Magnitka Cup 2026 B15
32 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 11 May 2026 to 17 May 2026 in Magnitogorsk, Russia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1656, and top seed was Nikolay Gladchenko ( FID, 1960).
Nikolay Gladchenko ( FID, 1960) won with 8.5/9, ahead of Marat Saifullin (7.0) and Maksim Goreev (6.0). Gladchenko won solo starting round 5.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Maksim Goreev (1529) beat Arsenii Tikhonkikh (1783), a +254-point gap.
- 🥇
- 🥈
- 🥉
How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsNikolay Gladchenko led from R5; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Nikolay Gladchenko never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.
Nikolay Gladchenko beat Marat Saifullin (Black).
Nikolay Gladchenko 3+5 wins (R1–R3, R5–R9)Marat Saifullin 3 wins (R4–R6)Maksim Goreev 3 wins (R6–R8)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Nikolay Gladchenko | * | 1 | 1 | — |
| 2Marat Saifullin | 0 | * | 1 | — |
| 3Maksim Goreev | 0 | 0 | * | ½ |
| 4Ivan Elkhimov | — | — | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gladchenko, Nikolay | 1960 | FID | +28N | +16B | +3N | =10B | +4N | +13B | +2N | +9B | +11N | 8.5 | 43.5 | 47.0 | 44.50 | 2040 | +15.2 |
| 2 | Saifullin, Marat | 1553 | RUS | +23N | +5B | −4N | +11B | +9N | +10B | −1B | +8N | +3B | 7.0 | 47.0 | 51.0 | 36.50 | 1963 | +118.8 |
| 3 | Goreev, Maksim | 1529 | RUS | +26N | +11B | −1B | =6N | =15N | +12B | +10N | +13B | −2N | 6.0 | 46.5 | 50.0 | 29.00 | 1716 | +73.6 |
| 4 | Petrik, Timofei | 0 | RUS | +?N | +14B | +2B | =12N | −1B | −8N | +26N | =5B | +9N | 6.0 | 45.5 | 45.5 | 26.00 | 1678 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Leshekhva, Nikita | 0 | RUS | +?B | −2N | +27B | =7N | −6B | +18N | +14B | =4N | +15B | 6.0 | 43.0 | 43.0 | 24.00 | 1545 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Elkhimov, Ivan | 1642 | RUS | +17N | +15B | −10N | =3B | +5N | =11B | −9N | +12B | +13N | 6.0 | 42.0 | 46.5 | 31.00 | 1629 | -2.8 |
| 7 | Yakovlev, Danil | 1519 | RUS | +27N | =9B | −12N | =5B | +28N | +14B | =16N | =11B | +10N | 6.0 | 39.0 | 42.5 | 27.25 | 1643 | +40.0 |
| 8 | Savarkhanov, Radmir | 1710 | RUS | +21N | =12B | =9N | +14B | =10N | +4B | −13N | −2B | +19N | 5.5 | 42.5 | 46.5 | 27.00 | 1506 | -66.0 |
| 9 | Klimkin, Evgenii | 1684 | RUS | +22B | =7N | =8B | +19N | −2B | +15N | +6B | −1N | −4B | 5.0 | 48.5 | 52.5 | 25.25 | 1641 | -14.8 |
| 10 | Ziyoyev, Firuz | 1483 | RUS | +29N | +13B | +6B | =1N | =8B | −2N | −3B | +17N | −7B | 5.0 | 48.5 | 52.0 | 26.00 | 1587 | +32.8 |
| 11 | Tikhonkikh, Arsenii | 1783 | RUS | +20B | −3N | +21B | −2N | +17B | =6N | +19B | =7N | −1B | 5.0 | 46.5 | 50.5 | 23.00 | 1401 | -95.2 |
| 12 | Antropov, Vadim | 1491 | RUS | +25B | =8N | +7B | =4B | −13N | −3N | +22B | −6N | +18B | 5.0 | 43.0 | 47.0 | 24.25 | 1455 | -10.0 |
| 13 | Somkin, Viacheslav | 1621 | RUS | +31B | −10N | +20B | +30N | +12B | −1N | +8B | −3N | −6B | 5.0 | 43.0 | 46.0 | 20.50 | 1511 | -38.8 |
| 14 | Naydenov, Aleksandr Ser | 1548 | RUS | +18B | −4N | +17B | −8N | +21B | −7N | −5N | +24B | +25N | 5.0 | 40.5 | 44.5 | 21.00 | 815 | -33.2 |
