Big chess festival 2026 - G1
Open SwissStandard
15 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 12 May 2026 to 15 May 2026 in Verkhnyaya Salda, Russia. Top 10 Elo average was 1226, and top seed was Mark Medvedev (🇷🇺 RUS, 1619).
Mark Medvedev (🇷🇺 RUS, 1619) won with 7.5/8, ahead of Viktoriya Lebedeva (5.5) and Demid Dudin (5.0). Medvedev won solo starting round 3.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Demid Dudin (1436) beat Vladimir Mikhailovsky (1557), a +121-point gap.
Location
🇷🇺Verkhnyaya Salda, Russia
Dates
12 May 2026 → 15 May 2026
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 60 Min. Incr. 5 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 8 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇺Russia×11
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 8 roundsMark Medvedev led from R3; +2.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R3–R8 · LEAD HELD
Mark Medvedev never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +2.0 over the runner-up.
R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Mark Medvedev beat Viktoriya Lebedeva (White).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Mark Medvedev 7 wins (R1–R7)Viktoriya Lebedeva 3 wins (R6–R8)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mark Medvedev | * | 1 | 1 | ½ |
| 2Viktoriya Lebedeva | 0 | * | 1 | — |
| 3Demid Dudin | 0 | 0 | * | ½ |
| 4Kirill Sheremeta | ½ | — | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medvedev, Mark | 1619 | RUS | +6B | +3N | +9B | +7N | +2B | +10N | +4B | =5N | 7.5 | 32.5 | 36.5 | 34.25 | 1915 | +66.4 |
| 2 | Lebedeva, Viktoriya | 1592 | RUS | +11N | =4B | −7N | +6B | −1N | +12B | +3B | +9N | 5.5 | 32.0 | 34.0 | 19.75 | 1506 | -23.2 |
| 3 | Dudin, Demid | 1436 | RUS | +8N | −1B | =4N | +13B | =5N | +9B | −2N | +6B | 5.0 | 35.0 | 36.5 | 19.00 | 1555 | +38.4 |
| 4 | Klimov, Anton | 1544 | RUS | +10B | =2N | =3B | −9N | +7B | =5B | −1N | +11N | 4.5 | 35.0 | 37.0 | 18.00 | 1545 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Sheremeta, Kirill | 1582 | RUS | +13B | −9N | +10B | =8N | =3B | =4N | =7N | =1B | 4.5 | 34.0 | 35.5 | 18.50 | 1602 | +6.0 |
| 6 | Vuzhenko, Georgiy | 1435 | RUS | −1N | =7B | +11N | −2N | +15B | +8B | +9N | −3N | 4.5 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 12.75 | 1213 | -38.8 |
| 7 | Babkin, Artem | 1494 | RUS | +15B | =6N | +2B | −1B | −4N | =11N | =5B | +13N | 4.5 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 12.50 | 1555 | +20.0 |
| 8 | Breslavetc, Nikita | 0 | RUS | −3B | +12N | +13B | =5B | −9N | −6N | +10B | +14N | 4.5 | 25.5 | 26.5 | 10.75 | 1416 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Sharifullin, Mikhail | 0 | RUS | +14N | +5B | −1N | +4B | +8B | −3N | −6B | −2B | 4.0 | 36.0 | 37.0 | 14.50 | 1410 | 0.0 |
| 10 | FIDE 55762603 | 0 | — | −4N | +11B | −5N | +14B | +12N | −1B | −8N | +15B | 4.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 5.00 | 782 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Mikhaylov, Artem | 0 | RUS | −2B | −10N | −6B | F | =13N | =7B | +14N | −4B | 2.0 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 4.00 | 1284 | 0.0 |
| 12 | FIDE 522045856 | 0 | — | F | −8B | +14N | +15N | −10B | −2N | F | F | 2.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 1.00 | 792 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Mikhailovsky, Vladimir | 1557 | RUS | −5N | +14B | −8N | −3N | =11B | F | F | −7B | 1.5 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 2.00 | 704 | -68.8 |
| 14 | FIDE 540029581 | 0 | — | −9B | −13N | −12B | −10N | F | +15N | −11B | −8B | 1.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 0.00 | 757 | 0.0 |
| 15 | FIDE 570016437 | 0 | — | −7N | F | F | −12B | −6N | −14B | F | −10N | 0.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 0.00 | 665 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Medvedev, MarkRUS+66.47.5 pts · #1
- 2Dudin, DemidRUS+38.45.0 pts · #2
- 3Babkin, ArtemRUS+20.04.5 pts · #4
Top rating losers
- 1Mikhailovsky, VladimirRUS-68.81.5 pts · #12
- 2Vuzhenko, GeorgiyRUS-38.84.5 pts · #10
- 3Lebedeva, ViktoriyaRUS-23.25.5 pts · #6
Biggest upsets
- R4+121 Elo gap