VPHS_CHESS PLAZA 2025 September STANDARD-A
14 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 13 Sept 2025 to 14 Sept 2025 in Moscow, Russia. Top 10 Elo average was 900, and top seed was Ivan Cherepashkin (🇷🇺 RUS, 1657).
Elizaveta Madorskaya (🇷🇺 RUS, 1454) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Ilya Repnikov (5.5) and Ivan Cherepashkin (4.5). Madorskaya shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 7: Elizaveta Madorskaya (1454) beat Ivan Cherepashkin (1657), a +203-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R7; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz.
Ilya Repnikov takes the sole lead (3.5/4).
2 players finish on 5.5/7. Madorskaya takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (24.0).
Elizaveta Madorskaya beat Ilya Repnikov (Black).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Elizaveta Madorskaya | * | 1 | 1 | — |
| 2Ilya Repnikov | 0 | * | — | 1 |
| 3Ivan Cherepashkin | 0 | — | * | ½ |
| 4Egor Khristich | — | 0 | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madorskaya, Elizaveta | 1454 | RUS | −9N | +14B | =7N | +10B | +6N | +2N | +3B | 5.5 | 24.0 | 24.5 | 19.25 | 1726 | +56.4 |
| 2 | Repnikov, Ilya | 1469 | RUS | =14N | +12B | +8N | +6B | +4N | −1B | +7N | 5.5 | 22.0 | 22.5 | 16.75 | 1522 | +5.6 |
| 3 | Cherepashkin, Ivan | 1657 | RUS | +5N | =9B | =6N | =4N | +7B | +8B | −1N | 4.5 | 24.0 | 27.5 | 16.50 | 1361 | -23.0 |
| 4 | Khristich, Egor | 0 | RUS | +10N | =8B | +9N | =3B | −2B | +11N | F | 4.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 14.50 | 1510 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Babkin, Mikhail | 0 | RUS | −3B | −7N | +14N | +12B | =8N | =6B | +13N | 4.0 | 18.0 | 18.5 | 7.00 | 1430 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Korolev, Matvey | 1588 | RUS | +7B | +11N | =3B | −2N | −1B | =5N | =10B | 3.5 | 26.5 | 30.0 | 13.00 | 1413 | -19.4 |
| 7 | Sapelkin, Denis | 0 | RUS | −6N | +5B | =1B | +9N | −3N | +12B | −2B | 3.5 | 26.5 | 28.5 | 12.25 | 1368 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Nigmatulina, Sofia | 0 | RUS | +13B | =4N | −2B | +11N | =5B | −3N | =9B | 3.5 | 25.0 | 26.0 | 10.25 | 1403 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Rozhkov, Andrey | 1416 | RUS | +1B | =3N | −4B | −7B | =10N | +13B | =8N | 3.5 | 24.5 | 25.5 | 12.25 | 1749 | +17.0 |
| 10 | Khanyutin, Mark | 0 | RUS | −4B | +13N | =11B | −1N | =9B | +14N | =6N | 3.5 | 21.0 | 21.5 | 6.75 | 1382 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Sivushkov, Egor | 1415 | RUS | +12N | −6B | =10N | −8B | +13N | −4B | +14N | 3.5 | 17.5 | 18.0 | 5.25 | 789 | -11.2 |
| 12 | Volkov, Valery Pav | 0 | RUS | −11B | −2N | +13B | −5N | +14B | −7N | F | 2.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 1.50 | 644 | 0.0 |
| 13 | FIDE 540076610 | 0 | — | −8N | −10B | −12N | +14B | −11B | −9N | −5B | 1.0 | 20.0 | 20.5 | 0.50 | 617 | 0.0 |
| 14 | FIDE 522058443 | 0 | — | =2B | −1N | −5B | −13N | −12N | −10B | −11B | 0.5 | 24.0 | 25.0 | 2.75 | 1174 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Madorskaya, ElizavetaRUS+56.45.5 pts · #1
- 2Rozhkov, AndreyRUS+17.03.5 pts · #7
- 3Repnikov, IlyaRUS+5.65.5 pts · #9
- 1Cherepashkin, IvanRUS-23.04.5 pts · #8
- 2Korolev, MatveyRUS-19.43.5 pts · #4
- 3Sivushkov, EgorRUS-11.23.5 pts · #12
- R7+203 Elo gap
- R5+134 Elo gap
- R4+119 Elo gap