Karelian 2025 cup

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51 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 13 Jul 2025 to 19 Jul 2025 in Petrozavodsk, Russia. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1920, and top seed was Alexander V. Toivonen (🇷🇺 RUS, FM, 2102).

Rostislav Bobovkin (🇷🇺 RUS, 1942) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Alexander V. Toivonen (5.5) and Alexander R. Popkov (5.5). Bobovkin won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Vladimir Dm Sukhenko (1548) beat Fedor Sannikov (1864), a +316-point gap.

Location

🇷🇺Petrozavodsk, Russia

Dates

13 Jul 2025 → 19 Jul 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇺FMAlexander V. Toivonen2102

Avg top 10

1,920

Participants

Titled players · 1

FM×1

Federations · 2 represented

🇷🇺Russia×50

🇱🇻Latvia×1

Top 3

🥇
Rostislav Bobovkin
🇷🇺RUS·1942
6.0pts·2139perf+60.0
🥈
FMAlexander V. Toivonen
🇷🇺RUS·2102
5.5pts·2017perf-9.0
🥉
Alexander R. Popkov
🇷🇺RUS·1924
5.5pts·1980perf+24.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Rostislav Bobovkin led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders

Bobovkin6Popkov5.5Toivonen5.5Lapin5Droschak5Likhovskikh5

R6–R7 · LEAD HELD

Rostislav Bobovkin held the sole lead from R6 through R7 without losing it.

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Rostislav Bobovkin drew with Alexander R. Popkov (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Rostislav Bobovkin 4 wins (R1–R4)FM Alexander V. Toivonen 3 wins (R5–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Rostislav Bobovkin	*	½	—	1
2Alexander R. Popkov	½	*	—	—
3FMAlexander V. Toivonen	—	—	*	0
4Artem Lapin	0	—	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Bobovkin, Rostislav	1942	RUS	+22N	+33B	+8N	+4N	=9B	+25B	=3N	6.0	27.5	30.5	25.50	2139	+60.0
2	Toivonen, Alexander V.FM	2102	RUS	+14N	−4B	+27N	=6B	+18N	+11B	+9N	5.5	27.0	30.5	23.00	2017	-9.0
3	Popkov, Alexander R.	1924	RUS	=15N	+46B	+37B	=13N	+17B	+9N	=1B	5.5	25.0	26.5	19.50	1980	+24.0
4	Lapin, Artem	1820	RUS	+31B	+2N	+5N	−1B	=6N	=10B	+25N	5.0	29.5	32.5	21.75	2050	+87.6
5	Droschak, Artem	1836	RUS	+36B	+18N	−4B	+16N	=10N	=6B	+15N	5.0	26.5	29.5	19.75	1882	-20.8
6	Likhovskikh, Dmitriy	1900	RUS	+34B	=13N	+38B	=2N	=4B	=5N	+17B	5.0	26.5	29.0	19.25	1954	+26.8
7	Kondratyuk, Vasiliy	1855	RUS	+12N	−11B	+30N	=18B	+20N	+14B	=10N	5.0	25.5	28.5	19.75	1818	-4.4
8	Marin, Maksim	1830	RUS	+45B	+42N	−1B	=19N	=15B	+24N	+13B	5.0	24.5	26.0	16.00	1792	-2.6
9	Khobotova, Olesia	1979	RUS	+16B	+26N	+21B	+17N	=1N	−3B	−2B	4.5	29.0	32.5	18.50	1972	+1.6
10	Ivina, Valeria	1929	RUS	+32B	+23N	−17B	+24N	=5B	=4N	=7B	4.5	27.0	30.0	18.50	1882	-5.6
11	Kopshin, Stanislav A	1659	RUS	+41B	+7N	−13B	=21N	+19B	−2N	+26B	4.5	26.0	28.5	17.00	1875	+65.2
12	Sukhenko, Vladimir Dm	1548	RUS	−7B	=51N	=32B	+50N	+23B	=26N	+29B	4.5	19.5	20.0	11.50	1773	+68.8
13	Kirichek, Viktor	1704	RUS	+30N	=6B	+11N	=3B	−25N	+29B	−8N	4.0	26.5	29.5	15.75	1827	+35.6
14	Sokolovs, Nikita	1622	LAT	−2B	+45N	+42B	=26N	+21B	−7N	=16B	4.0	24.5	26.0	11.75	1786	+59.2
15	Shishkov, Mark	1604	RUS	=3B	−25N	+43B	+37N	=8N	+40B	−5B	4.0	24.0	26.5	12.75	1814	+71.2
16	Proshlyakov, Ivan	1615	RUS	−9N	+28B	+29N	−5B	+45N	=20B	=14N	4.0	24.0	25.5	12.00	1791	+60.8
17	Voronin, Andrey	1822	RUS	+48N	+47B	+10N	−9B	−3N	+35B	−6N	4.0	24.0	25.5	10.50	1805	-1.0
18	Govorukhin, Timofey	1653	RUS	+49N	−5B	+47N	=7N	−2B	+30B	=20N	4.0	24.0	25.0	10.00	1750	+24.8
19	Aleksandrova, Yuliya	1565	RUS	=29N	=20B	+33N	=8B	−11N	=22B	+32N	4.0	23.5	26.5	14.00	1774	+76.8
20	Egorov, Vladimir Vict	1789	RUS	=38B	=19N	+39B	+31N	−7B	=16N	=18B	4.0	22.5	25.0	12.75	1650	-45.2
21	Efremov, Ivan	1833	RUS	+27N	+40B	−9N	=11B	−14N	=34B	+35N	4.0	22.5	25.0	12.75	1706	-56.8
22	Gashkov, Nikita	1613	RUS	−1B	−31N	=41B	+51N	+37B	=19N	+39B	4.0	20.5	21.0	8.75	1665	+15.2
23	Nilov, Vladimir A.	1777	RUS	+43N	−10B	+49N	−25B	−12N	+45B	+34N	4.0	19.5	20.5	8.00	1656	-17.4
24	Ershova, Sofia	1663	RUS	−46N	+48B	+50N	−10B	+27N	−8B	+33N	4.0	19.0	20.0	9.00	1685	+23.6
25	Nasonov, Vadim A.	1870	RUS	=35N	+15B	F	+23N	+13B	−1N	−4B	3.5	26.0	26.0	13.50	1800	-9.0
26	Morozov, Mikhail A.	1803	RUS	+28N	−9B	+46N	=14B	=35N	=12B	−11N	3.5	24.0	25.5	10.75	1629	-59.6
