Malaya Zemlya 2025_Open

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60 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 17 Jul 2025 to 23 Jul 2025 in Novorossiysk, Russia. 4 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2051, and top seed was Konstantin Danoyan (🇷🇺 RUS, CM, 2186).

Artem Avanesian (🇷🇺 RUS, CM, 2140) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Vladislav Lartsev (5.5) and Konstantin Danoyan (5.5). Avanesian won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Bogdan Zavorotinskiy (1795) beat Giya Bolkvadze (IM, 2155), a +360-point gap.

Location

🇷🇺Novorossiysk, Russia

Dates

17 Jul 2025 → 23 Jul 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇺CMKonstantin Danoyan2186

Avg top 10

2,051

Participants

Titled players · 4

IM×1

FM×1

CM×2

Federations · 2 represented

🇷🇺Russia×58

FIDE (no federation)×2

Top 3

🥇
CMArtem Avanesian
🇷🇺RUS·2140
6.5pts·2326perf+46.4
🥈
Vladislav Lartsev
🇷🇺RUS·2052
5.5pts·2127perf+32.8
🥉
CMKonstantin Danoyan
🇷🇺RUS·2186
5.5pts·2170perf+2.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

CM Artem Avanesian led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Avanesian6.5Danoyan5.5Lartsev5.5Koliev5.5Yakovenko5Baltin5

R5–R7 · LEAD HELD

CM Artem Avanesian never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Artem Avanesian drew with CM Konstantin Danoyan (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

