L. Polugaevsky Memorial 2025

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98 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 02 Jul 2025 to 10 Jul 2025 in Samara, Russia. 28 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2345, and top seed was Dmitry Frolyanov (🇷🇺 RUS, GM, 2464).

Dmitry Frolyanov (🇷🇺 RUS, GM, 2464) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Alexander Poluyanov (7.0) and Arkady Gitelson (6.5). Frolyanov won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Dmitry Zubov (1640) beat Andrey Tkachuk (CM, 2219), a +579-point gap.

Location

🇷🇺Samara, Russia

Dates

02 Jul 2025 → 10 Jul 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇺GMDmitry Frolyanov2464

Avg top 10

2,345

Participants

Titled players · 28

GM×1

IM×3

FM×19

CM×3

WCM×2

Federations · 3 represented

🇷🇺Russia×89

FIDE (no federation)×8

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

Top 3

🥇
GMDmitry Frolyanov
🇷🇺RUS·2464
7.5pts·2527perf+7.2
🥈
Alexander Poluyanov
🇷🇺RUS·2167
7.0pts·2300perf+66.8
🥉
FMArkady Gitelson
🇷🇺RUS·2295
6.5pts·2377perf+21.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

GM Dmitry Frolyanov led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Frolyanov7.5Poluyanov7Bardyk6.5Bobkov6.5Skatchkov6.5Ganiev6.5

R4–R9 · LEAD HELD

GM Dmitry Frolyanov held the sole lead from R4 through R9 without losing it.

R1–R5 · WIN STREAK

GM Dmitry Frolyanov won 5 in a row (R1–R5).

R5 · LATE SURGE

FM Artem Bardyk was #23 at R5, climbed to #3 over the final stretch.

