Y.O. Fomenko Memorial 2025
36 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 31 Jul 2025 to 08 Aug 2025 in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Top 10 Elo average was 1835, and top seed was Dmitry Gelburg (🇷🇺 RUS, 1946).
Artem Asyutin (🇷🇺 RUS, 1936) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Nikita Evseev (7.0) and Mikhail Korovtenko (6.0). Asyutin shared the lead from round 8 and broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Albert Barashev (1453) beat Vitaly Yermolenko (1900), a +447-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsArtem Asyutin led from R9; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R9.
Artem Asyutin takes the sole lead (7.5/9).
Artem Asyutin beat Nikita Evseev (Black).
Artem Asyutin 4 wins (R6–R9)Nikita Evseev 6 wins (R1–R6)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Artem Asyutin | * | 1 | ½ | — |
| 2Nikita Evseev | 0 | * | ½ | — |
| 3Mikhail Korovtenko | ½ | ½ | * | — |
| 4Ivan A Tkachenko | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asyutin, Artem | 1936 | RUS | +13N | −8B | +16N | +15B | =3N | +12B | +11N | +2N | +10B | 7.5 | 43.5 | 48.0 | 39.50 | 1981 | +25.8 |
| 2 | Evseev, Nikita | 1837 | RUS | +16N | +15B | +8N | +11B | +12N | +9B | =4N | −1B | =3N | 7.0 | 45.0 | 49.5 | 36.00 | 1943 | +53.2 |
| 3 | Korovtenko, Mikhail | 1888 | RUS | +22B | =26N | +19B | =4N | =1B | =10N | +8B | =5N | =2B | 6.0 | 46.5 | 50.0 | 32.25 | 1840 | -4.6 |
| 4 | Cherkashin, Matvey | 1716 | RUS | +25N | =10B | +17N | =3B | =11N | +6B | =2B | =12N | =5B | 6.0 | 45.0 | 49.0 | 31.75 | 1879 | +61.6 |
| 5 | Bobokhonov, Rustam | 1889 | RUS | +21N | +7B | −12N | =6B | +27N | =11B | +15N | =3B | =4N | 6.0 | 43.0 | 46.5 | 30.00 | 1768 | -16.0 |
| 6 | Tkachenko, Ivan A | 0 | RUS | −24B | +28N | +35B | =5N | +26B | −4N | =17B | +15B | +11N | 6.0 | 37.0 | 37.5 | 22.25 | 1693 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Kumbatov, Ivan | 1532 | RUS | +29B | −5N | =31B | +19N | =8B | +30B | −18N | +23B | +12B | 6.0 | 35.5 | 38.0 | 23.50 | 1807 | +35.0 |
| 8 | Paskal, Petr | 1582 | RUS | +20B | +1N | −2B | =9B | =7N | +17B | −3N | +18B | =14N | 5.5 | 46.0 | 50.5 | 29.25 | 1761 | +58.0 |
| 9 | Yermolenko, Vitaly | 1900 | RUS | −19B | +34N | +13B | =8N | +14B | −2N | +26B | −10N | +18B | 5.5 | 40.5 | 41.5 | 21.75 | 1632 | -41.0 |
| 10 | Gelburg, Dmitry | 1946 | RUS | +32B | =4N | −26B | +31N | +30N | =3B | =12N | +9B | −1N | 5.5 | 39.0 | 41.5 | 22.00 | 1782 | -28.2 |
| 11 | Tischenko, Lev | 1771 | RUS | +28B | +14N | +24B | −2N | =4B | =5N | −1B | +16N | −6B | 5.0 | 46.0 | 49.5 | 23.00 | 1751 | -1.2 |
| 12 | Kolmagorov, Ivan | 1739 | RUS | +31N | +27B | +5B | +26N | −2B | −1N | =10B | =4B | −7N | 5.0 | 45.0 | 47.5 | 21.25 | 1723 | -8.0 |
| 13 | Sikorskiy, Gleb | 1480 | RUS | −1B | +23N | −9N | =18B | −25N | =20B | +36N | +27B | +21N | 5.0 | 38.0 | 38.0 | 16.50 | 1608 | +11.6 |
| 14 | Shamov, Fedor | 1523 | RUS | +18N | −11B | =27N | +33B | −9N | −15B | +25N | +17N | =8B | 5.0 | 37.0 | 39.0 | 19.50 | 1554 | +7.2 |
| 15 | Sapunova, Maria | 1522 | RUS | +36B | −2N | +20B | −1N | +24B | +14N | −5B | −6N | =22B | 4.5 | 44.5 | 44.5 | 15.75 | 1627 | +20.4 |
| 16 | Fedorov, Stanislav M | 1424 | RUS | −2B | +29N | −1B | +23N | −17N | +24B | +27N | −11B | =19B | 4.5 | 40.0 | 43.0 | 16.75 | 1498 | +8.0 |
| 17 | Usoshin, Aleksander | 1732 | RUS | +23B | −24N | −4B | +20N | +16B | −8N | =6N | −14B | +26B | 4.5 | 39.5 | 43.0 | 19.50 | 1427 | -94.4 |