| 15 | Skobochkin, Ivan | 1463 | RUS | +24B | −6N | =18B | +23N | =3B | −9B | +20N | +16B | −5N | 5.0 | 40.0 | 44.0 | 21.75 | 1509 | +7.6 |
| 16 | Krylov, Matvei | 1527 | RUS | +32B | −1N | =23B | =18N | +30B | =19N | =7B | −15N | =17B | 4.5 | 40.0 | 40.5 | 15.25 | 1363 | -27.2 |
| 17 | Belopolskii, Ilia | 0 | RUS | −6B | +24N | −14N | +25B | −11N | +30B | +28N | −10B | =16N | 4.5 | 37.0 | 40.0 | 16.75 | 1231 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Shelest, Semen | 0 | RUS | −14N | +?B | =15N | =16B | =20N | −5B | +23N | +26B | −12N | 4.5 | 37.0 | 37.0 | 14.25 | 1314 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Ardivanov, Arsen | 0 | RUS | −30N | +26B | +29N | −9B | +24N | =16B | −11N | +28B | −8B | 4.5 | 34.5 | 37.5 | 16.75 | 1354 | 0.0 |
| 20 | FIDE 540048926 | 0 | — | −11N | +30B | −13N | =26B | =18B | +27N | −15B | =22N | =29B | 4.0 | 34.0 | 37.0 | 14.25 | 822 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Lyubin, Aleksei | 0 | RUS | −8B | +25N | −11N | +29B | −14N | −26B | −24N | +31B | +?N | 4.0 | 33.5 | 33.5 | 10.50 | 880 | 0.0 |
| 22 | FIDE 55772218 | 0 | — | −9N | −27B | −25N | +?B | +29N | +24B | −12N | =20B | =28N | 4.0 | 32.5 | 32.5 | 11.25 | 788 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Lebedkin, Dmitrii | 0 | RUS | −2B | +?N | =16N | −15B | F | +31N | −18B | =27N | +32B | 4.0 | 31.5 | 31.5 | 7.50 | 1241 | 0.0 |
| 24 | FIDE 540049000 | 0 | — | −15N | −17B | +31B | +32N | −19B | −22N | +21B | −14N | +?B | 4.0 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 7.50 | 706 | 0.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 540048969 | 0 | — | −12N | −21B | +22B | −17N | −27B | +32N | +?B | +30N | −14B | 4.0 | 29.5 | 29.5 | 7.50 | 720 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Sukhanogov, Timofey | 0 | RUS | −3B | −19N | +?B | =20N | F | +21N | −4B | −18N | +27B | 3.5 | 36.5 | 36.5 | 9.50 | 729 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 540049094 | 0 | — | −7B | +22N | −5N | −28B | +25N | −20B | +29N | =23B | −26N | 3.5 | 35.0 | 38.5 | 13.50 | 719 | 0.0 |
| 28 | FIDE 570033986 | 0 | — | −1B | +32N | −30B | +27N | −7B | +?N | −17B | −19N | =22B | 3.5 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 6.00 | 940 | 0.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 522023038 | 0 | — | −10B | +31N | −19B | −21N | −22B | +?N | −27B | +32B | =20N | 3.5 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 5.50 | 683 | 0.0 |
| 30 | FIDE 522020314 | 0 | — | +19B | −20N | +28N | −13B | −16N | −17N | +?B | −25B | −31N | 3.0 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 8.00 | 774 | 0.0 |
| 31 | FIDE 570033951 | 0 | — | −13N | −29B | −24N | −?B | +?N | −23B | +32N | −21N | +30B | 3.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 3.50 | 821 | 0.0 |
| 32 | FIDE 540049116 | 0 | — | −16N | −28B | =?N | −24B | −?N | −25B | −31B | −29N | −23N | 0.5 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 0.00 | 727 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Saifullin, MaratRUS+118.87.0 pts · #2
- 2Goreev, MaksimRUS+73.66.0 pts · #3
- 3Yakovlev, DanilRUS+40.06.0 pts · #6
- 1Tikhonkikh, ArseniiRUS-95.25.0 pts · #15
- 2Savarkhanov, RadmirRUS-66.05.5 pts · #9
- 3Somkin, ViacheslavRUS-38.85.0 pts · #11
- R2+254 Elo gap
- R4+230 Elo gap
- R3+159 Elo gap