International OPEN Tournament "Cup of Hope - 2025"

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60 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 25 Aug 2025 to 30 Aug 2025 in Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia. 2 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2077, and top seed was Dmitry V Ospennikov (🇷🇺 RUS, FM, 2207).

Nikita Konstantinov (🇷🇺 RUS, 2127) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Nikita Nagornov (7.0) and Dmitry V Ospennikov (6.5). Konstantinov won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Ivan Chernov (1756) beat Nikita Konstantinov (2127), a +371-point gap.

Location

🇷🇺Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia

Dates

25 Aug 2025 → 30 Aug 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇺FMDmitry V Ospennikov2207

Avg top 10

2,077

Participants

Titled players · 2

FM×1

WCM×1

Federations · 3 represented

🇷🇺Russia×52

FIDE (no federation)×2

🇲🇩Moldova×1

Top 3

🥇
Nikita Konstantinov
🇷🇺RUS·2127
7.0pts·2121perf+4.0
🥈
Nikita Nagornov
🇷🇺RUS·2174
7.0pts·2256perf+28.0
🥉
FMDmitry V Ospennikov
🇷🇺RUS·2207
6.5pts·2101perf-14.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Nagornov7Konstantinov7Ospennikov6.5Vadeev6.5Surikov6Uruev6

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.0/9. Konstantinov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (43.5).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Nikita Nagornov 3 wins (R2–R4)FM Dmitry V Ospennikov 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Nikita Nagornov	*	—	½	½
2Nikita Konstantinov	—	*	1	—
3FMDmitry V Ospennikov	½	0	*	—
4Timofey Vadeev	½	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Konstantinov, Nikita	2127	RUS	+33B	−20N	+24B	+12N	=6B	+21N	+29B	=5N	+3N	7.0	43.5	48.0	37.00	2121	+4.0
2	Nagornov, Nikita	2174	RUS	F	+48B	+25N	+35B	=4N	+30B	+14N	=3B	+5N	7.0	41.0	43.5	34.50	2256	+28.0
3	Ospennikov, Dmitry VFM	2207	RUS	+24B	+43N	+12B	+20N	=8B	+19N	=5B	=2N	−1B	6.5	46.5	50.0	33.50	2101	-14.6
4	Vadeev, Timofey	1915	RUS	+49B	=19N	+11B	+34N	=2B	=29N	=6B	=7N	+15B	6.5	44.0	47.0	32.75	2027	+56.8
5	Pukhov, Ivan	2082	RUS	+18B	−21N	+51B	+16N	+20B	+8N	=3N	=1B	−2B	6.0	47.5	50.0	31.25	2059	-2.0
6	Markelov, Aleksey	2015	RUS	+46N	+9B	=22N	=29B	=1N	+34B	=4N	=8B	=7B	6.0	45.0	48.0	30.50	1993	-2.8
7	Shinkarov, Artem	2041	RUS	+32B	+15N	−20B	+45N	F	+26B	+22N	=4B	=6N	6.0	42.0	45.0	29.25	2021	-1.2
8	Kleschev, Semen	1904	RUS	+45B	+51N	=13B	+21N	=3N	−5B	=19B	=6N	+20B	6.0	42.0	44.5	27.00	2030	+51.2
9	Neukrytykh, Maxim	1854	RUS	+54B	−6N	+36B	+28N	=34B	=13N	=12B	=19N	+23B	6.0	40.0	42.5	26.50	1964	+47.2
10	Surikov, Alexey	2076	RUS	F	+42N	+33B	=15N	−21B	+27B	+24N	=20N	+19B	6.0	39.0	43.0	28.75	1956	-32.8
11	Uruev, Nikita	1894	RUS	+48N	=29B	−4N	+38B	=17N	=51B	=34N	+25B	+26N	6.0	37.5	40.0	25.25	1853	-14.4