| 18 | Mirkin, Bogdan | 0 | RUS | −14B | −22N | +28B | =13N | +31B | +32N | +7B | −8N | −9N | 4.5 | 37.5 | 40.0 | 17.00 | 1490 | -26.0 |
| 19 | Barashev, Albert | 1453 | RUS | +9N | =30B | −3N | −7B | +33N | =27B | −23N | +24B | =16N | 4.5 | 36.5 | 38.5 | 17.00 | 1636 | +50.0 |
| 20 | Bobylev, Mikhail | 0 | RUS | −8N | +21B | −15N | −17B | =34N | =13N | =28B | +31B | +23N | 4.5 | 34.0 | 35.0 | 15.75 | 1404 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Vdovichenko, Pavel | 1441 | RUS | −5B | −20N | −29B | +35N | =28B | +31N | +32B | +26N | −13B | 4.5 | 30.5 | 31.0 | 10.75 | 1576 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Beschetniy, Anatoliy | 1428 | RUS | −3N | +18B | −30N | −29B | −23N | +36B | +33N | +32B | =15N | 4.5 | 29.5 | 29.5 | 11.25 | 1514 | +12.0 |
| 23 | Milushev, Vladislav | 0 | RUS | −17N | −13B | +36N | −16B | +22B | +29N | +19B | −7N | −20B | 4.0 | 36.5 | 36.5 | 12.00 | 1385 | -51.2 |
| 24 | Kasparyan, Daniil | 1518 | RUS | +6N | +17B | −11N | −30B | −15N | −16N | +29B | −19N | +33B | 4.0 | 35.0 | 37.0 | 15.50 | 1318 | -58.4 |
| 25 | Novikov, Nikolai | 0 | RUS | −4B | =35N | −32B | +34N | +13B | −26N | −14B | =28N | +29B | 4.0 | 29.5 | 30.0 | 11.00 | 1365 | -64.0 |
| 26 | Sham-Pasha, Roman | 1561 | RUS | +33N | =3B | +10N | −12B | −6N | +25B | −9N | −21B | −17N | 3.5 | 41.0 | 43.0 | 14.50 | 1582 | +0.4 |
| 27 | Krupin, Filipp | 0 | RUS | +35B | −12N | =14B | +32N | −5B | =19N | −16B | −13N | =28B | 3.5 | 36.0 | 36.5 | 9.50 | 1466 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Malkhasyan, Arman | 1410 | RUS | −11N | −6B | −18N | +36B | =21N | =33B | =20N | =25B | =27N | 3.5 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 9.25 | 1413 | -2.4 |
| 29 | Karapetyan, Artem | 0 | RUS | −7N | −16B | +21N | +22N | −32B | −23B | −24N | +36B | −25N | 3.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 9.00 | 1339 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Potiy, Nikita | 1634 | RUS | =34B | =19N | +22B | +24N | −10B | −7N | F | F | F | 3.0 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 11.25 | 1575 | -16.0 |
| 31 | Shlyakhtin, Makar Ig | 0 | RUS | −12B | +36N | =7N | −10B | −18N | −21B | F | −20N | +32N | 2.5 | 32.5 | 32.5 | 5.50 | 1468 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Budarin, Dmitriy | 1483 | RUS | −10N | =33B | +25N | −27B | +29N | −18B | −21N | −22N | −31B | 2.5 | 32.0 | 34.0 | 8.00 | 764 | -41.6 |
| 33 | FIDE 540055990 | 0 | — | −26B | =32N | +34B | −14N | −19B | =28N | −22B | F | −24N | 2.0 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 4.00 | 1160 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Stolpovskiy, Aleksey | 0 | RUS | =30N | −9B | −33N | −25B | =20B | F | F | F | F | 1.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 3.75 | 1571 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Borisovskiy, Mikhail | 1603 | RUS | −27N | =25B | −6N | −21B | F | F | F | F | F | 0.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 2.00 | 641 | -27.6 |
| 36 | Shloma, Aleksander | 0 | RUS | −15N | −31B | −23B | −28N | F | −22N | −13B | −29N | F | 0.0 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 0.00 | 661 | -74.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Cherkashin, MatveyRUS+61.66.0 pts · #8
- 2Paskal, PetrRUS+58.05.5 pts · #13
- 3Evseev, NikitaRUS+53.27.0 pts · #2
- 1Usoshin, AleksanderRUS-94.44.5 pts · #23
- 2Shloma, AleksanderRUS-74.00.0 pts · #36
- 3Novikov, NikolaiRUS-64.04.0 pts · #19
- R1+447 Elo gap
- R3+385 Elo gap
- R2+354 Elo gap