27	Klyukin, Rodion O.	1532	RUS	−21B	+41N	−2B	+47N	−24B	+31N	=37N	3.5	21.5	23.0	8.25	1566	+0.8
28	Filippova, Anastasia	1513	RUS	−26B	−16N	+36B	−29B	+49N	=38N	+40B	3.5	18.5	19.5	7.75	1584	+17.2
29	Sannikov, Fedor	1864	RUS	=19B	=39N	−16B	+28N	+31B	−13N	−12N	3.0	23.0	25.5	9.75	1523	-95.6
30	Deryabin, Arseny R	1463	RUS	−13B	+34N	−7B	+44B	=32N	−18N	=36B	3.0	22.0	24.0	8.00	1604	+45.2
31	Kulagina, Ulyana	1519	RUS	−4N	+22B	+40N	−20B	−29N	−27B	+50B	3.0	22.0	23.0	7.50	1573	+13.6
32	Belyachkov, Matvey I	1605	RUS	−10N	=43B	=12N	+46B	=30B	=39N	−19B	3.0	21.0	22.5	7.75	1522	-35.6
33	Puzyrevsky, Boris M.	1777	RUS	+51B	−1N	−19B	−39N	+42B	+47N	−24B	3.0	20.5	21.0	4.50	1467	-46.4
34	Ivanov, Nikita S	1597	RUS	−6N	−30B	+48N	+49B	=39B	=21N	−23B	3.0	20.0	21.0	5.75	1554	-17.6
35	Paukov, Dmitry P	1572	RUS	=25B	−37N	+51B	+38N	=26B	−17N	−21B	3.0	20.0	20.5	6.50	1664	+27.2
36	Simkin, Alexander	1536	RUS	−5N	−49B	−28N	+48B	+41N	=43B	=30N	3.0	18.0	19.0	6.75	1498	-1.0
37	Tulenkov, Timofey	1638	RUS	F	+35B	−3N	−15B	−22N	+42N	=27B	2.5	22.5	22.5	7.25	1561	-27.6
38	Tkachenko, Alexandr Serg	1510	RUS	=20N	+44B	−6N	−35B	−40N	=28B	=47B	2.5	20.0	21.5	6.50	1557	+8.0
39	Tulenkov, Mark	1520	RUS	F	=29B	−20N	+33B	=34N	=32B	−22N	2.5	20.0	20.0	7.50	1639	+33.2
40	Tomashev, Arseny A	1647	RUS	+50B	−21N	−31B	=42N	+38B	−15N	−28N	2.5	19.5	20.5	4.75	1390	-79.6
41	Osiniagov, Egor	0	RUS	−11N	−27B	=22N	=43N	−36B	+48B	=45N	2.5	19.0	20.5	5.50	1442	0.0
42	Generalov, Timur A	1459	RUS	+44N	−8B	−14N	=40B	−33N	−37B	+51N	2.5	19.0	19.5	3.75	1560	+29.2
43	Babak, Ivan A	1465	RUS	−23B	=32N	−15N	=41B	+50B	=36N	−44B	2.5	18.5	19.5	5.25	1390	-18.4
44	Semenov, Sergey A.	1675	RUS	−42B	−38N	−45B	−30N	F	+49B	+43N	2.0	13.0	13.0	3.50	1245	-54.6
45	Bykov, Aleksey Alekseev	1526	RUS	−8N	−14B	+44N	F	−16B	−23N	=41B	1.5	21.5	21.5	3.25	1460	-15.6
46	Ivkoeva, Kristina	1457	RUS	+24B	−3N	−26B	−32N	−47B	−50N	=48N	1.5	19.0	20.0	4.75	1541	+0.4
47	Starodubtsev, Ivan	0	RUS	F	−17N	−18B	−27B	+46N	−33B	=38N	1.5	18.5	18.5	2.75	1437	0.0
48	Sinitsin, Artemiy	1523	RUS	−17B	−24N	−34B	−36N	+51B	−41N	=46B	1.5	18.0	18.5	1.25	1388	-43.6
49	Zaytsev, Oleg Al	0	RUS	−18B	+36N	−23B	−34N	−28B	−44N	F	1.0	19.5	19.5	3.00	1339	0.0
50	Nikulin, Alexander Aleks	0	RUS	−40N	F	−24B	−12B	−43N	+46B	−31N	1.0	18.0	18.0	1.50	1275	0.0
51	Sokolova-Kiziryan, Kira	1464	RUS	−33N	=12B	−35N	−22B	−48N	F	−42B	0.5	18.5	18.5	2.25	1181	-64.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Lapin, ArtemRUS
+87.6
5.0 pts · #4
2Aleksandrova, YuliyaRUS
+76.8
4.0 pts · #16
3Shishkov, MarkRUS
+71.2
4.0 pts · #13

Top rating losers

1Sannikov, FedorRUS
-95.6
3.0 pts · #27
2Tomashev, Arseny ARUS
-79.6
2.5 pts · #41
3Sokolova-Kiziryan, KiraRUS
-64.0
0.5 pts · #51

Biggest upsets

R7+316 Elo gap
Sukhenko, Vladimir Dm1548 beat Sannikov, Fedor1864
R2+282 Elo gap
Lapin, Artem1820 beat FMToivonen, Alexander V.2102
R4+257 Elo gap
Tulenkov, Mark1520 beat Puzyrevsky, Boris M.1777