VO Moscow. August 2025

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70 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 10 Aug 2025 to 31 Aug 2025 in Moscow, Russia. 3 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2005, and top seed was Konstantin Egorov (🇷🇺 RUS, CM, 2081).

Aleksandr G Kurdagiya ( FID, 1981) won with 7.0/8, ahead of Viktor Varezhkin (6.0) and Arseniy A. Urivskiy (6.0). Kurdagiya won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Kirill Tereschenko (1626) beat Boris Alyabyev (2040), a +414-point gap.

Location

🇷🇺Moscow, Russia

Dates

10 Aug 2025 → 31 Aug 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 8 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇺CMKonstantin Egorov2081

Avg top 10

2,005

Participants

Titled players · 3

CM×2

WFM×1

Federations · 4 represented

🇷🇺Russia×62

FIDE (no federation)×6

🇹🇬Togo×1

🇦🇿Azerbaijan×1

Top 3

🥇
Aleksandr G Kurdagiya
FID·1981
7.0pts·2162perf+58.4
🥈
Viktor Varezhkin
🇷🇺RUS·1951
6.0pts·2006perf+12.8
🥉
Arseniy A. Urivskiy
🇷🇺RUS·1797
6.0pts·2064perf+111.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

Aleksandr G Kurdagiya led from R6; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders

Kurdagiya7Bachaliashvili6Urivskiy6Popkov6Varezhkin6Bagdasaryan6

R6–R8 · LEAD HELD

Aleksandr G Kurdagiya never relinquished the lead after R6; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Aleksandr G Kurdagiya 4 wins (R1–R4)Eduard Bachaliashvili 3 wins (R6–R8)Arseniy A. Urivskiy 3 wins (R1–R3)

R5 · LATE SURGE

Eduard Bachaliashvili was #13 at R5, climbed to #2 over the final stretch.

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Aleksandr G Kurdagiya	*	—	½	—
2Eduard Bachaliashvili	—	*	—	—
3Arseniy A. Urivskiy	½	—	*	—
4Andrey Popkov	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Kurdagiya, Aleksandr G	1981	FID	+56N	+21B	+7N	+45B	=4N	+2B	+36N	=3B	7.0	34.5	36.5	30.50	2162	+58.4
2	Varezhkin, Viktor	1951	RUS	+57B	+16N	+20B	=3N	+11B	−1N	=12B	+14N	6.0	37.5	39.5	27.00	2006	+12.8
3	Urivskiy, Arseniy A.	1797	RUS	+44N	+19B	+41N	=2B	−15N	+18B	+7N	=1N	6.0	35.5	38.5	27.00	2064	+111.6
4	Bagdasaryan, Artem	1860	RUS	+25B	+66N	+8B	+63N	=1B	=14N	+9B	−5N	6.0	34.5	35.5	23.50	2066	+86.0
5	Popkov, Andrey	2038	RUS	+13N	+27B	−45N	+23B	−9N	+28B	+11N	+4B	6.0	34.0	37.0	28.50	1967	-9.6
6	Bachaliashvili, Eduard	2041	FID	+40N	=11B	=33N	+10B	−7N	+26B	+22N	+13B	6.0	33.0	36.5	26.75	1949	-25.2
7	Onischenko, Andrey	1922	RUS	+31B	+26N	−1B	+57N	+6B	=12N	−3B	+20N	5.5	36.0	38.0	22.50	1929	+3.4
8	Natarov, Ilya	1934	RUS	+28N	+10B	−4N	+26B	=22N	=11B	=19N	+36B	5.5	33.5	37.0	24.00	1930	+0.8
9	Glazkov, Kirill	1838	RUS	=51B	+42B	=18N	+17N	+5B	=15B	−4N	+34N	5.5	32.5	35.0	23.00	1838	+10.4
10	Grigoryev, Vladislav	1697	RUS	+35B	−8N	+49B	−6N	+25B	=34N	+32B	+41N	5.5	29.0	32.0	18.75	1857	+23.4
11	Popov, Sergey Vl	1793	RUS	+53B	=6N	+51B	+33B	−2N	=8N	−5B	+25N	5.0	33.5	36.0	18.25	1905	+48.4
12	Belokon, Artour	1793	RUS	=30N	=58B	+40N	+34B	+41N	=7B	=2N	−15B	5.0	30.5	32.5	18.75	1851	+14.8
13	Gorelov, Yuriy	1655	RUS	−5B	−17N	+53B	+58N	+35B	+41B	+33N	−6N	5.0	29.0	31.0	14.50	1800	+42.8
14	Egorov, KonstantinCM	2081	RUS	−66N	+32B	+62N	+27B	+45N	=4B	=15N	−2B	5.0	29.0	30.0	17.50	1902	-30.2
15	Yunker, Alisa GenriettaWFM	1933	FID	F	F	+39B	+29N	+3B	=9N	=14B	+12N	5.0	29.0	29.0	23.75	2082	+42.8
16	Zibrak, Igor G	1702	RUS	+69N	−2B	+47N	−41B	=31N	+42B	=18N	+29B	5.0	27.0	27.0	14.00	1757	+19.6
17	Prutkovskiy, Stepan G	1414	RUS	−27N	+13B	+21N	−9B	=40N	=43B	+28N	=18B	4.5	31.0	34.0	19.00	1752	+128.8
18	Lyadov, Denis Genn	1622	RUS	+43B	=38N	=9B	=37N	+63B	−3N	=16B	=17N	4.5	31.0	32.5	15.50	1803	+76.0
19	Paster, Arkady M.	2048	RUS	+62B	−3N	+66B	=20N	=52B	+29N	=8B	−22N	4.5	28.5	29.5	12.75	1788	-45.4
20	Melnichenko, Vitaliy	1728	RUS	+68N	+46B	−2N	=19B	+33N	−36B	+52N	−7B	4.5	28.5	29.5	12.25	1875	+30.4
21	Bars, Oleg	1715	RUS	+49B	−1N	−17B	−31N	+68B	=44N	+35B	+37N	4.5	28.0	29.0	12.50	1561	-24.4
22	Zhelonkin, Kirill Mikh	1797	RUS	F	F	+31B	+35N	=8B	+32N	−6B	+19B	4.5	26.5	26.5	17.75	1998	+52.8
23	Rossal, Valeriy I.	1732	RUS	=59B	+61N	+38B	−5N	−32N	=31B	=30N	+52B	4.5	25.0	26.5	12.25	1686	-8.0
24	Rostovtsev, Petr	1900	RUS	−54N	=25B	F	F	+53N	+61B	+42N	+31B	4.5	20.5	20.5	12.50	1751	-30.8
25	Sergeev, Vladislav Aleks	1602	RUS	−4N	=24N	+61B	=36B	−10N	+55B	+26N	−11B	4.0	31.0	32.5	12.00	1746	+59.2
26	Allakhverdiev, Eduard	1689	RUS	+67B	−7B	+58N	−8N	+44B	−6N	−25B	+46N	4.0	29.0	30.0	9.00	1733	+4.0
27	Osetrov, Prokhor	1724	FID	+17B	−5N	+54B	−14N	+57B	=52N	−34B	=30N	4.0	28.0	30.0	12.25	1693	-20.4
28	Beslaneeva, Damira	1626	RUS	−8B	−35N	+69B	+49N	+37B	−5N	−17B	+67N	4.0	27.0	27.0	7.50	1581	-14.4
29	Usoltseva, Varvara Kir	1689	RUS	+70N	−45B	+42N	−15B	+47N	−19B	+56B	−16N	4.0	25.5	25.5	8.00	1705	+0.8
30	Shabanova, Mariya	1487	FID	=12B	−63N	−43N	+68B	=48N	+56N	=23B	=27B	4.0	23.0	24.0	11.25	1684	+72.0
31	Aslanbekov, Guseyn	1611	RUS	−7N	+70B	−22N	+21B	=16B	=23N	=37B	−24N	3.5	32.0	32.0	11.00	1682	+9.6
32	Musagitov, Marat	1578	RUS	=63B	−14N	F	+38N	+23B	−22B	−10N	+33B	3.5	31.0	32.5	12.25	1814	+40.2
33	Terekhov, Andrey	1813	RUS	+65B	+54N	=6B	−11N	−20B	+39N	−13B	−32N	3.5	30.0	31.5	10.50	1655	-33.8
34	Khomitskiy, Pavel	1646	RUS	−41N	+68B	F	−12N	+43B	=10B	+27N	−9B	3.5	29.0	30.0	10.75	1775	+22.0
35	Bezrukov, Gleb	0	RUS	−10N	+28B	+55N	−22B	−13N	=54B	−21N	+61B	3.5	28.5	30.0	9.25	1623	0.0
36	Netaev, Aleksey Sav	1799	RUS	F	F	+50B	=25N	+51B	+20N	−1B	−8N	3.5	26.5	26.5	12.00	1801	+2.8
37	Chapygin, Sergey	1719	RUS	+48N	−41B	=52N	=18B	−28N	+47B	=31N	−21B	3.5	25.5	28.0	11.25	1617	-22.8
38	Bezusov, Pavel	1848	RUS	+47N	=18B	−23N	−32B	−42N	+58B	F	+39N	3.5	24.5	26.5	10.75	1583	-43.6
39	Korepanov, Evgeniy	1657	RUS	−46N	+44B	−15N	=42B	+59N	−33B	+43N	−38B	3.5	24.0	26.0	9.50	1700	+5.6
40	Kurlanov, Lev	1674	RUS	−6B	+53N	−12B	+65N	=17B	+51N	F	F	3.5	22.0	22.0	8.75	1703	+8.4
41	Kolmakov, Pavel	2001	RUS	+34B	+37N	−3B	+16N	−12B	−13N	F	−10B	3.0	33.5	36.5	12.00	1667	-57.0
42	Yunker, German	1444	FID	+64B	−9N	−29B	=39N	+38B	−16N	−24B	=43N	3.0	29.0	30.5	8.25	1682	+76.8
43	Maslov, Andrey	1927	RUS	−18N	F	+30B	+54B	−34N	=17N	−39B	=42B	3.0	25.5	25.5	10.25	1537	-63.2
44	Zaremba, Stanislav	1515	RUS	−3B	−39N	+67N	+62B	−26N	=21B	=55N	−48B	3.0	25.0	26.0	6.00	1516	-0.8
45	Galkin, Vladimir	1928	RUS	+50B	+29N	+5B	−1N	−14B	F	F	F	3.0	25.0	25.0	13.00	1955	+5.4
46	Alyabyev, Boris	2040	RUS	+39B	−20N	F	F	−50B	+64N	+54N	−26B	3.0	22.5	22.5	7.50	1682	-94.0
47	Zontova, Olga	1599	RUS	−38B	+64N	−16B	+66N	−29B	−37N	−60B	+56N	3.0	21.5	22.5	4.50	1643	+7.6
48	Todortseva, Anna Ser	1413	RUS	−37B	−57N	+56N	=55B	=30B	−50N	F	+44N	3.0	20.0	21.5	8.25	1572	+48.8
49	Shaginyan, Mikhail	0	RUS	−21N	+56B	−10N	−28B	+62N	+57N	F	F	3.0	19.5	19.5	5.50	1664	0.0
50	Tereschenko, Kirill	1626	RUS	−45N	+69B	−36N	−52B	+46N	+48B	F	F	3.0	18.0	18.0	6.00	1693	+5.4
51	Ilinskiy, Yuriy Dm	1597	RUS	=9N	+55B	−11N	+60B	−36N	−40B	F	F	2.5	25.5	25.5	7.25	1723	+36.8
52	Jafarova, Shahane	1647	AZE	F	F	=37B	+50N	=19N	=27B	−20B	−23N	2.5	24.0	24.0	9.00	1708	+13.6
53	Darjin, Nikolay	1505	RUS	−11N	−40B	−13N	+70N	−24B	=62B	+58N	F	2.5	24.0	24.0	2.75	1499	-3.4
54	Tolstygin, Kirill	1603	RUS	+24B	−33B	−27N	−43N	=60B	=35N	−46B	=65N	2.5	23.5	25.0	8.00	1660	+5.2
55	Ljamin, Vladimir	1754	RUS	=61B	−51N	−35B	=48N	+65B	−25N	=44B	F	2.5	20.0	21.5	5.25	1463	-44.8
56	Prakhov, Nikolay	1632	RUS	−1B	−49N	−48B	+61N	+67N	−30B	−29N	−47B	2.0	25.5	26.5	2.50	1335	-45.0
57	Kuznetsov, Fedor N.	1628	RUS	−2N	+48B	+60N	−7B	−27N	−49B	F	F	2.0	24.5	24.5	5.00	1699	+7.2
58	Kashirsky, Eugeny D.	1438	RUS	F	=12N	−26B	−13B	=64N	−38N	−53B	+62N	2.0	23.0	23.0	4.75	1544	+13.0
59	Vasiliev, Evgeniy	1432	RUS	=23N	+67B	F	F	−39B	=60N	F	F	2.0	12.5	12.5	4.25	1613	+22.0
60	Strovskiy, MikhailCM	1825	TOG	F	F	−57B	−51N	=54N	=59B	+47N	F	2.0	12.0	12.0	5.25	1500	-40.6
61	Shein, Andrey	1470	RUS	=55N	−23B	−25N	−56B	F	−24N	+62B	−35N	1.5	22.5	22.5	2.75	1519	+9.2
62	Kozlov, Valery Ger	1683	RUS	−19N	+65B	−14B	−44N	−49B	=53N	−61N	−58B	1.5	21.5	23.0	2.75	1423	-48.4
63	Arkhipov, Jury	1831	RUS	=32N	+30B	F	−4B	−18N	F	F	F	1.5	20.0	20.0	5.75	1550	-56.8
64	Makarov, Daniil	1740	RUS	−42N	−47B	−68N	+69N	=58B	−46B	F	F	1.5	15.0	15.0	1.00	1226	-115.6
65	Dozorov, Mikhail	1521	RUS	−33N	−62N	+70B	−40B	−55N	−67B	F	=54B	1.5	14.5	14.5	1.25	1339	-16.8
66	Pylaev, Evgenij	1685	RUS	+14B	−4B	−19N	−47B	F	F	F	F	1.0	18.5	18.5	5.00	1705	-1.4
67	Borisov, Artem	0	RUS	−26N	−59N	−44B	F	−56B	+65N	F	−28B	1.0	18.5	18.5	1.50	1295	-36.4
68	Mirzoev, Dzhuma	1430	RUS	−20B	−34N	+64B	−30N	−21N	F	F	F	1.0	18.0	18.0	1.50	1423	-2.6
69	Gnedov, Vladislav	0	RUS	−16B	−50N	−28N	−64B	F	F	F	F	0.0	15.0	15.0	0.00	873	0.0
70	Ivanova, Ekaterina	0	RUS	−29B	−31N	−65N	−53B	F	F	F	F	0.0	12.5	12.5	0.00	790	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Prutkovskiy, Stepan GRUS
+128.8
4.5 pts · #14
2Urivskiy, Arseniy A.RUS
+111.6
6.0 pts · #3
3Bagdasaryan, ArtemRUS
+86.0
6.0 pts · #6

Top rating losers

1Makarov, DaniilRUS
-115.6
1.5 pts · #67
2Alyabyev, BorisRUS
-94.0
3.0 pts · #43
3Maslov, AndreyRUS
-63.2
3.0 pts · #41

Biggest upsets

R5+414 Elo gap
Tereschenko, Kirill1626 beat Alyabyev, Boris2040
R5+404 Elo gap
Yunker, German1444 beat Bezusov, Pavel1848
R1+396 Elo gap
Pylaev, Evgenij1685 beat CMEgorov, Konstantin2081