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V.Smyslov Cup 2025 B Group

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27 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 02 Jun 2025 to 09 Jun 2025 in Moscow, Russia. 3 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1954, and top seed was Vadim Starikov ( FID, 1999).

Vadim Starikov ( FID, 1999) won with 6.5/8, ahead of Ivan Kudrin (6.0) and Mikhail Al Ippolitov (5.5). Starikov broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Maksim S Dmitriev (1808) beat Stanislav Komissarov (1974), a +166-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
Vadim Starikov1999
Avg top 10
1,954
Participants
27
Titled players · 3
FM×1
CM×2
Federations · 2 represented
🇷🇺Russia×15
FIDE (no federation)×12
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

Vadim Starikov led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders
9
5
2
2
3
1
2
1
2468R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8
Starikov6.5Kudrin6Ippolitov5.5Preobrazhensky5.5Lovakov5Taran5
R6–R8 · LEAD HELD

Vadim Starikov held the sole lead from R6 through R8 without losing it.

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Vadim Starikov beat FM Ivan Kudrin (White).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

Vadim Starikov won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Vadim Starikov*
1
½
1
2FMIvan Kudrin
0
*
1
—
3Mikhail Al Ippolitov
½
0
*
1
4Andrey Preobrazhensky
0
—
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Starikov, Vadim1999FID+8B+5N+4B=7N=3B+2B=6N+12N6.536.040.032.502176+67.2
2Kudrin, IvanFM1946FID=12N+18B+16N=13B+7B−1N+8B+3N6.033.036.025.502112+68.8
3Ippolitov, Mikhail Al1915RUS+10N+11B−7N+5B=1N+13B+4N−2B5.536.540.526.752051+57.2
4Preobrazhensky, Andrey1951RUS+9N+13B−1N+12B+11B=7N−3B+5N5.534.538.524.252047+20.2
5Lovakov, Egor Vladimirovich1901RUS+19B−1B+6N−3N+14B+9N+7B−4B5.035.538.521.002012+47.2
6Taran, Egor A1946FID=14B+23N−5B+20N=9B+10N=1B=8N5.032.034.019.251983+14.8
7Kurdagiya, Aleksandr G1958FID+17B+24N+3B=1B−2N=4B−5N=9N4.536.538.519.251964+3.6
8Loboyko, Fedor1899RUS−1N=10B=19N+23B+18N+11B−2N=6B4.532.534.515.751918+8.8
9Druchinin, Semen1886RUS−4B+27N+22B=14N=6N−5B+13N=7B4.530.530.513.251951+30.4
10Dmitriev, Maksim S1808RUS−3B=8N=17B+24N+19N−6B+15B=13N4.529.531.515.001945+61.2
11Berdashkevich, Makar1816FID+27B−3N+21B+16B−4N−8N=12B+22N4.529.029.011.501951+60.4
12Betenev, Artem Dm1879RUS=2B+15N+14B−4N−13N+21B=11N−1B4.034.537.516.251926+20.8
13Krasin, Boris Vsev1897FID+15B−4N+24B=2N+12B−3N−9B=10B4.034.036.015.251905+4.0
14Blagoveshchenskiy, Roman1877FID=6N+20B−12N=9B−5N+18B−17N+25B4.028.029.512.251892+6.4
15Komissarov, Stanislav1974RUS−13N−12B+27N−18B+25N+22B−10N+17B4.023.023.07.501865-23.6
16Shadyev, Damir1936FID+25B+22N−2B−11NFF+23N+18B4.019.519.59.001973+11.2
17Panaev, Timur1892RUS−7N=19B=10N=22B−21N+23B+14B−15N3.525.527.511.001831-28.4
18Dorashava, Viktoryia1870FID=26B−2N=23B+15N−8B−14N+19B−16N3.027.528.08.251812-27.6
19Okhitin, Lev1808FID−5N=17N=8B=25N−10B=20B−18N+23B3.025.527.08.251781-12.8
20Tsepilov, Artem DenCM1923FID=23B−14N+25B−6B−22N=19N=24B=21N3.021.523.06.501778-65.2
21Afineevskij, IlyaCM1950RUS−24B=25N−11N+27B+17B−12N−22N=20B3.021.021.05.751784-75.2
22Tyrtyshnikov, Luka And1804RUSF−16B−9N=17N+20B−15N+21B−11B2.526.526.57.751809+0.8
23Gorshkov, Artem O1809RUS=20N−6B=18N−8N+24B−17N−16B−19N2.026.028.05.001702-43.6
24Malchenko, Ilya Mikh1881RUS+21N−7B−13N−10B−23N=25B=20NF2.022.522.55.251726-58.4
25Siverin, Vladislav1841FID−16N=21B−20N=19B−15B=24NF−14N1.523.023.04.001677-55.2
26Tarnashinskiy, Evgeny1943RUS=18NFFFFFFF0.53.03.01.501870-4.0
27Zadorozhy, Egor1932RUS−11N−9B−15B−21NFFFF0.016.016.00.001106-85.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets