Zhigulevskie prostory 2025_Open

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35 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 21 Jul 2025 to 29 Jul 2025 in Samara, Russia. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1821, and top seed was Peter Natacheev (🇷🇺 RUS, FM, 2184).

Peter Natacheev (🇷🇺 RUS, FM, 2184) won with 8.5/9, ahead of Sergey Fomichev (7.0) and Aleksei Ponomarev (6.5). Natacheev took the lead from round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Arsen Malyan (1550) beat Evgeny Pikalov (1839), a +289-point gap.

Location

🇷🇺Samara, Russia

Dates

21 Jul 2025 → 29 Jul 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇺FMPeter Natacheev2184

Avg top 10

1,821

Participants

Titled players · 1

FM×1

Federations · 2 represented

🇷🇺Russia×33

FIDE (no federation)×1

Top 3

🥇
FMPeter Natacheev
🇷🇺RUS·2184
8.5pts·2254perf+7.8
🥈
Sergey Fomichev
🇷🇺RUS·1873
7.0pts·1911perf+11.6
🥉
Aleksei Ponomarev
🇷🇺RUS·1717
6.5pts·1893perf+81.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

FM Peter Natacheev led from R6; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders

Natacheev8.5Fomichev7Ponomarev6.5Kovalyev6Tamodlin6Malyan6

R6 · LEADER CHANGE26 Jul

FM Peter Natacheev takes the sole lead (5.5/6).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Peter Natacheev beat Sergey Fomichev (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

