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Chess Stars-2025 5.0 blitz

Double Round-RobinBlitz

10 players participated in this 18-round tournament, held from 29 Jun 2025 to 30 Jun 2025 in Moscow, Russia. 10 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2554, and top seed was Vladislav Artemiev (🇷🇺 RUS, GM, 2741).

Vladislav Artemiev (🇷🇺 RUS, GM, 2741) won with 14.5/18, ahead of Sergey Karjakin (12.0) and Raunak Sadhwani (11.0). Artemiev won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Valentina Gunina (GM, 2366) beat Teimour Radjabov (GM, 2663), a +297-point gap.

Location
🇷🇺Moscow, Russia
Dates
29 Jun 2025 → 30 Jun 2025
Time control
Blitz: 3 minutes for game with 2 seconds increment from move 1
System
Double RR · 18 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇺GMVladislav Artemiev2741
Avg top 10
2,554
Participants
10
Titled players · 10
GM×10
Federations · 6 represented
🇷🇺Russia×4
FIDE (no federation)×2
🇮🇳India×1
🇰🇿Kazakhstan×1
🇨🇳China×1
🇦🇿Azerbaijan×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 10 · 18 rounds

GM Vladislav Artemiev led from R3 onwards, the title was decided early.

Co-leaders
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
#1#2#5#10R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11R12R13R14R15R16R17R18
Artemiev#1Karjakin#2Sadhwani#3Radjabov#4Tomashevsky#5Hou#6Lagno#7Assaubayeva#8Goryachkina#9Gunina#10
R3–R18 · LEAD HELD

GM Vladislav Artemiev never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +2.5 over the runner-up.

R11 · DECISIVE LEAD30 Jun

GM Vladislav Artemiev opens a +2.0-point gap over the chasing pack (closest: GM Sergey Karjakin); the title is out of reach before R18.

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

GM Vladislav Artemiev 1.5–0.5 against GM Sergey Karjakin (R9 ½-½, R18 1-0) — decisive in 1/2.

Cross-table

#PlayerElo12345678910PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇷🇺GMArtemiev, Vladislav2741*
1½
½1
11
0½
½1
11
1½
11
11
14.5118.25151.0+10.42784
2🇷🇺GMKarjakin, Sergey2643
½0
*
10
1½
½½
½½
½1
11
½1
11
12.094.25156.0+7.82669
3🇮🇳GMSadhwani, Raunak2654
0½
10
*
½0
10
11
10
01
11
11
11.086.75158.0-5.22623
4🇦🇿GMRadjabov, Teimour2663
00
½0
1½
*
1½
1½
10
10
11
01
10.079.75160.0-17.42585
5🇷🇺GMTomashevsky, Evgeny2626
½1
½½
10
½0
*
½½
½0
1½
½½
½1
9.585.25161.0-13.42567
6🇨🇳GMHou, Yifan2522
0½
½½
00
½0
½½
*
11
10
10
10
8.065.75164.0-1.82514
7🇷🇺GMLagno, Kateryna2445
00
0½
10
10
1½
00
*
½½
½½
10
7.059.25166.0+7.62486
8🇰🇿GMAssaubayeva, Bibisara2441
½0
00
01
10
½0
10
½½
*
½½
00
6.054.00168.0-1.62441
9GMGoryachkina, Aleksandra2441
00
0½
00
00
½½
10
½½
½½
*
1½
6.045.50168.0-1.62441
10GMGunina, Valentina2366
00
00
00
01
0½
10
10
11
½0
*6.044.75168.0+15.22450

Key insights

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