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1GMDmitry Frolyanov	*	—	½	1
2Alexander Poluyanov	—	*	—	—
3FMArtem Bardyk	½	—	*	1
4FMVadim Bobkov	0	—	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Frolyanov, DmitryGM	2464	RUS	+63B	+44N	+6B	+26N	+34B	=8N	=4B	=3N	+9B	7.5	46.0	50.0	40.50	2527	+7.2
2	Poluyanov, Alexander	2167	RUS	=67B	=60N	+75B	=52N	+16B	+10N	=8B	+11N	+22B	7.0	42.0	45.5	36.25	2300	+66.8
3	Gitelson, ArkadyFM	2295	RUS	+40B	+49N	+13B	=18N	=4B	+19N	=9B	=1B	=5N	6.5	48.5	53.0	37.00	2377	+21.4
4	Bardyk, ArtemFM	2260	RUS	+61B	F	+15N	=5B	=3N	+18B	=1N	+6N	+8B	6.5	48.5	49.5	38.25	2491	+46.8
5	Skatchkov, ValeryFM	2313	RUS	+70B	+23N	+29B	=4N	=18B	=6N	=20B	+12N	=3B	6.5	47.0	51.0	35.75	2325	+5.8
6	Bobkov, VadimFM	2204	RUS	+97N	+31B	−1N	+47B	+27N	=5B	+26N	−4B	+18N	6.5	45.5	46.5	29.25	2313	+28.6
7	Ganiev, ArturFM	2103	RUS	=28N	+48B	=54N	+76B	−20N	+45B	=14N	+26B	+21N	6.5	40.0	43.5	30.50	2193	+48.6
8	Belyakov, BogdanIM	2360	RUS	+62N	=19B	=27N	+33B	+15N	=1B	=2N	+20B	−4N	6.0	48.0	52.0	33.00	2288	-6.1
9	Mirzaev, AzizFM	2369	RUS	=54N	+59B	=57B	+36N	+13B	=20N	=3N	+32B	−1N	6.0	43.5	47.5	30.00	2276	-7.7
10	Purygin, AndreiFM	2335	RUS	+45N	+33B	−18N	+38B	=19N	−2B	+49N	+44B	=17N	6.0	43.0	47.5	29.25	2196	-26.2
11	Koshulyan, Egor A.FM	2235	RUS	+42N	=50B	+32N	−19B	=28N	+46B	+27N	−2B	+37N	6.0	42.0	46.5	29.25	2131	-35.6
12	Kononenko, DmitryFM	2205	UKR	+76N	+38B	=37N	=27B	=46N	=14B	+30N	−5B	+32N	6.0	42.0	45.5	28.75	2150	-5.4
13	Titarov, VasiliiFM	2174	RUS	+46N	+35B	−3N	+54B	−9N	−27B	+45N	+28B	+30N	6.0	41.5	45.5	28.00	2116	-14.4
14	Mokshanov, AlexeyIM	2350	RUS	+75B	=57N	−36B	+43N	+49B	=12N	=7B	=16N	+51B	6.0	41.5	45.0	28.75	2159	-17.0
15	Tkachuk, AndreyCM	2219	RUS	+73B	+24N	−4B	+35N	−8B	+55N	−51B	+52N	+39B	6.0	41.0	45.0	28.00	2132	-26.4
16	Zakirov, Ruslan	1949	RUS	+85N	−26B	=41N	+80B	−2N	+59B	+29N	=14B	+44N	6.0	40.0	43.0	25.50	2174	+100.0
17	Sabirov, Timur	2088	RUS	=56N	+74B	=28N	+45B	=21N	−26B	+47N	+33B	=10B	6.0	39.5	43.5	28.25	2156	+17.8
18	Nurdinov, Iliya	2151	RUS	+88B	+65N	+10B	=3B	=5N	−4N	+31B	=22N	−6B	5.5	46.5	49.5	27.25	2253	+26.4
19	Kornienko, KonstantinFM	2141	RUS	+58B	=8N	+30B	+11N	=10B	−3B	−21N	+27B	=20N	5.5	45.5	49.5	28.75	2226	+45.6
20	Kuzmin, RomanFM	2203	RUS	+53B	−55N	+63B	+71N	+7B	=9B	=5N	−8N	=19B	5.5	43.0	47.0	28.00	2178	-1.4
21	Kavyev, RuslanFM	2243	RUS	+68B	=30N	=71B	+55N	=17B	=31N	+19B	=51N	−7B	5.5	40.5	44.5	25.75	2061	-35.0
22	Popov, MaksimFM	2336	RUS	=59N	−54B	+91N	+41B	+50N	+44B	=32N	=18B	−2N	5.5	39.5	41.5	23.25	2119	-20.3
23	Makov, Artem	2038	RUS	+77B	−5B	−76N	=72N	+64B	=40N	+68B	=24N	+48B	5.5	37.0	40.5	23.25	1940	-34.2
24	Skudaev, Artyom	1897	RUS	+96N	−15B	+78N	=44B	−29N	=58B	+56N	=23B	+49N	5.5	37.0	38.0	20.00	2043	+72.4
25	Fedorov, Artem AlekFM	2157	RUS	+80N	−27B	−45N	+89N	+75B	=47B	=35N	=31B	+50N	5.5	35.5	38.0	21.25	1993	-41.8
26	Gilfanov, Marat IFM	2343	FID	+43B	+16N	+55B	−1B	=31N	+17N	−6B	−7N	=33B	5.0	47.5	51.5	26.00	2126	-42.8
27	Kondakov, Konstantin	2013	FID	+89B	+25N	=8B	=12N	−6B	+13N	−11B	−19N	+61B	5.0	45.5	48.0	24.00	2155	+67.2
28	Kafiatulin, Damir	1756	RUS	=7B	+39N	=17B	=49N	=11B	−36N	+65B	−13N	+75B	5.0	43.0	46.5	24.00	2112	+148.0
29	Gusarov, Aleksey	2163	RUS	+41N	+47B	−5N	−31B	+24B	=38N	−16B	+75N	=40B	5.0	42.5	46.0	23.50	1986	-36.4
30	Markelov, Aleksey	1887	RUS	+83N	=21B	−19N	+48B	=37N	+42B	−12B	+53N	−13B	5.0	42.0	45.0	22.25	2033	+58.5
31	Dolinskaia, MariiaWCM	1998	RUS	+94B	−6N	+73B	+29N	=26B	=21B	−18N	=25N	=36B	5.0	42.0	43.5	21.00	2102	+50.5
32	Kochikyan, Georgy	2139	RUS	=60B	+67N	−11B	+64N	+36B	+34N	=22B	−9N	−12B	5.0	41.5	45.5	22.75	2142	+8.8
33	Galitskiy, Fedor	2035	RUS	+84B	−10N	+70B	−8N	=68B	+43N	+34B	−17N	=26N	5.0	41.0	44.0	21.50	2157	+50.0
34	Zakaryan, DavidIM	2288	RUS	=74N	+56B	+50N	+37B	−1N	−32B	−33N	+47B	=35N	5.0	40.5	44.5	22.50	2087	-19.8
35	Frolova, Lada	1914	RUS	+51B	−13N	+66B	−15B	=56N	+77N	=25B	=36N	=34B	5.0	40.0	43.5	21.75	2022	+24.0
36	Kuznetsova, Polina	2057	RUS	=78N	+86B	+14N	−9B	−32N	+28B	=46N	=35B	=31N	5.0	40.0	43.0	23.00	2022	-6.6
37	Voskanyan, Argisht	2098	RUS	+64B	+66N	=12B	−34N	=30B	−51N	+61B	+55N	−11B	5.0	38.5	42.5	21.50	2013	-29.3
38	Azimov, Luka	1798	RUS	+93B	−12N	+53B	−10N	+67B	=29B	−44N	=61N	+58B	5.0	38.0	39.5	18.50	2008	+85.6
39	Erokhin, Artem	2044	RUS	=48N	−28B	=56N	+73B	=54N	=62B	+42N	+46B	−15N	5.0	37.0	41.0	21.75	1912	-26.4
40	Gusev, Boris An.	1949	RUS	−3N	=81B	−48N	+85B	+80N	=23B	=50N	+57B	=29N	5.0	36.5	39.5	19.50	1975	+12.5
41	Konovalov, Timofei Al.	1773	RUS	−29B	+82N	=16B	−22N	=81B	+71N	−55B	+84N	+65B	5.0	34.5	37.5	18.50	1974	+86.0
42	Afineevskij, IlyaCM	1875	RUS	−11B	+90N	−44B	+84N	+71B	−30N	−39B	+82N	+55B	5.0	34.5	37.0	16.50	1989	+48.6
43	Uruev, Nikita	1886	RUS	−26N	=85B	+87N	−14B	+48N	−33B	=79B	+81N	+66B	5.0	34.0	37.0	17.75	1916	+8.0
44	Gurianov, Danil	2106	RUS	+72B	−1B	+42N	=24N	+52B	−22N	+38B	−10N	−16B	4.5	45.0	49.0	21.25	2042	-14.4
45	Gamilova, ReginaWCM	1878	RUS	−10B	+84N	+25B	−17N	+57B	−7N	−13B	+64N	=53B	4.5	42.5	45.5	18.75	2054	+75.2
46	Garaev, Tamerlan	1817	FID	−13B	+51N	+65B	+57N	=12B	−11N	=36B	−39N	=52B	4.5	41.0	45.0	20.25	2043	+89.3
47	Krivitskiy, Alexandr	1879	RUS	+82B	−29N	+60B	−6N	+53B	=25N	−17B	−34N	+79B	4.5	40.0	43.0	17.75	1978	+19.6
48	Kalugina, Maria	1639	RUS	=39B	−7N	+40B	−30N	−43B	+89N	+70B	+69B	−23N	4.5	40.0	42.5	18.00	1924	+83.5
49	Khantuev, AdamFM	2079	RUS	+81N	−3B	+97N	=28B	−14N	+54B	−10B	+59N	−24B	4.5	40.0	41.0	14.50	2022	-23.6
50	Khismatov, Nurlan	1952	RUS	+90B	=11N	−34B	+61N	−22B	=68N	=40B	+60N	−25B	4.5	39.0	41.5	18.00	2032	+30.0
51	Zubov, Dmitry	1640	RUS	−35N	−46B	F	+88N	+63B	+37B	+15N	=21B	−14N	4.5	39.0	39.0	20.75	1992	+131.2
52	Vasiliev, Ivan Dm	1992	RUS	=95N	=78B	+83N	=2B	−44N	=56B	+58N	−15B	=46N	4.5	36.5	37.5	17.00	1905	-31.9
53	Belokhvostik, Alexandr	1857	RUS	−20N	+92B	−38N	+83B	−47N	+66B	+62N	−30B	=45N	4.5	35.5	37.5	15.25	1831	-12.9
54	Kurdakov, YuriFM	1970	RUS	=9B	+22N	=7B	−13N	=39B	−49N	=64B	−58N	+78N	4.0	41.5	45.0	19.75	2012	+6.6
55	Ermakov, Maxim	1957	RUS	+92N	+20B	−26N	−21B	+76N	−15B	+41N	−37B	−42N	4.0	40.5	42.5	16.00	1984	+3.6
56	Chekanov, Timur	2019	FID	=17B	−34N	=39B	+65N	=35B	=52N	−24B	−63N	+82B	4.0	39.0	42.0	17.25	1926	-41.2
57	Sharikov, Alexander	2056	RUS	+79B	=14B	=9N	−46B	−45N	+60N	=75B	−40N	=68B	4.0	37.5	41.0	17.25	1919	-31.6
58	Staykin, Mikhail	1736	RUS	−19N	=62B	−69N	+87B	+70N	=24N	−52B	+54B	−38N	4.0	36.5	39.5	15.75	1892	+68.0
59	Iliushkin, EvgenyFM	1996	RUS	=22B	−9N	=81B	=77N	+89B	−16N	+72B	−49B	=73N	4.0	36.5	39.0	14.50	1850	-31.4
60	Chernyshov, Eduard	1644	RUS	=32N	=2B	−47N	+97B	=69N	−57B	+76N	−50B	=62N	4.0	36.5	37.5	14.50	1903	+103.6
61	Kuznetsov, Mikhail Dm	1913	RUS	−4N	=87B	+85N	−50B	+86N	+69B	−37N	=38B	−27N	4.0	36.0	39.0	14.00	1864	-20.5
62	Borsch, Alexander	1873	RUS	−8B	=58N	−64B	+66N	+72B	=39N	−53B	=79N	=60B	4.0	35.5	39.0	16.25	1793	-40.4
63	Romaneev, Fedor	1874	RUS	−1N	+72B	−20N	+79B	−51N	−81N	+77B	+56B	F	4.0	35.5	35.5	15.00	1879	-5.6
64	Zherzdev, Mikhail	1850	FID	−37N	=69B	+62N	−32B	−23N	+86B	=54N	−45B	+87N	4.0	35.0	38.0	14.00	1888	+19.2
65	Kleschev, Semen	1999	RUS	+91N	−18B	−46N	−56B	+78N	+67B	−28N	+83B	−41N	4.0	34.5	36.5	12.50	1781	-95.2
66	Prokhorenko, Yaroslav	1590	FID	+69N	−37B	−35N	−62B	+97N	−53N	+88B	+74B	−43N	4.0	34.5	35.5	12.00	1847	+104.4
67	Aristova, Yuliya	1810	RUS	=2N	−32B	+86N	=69B	−38N	−65N	−82B	+91N	+84B	4.0	34.0	36.0	13.50	1813	-2.0
68	Loboyko, Fedor	1909	RUS	−21N	−83B	+90N	+91B	=33N	=50B	−23N	=78B	=57N	4.0	33.5	35.5	13.00	1870	-16.0
69	Borshch, AlexeiCM	1984	FID	−66B	=64N	+58B	=67N	=60B	−61N	+81B	−48N	=72B	4.0	32.5	35.5	15.00	1693	-119.7
70	Shpakivskaya, Alina	1904	RUS	−5N	+77B	−33N	=81N	−58B	+90B	−48N	=87B	+83N	4.0	32.5	35.0	12.00	1788	-27.8
71	Maxin, Vladimir	1900	RUS	=86N	+95B	=21N	−20B	−42N	−41B	−83N	+89N	+81B	4.0	32.5	33.5	10.75	1746	-63.5
72	Osipov, Vladimir Il.	1730	RUS	−44N	−63N	+93B	=23B	−62N	+91B	−59N	+76B	=69N	4.0	31.5	33.0	11.75	1837	+44.8
73	Yurasov, Semen	1612	RUS	−15N	+96B	−31N	−39N	−82B	+94B	=87N	+77N	=59B	4.0	31.0	32.0	9.50	1755	+50.4
74	Nagiev, Talyb	1789	RUS	=34B	−17N	−89B	+95N	−77B	+82N	=84B	−66N	+85B	4.0	30.0	31.0	11.00	1708	-20.4
75	Georgiev, Alexey	1933	RUS	−14N	+79B	−2N	+78B	−25N	+83B	=57N	−29B	−28N	3.5	39.5	42.5	12.00	1910	-18.0
76	Chernov, Nikita	1792	RUS	−12B	+93N	+23B	−7N	−55B	=79N	−60B	−72N	+89B	3.5	36.0	37.5	11.25	1782	-14.4
77	Arapov, Roman	1661	RUS	−23N	−70N	+82B	=59B	+74N	−35B	−63N	−73B	+93N	3.5	33.5	35.0	10.50	1748	+31.2
78	Kiryanova, Snezhana	1807	RUS	=36B	=52N	−24B	−75N	−65B	+95N	+96B	=68N	−54B	3.5	31.5	32.5	8.75	1777	-11.4
79	Makarov, Nikita	1795	RUS	−57N	−75N	+94B	−63N	+96B	=76B	=43N	=62B	−47N	3.5	30.0	31.0	8.75	1733	-14.2
80	Urivskiy, Arseniy A.	1886	RUS	−25B	=89N	+95B	−16N	−40B	−84N	=93N	=86B	+90N	3.5	29.0	30.0	7.00	1714	-71.8
81	Utyatnikov, Andrey	1707	RUS	−49B	=40N	=59N	=70B	=41N	+63B	−69N	−43B	−71N	3.0	35.5	39.5	13.00	1803	+38.4
82	Bachilin, Denis Il	1613	RUS	−47N	−41B	−77N	+92B	+73N	−74B	+67N	−42B	−56N	3.0	34.0	36.0	10.00	1665	+16.8
83	Kokareva, Sofya Dm	1680	FID	−30B	+68N	−52B	−53N	+85B	−75N	+71B	−65N	−70B	3.0	33.5	36.5	11.00	1768	+34.4
84	Maznov, Sergey	1917	RUS	−33N	−45B	+96N	−42B	=91N	+80B	=74N	−41B	−67N	3.0	33.0	34.0	7.50	1665	-56.2
85	Kazaryan, Aram	1654	RUS	−16B	=43N	−61B	−40N	−83N	+92B	=86N	+96B	−74N	3.0	32.0	33.0	7.00	1641	-11.6
86	Yagafov, Valeriy	1534	RUS	=71B	−36N	−67B	+93N	−61B	−64N	=85B	=80N	=88B	3.0	30.5	32.0	8.25	1705	+61.2
87	Andronov, Ilya	1865	RUS	−98B	=61N	−43B	−58N	+95B	=88N	=73B	=70N	−64B	3.0	29.0	30.0	8.50	1673	-43.2
88	Yagutyan, Margarita	1821	RUS	−18N	−91B	+92N	−51B	=90N	=87B	−66N	=93B	=86N	3.0	26.5	28.0	7.00	1607	-101.6
89	Sumarokov, Igor	1593	RUS	−27N	=80B	+74N	−25B	−59N	−48B	+90N	−71B	−76N	2.5	34.0	36.5	8.25	1705	+17.4
90	Krotkov, Maxim	1857	RUS	−50N	−42B	−68B	+94N	=88B	−70N	−89B	+95N	−80B	2.5	28.0	29.0	4.00	1602	-56.8
91	Malyan, Arsen	1550	RUS	−65B	+88N	−22B	−68N	=84B	−72N	=94N	−67B	F	2.0	29.0	29.0	5.25	1633	+19.2
92	Kustovskiy, Egor	1692	RUS	−55B	−53N	−88B	−82N	=93B	−85N	F	=94B	+96N	2.0	21.5	21.5	2.50	1511	-76.8
93	Elyasina, Darya	1704	RUS	−38N	−76B	−72N	−86B	=92N	F	=80B	=88N	−77B	1.5	27.5	27.5	4.25	1488	-84.0
94	Fayzrakhmanov, Danis	1518	RUS	−31N	−97B	−79N	−90B	F	−73N	=91B	=92N	=95B	1.5	21.0	21.0	2.50	1471	-26.0
95	Abramov, Gordey P.	1453	RUS	=52B	−71N	−80N	−74B	−87N	−78B	F	−90B	=94N	1.0	26.5	27.5	3.00	1475	-1.6
96	Chugurov, Zakhar Ev	1503	RUS	−24B	−73N	−84B	F	−79N	+97B	−78N	−85N	−92B	1.0	25.5	25.5	1.00	1460	-17.2
97	Leukhin, Artem	1896	RUS	−6B	+94N	−49B	−60N	−66B	−96N	F	F	F	1.0	22.5	22.5	1.50	1484	-58.0
98	Batozhargalov, Erdem	1993	RUS	+87N	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	1.0	9.5	9.5	3.00	2665	+13.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Kafiatulin, DamirRUS
+148.0
5.0 pts · #37
2Zubov, DmitryRUS
+131.2
4.5 pts · #46
3Prokhorenko, YaroslavFID
+104.4
4.0 pts · #63

Top rating losers

1Borshch, AlexeiCMFID
-119.7
4.0 pts · #57
2Yagutyan, MargaritaRUS
-101.6
3.0 pts · #81
3Kleschev, SemenRUS
-95.2
4.0 pts · #60

Biggest upsets

R7+579 Elo gap
Zubov, Dmitry1640 beat CMTkachuk, Andrey2219
R6+458 Elo gap
Zubov, Dmitry1640 beat Voskanyan, Argisht2098
R1+394 Elo gap
Prokhorenko, Yaroslav1590 beat CMBorshch, Alexei1984