Blitz Moscow. April 2026 - 3

SwissBlitz

64 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held on 10 Apr 2026 in Moscow, Russia. 19 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2416, and top seed was Aleksandr E. Usov (🇷🇺 RUS, IM, 2547).

Isaak Parpiev ( FID, IM, 2447) won with 9.5/11, ahead of Aleksandr E. Usov (9.0) and Dmitry Rostovtsev (8.5). Parpiev won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Emil A. Saakyan (1957) beat Yaroslav Remizov (IM, 2475), a +518-point gap.

Location

🇷🇺Moscow, Russia

Dates

10 Apr 2026

Time control

Blitz: 3 minutes for game with 2 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 11 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇺IMAleksandr E. Usov2547

Avg top 10

2,416

Participants

Titled players · 19

IM×5

FM×8

CM×3

WIM×1

WCM×2

Federations · 3 represented

🇷🇺Russia×45

FIDE (no federation)×17

🇦🇲Armenia×1

Top 3

🥇
IMIsaak Parpiev
FID·2447
9.5pts·2589perf+19.5
🥈
IMAleksandr E. Usov
🇷🇺RUS·2547
9.0pts·2683perf+13.3
🥉
IMDmitry Rostovtsev
🇷🇺RUS·2506
8.5pts·2512perf+3.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 11 rounds

IM Isaak Parpiev led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Parpiev9.5Usov9Rostovtsev8.5Zhukov7.5Usov7.5Bukreev7.5

R5–R11 · LEAD HELD

IM Isaak Parpiev held the sole lead from R5 through R11 without losing it.

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Isaak Parpiev drew with IM Aleksandr E. Usov (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

