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Chess Day in Pyatigorsk

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13 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 12 Jul 2025 to 19 Jul 2025 in Pyatigorsk, Russia. Top 10 Elo average was 976, and top seed was David Elkanov (🇷🇺 RUS, 1757).

Vladimir Cherny (🇷🇺 RUS, 1623) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Maksim Samoylenko (5.0) and Alesya Chornaya (5.0). Cherny shared the lead from round 4 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Maksim Samoylenko (1553) beat Alesya Chornaya (1719), a +166-point gap.

Location
🇷🇺Pyatigorsk, Russia
Dates
12 Jul 2025 → 19 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 45 Min. Incr. 15 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇺David Elkanov1757
Avg top 10
976
Participants
13
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇺Russia×11
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Vladimir Cherny led from R7; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders
6
2
1
3
2
2
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Cherny takes lead
R7 · LEADER CHANGE19 Jul

Vladimir Cherny takes the sole lead (6.0/7).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Vladimir Cherny lost to Maksim Samoylenko (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Vladimir Cherny 4 wins (R4–R7)Maksim Samoylenko 4 wins (R3–R6)Alesya Chornaya 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Cherny, Vladimir1623RUS+8B+4N2B+3N+9N+5B+6N6.024.026.021.001789+34.4
2Samoylenko, Maksim1553RUS+13N9B+1N+6B+3B+4N7B5.023.023.018.002427+71.6
3Chornaya, Alesya1719RUS+11N+7B+9N1B2N+6N+8B5.022.023.012.00789-54.0
4Bairamyan, Vladislav1540RUS+6N1B+7N5B+11N2B+10N4.023.024.09.00783-53.2
5Vorokov, Damir1570RUS12N+13B6N+4N+10B1N+11B4.017.017.07.001515-9.2
6Karayanov, Muhammed0RUS4B+8N+5B2N+7N3B1B3.027.030.010.0013620.0
7Saitov, Emirlan0RUS+10B3N4B+8N6BF+2N3.022.022.010.0014800.0
8Chyorniy, Yuriy0RUS1N6B+11N7B+13B+10N3N3.020.020.03.008710.0
9Kirakosyan, Samvel0RUSF+2N3B+10N1BFF2.019.019.07.0015070.0
10Burov, Timofei Al0RUS7N+11B+13N9B5N8B4B2.017.017.01.007560.0
11FIDE 54006314303B10N8B+13N4BF5N1.020.020.00.008100.0
12Elkanov, David1757RUS+5BFFFFFF1.04.04.04.002371+10.4
13FIDE 54006313502B5N10B11B8NFF0.018.018.00.007630.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets