VPHS_BOTVINNIK CHESS CUP 2025 June STANDARD_B
18 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 10 Jun 2025 to 15 Jun 2025 in Moscow, Russia. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1821, and top seed was Igor V Khokhlov (🇷🇺 RUS, 1887).
Leon Chkhitunidze (🇷🇺 RUS, 1856) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Egor Osipov (5.0) and Arseniy A. Urivskiy (4.5). Chkhitunidze won solo starting round 3.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Vladislav Grigoryev (1704) beat Nikita Trubnikov (1825), a +121-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsLeon Chkhitunidze led from R3; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Leon Chkhitunidze never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.
Leon Chkhitunidze beat Egor Osipov (White).
Leon Chkhitunidze 5 wins (R1–R5)Egor Osipov 3 wins (R3–R5)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Leon Chkhitunidze | * | 1 | 1 | — |
| 2Egor Osipov | 0 | * | — | ½ |
| 3Arseniy A. Urivskiy | 0 | — | * | ½ |
| 4Artour Belokon | — | ½ | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chkhitunidze, Leon | 1856 | RUS | +8N | +2B | +12N | +6B | +3N | =4B | +7N | 6.5 | 24.0 | 27.0 | 25.00 | 2204 | +45.8 |
| 2 | Osipov, Egor | 1805 | RUS | +15B | −1N | +8B | +4N | +13B | =5N | =6B | 5.0 | 24.5 | 27.0 | 16.75 | 1939 | +50.0 |
| 3 | Urivskiy, Arseniy A. | 1841 | RUS | +9B | −12N | +10B | =5N | −1B | +11N | +13N | 4.5 | 24.0 | 27.0 | 15.50 | 1906 | +25.2 |
| 4 | Mukhin, Mikhail | 1713 | FID | −12B | +11N | +16N | −2B | +8B | =1N | =5B | 4.0 | 25.5 | 28.0 | 14.75 | 1841 | +30.2 |
| 5 | Belokon, Artour | 1784 | RUS | −13N | +14N | +7B | =3B | =6N | =2B | =4N | 4.0 | 23.5 | 26.0 | 14.50 | 1837 | +10.4 |
| 6 | Chistova, Ekaterina | 1744 | RUS | +18B | +7B | =13N | −1N | =5B | F | =2N | 3.5 | 25.0 | 26.0 | 10.50 | 1886 | +49.2 |
| 7 | Netaev, Aleksey Sav | 1815 | RUS | +11B | −6N | −5N | +17B | =9N | +10B | −1B | 3.5 | 24.5 | 26.0 | 10.25 | 1774 | -15.2 |
| 8 | Leisle, Darya | 1756 | FID | −1B | +15N | −2N | +16B | −4N | +18B | =9B | 3.5 | 24.0 | 25.0 | 7.75 | 1781 | +8.8 |
| 9 | Polukhin, Yaroslav | 1747 | RUS | −3N | =17B | +14N | =10N | =7B | =13B | =8N | 3.5 | 20.5 | 22.0 | 10.00 | 1793 | +17.2 |
| 10 | Orekhov, Ivan Aleks | 1808 | RUS | +17N | =13B | −3N | =9B | =12N | −7N | +14B | 3.5 | 20.0 | 21.5 | 8.75 | 1790 | -3.2 |
| 11 | Taraszov, Tyihon Alesszandrovics | 1743 | HUN | −7N | −4B | =15N | +14B | +17N | −3B | +16N | 3.5 | 19.5 | 21.0 | 7.75 | 1761 | +4.8 |
| 12 | Talyzin, Valeriy | 1799 | RUS | +4N | +3B | −1B | =13N | =10B | F | F | 3.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 11.75 | 1893 | +13.0 |
| 13 | Khokhlov, Igor V | 1887 | RUS | +5B | =10N | =6B | =12B | −2N | =9N | −3B | 3.0 | 24.0 | 27.0 | 10.75 | 1739 | -28.6 |
| 14 | Grigoryev, Vladislav | 1704 | RUS | =16N | −5B | −9B | −11N | +18B | +15N | −10N | 2.5 | 19.5 | 20.5 | 4.75 | 1674 | -6.4 |
| 15 | Borodin, Ivan | 1728 | RUS | −2N | −8B | =11B | =18N | =16N | −14B | +17B | 2.5 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 5.00 | 1665 | -24.8 |
| 16 | Naskalnyi, Timofey | 1791 | RUS | =14B | =18N | −4B | −8N | =15B | +17N | −11B | 2.5 | 17.5 | 18.5 | 4.50 | 1642 | -29.2 |
| 17 | Usoltseva, Varvara Kir | 1735 | RUS | −10B | =9N | +18B | −7N | −11B | −16B | −15N | 1.5 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 2.75 | 1550 | -62.4 |
| 18 | Trubnikov, Nikita | 1825 | RUS | −6N | =16B | −17N | =15B | −14N | −8N | F | 1.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 2.50 | 1470 | -106.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Osipov, EgorRUS+50.05.0 pts · #2
- 2Chistova, EkaterinaRUS+49.23.5 pts · #7
- 3Chkhitunidze, LeonRUS+45.86.5 pts · #1
- 1Trubnikov, NikitaRUS-106.81.0 pts · #18
- 2Usoltseva, Varvara KirRUS-62.41.5 pts · #17
- 3Naskalnyi, TimofeyRUS-29.22.5 pts · #14
- R5+121 Elo gap