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2026 Southern Federal District Women Chess Championship

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19 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 09 Apr 2026 to 17 Apr 2026 in Armavir, Russia. 3 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1956, and top seed was Oksana Gritsayeva (🇷🇺 RUS, WFM, 2136).

Evgeniya Sukhareva (🇷🇺 RUS, WFM, 2122) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Oksana Gritsayeva (6.5) and Diana Achmiz (6.0). Sukhareva won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Eugeniya Beloborodova (1815) beat Evgeniya Sukhareva (WFM, 2122), a +307-point gap.

Location
🇷🇺Armavir, Russia
Dates
09 Apr 2026 → 17 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇺WFMOksana Gritsayeva2136
Avg top 10
1,956
Participants
19
Titled players · 3
WFM×3
Federations · 2 represented
🇷🇺Russia×18
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

WFM Evgeniya Sukhareva led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
8
4
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Sukhareva7Gritsayeva6.5Beloborodova6Achmiz6Skvortsova5.5Donchenko5.5
R3–R9 · LEAD HELD

WFM Evgeniya Sukhareva held the sole lead from R3 through R9 without losing it.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WFM Evgeniya Sukhareva beat WFM Oksana Gritsayeva (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

WFM Evgeniya Sukhareva 5 wins (R1–R5)Eugeniya Beloborodova 3 wins (R6–R8)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1WFMEvgeniya Sukhareva*
1
0
1
2WFMOksana Gritsayeva
0
*
1
½
3Eugeniya Beloborodova
1
0
*
½
4Diana Achmiz
0
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Sukhareva, EvgeniyaWFM2122RUS+10N+7B+6N+2B+3N=5B+8N−4B=9N7.044.048.537.502151+8.2
2Gritsayeva, OksanaWFM2136RUS+9B+4N=3B−1N+6B=7N+5B+11N=8B6.544.548.533.502105-3.0
3Achmiz, Diana2077RUS+13B+16N=2N=8B−1B+11N=7B+5N=4N6.042.545.026.752042-3.6
4Beloborodova, Eugeniya1815RUS+14N−2B=8N+15B−7N+12B+9N+1N=3B6.041.044.027.001970+74.8
5Donchenko, EkaterinaWFM2093RUS+19N=8B=7N+6B+12B=1N−2N−3B+10N5.543.043.022.001986-18.8
6Skvortsova, Sofia1833RUS+12B+11N−1B−5N−2N+16B=10N+13B+7B5.539.542.020.751945+55.2
7Karian, Anna1892RUS+18B−1N=5B+13N+4B=2B=3N=8B−6N5.045.047.023.001969+34.4
8Blinova, Sofia1885RUS+17B=5N=4B=3N=11B+9N−1B=7N=2N5.044.547.023.501990+48.0
9Panakhova, Elena1835UKR−2N+15B−12N+14B+10N−8B−4B+19N=1B4.539.039.014.501764-13.8
10Sinelshchikova, Varvara1819RUS−1B+18N+16B−12N−9B+13N=6B+17N−5B4.534.536.513.251777-19.2
11Afanasieva, Maria1871RUS=15N−6B+14N+18B=8N−3B+12N−2BF4.035.035.013.001786-19.8
12Sapunova, Maria1634RUS−6NF+9B+10B−5N−4N−11B=16N+19B3.532.532.510.251719+36.8
13Knysh, Alena1737RUS−3N=14B+19N−7B+17N−10BF−6N+15B3.530.030.07.251674-26.8
14Mamisheva, Alisa1618RUS−4B=13N−11B−9NF+19B=15N=18B+17B3.525.525.56.751634+4.4
15Avetisova, Milana1431RUS=11B−9N+17B−4N=16N=18B=14BF−13N3.028.528.58.501612+58.4
16Shustova, Arina1475RUSF−3B−10N=17N=15B−6N+19N=12BF2.527.027.04.501561+18.4
17Dovgan, Antonina1658RUS−8N+19B−15N=16B−13BF+18N−10B−14N2.524.024.03.251485-72.8
18Pushinskaia, Albina1632RUS−7N−10BF−11N+19B=15N−17B=14NF2.025.025.03.251517-22.8
19Bashkova, Valeria1413RUS−5B−17N−13BF−18N−14N−16B−9B−12N0.027.527.50.00869-64.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets