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VPHS_OPEN SOCHI SUMMER Standard-A August 2025

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14 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 21 Aug 2025 to 24 Aug 2025 in Sochi, Russia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1261, and top seed was Armen Topchaian (🇷🇺 RUS, 1651).

Nikita Slashchev ( FID, 1649) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Armen Topchaian (6.0) and Marja Popova (4.5). Slashchev won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

Location
🇷🇺Sochi, Russia
Dates
21 Aug 2025 → 24 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 50 Min. Del. 10 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇺Armen Topchaian1651
Avg top 10
1,261
Participants
14
Federations · 2 represented
🇷🇺Russia×11
FIDE (no federation)×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R3; 2 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
7
4
1
1
1
1
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
R3–R7 · LEAD HELD

Armen Topchaian held the sole lead from R3 through R7 without losing it.

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.0/7. Slashchev takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (26.5).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Armen Topchaian drew with Nikita Slashchev (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Slashchev, Nikita1649FID+11B+7N=3B=2N+4B+6N+5B6.026.529.023.751794+27.6
2Topchaian, Armen1651RUS+9N+10B+4N=1B+3N+5B=7N6.026.029.024.251947+61.2
3Popova, Marja1617RUS+14N+6B=1N=4B2B+10N=9N4.527.027.014.001638+7.6
4Musikhin, Aleksandr1603RUS+12B+8N2B=3N1N+7B+10B4.526.527.513.251598+3.6
5Georgiyan, Georgiy0RUS8B+12N+11B+13N+10B2N1N4.022.023.07.5013990.0
6Klimov, Aleksey1546RUS+13B3N+8B10N+12B1B+11N4.020.521.58.001391-16.0
7Derevyannyh, Danila0RUS10B1B+14N+11N+8B4N=2B3.525.525.59.0014420.0
8Sarkisyan, Artur1489RUS+5N4B6N+9B7N=11B+12N3.522.023.09.751410-12.4
9Badalov, David1480RUS2B11N+12B8N+13B+14N=3B3.518.518.54.251314-22.4
10Bulatova, Zlata1570RUS+7N2N+13B+6B5N3B4N3.026.527.58.501408-33.2
11Zemlemerov, Dmitrii0RUS1N+9B5N7B+14N=8N6B2.524.524.55.2514550.0
12Rakova, Marina0RUS4N5B9N+14B6NF8B1.019.519.50.007240.0
13FIDE 52206282306N+14B10N5B9NFF1.014.514.50.007300.0
14FIDE 5580581703B13N7B12N11B9BF0.016.016.00.007470.0

Key insights

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