Chess Festival "Yeseninskaya Rus" 2025 - OPEN
25 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 03 Jun 2025 to 09 Jun 2025 in Ryazan, Russia. 6 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2042, and top seed was Ilia Lipilin ( FID, FM, 2169).
Gennady Pranizin (🇷🇺 RUS, 2142) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Vladimir Stepovoj (6.5) and Ilia Lipilin (6.5). Pranizin shared the lead from round 7 and broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Veronika Komarova (1564) beat Igor Uryupin (FM, 2063), a +499-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsGennady Pranizin led from R9; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 6 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R9.
Gennady Pranizin takes the sole lead (7.0/9).
Gennady Pranizin drew with IM Vladimir Stepovoj (Black).
Gennady Pranizin went unbeaten across 9 games (R1–R9).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gennady Pranizin | * | ½ | ½ | ½ |
| 2IMVladimir Stepovoj | ½ | * | ½ | ½ |
| 3FMIlia Lipilin | ½ | ½ | * | 1 |
| 4FMPetr Savosto | ½ | ½ | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pranizin, Gennady | 2142 | RUS | +20N | +4B | =2N | =3B | +6N | =5B | +8N | =7B | +11N | 7.0 | 45.5 | 48.5 | 36.50 | 2222 | +20.0 |
| 2 | Stepovoj, VladimirIM | 2091 | RUS | +24N | +7B | =1B | =5N | +12B | +4N | =3N | =6B | =8N | 6.5 | 46.0 | 48.0 | 32.75 | 2140 | +8.2 |
| 3 | Lipilin, IliaFM | 2169 | FID | +9B | =19N | +5B | =1N | −4B | +11N | =2B | +10B | +7N | 6.5 | 44.5 | 47.5 | 33.25 | 2105 | -7.8 |
| 4 | Efremov, Arsenii | 1947 | RUS | +22B | −1N | +13B | +10N | +3N | −2B | +5N | +9B | −6N | 6.0 | 46.0 | 48.5 | 29.00 | 2022 | +38.4 |
| 5 | Savosto, PetrFM | 2059 | RUS | +17N | +12B | −3N | =2B | +7N | =1N | −4B | +14B | +20N | 6.0 | 44.0 | 47.0 | 27.75 | 2015 | -4.0 |
| 6 | Uryupin, IgorFM | 2063 | RUS | −10B | +15N | +20B | +19N | −1B | =9N | +16B | =2N | +4B | 6.0 | 40.5 | 43.5 | 26.25 | 1984 | -10.6 |
| 7 | Polukhin, Sergey | 1813 | RUS | +18B | −2N | +25B | =16N | −5B | +22N | +12B | =1N | −3B | 5.0 | 41.0 | 41.0 | 16.50 | 1908 | +22.0 |
| 8 | Ruchkin, Ivan | 2118 | RUS | =13B | =16N | =10B | +14N | =9B | =12N | −1B | +19N | =2B | 5.0 | 40.5 | 43.5 | 22.00 | 1903 | -41.6 |
| 9 | Kislov, Miron Ol | 1738 | RUS | −3N | +23B | =14N | +17B | =8N | =6B | =11B | −4N | +16B | 5.0 | 40.5 | 43.0 | 20.50 | 1946 | +75.2 |
| 10 | Komarova, Veronika | 1564 | RUS | +6N | =11B | =8N | −4B | =16B | =13N | +19B | −3N | =14N | 4.5 | 41.0 | 44.0 | 20.25 | 1884 | +125.6 |
| 11 | Kurdakov, YuriFM | 2013 | RUS | +15B | =10N | =19B | −12N | +20B | −3B | =9N | +13N | −1B | 4.5 | 39.5 | 42.5 | 18.25 | 1796 | -42.4 |
| 12 | Budanov, Aleksey | 1762 | RUS | +25N | −5N | +18B | +11B | −2N | =8B | −7N | =17B | =15N | 4.5 | 39.5 | 39.5 | 15.25 | 1786 | -0.4 |
| 13 | Yusupov, Artur A | 1601 | RUS | =8N | =14B | −4N | =22B | +17N | =10B | =15N | −11B | +24N | 4.5 | 35.5 | 37.5 | 16.50 | 1746 | +51.6 |
| 14 | Zorin, Dmitrii | 0 | RUS | =16B | =13N | =9B | −8B | +21N | =19N | +20B | −5N | =10B | 4.5 | 35.0 | 38.0 | 16.50 | 1777 | +2.8 |
| 15 | Bugrov, Timofei | 1560 | RUS | −11N | −6B | +23N | +25B | =19B | −16N | =13B | +21N | =12B | 4.5 | 32.0 | 32.0 | 11.50 | 1654 | +16.4 |
| 16 | Raikin, LeonidIM | 1972 | RUS | =14N | =8B | =17N | =7B | =10N | +15B | −6N | =18B | −9N | 4.0 | 38.5 | 42.5 | 18.00 | 1732 | -22.2 |
| 17 | Malaya, Kristina | 1563 | RUS | −5B | +21N | =16B | −9N | −13B | +23N | +22B | =12N | −18N | 4.0 | 33.5 | 36.0 | 12.25 | 1563 | -4.8 |
| 18 | Lukianov, Ilia | 0 | RUS | −7N | +24B | −12N | =23B | −22N | +25B | F | =16N | +17B | 4.0 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 9.25 | 1740 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Fedulin, Sergey | 1844 | RUS | +23N | =3B | =11N | −6B | =15N | =14B | −10N | −8B | F | 3.0 | 38.0 | 38.0 | 12.50 | 1734 | -22.0 |
| 20 | Bindich, Vladimir | 1672 | RUS | −1B | +22N | −6N | +21B | −11N | +24B | −14N | F | −5B | 3.0 | 35.5 | 35.5 | 7.50 | 1652 | -7.6 |
| 21 | Potapov, Dmitrii | 0 | RUS | F | −17B | +24N | −20N | −14B | F | +25N | −15B | +23B | 3.0 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 4.50 | 1388 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Tregubenko, Ilia | 0 | RUS | −4N | −20B | F | =13N | +18B | −7B | −17N | −24B | +25N | 2.5 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 6.25 | 1295 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Kiseleva, Angelina | 0 | RUS | −19B | −9N | −15B | =18N | F | −17B | +24N | +25B | −21N | 2.5 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 4.00 | 1419 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Fomenko, Evgeniy | 1590 | RUS | −2B | −18N | −21B | F | +25N | −20N | −23B | +22N | −13B | 2.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 2.50 | 952 | -38.4 |
| 25 | FIDE 540038505 | 0 | — | −12B | F | −7N | −15N | −24B | −18N | −21B | −23N | −22B | 0.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 0.00 | 881 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Komarova, VeronikaRUS+125.64.5 pts · #9
- 2Kislov, Miron OlRUS+75.25.0 pts · #10
- 3Yusupov, Artur ARUS+51.64.5 pts · #11
- 1Kurdakov, YuriFMRUS-42.44.5 pts · #8
- 2Ruchkin, IvanRUS-41.65.0 pts · #6
- 3Fomenko, EvgeniyRUS-38.42.0 pts · #25
- R1+499 Elo gap
- R7+280 Elo gap
- R4+251 Elo gap