IM Isaak Parpiev 5 wins (R1–R5)IM Aleksandr E. Usov 4+4 wins (R2–R5, R8–R11)IM Dmitry Rostovtsev 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1IMIsaak Parpiev	*	½	1	½
2IMAleksandr E. Usov	½	*	½	1
3IMDmitry Rostovtsev	0	½	*	½
4FMAnton Zhukov	½	0	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Parpiev, IsaakIM	2447	FID	+25B	+24N	+17B	+16N	+4B	=2N	=5B	+28N	+3B	=6N	+9B	9.5	72.0	77.5	65.50	2589	+19.5
2	Usov, Aleksandr E.IM	2547	RUS	F	+52N	+19B	+23N	+28B	=1B	=3N	+5N	+16B	+4N	+7B	9.0	68.5	68.5	59.50	2683	+13.3
3	Rostovtsev, DmitryIM	2506	RUS	+13B	+22N	+7B	=28N	=5B	+4N	=2B	+17N	−1N	+23B	+16N	8.5	72.5	78.0	57.50	2512	+3.8
4	Usov, Dmitry E.	2210	RUS	+38B	+39N	+8B	+6N	−1N	−3B	=10N	+31B	+18N	−2B	+20N	7.5	72.0	77.0	46.50	2358	+46.6
5	Zhukov, AntonFM	2257	FID	+46B	=26N	+29B	+8N	=3N	+16B	=1N	−2B	+28B	+17N	−6B	7.5	71.5	76.0	47.50	2422	+51.6
6	Bukreev, StanislavIM	2404	RUS	=29B	+59N	+34B	−4B	−10N	=53B	+25N	+37N	+12B	=1B	+5N	7.5	64.5	68.0	44.00	2236	-16.4
7	Gilfanov, Marat IFM	2413	FID	+9N	+10B	−3N	+24B	+11N	−14B	+13N	−16B	+19B	+22N	−2N	7.0	71.5	77.5	46.50	2298	-11.1
8	Remizov, YaroslavIM	2475	RUS	+21N	+12B	−4N	−5B	−25N	+42B	+33N	+15B	−11N	+36B	+27N	7.0	65.0	70.0	42.00	2215	-28.2
9	Torgaev, Igor	1926	RUS	−7B	+60N	+35B	+12N	−16B	+37N	−22B	+48B	+31N	+11B	−1N	7.0	63.5	66.5	37.50	2220	+79.4
10	Varankin, Leonid	2029	RUS	+60B	−7N	+52B	=18N	+6B	+44N	=4B	+22N	−17B	=16N	=14B	7.0	63.0	66.0	38.75	2266	+131.6
11	Borisova, EkaterinaFM	2119	RUS	−30B	+41N	+38B	+25N	−7B	+26N	−24B	+36N	+8B	−9N	+22B	7.0	60.5	65.5	40.00	2136	+5.6
12	Dedkov, Roman Ol	2099	RUS	+56N	−8N	+39B	−9B	+40N	−13B	+41N	+32B	−6N	+33B	+23N	7.0	60.5	64.5	36.00	2125	+3.8
13	Rodnikov, Alexei	1983	RUS	−3N	+49B	+62B	−22N	+51B	+12N	−7B	−23N	+37B	+24N	+28B	7.0	59.5	61.5	34.00	2188	+49.0
14	Panichkin, Aleksey	2256	RUS	+42N	−36B	+26B	+37N	=44B	+7N	−28B	−19N	+29B	+18B	=10N	7.0	59.0	63.5	40.75	2210	-8.4
15	Pak, Georgy	1973	RUS	F	−29N	+51B	−19N	+59B	+45N	+44B	−8N	+30B	+28N	+17B	7.0	53.0	53.0	34.00	2158	+46.2
16	Galaktionov, ArtemFM	2416	RUS	+53B	+37N	+44B	−1B	+9N	−5N	+38B	+7N	−2N	=10B	−3B	6.5	70.0	74.0	36.00	2284	-12.9
17	Kharkevich, StepanFM	2171	RUS	+47B	+30N	−1N	=36B	+20N	+31B	+18N	−3B	+10N	−5B	−15N	6.5	68.5	73.0	38.00	2173	+3.2
18	Zdorov, Egor VitCM	2272	RUS	+40N	=20B	=32N	=10B	+22B	+19N	−17B	+24N	−4B	−14N	+30B	6.5	64.0	69.0	38.50	2129	-36.5
19	Tolstykh, Viktor	2118	FID	=55N	+61B	−2N	+15B	+36N	−18B	+34N	+14B	−7N	−20B	+31N	6.5	63.0	66.0	35.00	2162	+8.9
20	Siverin, Vladislav	2007	FID	+43B	=18N	−23B	+30N	−17B	−29N	+45B	+44N	+48B	+19N	−4B	6.5	58.0	62.5	33.75	2086	+40.9
21	Tolengit, Arman	1964	RUS	−8B	−51N	+43B	−39N	−30B	=60N	+55B	+45N	+42B	+37N	+29B	6.5	50.5	53.5	30.50	1898	-26.7
22	Tyrtyshnikov, Luka And	2124	RUS	+57N	−3B	+40N	+13B	−18N	+25B	+9N	−10B	+38N	−7B	−11N	6.0	66.0	70.0	34.00	2109	-5.8
23	Shinkorenko, Ivan Al	2203	FID	+41N	=32B	+20N	−2B	−34N	+50B	=36N	+13B	+24B	−3N	−12B	6.0	65.0	69.5	34.25	2115	-10.9
24	Palchik, Oleg Ig	2020	RUS	+54N	−1B	+42N	−7N	+46B	+33B	+11N	−18B	−23N	−13B	+38N	6.0	63.0	67.0	31.00	2093	+27.9
25	Saakyan, Emil A.	1957	RUS	−1N	+57B	+64N	−11B	+8B	−22N	−6B	+47N	−36B	+40N	+46B	6.0	60.0	60.0	25.00	2077	+25.0
26	Parfenov, Viktor N.CM	1984	RUS	+62N	=5B	−14N	+50B	=48N	−11B	−27N	+49B	−32N	+54B	+36N	6.0	55.5	57.5	26.00	1990	+3.8
27	Rychikhin, Vladislav	2102	RUS	−52B	−47N	+60B	−45N	+56B	+39N	+26B	−38N	+53B	+32N	−8B	6.0	49.5	52.5	27.50	1929	-44.0
28	Manvelyan, MikayelFM	2422	ARM	+33N	+31B	+36N	=3B	−2N	+34B	+14N	−1B	−5N	−15B	−13N	5.5	72.0	77.0	32.75	2206	-25.7
29	Ivanova, Lubov	1915	RUS	=6N	+15B	−5N	−48B	+61N	+20B	−31N	+34B	−14N	+38B	−21N	5.5	62.5	65.5	30.75	2052	+35.2
30	Gevorkian, Stepan	1765	RUS	+11N	−17B	=31N	−20B	+21N	−36B	+50N	+35B	−15N	+34B	−18N	5.5	61.5	66.0	31.75	2030	+132.4
31	Khafizova, DianaWIM	2092	FID	+51B	−28N	=30B	+47N	+45B	−17N	+29B	−4N	−9B	+46N	−19B	5.5	57.5	61.5	25.75	1972	-31.7
32	Gridnev, Selantiy	1987	RUS	+45B	=23N	=18B	−44N	−38B	+51N	+54B	−12N	+26B	−27B	=35N	5.5	55.0	59.0	27.50	1984	+2.0
33	Kichatov, Dmitriy Ser	1953	RUS	−28B	=45N	=56B	+52N	+35B	−24N	−8B	+39N	+44B	−12N	=48B	5.5	53.5	57.5	25.50	2022	+4.1
34	Lovakov, Egor Vladimirovich	2068	RUS	=50N	+55B	−6N	+61B	+23B	−28N	−19B	−29N	+51B	−30N	+44B	5.5	53.5	56.5	23.75	1981	-40.0
35	Vasilkov, NikolayFM	2133	FID	−39B	+50B	−9N	+49B	−33N	−41B	+57N	−30N	+60B	+53N	=32B	5.5	50.5	53.5	22.75	1853	-53.9
36	Mirasov, Ravil	1993	RUS	+58B	+14N	−28B	=17N	−19B	+30N	=23B	−11B	+25N	−8N	−26B	5.0	63.0	66.5	28.25	2051	+14.6
37	Krasin, Boris Vsev	2006	FID	+63N	−16B	+54N	−14B	+41N	−9B	+49N	−6B	−13N	−21B	+55N	5.0	59.0	61.0	19.50	1927	-40.3
38	Zakharov, Mikael Dm	1861	RUS	−4N	+63B	−11N	+54B	+32N	+48B	−16N	+27B	−22B	−29N	−24B	5.0	58.5	60.5	22.00	1973	+15.6
39	Baburin, Dmitry Al	1829	RUS	+35N	−4B	−12N	+21B	−53N	−27B	+40N	−33B	+43N	−48N	+56B	5.0	56.5	60.5	26.00	1941	+28.8
40	Shanoyan, Roman A.	1908	RUS	−18B	+43N	−22B	+56N	−12B	−54N	−39B	+59N	+61N	−25B	+51N	5.0	51.0	54.0	19.50	1816	-51.2
41	Nigmatzyanov, Marat	1851	RUS	−23B	−11B	+63N	+62N	−37B	+35N	−12B	=51N	−46B	=52N	+47B	5.0	49.5	51.5	18.00	1851	-2.5
42	Zakharova, Milana	1888	RUS	−14B	+58N	−24B	−51N	+60B	−8N	+56B	=61N	−21N	=55B	+54N	5.0	49.0	52.0	18.00	1794	-28.6
43	Trofimov, Dmitriy M.	1581	RUS	−20N	−40B	−21N	=58B	+64N	−52B	=59B	+56N	−39B	+60N	+53B	5.0	45.0	45.0	14.50	1734	+63.6
44	Osetrov, DmitrijFM	2147	RUS	+49N	+64B	−16N	+32B	=14N	−10B	−15N	−20B	−33N	+61B	−34N	4.5	58.0	58.0	16.50	1917	-59.0
45	Redina, Ekaterina	1703	RUS	−32N	=33B	+55N	+27B	−31N	−15B	−20N	−21B	+58B	−47N	+52B	4.5	55.0	58.5	20.25	1839	+63.2
46	Tereshchenko, ElizaWCM	1897	FID	−5N	−54B	+57N	+64B	−24N	−49B	=52N	+50B	+41N	−31B	−25N	4.5	51.0	51.0	15.50	1774	-25.4
47	Kalinin, Bogdan	1840	FID	−17N	+27B	=48N	−31B	−50N	+55N	=61B	−25B	=52N	+45B	−41N	4.5	50.5	53.5	20.25	1828	-11.2
48	Denisenko, DenisCM	2113	RUS	F	F	=47B	+29N	=26B	−38N	+53B	−9N	−20N	+39B	=33N	4.5	49.0	49.0	22.50	1918	-33.3
49	Alekseev, Konstantin	1831	RUS	−44B	−13N	+58B	−35N	+62B	+46N	−37B	−26N	−54N	=51B	+61N	4.5	47.0	49.0	15.00	1754	-14.3
50	Babkin, Timofey Dm	1639	FID	=34B	−35N	+59B	−26N	+47B	−23N	−30B	−46N	−55B	+62N	+63B	4.5	47.0	49.0	14.75	1744	+10.1
51	Vlasov, Ilya Ig	1724	RUS	−31N	+21B	−15N	+42B	−13N	−32B	+58N	=41B	−34N	=49N	−40B	4.0	56.5	60.0	19.75	1812	+16.5
52	Rodionov, Nikita Pav	1760	RUS	+27N	−2B	−10N	−33B	−54N	+43N	=46B	=60N	=47B	=41B	−45N	4.0	55.0	58.0	19.50	1747	-17.2
53	Okhitin, Lev	1947	FID	−16N	=56B	−61N	+55B	+39B	=6N	−48N	+54B	−27N	−35B	−43N	4.0	52.0	55.0	18.75	1825	-37.8
54	Balashov, Dmitrii	1596	RUS	−24B	+46N	−37B	−38N	+52B	+40B	−32N	−53N	+49B	−26N	−42B	4.0	50.5	54.5	18.00	1813	+53.7
55	Kusakina, UlianaWCM	1760	FID	=19B	−34N	−45B	−53N	+58N	−47B	−21N	+57B	+50N	=42N	−37B	4.0	50.0	53.5	17.75	1763	-1.3
56	Dolgun, Mikhail S	1728	FID	−12B	=53N	=33N	−40B	−27N	+64B	−42N	−43B	+57N	+63B	−39N	4.0	48.5	48.5	10.75	1684	-14.3
57	Grinshtein, Shmuel	1818	RUS	−22B	−25N	−46B	−59N	+63B	+62N	−35B	−55N	−56B	+64N	+58B	4.0	41.0	41.0	7.50	1542	-60.3
58	Khizhnyakov, Mikhail Mak	1508	FID	−36N	−42B	−49N	=43N	−55B	+63N	−51B	+62B	−45N	+59B	−57N	3.5	41.5	43.5	10.00	1507	-5.4
59	Izotov, Vladimir	1804	FID	F	−6B	−50N	+57B	−15N	−61B	=43N	−40B	+63N	−58N	+64B	3.5	41.5	41.5	8.50	1537	-49.0
60	Pankin, Pavel	1626	RUS	−10N	−9B	−27N	+63B	−42N	=21B	+64N	=52B	−35N	−43B	−62B	3.0	50.0	50.0	7.25	1578	-11.4
61	Salamov, Andrey Pav	1661	RUS	F	−19N	+53B	−34N	−29B	+59N	=47N	=42B	−40B	−44N	−49B	3.0	48.5	48.5	12.25	1783	+23.0
62	Arkhipov, Daniil	0	RUS	−26B	F	−13N	−41B	−49N	−57B	−63N	−58N	+64B	−50B	+60N	2.0	39.5	39.5	3.00	1460	0.0
63	Morozov, Daniil M.	1565	RUS	−37B	−38N	−41B	−60N	−57N	−58B	+62B	+64N	−59B	−56N	−50N	2.0	39.5	39.5	2.00	962	0.0
64	FIDE 570022984	0	—	F	−44N	−25B	−46N	−43B	−56N	−60B	−63B	−62N	−57B	−59N	0.0	38.5	38.5	0.00	1020	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Gevorkian, StepanRUS
+132.4
5.5 pts · #26
2Varankin, LeonidRUS
+131.6
7.0 pts · #8
3Torgaev, IgorRUS
+79.4
7.0 pts · #11

Top rating losers

1Grinshtein, ShmuelRUS
-60.3
4.0 pts · #61
2Osetrov, DmitrijFMRUS
-59.0
4.5 pts · #53
3Vasilkov, NikolayFMFID
-53.9
5.5 pts · #29

Biggest upsets

R5+518 Elo gap
Saakyan, Emil A.1957 beat IMRemizov, Yaroslav2475
R10+449 Elo gap
Pak, Georgy1973 beat FMManvelyan, Mikayel2422
R11+439 Elo gap
Rodnikov, Alexei1983 beat FMManvelyan, Mikayel2422