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Northern gambit OPEN - 2025

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14 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 16 Jun 2025 to 20 Jun 2025 in Krasnye Baki, Russia. 3 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1981, and top seed was Alexey Beletsky (🇷🇺 RUS, 2219).

Nikita Nagornov (🇷🇺 RUS, 2136) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Alexei Borshch (6.0) and Alexey Surikov (6.0). Nagornov won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Fedor Afrikantov (1750) beat Alexander Krivonogov (FM, 2077), a +327-point gap.

Location
🇷🇺Krasnye Baki, Russia
Dates
16 Jun 2025 → 20 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇺Alexey Beletsky2219
Avg top 10
1,981
Participants
14
Titled players · 3
FM×1
CM×2
Federations · 2 represented
🇷🇺Russia×12
FIDE (no federation)×2
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Nikita Nagornov led from R3; +2.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
5
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Nagornov8Beletsky6Borshch6Surikov6Afrikantov5.5Krivonogov4.5
R3–R9 · LEAD HELD

Nikita Nagornov never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +2.0 over the runner-up.

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Nikita Nagornov drew with Alexey Beletsky (White).

2× WIN STREAK · 3+3 wins

Nikita Nagornov posted 3 in a row (R1–R3) and 3 in a row (R7–R9) — total 6 wins.

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Nikita Nagornov*
½
1
1
2Alexey Beletsky
½
*
0
0
3CMAlexei Borshch
0
1
*
½
4Alexey Surikov
0
1
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Nagornov, Nikita2136RUS+8N+10B+2N=5N+6B=4B+3N+11B+9N8.038.541.535.752304+59.6
2Borshch, AlexeiCM1897FID+4N+6B−1B=3N+12B=5N=8N=9B+10N6.040.543.526.002085+88.0
3Surikov, Alexey1998RUS=5N=11B+10N=2B+7N=8B−1B+4N+13B6.040.042.024.752021+16.4
4Beletsky, Alexey2219RUS−2B+13N+14B=6N+5B=1N+12B−3B+8N6.039.041.022.752045-15.0
5Afrikantov, Fedor1750RUS=3B+9N+11N=1B−4N=2B+6N+8BF5.541.041.025.002137+153.2
6Krivonogov, AlexanderFM2077RUS+14B−2N+7B=4B−1N+12N−5B+13NF4.537.037.014.501920-26.2
7Kukushkin, Ivan A1604RUS−11N+8B−6N+10B−3B+13N−9N=14B+12B4.529.031.013.001886+118.0
8Borsch, Alexander1873RUS−1B−7N+9B+14N+11B=3N=2B−5N−4B4.042.544.514.5018780.0
9Tsepilov, Artem DenCM1923FID=12N−5B−8N−13B=10N+14N+7B=2N−1B3.536.038.012.501755-80.8
10Galakhanova, Evelina1925RUS+13B−1N−3B−7N=9B−11N+14B=12N−2B3.036.038.07.251742-85.2
11Khudjakov, Sergey V.1915RUS+7B=3N−5B−12N−8N+10B=13B−1NF3.036.036.011.501760-33.8
12Kostin, Nikolay1743RUS=9B−14N+13B+11B−2N−6B−4N=10B−7N3.032.534.58.251772+3.4
13Yakovlev, Vitaliy1746RUS−10N−4B−12N+9N=14B−7B=11N−6B−3N2.033.535.56.001689-31.2
14Borsch, Sergey1845RUS−6N+12B−4N−8B=13N−9B−10N=7NF2.030.530.56.251696-32.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets