Junior stage Cup of Russia 2025 "Pearl of Saratov"_B15
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35 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 08 Jul 2025 to 14 Jul 2025 in Saratov, Russia. Top 10 Elo average was 1697, and top seed was Aleksandr Ser Volkov (🇷🇺 RUS, 1909).
Elisey S Golushko (🇷🇺 RUS, 1792) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Aleksandr Ser Volkov (7.5) and Viktor Lapshin (6.5). Golushko shared the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 9: Konstantin Ofitserov (1297) beat Karim Al Baydulin (1691), a +394-point gap.
Location
🇷🇺Saratov, Russia
Dates
08 Jul 2025 → 14 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇺Russia×24
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R6; 2 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R6 · LEADER CHANGE11 Jul
Elisey S Golushko takes the sole lead (5.5/6).
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 7.5/9. Golushko takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (47.0).
R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Elisey S Golushko beat Aleksandr Ser Volkov (Black).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Elisey S Golushko | * | 1 | ½ | ½ |
| 2Aleksandr Ser Volkov | 0 | * | 1 | 1 |
| 3Viktor Lapshin | ½ | 0 | * | — |
| 4Dmitry Sechen | ½ | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Golushko, Elisey S | 1792 | RUS | +30N | +6B | +5N | =12B | +13B | +2N | =3N | +14B | =4B | 7.5 | 47.0 | 49.5 | 40.75 | 1896 | +36.0 |
| 2 | Volkov, Aleksandr Ser | 1909 | RUS | +25N | +3B | =14N | +8B | +12N | −1B | +4N | +5B | +13N | 7.5 | 46.5 | 50.5 | 40.50 | 1885 | +9.6 |
| 3 | Lapshin, Viktor | 1593 | RUS | +34B | −2N | +21B | =17N | +23B | +9N | =1B | +13N | =10B | 6.5 | 44.0 | 45.0 | 28.75 | 1692 | +31.6 |
| 4 | Sechen, Dmitry | 1826 | RUS | +23B | −5N | +30B | +6N | +9B | =13N | −2B | +12B | =1N | 6.0 | 46.5 | 49.0 | 29.25 | 1708 | -27.6 |
| 5 | Tomeev, Daniel | 1559 | RUS | +31N | +4B | −1B | +25N | +11N | −12B | +10B | −2N | +15B | 6.0 | 46.0 | 48.5 | 28.50 | 1703 | +47.2 |
| 6 | Fomenko, Lev An | 1521 | RUS | +22B | −1N | +27B | −4B | +8N | =18N | +17B | =15N | +14B | 6.0 | 42.5 | 46.0 | 27.75 | 1626 | +24.8 |
| 7 | Ofitserov, Konstantin | 1297 | RUS | =9B | +20N | −8N | =24B | +19N | +25B | −14N | +16B | +12N | 6.0 | 39.0 | 43.0 | 27.75 | 1556 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Kuvantsev, Vsevolod An | 1464 | RUS | +?B | =9N | +7B | −2N | −6B | +20N | −15B | +23N | +17B | 5.5 | 43.0 | 43.0 | 21.75 | 1439 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Arustamyan, Aram | 1624 | RUS | =7N | =8B | +29N | +16B | −4N | −3B | +19N | =18N | +24B | 5.5 | 42.0 | 45.5 | 25.00 | 1574 | -10.8 |
| 10 | Iksanov, Kamil | 1604 | RUS | +27B | −19N | +18B | =15N | +17B | =14B | −5N | +24B | =3N | 5.5 | 40.0 | 43.5 | 24.75 | 1578 | +55.6 |
| 11 | Petrov, Arseniy | 1664 | RUS | +21B | −17N | =23B | +20N | −5B | −15N | +31B | +27N | +18B | 5.5 | 36.5 | 39.0 | 21.50 | 702 | -85.6 |
| 12 | Baydulin, Karim Al | 1691 | RUS | +33B | +15N | +17B | =1N | −2B | +5N | =13B | −4N | −7B | 5.0 | 47.5 | 49.5 | 23.75 | 1712 | +57.2 |
| 13 | Pankov, Matvey Ser | 1670 | RUS | +18N | +16B | +19N | +14B | −1N | =4B | =12N | −3B | −2B | 5.0 | 47.0 | 51.5 | 24.50 | 1619 | -20.0 |
| 14 | Petrov, Alexandr | 1596 | RUS | +28N | +29B | =2B | −13N | +15B | =10N | +7B | −1N | −6N | 5.0 | 46.0 | 49.5 | 24.50 | 1501 | -31.6 |
| 15 | Tomnikov, Lev | 1492 | RUS | +26N | −12B | +28N | =10B | −14N | +11B | +8N | =6B | −5N | 5.0 | 42.5 | 46.0 | 24.25 | 1427 | -20.8 |
| 16 | Blinokhvatov, Artem | 1482 | RUS | +32B | −13N | +31B | −9N | −18B | +28N | +27B | −7N | +30B | 5.0 | 33.0 | 35.5 | 14.50 | 847 | -22.8 |
