V.Yandemirov memorial 2026_B15
40 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 28 Mar 2026 to 03 Apr 2026 in Kazan, Russia. Top 10 Elo average was 1669, and top seed was Maksim Ziyatdinov (🇷🇺 RUS, 1885).
Maksim Ziyatdinov (🇷🇺 RUS, 1885) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Matvey Ev Artemev (7.0) and Yaroslav Knyazev (6.5). Ziyatdinov shared the lead from round 6 and won solo starting round 7.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Yaroslav Knyazev (1591) beat Maksim Ziyatdinov (1885), a +294-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsMaksim Ziyatdinov led from R7; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.
Maksim Ziyatdinov takes the sole lead (6.0/7).
Maksim Ziyatdinov beat Matvey Ev Artemev (White).
Maksim Ziyatdinov 3+5 wins (R1–R3, R5–R9)Matvey Ev Artemev 5 wins (R1–R5)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Maksim Ziyatdinov | * | 1 | — | 0 |
| 2Matvey Ev Artemev | 0 | * | 1 | 1 |
| 3Alim Vafin | — | 0 | * | ½ |
| 4Yaroslav Knyazev | 1 | 0 | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ziyatdinov, Maksim | 1885 | RUS | +19B | +21N | +13B | −3N | +20N | +2B | +7N | +12B | +6N | 8.0 | 43.5 | 48.0 | 41.50 | 1922 | +118.8 |
| 2 | Artemev, Matvey Ev | 1433 | RUS | +27B | +5N | +9B | +4N | +3B | −1N | −6B | +16N | +11B | 7.0 | 48.5 | 52.5 | 39.00 | 1809 | +101.2 |
| 3 | Knyazev, Yaroslav | 1591 | RUS | +31B | +22N | +20B | +1B | −2N | =5N | =4B | =6N | +12B | 6.5 | 47.0 | 50.5 | 34.50 | 1688 | +14.8 |
| 4 | Vafin, Alim | 1694 | RUS | +32N | =15B | +17N | −2B | +14N | =6B | =3N | +10B | +7N | 6.5 | 45.0 | 48.5 | 33.00 | 1725 | +80.0 |
| 5 | Garipov, Alikhan A | 1501 | RUS | +28N | −2B | +30N | +18B | =6N | =3B | −12N | +14B | +13N | 6.0 | 42.5 | 46.0 | 28.00 | 1588 | -11.6 |
| 6 | Zaidullin, Albert | 1685 | RUS | =14B | +35N | =8B | +22N | =5B | =4N | +2N | =3B | −1B | 5.5 | 49.0 | 51.5 | 28.75 | 1613 | -30.8 |
| 7 | Anikin, Dmitriy Aleks | 1472 | RUS | =35B | −14N | +31B | +26N | +19B | +9N | −1B | +8N | −4B | 5.5 | 42.5 | 45.0 | 24.25 | 1477 | -17.6 |
| 8 | Sayfutdinov, Ramiz T | 0 | RUS | +11N | =10B | =6N | =15B | +18N | =12B | =22N | −7B | +23B | 5.5 | 41.5 | 46.0 | 27.75 | 1589 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Gatin, Almaz | 1631 | RUS | +30N | +16B | −2N | +14N | =13B | −7B | −15N | +24B | +21N | 5.5 | 41.5 | 45.0 | 25.00 | 1539 | -52.0 |
| 10 | Akhmetshin, Timur | 1537 | RUS | +36B | =8N | −14B | −17N | +26B | +19N | +21B | −4N | +22B | 5.5 | 39.5 | 42.0 | 22.75 | 1521 | -9.2 |
| 11 | Kolomyttsev, Ivan | 1658 | RUS | −8B | +33N | −19B | +38N | +25B | +13N | =16B | +22N | −2N | 5.5 | 39.5 | 42.0 | 22.50 | 1540 | -29.2 |
| 12 | Mamatkulov, Sarvar | 1609 | RUS | +26B | −20N | +25B | =19N | +17B | =8N | +5B | −1N | −3N | 5.0 | 44.5 | 48.5 | 24.50 | 1558 | -13.2 |
| 13 | Plekhanov, Nikita | 1443 | RUS | +33N | +18B | −1N | +24B | =9N | −11B | =14N | +15B | −5B | 5.0 | 44.5 | 48.0 | 23.25 | 1521 | +7.2 |
| 14 | Vasilev, Ivan | 1497 | RUS | =6N | +7B | +10N | −9B | −4B | +27N | =13B | −5N | +26B | 5.0 | 43.5 | 47.5 | 24.25 | 1543 | +15.2 |
| 15 | Mugenov, David | 1528 | RUS | +38B | =4N | =23B | =8N | =16B | =21N | +9B | −13N | =17B | 5.0 | 41.5 | 44.0 | 23.50 | 1569 | +28.4 |
| 16 | Gafiyatullin, Artem | 1429 | RUS | +29N | −9N | =26B | +28B | =15N | +20B | =11N | −2B | =18N | 5.0 | 40.0 | 43.5 | 21.25 | 1401 | -16.0 |
| 17 | Sagdiev, Iskander | 1675 | RUS | +37N | =23N | −4B | +10B | −12N | =28B | =24N | +36B | =15N | 5.0 | 37.0 | 39.5 | 19.25 | 1483 | -6.0 |
| 18 | Popov, Daniil A | 1636 | RUS | +39B | −13N | +?B | −5N | −8B | +25N | +30B | =23N | =16B | 5.0 | 36.0 | 36.0 | 14.75 | 1349 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Pyankov, Kirill | 1420 | RUS | −1N | +29B | +11N | =12B | −7N | −10B | =26N | +32B | =20N | 4.5 | 41.5 | 45.0 | 19.25 | 1518 | +28.4 |
| 20 | Aliullov, Tamerlan | 0 | RUS | +?N | +12B | −3N | +23N | −1B | −16N | +29B | −21N | =19B | 4.5 | 41.5 | 41.5 | 15.25 | 1471 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Kovzan, Yaroslav | 1469 | RUS | +34N | −1B | −24N | +39B | +29N | =15B | −10N | +20B | −9B | 4.5 | 40.0 | 42.0 | 16.00 | 1255 | -84.4 |
| 22 | Sosnin, Lev | 1451 | RUS | +40N | −3B | +39N | −6B | +24N | +23N | =8B | −11B | −10N | 4.5 | 39.5 | 40.5 | 14.75 | 1382 | -16.0 |
| 23 | Mullin, Arseniy | 1626 | RUS | +24N | =17B | =15N | −20B | +30N | −22B | +28N | =18B | −8N | 4.5 | 37.5 | 41.0 | 19.00 | 1357 | -34.0 |
| 24 | Mingatin, Kamil | 0 | RUS | −23B | +38N | +21B | −13N | −22B | +33N | =17B | −9N | +29N | 4.5 | 36.0 | 38.5 | 16.50 | 1451 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Khabibullin, Ibragim | 1409 | RUS | F | +40B | −12N | +34B | −11N | −18B | +39N | =28B | +35N | 4.5 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 10.75 | 824 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Gavrilov, Grigory | 0 | RUS | −12N | +37B | =16N | −7B | −10N | +40B | =19B | +30N | −14N | 4.0 | 36.5 | 37.5 | 11.75 | 1243 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Deordiev, Luka | 1558 | RUS | −2N | =28B | −34N | +36N | +31B | −14B | −32N | =37B | +?B | 4.0 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 9.00 | 730 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Gubaidullin, Boris | 0 | RUS | −5B | =27N | +35B | −16N | +34B | =17N | −23B | =25N | −33B | 3.5 | 36.0 | 38.5 | 12.75 | 1164 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Goloviznin, Vladislav | 0 | RUS | −16B | −19N | +33B | +?N | −21B | +32B | −20N | =31N | −24B | 3.5 | 33.5 | 33.5 | 8.75 | 1447 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Alyukov, Timur | 0 | RUS | −9B | +36N | −5B | +40N | −23B | +38B | −18N | −26B | =37N | 3.5 | 32.5 | 33.5 | 7.25 | 823 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Prishchepa, Dmitriy | 0 | RUS | −3N | =34B | −7N | +37B | −27N | +35B | −36N | =29B | =32N | 3.5 | 31.5 | 34.0 | 10.25 | 1299 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Mavleev, Ravil | 0 | RUS | −4B | −39N | −38B | +35N | +40B | −29N | +27B | −19N | =31B | 3.5 | 29.0 | 30.0 | 9.25 | 689 | -43.6 |
| 33 | Uymanov, Georgy Al | 1518 | RUS | −13B | −11B | −29N | F | +39N | −24B | =38N | +40B | +28N | 3.5 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 7.75 | 769 | -30.4 |
| 34 | FIDE 55665586 | 0 | — | −21B | =31N | +27B | −25N | −28N | −36B | −37B | +?N | +40N | 3.5 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 6.75 | 894 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Tuktarov, Arsen | 0 | RUS | =7N | −6B | −28N | −32B | +37N | −31N | F | +38B | −25B | 2.5 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 7.75 | 1316 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Polukeev, Mikhail | 0 | RUS | −10N | −30B | =37N | −27B | F | +34N | +31B | −17N | F | 2.5 | 29.5 | 29.5 | 8.25 | 727 | 0.0 |
| 37 | Solyannikov, Ilya | 1516 | RUS | −17B | −26N | =36B | −31N | −35B | F | +34N | =27N | =30B | 2.5 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 8.50 | 704 | 0.0 |
| 38 | FIDE 570023735 | 0 | — | −15N | −24B | +32N | −11B | +?B | −30N | =33B | −35N | F | 2.5 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 5.25 | 1446 | 0.0 |
| 39 | Kondratev, Evgeniy | 0 | RUS | −18N | +32B | −22B | −21N | −33B | +?N | −25B | F | F | 2.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 3.50 | 1344 | 0.0 |
| 40 | FIDE 570023727 | 0 | — | −22B | −25N | F | −30B | −32N | −26N | +?B | −33N | −34B | 1.0 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 0.00 | 684 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Ziyatdinov, MaksimRUS+118.88.0 pts · #1
- 2Artemev, Matvey EvRUS+101.27.0 pts · #3
- 3Vafin, AlimRUS+80.06.5 pts · #2
- 1Kovzan, YaroslavRUS-84.44.5 pts · #28
- 2Gatin, AlmazRUS-52.05.5 pts · #8
- 3Mavleev, RavilRUS-43.63.5 pts · #35
- R4+294 Elo gap
- R4+261 Elo gap
- R3+238 Elo gap