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V.Smyslov Cup 2025 A Group

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17 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 02 Jun 2025 to 09 Jun 2025 in Moscow, Russia. 8 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2144, and top seed was Maksim Bikuzhin (🇷🇺 RUS, FM, 2279).

Egor Vit Zdorov (🇷🇺 RUS, CM, 2101) won with 6.0/8, ahead of Danil Strokin (5.5) and Ruslan Minkhajdarov (5.0). Zdorov took the lead from round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Ivan Al Shinkorenko (2003) beat Maksim Bikuzhin (FM, 2279), a +276-point gap.

Location
🇷🇺Moscow, Russia
Dates
02 Jun 2025 → 09 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 8 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇺FMMaksim Bikuzhin2279
Avg top 10
2,144
Participants
17
Titled players · 8
FM×4
CM×2
WFM×2
Federations · 2 represented
🇷🇺Russia×11
FIDE (no federation)×6
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

CM Egor Vit Zdorov led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
6
3
1
1
1
2
2
1
2468R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8Zdorov takes lead
Zdorov6Strokin5.5Titarov5Minkhajdarov5Esipenko4.5Sanches-Shananin4.5
R4 · LEADER CHANGE05 Jun

CM Egor Vit Zdorov takes the sole lead (3.5/4).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Egor Vit Zdorov beat Danil Strokin (Black).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

Danil Strokin won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1CMEgor Vit Zdorov*
1
0
½
2Danil Strokin
0
*
½
½
3FMVasilii Titarov
1
½
*
½
4Ruslan Minkhajdarov
½
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Zdorov, Egor VitCM2101RUS+16N+12B=6N+2N+5B−4B=3N+11B6.031.533.023.252308+81.7
2Strokin, Danil2150RUS+10N+7B+9N−1B+12N=8B=4N=3B5.531.034.521.502229+32.8
3Minkhajdarov, Ruslan2073FID=5N−8B+7N=4B+13N+6B=1B=2N5.033.536.021.502202+55.2
4Titarov, VasiliiFM2155RUS−11B+14N=10B=3N+15B+1N=2B=7N5.030.032.520.002204+19.2
5Sanches-Shananin, Adrian2138FID=3B=15N+11B=8N−1N+14B=9N=6B4.529.031.515.752134-1.2
6Esipenko, Aleksandr2023RUS+17B=13N=1B=9B=10N−3N+14B=5N4.527.528.013.002144+27.2
7Liavonava, YuliyaWFM2100FID+15B−2N−3B=11NF+12B+8N=4B4.029.030.514.252155+22.4
8Kalambetov, Anton2069RUS=13B+3N=16B=5B=9N=2N−7B=10N4.028.530.015.502133+14.0
9Tolstykh, Viktor2111FID+14B+11N−2B=6N=8B−10N=5B−12N3.529.031.512.502037-33.6
10Osetrov, DmitrijFM2095RUS−2BF=4N+13N=6B+9B−11N=8B3.528.528.512.752104+1.6
11Ganiev, ArturFM2098RUS+4N−9B−5N=7BF+17N+10B−1N3.527.027.011.002115+6.8
12Shinkorenko, Ivan Al2003FIDF−1N=13B+16N−2B−7N+15B+9B3.525.525.58.752150+53.6
13Bachaliashvili, Eduard2121FID=8N=6B=12N−10B−3B−15N+17B−14N2.525.526.06.501936-79.6
14Mikhnenko, AlexanderCM2066RUS−9N−4BF=15N+17B−5N−6N+13B2.523.023.04.252018-9.8
15Marchenko, Nikolay2186RUS−7N=5B=17N=14B−4N+13B−12NF2.522.522.56.251996-36.6
16Bikuzhin, MaksimFM2279RUS−1B+17N=8N−12BFFFF1.518.018.02.501982-31.2
17Bruyatskaya, MariyaWFM2103RUS−6N−16B=15BF−14N−11B−13NF0.517.017.01.251728-46.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets