V.Smyslov Cup 2025 C Group

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37 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 02 Jun 2025 to 09 Jun 2025 in Moscow, Russia. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1765, and top seed was Makariy Shilyaev (🇷🇺 RUS, 1796).

Oleg Ig Palchik (🇷🇺 RUS, 1767) won with 6.0/8, ahead of Gleb Saifulov (5.5) and Roman And Oksaniy (5.5). Palchik won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Aleksandr Gorchakov (1622) beat Evgeniy Akulov (1793), a +171-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

🇷🇺Makariy Shilyaev1796

Avg top 10

1,765

Participants

Titled players · 1

WCM×1

Federations · 2 represented

🇷🇺Russia×27

FIDE (no federation)×10

Top 3

🥇
Oleg Ig Palchik
🇷🇺RUS·1767
6.0pts·1907perf+58.0
🥈
Gleb Saifulov
🇷🇺RUS·1705
5.5pts·1842perf+58.4
🥉
Roman And Oksaniy
🇷🇺RUS·1737
5.5pts·1824perf+37.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

Oleg Ig Palchik led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Palchik6Mukhin5.5Shevtsov5.5Saifulov5.5Oksaniy5.5Galimov5

R3–R8 · LEAD HELD

Oleg Ig Palchik held the sole lead from R3 through R8 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Oleg Ig Palchik 4 wins (R1–R4)Mikhail Mukhin 3 wins (R6–R8)

R5 · LATE SURGE

Mikhail Mukhin was #16 at R5, climbed to #2 over the final stretch.

