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City Park Chess Festival - 2025 Standard A

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18 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 10 Jul 2025 to 14 Jul 2025 in Sochi, Russia. 2 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1876, and top seed was Pavel Kiselev (🇷🇺 RUS, FM, 2105).

Egor Zaytsev (🇷🇺 RUS, 2043) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Leonid Galkin (5.5) and Sergey Gubernatorov (4.5). Zaytsev took the lead from round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Ekaterina Chistova (1792) beat Sergey Gubernatorov (FM, 2070), a +278-point gap.

Location
🇷🇺Sochi, Russia
Dates
10 Jul 2025 → 14 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇺FMPavel Kiselev2105
Avg top 10
1,876
Participants
18
Titled players · 2
FM×2
Federations · 3 represented
🇷🇺Russia×16
FIDE (no federation)×1
🇫🇷France×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    Egor Zaytsev
    🇷🇺RUS·2043
    6.0pts·2184perf+49.6
  • 🥈
    Leonid Galkin
    🇷🇺RUS·2032
    5.5pts·2054perf+8.6
  • 🥉
    FMSergey Gubernatorov
    🇷🇺RUS·2070
    4.5pts·1946perf-15.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Egor Zaytsev 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
9
3
1
2
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Zaytsev takes lead
Zaytsev6Galkin5.5Leonova4.5Gubernatorov4.5Zaletov4Chekrezhov4
R6 · LEADER CHANGE14 Jul

Egor Zaytsev takes the sole lead (5.0/6).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Egor Zaytsev beat Leonid Galkin (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Egor Zaytsev 4 wins (R4–R7)Leonid Galkin 3 wins (R1–R3)Arina Leonova 4 wins (R4–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Egor Zaytsev*
1
1
½
2Leonid Galkin
0
*——
3Arina Leonova
0
—*—
4FMSergey Gubernatorov
½
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Zaytsev, Egor2043RUS+4N=5B=3N+10B+6N+2B+8N6.026.529.525.252184+49.6
2Galkin, Leonid2032RUS+17N+7B+10N=6B+5B−1N+9B5.524.526.018.002054+8.6
3Gubernatorov, SergeyFM2070RUS+16B+8N=1B−5N−9B+14N+6N4.524.025.515.001946-15.2
4Leonova, Arina1560RUS−1B−11N=14B+16N+12B+13N+10B4.520.021.511.251773+74.4
5Vetyugov, Alexei1937RUS+13B=1N+9B+3B−2N−8N=7B4.027.530.015.501878-13.2
6Kiselev, PavelFM2105RUS+15B=9N+12B=2N−1B+11N−3B4.025.527.512.501914-27.2
7Zaletov, Sergey S1639RUS+11B−2N=13B=9N=8B+15N=5N4.022.524.512.001807+62.4
8Chekrezhov, Ivan S1692RUS+18N−3B+16B=13N=7N+5B−1B4.022.523.59.751846+50.8
9Chistova, Ekaterina1792RUS+14N=6B−5N=7B+3N=10B−2N3.525.027.512.501855+20.0
10Popova, Marja1588RUS+12B+15N−2B−1N=13B=9N−4N3.025.027.08.001697+29.6
11Topchaian, Armen1661RUS−7N+4B−18N+12N+15B−6B−17N3.019.020.09.501654-8.8
12Zakaryan, Bogdan1688RUS−10N+17B−6N−11B−4N+16N+15B3.018.019.55.001630-33.2
13Stambolyan, David1540RUS−5N+18B=7N=8B=10N−4B−14B2.522.023.06.501581+9.2
14Kozhevnikova, Alena1627RUS−9B−16N=4N+17BF−3B+13N2.518.019.06.251628-6.4
15Shishkin, Vadim1653RUS−6N−10B+17N+18B−11N−7B−12N2.018.519.52.501549-22.4
16Demina, Alena1615RUS−3N+14B−8N−4B=17N−12BF1.520.020.03.251503-37.6
17Kovalenko, Mariel1572FID−2B−12N−15B−14N=16BF+11B1.517.518.53.751512-22.0
18Custoza, Georges-Emmanuel1743FRA−8B−13N+11B−15NFFF1.015.515.53.001443-62.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets
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