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Estonian Chess Championship 2025

KnockoutStandard

15 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 11 Dec 2025 to 18 Dec 2025 in Tallinn, Estonia. 8 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2323, and top seed was Aleksandr Volodin (🇪🇪 EST, GM, 2471).

Kirill Chukavin (🇪🇪 EST, FM, 2358) won with 6.0/8, ahead of Meelis Kanep (4.0) and Nikita Rychagov (3.5). Chukavin won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Marti Medar (2086) beat Vallo Maidla (IM, 2372), a +286-point gap.

Location
🇪🇪Tallinn, Estonia
Dates
11 Dec 2025 → 18 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for first 40 moves and 15 min. for the rest of the game with 30 sec. increment from move 1
System
Knockout · 8 rounds
Top seed
🇪🇪GMAleksandr Volodin2471
Avg top 10
2,323
Participants
15
Titled players · 8
GM×2
IM×3
FM×2
CM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇪🇪Estonia×15
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

FM Kirill Chukavin led from R3; +2.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
6
4
1
3
1
1
1
1
2468R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8
R3–R8 · LEAD HELD

FM Kirill Chukavin never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +2.0 over the runner-up.

HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND · 2 games

FM Kirill Chukavin 1.50.5 against GM Meelis Kanep (R7 1-0, R8 ½-½) — decisive in 1/2.

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

FM Kirill Chukavin won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Chukavin, KirillFM2358EST+12N+12B+7B7N=3B+3N+2B=2N6.020.020.013.752390+4.2
2Kanep, MeelisGM2378EST=10N+10B=5B=5N4N+4B1N=1B4.025.526.010.252282-8.6
3Rychagov, NikitaCM2222EST9N+9B=8N+8B=1N1B4B=4N3.525.026.09.502319+18.8
4Sirosh, IljaIM2391ESTFF=6N=6B+2B2N+3N=3B3.521.021.012.252347-3.2
5Seeman, TarvoIM2355EST+13B+13N=2N=2BFFFF3.08.08.04.002461+5.4
6Krivenko, DionFM2269EST+14N+14B=4B=4NFFFF3.07.07.03.502482+22.4
7Medar, Marti2086EST+11N=11B1N+1BFFFF2.513.013.06.752460+36.8
8Volodin, AleksandrGM2471EST+15N+15B=3B3NFFFF2.57.07.01.752242-9.6
9Vorobjov, Pavel2229EST+3B3NFFFFFF1.07.07.03.502222-0.4
10Oim, Mikk Kaarel2022EST=2B2NFFFFFF0.58.08.02.002185+11.2
11Maidla, ValloIM2372EST7B=7NFFFFFF0.55.05.01.251893-11.8
12Obolonin, Filipp2103EST1B1NFFFFFF0.012.012.00.001558-7.6
13Gorkov, Kirill2157EST5N5BFFFFFF0.06.06.00.001555-19.2
14Andrijashkin, Deniss2187EST6B6NFFFFFF0.06.06.00.001469-15.6
15Leht, Karl Samuel1825EST8B8NFFFFFF0.05.05.00.001425-6.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets