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St. Petersburg 99th Championship, Final, Men

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16 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 14 Apr 2026 to 22 Apr 2026 in St. Petersburg, Russia. 9 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2352, and top seed was Aleksey Goganov (🇷🇺 RUS, GM, 2493).

Aleksey Goganov (🇷🇺 RUS, GM, 2493) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Artyom Zubritskiy (6.5) and Kirill Shubin (6.0). Goganov took the lead from round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Marat Kurbanov (1996) beat Vladimir Epishin (GM, 2292), a +296-point gap.

Location
🇷🇺St. Petersburg, Russia
Dates
14 Apr 2026 → 22 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇺GMAleksey Goganov2493
Avg top 10
2,352
Participants
16
Titled players · 9
GM×4
IM×2
FM×3
Federations · 2 represented
🇷🇺Russia×11
FIDE (no federation)×5
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

GM Aleksey Goganov led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
5
6
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Goganov takes lead
Goganov7Zubritskiy6.5Shubin6Babanin6Ismagilov5Putrenko4.5
R5 · LEADER CHANGE18 Apr

GM Aleksey Goganov takes the sole lead (4.0/5).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Aleksey Goganov drew with IM Artyom Zubritskiy (Black).

R1–R9 · UNBEATEN

GM Aleksey Goganov went unbeaten across 9 games (R1–R9).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMAleksey Goganov*
½
½
1
2IMArtyom Zubritskiy
½
*
½
½
3GMKirill Shubin
½
½
*
0
4Gleb Babanin
0
½
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Goganov, AlekseyGM2493RUS+12N=9B=2N+11B+4N=3B=6N+8B+7N7.040.043.532.752515+3.5
2Zubritskiy, ArtyomIM2367FID+7B=4N=1B+13N=6B=8N=3N+11B+14B6.539.542.528.502452+11.2
3Shubin, KirillGM2484FID=10B+8N−4B+14N+7B=1N=2B+6B=5N6.042.045.027.752411-6.3
4Babanin, Gleb2283RUS+15N=2B+3N+6N−1B=11B+7N=5N=9B6.041.544.527.752415+32.0
5Ismagilov, IgorFM2303RUS=6B=10N=8B−7N=14B+16N+11N=4B=3B5.036.039.020.502263-8.8
6Levin, Evgeny A.GM2393RUS=5N+13B+9N−4B=2N=12B=1B−3N=16B4.542.045.020.502310-9.1
7Bondarenko, Ivan2123RUS−2N=11B+15N+5B−3N+9B−4B+12N−1B4.542.045.017.752296+37.2
8Putrenko, KirillFM2339FID=11N−3B=5N+16B=9N=2B+12N−1N=13B4.539.542.518.002288-5.3
9Shemyakinskiy, NikitaFM2284RUS+14B=1N−6B=10N=8B−7N=13N+15B=4N4.537.040.018.502251-7.4
10Mochalov, Dmitriy2187FID=3N=5B=13N=9B−11N=14B=15B=16N=12B4.032.035.015.752167-5.4
11Chernov, Lev2087FID=8B=7N+16B−1N+10B=4N−5B−2N−15N3.540.543.514.502160+26.0
12Epishin, VladimirGM2292RUS−1B−16N=14B+15N+13B=6N−8B−7B=10N3.534.037.012.252139-17.9
13Vlasenko, MiroslavIM2284RUS+16B−6N=10B−2B−12N=15N=9B=14N=8N3.533.536.512.502144-16.5
14Maslov, Nikolay A2086RUS−9N=15B=12N−3B=5N=10N=16B=13B−2N3.036.039.011.002127+12.8
15Shishkin, Vladislav2074RUS−4B=14N−7B−12B=16N=13B=10N−9N+11B3.032.535.510.252055-10.4
16Kurbanov, Marat1996RUS−13N+12B−11N−8N=15B−5B=14N=10B=6N3.031.534.510.752102+38.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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