-54.01.0 pts · #29
- 2Pogosyan, GenrikRUS-34.41.0 pts · #27
- 3Rudyak, MikhailRUS-27.21.5 pts · #22
Biggest upsets
- R6+411 Elo gap
- R2+346 Elo gap
- R4+345 Elo gap