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VPHS_NEVA OPEN March 2026 Standard A

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16 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 28 Mar 2026 to 29 Mar 2026 in St. Petersburg, Russia. Top 10 Elo average was 1643, and top seed was Zachar Berezin (🇷🇺 RUS, 1794).

Zachar Berezin (🇷🇺 RUS, 1794) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Dmitriy Turov (5.5) and Sergey Khalyapin (5.5). Berezin won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Mikhail Salaev (1460) beat Oleg Gen Grabov (1685), a +225-point gap.

Location
🇷🇺St. Petersburg, Russia
Dates
28 Mar 2026 → 29 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 30 Min. Del. 30 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇺Zachar Berezin1794
Avg top 10
1,643
Participants
16
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇺Russia×16
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Zachar Berezin led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
6
3
3
1
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
R4–R7 · LEAD HELD

Zachar Berezin held the sole lead from R4 through R7 without losing it.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Zachar Berezin drew with Sergey Khalyapin (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Zachar Berezin 3 wins (R4–R6)Dmitriy Turov 3 wins (R5–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Berezin, Zachar1794RUS+8B+2N=3B+6N+7B+5N=4B6.026.029.524.751906+15.0
2Turov, Dmitriy1610RUS+5B1B+12N=3N+11B+7N+6B5.525.528.019.251856+76.4
3Khalyapin, Sergey1623RUS+16N+12B=1N=2B+6N=4B+8N5.525.025.517.751828+69.2
4Zhuravlev, Artem1637RUS+10B6N+9B11N+13B=3N=1N4.025.027.515.251643+3.6
5Kamenev, Andrey M0RUS2N+8N+15B7B+9N1B+14N4.024.527.012.0016440.0
6Egorychev, Georgy1603RUS+14N+4B=7N1B3B+13N2N3.527.029.510.751635+10.0
7Lapitsky, Sergey1774RUS=13N+11B=6B+5N1N2B=9N3.525.528.011.751556-34.4
8Berezin, Kirill I.1544RUS1N5B=13N+16B+14N+12B3B3.523.023.56.751627+27.2
9Frolov, Roman Serg.1482RUS=11N+13B4N=12B5B+15N=7B3.519.522.09.501679+62.4
10Salaev, Mikhail1460RUS4N14B+16N13B=15B+11N+12N3.517.017.57.251568+40.0
11Grabov, Oleg Gen1685RUS=9B7N+14N+4B2N10B=15B3.022.525.09.501540-55.6
12Kosheleva, Alesya1475RUS+15B3N2B=9N+16B8N10B2.524.024.54.751452-14.4
13Soras, Anton1505RUS=7B9N=8B+10N4N6B=16N2.521.522.07.251471-5.4
14Pravdin, Aleksandr1514RUS6B+10N11B=15N8B+16N5B2.520.020.55.251519-0.4
15Egorychev, Ivan1649RUS12N+16B5N=14B=10N9B=11N2.519.019.55.001466-60.4
16Kulakov, Ilya Ig1410RUS3B15N10B8N12N14B=13B0.520.022.51.251117-108.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets