VO Moscow. April 2026

Open SwissStandard

52 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 05 Apr 2026 to 26 Apr 2026 in Moscow, Russia. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1950, and top seed was Aleksandr Esipenko (🇷🇺 RUS, 2087).

Aleksandr Esipenko (🇷🇺 RUS, 2087) won with 7.0/8, ahead of Lubov Ivanova (6.5) and Arman Tolengit (6.0). Esipenko broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Boris Al Ignatenko (1618) beat Dmitriy Al Novodvorskiy (1982), a +364-point gap.

Location

🇷🇺Moscow, Russia

Dates

05 Apr 2026 → 26 Apr 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 8 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇺Aleksandr Esipenko2087

Avg top 10

1,950

Participants

Federations · 3 represented

🇷🇺Russia×46

FIDE (no federation)×3

🇮🇱Israel×1

Top 3

🥇
Aleksandr Esipenko
🇷🇺RUS·2087
7.0pts·2189perf+14.6
🥈
Lubov Ivanova
🇷🇺RUS·1988
6.5pts·2131perf+29.0
🥉
Arman Tolengit
🇷🇺RUS·1846
6.0pts·2061perf+90.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

Aleksandr Esipenko led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Esipenko7Ivanova6.5Gorchakov6Tolengit6Popov6Galkin5.5

R4–R8 · LEAD HELD

Aleksandr Esipenko held the sole lead from R4 through R8 without losing it.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Aleksandr Esipenko beat Lubov Ivanova (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Aleksandr Esipenko 5 wins (R1–R5)Lubov Ivanova 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R6–R8)Aleksandr Gorchakov 4 wins (R4–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Aleksandr Esipenko	*	1	1	½
2Lubov Ivanova	0	*	—	½
3Aleksandr Gorchakov	0	—	*	1
4Arman Tolengit	½	½	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Esipenko, Aleksandr	2087	RUS	+28N	+15B	+5N	+9B	+2N	=3B	=6N	+4N	7.0	39.5	43.0	37.25	2189	+14.6
2	Ivanova, Lubov	1988	RUS	+18B	+16N	+14B	=3N	−1B	+8N	+13B	+6B	6.5	37.5	41.5	31.50	2131	+29.0
3	Tolengit, Arman	1846	RUS	+34N	+11B	+19N	=2B	+13B	=1N	−4B	+9N	6.0	38.0	41.5	28.75	2061	+90.8
4	Gorchakov, Aleksandr	1836	FID	+30B	+36N	−13B	+27N	+9N	+14B	+3N	−1B	6.0	34.0	37.0	25.50	1985	+66.4
5	Popov, Sergey Vl	1859	RUS	+37B	+27N	−1B	+18N	−6B	+35N	+19N	+13B	6.0	31.5	34.5	22.00	1989	+56.8
6	Galkin, Vladimir	1928	RUS	+35N	=44B	=21N	+11B	+5N	+43B	=1B	−2N	5.5	34.5	37.5	24.00	1956	+7.8
7	Novodvorskiy, Dmitriy Al	1982	FID	−27B	+30N	+38B	=10N	+45B	=24N	=14N	+15B	5.5	28.0	30.5	20.25	1868	-33.2
8	Kumarage, Vishva	1906	RUS	=20N	F	+36B	+34B	+46N	−2B	+29N	+14N	5.5	27.5	27.5	19.00	1913	+4.6
9	Gordeychik, Matvey	1902	RUS	+17B	+45N	+10B	−1N	−4B	+18N	+43N	−3B	5.0	35.5	38.0	19.00	1884	-2.4
10	Belokon, Artour	1796	RUS	+40N	+39B	−9N	=7B	−29N	+28B	=20N	+23B	5.0	28.5	31.5	18.25	1782	-1.8
11	Pankin, Pavel	1660	RUS	+47B	−3N	+37B	−6N	−27B	+36N	+35B	+20N	5.0	28.0	30.0	15.00	1724	+13.2
12	Butuzova, Tatyana	1646	RUS	+50N	−19B	−29N	+52B	−35N	+41B	+18N	+26B	5.0	22.5	22.5	12.00	1656	+1.8
13	Kuzmin, Ivan	1985	RUS	+22N	=21B	+4N	+46B	−3N	+29B	−2N	−5N	4.5	36.0	38.5	18.00	1809	-31.2
14	Lagashin, Pavel	1894	FID	+29N	+31B	−2N	+22B	+24N	−4N	=7B	−8B	4.5	35.0	38.5	17.75	1856	-5.2
15	Bagdatjev, Vladimir	1773	RUS	+32B	−1N	−27B	=17N	+38B	+46N	+31B	−7N	4.5	30.5	33.0	14.75	1757	-3.6
16	Maksimov, Aleksey Iv	1760	RUS	+41N	−2B	−35N	+40B	+32B	=27N	−24B	+30N	4.5	27.0	30.0	14.75	1701	-21.2
17	Bazhenov, Tikhon	1591	RUS	−9N	+41B	−31N	=15B	−28N	+42B	+39N	+33B	4.5	26.0	29.0	14.75	1630	+5.6
18	Noskov, Alexei	1631	RUS	−2N	+42B	+52N	−5B	+25N	−9B	−12B	+40N	4.0	32.5	32.5	10.00	1680	+5.4
19	Chkhitunidze, Leon	1908	RUS	+38B	+12N	−3B	+31N	−43B	+23N	−5B	F	4.0	30.5	30.5	15.50	1782	-20.4
20	Bachilin, Denis Il	1592	RUS	=8B	+33N	−43B	−32N	+30B	+45N	=10B	−11B	4.0	29.0	31.5	14.75	1660	+19.6
21	Zaremba, Stanislav	1753	RUS	+48B	=13N	=6B	−24B	−23N	−37N	+38B	+32B	4.0	27.5	28.5	12.50	1692	-24.8
22	Pavlenko, Alexandr	1620	RUS	−13B	+48N	+33B	−14N	=31B	+32N	F	=24B	4.0	27.0	28.0	11.75	1727	+10.4
23	Grigoryev, Vladislav	1643	RUS	−33B	−46N	+48B	+36N	+21B	−19B	+37N	−10N	4.0	25.0	26.0	11.00	1684	+6.0
24	Grigorian, Sergey	1918	RUS	F	F	+49B	+21N	−14B	=7B	+16N	=22N	4.0	23.5	23.5	14.25	1874	-4.4
25	Ljamin, Vladimir	1674	RUS	−36B	F	+42N	+37N	−18B	+40B	−26N	+35B	4.0	23.0	23.0	12.00	1538	-21.2
