UR Cup 2025 (st. SCK_summer)
10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 02 Jun 2025 to 26 Jun 2025 in Izhevsk, Russia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1363, and top seed was Ilja Markov ( FID, 1839).
Sergey Meluzov (🇷🇺 RUS, 1795) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Ilya S Ponomarev (6.5) and Ilja Markov (6.5). Meluzov took the lead from round 7.
The biggest upset came in round 8: Alexey I Volkov (1485) beat Nikolay Y Ragozin (1611), a +126-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 roundsSergey Meluzov led from R7 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.
Sergey Meluzov takes the sole lead (6.0/7).
Sergey Meluzov beat Ilya S Ponomarev (White).
Sergey Meluzov 5 wins (R1–R5)Ilya S Ponomarev 5 wins (R1–R5)
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇷🇺Meluzov, Sergey | 1795 | * | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.5 | 29.00 | 37.5 | +41.8 | 2112 |
| 3 | 🇷🇺Ponomarev, Ilya S | 0 | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | 23.50 | 38.5 | 0.0 | 1763 |
| 5 | Markov, Ilja | 1839 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | 22.50 | 38.5 | +3.2 | 1842 |
| 2 | 🇷🇺Biryukov, Konstantin A | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 20.50 | 39.0 | 0.0 | 1783 |
| 6 | 🇷🇺Sevastianov, Alexander | 1803 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 19.00 | 39.5 | -9.8 | 1739 |
| 4 | 🇷🇺Shcherbakov, Alexander V. | 1820 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 5.0 | 18.75 | 40.0 | +7.0 | 1845 |
| 7 | 🇷🇺Riganskikh, Alexey | 1666 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 0 | 1 | 3.0 | 10.25 | 42.0 | -12.2 | 1607 |
| 8 | 🇷🇺Volkov, Alexey I | 1485 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | 4.00 | 42.5 | +43.2 | 1633 |
| 9 | 🇷🇺Balguzhin, Stanislav | 1608 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | 1 | 2.0 | 3.50 | 43.0 | -21.6 | 1559 |
| 10 | 🇷🇺Ragozin, Nikolay Y | 1611 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 0.5 | 2.50 | 44.5 | -81.6 | 1295 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Volkov, Alexey IRUS+43.22.5 pts · #8
- 2Meluzov, SergeyRUS+41.87.5 pts · #1
- 3Shcherbakov, Alexander V.RUS+7.05.0 pts · #4
- 1Ragozin, Nikolay YRUS-81.60.5 pts · #10
- 2Balguzhin, StanislavRUS-21.62.0 pts · #9
- 3Riganskikh, AlexeyRUS-12.23.0 pts · #7
- R8+126 Elo gap
- R7+123 Elo gap