12	Bagautdinov, Ilgiz	1903	RUS	+37N	+27B	−3N	−1B	+46N	+17B	=9N	=16B	=29N	5.5	44.0	47.0	25.50	1902	+1.0
13	Pristalov, Evgeny	2112	RUS	+25N	+35B	=8N	−22B	+43N	=9B	=16N	=29B	=17N	5.5	41.5	45.0	26.25	1888	-43.0
14	Pyatnitsyn, Matvey A	1850	RUS	+31N	=26B	−29N	+27B	+55N	+22B	−2B	−15N	+21B	5.5	41.5	44.0	24.50	1901	+27.6
15	Stancev, Semion	1940	MDA	+60N	−7B	+31N	=10B	−30N	+43B	+35N	+14B	−4N	5.5	40.5	40.5	20.50	1910	-5.6
16	Chelyadinov, Nikolay	1835	RUS	+39N	−34B	+46N	−5B	+31N	+25B	=13B	=12N	=18B	5.5	40.0	43.0	24.75	1846	+8.8
17	Kozlov, Kirill Dm.	1685	RUS	+44N	−30B	+37N	=23B	=11B	−12N	+49B	+28N	=13B	5.5	39.0	42.0	23.75	1921	+93.6
18	Romanenko, Semen O.	1770	RUS	−5N	+52B	=23N	−43N	+47B	+55B	+30N	=22B	=16N	5.5	35.0	37.5	20.25	1889	+50.8
19	Geyko, Pavel	1672	RUS	+57N	=4B	+26N	+30B	=22N	−3B	=8N	=9B	−10N	5.0	45.5	47.5	23.25	1938	+99.6
20	Chernov, Ivan	1756	RUS	+52N	+1B	+7N	−3B	−5N	=23B	+51N	=10B	−8N	5.0	45.0	47.5	23.50	2015	+95.6
21	Goryacheva, Svetlana	1837	RUS	+58N	+5B	=30N	−8B	+10N	−1B	=23N	+37B	−14N	5.0	44.0	46.0	22.75	1950	+45.2
22	Galstyan, Alen	1908	RUS	+42B	+36N	=6B	+13N	=19B	−14N	−7B	=18N	=27B	5.0	42.5	46.5	24.25	1855	-20.0
23	Yemelin, Arseny	1939	RUS	−36B	+41N	=18B	=17N	+32B	=20N	=21B	+24B	−9N	5.0	40.5	44.5	24.00	1767	-37.8
24	Oros-chyuri, Oleg	1709	RUS	−3N	+39B	−1N	+37B	+41N	+35B	−10B	−23N	+36B	5.0	40.5	44.5	20.00	1879	+33.6
25	Ozerov, Yaroslav Mikh	1721	RUS	−13B	+54N	−2B	+56N	+28B	−16N	+31B	−11N	+40B	5.0	40.0	42.5	18.50	1785	+12.0
26	Boletsky, Evgeny	1848	RUS	+40B	=14N	−19B	=49N	+45B	−7N	+36B	+34N	−11B	5.0	37.5	40.5	19.25	1714	-25.0
27	Buldakov, Ivan	1620	RUS	+50B	−12N	=47B	−14N	+38B	−10N	+43B	+51N	=22N	5.0	35.5	38.0	17.00	1789	+64.0
28	Dronov, Ivan And	1999	RUS	+38N	+55B	−34N	−9B	−25N	+45B	+46N	−17B	+47N	5.0	33.5	36.0	15.50	1698	-110.0
29	Kostin, Nikolay	1747	RUS	+59B	=11N	+14B	=6N	F	=4B	−1N	=13N	=12B	4.5	48.0	49.0	21.25	1974	+38.4
30	Zavivaeva, KristinaWCM	1922	FID	+47B	+17N	=21B	−19N	+15B	−2N	−18B	=38N	=32B	4.5	42.0	45.0	20.75	1760	-68.8
31	Chudik, Sergey	1499	RUS	−14B	+50N	−15B	+59N	−16B	+41N	−25N	=33B	+46N	4.5	36.0	37.0	13.25	1669	+48.0
32	Lemberg, Albert	1653	RUS	−7N	+58B	−35N	+53B	−23N	+48B	−37N	+39B	=30N	4.5	33.0	35.0	13.75	1686	+2.0
33	Zavivaev, Ilya	1836	RUS	−1N	+53B	−10N	−41B	=52N	=47B	+58N	=31N	+43B	4.5	33.0	35.0	13.00	1641	-29.6
34	Berezin, Igor Y	1690	RUS	F	+16N	+28B	−4B	=9N	−6N	=11B	−26B	+37N	4.0	46.0	50.0	20.50	1884	+38.6
35	Borsch, Alexander	1833	RUS	+41B	−13N	+32B	−2N	+36B	−24N	−15B	+49N	−38B	4.0	39.5	42.5	15.50	1735	-47.6
36	Merkulov, Andrey A.	1617	RUS	+23N	−22B	−9N	+40B	−35N	+39B	−26N	+45B	−24N	4.0	38.0	41.0	16.00	1641	+1.2
37	Borisov, Sergey N.	1703	RUS	−12B	+59N	−17B	−24N	+54B	+40N	+32B	−21N	−34B	4.0	36.0	37.0	12.00	1473	-33.4
38	Putin, Georgiy	1583	RUS	−28B	+40N	=43B	−11N	−27N	+52B	F	=30B	+35N	4.0	34.5	37.0	14.50	1710	+30.0
39	Migurkov, Semyon	1500	RUS	−16B	−24N	−40B	+50N	+59B	−36N	+42B	−32N	+49B	4.0	33.0	34.0	11.00	1542	+10.8
40	Kuzmin, Nikolay Yu.	0	RUS	−26N	−38B	+39N	−36N	+57B	−37B	+48N	+53B	−25N	4.0	31.5	33.5	11.50	1491	0.0
41	Plotnikov, Danil	1632	RUS	−35N	−23B	+60N	+33N	−24B	−31B	F	+52N	+48B	4.0	31.5	31.5	10.00	1607	-10.8
42	Mischenko, Anton	1597	RUS	−22N	−10B	+58N	−51B	+53N	−46B	−39N	+57B	+45N	4.0	28.0	30.0	9.50	965	-63.2
43	Galakhanova, Evelina	1758	RUS	+53N	−3B	=38N	+18B	−13B	−15N	−27N	+50B	−33N	3.5	39.5	42.0	13.00	1630	-49.6
44	FIDE 540039536	0	—	−17B	−45N	−56B	−58B	=50N	−57N	+60B	+59N	+53B	3.5	21.5	21.5	5.00	883	0.0
45	Vershinin, Vadim	0	RUS	−8N	+44B	+48N	−7B	−26N	−28N	+54B	−36N	−42B	3.0	36.5	39.0	9.00	1489	0.0
46	Zavivaeva, Angelina	1624	FID	−6B	+56N	−16B	+54N	−12B	+42N	−28B	−47N	−31B	3.0	36.0	38.5	9.00	1456	-56.4
47	Romanchenko, Olga	1484	RUS	−30N	+57B	=27N	−55B	−18N	=33N	F	+46B	−28B	3.0	34.0	36.0	9.75	1624	+29.6
48	Bugrov, Timofei	1576	RUS	−11B	−2N	−45B	+60N	+56B	−32N	−40B	+54N	−41N	3.0	33.5	33.5	5.00	989	-40.8
49	Katrechko, Mikhail	1579	RUS	−4N	+60B	=55N	=26B	−51N	+58B	−17N	−35B	−39N	3.0	32.0	32.0	5.75	1461	-35.2
50	Aseev, Gleb	0	RUS	−27N	−31B	−53N	−39B	=44B	+60N	+56B	−43N	=54B	3.0	28.0	28.0	5.50	794	0.0
51	Platonychev, Aleksandr	1791	RUS	F	−8B	−5N	+42N	+49B	=11N	−20B	−27B	F	2.5	42.0	42.0	10.00	1675	-23.2
52	Pavlenko, Pavel	0	RUS	−20B	−18N	−59B	+57N	=33B	−38N	=53N	−41B	=56B	2.5	30.0	31.0	6.75	1350	0.0
53	Shaplova, Mariya	0	RUS	−43B	−33N	+50B	−32N	−42B	+56N	=52B	−40N	−44N	2.5	29.5	32.0	6.75	913	0.0
54	Ovsyankin, Platon	0	RUS	−9N	−25B	+57N	−46B	−37N	+59B	−45N	−48B	=50N	2.5	29.0	30.0	4.50	894	0.0
55	Pastukhov, Konstantin	1820	RUS	+56B	−28N	=49B	+47N	−14B	−18N	F	F	F	2.5	28.5	28.5	7.00	1591	-29.4
56	FIDE 55747361	0	—	−55N	−46B	+44N	−25B	−48N	−53B	−50N	+60B	=52N	2.5	25.0	25.0	4.75	884	0.0
57	FIDE 522026118	0	—	−19B	−47N	−54B	−52B	−40N	+44B	F	−42N	+59N	2.0	25.5	26.5	4.50	793	0.0
58	Salyaev, Sergey	0	RUS	−21B	−32N	−42B	+44N	+60B	−49N	−33B	F	F	2.0	24.5	24.5	3.50	902	0.0
59	FIDE 540074323	0	—	−29N	−37B	+52N	−31B	−39N	−54N	F	−44B	−57B	1.0	27.5	29.5	2.50	812	0.0
60	FIDE 522089659	0	—	−15B	−49N	−41B	−48B	−58N	−50B	−44N	−56N	F	0.0	26.5	26.5	0.00	881	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Geyko, PavelRUS
+99.6
5.0 pts · #28
2Chernov, IvanRUS
+95.6
5.0 pts · #26
3Kozlov, Kirill Dm.RUS
+93.6
5.5 pts · #20

Top rating losers

1Dronov, Ivan AndRUS
-110.0
5.0 pts · #29
2Zavivaeva, KristinaWCMFID
-68.8
4.5 pts · #19
3Mischenko, AntonRUS
-63.2
4.0 pts · #58

Biggest upsets

R2+371 Elo gap
Chernov, Ivan1756 beat Konstantinov, Nikita2127
R1+322 Elo gap
Merkulov, Andrey A.1617 beat Yemelin, Arseny1939
R8+314 Elo gap
Kozlov, Kirill Dm.1685 beat Dronov, Ivan And1999