Voronezh Stage of Junior Russia Cup 2026 B15
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26 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 31 Mar 2026 to 05 Apr 2026 in Voronezh, Russia. Top 10 Elo average was 1621, and top seed was Platon M Papikhin (🇷🇺 RUS, 1755).
Valeriy Berov (🇷🇺 RUS, 1628) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Platon M Papikhin (7.0) and Mikhail Konenkov (6.0). Berov shared the lead from round 8, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 7: Anton Vit Penzev (1447) beat Oleg Gostenov (1673), a +226-point gap.
Location
🇷🇺Voronezh, Russia
Dates
31 Mar 2026 → 05 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇺Russia×23
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R4; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R6 · LEADER CHANGE03 Apr
Konstantin Deryagin takes the sole lead (5.0/6).
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 7.0/9. Berov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (44.0).
R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Valeriy Berov drew with Platon M Papikhin (White).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Valeriy Berov | * | ½ | 0 | 1 |
| 2Platon M Papikhin | ½ | * | 1 | — |
| 3Konstantin Deryagin | 1 | 0 | * | — |
| 4Timofei Al Ivanov | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Berov, Valeriy | 1628 | RUS | =16B | +13N | +5B | +10N | =2B | −4N | +8B | +12N | +3B | 7.0 | 44.0 | 48.0 | 36.50 | 1791 | +72.8 |
| 2 | Papikhin, Platon M | 1755 | RUS | =18N | +19B | +11N | =12B | =1N | +9B | +6N | =3B | +4N | 7.0 | 42.5 | 46.0 | 35.25 | 1783 | +11.6 |
| 3 | Konenkov, Mikhail | 1684 | RUS | +22N | −11B | +9N | +7B | =12N | +8B | +4B | =2N | −1N | 6.0 | 44.5 | 47.5 | 30.25 | 1632 | -17.2 |
| 4 | Deryagin, Konstantin | 1476 | RUS | −8N | +24B | +18N | +19B | +11N | +1B | −3N | +9B | −2B | 6.0 | 42.0 | 44.0 | 26.00 | 1705 | +95.6 |
| 5 | Ivanov, Timofei Al | 1541 | RUS | +24N | =8B | −1N | +14B | −9N | +18B | +11N | +17B | =10N | 6.0 | 39.0 | 41.0 | 24.00 | 1585 | +21.2 |
| 6 | Shamanskiy, Andrey Ser | 1587 | RUS | −9N | +15B | +22N | −11B | +17N | +12B | −2B | =7N | +13B | 5.5 | 39.5 | 42.5 | 23.25 | 1541 | -15.2 |
| 7 | Krasikov, Ilya | 0 | RUS | +15N | =9B | =8N | −3N | +16B | =11B | =14N | =6B | +17N | 5.5 | 39.0 | 43.0 | 24.75 | 1581 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Starchenko, Timur | 1664 | RUS | +4B | =5N | =7B | =16N | +10B | −3N | −1N | +20B | =9N | 5.0 | 44.5 | 48.0 | 24.75 | 1540 | -45.2 |
| 9 | Penzev, Anton Vit | 1447 | RUS | +6B | =7N | −3B | +21N | +5B | −2N | +19B | −4N | =8B | 5.0 | 44.5 | 48.0 | 23.75 | 1659 | +89.2 |
| 10 | Nedikov, Aleksandr | 1495 | RUS | +14N | +17B | =12N | −1B | −8N | =20N | =16B | +22N | =5B | 5.0 | 38.5 | 41.5 | 20.50 | 1504 | +1.2 |
| 11 | Kranin, Matvey | 1560 | RUS | +20B | +3N | −2B | +6N | −4B | =7N | −5B | −13N | +16B | 4.5 | 44.5 | 48.0 | 21.75 | 1525 | -13.6 |
| 12 | Kuzminykh, Artem | 1545 | RUS | +26B | +21N | =10B | =2N | =3B | −6N | +20B | −1B | F | 4.5 | 42.0 | 43.0 | 17.00 | 1564 | +3.6 |
| 13 | Maksakov, Nikolay | 1467 | RUS | =19N | −1B | +25N | −17B | +22N | −14B | +18N | +11B | −6N | 4.5 | 36.0 | 37.0 | 14.25 | 1508 | +11.2 |
| 14 | Gerasimov, Denis B | 0 | RUS | −10B | +23N | =21B | −5N | +25B | +13N | =7B | =16N | F | 4.5 | 35.0 | 36.0 | 14.00 | 1446 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Bogdanov, Danila M | 0 | RUS | −7B | −6N | +23B | +26N | −20B | +22B | −17N | =19N | +25B | 4.5 | 28.0 | 29.0 | 8.75 | 1300 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Mihalev, Georgy | 1521 | RUS | =1N | =18B | +17N | =8B | −7N | =19B | =10N | =14B | −11N | 4.0 | 39.5 | 43.0 | 18.50 | 1566 | +16.8 |
| 17 | Galanin, Daniil | 1473 | RUS | +23B | −10N | −16B | +13N | −6B | +21N | +15B | −5N | −7B | 4.0 | 38.5 | 40.5 | 14.50 | 1404 | -21.2 |
| 18 | Sedunov, Denis Al | 1487 | RUS | =2B | =16N | −4B | −20N | +23B | −5N | −13B | +26N | +22B | 4.0 | 36.0 | 37.0 | 11.50 | 1310 | -44.4 |
| 19 | Gostenov, Oleg | 1673 | RUS | =13B | −2N | +26B | −4N | +21B | =16N | −9N | =15B | F | 3.5 | 35.5 | 35.5 | 11.00 | 1415 | -77.2 |
| 20 | Konovalov, Mikhail A | 0 | RUS | −11N | −22B | +24N | +18B | +15N | =10B | −12N | −8N | −21B | 3.5 | 34.0 | 36.0 | 13.00 | 1361 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Muravlev, Dmitry | 1575 | RUS | +25N | −12B | =14N | −9B | −19N | −17B | +24B | F | +20N | 3.5 | 29.0 | 30.0 | 8.75 | 731 | -89.2 |
| 22 | Kovalenko, Gleb I | 0 | RUS | −3B | +20N | −6B | +25N | −13B | −15N | +26N | −10B | −18N | 3.0 | 34.0 | 35.0 | 5.50 | 744 | 0.0 |
| 23 | FIDE 570024448 | 0 | — | −17N | −14B | −15N | +24B | −18N | F | +25B | F | −26B | 2.0 | 24.5 | 25.5 | 3.00 | 680 | 0.0 |
| 24 | FIDE 570024456 | 0 | — | −5B | −4N | −20B | −23N | +26B | F | −21N | +25N | F | 2.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 2.00 | 727 | 0.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 540006204 | 0 | — | −21B | +26N | −13B | −22B | −14N | F | −23N | −24B | −15N | 1.0 | 26.0 | 27.0 | 1.00 | 721 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Korolkov, Andrey | 0 | RUS | −12N | −25B | −19N | −15B | −24N | F | −22B | −18B | +23N | 1.0 | 25.5 | 26.5 | 2.00 | 764 | -61.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Deryagin, KonstantinRUS+95.66.0 pts · #3
- 2Penzev, Anton VitRUS+89.25.0 pts · #4
- 3Berov, ValeriyRUS+72.87.0 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Muravlev, DmitryRUS-89.23.5 pts · #25
- 2Gostenov, OlegRUS-77.23.5 pts · #15
- 3Korolkov, AndreyRUS-61.21.0 pts · #22
Biggest upsets
- R7+226 Elo gap
- R4+197 Elo gap
- R6+152 Elo gap