Aurora Borealis 2026

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49 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 15 Jun 2026 to 19 Jun 2026 in Yakutsk, Russia. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2040, and top seed was Vladislav Zhirkov (🇷🇺 RUS, CM, 2164).

Arseniy Chumaevskiy (🇷🇺 RUS, 2149) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Artur Vasiliev (7.0) and Vladislav Zhirkov (7.0). Chumaevskiy shared the lead from round 7 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Semyon D Grigoryev (1717) beat Mariana Allakhinova (1999), a +282-point gap.

Location

🇷🇺Yakutsk, Russia

Dates

15 Jun 2026 → 19 Jun 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇺CMVladislav Zhirkov2164

Avg top 10

2,040

Participants

Titled players · 1

CM×1

Federations · 1 represented

🇷🇺Russia×42

Top 3

🥇
Arseniy Chumaevskiy
🇷🇺RUS·2149
7.5pts·2269perf+26.4
🥈
Artur Vasiliev
🇷🇺RUS·2060
7.0pts·2165perf+54.4
🥉
CMVladislav Zhirkov
🇷🇺RUS·2164
7.0pts·2153perf+2.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Arseniy Chumaevskiy led from R9; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R9.

Co-leaders

Chumaevskiy7.5Vasiliev7Zhirkov7Mustafin6.5Mikhailov6.5Kapitonov6

R9 · LEADER CHANGE19 Jun

Arseniy Chumaevskiy takes the sole lead (7.5/9).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Arseniy Chumaevskiy drew with Artur Vasiliev (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Arseniy Chumaevskiy 3 wins (R7–R9)Artur Vasiliev 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Arseniy Chumaevskiy	*	½	½	½
2Artur Vasiliev	½	*	½	½
3CMVladislav Zhirkov	½	½	*	1
4Nariman Mustafin	½	½	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Chumaevskiy, Arseniy	2149	RUS	+16N	+5B	=4N	+7B	=2N	=3B	+9N	+6B	+8N	7.5	50.0	55.0	44.75	2269	+26.4
2	Vasiliev, Artur	2060	RUS	+30B	+15N	+6B	=3N	=1B	+10N	=4B	+8N	=5B	7.0	49.5	53.5	39.75	2165	+54.4
3	Zhirkov, VladislavCM	2164	RUS	+27B	=8N	+23B	=2B	+17N	=1N	=6B	+4N	+10B	7.0	47.5	52.0	39.00	2153	+2.0
4	Mustafin, Nariman	2084	RUS	+12N	+17B	=1B	+24N	+11B	=6N	=2N	−3B	+9N	6.5	49.0	53.5	36.25	2141	+17.6
5	Mikhailov, Semen	1980	RUS	+20B	−1N	−7N	+22B	+25N	+19B	+15N	+16B	=2N	6.5	45.5	50.0	33.00	1980	+2.4
6	Kapitonov, Nikolai	2040	RUS	+18N	+14B	−2N	+9B	+7N	=4B	=3N	−1N	+16B	6.0	50.0	55.0	33.75	2073	+12.0
7	Vasilyev, Dulushan	1849	RUS	=23B	+13N	+5B	−1N	−6B	+37N	=18B	+20N	+15B	6.0	45.0	48.5	30.25	2016	+34.2
8	Beketov, Pavel	1973	RUS	+19N	=3B	−9N	+25B	+12N	+24B	+14N	−2B	−1B	5.5	47.5	52.0	28.50	2000	+10.0
9	Pak, Polina	2062	RUS	=13B	+10N	+8B	−6N	+23B	+11N	−1B	+17N	−4B	5.5	47.0	51.5	28.75	1962	-16.4
10	Grigoryev, Semyon D	1717	RUS	+25N	−9B	+22N	=19B	+31N	−2B	+24N	+13B	−3N	5.5	44.0	48.0	26.00	1913	+74.8
11	Kupriyanova, Anna A	1560	RUS	+35N	=12B	+38N	+14B	−4N	−9B	−13B	+23N	+26B	5.5	41.5	45.0	24.75	1794	+44.8
12	Ivanov, Andrey Af	1772	RUS	−4B	=11N	+26B	+39N	−8B	=23N	+21B	=25N	+24B	5.5	40.5	43.5	24.25	1823	+10.2
13	Yakovlev, Yuri D	1886	RUS	=9N	−7B	−24N	+35B	+41N	+29B	+11N	−10N	+25B	5.5	40.0	43.0	24.25	1794	-28.4
14	Andrievskiy, Roman	1662	RUS	+32B	−6N	+20B	−11N	+37B	+39N	−8B	+19N	=22B	5.5	39.5	42.5	23.00	1788	+34.8
15	Kaskevich, Leonid S	1739	RUS	+22N	−2B	−19N	+20B	+21B	+30N	−5B	+18N	−7N	5.0	44.5	48.5	24.00	1777	+15.2
16	Malyshev, Alexey	1738	RUS	−1B	−23N	+34B	+32N	+27B	+21N	+17B	−5N	−6N	5.0	43.0	47.0	22.50	1829	+11.8
17	Filippov, Vadim	1844	RUS	+26B	−4N	+18B	+30N	−3B	+31B	−16N	−9B	+33N	5.0	41.5	45.5	21.50	1821	-4.0
18	Tarsky, Vladislav	1764	RUS	−6B	+21N	−17N	=28B	+40N	+38B	=7N	−15B	+29N	5.0	39.5	42.5	21.25	1672	-16.8
19	Yakovlev, Pavel A	1717	RUS	−8B	+47N	+15B	=10N	=24B	−5N	+39B	−14B	+40N	5.0	38.5	40.0	17.50	1720	-3.2
20	Kolosov, Gavril	1765	RUS	−5N	+43B	−14N	−15N	+32B	+41B	+33N	−7B	+31N	5.0	38.0	41.0	18.00	1563	-30.4
21	Vasilyeva, Olga	1432	RUS	+36B	−18B	+45N	+33B	−15N	−16B	−12N	+30N	+32B	5.0	36.5	38.5	18.00	1492	+10.4
22	Fedorov, Ivan G	0	RUS	−15B	+41N	−10B	−5N	+46N	=44B	+38N	+28B	=14N	5.0	36.0	38.0	17.00	1656	0.0
23	FIDE 570041326	0	—	=7N	+16B	−3N	+29B	−9N	=12B	=28N	−11B	+44N	4.5	43.5	46.0	20.00	1718	0.0
24	Allakhinova, Mariana	1999	RUS	+34B	+31N	+13B	−4B	=19N	−8N	−10B	+37B	−12N	4.5	41.5	45.0	19.50	1760	-46.6
25	Pavlov, Petr S	1695	RUS	−10B	+46N	+27B	−8N	−5B	+42N	+35B	=12B	−13N	4.5	40.0	42.0	16.25	1675	-6.4
26	Sergeev, Vladimir S	1667	RUS	−17N	=38B	−12N	+44B	=28N	+40B	=29N	+31B	−11N	4.5	35.5	38.0	15.75	1480	-35.4
27	Mikhaylova, Natalya Ser	1540	RUS	−3N	+39B	−25N	+38B	−16N	=28B	+44N	−29B	+37N	4.5	35.5	38.0	14.75	1543	-5.6
28	Galoyan, Amiran	1498	RUS	−31B	+48N	=37B	=18N	=26B	=27N	=23B	−22N	+35B	4.5	35.0	36.5	16.50	1607	+16.6
29	Sleptsova, Ayyyna P	1448	RUS	+49B	−30N	+42B	−23N	+34B	−13N	=26B	+27N	−18B	4.5	35.0	35.0	13.75	1544	+18.4
30	Okoneshnikov, Timur A	1648	RUS	−2N	+29B	+40N	−17B	+33N	−15B	−31N	−21B	+47N	4.0	37.5	39.0	13.00	1383	-81.2
31	Azarginov, Ildar D	1426	RUS	+28N	−24B	+41N	+40B	−10B	−17N	+30B	−26N	−20B	4.0	36.0	39.0	14.50	1590	+52.4
32	FIDE 540065715	0	—	−14N	−40B	+43N	−16B	−20N	+48B	+41N	+36B	−21N	4.0	33.5	35.0	11.50	1373	0.0
33	Solovyev, Nurgun S	0	RUS	−41B	+49N	+47B	−21N	−30B	+36N	−20B	+43N	−17B	4.0	30.5	30.5	8.50	832	0.0
34	Mardanova, Viktoriya O	0	RUS	−24N	+36B	−16N	+45B	−29N	+46B	−37N	−40B	+38N	4.0	30.0	32.0	11.50	1437	0.0
35	Zakharova, Svetlana D.	1573	RUS	−11B	−37N	+48B	−13N	+49N	+45B	−25N	+39B	−28N	4.0	30.0	30.0	6.50	862	-39.0
36	Argylova, Taisiya N	0	RUS	−21N	−34N	+49B	+48N	−39B	−33B	+45N	−32N	+42B	4.0	26.5	26.5	6.50	632	0.0
37	Danilov, Leonid Z	1673	RUS	−40N	+35B	=28N	+43B	−14N	−7B	+34B	−24N	−27B	3.5	36.0	39.0	13.25	1494	-29.4
38	Belyaeva, Akulina	1526	RUS	+45B	=26N	−11B	−27N	+47B	−18N	−22B	+42N	−34B	3.5	33.5	35.0	8.75	1311	-18.8
39	Nikiforova, Yuliana M	0	RUS	+42B	−27N	+46B	−12B	+36N	−14B	−19N	−35N	−41B	3.0	34.5	36.5	9.00	822	0.0
40	Zhirkova, Ekaterina S	0	RUS	+37B	+32N	−30B	−31N	−18B	−26N	F	+34N	−19B	3.0	34.0	34.0	11.50	1376	0.0
41	Egorova, Svetlana E	1470	RUS	+33N	−22B	−31B	+42N	−13B	−20N	−32B	F	+39N	3.0	33.5	33.5	10.00	887	-31.6
42	Popov, Erchim A	0	RUS	−39N	+44B	−29N	−41B	+45N	−25B	+47N	−38B	−36N	3.0	27.0	28.5	6.00	735	0.0
43	FIDE 540051323	0	—	+48B	−20N	−32B	−37N	−44N	+49B	+46N	−33B	F	3.0	22.5	22.5	3.50	919	0.0
44	Krivoshapkina, Lyudmila I	0	RUS	−47B	−42N	F	−26N	+43B	=22N	−27B	+46N	−23B	2.5	28.0	28.0	7.50	804	0.0
45	FIDE 570041318	0	—	−38N	F	−21B	−34N	−42B	−35N	−36B	+49B	+48N	2.0	25.0	25.0	1.50	710	0.0
46	FIDE 570041334	0	—	F	−25B	−39N	+47N	−22B	−34N	−43B	−44B	+49N	2.0	23.5	23.5	1.50	895	0.0
47	Banderov, Aisien I	0	RUS	+44N	−19B	−33N	−46B	−38N	F	−42B	=48N	−30B	1.5	25.5	25.5	3.25	830	0.0
48	FIDE 570041342	0	—	−43N	−28B	−35N	−36B	F	−32N	+49N	=47B	−45B	1.5	23.0	23.0	0.75	736	0.0
49	FIDE 570041300	0	—	−29N	−33B	−36N	F	−35B	−43N	−48B	−45N	−46B	0.0	25.0	25.0	0.00	711	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Grigoryev, Semyon DRUS
+74.8
5.5 pts · #11
2Vasiliev, ArturRUS
+54.4
7.0 pts · #2
3Azarginov, Ildar DRUS
+52.4
4.0 pts · #21

Top rating losers

1Okoneshnikov, Timur ARUS
-81.2
4.0 pts · #31
2Allakhinova, MarianaRUS
-46.6
4.5 pts · #17
3Zakharova, Svetlana D.RUS
-39.0
4.0 pts · #43

Biggest upsets

R7+282 Elo gap
Grigoryev, Semyon D1717 beat Allakhinova, Mariana1999
R9+227 Elo gap
Ivanov, Andrey Af1772 beat Allakhinova, Mariana1999
R7+222 Elo gap
Azarginov, Ildar D1426 beat Okoneshnikov, Timur A1648