I.Z. Bondarevskiy Memorial 2025
10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 31 Jul 2025 to 08 Aug 2025 in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. 6 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2174, and top seed was Dmitry Rozhko (🇷🇺 RUS, FM, 2273).
Artem Polkovnikyan (🇷🇺 RUS, FM, 2110) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Pavel Kotenko (6.5) and Andrey Kobelev (6.0). Polkovnikyan shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 6.
The biggest upset came in round 6: Artem Polkovnikyan (FM, 2110) beat Dmitry Rozhko (FM, 2273), a +163-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 roundsFM Artem Polkovnikyan led from R6 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.
FM Artem Polkovnikyan takes the sole lead (5.0/6).
FM Artem Polkovnikyan drew with IM Pavel Kotenko (White).
FM Artem Polkovnikyan 4 wins (R3–R6)IM Pavel Kotenko 3 wins (R3–R5)
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇷🇺FMPolkovnikyan, Artem | 2110 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 25.75 | 38.0 | +101.1 | 2401 |
| 2 | 🇷🇺IMKotenko, Pavel | 2174 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | 24.50 | 38.5 | +19.9 | 2340 |
| 5 | 🇷🇺Kobelev, Andrey | 2125 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 6.0 | 25.00 | 39.0 | +86.8 | 2304 |
| 3 | 🇷🇺FMSipetin, Vladislav | 2256 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 6.0 | 23.50 | 39.0 | +7.6 | 2289 |
| 4 | 🇷🇺Kazyura, Kirill | 2136 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 21.75 | 39.0 | +75.6 | 2303 |
| 6 | 🇷🇺Golovanev, Vladimir | 2113 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 13.50 | 40.5 | +16.4 | 2180 |
| 7 | 🇷🇺CMBorisov, Maxim S. | 2153 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 3.0 | 9.75 | 42.0 | -24.6 | 2051 |
| 8 | 🇷🇺FMRozhko, Dmitry | 2273 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 3.0 | 8.75 | 42.0 | -28.3 | 2038 |
| 9 | 🇷🇺Kruglikov, Petr | 2148 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | 2.0 | 4.00 | 43.0 | -42.8 | 1956 |
| 10 | 🇷🇺FMBekker, Maxim | 2249 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1.0 | 6.00 | 44.0 | -90.4 | 1814 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Polkovnikyan, ArtemFMRUS+101.17.0 pts · #1
- 2Kobelev, AndreyRUS+86.86.0 pts · #5
- 3Kazyura, KirillRUS+75.66.0 pts · #4
- 1Bekker, MaximFMRUS-90.41.0 pts · #10
- 2Kruglikov, PetrRUS-42.82.0 pts · #9
- 3Rozhko, DmitryFMRUS-28.33.0 pts · #8
- R6+163 Elo gap
- R8+139 Elo gap
- R8+137 Elo gap