| 17 | Kuangaliev, Emil S | 1441 | RUS | +35N | +11B | −12N | =3B | −10N | +23B | −6N | +22B | −8N | 4.5 | 42.5 | 43.5 | 18.25 | 1399 | -12.4 |
| 18 | Rezikov, Alexey R | 1325 | RUS | −13B | +32N | −10N | +26B | +16N | =6B | =24N | =9B | −11N | 4.5 | 40.5 | 43.0 | 19.25 | 1440 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Karin, Ramil | 1479 | RUS | +?N | +10B | −13B | −23N | −7B | +26N | −9B | =30N | +28B | 4.5 | 36.0 | 36.0 | 14.25 | 1442 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Nesterov, Matvey | 1100 | RUS | =24N | −7B | +34N | −11B | +29N | −8B | =23N | +31N | =21B | 4.5 | 35.5 | 36.5 | 13.25 | 1352 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Poperechnev, Maxim D | 1317 | RUS | −11N | +26B | −3N | +?B | −24N | =22B | +32N | =25B | =20N | 4.5 | 35.5 | 35.5 | 13.00 | 761 | 0.0 |
| 22 | FIDE 540064549 | 1222 | — | −6N | −30B | +35N | +34B | −25B | =21N | +33B | −17N | +27B | 4.5 | 28.0 | 29.0 | 9.75 | 682 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Bukharov, Albert | 1414 | RUS | −4N | +24B | =11N | +19B | −3N | −17N | =20B | −8B | +33N | 4.0 | 41.0 | 43.0 | 15.50 | 1435 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Bushmanov, Maxim | 1425 | RUS | =20B | −23N | +33B | =7N | +21B | =27N | =18B | −10N | −9N | 4.0 | 38.0 | 40.0 | 15.75 | 716 | -30.4 |
| 25 | Prokopenko, Andrey Vl. | 1443 | RUS | −2B | +34N | +?B | −5B | +22N | −7N | =30B | =21N | −26N | 4.0 | 36.0 | 36.0 | 9.00 | 917 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 540064476 | 1180 | — | −15B | −21N | +32B | −18N | +?N | −19B | F | +?N | +25B | 4.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 6.50 | 692 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 55887899 | 1297 | — | −10N | +35B | −6N | +?B | +30N | =24B | −16N | −11B | −22N | 3.5 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 5.50 | 1134 | 0.0 |
| 28 | FIDE 55790925 | 1294 | — | −14B | +?N | −15B | F | +?N | −16B | =29N | +34B | −19N | 3.5 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 2.75 | 723 | 0.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 34382526 | 1389 | — | F | −14N | −9B | =31N | −20B | =33N | =28B | +32N | +?B | 3.5 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 6.50 | 810 | 0.0 |
| 30 | FIDE 540064514 | 1404 | — | −1B | +22N | −4N | F | −27B | =32B | =25N | =19B | −16N | 2.5 | 38.5 | 41.0 | 10.00 | 893 | 0.0 |
| 31 | FIDE 540064492 | 1253 | — | −5B | +33N | −16N | =29B | −32N | +35B | −11N | −20B | F | 2.5 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 4.75 | 773 | 0.0 |
| 32 | FIDE 522081127 | 1145 | — | −16N | −18B | −26N | F | +31B | =30N | −21B | −29B | +?N | 2.5 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 3.75 | 682 | 0.0 |
| 33 | FIDE 540064522 | 1380 | — | −12N | −31B | −24N | =35B | +34N | =29B | −22N | F | −23B | 2.0 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 3.25 | 689 | 0.0 |
| 34 | FIDE 34487883 | 1266 | — | −3N | −25B | −20B | −22N | −33B | F | =?N | −28N | =35B | 1.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 0.50 | 795 | 0.0 |
| 35 | FIDE 540064506 | 1103 | — | −17B | −27N | −22B | =33N | F | −31N | −?B | −?B | =34N | 1.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 1.50 | 643 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Baydulin, Karim AlRUS+57.25.0 pts · #4
- 2Iksanov, KamilRUS+55.65.5 pts · #6
- 3Tomeev, DanielRUS+47.26.0 pts · #5
Top rating losers
- 1Petrov, ArseniyRUS-85.65.5 pts · #35
- 2Petrov, AlexandrRUS-31.65.0 pts · #12
- 3Bushmanov, MaximRUS-30.44.0 pts · #22
Biggest upsets
- R9+394 Elo gap
- R5+289 Elo gap
- R2+267 Elo gap