Championship Vologda region 2026 (standard)

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64 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 22 Apr 2026 to 27 Apr 2026 in Cherepovets, Russia. 3 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1951, and top seed was Mikhail A Surinov (🇷🇺 RUS, 2112).

Mikhail A Surinov (🇷🇺 RUS, 2112) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Oleg Semenov (6.5) and Andrey Veselov (6.5). Surinov won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Vladimir Antonov (1462) beat Pavel Poklontsev (1962), a +500-point gap.

Location

🇷🇺Cherepovets, Russia

Dates

22 Apr 2026 → 27 Apr 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇺Mikhail A Surinov2112

Avg top 10

1,951

Participants

Titled players · 3

FM×3

Federations · 1 represented

🇷🇺Russia×61

Top 3

🥇
Mikhail A Surinov
🇷🇺RUS·2112
7.5pts·2134perf+12.8
🥈
Oleg Semenov
🇷🇺RUS·1975
6.5pts·1974perf+6.2
🥉
Andrey Veselov
🇷🇺RUS·1927
6.5pts·1949perf+10.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Mikhail A Surinov led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Surinov7.5Veselov6.5Semenov6.5Mitin6.5Ponikarovsky6.5Shokhalov6.5

R5–R9 · LEAD HELD

Mikhail A Surinov never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Mikhail A Surinov beat Andrey Veselov (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Mikhail A Surinov 5 wins (R1–R5)Andrey Veselov 3 wins (R1–R3)Oleg Semenov 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Mikhail A Surinov	*	1	1	—
2Andrey Veselov	0	*	0	—
3Oleg Semenov	0	1	*	—
4Nikita Mitin	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Surinov, Mikhail A	2112	RUS	+43B	+40N	+4B	+11N	+2B	=7N	+3B	=5N	=8B	7.5	48.0	52.0	42.50	2134	+12.8
2	Semenov, Oleg	1975	RUS	+25N	+39B	+5N	+3B	−1N	=8B	=7N	=4B	+14N	6.5	50.0	54.0	37.00	1974	+6.2
3	Veselov, Andrey	1927	RUS	+26B	+14N	+17B	−2N	+16B	+15N	−1N	+12B	=4N	6.5	48.0	53.0	35.75	1949	+10.8
4	Ponikarovsky, AlexeyFM	1859	RUS	+45N	+29B	−1N	+28B	+23N	+6B	=11B	=2N	=3B	6.5	47.5	51.5	34.75	1979	+13.4
5	Shokhalov, Arkady	1873	RUS	+54B	+24N	−2B	+40N	=13B	+16N	+8B	=1B	=7N	6.5	46.5	49.5	33.25	1933	+14.8
6	Mitin, Nikita	1933	RUS	+36B	+27N	+13B	=12N	=15B	−4N	=14B	+18N	+11B	6.5	44.0	48.5	33.75	1871	-12.0
7	Tropin, Aleksandr A.	1947	RUS	=51N	+50B	+19N	+38B	=12N	=1B	=2B	+11N	=5B	6.5	44.0	47.5	32.75	1932	+4.0
8	Reshetov, Timofey	1816	RUS	+59B	+22N	−11B	+20N	+18B	=2N	−5N	+19B	=1N	6.0	46.0	48.0	29.00	1858	+20.8
9	Sandrin, VladimirFM	1949	RUS	+21B	+20N	−12B	−15N	+24B	−14N	+38B	+22N	+13B	6.0	42.0	46.0	29.50	1738	-34.0
10	Sokolov, Ivan Aleks	1743	RUS	+31B	−38N	+25B	+24N	−11B	=22N	=13B	+32N	+21B	6.0	40.5	44.5	29.75	1751	+8.0
11	Smirnov, Yaroslav	1932	RUS	+30N	+28B	+8N	−1B	+10N	+12B	=4N	−7B	−6N	5.5	49.5	54.5	30.75	1893	-5.0
12	Voshenkov, Nikita	1783	RUS	+58N	+32B	+9N	=6B	=7B	−11N	+15B	−3N	=17B	5.5	46.5	49.0	27.75	1891	+48.0
