VPHS_NOVOTEL CHESS 2025 August STANDARD-A
Open SwissStandard
17 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 30 Aug 2025 to 31 Aug 2025 in Moscow, Russia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1507, and top seed was Matvey Lyakhin (🇷🇺 RUS, 1642).
Elizaveta Aleks Fedina (🇷🇺 RUS, 1495) won with 5.0/7, ahead of Mikhail Akimov (5.0) and Sergey Grishin (5.0). Fedina shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.
Location
🇷🇺Moscow, Russia
Dates
30 Aug 2025 → 31 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 30 Min. Del. 30 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Federations · 2 represented
🇷🇺Russia×15
FIDE (no federation)×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R4; 3 players tied at 5.0/7, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R4 · LEADER CHANGE31 Aug
Mikhail Akimov takes the sole lead (3.5/4).
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
3 players finish on 5.0/7. Fedina takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (26.0).
R2–R4 · WIN STREAK
Sergey Grishin won 3 in a row (R2–R4).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mikhail Akimov | * | — | ½ | 1 |
| 2Sergey Grishin | — | * | 0 | 1 |
| 3Elizaveta Aleks Fedina | ½ | 1 | * | 0 |
| 4Matvey Lyakhin | 0 | 0 | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fedina, Elizaveta Aleks | 1495 | RUS | +17B | −4N | +5B | =7N | +3N | +8B | =2B | 5.0 | 26.0 | 26.5 | 17.50 | 1576 | +17.6 |
| 2 | Akimov, Mikhail | 1579 | RUS | +12B | +16N | =7B | +4N | +8N | −6B | =1N | 5.0 | 23.5 | 25.0 | 16.00 | 1639 | +18.4 |
| 3 | Grishin, Sergey | 1556 | RUS | −10B | +5N | +14B | +11N | −1B | +4N | +7B | 5.0 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 17.50 | 1735 | +36.8 |
| 4 | Lyakhin, Matvey | 1642 | RUS | +13N | +1B | +10N | −2B | +7N | −3B | =6N | 4.5 | 26.0 | 28.0 | 15.75 | 1580 | -18.4 |
| 5 | Kheifets, Alexander Mikh | 0 | RUS | +9N | −3B | −1N | +13B | =10B | +15N | +11B | 4.5 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 10.75 | 1479 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Tutykhin, Erkin Val | 1561 | RUS | +8N | −10B | =13N | =17B | +14B | +2N | =4B | 4.5 | 19.0 | 19.5 | 13.50 | 1730 | +35.2 |
| 7 | Eremin, Vladimir | 1524 | RUS | +15N | +11B | =2N | =1B | −4B | +10N | −3N | 4.0 | 24.5 | 26.5 | 12.00 | 1376 | -30.4 |
| 8 | Batiraliev, Timur | 0 | RUS | −6B | +9B | +15N | +10N | −2B | −1N | F | 3.0 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 7.50 | 1327 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Chekanov, Amir Mar | 1429 | FID | −5B | −8N | +12B | −14N | +17N | +13B | F | 3.0 | 15.5 | 16.0 | 5.00 | 1571 | +20.4 |
| 10 | Grishina, Anastasiya | 0 | RUS | +3N | +6N | −4B | −8B | =5N | −7B | −12N | 2.5 | 25.5 | 28.0 | 11.75 | 1468 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Khejfets, Dmitry | 0 | RUS | F | −7N | +16B | −3B | =13N | +12B | −5N | 2.5 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 5.00 | 1473 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Dosse-Ushakova, Elizaveta | 1415 | RUS | −2N | =15B | −9N | F | +16B | −11N | +10B | 2.5 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 5.00 | 1365 | -7.6 |
| 13 | Bryzgunov, Roman Mik | 1424 | RUS | −4B | +17N | =6B | −5N | =11B | −9N | F | 2.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 4.00 | 1276 | -10.2 |
| 14 | Khasanov, Rustam M | 0 | RUS | −16B | F | −3N | +9B | −6N | +17B | F | 2.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 3.50 | 1309 | -40.0 |
| 15 | Zharkaya, Darya | 0 | RUS | −7B | =12N | −8B | =16N | F | −5B | +17N | 2.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 2.50 | 1337 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Makhova, Anna Al | 1448 | RUS | +14N | −2B | −11N | =15B | −12N | F | F | 1.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 3.00 | 1374 | -11.6 |
| 17 | FIDE 540056805 | 0 | — | −1N | −13B | F | =6N | −9B | −14N | −15B | 0.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 2.25 | 1119 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Grishin, SergeyRUS+36.85.0 pts · #3
- 2Tutykhin, Erkin ValRUS+35.24.5 pts · #4
- 3Chekanov, Amir MarFID+20.43.0 pts · #7
Top rating losers
- 1Khasanov, Rustam MRUS-40.02.0 pts · #12
- 2Eremin, VladimirRUS-30.44.0 pts · #10
- 3Lyakhin, MatveyRUS-18.44.5 pts · #2