Kstovo_Chess hopes 2025
20 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 23 Jun 2025 to 27 Jun 2025 in Kstovo, Russia. Top 10 Elo average was 1792, and top seed was Nikita Nagornov (🇷🇺 RUS, 2136).
Nikita Nagornov (🇷🇺 RUS, 2136) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Alexey Surikov (6.0) and Vladislav V. Skvortsov (6.0). Nagornov shared the lead from round 5 and won solo starting round 6.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Maxim Neukrytykh (1807) beat Nikita Nagornov (2136), a +329-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsNikita Nagornov led from R6; +2.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.
Nikita Nagornov never relinquished the lead after R6; final gap +2.0 over the runner-up.
Nikita Nagornov beat Alexey Surikov (Black).
Nikita Nagornov 6 wins (R4–R9)Alexey Surikov 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Nikita Nagornov | * | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2Alexey Surikov | 0 | * | 1 | ½ |
| 3Vladislav V. Skvortsov | 0 | 0 | * | ½ |
| 4Maxim Neukrytykh | 1 | ½ | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nagornov, Nikita | 2136 | RUS | +12B | +9N | −4B | +3B | +2N | +5N | +7B | +10N | +6B | 8.0 | 42.0 | 46.0 | 40.50 | 2152 | +4.5 |
| 2 | Surikov, Alexey | 1998 | RUS | +18N | +5B | +3N | =4B | −1B | +7N | −10B | =6N | +11N | 6.0 | 43.5 | 46.0 | 28.25 | 1895 | -31.5 |
| 3 | Skvortsov, Vladislav V. | 1713 | RUS | +19N | +13B | −2B | −1N | =8B | +12B | +16N | =4N | +5B | 6.0 | 41.0 | 43.5 | 24.25 | 1805 | +34.4 |
| 4 | Neukrytykh, Maxim | 1807 | RUS | +17N | +11B | +1N | =2N | −5B | =10N | +8B | =3B | −9N | 5.5 | 44.0 | 47.0 | 28.75 | 1801 | -1.6 |
| 5 | Sergeev, Egor V. | 1687 | RUS | +16B | −2N | +8B | +10N | +4N | −1B | −6N | +9B | −3N | 5.0 | 45.0 | 48.5 | 23.50 | 1814 | +51.6 |
| 6 | Pyatnitsyn, Matvey A | 1934 | RUS | +15B | =8N | −10B | +12N | −7B | +11N | +5B | =2B | −1N | 5.0 | 42.0 | 46.0 | 23.00 | 1769 | -60.0 |
| 7 | Mayorov, Mark | 1630 | RUS | −13N | +17B | =14N | +11B | +6N | −2B | −1N | =8B | +20B | 5.0 | 39.5 | 41.5 | 19.00 | 1686 | +8.8 |
| 8 | Goreva, Ruslana | 1516 | RUS | +10N | =6B | −5N | +14B | =3N | =16B | −4N | =7N | +15B | 5.0 | 39.0 | 42.5 | 22.25 | 1709 | +84.8 |
| 9 | Okunev, Petr | 1603 | RUS | +14N | −1B | =11N | =13B | −12N | +20B | +15B | −5N | +4B | 5.0 | 39.0 | 41.0 | 19.75 | 1666 | +25.2 |
| 10 | Platonychev, Aleksandr | 1786 | RUS | −8B | +16N | +6N | −5B | +13N | =4B | +2N | −1B | F | 4.5 | 42.5 | 46.0 | 21.25 | 1800 | +4.6 |
| 11 | Buldakov, Ivan | 1628 | RUS | +20B | −4N | =9B | −7N | +17B | −6B | +14N | +16N | −2B | 4.5 | 37.0 | 39.0 | 15.00 | 1627 | -6.4 |
| 12 | Safonova, Anastasiya | 1583 | RUS | −1N | =19B | +18N | −6B | +9B | −3N | =17N | +14B | F | 4.0 | 38.0 | 40.5 | 14.25 | 1704 | +31.2 |
| 13 | Sheyko, Konstantin | 1484 | RUS | +7B | −3N | =20B | =9N | −10B | −15N | =18B | +19N | =17N | 4.0 | 32.5 | 34.5 | 13.75 | 1515 | +7.2 |
| 14 | Kabanov, Pavel V | 1418 | RUS | −9B | +15N | =7B | −8N | =20B | +18N | −11B | −12N | +19B | 4.0 | 32.5 | 34.5 | 12.50 | 1481 | +23.6 |
| 15 | Neukrytykh, Anastasiya | 1531 | RUS | −6N | −14B | +19N | +20N | −16B | +13B | −9N | +18B | −8N | 4.0 | 31.5 | 33.5 | 11.00 | 1474 | -34.0 |
| 16 | Goreva, Daria | 1491 | RUS | −5N | −10B | +17N | +19B | +15N | =8N | −3B | −11B | −18N | 3.5 | 34.5 | 37.0 | 12.00 | 1404 | -29.2 |
| 17 | Fursenko, Nikita | 0 | RUS | −4B | −7N | −16B | =18B | −11N | =19N | =12B | +20N | =13B | 3.0 | 31.5 | 33.5 | 8.50 | 1443 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Tselovalnikov, Stepan | 1569 | RUS | −2B | −20N | −12B | =17N | =19B | −14B | =13N | −15N | +16B | 2.5 | 31.0 | 33.0 | 8.25 | 1334 | -87.6 |
| 19 | Malyshev, Roman Ev. | 0 | RUS | −3B | =12N | −15B | −16N | =18N | =17B | +20N | −13B | −14N | 2.5 | 31.0 | 33.0 | 6.75 | 1340 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Arefiev, Ilya | 1468 | RUS | −11N | +18B | =13N | −15B | =14N | −9N | −19B | −17B | −7N | 2.0 | 32.0 | 34.5 | 6.50 | 1396 | -28.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Goreva, RuslanaRUS+84.85.0 pts · #4
- 2Sergeev, Egor V.RUS+51.65.0 pts · #3
- 3Skvortsov, Vladislav V.RUS+34.46.0 pts · #7
- 1Tselovalnikov, StepanRUS-87.62.5 pts · #19
- 2Pyatnitsyn, Matvey ARUS-60.05.0 pts · #5
- 3Neukrytykh, AnastasiyaRUS-34.04.0 pts · #12
- R3+329 Elo gap
- R5+304 Elo gap
- R1+270 Elo gap