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Sail of Hope 2025

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15 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 14 Jun 2025 to 20 Jun 2025 in Voronezh, Russia. Top 10 Elo average was 1843, and top seed was Yury Galanov (🇷🇺 RUS, 2101).

Alexander Lukovnikov (🇷🇺 RUS, 2040) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Vladimir Provkin (5.0) and Sergey Nik Kuznetsov (5.0). Lukovnikov won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Viktor Polyansky (1756) beat Yury Galanov (2101), a +345-point gap.

Location
🇷🇺Voronezh, Russia
Dates
14 Jun 2025 → 20 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇺Yury Galanov2101
Avg top 10
1,843
Participants
15
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇺Russia×15
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Alexander Lukovnikov led from R5; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
7
4
2
2
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Lukovnikov6.5Provkin5Kuznetsov5Pomitov4Polyansky4Safonov4
R5–R7 · LEAD HELD

Alexander Lukovnikov never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Alexander Lukovnikov drew with Vladimir Provkin (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Alexander Lukovnikov 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)Vladimir Provkin 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Alexander Lukovnikov*
½
1
1
2Vladimir Provkin
½
*
½
0
3Sergey Nik Kuznetsov
0
½
*
1
4Aleksandr Pomitov
0
1
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Lukovnikov, Alexander2040RUS+9B+6N+3B=2N+5N+4B+7B6.525.528.526.002195+16.2
2Provkin, Vladimir1879RUS+11B+5N+8B=1B−4N=3N+6B5.027.029.519.751946+14.4
3Kuznetsov, Sergey Nik1798RUS+13B+10N−1N=7B+8N=2B+4N5.025.526.515.751969+23.0
4Pomitov, Aleksandr1846RUS−5N+11B+6B+8N+2B−1N−3B4.028.030.515.001843+0.4
5Safonov, Anatoly1557RUS+4B−2B=9N+12N−1B=7N+11B4.024.526.511.751803+34.4
6Polyansky, Viktor1756RUS+15B−1B−4N+13N+11B+9N−2N4.022.022.06.501859+14.4
7Ivanov, Nikolay A.1848RUS−10N+13B+14N=3N=9B=5B−1N3.522.523.58.001734-14.2
8Shumsky, Vladimir1871RUS+14B+12N−2N−4B−3B=11N+13B3.519.520.55.251613-34.0
9Leun, Victor1639RUS−1NF=5B+10B=7N−6B+12N3.023.023.08.751607-5.2
10Nikulshina, Yulia0RUS+7B−3B−11N−9N+12B=13N=14N3.017.018.06.5015640.0
11Girzhadovich, Vyacheslav1647RUS−2N−4N+10B+14B−6N=8B−5N2.523.524.55.751565-13.2
12Erokhin, Alexander0RUSF−8B+13N−5B−10N+14B−9B2.015.515.52.0014830.0
13Vatolin, Viktor0RUS−3N−7N−12B−6B=14N=10B−8N1.021.022.02.0014160.0
14Bobreshov, Artem1635RUS−8NF−7B−11N=13B−12N=10B1.015.515.52.00989-36.4
15Galanov, Yury2101RUS−6NFFFFFF0.07.07.00.00956-17.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets