Magnitka Cup 2025 B15
17 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 11 May 2025 to 17 May 2025 in Magnitogorsk, Russia. Top 10 Elo average was 1100, and top seed was Maksim Dm. Belousov (🇷🇺 RUS, 1777).
Maksim Dm. Belousov (🇷🇺 RUS, 1777) won with 8.5/9, ahead of Nazar Bajdalin (7.5) and Iliya Semenovykh (6.5). Belousov won solo starting round 7.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Maksim Goreev (1495) beat Iliya Semenovykh (1738), a +243-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsMaksim Dm. Belousov led from R7; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.
Maksim Dm. Belousov never relinquished the lead after R7; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
Maksim Dm. Belousov drew with Nazar Bajdalin (Black).
Maksim Dm. Belousov 4+4 wins (R1–R4, R6–R9)Nazar Bajdalin 4 wins (R1–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Maksim Dm. Belousov | * | ½ | 1 | 1 |
| 2Nazar Bajdalin | ½ | * | ½ | 1 |
| 3Iliya Semenovykh | 0 | ½ | * | 1 |
| 4Amir Yanbekov | 0 | 0 | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belousov, Maksim Dm. | 1777 | RUS | +9N | +6B | +3N | +10B | =2N | +5B | +4N | +14B | +11B | 8.5 | 42.0 | 45.0 | 41.25 | 1941 | +30.8 |
| 2 | Bajdalin, Nazar | 1568 | RUS | +8B | +7N | +5B | +4N | =1B | +10N | =3B | =6N | +14N | 7.5 | 44.0 | 47.0 | 37.00 | 1744 | +47.2 |
| 3 | Semenovykh, Iliya | 1738 | RUS | +13B | +17N | −1B | −5N | +8B | +4N | =2N | +9B | +6B | 6.5 | 44.0 | 44.0 | 26.25 | 1603 | -36.8 |
| 4 | Yanbekov, Amir | 1490 | RUS | +14N | +10B | +6N | −2B | +7N | −3B | −1B | +5N | +8B | 6.0 | 45.5 | 48.5 | 26.00 | 1536 | +6.4 |
| 5 | Goreev, Maksim | 1495 | RUS | +15N | +9B | −2N | +3B | +11N | −1N | +8B | −4B | =7N | 5.5 | 44.5 | 46.0 | 21.75 | 1539 | +7.6 |
| 6 | Chepurnoi, Andrei | 1460 | RUS | +12B | −1N | −4B | =9N | +17B | +11N | +10B | =2B | −3N | 5.0 | 43.5 | 43.5 | 16.75 | 1371 | -23.2 |
| 7 | Kukol, Aleksei | 0 | RUS | +11N | −2B | +16N | +14B | −4B | −8N | −9B | +15N | =5B | 4.5 | 35.0 | 36.5 | 12.25 | 1188 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Khalitov, Shamil | 0 | RUS | −2N | =11B | +15N | +16B | −3N | +7B | −5N | =12B | −4N | 4.0 | 38.5 | 40.0 | 11.00 | 776 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Skobochkin, Ivan | 1473 | RUS | −1B | −5N | F | =6B | =12N | +15B | +7N | −3N | +16B | 4.0 | 36.5 | 36.5 | 11.75 | 1297 | -32.0 |
| 10 | Ivanov, Matvei Den | 0 | RUS | +16B | −4N | +13B | −1N | +14B | −2B | −6N | +17N | F | 4.0 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 8.00 | 777 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Andreev, Dmitrii S | 0 | RUS | −7B | =8N | +12B | +13N | −5B | −6B | F | +16N | −1N | 3.5 | 36.0 | 36.0 | 10.50 | 779 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Mityushkin, Mark | 0 | RUS | −6N | −14B | −11N | F | =9B | =13N | +17B | =8N | +15B | 3.5 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 7.25 | 1274 | 0.0 |
| 13 | FIDE 540048829 | 0 | — | −3N | +15B | −10N | −11B | +16N | =12B | −14N | F | +17B | 3.5 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 4.75 | 938 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Belopolskii, Ilia | 0 | RUS | −4B | +12N | +17B | −7N | −10N | F | +13B | −1N | −2B | 3.0 | 37.5 | 37.5 | 7.00 | 815 | 0.0 |
| 15 | FIDE 522019804 | 0 | — | −5B | −13N | −8B | +17N | F | −9N | =16B | −7B | −12N | 1.5 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 0.75 | 686 | 0.0 |
| 16 | FIDE 522020314 | 0 | — | −10N | F | −7B | −8N | −13B | +17N | =15N | −11B | −9N | 1.5 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 0.75 | 673 | 0.0 |
| 17 | FIDE 540048772 | 0 | — | F | −3B | −14N | −15B | −6N | −16B | −12N | −10B | −13N | 0.0 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 0.00 | 799 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Bajdalin, NazarRUS+47.27.5 pts · #2
- 2Belousov, Maksim Dm.RUS+30.88.5 pts · #1
- 3Goreev, MaksimRUS+7.65.5 pts · #5
- 1Semenovykh, IliyaRUS-36.86.5 pts · #3
- 2Skobochkin, IvanRUS-32.04.0 pts · #7
- 3Chepurnoi, AndreiRUS-23.25.0 pts · #6
- R4+243 Elo gap