Regional competitions "OPEN Tournament "Minin and Pozharsky Cup 2026"

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61 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 23 Mar 2026 to 28 Mar 2026 in Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia. 1 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1949, and top seed was Egor Zaytsev (🇷🇺 RUS, 2081).

Ivan Al Shinkorenko ( FID, 1980) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Ivan Koshcheev (6.5) and Artem Shinkarov (6.5). Shinkorenko took the lead from round 7.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Matvey Kabaev (1522) beat Nikolay Mordovchenkov (1924), a +402-point gap.

Location

🇷🇺Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia

Dates

23 Mar 2026 → 28 Mar 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇺Egor Zaytsev2081

Avg top 10

1,949

Participants

Titled players · 1

WCM×1

Federations · 3 represented

🇷🇺Russia×50

FIDE (no federation)×8

🇲🇩Moldova×1

Top 3

🥇
Ivan Al Shinkorenko
FID·1980
7.0pts·2037perf+24.0
🥈
Ivan Koshcheev
🇷🇺RUS·1812
6.5pts·2016perf+97.6
🥉
Artem Shinkarov
🇷🇺RUS·2012
6.5pts·1970perf-4.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Ivan Al Shinkorenko led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Shinkorenko7Zaytsev6.5Kleschev6.5Galstyan6.5Koshcheev6.5Shinkarov6.5— ex-leaders:Shinkorenkoled R7–R9, #8Kudryashovled R4–R6, #13

R7 · LEADER CHANGE27 Mar

Ivan Al Shinkorenko takes the sole lead (6.0/7).

R4–R7 · WIN STREAK

Ivan Al Shinkorenko won 4 in a row (R4–R7).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Ivan Al Shinkorenko	*	—	—	½
2Egor Zaytsev	—	*	—	½
3Semen Kleschev	—	—	*	—
4Alen Galstyan	½	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Shinkorenko, Ivan Al	1980	FID	=28N	+53B	=4N	+46B	+14N	+7B	+12N	=3B	=2N	7.0	44.5	47.0	35.00	2037	+24.0
2	Koshcheev, Ivan	1812	RUS	=32B	+34N	+20B	+8N	=12N	=3B	=4N	+14B	=1B	6.5	46.5	51.0	36.00	2016	+97.6
3	Shinkarov, Artem	2012	RUS	−25B	+41N	+47B	+22N	+10B	=2N	+9B	=1N	=6B	6.5	45.5	49.0	34.50	1970	-4.8
4	Galstyan, Alen	1932	RUS	+47B	=20N	=1B	+25N	+26B	=5N	=2B	=10N	+13B	6.5	45.5	49.0	33.50	1978	+26.4
5	Zaytsev, Egor	2081	RUS	+29N	−21B	+18N	+15B	=19N	=4B	=7N	+30B	+12N	6.5	43.5	48.0	34.25	1975	-35.2
6	Kleschev, Semen	1930	RUS	+36N	=23B	+17N	=19B	=21N	=14B	+15N	+12B	=3N	6.5	43.5	47.5	34.00	1983	+26.4
7	Uruev, Nikita	1902	RUS	+60B	+22N	=8B	+24N	=13B	−1N	=5B	=9N	+20B	6.0	46.0	46.5	27.50	1986	+42.8
8	Goryacheva, Svetlana	1882	RUS	+37N	+61B	=7N	−2B	=16N	+33B	=11N	+18B	=10B	6.0	44.0	44.0	25.75	1871	-0.8
9	Gareev, Viktor	1953	RUS	+43N	=17B	+23N	−12B	+20N	+21B	−3N	=7B	+19N	6.0	43.5	47.5	29.75	1912	-13.2
10	Zherzdev, Mikhail	1848	FID	+45N	−15B	+30N	+33B	−3N	+26B	+19N	=4B	=8N	6.0	43.0	47.0	28.75	1913	+33.2
11	Kuznetsov, Ivan V.	1863	RUS	+30N	=18B	=28N	=29B	=27B	+25N	=8B	=13N	+22B	6.0	40.0	44.5	29.25	1891	+14.0
12	Kudryashov, Anton Pavl	1819	RUS	+31B	+46N	+27B	+9N	=2B	+13N	−1B	−6N	−5B	5.5	47.0	50.5	27.25	1932	+55.6
13	Bashilov, Vyacheslav Pav	1862	RUS	+35N	+55B	+15N	=14B	=7N	−12B	+16N	=11B	−4N	5.5	45.0	47.0	26.25	1884	+16.0
14	Kamaev, Vsevolod	1816	RUS	+38B	+57N	+21B	=13N	−1B	=6N	+24B	−2N	=16N	5.5	45.0	46.5	24.25	1917	+52.0
15	Stancev, Semion	1898	MDA	+58B	+10N	−13B	−5N	+47B	+48N	−6B	=26N	+28B	5.5	40.5	41.5	20.75	1836	-20.8
16	Pomortsev, Nikita	1866	RUS	+26B	−27N	=31B	+32N	=8B	+49N	−13B	+24N	=14B	5.5	40.0	43.5	25.50	1851	-2.0
17	Kukushkin, Ivan A	1713	RUS	+39B	=9N	−6B	−26N	+32B	+46N	=29B	+25N	=23B	5.5	39.5	43.0	24.25	1837	+61.2
18	Geyko, Pavel	1774	RUS	+52B	=11N	−5B	−49N	+38B	+36N	+27B	−8N	+26B	5.5	39.0	42.0	23.00	1853	+39.6
19	Kostin, Nikolay	1785	RUS	+41B	+25N	=24B	=6N	=5B	+27N	−10B	=22N	−9B	5.0	44.0	48.0	24.50	1857	+14.8
20	Buldakov, Ivan	1760	RUS	+51N	=4B	−2N	+36B	−9B	=31N	+35N	+29B	−7N	5.0	42.5	45.5	21.50	1792	+16.8
21	Tapazov, Egor Ol	1726	RUS	+48B	+5N	−14N	+42B	=6B	−9N	−22B	=31N	+40B	5.0	42.0	45.5	23.50	1816	+38.8
22	Gaer, Sofiya IgWCM	1852	FID	+40N	−7B	+44N	−3B	+45N	=30B	+21N	=19B	−11N	5.0	41.0	45.0	21.75	1788	-26.8
23	Galakhanova, Evelina	1817	RUS	+50B	=6N	−9B	=31N	=24B	−29N	+36B	+46N	=17N	5.0	39.5	43.0	21.75	1789	-10.8
24	Boletsky, Evgeny	1823	RUS	+56B	+49N	=19N	−7B	=23N	+35B	−14N	−16B	+37N	5.0	39.0	41.0	19.00	1772	-9.8
25	Kozlov, Svetoslav	1625	RUS	+3N	−19B	+55N	−4B	+42N	−11B	+37N	−17B	=33N	4.5	42.0	44.0	18.75	1741	+48.8
26	Leisle, Darya	1703	FID	−16N	+37B	+61N	+17B	−4N	−10N	+48B	=15B	−18N	4.5	42.0	42.0	15.75	1724	+6.4
27	Savenkov, Andrey	1741	FID	+42N	+16B	−12N	+28B	=11N	−19B	−18N	=33B	=32N	4.5	41.0	45.0	21.50	1754	+5.2
28	Akatiev, Evgeny	1727	RUS	=1B	+32N	=11B	−27N	−48B	+39N	+40B	=34N	−15N	4.5	40.0	43.5	21.25	1736	+2.6
29	Gerdt, Nikita	1761	FID	−5B	+48N	+54B	=11N	−49B	+23B	=17N	−20N	=31B	4.5	39.5	42.0	19.00	1736	-14.0
30	Smirnova, Viktoria A	1662	FID	−11B	+52N	−10B	+39N	+51B	=22N	F	−5N	+34B	4.5	38.5	41.5	17.00	1780	+45.6
31	Fedorychev, Roman	1573	RUS	−12N	+59B	=16N	=23B	=46N	=20B	=33N	=21B	=29N	4.5	38.5	39.5	17.50	1724	+70.4
32	Neverova, Kristina Geo	1684	RUS	=2N	−28B	+50N	−16B	−17N	+55B	+51B	=38N	=27B	4.5	37.0	39.0	16.00	1660	-8.8
33	Belmesov, Mark	1607	RUS	F	+35B	+53N	−10N	+41B	−8N	=31B	=27N	=25B	4.5	36.5	36.5	17.75	1653	+10.8
34	Platonychev, Aleksandr	1770	RUS	−53N	−2B	+37N	+40B	−35N	+42B	+44N	=28B	−30N	4.5	36.0	38.5	18.25	1685	-16.4
35	Vishneva, Polina	1588	RUS	−13B	−33N	+58B	+54N	+34B	−24N	−20B	=39N	+53B	4.5	33.5	34.5	12.50	1544	-14.0
36	Belitzky, Dmitri G	1772	RUS	−6B	=50N	+39B	−20N	+57B	−18B	−23N	=51N	+52B	4.0	35.5	37.0	11.75	1641	-27.4
37	Mischenko, Anton	1538	RUS	−8B	−26N	−34B	+60N	+53B	+47N	−25B	+41N	−24B	4.0	34.5	35.0	10.50	1556	+0.4
38	Goreva, Ruslana	1622	RUS	−14N	−51B	=52N	+50B	−18N	+59B	=43N	=32B	=42N	4.0	33.0	34.0	12.25	1539	-35.6
39	Fonarev, Sergey	1604	RUS	−17N	+43B	−36N	−30B	+56N	−28B	+58N	=35B	=44N	4.0	33.0	34.0	11.25	1498	-40.4
40	Zverev, Aleksander	1525	RUS	−22B	−47N	+60B	−34N	+54B	+41N	−28N	+43B	−21N	4.0	33.0	33.5	11.00	1526	-4.8
41	Chunin, Semen	0	RUS	−19N	−3B	+59N	+53B	−33N	−40B	+55N	−37B	+56N	4.0	30.5	31.5	7.50	1478	0.0
42	Borisov, Sergey N.	1669	RUS	−27B	+60N	+57B	−21N	−25B	−34N	=52B	+47N	=38B	4.0	30.5	31.0	9.00	1628	-10.0
43	Kabaev, Matvey	1522	RUS	−9B	−39N	−48B	+58N	=52B	+57N	=38B	−40N	+51B	4.0	29.0	30.0	9.00	1543	-2.4
44	Orlova, Ekaterina Al	1609	RUS	−49B	+56N	−22B	−51N	+59B	+52N	−34B	=48N	=39B	4.0	28.5	29.5	9.75	1534	-37.6
45	Migurkov, Semyon	1610	RUS	−10B	+58N	=49B	=57N	−22B	=51N	−46B	=52N	+55N	4.0	27.5	28.5	8.50	1622	-2.8
46	Ishonina, Yulia	1737	RUS	+54N	−12B	F	−1N	=31B	−17B	+45N	−23B	+48N	3.5	38.0	40.5	12.25	1622	-45.6
47	Smirnov, Egor	1637	RUS	−4N	+40B	−3N	+55B	−15N	−37B	=50N	−42B	+61N	3.5	36.0	36.0	7.75	1558	-39.6
48	Buzanov, Artemiy	1563	RUS	−21N	−29B	+43N	+56B	+28N	−15B	−26N	=44B	−46B	3.5	35.5	37.5	12.50	1569	-0.2
49	Kuramshin, Egor	1863	RUS	+44N	−24B	=45N	+18B	+29N	−16B	F	F	F	3.5	33.0	33.0	16.00	1799	-17.6
50	Guskov, Artem	1457	RUS	−23N	=36B	−32B	−38N	=60B	+54N	=47B	−53N	+59B	3.5	27.0	27.5	7.50	1542	+23.2
51	Zdyumaev, Alexey	1454	RUS	−20B	+38N	F	+44B	−30N	=45B	−32N	=36B	−43N	3.0	34.0	37.5	12.00	1568	+20.2
52	Kuznetsov, Ivan Alex	1435	RUS	−18N	−30B	=38B	+61N	=43N	−44B	=42N	=45B	−36N	3.0	34.0	34.0	8.00	1463	+3.2
53	Davydov, Alexey V	0	RUS	+34B	−1N	−33B	−41N	−37N	=56B	F	+50B	−35N	2.5	34.0	34.0	9.00	1531	0.0
54	Kharaponov, Pavel	0	RUS	−46B	F	−29N	−35B	−40N	−50B	=56N	+61B	+58B	2.5	23.0	23.0	2.00	814	0.0
55	Kuzmin, Nikolay Yu.	1558	RUS	F	−13N	−25B	−47N	+61B	−32N	−41B	+58N	−45B	2.0	27.0	27.0	1.00	883	-68.0
56	Rudenko, Kristofer	0	RUS	−24N	−44B	F	−48N	−39B	=53N	=54B	+59N	−41B	2.0	26.5	26.5	3.50	1366	0.0
57	Mordovchenkov, Nikolay	1924	RUS	+59N	−14B	−42N	=45B	−36N	−43B	F	F	F	1.5	22.5	22.5	3.00	1460	-67.2
58	FIDE 55736467	0	—	−15N	−45B	−35N	−43B	F	+61N	−39B	−55B	−54N	1.0	26.5	26.5	0.00	830	0.0
59	Semchenkova, Vera	1430	FID	−57B	−31N	−41B	F	−44N	−38N	+61B	−56B	−50N	1.0	23.5	23.5	0.00	817	-54.8
60	Romanchenko, Olga	1552	RUS	−7N	−42B	−40N	−37B	=50N	F	F	F	F	0.5	21.5	21.5	1.75	1253	-67.6
61	FIDE 570020523	0	—	F	−8N	−26B	−52B	−55N	−58B	−59N	−54N	−47B	0.0	23.5	23.5	0.00	807	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Koshcheev, IvanRUS
+97.6
6.5 pts · #4
2Fedorychev, RomanRUS
+70.4
4.5 pts · #22
3Kukushkin, Ivan ARUS
+61.2
5.5 pts · #15

Top rating losers

1Kuzmin, Nikolay Yu.RUS
-68.0
2.0 pts · #60
2Romanchenko, OlgaRUS
-67.6
0.5 pts · #56
3Mordovchenkov, NikolayRUS
-67.2
1.5 pts · #53

Biggest upsets

R6+402 Elo gap
Kabaev, Matvey1522 beat Mordovchenkov, Nikolay1924
R1+387 Elo gap
Kozlov, Svetoslav1625 beat Shinkarov, Artem2012
R2+355 Elo gap
Tapazov, Egor Ol1726 beat Zaytsev, Egor2081