FM Peter Natacheev 6 wins (R4–R9)Sergey Fomichev 4 wins (R6–R9)Aleksei Ponomarev 5 wins (R1–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMPeter Natacheev	*	1	1	1
2Sergey Fomichev	0	*	1	½
3Aleksei Ponomarev	0	0	*	—
4Fyodor Kovalyev	0	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Natacheev, PeterFM	2184	RUS	+28B	+21N	=6B	+8N	+2B	+3B	+7N	+5B	+4N	8.5	46.5	49.5	46.50	2254	+7.8
2	Fomichev, Sergey	1873	RUS	=25N	+15B	=5N	+21B	−1N	+17B	+8N	+3B	+6N	7.0	46.0	49.5	36.25	1911	+11.6
3	Ponomarev, Aleksei	1717	RUS	+19B	+17N	+10B	+16N	+4B	−1N	=6B	−2N	+12B	6.5	46.5	51.0	32.50	1893	+81.2
4	Tamodlin, Mikhail	1796	RUS	+22B	+8N	+7B	+6N	−3N	−5B	+10B	+9N	−1B	6.0	48.5	52.5	31.50	1864	+30.0
5	Kovalyev, Fyodor	1583	RUS	=18N	+25B	=2B	=9N	+10B	+4N	=12B	−1N	+15B	6.0	46.5	50.0	30.50	1822	+110.0
6	Malyan, Arsen	1550	RUS	+23B	+34N	=1N	−4B	+27N	+16B	=3N	+7B	−2B	6.0	45.5	46.5	26.00	1851	+118.4
7	Savenkov, Andrey	1690	FID	+20N	+26B	−4N	+12B	+16B	+9N	−1B	−6N	=11B	5.5	45.0	48.5	25.50	1831	+56.0
8	Sorochan, Dmitry	1918	RUS	+27N	−4B	+29N	−1B	+23N	=11B	−2B	+10N	+25B	5.5	42.5	45.5	21.50	1837	-12.6
9	Yanzin, Viktor	1818	RUS	+32N	−16B	+22N	=5B	+21N	−7B	+11N	−4B	+26N	5.5	38.5	39.5	20.50	1678	-37.2
10	Kustovskiy, Egor	1692	RUS	+24B	+35N	−3N	+26B	−5N	+13B	−4N	−8B	+16N	5.0	41.0	41.0	17.00	1712	+6.8
11	Elkhimov, Ivan	0	RUS	+14N	+13B	−16N	=27B	=17N	=8N	−9B	+18B	=7N	5.0	40.0	43.5	24.00	1716	+42.8
12	Kvitnitskiy, Vsevolod	1608	RUS	−13N	+24B	+14N	−7N	+18B	+27B	=5N	=26B	−3N	5.0	40.0	43.5	21.75	1655	+11.2
13	Pisnov, Dmitriy	1599	RUS	+12B	−11N	=17B	=18N	+19B	−10N	−14B	+28N	+22B	5.0	37.5	40.5	21.00	1664	+27.2
14	Cherkasov, Timofei V.	1501	RUS	−11B	+28N	−12B	−15N	+31B	=18N	+13N	=17B	+21N	5.0	36.0	38.5	19.00	1671	+72.4
15	Pustovalov, Gennady	1598	RUS	−34N	−2N	+30B	+14B	+29N	=26B	=17N	+21B	−5N	5.0	36.0	37.0	19.00	1693	+17.8
16	Pikalov, Evgeny	1839	RUS	+29B	+9N	+11B	−3B	−7N	−6N	+19B	=25N	−10B	4.5	41.5	44.5	19.75	1590	-50.0
17	Tarasova, Diana	1556	RUS	+33N	−3B	=13N	+25B	=11B	−2N	=15B	=14N	=19B	4.5	41.5	42.5	16.75	1555	-4.0
18	Medovnikov, Aleksandr	1507	RUS	=5B	F	+20N	=13B	−12N	=14B	+27N	−11N	+28B	4.5	37.0	37.0	19.00	1697	+37.0
19	Safonov, Dmitry	1522	RUS	−3N	−22B	+33N	+32B	−13N	+23B	−16N	+29B	=17N	4.5	32.5	33.5	11.25	1534	+2.2
20	Savenkova, Veronika	1563	RUS	−7B	−31N	−18B	=30N	+33B	−22N	+35N	+27B	+29N	4.5	27.0	27.0	9.00	1466	-32.8
21	Vasilkin, Dmitrii	1646	RUS	+30B	−1B	+23N	−2N	−9B	+24N	+22B	−15N	−14B	4.0	43.0	46.0	15.00	1593	-31.2
22	Shamray, Uliana	1539	RUS	−4N	+19N	−9B	−29B	+32N	+20B	−21N	+23B	−13N	4.0	36.5	37.5	14.00	1550	+0.8
23	Vinokurova, Svetlana	1516	RUS	−6N	+32B	−21B	+31N	−8B	−19N	+24B	−22N	+35N	4.0	31.5	31.5	7.50	1443	-16.2
24	Pikalova, Karina	1589	RUS	−10N	−12N	+28B	+35B	−26N	−21B	−23N	+30N	+32B	4.0	28.5	28.5	7.00	1354	-67.2
25	Baranova, Lyudmila	1441	RUS	=2B	−5N	+31B	−17N	F	+29B	=26N	=16B	−8N	3.5	37.0	39.5	13.00	1639	+68.4
26	Yakubson, Valery	1661	RUS	+31B	−7N	F	−10N	+24B	=15N	=25B	=12N	−9B	3.5	36.0	37.0	13.25	1564	-21.0
27	Mamedov, Nazim	1671	RUS	−8B	+30N	+35B	=11N	−6B	−12N	−18B	−20N	+33B	3.5	34.5	34.5	6.50	829	-56.0
28	Kuznetsov, Vladimir	1640	RUS	−1N	−14B	−24N	+33B	F	+30N	+31B	−13B	−18N	3.0	36.0	37.0	6.50	1342	-46.4
29	Tupikov, Maxim	1685	RUS	−16N	+33B	−8B	+22N	−15B	−25N	+32B	−19N	−20B	3.0	32.5	33.5	6.00	1321	-60.2
30	Grekov, Kirill Dm	0	RUS	−21N	−27B	−15N	=20B	+35N	−28B	+33N	−24B	=31N	3.0	27.5	27.5	4.50	1286	0.0
31	Baranova, Elena Mikh	1457	RUS	−26N	+20B	−25N	−23B	−14N	+35B	−28N	−32N	=30B	2.5	27.5	27.5	6.00	1281	-49.2
32	Shirshikov, Petr	0	RUS	−9B	−23N	F	−19N	−22B	F	−29N	+31B	−24N	1.0	28.5	28.5	2.50	1273	0.0
33	Yakusheva, Valeriya	0	RUS	−17B	−29N	−19B	−28N	−20N	F	−30B	+35B	−27N	1.0	27.0	27.0	0.00	805	0.0
34	Polyakov, Andrei	0	RUS	+15B	−6B	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	1.0	14.5	14.5	5.00	1574	0.0
35	FIDE 540067238	0	—	F	−10B	−27N	−24N	−30B	−31N	−20B	−33N	−23B	0.0	27.5	27.5	0.00	782	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Malyan, ArsenRUS
+118.4
6.0 pts · #6
2Kovalyev, FyodorRUS
+110.0
6.0 pts · #4
3Ponomarev, AlekseiRUS
+81.2
6.5 pts · #3

Top rating losers

1Pikalova, KarinaRUS
-67.2
4.0 pts · #32
2Tupikov, MaximRUS
-60.2
3.0 pts · #30
3Mamedov, NazimRUS
-56.0
3.5 pts · #34

Biggest upsets

R6+289 Elo gap
Malyan, Arsen1550 beat Pikalov, Evgeny1839
R6+244 Elo gap
Baranova, Lyudmila1441 beat Tupikov, Maxim1685
R6+213 Elo gap
Kovalyev, Fyodor1583 beat Tamodlin, Mikhail1796