Magnitka Cup 2026 B11
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29 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 11 May 2026 to 17 May 2026 in Magnitogorsk, Russia. Top 10 Elo average was 1141, and top seed was Miron Nesterov (🇷🇺 RUS, 1713).
Miron Nesterov (🇷🇺 RUS, 1713) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Platon Grigoriev (8.0) and Leonid Melkozerov (7.0). Nesterov shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
Location
🇷🇺Magnitogorsk, Russia
Dates
11 May 2026 → 17 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇺Russia×17
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R9; 2 players tied at 8.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
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R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 8.0/9. Nesterov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (50.0).
R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Miron Nesterov drew with Platon Grigoriev (White).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
Miron Nesterov 5 wins (R1–R5)Platon Grigoriev 5 wins (R1–R5)Leonid Melkozerov 4 wins (R1–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Miron Nesterov | * | ½ | 1 | 1 |
| 2Platon Grigoriev | ½ | * | 1 | 1 |
| 3Leonid Melkozerov | 0 | 0 | * | — |
| 4Miron Ser Belaly | 0 | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nesterov, Miron | 1713 | RUS | +16N | +8B | +14N | +5B | +3N | =2B | +4N | +10B | =6N | 8.0 | 50.0 | 55.0 | 48.00 | 1889 | +48.8 |
| 2 | Grigoriev, Platon | 1641 | RUS | +29N | +13B | +19N | +4B | +5N | =1N | +3B | +12N | =7B | 8.0 | 49.0 | 52.0 | 45.00 | 2008 | +66.8 |
| 3 | Melkozerov, Leonid | 1654 | RUS | +28N | +15B | +17N | +10B | −1B | +11N | −2N | +5B | +12B | 7.0 | 48.5 | 52.0 | 36.00 | 1652 | -0.8 |
| 4 | Belaly, Miron Ser | 1680 | RUS | +27B | +24N | +7B | −2N | +8B | =12N | −1B | +19N | +10N | 6.5 | 47.5 | 51.5 | 32.75 | 1530 | -24.0 |
| 5 | Satybaldin, Ilyas | 1642 | RUS | +21B | +26N | +9B | −1N | −2B | +24N | +8B | −3N | +17B | 6.0 | 48.5 | 52.5 | 29.50 | 869 | -55.2 |
| 6 | Votinov, Arsenii | 1465 | RUS | +22B | −9N | +27B | −12N | +25B | +13N | =15B | +11N | =1B | 6.0 | 44.0 | 48.0 | 30.00 | 1713 | +12.4 |
| 7 | Kofanov, Konstantin | 0 | RUS | +?N | +?B | −4N | =20B | +15N | +19B | −10B | +9N | =2N | 6.0 | 40.0 | 40.0 | 21.75 | 1371 | 0.0 |
| 8 | FIDE 570034095 | 0 | — | +?B | −1N | +22B | +21N | −4N | +?B | −5N | +16B | +?N | 6.0 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 14.00 | 878 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Akulich, Evgenii | 0 | RUS | +?N | +6B | −5N | −?B | +18N | +?B | +17N | −7B | +14N | 6.0 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 21.00 | 1554 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Alekseev, Maksim | 1611 | RUS | +23B | +12N | +11B | −3N | +24B | =14B | +7N | −1N | −4B | 5.5 | 48.0 | 52.0 | 28.00 | 882 | -48.0 |
| 11 | Zyatev, Aydar | 0 | RUS | +?N | +?B | −10N | +17B | +?N | −3B | =14N | −6B | +20N | 5.5 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 12.00 | 777 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Smirnov, Dmitrii Iv | 0 | RUS | +?N | −10B | +?N | +6B | +?N | =4B | +?N | −2B | −3N | 5.5 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 9.25 | 1550 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Filippov, Yaroslav | 0 | RUS | +?B | −2N | +?B | −?B | +16N | −6B | =23N | +21N | +19B | 5.5 | 32.5 | 32.5 | 16.25 | 765 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Skvortsov, Alexey R | 0 | RUS | +?N | +?B | −1B | =19N | +?B | =10N | =11B | =15N | −9B | 5.0 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 10.25 | 1469 | 0.0 |
| 15 | FIDE 570034141 | 0 | — | +25B | −3N | +?B | +?N | −7B | +?B | =6N | =14B | −?N | 5.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 9.50 | 1569 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Lunkov, Maksim | 0 | RUS | −1B | +?N | −24B | +?N | −13B | +?N | +26B | −8N | +?B | 5.0 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 4.00 | 913 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Imykhelov, Bair | 0 | RUS | +?N | +?B | −3B | −11N | +?B | +?N | −9B | +?N | −5N | 5.0 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 0.00 | 848 | 0.0 |
| 18 | FIDE 540048870 | 0 | — | −?B | +?N | +26B | −25N | −9B | −?N | +?B | +?N | +?B | 5.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 4.00 | 789 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Valeev, Ainur | 0 | RUS | +?B | +?N | −2B | =14B | +20N | −7N | +24B | −4B | −13N | 4.5 | 39.5 | 39.5 | 11.00 | 1512 | 0.0 |
| 20 | FIDE 570016577 | 0 | — | +?B | +?B | −?N | =7N | −19B | +28B | −?N | +?N | −11B | 4.5 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 6.50 | 789 | 0.0 |
| 21 | FIDE 522066705 | 0 | — | −5N | +?B | +?N | −8B | −?N | +?B | =?N | −13B | +?B | 4.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 0.00 | 1423 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Lakhmostov, Ivan | 0 | RUS | −6N | +?B | −8N | −?B | +?N | +?N | =?B | −?B | +28N | 4.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 3.50 | 727 | 0.0 |
| 23 | FIDE 570034109 | 0 | — | −10N | +?B | −?N | −?B | +?N | +?B | =13B | +26N | −?N | 4.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 6.75 | 800 | 0.0 |
| 24 | FIDE 540035913 | 0 | — | +?N | −4B | +16N | +?B | −10N | −5B | −19N | −?B | +?B | 4.0 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 5.00 | 844 | 0.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 540049175 | 0 | — | −15N | =28B | +?N | +18B | −6N | =?N | −?B | +27N | −?B | 4.0 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 10.75 | 665 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 540048730 | 0 | — | +?N | −5B | −18N | +?B | −?N | +?B | −16N | −23B | +?B | 4.0 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 0.00 | 842 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 540048802 | 0 | — | −4N | +?B | −6N | =?B | −?N | +29B | =?N | −25B | +?N | 4.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 3.00 | 773 | 0.0 |
| 28 | FIDE 540049213 | 0 | — | −3B | =25N | +?B | −?N | +?B | −20N | −?B | +?N | −22B | 3.5 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 2.00 | 854 | 0.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 570034192 | 0 | — | −2B | −?N | −?B | +?N | −?B | −27N | +?B | −?N | +?N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 0.00 | 841 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Grigoriev, PlatonRUS+66.88.0 pts · #2
- 2Nesterov, MironRUS+48.88.0 pts · #1
- 3Votinov, ArseniiRUS+12.46.0 pts · #10
Top rating losers
- 1Satybaldin, IlyasRUS-55.26.0 pts · #16
- 2Alekseev, MaksimRUS-48.05.5 pts · #23
- 3Belaly, Miron SerRUS-24.06.5 pts · #8