Intellectuals of Siberia_Altay Cup 2026_G15

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50 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 30 Apr 2026 to 05 May 2026 in Barnaul, Russia. Top 10 Elo average was 1686, and top seed was Alena Melnikova (🇷🇺 RUS, 1822).

Vasilisa Belokon (🇷🇺 RUS, 1779) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Alena Melnikova (7.5) and Ulyana Kirichuk (6.5). Belokon won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Elizaveta Kropotova (1402) beat Lidiya Abakumova (1688), a +286-point gap.

Location

🇷🇺Barnaul, Russia

Dates

30 Apr 2026 → 05 May 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇺Alena Melnikova1822

Avg top 10

1,686

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇷🇺Russia×41

Top 3

🥇
Vasilisa Belokon
🇷🇺RUS·1779
8.0pts·1970perf+56.8
🥈
Alena Melnikova
🇷🇺RUS·1822
7.5pts·1802perf+1.2
🥉
Ulyana Kirichuk
🇷🇺RUS·1591
6.5pts·1740perf+56.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Vasilisa Belokon led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders

Belokon8Melnikova7.5Oorzhak6.5Kashperova6.5Kirichuk6.5Druzhinina6

R6–R9 · LEAD HELD

Vasilisa Belokon held the sole lead from R6 through R9 without losing it.

