Hopes of Astrakhan 2025_B15
27 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 08 Aug 2025 to 12 Aug 2025 in Astrakhan, Russia. Top 10 Elo average was 1572, and top seed was Daniel Tomeev (🇷🇺 RUS, 1620).
Ivan Markov (🇷🇺 RUS, 1610) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Emil Akimov (7.0) and Dmitry Zolotukhin (6.5). Markov shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 9: Anna Seryakova (1451) beat Aleksey Iv Maksimov (1609), a +158-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R6; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Ivan Markov held the sole lead from R6 through R9 without losing it.
2 players finish on 7.0/9. Markov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (48.0).
Ivan Markov lost to Emil Akimov (White).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ivan Markov | * | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2Emil Akimov | 1 | * | — | 0 |
| 3Dmitry Zolotukhin | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Victor Belousov | 0 | 1 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Markov, Ivan | 1610 | RUS | +21B | +6N | +3B | =7N | =8B | +10N | +5B | +4N | −2B | 7.0 | 48.0 | 51.0 | 38.50 | 1679 | +26.4 |
| 2 | Akimov, Emil | 1541 | RUS | −19N | +23B | −4N | +24B | +16N | +11N | +14B | +7B | +1N | 7.0 | 38.0 | 40.0 | 30.50 | 1811 | +68.4 |
| 3 | Zolotukhin, Dmitry | 1542 | RUS | +17B | +22N | −1N | +21B | =7B | +9N | +8B | +11N | −5B | 6.5 | 41.5 | 44.0 | 28.25 | 1727 | +49.2 |
| 4 | Belousov, Victor | 1587 | RUS | +20B | =8N | +2B | =5N | =9B | =6N | +10B | −1B | +7N | 6.0 | 48.0 | 51.5 | 33.00 | 1636 | +20.0 |
| 5 | Narimanov, Muhammad-Ali | 0 | RUS | +23N | +19B | =13N | =4B | −10N | +21B | −1N | +16B | +3N | 6.0 | 40.0 | 42.5 | 24.75 | 1472 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Seryakova, Anna | 1451 | RUS | +27N | −1B | =16N | +25B | +13N | =4B | −7N | +15B | +9N | 6.0 | 38.5 | 40.0 | 22.50 | 1621 | +56.0 |
| 7 | Mukhtedinov, Roman | 1487 | RUS | +12B | +11N | +9B | =1B | =3N | =8N | +6B | −2N | −4B | 5.5 | 48.5 | 53.5 | 31.00 | 1609 | +55.2 |
| 8 | Netesa, Gleb | 1566 | RUS | +18N | =4B | +11N | +13B | =1N | =7B | −3N | −9B | +14B | 5.5 | 44.5 | 48.0 | 26.75 | 1608 | +19.6 |
| 9 | Maksimov, Aleksey Iv | 1609 | RUS | +15N | +10B | −7N | +14B | =4N | −3B | +13N | +8N | −6B | 5.5 | 44.0 | 48.5 | 27.50 | 1564 | -18.4 |
| 10 | Ziyoyev, Firuz | 1473 | RUS | +24B | −9N | +22B | +17N | +5B | −1B | −4N | =14N | +13B | 5.5 | 40.0 | 42.0 | 21.25 | 1425 | -13.2 |
| 11 | Tomeev, Daniel | 1620 | RUS | +25N | −7B | −8B | +12N | +18N | −2B | +21N | −3B | +16N | 5.0 | 40.0 | 41.5 | 17.00 | 1303 | -81.2 |
| 12 | Shinbekov, Amir Dam | 0 | RUS | −7N | +15B | −18N | −11B | +24N | −16B | +22N | +23B | +17N | 5.0 | 31.5 | 33.5 | 15.50 | 753 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Ilyin, Igor | 1510 | RUS | +16B | +14N | =5B | −8N | −6B | +17N | −9B | +20N | −10N | 4.5 | 41.0 | 44.5 | 19.00 | 1290 | -54.0 |
| 14 | Malyshev, Makar Pavlovich | 1555 | RUS | +26N | −13B | +19N | −9N | +17B | +22B | −2N | =10B | −8N | 4.5 | 38.0 | 39.5 | 14.25 | 1174 | -83.6 |
| 15 | Lopyrev, Konstantin Sergeevich | 0 | RUS | −9B | −12N | +20B | =26N | −23B | +27B | +18N | −6N | +25B | 4.5 | 29.0 | 30.5 | 10.75 | 1421 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Chernov, Roman | 0 | RUS | −13N | +26B | =6B | =22N | −2B | +12N | +25B | −5N | −11B | 4.0 | 37.5 | 39.0 | 12.25 | 1391 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Bondarenko, Mikhail | 0 | RUS | −3N | +18B | +25N | −10B | −14N | −13B | +24B | +21N | −12B | 4.0 | 34.5 | 36.0 | 10.00 | 1292 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Naurzbayev, Almas Oralbekuly | 0 | RUS | −8B | −17N | +12B | +27N | −11B | =23N | −15B | F | +19N | 3.5 | 31.5 | 31.5 | 11.25 | 792 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Islamgaziev, Ilgam | 0 | RUS | +2B | −5N | −14B | =20N | −22B | −24N | +26B | +25N | −18B | 3.5 | 30.5 | 32.0 | 11.75 | 1578 | 0.0 |
| 20 | FIDE 34497315 | 0 | — | −4N | −25B | −15N | =19B | F | +26N | +23B | −13B | +22N | 3.5 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 8.25 | 758 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Kaliev, Azamat | 0 | RUS | −1N | +27B | +24N | −3N | +26B | −5N | −11B | −17B | F | 3.0 | 33.5 | 33.5 | 5.00 | 791 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Izmailov, Ilnur | 0 | RUS | F | −3B | −10N | =16B | +19N | −14N | −12B | +27N | −20B | 2.5 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 7.00 | 723 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Bulatov, Iskander | 0 | RUS | −5B | −2N | −27B | F | +15N | =18B | −20N | −12N | +26B | 2.5 | 32.5 | 32.5 | 7.75 | 741 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Kunitsyn, Yaroslav | 0 | RUS | −10N | F | −21B | −2N | −12B | +19B | −17N | −26N | +27B | 2.0 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 5.00 | 707 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Konyaev, Maksime | 1579 | RUS | −11B | +20N | −17B | −6N | =27B | F | −16N | −19B | −15N | 1.5 | 32.0 | 32.0 | 4.25 | 735 | -44.4 |
| 26 | Alimov, Demid R | 0 | RUS | −14B | −16N | F | =15B | −21N | −20B | −19N | +24B | −23N | 1.5 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 4.25 | 753 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 55797490 | 0 | — | −6B | −21N | +23N | −18B | =25N | −15N | F | −22B | −24N | 1.5 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 3.25 | 1322 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Akimov, EmilRUS+68.47.0 pts · #6
- 2Seryakova, AnnaRUS+56.06.0 pts · #7
- 3Mukhtedinov, RomanRUS+55.25.5 pts · #5
- 1Malyshev, Makar PavlovichRUS-83.64.5 pts · #17
- 2Tomeev, DanielRUS-81.25.0 pts · #15
- 3Ilyin, IgorRUS-54.04.5 pts · #14
- R9+158 Elo gap
- R2+133 Elo gap
- R4+128 Elo gap