13	Veselovsky, Ilja	1670	RUS	+63N	+18B	−6N	+32B	=5N	=19B	=10N	+27B	−9N	5.5	44.5	44.5	23.25	1762	+37.2
14	Ioffe, Ilya Dan	1561	RUS	+52N	−3B	=48N	+34B	=39N	+9B	=6N	+20N	−2B	5.5	42.5	46.0	26.00	1825	+68.4
15	Barinov, Andrey	1896	RUS	+55N	=19B	+51N	+9B	=6N	−3B	−12N	+39B	=16N	5.5	42.5	45.5	25.00	1797	-32.4
16	Bajaramov, Elvin	1693	RUS	=50N	=41B	+30N	+29B	−3N	−5B	+44N	+33B	=15B	5.5	41.0	44.5	25.00	1745	+6.6
17	Shaginyan, Mikael Gev	1644	RUS	+34N	+48B	−3N	−18B	+21N	=32B	=33N	+30B	=12N	5.5	40.5	44.0	25.25	1620	-9.2
18	Spiridonov, Ivan	1529	RUS	+61B	−13N	+44B	+17N	−8N	+23B	=19N	−6B	=26N	5.0	42.5	44.0	21.00	1627	+29.2
19	Maksimov, Leonid	1586	RUS	+62B	=15N	−7B	+48N	+26B	=13N	=18B	−8N	=25B	5.0	42.0	43.0	20.00	1630	+9.2
20	Selyukh, Artem	1587	RUS	+33N	−9B	+58N	−8B	=43N	+26B	+36N	−14B	=27N	5.0	40.5	43.0	21.00	1565	-14.0
21	Galuzin, Daniil	1472	RUS	−9N	+56B	=42N	+35N	−17B	+34B	=32N	+23B	−10N	5.0	40.0	43.0	21.25	1628	+51.2
22	Ganicheva, Olesya Evg	1510	RUS	+64N	−8B	+52N	−23B	+28N	=10B	=39N	−9B	+42N	5.0	39.5	39.5	17.50	1662	+48.0
23	Isaeva, Arina Ig	1663	RUS	=53B	+35N	=38B	+22N	−4B	−18N	+31B	−21N	+43B	5.0	39.0	42.0	22.00	1579	-27.2
24	Matveev, Evgeny Ser	1533	RUS	+47N	−5B	+33N	−10B	−9N	−42B	+57N	+44B	+46N	5.0	39.0	41.5	19.00	1591	+7.2
25	Kononov, Semen	1476	RUS	−2B	+49N	−10N	−33B	+52N	+37B	=42N	+34B	=19N	5.0	38.5	42.0	20.50	1629	+34.0
26	Smelov, Andrey	1429	RUS	−3N	+46B	=39N	+42B	−19N	−20N	+48B	+35N	=18B	5.0	38.0	41.5	20.50	1578	+48.8
27	Aleksin, Mikhail	1582	RUS	+46N	−6B	=34N	+51B	=38N	=33B	+43N	−13N	=20B	5.0	38.0	41.5	20.50	1633	+10.4
28	Vinogradov, Maxim Dm	1588	RUS	+49B	−11N	+45B	−4N	−22B	−31N	+62B	+53N	+38B	5.0	36.5	37.5	15.50	967	-36.0
29	Treschalov, Sergey V	1574	RUS	+60B	−4N	+31B	−16N	−44B	+62N	=35B	=38N	+41B	5.0	35.5	36.5	16.25	1444	-18.4
30	Mazurov, Kirill	1453	RUS	−11B	+62N	−16B	=41N	+49B	=35N	+53B	−17N	+40B	5.0	35.5	36.5	15.75	1527	+14.0
31	Ryzhov, Dmitry	0	RUS	−10N	+64B	−29N	+57B	−32N	+28B	−23N	+50B	+39N	5.0	35.5	35.5	15.00	1494	0.0
32	Tropin, Nikolay A.	1556	RUS	+57B	−12N	+41B	−13N	+31B	=17N	=21B	−10B	=33N	4.5	41.0	43.5	19.00	1422	-32.4
33	Rudy, Ruslan	0	RUS	−20B	+36N	−24B	+25N	+40B	=27N	=17B	−16N	=32B	4.5	40.0	44.0	21.00	1569	0.0
34	Konanov, Mikhail	0	RUS	−17B	+43N	=27B	−14N	+45B	−21N	+49B	−25N	+48B	4.5	37.5	41.0	17.50	1347	0.0
35	Kulkov, Kirill	1600	RUS	=41N	−23B	+47N	−21B	+50N	=30B	=29N	−26B	+49N	4.5	36.5	40.0	18.00	1467	-46.0
36	Antonov, Vladimir	1462	RUS	−6N	−33B	+46N	=52B	+47N	+41N	−20B	=42B	=37N	4.5	36.5	40.0	18.00	1651	+40.0
37	Bagulin, Maksim	1631	RUS	−48B	−44N	−49B	+60B	+56N	−25N	+54B	+59N	=36B	4.5	28.5	30.5	12.25	1276	-37.2
38	Belozerov, Maxim	0	RUS	+42N	+10B	=23N	−7N	=27B	=39B	−9N	=29B	−28N	4.0	42.5	46.5	19.50	1658	0.0
39	Verzin, Aleksandr	1591	RUS	+44B	−2N	=26B	+53N	=14B	=38N	=22B	−15N	−31B	4.0	40.5	43.5	16.75	1525	-23.6
40	Kochina, Varvara	1589	RUS	+56N	−1B	+55N	−5B	−33N	=57B	=46N	+47B	−30N	4.0	37.5	40.0	13.25	1664	+9.6
41	Bomikov, Aleksandr	0	RUS	=35B	=16N	−32N	=30B	+58N	−36B	+50N	=43B	−29N	4.0	36.5	39.0	15.50	1391	0.0
42	Schetchikov, VladimirFM	1671	RUS	−38B	+63N	=21B	−26N	=53B	+24N	=25B	=36N	−22B	4.0	36.5	36.5	13.75	1423	-39.6
43	Fomenko, Yaroslav	1505	RUS	−1N	−34B	+62N	+63B	=20B	+48N	−27B	=41N	−23N	4.0	35.5	35.5	9.00	1362	-26.0
44	Chistyakova, Elizaveta	0	RUS	−39N	+37B	−18N	+55B	+29N	F	−16B	−24N	+54B	4.0	35.0	35.0	15.50	1515	0.0
45	Tropin, Viktor Al	0	RUS	−4B	+57N	−28N	=47B	−34N	=60B	+55N	−46B	+56N	4.0	32.5	34.5	11.50	1616	0.0
46	Zhilenko, Daniil	0	RUS	−27B	−26N	−36B	+59N	=54B	+63N	=40B	+45N	−24B	4.0	32.5	32.5	9.50	1153	0.0
47	Poklontsev, Pavel	1962	RUS	−24B	+59N	−35B	=45N	−36B	=54N	+51B	−40N	+53B	4.0	31.5	33.5	12.00	1335	-142.4
48	Alipov, Artemy	0	RUS	+37N	−17N	=14B	−19B	+51N	−43B	−26N	+52B	−34N	3.5	37.5	41.0	14.25	1445	0.0
49	Kobelev, Andrey Aleks	0	RUS	−28N	−25B	+37N	=58B	−30N	+51B	−34N	+57B	−35B	3.5	34.5	37.0	11.75	1412	0.0
50	Viktorov, Konstantin	0	RUS	=16B	−7N	−53B	+61N	−35B	+52N	−41B	−31N	+62B	3.5	33.5	34.5	8.75	1474	0.0
51	Maksimova, Tatiana	1471	RUS	=7B	+53N	−15B	−27N	−48B	−49N	−47N	+60B	+61N	3.5	33.0	34.5	9.75	1477	-3.6
52	Gorev, Kirill	0	RUS	−14B	+54N	−22B	=36N	−25B	−50B	+58N	−48N	+59B	3.5	32.5	34.5	9.75	1180	0.0
53	Pyatunin, Zakhar	0	RUS	=23N	−51B	+50N	−39B	=42N	+58B	−30N	−28B	−47N	3.0	34.0	36.5	10.50	1319	0.0
54	Zinovieva, Polina	0	RUS	−5N	−52B	=60N	=56B	=46N	=47B	−37N	+55B	−44N	3.0	32.5	34.5	9.50	1630	0.0
55	Malkov, Ignat Iv	1403	RUS	−15B	+60N	−40B	−44N	−62B	+61N	−45B	−54N	+63B	3.0	25.0	25.0	3.50	896	-13.6
56	Goryuchkin, Evgeny	0	RUS	−40B	−21N	=61B	=54N	−37B	−59N	+63B	+62N	−45B	3.0	25.0	25.0	3.25	764	0.0
57	FIDE 540062961	0	—	−32N	−45B	+59B	−31N	+63B	=40N	−24B	−49N	−58B	2.5	30.5	30.5	4.00	1286	0.0
58	Kalyakin, Artem Ev	0	RUS	−12B	+61N	−20B	=49N	−41B	−53N	−52B	F	+57N	2.5	28.5	28.5	5.75	885	0.0
59	Bogdanova, Viktoriya Ser	0	RUS	−8N	−47B	−57N	−46B	F	+56B	+60N	−37B	−52N	2.0	29.5	29.5	5.00	1003	0.0
60	Zhilenko, Svyatoslav	0	RUS	−29N	−55B	=54B	−37N	+61B	=45N	−59B	−51N	F	2.0	26.5	26.5	5.00	720	0.0
61	FIDE 522024808	0	—	−18N	−58B	=56N	−50B	−60N	−55B	F	+63N	−51B	1.5	22.5	22.5	1.50	668	0.0
62	Smirnova, Polina	0	RUS	−19N	−30B	−43B	F	+55N	−29B	−28N	−56B	−50N	1.0	33.5	33.5	3.00	1245	0.0
63	Afanasiev, Aleksandr Vlad	0	RUS	−13B	−42B	F	−43N	−57N	−46B	−56N	−61B	−55N	0.0	27.5	27.5	0.00	762	0.0
64	FIDE 570027161	0	—	−22B	−31N	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	710	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Ioffe, Ilya DanRUS
+68.4
5.5 pts · #22
2Galuzin, DaniilRUS
+51.2
5.0 pts · #23
3Smelov, AndreyRUS
+48.8
5.0 pts · #21

Top rating losers

1Poklontsev, PavelRUS
-142.4
4.0 pts · #45
2Kulkov, KirillRUS
-46.0
4.5 pts · #35
3Schetchikov, VladimirFMRUS
-39.6
4.0 pts · #30

Biggest upsets

R5+500 Elo gap
Antonov, Vladimir1462 beat Poklontsev, Pavel1962
R1+429 Elo gap
Matveev, Evgeny Ser1533 beat Poklontsev, Pavel1962
R6+388 Elo gap
Ioffe, Ilya Dan1561 beat FMSandrin, Vladimir1949