Junior stage Cup of Russia 2025 "Pearl of Saratov"_B13
28 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 08 Jul 2025 to 14 Jul 2025 in Saratov, Russia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1609, and top seed was Igor Vik Dronov ( FID, 1815).
Artemiy Aleks Boykov (🇷🇺 RUS, 1678) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Igor Vik Dronov (7.0) and Ivan Schepetov (6.5). Boykov won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 9: Egor Merinov (1567) beat Igor Vik Dronov (1815), a +248-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R3; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Igor Vik Dronov held the sole lead from R3 through R9 without losing it.
2 players finish on 7.0/9. Boykov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (47.0).
Igor Vik Dronov lost to Artemiy Aleks Boykov (Black).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Igor Vik Dronov | * | 0 | 1 | — |
| 2Artemiy Aleks Boykov | 1 | * | ½ | ½ |
| 3Ivan Schepetov | 0 | ½ | * | — |
| 4Ignat Sutyamov | — | ½ | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boykov, Artemiy Aleks | 1678 | RUS | +17N | +7B | =8N | +2B | =5N | =9B | =3N | +10B | +6N | 7.0 | 47.0 | 51.5 | 39.75 | 1797 | +50.0 |
| 2 | Dronov, Igor Vik | 1815 | FID | +15B | +24N | +3B | −1N | +8B | +6N | +7B | +9N | −4B | 7.0 | 46.0 | 49.0 | 36.00 | 1776 | -6.4 |
| 3 | Schepetov, Ivan | 1678 | RUS | +21N | +25B | −2N | +9B | =7N | +11B | =1B | =6N | +12B | 6.5 | 45.0 | 48.0 | 32.00 | 1677 | +2.4 |
| 4 | Merinov, Egor | 1567 | RUS | +26N | +13B | =10N | −8B | −16N | +17B | +11N | =5B | +2N | 6.0 | 43.5 | 46.0 | 30.25 | 1694 | +34.4 |
| 5 | Sutyamov, Ignat | 1468 | RUS | +18B | =28N | =6B | +19N | =1B | =16N | =8B | =4N | +7B | 6.0 | 43.0 | 43.5 | 29.00 | 1693 | +58.8 |
| 6 | Aleksashin, Timofei | 1769 | FID | +11N | =9B | =5N | +22B | +10N | −2B | +20N | =3B | −1B | 5.5 | 47.0 | 50.5 | 27.50 | 1551 | -66.4 |
| 7 | Fomenko, Fedor An | 1459 | RUS | +20B | −1N | +12B | +13N | =3B | +8N | −2N | +16B | −5N | 5.5 | 46.5 | 50.5 | 27.25 | 1637 | +62.0 |
| 8 | Mushtakov, Semen Aleks | 1641 | RUS | +16N | +22B | =1B | +4N | −2N | −7B | =5N | +13B | =9B | 5.5 | 46.5 | 50.0 | 28.25 | 1584 | -20.4 |
| 9 | Baregamyan, Eduard | 1465 | RUS | +19B | =6N | +28B | −3N | +12B | =1N | +16B | −2B | =8N | 5.5 | 45.5 | 46.0 | 23.50 | 1629 | +44.4 |
| 10 | Iljushin, Mikhail | 1545 | RUS | +23B | =12N | =4B | +14N | −6B | =13N | +15B | −1N | +17B | 5.5 | 42.5 | 46.0 | 25.50 | 1544 | -2.4 |
| 11 | Kalmykov, Yaroslav | 0 | RUS | −6B | =23N | +21B | +28N | +24B | −3N | −4B | +20N | +15B | 5.5 | 37.0 | 37.5 | 17.75 | 1413 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Dymov, Artem | 0 | RUS | +27N | =10B | −7N | +17B | −9N | +19B | =13B | +14N | −3N | 5.0 | 42.0 | 44.0 | 21.25 | 1318 | -54.8 |
| 13 | Yaroslavtsev, Gleb | 0 | RUS | +14B | −4N | +23B | −7B | +22N | =10B | =12N | −8N | +20B | 5.0 | 40.0 | 43.5 | 21.25 | 1309 | -85.2 |
| 14 | FIDE 540064387 | 0 | — | −13N | +26B | +?N | −10B | +18N | −20B | +22N | −12B | +21N | 5.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 14.50 | 776 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Prokopenko, Petr | 1428 | RUS | −2N | +21B | =17N | =16B | =19N | +25B | −10N | +18B | −11N | 4.5 | 40.0 | 43.0 | 18.25 | 880 | -16.4 |
| 16 | Malofeev, Aleksandr Aleks | 0 | RUS | −8B | +?N | +24B | =15N | +4B | =5B | −9N | −7N | =23B | 4.5 | 39.5 | 39.5 | 16.00 | 1377 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Kruglov, Svyatoslav D | 0 | RUS | −1B | +18N | =15B | −12N | +28B | −4N | +26B | +27N | −10N | 4.5 | 37.0 | 37.5 | 11.75 | 1183 | 0.0 |
| 18 | FIDE 540064417 | 0 | — | −5N | −17B | +?N | +23B | −14B | +24N | =19B | −15N | +22N | 4.5 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 12.25 | 643 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Bisultanov, Mukhamad | 0 | RUS | −9N | +?B | +25N | −5B | =15B | −12N | =18N | =22B | +27B | 4.5 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 11.25 | 1150 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Solovyov, Alexey | 0 | RUS | −7N | +27B | −22N | +?B | +25N | +14N | −6B | −11B | −13N | 4.0 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 10.00 | 823 | 0.0 |
| 21 | FIDE 55790593 | 0 | — | −3B | −15N | −11N | +?B | +?N | −22B | +?N | +26N | −14B | 4.0 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 2.50 | 747 | 0.0 |
| 22 | FIDE 540064450 | 0 | — | +?B | −8N | +20B | −6N | −13B | +21N | −14B | =19N | −18B | 3.5 | 38.0 | 38.0 | 10.25 | 883 | 0.0 |
| 23 | FIDE 540064409 | 0 | — | −10N | =11B | −13N | −18N | =?B | F | +24B | +25N | =16N | 3.5 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 11.00 | 795 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Arhipov, Yaroslav P | 0 | RUS | +?N | −2B | −16N | +26B | −11N | −18B | −23N | F | +?B | 3.0 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 2.50 | 1013 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Vorozheykin, Dmitriy | 0 | RUS | +?B | −3N | −19B | +27N | −20B | −15N | F | −23B | +28N | 3.0 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 2.50 | 747 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 540060780 | 0 | — | −4B | −14N | +?B | −24N | +27B | =?N | −17N | −21B | F | 2.5 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 2.00 | 764 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 540064395 | 0 | — | −12B | −20N | F | −25B | −26N | +?B | +?N | −17B | −19N | 2.0 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 0.00 | 739 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Alekseev, Mikhail M | 0 | RUS | F | =5B | −9N | −11B | −17N | −?B | −?N | −?B | −25B | 0.5 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 3.00 | 1274 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Fomenko, Fedor AnRUS+62.05.5 pts · #5
- 2Sutyamov, IgnatRUS+58.86.0 pts · #6
- 3Boykov, Artemiy AleksRUS+50.07.0 pts · #2
- 1Yaroslavtsev, GlebRUS-85.25.0 pts · #14
- 2Aleksashin, TimofeiFID-66.45.5 pts · #9
- 3Dymov, ArtemRUS-54.85.0 pts · #12
- R9+248 Elo gap
- R6+182 Elo gap
- R4+137 Elo gap