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Oleg Ig Palchik	*	—	½	½
2Mikhail Mukhin	—	*	—	—
3Demyan Shevtsov	½	—	*	—
4Gleb Saifulov	½	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Palchik, Oleg Ig	1767	RUS	+14N	+24B	+18N	+10B	=13N	=2B	=4N	=3B	6.0	33.5	37.0	26.50	1907	+58.0
2	Saifulov, Gleb	1705	RUS	+34B	−10N	+12B	+9N	+3B	=1N	−8B	+11B	5.5	35.0	37.0	24.50	1842	+58.4
3	Oksaniy, Roman And	1737	RUS	=16N	+23B	+17N	=11B	−2N	+22B	+6N	=1N	5.5	32.5	36.0	23.25	1824	+37.2
4	Shevtsov, Demyan	1770	RUS	=12B	=11N	+14B	=24N	=23B	+7N	=1B	+10N	5.5	32.0	35.5	24.50	1843	+29.6
5	Mukhin, Mikhail	1713	FID	=13B	−17N	+34B	=7N	=26B	+25N	+24B	+8N	5.5	29.0	31.0	20.50	1807	+23.5
6	Usoltseva, Varvara Kir	1735	RUS	+8B	+7N	=10B	−13N	=22B	+17N	−3B	+14N	5.0	32.5	36.0	22.00	1776	+16.4
7	Mirzoev, Tabriz Z	1677	RUS	+30N	−6B	=27N	=5B	+19N	−4B	+20N	+15N	5.0	31.0	34.0	19.25	1818	+60.8
8	Galimov, Zakhar M	1657	FID	−6N	=37B	+31N	=19B	+27N	+18B	+2N	−5B	5.0	29.5	30.0	17.25	1812	+67.2
9	Kazaryan, Karina	1723	FID	=22N	+20B	=16N	−2B	=28N	+26B	+15B	=12N	5.0	29.0	32.0	19.00	1765	+16.0
10	Shilyaev, Makariy	1796	RUS	+29N	+2B	=6N	−1N	=24B	+23B	=11N	−4B	4.5	33.5	36.5	18.50	1753	-19.2
11	Voronin, Sergey Yur	1634	RUS	+31N	=4B	+33B	=3N	=15B	=24N	=10B	−2N	4.5	31.0	33.0	16.00	1777	+64.4
12	Trapeznikova, Emma	1691	RUS	=4N	=27B	−2N	+20B	=16N	=28B	+22N	=9B	4.5	30.5	33.5	17.75	1728	+17.2
13	Gorchakov, Aleksandr	1622	FID	=5N	+36B	+19N	+6B	=1B	=15N	F	F	4.5	25.5	25.5	17.75	1931	+99.2
14	Bondarev, Fedor	1684	FID	−1B	+21N	−4N	=35B	+29N	+16B	=18N	−6B	4.0	31.5	33.5	14.00	1717	+14.8
15	Sviridenko, Arkadiy	1733	RUS	=20N	=22B	+26N	+16B	=11N	=13B	−9N	−7B	4.0	30.5	34.0	15.75	1659	-32.4
16	Matveev, Erik	1668	RUS	=3B	+25N	=9B	−15N	=12B	−14N	+33B	=17N	4.0	30.5	32.5	15.00	1712	+9.4
17	Boyarchenko, Maxim	1649	RUS	=27N	+5B	−3B	+33N	=18N	−6B	=23N	=16B	4.0	30.5	32.5	14.75	1710	+27.6
18	Gusev, Andrey V	1706	RUS	+35N	+26B	−1B	=22N	=17B	−8N	=14B	=21N	4.0	30.0	32.0	13.25	1681	-11.2
19	Kalinichenko, German Yu	1691	FID	+21B	=33N	−13B	=8N	−7B	=35N	=25B	+28N	4.0	27.0	29.0	13.25	1677	-4.7
20	Dryabin, Maksim Al	1655	RUS	=15B	−9N	=25B	−12N	+34B	+33N	−7B	+27B	4.0	27.0	29.0	10.75	1704	+23.2
21	Smirnova, Viktoria A	1788	FID	−19N	−14B	=36N	−32B	+31N	+29B	+28N	=18B	4.0	23.0	24.0	11.00	1694	-40.0
22	Vasin, Artem	1635	RUS	=9B	=15N	+30B	=18B	=6N	−3N	−12B	=25N	3.5	31.5	34.5	13.75	1688	+22.8
23	Davydenya, Mikhail	1676	RUS	=25B	−3N	F	+27B	=4N	−10N	=17B	+26N	3.5	29.5	30.0	13.00	1730	+20.8
24	Ivaschenko, AnnaWCM	1692	FID	+36N	−1N	+35B	=4B	=10N	=11B	−5N	F	3.5	29.0	29.0	10.25	1725	+13.2
25	Leisle, Darya	1756	FID	=23N	−16B	=20N	=28B	+32N	−5B	=19N	=22B	3.5	27.5	30.0	11.50	1618	-62.0
26	Shpigotskiy, Dmitriy	1673	FID	+37N	−18N	−15B	+31B	=5N	−9N	+35B	−23B	3.5	26.5	27.0	7.75	1659	-7.2
27	Stupa, Gleb	1729	RUS	=17B	=12N	=7B	−23N	−8B	=30N	+34B	−20N	3.0	29.0	31.0	10.25	1584	-64.4
28	Petrenko, Nikita S.	1630	RUS	−33B	=31B	+29N	=25N	=9B	=12N	−21B	−19B	3.0	26.5	28.5	10.75	1637	+12.8
29	Shchurin, Vladimir	1704	RUS	−10B	=34N	−28B	+30N	−14B	−21N	=32B	+33N	3.0	23.0	25.0	7.25	1616	-40.0
30	Zakharova, Milana	1767	RUS	−7B	=32N	−22N	−29B	+36N	=27B	=31B	=35N	3.0	21.5	22.5	6.00	1602	-73.2
31	Gerasimov, Viktor Aleks	1718	RUS	−11B	=28N	−8B	−26N	−21B	+36B	=30N	=32N	2.5	25.5	26.5	5.25	1555	-69.2
32	Agapov, Ivan Dm	1659	RUS	F	=30B	F	+21N	−25B	−34N	=29N	=31B	2.5	18.0	18.0	8.25	1666	+1.2
33	Tsaregorodtsev, Alexandr	1718	RUS	+28N	=19B	−11N	−17B	=35N	−20B	−16N	−29B	2.0	26.5	28.5	6.00	1457	-110.4
34	Bugaev, Ilia	1608	RUS	−2N	=29B	−5N	=36B	−20N	+32B	−27N	F	2.0	24.5	24.5	4.50	1549	-22.8
35	Belyaevskiy, Mikhail	1612	RUS	−18B	F	−24N	=14N	=33B	=19B	−26N	=30B	2.0	24.0	24.0	6.50	1546	-21.6
36	Akulov, Evgeniy	1793	RUS	−24B	−13N	=21B	=34N	−30B	−31N	F	F	1.0	19.5	19.5	3.00	1425	-110.4
37	Kuralin, Arseniy Ev	1744	RUS	−26B	=8N	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.5	12.0	12.0	2.50	1472	-28.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Gorchakov, AleksandrFID
+99.2
4.5 pts · #13
2Galimov, Zakhar MFID
+67.2
5.0 pts · #6
3Voronin, Sergey YurRUS
+64.4
4.5 pts · #11

Top rating losers

1Akulov, EvgeniyRUS
-110.4
1.0 pts · #36
2Tsaregorodtsev, AlexandrRUS
-110.4
2.0 pts · #34
3Zakharova, MilanaRUS
-73.2
3.0 pts · #29

Biggest upsets

R2+171 Elo gap
Gorchakov, Aleksandr1622 beat Akulov, Evgeniy1793
R3+132 Elo gap
Vasin, Artem1635 beat Zakharova, Milana1767
R4+129 Elo gap
Agapov, Ivan Dm1659 beat Smirnova, Viktoria A1788