VO Moscow. May 2025
Open SwissStandard
47 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 11 May 2025 to 08 Jun 2025 in Moscow, Russia. 2 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1932, and top seed was Timur Chekanov ( FID, 2069).
Alexey Komissarov (🇷🇺 RUS, FM, 1933) won with 6.5/8, ahead of Matvey Kapitsa (6.5) and Oleg Bars (6.0). Komissarov shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 7: Eduard Shiryaev (1588) beat Timur Chekanov (2069), a +481-point gap.
Location
🇷🇺Moscow, Russia
Dates
11 May 2025 → 08 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 8 rounds
Titled players · 2
FM×2
Federations · 2 represented
🇷🇺Russia×41
FIDE (no federation)×6
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 8 roundsTight race until R8; 2 players tied at 6.5/8, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
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3
2
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3
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R8 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 6.5/8. Komissarov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (33.5).
R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Matvey Kapitsa lost to FM Alexey Komissarov (White).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
Matvey Kapitsa 4 wins (R1–R4)FM Alexey Komissarov 3 wins (R5–R7)Oleg Bars 4 wins (R5–R8)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Matvey Kapitsa | * | 0 | — | — |
| 2FMAlexey Komissarov | 1 | * | — | — |
| 3Oleg Bars | — | — | * | — |
| 4Arseniy A. Urivskiy | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Komissarov, AlexeyFM | 1933 | RUS | =23N | +34B | +24N | =8B | +12N | +2N | +4B | =7B | 6.5 | 33.5 | 36.0 | 29.25 | 1985 | +12.0 |
| 2 | Kapitsa, Matvey | 1950 | RUS | +16N | +44B | +9N | +15B | =7N | −1B | +10N | +13B | 6.5 | 33.5 | 34.5 | 25.50 | 2079 | +52.8 |
| 3 | Bars, Oleg | 1726 | RUS | +47B | −15B | +18N | −11N | +35B | +28N | +19B | +10B | 6.0 | 26.0 | 26.5 | 18.00 | 2015 | +45.4 |
| 4 | Rostovtsev, Petr | 1848 | RUS | +35N | −9B | +28N | +30B | +8N | +7B | −1N | =5B | 5.5 | 33.0 | 35.0 | 20.75 | 1869 | +12.0 |
| 5 | Urivskiy, Arseniy A. | 1841 | RUS | +18B | −11N | −17B | +33N | +16B | +36N | +12B | =4N | 5.5 | 29.0 | 31.0 | 19.75 | 1903 | +20.0 |
| 6 | Chapygin, Sergey | 1661 | RUS | +43N | +45B | −15N | −12B | +46N | =8B | +36B | +11N | 5.5 | 22.0 | 22.5 | 11.50 | 1787 | +24.0 |
| 7 | Chkhitunidze, Leon | 1837 | RUS | +29N | +27B | +30N | +10B | =2B | −4N | F | =1N | 5.0 | 34.5 | 37.5 | 20.50 | 1998 | +31.6 |
| 8 | Popov, Sergey Vl | 1741 | RUS | +37B | =20N | +14B | =1N | −4B | =6N | +26B | =12N | 5.0 | 34.0 | 36.0 | 20.25 | 1864 | +50.8 |
| 9 | Mukhin, Mikhail | 1677 | FID | +38B | +4N | −2B | +20N | +22B | +15B | F | F | 5.0 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 19.00 | 2095 | +72.0 |
| 10 | Galkin, Vladimir | 1933 | RUS | +17B | +36N | =11B | −7N | +26B | +22N | −2B | −3N | 4.5 | 33.5 | 35.5 | 15.75 | 1816 | -19.0 |
| 11 | Alyabyev, Boris | 0 | RUS | +32N | +5B | =10N | +3B | F | −13N | +14B | −6B | 4.5 | 33.5 | 33.5 | 21.25 | 1895 | -54.0 |
| 12 | Golovenko, Kirill Dm | 1712 | RUS | =34N | +39B | =20B | +6N | −1B | +17N | −5N | =8B | 4.5 | 33.0 | 34.5 | 16.75 | 1763 | +22.0 |
| 13 | Lagashin, Pavel | 1972 | FID | =24N | −30B | +29N | +23B | +38N | +11B | F | −2N | 4.5 | 28.0 | 29.5 | 14.25 | 1711 | -31.2 |
| 14 | Buzin, Alexander | 1691 | RUS | =39N | +23B | −8N | +24B | −19N | +38B | −11N | +16N | 4.5 | 26.0 | 27.5 | 13.25 | 1702 | +4.0 |
| 15 | Onischenko, Andrey | 1951 | RUS | +28B | +3N | +6B | −2N | +17B | −9N | F | F | 4.0 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 18.50 | 1836 | -13.8 |
| 16 | Bocharnikov, Oleg | 1624 | RUS | −2B | +47N | −22B | +37N | −5N | +23B | +21N | −14B | 4.0 | 30.0 | 30.5 | 10.00 | 1697 | +13.8 |
| 17 | Chernobrovkin, Andrey Mikh | 1612 | RUS | −10N | +31B | +5N | +19B | −15N | −12B | −28B | +35N | 4.0 | 28.5 | 30.5 | 14.50 | 1726 | +42.8 |
| 18 | Shiryaev, Eduard | 1588 | RUS | −5N | +41N | −3B | −28B | +32N | +46B | +27N | −19B | 4.0 | 26.5 | 27.0 | 8.50 | 1712 | +24.6 |
| 19 | Korepanov, Evgeniy | 1694 | RUS | =25B | =46N | F | −17N | +14B | +21B | −3N | +18N | 4.0 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 14.50 | 1643 | -8.4 |
| 20 | Kedrov, Valery V.FM | 1965 | RUS | +21N | =8B | =12N | −9B | F | F | +46N | +31B | 4.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 12.25 | 1764 | -23.6 |
| 21 | Pletinka, Sergei | 1559 | RUS | −20B | −28N | +40B | +41N | +33B | −19N | −16B | +36N | 4.0 | 21.0 | 22.5 | 7.50 | 1677 | +23.2 |
| 22 | Belokon, Artour | 1792 | RUS | F | F | +16N | +46B | −9N | −10B | +35B | +28N | 4.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 9.50 | 1775 | -1.0 |
| 23 | Trubitsyn, Vladimir | 1610 | RUS | =1B | −14N | +25B | −13N | +39B | −16N | +33B | −26N | 3.5 | 29.0 | 30.5 | 10.75 | 1663 | +7.8 |
| 24 | Prakhov, Nikolay | 1642 | RUS | =13B | +25N | −1B | −14N | +29B | −26N | +47B | F | 3.5 | 27.0 | 27.5 | 9.25 | 1721 | +13.0 |
| 25 | Zaitsev, Mikhail Andr | 1541 | RUS | =19N | −24B | −23N | −29B | +43N | +32B | F | +33N | 3.5 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 8.50 | 1606 | +24.8 |
| 26 | Ljamin, Vladimir | 1765 | RUS | F | F | +35N | =38B | −10N | +24B | −8N | +23B | 3.5 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 9.75 | 1714 | -6.0 |
| 27 | Chekanov, Timur | 2069 | FID | +33B | −7N | F | F | +37B | =30N | −18B | +39N | 3.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 7.50 | 1754 | -75.6 |
| 28 | Khodzhoyan, Artush | 1626 | RUS | −15N | +21B | −4B | +18N | F | −3B | +17N | −22B | 3.0 | 31.5 | 35.5 | 12.00 | 1675 | +6.6 |
| 29 | Darjin, Nikolay | 1582 | RUS | −7B | =33N | −13B | +25N | −24N | +40B | −31N | =30B | 3.0 | 25.0 | 26.5 | 7.75 | 1552 | -10.6 |
| 30 | Egorushkin, Lev Aleks | 1568 | RUS | +41B | +13N | −7B | −4N | F | =27B | F | =29N | 3.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 9.25 | 1823 | +70.0 |
| 31 | Mirzoev, Dzhuma | 1445 | RUS | −36B | −17N | −37B | +47N | +42B | −35N | +29B | −20N | 3.0 | 18.5 | 19.0 | 5.00 | 1545 | +15.6 |
| 32 | Rudnev, Egor | 1658 | RUS | −11B | +37N | F | F | −18B | −25N | +43B | +46N | 3.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 3.50 | 1582 | -18.4 |
| 33 | Shchukina, Ekaterina | 1651 | FID | −27N | =29B | +34N | −5B | −21N | +39B | −23N | −25B | 2.5 | 25.5 | 27.0 | 5.50 | 1507 | -33.2 |
| 34 | Kalashnikov, Vladislav | 1542 | RUS | =12B | −1N | −33B | −39N | =47B | =42N | +40N | F | 2.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 4.75 | 1523 | -12.0 |
| 35 | Grigoriev, Ivan S. | 1592 | RUS | −4B | +40N | −26B | F | −3N | +31B | −22N | −17B | 2.0 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 4.50 | 1506 | -17.4 |
| 36 | Khomitskiy, Pavel | 1679 | RUS | +31N | −10B | −38N | +43B | F | −5B | −6N | −21B | 2.0 | 27.0 | 28.0 | 4.00 | 1455 | -41.4 |
| 37 | Khizhnyakov, Mikhail Mak | 1573 | FID | −8N | −32B | +31N | −16B | −27N | +43B | F | F | 2.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 4.00 | 1518 | -21.6 |
| 38 | Koroteev, Aleksandr | 1422 | RUS | −9N | F | +36B | =26N | −13B | −14N | F | F | 1.5 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 3.75 | 1581 | +30.0 |
| 39 | Koltygin, Dmitriy | 1458 | RUS | =14B | −12N | −41B | +34B | −23N | −33N | F | −27B | 1.5 | 23.0 | 24.5 | 4.75 | 1456 | -2.8 |
| 40 | Lobaev, Egor | 1449 | RUS | −44N | −35B | −21N | F | =41B | −29N | −34B | +43N | 1.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 1.75 | 1356 | -31.2 |
| 41 | Kanev, Evgeny | 1733 | FID | −30N | −18B | +39N | −21B | =40N | F | F | F | 1.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 2.25 | 1377 | -46.2 |
| 42 | Mirzoev, Tabriz Z | 1603 | RUS | −45N | +43B | F | F | −31N | =34B | F | F | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.25 | 1480 | -28.4 |
| 43 | Filippov, Nikolay | 1414 | RUS | −6B | −42N | +47B | −36N | −25B | −37N | −32N | −40B | 1.0 | 19.0 | 19.5 | 0.50 | 1269 | 0.0 |
| 44 | Pylaev, Evgenij | 1683 | RUS | +40B | −2N | F | F | F | F | F | F | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.50 | 1700 | +0.6 |
| 45 | Tarnashinskiy, Evgeny | 1862 | RUS | +42B | −6N | F | F | F | F | F | F | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.50 | 1632 | -23.2 |
| 46 | Kashirsky, Eugeny D. | 1434 | RUS | F | =19B | F | −22N | −6B | −18N | −20B | −32B | 0.5 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 2.00 | 1303 | -11.8 |
| 47 | Dozorov, Mikhail | 1562 | RUS | −3N | −16B | −43N | −31B | =34N | F | −24N | F | 0.5 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 1.25 | 1165 | -49.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Mukhin, MikhailFID+72.05.0 pts · #6
- 2Egorushkin, Lev AleksRUS+70.03.0 pts · #28
- 3Kapitsa, MatveyRUS+52.86.5 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Chekanov, TimurFID-75.63.5 pts · #24
- 2Alyabyev, BorisRUS-54.04.5 pts · #11
- 3Dozorov, MikhailRUS-49.20.5 pts · #46
Biggest upsets
- R7+481 Elo gap
- R2+404 Elo gap
- R4+288 Elo gap