26	Odiyankov, Svyatoslav	1442	RUS	F	−35B	−28N	+49N	+51B	+38N	+25B	−12N	4.0	22.5	23.0	8.50	1561	+27.2
27	Ignatenko, Boris Al	1618	RUS	+7N	−5B	+15N	−4B	+11N	=16B	F	F	3.5	35.5	35.5	17.25	1868	+77.6
28	Bocharnikov, Oleg	1633	RUS	−1B	−32N	+26B	=33N	+17B	−10N	−30B	+45N	3.5	31.0	33.5	12.75	1610	-7.2
29	Shumilin, Yuriy V	1590	RUS	−14B	+47N	+12B	=44N	+10B	−13N	−8B	−31N	3.5	31.0	33.0	13.50	1705	+39.2
30	Morozov, Daniil M.	1565	RUS	−4N	−7B	=51N	+42B	−20N	+34B	+28N	−16B	3.5	30.0	30.5	10.25	1602	+6.0
31	Chapygin, Sergey	1664	RUS	F	−14N	+17B	−19B	=22N	+39B	−15N	+29B	3.5	28.0	28.0	13.00	1718	+9.0
32	Dozorov, Mikhail	1535	RUS	−15N	+28B	=39N	+20B	−16N	−22B	+45B	−21N	3.5	27.5	30.0	11.50	1634	+19.6
33	Filippov, Nikolay	0	RUS	+23N	−20B	−22N	=28B	−39N	+47B	+46B	−17N	3.5	25.5	27.5	10.25	1554	0.0
34	Khodzhoyan, Artush	1577	RUS	−3B	+49N	=45B	−8N	−37B	−30N	+36B	+50N	3.5	24.5	25.5	6.25	1469	-18.0
35	Zaitsev, Mikhail Andr	1617	RUS	−6B	+26N	+16B	−43N	+12B	−5B	−11N	−25N	3.0	34.0	37.0	13.50	1644	+4.8
36	Meleshin, Igor V	1425	RUS	+25N	−4B	−8N	−23B	+52N	−11B	−34N	+47B	3.0	30.0	30.0	6.00	1556	+41.6
37	Shustov, Filipp	1588	RUS	−5N	+51B	−11N	−25B	+34N	+21B	−23B	−44N	3.0	29.5	30.0	8.00	1535	-21.6
38	Cherepashkin, Ivan	1597	RUS	−19N	+40B	−7N	+41B	−15N	−26B	−21N	+48B	3.0	28.0	29.0	7.00	1541	-13.6
39	Rudnev, Egor	1638	RUS	+49B	−10N	=32B	−45N	+33B	−31N	−17B	=42N	3.0	25.5	26.5	7.75	1282	-77.2
40	Bazarbaev, Arman Bul	1544	RUS	−10B	−38N	+47B	−16N	+48B	−25N	+50B	−18B	3.0	23.5	24.5	4.00	1371	-40.0
41	Salimov, Galimzyan	1513	RUS	−16B	−17N	+50B	−38N	+47B	−12N	−44B	+49N	3.0	23.0	24.0	4.00	1343	-47.6
42	Askarov, Bulat	0	RUS	=46B	−18N	−25B	−30N	+49B	−17N	+48N	=39B	3.0	22.5	23.5	4.75	1352	0.0
43	Safir, Iaroslav	1870	ISR	F	F	+20N	+35B	+19N	−6N	−9B	F	3.0	21.5	21.5	11.00	1862	+1.2
44	Leontiev, Nikita	1685	RUS	F	=6N	−46B	=29B	F	F	+41N	+37B	3.0	21.5	21.5	10.50	1723	+9.6
45	Shiryaev, Eduard	1643	RUS	+51N	−9B	=34N	+39B	−7N	−20B	−32N	−28B	2.5	28.0	28.5	5.25	1464	-32.6
46	Pylaev, Evgenij	1636	RUS	=42N	+23B	+44N	−13N	−8B	−15B	−33N	F	2.5	28.0	28.0	8.50	1727	+9.6
47	Mirzoev, Dzhuma	1408	RUS	−11N	−29B	−40N	+50B	−41N	−33N	+51B	−36N	2.0	22.0	22.5	1.50	740	-33.0
48	Borisov, Artem	1462	RUS	−21N	−22B	−23N	+51B	−40N	−50N	−42B	−38N	1.0	22.0	22.5	0.50	825	0.0
49	FIDE 570015104	0	—	−39N	−34B	−24N	−26B	−42N	+51N	F	−41B	1.0	21.0	21.0	0.50	819	0.0
50	Kashirsky, Eugeny D.	0	RUS	−12B	F	−41N	−47N	F	+48B	−40N	−34B	1.0	17.5	17.5	1.00	731	0.0
51	FIDE 55859828	0	—	−45B	−37N	=30B	−48N	−26N	−49B	−47N	F	0.5	17.0	17.0	1.75	1165	0.0
52	Mityakov, Nikolay	1538	RUS	F	F	−18B	−12N	−36B	F	F	F	0.0	12.0	12.0	0.00	768	-26.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Tolengit, ArmanRUS
+90.8
6.0 pts · #4
2Ignatenko, Boris AlRUS
+77.6
3.5 pts · #21
3Gorchakov, AleksandrFID
+66.4
6.0 pts · #3

Top rating losers

1Rudnev, EgorRUS
-77.2
3.0 pts · #46
2Salimov, GalimzyanRUS
-47.6
3.0 pts · #45
3Bazarbaev, Arman BulRUS
-40.0
3.0 pts · #44

Biggest upsets

R1+364 Elo gap
Ignatenko, Boris Al1618 beat Novodvorskiy, Dmitriy Al1982
R1+249 Elo gap
Meleshin, Igor V1425 beat Ljamin, Vladimir1674
R7+232 Elo gap
Odiyankov, Svyatoslav1442 beat Ljamin, Vladimir1674