CM Artem Avanesian 5 wins (R1–R5)Vladislav Lartsev 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1CMArtem Avanesian	*	½	1	—
2CMKonstantin Danoyan	½	*	½	—
3Vladislav Lartsev	0	½	*	—
4Irlan Koliev	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Avanesian, ArtemCM	2140	RUS	+37N	+22B	+5N	+19B	+2N	=3B	+7N	6.5	29.0	32.0	29.25	2326	+46.4
2	Lartsev, Vladislav	2052	RUS	+30B	+20N	+13B	+8N	−1B	+12N	=3N	5.5	30.0	33.5	24.25	2127	+32.8
3	Danoyan, KonstantinCM	2186	RUS	+44N	+26B	=10N	+25B	+6N	=1N	=2B	5.5	28.5	31.0	22.75	2170	+2.0
4	Koliev, Irlan	2063	RUS	+33N	+23B	−19N	+20B	+10N	=5B	+11N	5.5	26.0	29.5	23.00	1999	-6.6
5	Shpakivskaya, Alina	1904	RUS	+60B	+24N	−1B	+13N	+21B	=4N	=9B	5.0	29.5	29.5	17.75	1950	+11.0
6	Khantuev, AdamFM	2079	RUS	=18B	+54N	+16B	+11N	−3B	=17N	+20B	5.0	27.5	29.0	19.00	1947	-27.6
7	Yakovenko, Artem	1970	RUS	+34B	−13N	+32N	+26B	+19N	+15B	−1B	5.0	26.5	30.0	19.00	1903	-12.4
8	Rogov, Ivan	2026	RUS	+40N	+28B	+21N	−2B	−15N	+23B	+19N	5.0	25.5	28.5	18.50	1887	-31.2
9	Baltin, David	1725	RUS	−29N	+52B	=28N	+32B	+25N	+10B	=5N	5.0	23.5	25.5	17.75	1841	+45.2
10	Vakhterov, Vladimir	1932	RUS	+41N	+36B	=3B	+14N	−4B	−9N	+28B	4.5	27.0	30.0	16.75	1938	+12.8
11	Zavorotinskiy, Bogdan	1795	RUS	=27N	+47B	+29N	−6B	+16N	+14B	−4B	4.5	26.5	29.0	16.75	1888	+35.2
12	Karulin, Nikita	1863	RUS	+43B	−21N	+24B	+35N	+22B	−2B	=15N	4.5	25.0	27.5	15.75	1810	-13.2
13	Pertseva, Tatyana	1701	RUS	+52N	+7B	−2N	−5B	+50N	+38B	=17B	4.5	25.0	27.0	14.25	1892	+70.0
14	Bolkvadze, GiyaIM	2155	RUS	=54B	+18N	+35B	−10B	+29N	−11N	+21B	4.5	24.0	25.5	15.75	1888	-17.8
15	Beloborodova, Eugeniya	1766	RUS	+55B	−35N	+43B	+30N	+8B	−7N	=12B	4.5	23.5	25.0	14.75	1834	+27.2
16	Zubritskaya, Valeria	1551	RUS	=25N	+17B	−6N	+58B	−11B	+37N	+42B	4.5	23.5	25.0	13.75	1897	+121.6
17	Skvortsova, Sofia	1795	RUS	=56B	−16N	+55B	+34N	+27B	=6B	=13N	4.5	22.5	24.0	14.00	1746	-12.8
18	Zakatey, Leonid	1616	RUS	=6N	−14B	=49N	+51B	=45B	+31N	+27B	4.5	21.0	23.0	13.75	1803	+60.8
19	Shvedov, Gleb	1719	RUS	+46B	+53N	+4B	−1N	−7B	+22N	−8B	4.0	28.5	30.5	14.00	1896	+46.4
20	Dolin, Dmitriy	1710	RUS	+50N	−2B	+36N	−4N	+30B	+40B	−6N	4.0	25.5	27.5	11.50	1832	+37.2
21	Ognev, Lev	1654	RUS	+57N	+12B	−8B	+39N	−5N	+26B	−14N	4.0	25.5	27.0	12.50	1896	+68.0
22	Vakhterov, Alexander	1687	RUS	+49B	−1N	+31B	+45N	−12N	−19B	+40N	4.0	24.0	26.0	11.00	1788	+34.4
23	Guro, Aleksandr	1657	RUS	+59B	−4N	−45B	+43N	+39B	−8N	+35B	4.0	21.5	22.5	9.50	1814	+51.2
24	Umerov, Mustafa	1666	RUS	+51N	−5B	−12N	−50B	+49N	+36B	+38N	4.0	19.5	21.5	10.00	1704	+15.2
25	Novenko, Denis	1804	RUS	=16B	+56N	+27B	−3N	−9B	+32N	F	3.5	25.5	27.0	10.75	1740	-18.4
26	Logachev, Mikhail	1709	RUS	+31B	−3N	+53B	−7N	+35B	−21N	=30B	3.5	24.5	26.5	10.25	1681	-16.4
27	Tynkalyuk, Nikita	1531	RUS	=11B	+48N	−25N	+37B	−17N	+33B	−18N	3.5	23.5	26.0	11.25	1727	+67.6
28	Pershin, Kirill	1567	RUS	+48B	−8N	=9B	−38N	+34B	+44B	−10N	3.5	23.5	26.0	11.00	1793	+74.4
29	Berezhnoy, Ivan S	1518	RUS	+9B	=45N	−11B	+54N	−14B	+39N	F	3.5	23.0	24.5	10.75	1854	+97.6
30	Kondratev, Dmitryi	1609	RUS	−2N	+51B	+38N	−15B	−20N	+53B	=26N	3.5	22.5	24.5	8.75	1688	+19.2
31	Fedorenko, Alexander	1498	RUS	−26N	+40B	−22N	=33B	+41N	−18B	+47N	3.5	21.5	24.0	10.25	1633	+38.8
32	Ishin, Vladimir	1581	RUS	=45B	+42N	−7B	−9N	+54B	−25B	+44N	3.5	21.5	23.0	8.25	1778	+66.0
33	Vasiljeva, Elizaveta	1612	RUS	−4B	+46N	−39B	=31N	+55B	−27N	+43B	3.5	20.5	22.0	8.25	1643	+6.4
34	Kotov, Aleksandr N	1600	RUS	−7N	+57B	=58N	−17B	−28N	+51B	+56N	3.5	18.0	19.5	5.75	1632	+3.2
35	Sergeev, Ivan V	1560	RUS	+38N	+15B	−14N	−12B	−26N	+54B	−23N	3.0	24.0	25.5	9.00	1722	+52.4
36	Gulishyan, Eseniya	1558	FID	+39B	−10N	−20B	+42N	−38B	−24N	+49B	3.0	21.5	23.5	8.00	1693	+41.2
37	Brovko, Vladislav	1621	RUS	−1B	=55N	+56B	−27N	+46B	−16B	=41N	3.0	21.5	23.0	6.25	1558	-29.6
38	Knysh, Alena	1826	RUS	−35B	+60N	−30B	+28B	+36N	−13N	−24B	3.0	21.5	21.5	6.50	1558	-96.8
39	Gurgenidze, Aleksandra	1821	FID	−36N	+50B	+33N	−21B	−23N	−29B	+52N	3.0	20.0	22.0	7.50	1520	-105.2
40	Samoilov, Dmitry	1607	RUS	−8B	−31N	+59B	+49B	+58N	−20N	−22B	3.0	20.0	21.0	4.50	1613	-2.8
41	Troyanov, Anton	1596	RUS	−10B	=49N	=42B	=53N	−31B	+46N	=37B	3.0	18.5	20.5	7.50	1582	-4.6
42	Balikoev, Omar	1776	RUS	=47N	−32B	=41N	−36B	+52N	+50B	−16N	3.0	18.5	20.5	6.75	1505	-49.0
43	Nesterova, Valeriya	1575	RUS	−12N	+44B	−15N	−23B	=51N	+48B	−33N	2.5	21.5	23.5	6.00	1591	+1.2
44	Airapetian, Valentin	1652	RUS	−3B	−43N	+52B	=46N	+56B	−28N	−32B	2.5	19.5	21.0	4.75	1510	-30.0
45	Ilin, Artem	1895	RUS	=32N	=29B	+23N	−22B	=18N	F	F	2.5	19.5	19.5	9.75	1612	-67.2
46	Maltsev, Lev	1509	RUS	−19N	−33B	+57N	=44B	−37N	−41B	+54N	2.5	17.5	19.0	4.25	1445	-18.8
47	Shust, Alexander	1607	RUS	=42B	−11N	−54B	−56N	+59N	+55B	−31B	2.5	15.5	16.5	4.00	1497	-22.0
48	Ermolov, Vasily	1849	RUS	−28N	−27B	−50N	+59B	=53B	−43N	+55N	2.5	15.0	16.0	3.50	1400	-64.2
49	Rakovskih, Matvey	1458	RUS	−22N	=41B	=18B	−40N	−24B	+57N	−36N	2.0	21.5	23.0	5.25	1349	-31.2
50	Rimar, Viktor	1508	RUS	−20B	−39N	+48B	+24N	−13B	−42N	−53N	2.0	21.0	23.0	6.50	1629	+15.8
51	Kazantseva, Polina	1451	RUS	−24B	−30N	+60B	−18N	=43B	−34N	=57B	2.0	19.5	19.5	2.00	1417	-9.6
52	Tarasov, Artem S	1479	RUS	−13B	−9N	−44N	+57B	−42B	+60N	−39B	2.0	19.5	19.5	1.50	1438	-11.6
53	Sergeeva, Varvara	0	RUS	F	−19B	−26N	=41B	=48N	−30N	+50B	2.0	18.5	18.5	4.75	1540	0.0
54	Fedorova, Anna	1625	RUS	=14N	−6B	+47N	−29B	−32N	−35N	−46B	1.5	22.0	24.5	4.75	1459	-66.0
55	Kanaev, Sergey	1523	RUS	−15N	=37B	−17N	+60B	−33N	−47N	−48B	1.5	20.5	20.5	1.50	1462	-10.6
56	Khasangatin, Almaz	1526	RUS	=17N	−25B	−37N	+47B	−44N	F	−34B	1.5	19.5	21.0	4.75	1487	-12.8
57	Khokhonin, Artem	0	RUS	−21B	−34N	−46B	−52N	+60N	−49B	=51N	1.5	16.0	16.0	1.00	1306	0.0
58	Bogdan, David	1823	RUS	F	+59N	=34B	−16N	−40B	F	F	1.5	13.5	13.5	2.75	1458	-72.4
59	Kragulets, Darya	1417	RUS	−23N	−58B	−40N	−48N	−47B	F	+60B	1.0	13.5	13.5	0.00	1410	-5.6
60	Rovenskiy, Vladimir	1593	RUS	−5N	−38B	−51N	−55N	−57B	−52B	−59N	0.0	15.0	16.0	0.00	800	-60.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Zubritskaya, ValeriaRUS
+121.6
4.5 pts · #13
2Berezhnoy, Ivan SRUS
+97.6
3.5 pts · #24
3Pershin, KirillRUS
+74.4
3.5 pts · #23

Top rating losers

1Gurgenidze, AleksandraFID
-105.2
3.0 pts · #35
2Knysh, AlenaRUS
-96.8
3.0 pts · #31
3Bogdan, DavidRUS
-72.4
1.5 pts · #50

Biggest upsets

R6+360 Elo gap
Zavorotinskiy, Bogdan1795 beat IMBolkvadze, Giya2155
R3+344 Elo gap
Shvedov, Gleb1719 beat Koliev, Irlan2063
R3+341 Elo gap
Rimar, Viktor1508 beat Ermolov, Vasily1849