2025 US Senior Championship
Round-RobinStandard
10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 15 Jul 2025 to 24 Jul 2025 in Saint Louis, MO, United States. 10 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2467, and top seed was Vladimir Akopian (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2586).
Alexander Fishbein (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2368) won with 5.5/9, ahead of Vladimir Akopian (5.5) and Alexander Shabalov (5.5). Fishbein won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Timothy Taylor (IM, 2147) beat Maxim Dlugy (GM, 2514), a +367-point gap.
Location
🇺🇸Saint Louis, MO, United States
Dates
15 Jul 2025 → 24 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Round-robin · 9 rounds
Titled players · 10
GM×9
IM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×10
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 roundsCo-leaders
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R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
GM Alexander Fishbein beat GM Alexander Shabalov (White).
R5–R9 · UNBEATEN
GM Alexander Fishbein went unbeaten across 5 games (R5–R9).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇺🇸GMFishbein, Alexander | 2368 | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5.5 | 24.00 | 39.5 | +23.2 | 2558 |
| 3 | 🇺🇸GMAkopian, Vladimir | 2586 | 1 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5.5 | 23.75 | 39.5 | -4.3 | 2538 |
| 2 | 🇺🇸GMShabalov, Alexander | 2478 | 0 | ½ | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 22.25 | 39.5 | +9.3 | 2546 |
| 4 | 🇺🇸GMChristiansen, Larry | 2571 | 0 | ½ | 1 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 5.0 | 22.25 | 40.0 | -7.5 | 2501 |
| 5 | 🇺🇸GMGoldin, Alexander | 2541 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 5.0 | 20.25 | 40.0 | -4.0 | 2502 |
| 7 | 🇺🇸GMNovikov, Igor | 2485 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4.5 | 19.00 | 40.5 | -1.6 | 2465 |
| 6 | 🇺🇸GMBenjamin, Joel | 2473 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4.5 | 18.75 | 40.5 | -0.1 | 2466 |
| 9 | 🇺🇸GMDlugy, Maxim | 2514 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 17.75 | 41.5 | -15.4 | 2382 |
| 8 | 🇺🇸GMKaidanov, Gregory | 2505 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | * | ½ | 3.5 | 14.50 | 41.5 | -14.3 | 2383 |
| 10 | 🇺🇸IMTaylor, Timothy | 2147 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | * | 2.5 | 10.50 | 42.5 | +14.7 | 2329 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Fishbein, AlexanderGMUSA+23.25.5 pts · #1
- 2Taylor, TimothyIMUSA+14.72.5 pts · #10
- 3Shabalov, AlexanderGMUSA+9.35.5 pts · #2
Top rating losers
- 1Dlugy, MaximGMUSA-15.43.5 pts · #9
- 2Kaidanov, GregoryGMUSA-14.33.5 pts · #8
- 3Christiansen, LarryGMUSA-7.55.0 pts · #4
Biggest upsets
- R5+367 Elo gap
- R3+203 Elo gap
- R5+137 Elo gap