Voronezh City Championship 2026

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40 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 20 Mar 2026 to 29 Mar 2026 in Voronezh, Russia. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2044, and top seed was Dmitry Chuprikov (🇷🇺 RUS, FM, 2277).

Egor Yaurov (🇷🇺 RUS, 1979) won with 6.5/8, ahead of Vladimir Pogorelov (6.5) and Roman Aleshin (5.5). Yaurov won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Platon Romanenkov (1657) beat Konstantin Pereboev (2147), a +490-point gap.

Location

🇷🇺Voronezh, Russia

Dates

20 Mar 2026 → 29 Mar 2026

Time control

Standard: 75 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 8 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇺FMDmitry Chuprikov2277

Avg top 10

2,044

Participants

Titled players · 2

IM×1

FM×1

Federations · 1 represented

🇷🇺Russia×39

Top 3

🥇
Egor Yaurov
🇷🇺RUS·1979
6.5pts·2195perf+86.8
🥈
Vladimir Pogorelov
🇷🇺RUS·1909
6.5pts·2153perf+98.0
🥉
Roman Aleshin
🇷🇺RUS·1824
5.5pts·1860perf+8.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 6.5/8, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Pogorelov6.5Yaurov6.5Aleshin5.5Pereboev5Novikov5Korpusenko5

R5 · LEADER CHANGE27 Mar

Vladimir Pogorelov takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R8 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.5/8. Yaurov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (36.0).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Vladimir Pogorelov beat Egor Yaurov (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Vladimir Pogorelov	*	1	½	—
2Egor Yaurov	0	*	—	1
3Roman Aleshin	½	—	*	—
4Konstantin Pereboev	—	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Yaurov, Egor	1979	RUS	+36B	+8N	+5B	+7N	−2B	=13N	+12B	+4N	6.5	36.0	37.0	28.25	2195	+86.8
2	Pogorelov, Vladimir	1909	RUS	+29N	=19B	+16N	+31B	+1N	+6B	=4N	=3B	6.5	33.5	36.0	28.75	2153	+98.0
3	Aleshin, Roman	1824	RUS	−25B	+37N	=27B	+21N	+15B	+17N	=5B	=2N	5.5	31.5	32.5	21.50	1860	+8.8
4	Korpusenko, Evgeny	2036	RUS	+15B	+28N	=7B	=10N	=5B	+20N	=2B	−1B	5.0	36.5	39.5	22.25	1959	-12.8
5	Polukhin, Sergey	1803	RUS	+22N	+14B	−1N	+28B	=4N	+10B	=3N	−17B	5.0	35.0	38.0	21.75	1907	+43.6
6	Novikov, Pavel	1962	RUS	−14N	+22B	+25B	+18N	+9B	−2N	+13B	F	5.0	34.0	37.5	21.50	1962	+3.2
7	Kostin, AlexeyIM	2158	RUS	+35N	+20B	=4N	−1B	=19N	+18B	+8N	F	5.0	34.0	35.0	19.00	1986	-10.1
8	Alekhin, Ilya	1807	RUS	+30N	−1B	−14N	+32B	+21B	+19N	−7B	+24N	5.0	30.5	33.0	17.00	1831	+4.0
9	Isakova, Anna	1834	RUS	+21B	=25N	+26B	=13B	−6N	=14B	=20N	+19B	5.0	29.5	33.0	19.75	1858	+11.2
10	Provkin, Vladimir	1892	RUS	+37B	=31B	+19N	=4B	=13N	−5N	+25B	=11N	5.0	29.5	30.5	17.00	1966	+15.2
11	Skorobogatykh, Andrey	1900	RUS	+38N	+24B	−31N	−14B	=30N	+16B	+15N	=10B	5.0	27.5	28.5	17.75	1943	+8.0
12	Pereboev, Konstantin	2147	RUS	−19N	−21B	+33N	+38B	+22N	+28B	−1N	+20B	5.0	27.0	28.0	13.50	1875	-42.8
13	Klimentov, Roman	2021	RUS	+27B	=16N	+17B	=9N	=10B	=1B	−6N	=18B	4.5	35.0	38.5	20.75	1895	-24.0
14	Kolybelkin, Oleg	1767	RUS	+6B	−5N	+8B	+11N	−20B	=9N	−17B	+25N	4.5	33.5	37.0	21.00	1854	+19.6
15	Tarasenko, Denis V.	1768	RUS	−4N	+35B	=20N	+16B	−3N	+30B	−11B	+26N	4.5	30.0	31.0	13.50	1769	-1.2
16	Belekchi, Maksim	1873	RUS	+32N	=13B	−2B	−15N	+26B	−11N	+30N	+28B	4.5	29.5	32.0	13.75	1727	-44.0
17	Kuvaev, Ivan	1793	RUS	=33N	+23B	−13N	+25B	F	−3B	+14N	+5N	4.5	29.5	31.0	17.75	1846	+22.4
18	Kolesnikov, Roman	1821	RUS	−31N	+30B	+29N	−6B	+35B	−7N	+23B	=13N	4.5	26.5	27.5	12.75	1845	+2.0
19	Polyansky, Viktor	1760	RUS	+12B	=2N	−10B	+26N	=7B	−8B	+28N	−9N	4.0	35.0	38.0	17.25	1857	+17.4
20	Furs, Robert	1782	RUS	+34B	−7N	=15B	+27N	+14N	−4B	=9B	−12N	4.0	32.5	34.0	14.25	1859	+24.8
21	Romanenkov, Platon	1657	RUS	−9N	+12N	+36B	−3B	−8N	F	+34B	+29N	4.0	26.0	27.0	10.50	1782	+35.2
22	Titov, Oleg	1656	RUS	−5B	−6N	+34N	+24B	−12B	−23N	+36N	+35B	4.0	25.5	26.5	7.50	1659	-2.4
23	Davydov, Nikolay Al	1549	RUS	=26B	−17N	=38N	+33B	−28N	+22B	−18N	+30B	4.0	23.5	24.5	10.25	1612	+20.4
24	Safonov, Anatoly	1669	RUS	+39B	−11N	−28B	−22N	+40N	+32B	+35N	−8B	4.0	21.0	21.0	4.00	1553	-15.8
25	Babaev, Mikhail Al	1643	RUS	+3N	=9B	−6N	−17N	+27B	+36B	−10N	−14B	3.5	33.0	34.0	12.50	1757	+50.4
26	Kranin, Matvey	1560	RUS	=23N	+33B	−9N	−19B	−16N	+37B	+27N	−15B	3.5	27.0	28.0	8.00	1658	+37.6
27	Gostenov, Oleg	1673	RUS	−13N	+32B	=3N	−20B	−25N	+29N	−26B	+37N	3.5	26.5	27.5	9.25	1589	-31.6
28	Zelensky, Mikhail	1541	RUS	+40B	−4B	+24N	−5N	+23B	−12N	−19B	−16N	3.0	31.5	31.5	8.00	1635	+17.6
29	Koryakin, Nikita D	1506	RUS	−2B	+40N	−18B	−35N	+34N	−27B	+32N	−21B	3.0	23.5	23.5	4.00	959	-31.6
30	Bokarev, Daniil	0	RUS	−8B	−18N	+40B	+36N	=11B	−15N	−16B	−23N	2.5	28.5	28.5	3.50	1539	0.0
31	Chuprikov, DmitryFM	2277	RUS	+18B	=10N	+11B	−2N	F	F	F	F	2.5	25.5	25.5	12.00	1990	-11.4
32	Korolkov, Andrey	0	RUS	−16B	−27N	+37B	−8N	+33B	−24N	−29B	=34N	2.5	23.0	24.0	3.25	1510	0.0
33	Savenko, Ivan	1635	RUS	=17B	−26N	−12B	−23N	−32N	F	−37B	+36B	1.5	21.5	21.5	3.25	1496	-21.4
34	Sinyakov, Mikhail	0	RUS	−20N	F	−22B	+37N	−29B	F	−21N	=32B	1.5	19.5	20.5	2.25	1384	0.0
35	Shipilov, Grigory	0	RUS	−7B	−15N	F	+29B	−18N	F	−24B	−22N	1.0	29.0	29.0	3.00	1488	0.0
36	Aleksandrov, Victor	1668	RUS	−1N	F	−21N	−30B	+38B	−25N	−22B	−33N	1.0	23.5	24.5	1.00	1423	-36.8
37	Leun, Victor	1548	RUS	−10N	−3B	−32N	−34B	F	−26N	+33N	−27B	1.0	23.0	23.0	1.50	1470	-10.4
38	Girzhadovich, Vyacheslav	1645	RUS	−11B	=39N	=23B	−12N	−36N	F	F	F	1.0	17.0	17.0	2.25	1601	-9.0
39	Lukovnikov, Alexander	2055	RUS	−24N	=38B	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.5	5.0	5.0	0.50	1469	-26.6
40	FIDE 570018936	0	—	−28N	−29B	−30N	F	−24B	F	F	F	0.0	12.5	12.5	0.00	774	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Pogorelov, VladimirRUS
+98.0
6.5 pts · #1
2Yaurov, EgorRUS
+86.8
6.5 pts · #2
3Babaev, Mikhail AlRUS
+50.4
3.5 pts · #16

Top rating losers

1Belekchi, MaksimRUS
-44.0
4.5 pts · #24
2Pereboev, KonstantinRUS
-42.8
5.0 pts · #4
3Aleksandrov, VictorRUS
-36.8
1.0 pts · #34

Biggest upsets

R2+490 Elo gap
Romanenkov, Platon1657 beat Pereboev, Konstantin2147
R1+387 Elo gap
Polyansky, Viktor1760 beat Pereboev, Konstantin2147
R1+386 Elo gap
Safonov, Anatoly1669 beat Lukovnikov, Alexander2055