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Vasilisa Belokon beat Alena Melnikova (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Vasilisa Belokon 4+3 wins (R1–R4, R6–R8)Alena Melnikova 3+3 wins (R3–R5, R7–R9)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Vasilisa Belokon	*	1	—	1
2Alena Melnikova	0	*	1	—
3Anastasia Oorzhak	—	0	*	—
4Elizaveta Kashperova	0	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Belokon, Vasilisa	1779	RUS	+20B	+19N	+4B	+8N	=6B	+2N	+7B	+15N	=3B	8.0	48.5	53.5	47.25	1970	+56.8
2	Melnikova, Alena	1822	RUS	+12N	=17B	+16N	+10B	+3N	−1B	+5N	+6B	+9N	7.5	48.5	53.5	43.00	1802	+1.2
3	Kirichuk, Ulyana	1591	RUS	+31N	=16B	+17N	+11B	−2B	=4N	+8B	+7N	=1N	6.5	49.5	53.5	36.25	1740	+56.4
4	Kashperova, Elizaveta	1607	RUS	+32N	+21B	−1N	+23B	+26N	=3B	=6N	=9B	+10N	6.5	46.0	50.0	33.00	1711	+41.6
5	Oorzhak, Anastasia	1508	RUS	+33N	+30B	−6N	+21B	=15B	+17N	−2B	+14B	+18N	6.5	43.0	47.0	31.00	1705	+72.4
6	Skvortsova, Anna Ig	1688	RUS	+37B	+13N	+5B	+15N	=1N	−7B	=4B	−2N	+19B	6.0	50.0	54.0	33.25	1712	+10.4
7	Syryamina, Yana	1613	RUS	+28B	−25N	+38B	+22N	+8B	+6N	−1N	−3B	+16B	6.0	45.5	49.0	30.00	1607	-0.8
8	Druzhinina, Varvara Dm	0	RUS	+35N	+34B	+9N	−1B	−7N	+22B	−3N	+21B	+15B	6.0	45.0	49.0	28.50	1592	0.0
9	Kropotova, Elizaveta	1402	RUS	+38B	+23N	−8B	=25N	+13B	+11N	=15B	=4N	−2B	5.5	45.5	49.0	27.50	1702	+105.2
10	Kuzmina, Yana	0	RUS	+46B	=29N	+25B	−2N	+20B	−15N	+16B	+12N	−4B	5.5	43.5	45.5	24.25	1567	0.0
11	Abakumova, Lidiya	1688	RUS	=41B	+27N	+29B	−3N	+25B	−9B	=20N	=22B	+26N	5.5	40.0	43.0	24.50	1634	-14.4
12	Dashinimaeva, Sofia	1465	RUS	−2B	+41N	+46B	=13N	=27B	+26B	=18N	−10B	+25N	5.5	40.0	42.0	21.50	1677	+52.4
13	Druzhinina, Arina	0	RUS	+?N	−6B	+30N	=12B	−9N	−31B	+38N	+32N	+17B	5.5	37.5	37.5	19.25	1563	0.0
14	Baldanova, Alina	1560	RUS	−34N	+35B	−39N	+46B	=30N	+38B	+27B	−5N	+28B	5.5	34.5	36.5	20.50	1651	+24.0
15	Ivasenko, Vera	1717	RUS	+24N	+26B	+18N	−6B	=5N	+10B	=9N	−1B	−8N	5.0	47.5	52.0	26.00	1594	-35.2
16	Matienko, Valeriya	1439	RUS	+40B	=3N	−2B	+19N	=18N	+32B	−10N	+33B	−7N	5.0	43.5	47.0	22.25	1612	+50.8
17	Telina, Mariya D	1518	RUS	+42B	=2N	−3B	+41N	+29B	−5B	+31N	=18B	−13N	5.0	42.5	45.5	20.75	1502	-6.8
18	Kharitonova, Zhanna	1449	RUS	+36B	+22N	−15B	=20N	=16B	+21N	=12B	=17N	−5B	5.0	42.0	46.0	24.25	1464	+2.4
19	Dongak, Ananda	1591	RUS	+45N	−1B	=31N	−16B	+24N	+36B	=25N	+20B	−6N	5.0	41.5	44.0	20.75	1396	-52.0
20	Kutyukova, Veronika	0	RUS	−1N	+45B	+44N	=18B	−10N	+23B	=11B	−19N	+35N	5.0	40.5	43.0	19.25	1562	0.0
21	Bobrova, Olesya	0	RUS	+44B	−4N	+36B	−5N	+43B	−18B	+39N	−8N	+33B	5.0	38.5	41.0	17.00	721	0.0
22	Samovolik, Aleksandra	1476	RUS	+50N	−18B	+34N	−7B	+39B	−8N	+42B	=11N	=27B	5.0	37.5	37.5	15.50	1394	-16.8
23	Lokhmatova, Darya	1460	RUS	+43B	−9B	+33N	−4N	=38B	−20N	=24B	+42N	+31B	5.0	36.5	39.5	18.25	1234	-32.4
24	Kishkarenko, Varvara	0	RUS	−15B	−46N	=40B	+45N	−19B	+41N	=23N	+36B	+34N	5.0	32.0	34.0	17.75	1456	0.0
25	Miakina, Kira	1415	RUS	+47N	+7B	−10N	=9B	−11N	+30B	=19B	=28N	−12B	4.5	41.5	43.5	19.50	1538	+37.6
26	Bondarenko, Darya	1738	RUS	+49B	−15N	+28B	+39N	−4B	−12N	=32B	+30N	−11B	4.5	38.5	40.0	15.50	1399	-104.8
27	Berezina, Dana	1599	RUS	−30N	−11B	+47N	+33B	=12N	+29B	−14N	=31B	=22N	4.5	38.0	40.0	17.75	1401	-63.6
28	Demina, Valeria	0	RUS	−7N	+47B	−26N	+34B	−32N	+35B	+36N	=25B	−14N	4.5	36.5	38.5	16.25	1367	0.0
29	Linok, Keseniya	1502	RUS	+48N	=10B	−11N	+31B	−17N	−27N	−30B	+44B	+38N	4.5	34.5	36.0	14.25	1317	-45.6
30	Morozova, Ekaterina	1466	RUS	+27B	−5N	−13B	+40N	=14B	−25N	+29N	−26B	=32N	4.0	39.5	43.0	17.25	1511	+14.8
31	Uskova, Anastasiya	0	RUS	−3B	+42N	=19B	−29N	+41B	+13N	−17B	=27N	−23N	4.0	39.0	42.0	16.25	1271	0.0
32	Derevyanko, Ekaterina	1608	RUS	−4B	=40N	=37B	+42N	+28B	−16N	=26N	−13B	=30B	4.0	37.5	40.5	15.50	1370	-49.2
33	FIDE 34375007	0	—	−5B	+43N	−23B	−27N	+34B	+46N	+37B	−16N	−21N	4.0	37.0	39.0	13.00	702	0.0
34	Teterina, Evangelina	0	RUS	+14B	−8N	−22B	−28N	−33N	+48B	+46B	+37N	−24B	4.0	36.0	37.5	13.00	1518	0.0
35	Makeeva, Margarita	1423	RUS	−8B	−14N	+49B	−37N	+50B	−28N	+43B	+39N	−20B	4.0	33.0	33.0	8.00	760	-12.8
36	FIDE 540043789	0	—	−18N	+48B	−21N	+44B	+37B	−19N	−28B	−24N	+?B	4.0	32.5	32.5	8.00	720	0.0
37	Smirnova, Maria B	0	RUS	−6N	=?B	=32N	+35B	−36N	+44B	−33N	−34B	+47N	4.0	30.5	30.5	10.50	1573	0.0
38	Ryadchenko, Victoria	1513	RUS	−9N	+50B	−7N	+48B	=23N	−14N	−13B	+41N	−29B	3.5	36.5	36.5	7.00	1141	-81.2
39	Poddubnaya, Violetta	0	RUS	F	+49N	+14B	−26B	−22N	+43N	−21B	−35B	=44N	3.5	31.0	31.0	11.25	1356	0.0
40	FIDE 570030987	0	—	−16N	=32B	=24N	−30B	−46N	=47N	=?B	=45N	+50B	3.5	24.5	24.5	6.75	1286	0.0
41	FIDE 540043690	0	—	=11N	−12B	+?N	−17B	−31N	−24B	+49N	−38B	=48N	3.0	31.5	31.5	5.00	1224	0.0
42	FIDE 570031010	0	—	−17N	−31B	+50N	−32B	+48N	+?B	−22N	−23B	−43N	3.0	27.5	27.5	1.50	716	0.0
43	Bizeva, Oksana	0	RUS	−23N	−33B	+45N	+?B	−21N	−39B	−35N	F	+42B	3.0	27.0	27.0	5.50	1304	0.0
44	FIDE 570030995	0	—	−21N	F	−20B	−36N	+49B	−37N	+45B	−29N	=39B	2.5	30.0	30.0	5.75	1453	0.0
45	Pershina, Lidia	1403	RUS	−19B	−20N	−43B	−24B	F	+50N	−44N	=40B	+49N	2.5	25.5	25.5	3.25	791	-10.4
46	Brauer, Polina	0	RUS	−10N	+24B	−12N	−14N	+40B	−33B	−34N	−47B	F	2.0	35.0	35.0	8.50	713	0.0
47	Abu Allaban, Nadezhda	0	RUS	−25B	−28N	−27B	=49N	−?N	=40B	F	+46N	−37B	2.0	24.5	24.5	4.50	707	0.0
48	FIDE 540043770	0	—	−29B	−36N	F	−38N	−42B	−34N	+50B	−?N	=41B	1.5	22.0	22.0	1.50	708	0.0
49	FIDE 522060901	0	—	−26N	−39B	−35N	=47B	−44N	F	−41B	+50N	−45B	1.5	22.0	22.0	1.00	721	0.0
50	FIDE 570030979	0	—	−22B	−38N	−42B	F	−35N	−45B	−48N	−49B	−40N	0.0	24.5	24.5	0.00	654	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Kropotova, ElizavetaRUS
+105.2
5.5 pts · #8
2Oorzhak, AnastasiaRUS
+72.4
6.5 pts · #3
3Belokon, VasilisaRUS
+56.8
8.0 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1Bondarenko, DaryaRUS
-104.8
4.5 pts · #27
2Ryadchenko, VictoriaRUS
-81.2
3.5 pts · #37
3Berezina, DanaRUS
-63.6
4.5 pts · #21

Biggest upsets

R6+286 Elo gap
Kropotova, Elizaveta1402 beat Abakumova, Lidiya1688
R6+273 Elo gap
Dashinimaeva, Sofia1465 beat Bondarenko, Darya1738
R2+198 Elo gap
Miakina, Kira1415 beat Syryamina, Yana1613