Voronezh Summer Rating Tournament Open 2025
16 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 08 Jul 2025 to 18 Jul 2025 in Voronezh, Russia. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1715, and top seed was Maxim Chetverik ( FID, IM, 1977).
Vladimir Bazarov (🇷🇺 RUS, 1929) won with 7.0/8, ahead of Maxim Chetverik (7.0) and Viktor Polyansky (5.5). Bazarov shared the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Mikhail Zelensky (1515) beat Sergey Nik Kuznetsov (1798), a +283-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 8 roundsTight race until R8; 2 players tied at 7.0/8, decided on Buchholz.
2 players finish on 7.0/8. Bazarov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (34.0).
Vladimir Bazarov lost to IM Maxim Chetverik (Black).
Vladimir Bazarov 5 wins (R4–R8)IM Maxim Chetverik 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R6–R8)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Vladimir Bazarov | * | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2IMMaxim Chetverik | 1 | * | ½ | ½ |
| 3Viktor Polyansky | 0 | ½ | * | 0 |
| 4Sergey Nik Kuznetsov | 0 | ½ | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bazarov, Vladimir | 1929 | RUS | +7N | +8B | −2N | +6B | +5N | +3B | +4N | +10B | 7.0 | 34.0 | 37.5 | 30.50 | 2028 | +15.2 |
| 2 | Chetverik, MaximIM | 1977 | FID | +11B | +9N | +1B | =4N | =3B | +7N | +6B | +5B | 7.0 | 34.0 | 37.0 | 32.00 | 2012 | +3.2 |
| 3 | Polyansky, Viktor | 1779 | RUS | +13N | +12B | −4N | +8B | =2N | −1N | +9B | +7B | 5.5 | 33.5 | 36.5 | 21.50 | 1830 | +14.2 |
| 4 | Kuznetsov, Sergey Nik | 1798 | RUS | +10B | =5N | +3B | =2B | −7N | =9N | −1B | +11N | 4.5 | 35.5 | 38.5 | 19.75 | 1755 | -9.0 |
| 5 | Sharanov, Dmitry | 0 | RUS | +14N | =4B | −6N | +11B | −1B | +10N | +7B | −2N | 4.5 | 33.5 | 36.5 | 15.75 | 1736 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Titov, Oleg | 1644 | RUS | −12B | +13N | +5B | −1N | =10B | +15N | −2N | +8B | 4.5 | 32.0 | 34.0 | 15.25 | 1659 | -1.2 |
| 7 | Zelensky, Mikhail | 1515 | RUS | −1B | +16N | +15B | +9N | +4B | −2B | −5N | −3N | 4.0 | 34.5 | 36.0 | 12.00 | 1729 | +48.4 |
| 8 | Leun, Victor | 1641 | RUS | +16B | −1N | +10B | −3N | −9B | +14N | +11B | −6N | 4.0 | 30.5 | 32.0 | 11.00 | 1590 | -9.6 |
| 9 | Alekseeva, Ekaterina Nik | 1528 | RUS | +15N | −2B | +12N | −7B | +8N | =4B | −3N | =16B | 4.0 | 30.0 | 31.5 | 12.00 | 1619 | +39.6 |
| 10 | Girzhadovich, Vyacheslav | 1653 | RUS | −4N | +14B | −8N | +12B | =6N | −5B | +13N | −1N | 3.5 | 30.5 | 33.5 | 11.25 | 1635 | -1.8 |
| 11 | Safonov, Anatoly | 1577 | RUS | −2N | −15B | +16N | −5N | +14B | +13B | −8N | −4B | 3.0 | 28.0 | 29.5 | 7.50 | 1603 | -1.2 |
| 12 | Payul, Oleg | 1626 | RUS | +6N | −3N | −9B | −10N | +15B | +16N | −14B | −13B | 3.0 | 25.5 | 27.0 | 8.00 | 1455 | -24.0 |
| 13 | Didur, Lev | 0 | RUS | −3B | −6B | +14N | −15N | +16B | −11N | −10B | +12N | 3.0 | 24.5 | 26.0 | 7.50 | 1487 | -10.4 |
| 14 | Mitrofanov, Leonid | 0 | RUS | −5B | −10N | −13B | +16B | −11N | −8B | +12N | +15N | 3.0 | 23.0 | 24.5 | 6.50 | 1442 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Galanin, Daniil | 0 | RUS | −9B | +11N | −7N | +13B | −12N | −6B | −16N | −14B | 2.0 | 24.5 | 26.0 | 6.00 | 1387 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Yaroshenko, Leonid | 1423 | RUS | −8N | −7B | −11B | −14N | −13N | −12B | +15B | =9N | 1.5 | 24.0 | 26.0 | 4.00 | 1162 | -55.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Zelensky, MikhailRUS+48.44.0 pts · #8
- 2Alekseeva, Ekaterina NikRUS+39.64.0 pts · #7
- 3Bazarov, VladimirRUS+15.27.0 pts · #1
- 1Yaroshenko, LeonidRUS-55.61.5 pts · #16
- 2Payul, OlegRUS-24.03.0 pts · #12
- 3Didur, LevRUS-10.43.0 pts · #15
- R5+283 Elo gap
- R5+113 Elo gap