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Memorial Stolberg M.M. - 2026_standard

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27 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 04 May 2026 to 22 May 2026 in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1807, and top seed was Evgueniy Pozdnjakov (🇫🇷 FRA, 1934).

Vitaly Yermolenko (🇷🇺 RUS, 1861) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Boris Igdirov (7.0) and Mikhail Korovtenko (6.5). Yermolenko won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Albert Barashev (1599) beat Evgueniy Pozdnjakov (1934), a +335-point gap.

Location
🇷🇺Rostov-on-Don, Russia
Dates
04 May 2026 → 22 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇫🇷Evgueniy Pozdnjakov1934
Avg top 10
1,807
Participants
27
Federations · 3 represented
🇷🇺Russia×25
🇫🇷France×1
🇩🇪Germany×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Vitaly Yermolenko led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
12
5
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Yermolenko8Igdirov7Korovtenko6.5Pozdnjakov5.5Zakhozhai5.5Barashev5.5
R4–R9 · LEAD HELD

Vitaly Yermolenko never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Vitaly Yermolenko drew with Boris Igdirov (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Vitaly Yermolenko 4+3 wins (R1–R4, R6–R8)Mikhail Korovtenko 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Vitaly Yermolenko*
½
1
1
2Boris Igdirov
½
*
½
½
3Mikhail Korovtenko
0
½
*
½
4Evgueniy Pozdnjakov
0
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Yermolenko, Vitaly1861RUS+17B+6N+5B+3N=2B+10N+7B+4N=11B8.044.048.042.252097+44.4
2Igdirov, Boris1809RUS+22N+19B=4N+12B=1N=3B=6N+5B+7N7.044.046.533.751948+33.6
3Korovtenko, Mikhail1885RUS+13N+7B+12N−1B+11B=2N=5B+10N=4B6.544.549.032.001934+13.8
4Pozdnjakov, Evgueniy1934FRA+9B=8N=2B−6N+14B+5N+11B−1B=3N5.547.051.528.751806-23.8
5Zakhozhai, Vladimir1829RUS+15N+11B−1N+7B+6N−4B=3N−2N+10B5.546.551.027.251827+1.4
6Barashev, Albert1599RUS+26N−1B+20N+4B−5B+15N=2B−11N+19N5.542.042.020.501735+54.4
7Sapunova, Maria1674RUS+20B−3N+8B−5N+9B+19N−1N+13B−2B5.045.048.521.501737+29.6
8Radchenko, Dmitry1806RUS+21B=4B−7N=9N−10B=14N+16B+18N=12B5.037.541.021.751694-23.0
9Seregin, Aleksander1568RUS−4N+22B=16N=8B−7N=21B+23B=14N+18B5.034.537.017.751621+8.8
10Korovjakovsky, Dmitryi1787RUS−19N+16B=15N+13B+8N−1B+12N−3B−5N4.543.046.520.751688-20.0
11Veselova, Daniela1645RUS+24B−5N+19BF−3N+12B−4N+6B=1N4.543.045.019.501771+44.0
12Berov, Valeriy1823RUS+14B+23N−3B−2N+20B−11N−10B+17N=8N4.539.542.017.001636-73.2
13Suliga, Eckhard1551GER−3B+21N=23B−10N+17B+16N=19B−7N=14B4.536.038.517.251596+8.0
14Sikorskiy, Gleb1482RUS−12N+26B−18N+15B−4N=8B+24N=9B=13N4.535.035.013.751587+27.6
15Bobylev, Mikhail1526RUS−5B+24N=10B−14N+23B−6B+21NF+20N4.533.035.013.751550+2.8
16Volkov, Andrey V1445RUS+27B−10N=9B+23N−19B−13B−8N+25N+24B4.529.029.09.001513+8.6
17Kutovoi, Valery1548RUS−1N−20B+25B+21N−13N+24B−18N−12B+26N4.032.032.07.501459-19.2
18Drachev, Evgeniy1666RUSF+25N+14BFF+20N+17B−8B−9N4.028.528.514.001682+3.0
19Morzhakov, Nikolay1468RUS+10B−2N−11N+22B+16N−7B=13NF−6B3.540.042.513.751581+20.4
20Stolpovskiy, Aleksey1467RUS−7N+17N−6B+25B−12N−18B+22B=23N−15B3.532.534.59.751512+6.4
21Konenko, Alexander1478RUS−8N−13B+26N−17BF=9N−15B+24N+22B3.530.030.07.001387-29.6
22Volkova, Viktoriya1480RUS−2B−9N+24B−19NF=25B−20N+26B−21N2.530.030.03.001143-41.0
23Druzhinin, Konstantin0RUSF−12B=13N−16B−15N+26B−9N=20B=25N2.528.528.55.0013200.0
24Galkin, Oleg0RUS−11N−15B−22N+26B+25N−17N−14B−21B−16N2.030.030.02.0011880.0
25Beschetniy, Anatoliy1473RUSF−18B−17N−20N−24B=22N+26N−16B=23B2.023.023.02.501155-33.8
26Shloma, Aleksander0RUS−6B−14N−21B−24NF−23N−25B−22N−17B0.026.526.50.007100.0
27Kirichenko, Anatoliy1655RUS−16NFFFFFFFF0.04.54.50.00645-15.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets