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Saratov Region Chess Cup 2025 , st 3

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22 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 08 Jul 2025 to 13 Jul 2025 in Saratov, Russia. Top 10 Elo average was 1843, and top seed was Nikita Konstantinov (🇷🇺 RUS, 2127).

Nikita Konstantinov (🇷🇺 RUS, 2127) won with 7.0/8, ahead of Stepan Pugin (6.5) and Nikolay Lyubimov (5.5). Konstantinov won solo starting round 7.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Sofia Kamaeva (1457) beat Jury Yashkin (1735), a +278-point gap.

Location
🇷🇺Saratov, Russia
Dates
08 Jul 2025 → 13 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 8 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇺Nikita Konstantinov2127
Avg top 10
1,843
Participants
22
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇺Russia×20
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

Nikita Konstantinov led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders
10
4
2
2
3
2
1
1
2468R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8
Konstantinov7Pugin6.5Lyubimov5.5Iljushin5Volkov5Adamov4.5
R7–R8 · LEAD HELD

Nikita Konstantinov held the sole lead from R7 through R8 without losing it.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Nikita Konstantinov drew with Stepan Pugin (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Nikita Konstantinov 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R6–R8)Stepan Pugin 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Nikita Konstantinov*
½
1
1
2Stepan Pugin
½
*
½
½
3Nikolay Lyubimov
0
½
*—
4Yaroslav Iljushin
0
½
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Konstantinov, Nikita2127RUS+3B+4N+7B=2N=6N+5B+8N+9B7.035.039.033.502118-0.4
2Pugin, Stepan1962RUS+9B+6N+15B=1B=5N+4B=3N+10N6.535.038.529.751993+9.8
3Lyubimov, Nikolay1639RUS−1N=14B+19N=8B+16N+11B=2B+6N5.532.534.020.001841+70.8
4Volkov, Mikhail1745RUS+21B−1B+14N=15N+7B−2N+6B=5N5.034.535.517.751823+28.8
5Iljushin, Yaroslav1860RUS=14N+10B+8N=13N=2B−1N+15B=4B5.034.037.521.001868+9.2
6Labutin, Giorgi1708RUS+19N−2B+17N+7N=1B+14B−4N−3B4.534.536.015.501724-1.2
7Adamov, Oleg1777RUS+18B+12N−1N−6B−4N+20B=14N+8B4.530.031.012.751700-13.4
8Druzhinin, Vladimir1656RUS+17B=13N−5B=3N+15B+9N−1B−7N4.033.536.014.751718+14.0
9Zhabbarov, Timur1542RUS−2N+20B+11N+12N−13B−8B+19N−1N4.031.032.010.501682+31.2
10Yashkin, Jury1735RUS−15N−5N+21B−14B+18N+16B+11N−2B4.027.528.510.001606-23.0
11Mukashev, Diniyar Ser.1591RUS−13B+21N−9B+20N+12B−3N−10B+14B4.026.027.09.501562-14.0
12Safarov, Ilkin1770RUS+22N−7B+18N−9B−11N−15N+20B+16B4.022.022.06.001480-88.4
13Nikonov, Lev1979RUS+11N=8B+16N=5B+9NFFF4.020.020.015.501930-2.8
14Kamaeva, Sofia1457RUS=5B=3N−4B+10N+19B−6N=7B−11N3.532.534.013.001620+48.0
15Kuznetsov, Dmitriy1522RUS+10B+16N−2N=4B−8N+12B−5NF3.531.531.513.501779+85.6
16Sadovnikov, Vladimir1763RUS+20N−15B−13B+17N−3B−10N+18B−12N3.025.526.55.501407-51.8
17Statnova, Lidiya0RUS−8NF−6B−16B−20N=18B+21N+19B2.517.017.03.5013190.0
18Pakhmutova, Aleksandra1440RUS−7N=19B−12B+21N−10B=17N−16NF2.020.520.53.00961-20.8
19Marutyan, Volodya1120RUS−6B=18N−3BF−14N+21B−9B−17N1.523.023.02.0011910.0
20Biryukov, Vadim M1328RUS−16B−9NF−11B+17B−7N−12N−21B1.023.023.02.508890.0
21FIDE 557109051156—−4N−11B−10N−18BF−19N−17B+20N1.020.020.01.008270.0
22FIDE 242175811000—−12BFFFFFFF0.04.04.00.009700.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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