Petersburg Summer 2025 B15
Open SwissStandard
36 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 22 Aug 2025 to 28 Aug 2025 in St. Petersburg, Russia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1611, and top seed was Dmitry E Glushkov (🇷🇺 RUS, 1943).
Evgeny Agafonov (🇷🇺 RUS, 1589) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Vladimir Yakubovich (7.0) and Artyom Vereteshkin (6.0). Agafonov shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 5.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Iaroslav Garres (1435) beat Georgy Smyalkovskij (1680), a +245-point gap.
Location
🇷🇺St. Petersburg, Russia
Dates
22 Aug 2025 → 28 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Avg top 10
1,611
Participants
36
Federations · 2 represented
🇷🇺Russia×33
FIDE (no federation)×2
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsEvgeny Agafonov led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Co-leaders
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4
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R5–R9 · LEAD HELD
Evgeny Agafonov held the sole lead from R5 through R9 without losing it.
R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Evgeny Agafonov drew with Vladimir Yakubovich (White).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Evgeny Agafonov 4 wins (R4–R7)Andrey Al Simashkov 3 wins (R3–R5)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Evgeny Agafonov | * | ½ | — | ½ |
| 2Vladimir Yakubovich | ½ | * | 1 | ½ |
| 3Andrey Al Simashkov | — | 0 | * | — |
| 4Timur Len Karimov | ½ | ½ | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agafonov, Evgeny | 1589 | RUS | +23B | +18N | =2B | +8B | +14N | +3N | +4B | =5B | =7N | 7.5 | 45.5 | 49.0 | 39.50 | 1909 | +108.8 |
| 2 | Yakubovich, Vladimir | 0 | RUS | +16N | +22B | =1N | +13B | =3B | =4N | +6N | +10B | =5N | 7.0 | 46.5 | 50.5 | 37.75 | 1621 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Vereteshkin, Artyom | 1593 | RUS | +12N | +30B | +20N | =14B | =2N | −1B | +11N | =6B | =4N | 6.0 | 46.5 | 49.5 | 30.25 | 1661 | +27.6 |
| 4 | Zaytsev, Denis Ig | 1569 | RUS | −15N | +25B | +12N | +30B | +5N | =2B | −1N | +14B | =3B | 6.0 | 44.5 | 47.5 | 29.00 | 1646 | +28.0 |
| 5 | Karimov, Timur Len | 1548 | RUS | +25N | +15B | −14N | +11B | −4B | +23N | +9B | =1N | =2B | 6.0 | 44.0 | 47.5 | 29.75 | 1657 | +42.8 |
| 6 | Simashkov, Andrey Al | 1573 | RUS | +27N | −14B | +29N | +22B | +8N | =9N | −2B | =3N | +18B | 6.0 | 40.5 | 43.5 | 26.25 | 1695 | +47.2 |
| 7 | Smyalkovskij, Georgy | 1680 | RUS | =29N | =32B | =10N | +15B | −22N | +16B | +19N | +8B | =1B | 6.0 | 39.0 | 42.0 | 28.50 | 1561 | -40.8 |
| 8 | Kulakov, Igor | 1530 | RUS | +33B | +26N | +9B | −1N | −6B | +14B | =10N | −7N | +16B | 5.5 | 43.0 | 46.0 | 23.75 | 1593 | +29.2 |
| 9 | Nekrasov, Fedor And | 1524 | RUS | +36B | +17N | −8N | +20B | =13N | =6B | −5N | +22B | =11N | 5.5 | 41.0 | 41.0 | 21.25 | 1586 | +28.0 |
| 10 | Sobolev, Georgii | 1442 | RUS | =13N | =29B | =7B | +16N | =19B | +30N | =8B | −2N | +15N | 5.5 | 40.0 | 43.0 | 24.00 | 1687 | +78.0 |
| 11 | Goroschenya, Maksim A | 1483 | RUS | −14N | +27B | +35B | −5N | +24B | +13N | −3B | +17N | =9B | 5.5 | 38.5 | 40.0 | 20.75 | 1546 | +18.4 |
| 12 | Lukin, Daniil | 0 | RUS | −3B | +36N | −4B | +31N | −16B | +24N | =13B | +20B | +19N | 5.5 | 37.0 | 37.0 | 18.00 | 1472 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Goyunli, Artem | 1575 | RUS | =10B | +31N | +17B | −2N | =9B | −11B | =12N | =15B | +22N | 5.0 | 42.0 | 45.0 | 22.00 | 1588 | +4.8 |
| 14 | Kerashvili, Emil Gen | 1673 | RUS | +11B | +6N | +5B | =3N | −1B | −8N | =15B | −4N | =17B | 4.5 | 47.0 | 51.5 | 25.00 | 1576 | -46.4 |
| 15 | Nekrasov, Ivan And | 1602 | RUS | +4B | −5N | +18B | −7N | =17B | +21B | =14N | =13N | −10B | 4.5 | 42.0 | 46.5 | 22.00 | 1549 | -23.2 |
| 16 | Kuznetsov, Aleksandr | 0 | RUS | −2B | =34N | +33B | −10B | +12N | −7N | +27B | +31N | −8N | 4.5 | 39.0 | 40.5 | 15.75 | 1366 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Polevoy, Yusuf | 1703 | FID | +21N | −9B | −13N | +29B | =15N | +18B | =22N | −11B | =14N | 4.5 | 38.0 | 41.0 | 18.50 | 1495 | -87.6 |
| 18 | Eratkin, Stepan | 1545 | RUS | +24N | −1B | −15N | +27B | =21N | −17N | +26B | +23B | −6N | 4.5 | 37.5 | 41.0 | 16.25 | 1439 | -36.0 |
| 19 | Kobzar, Alexandr An. | 0 | RUS | −20N | =21B | +32N | +28B | =10N | =22B | −7B | +30N | −12B | 4.5 | 36.5 | 39.5 | 16.50 | 1516 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Mikhalev, Viacheslav | 1502 | RUS | +19B | +35N | −3B | −9N | −23B | =26N | +29B | −12N | +25B | 4.5 | 35.0 | 36.5 | 14.25 | 1348 | -41.6 |
| 21 | Chebotarev, Alexander | 0 | RUS | −17B | =19N | +34B | =26N | =18B | −15N | =31B | +29N | =30B | 4.5 | 30.5 | 32.0 | 13.75 | 1540 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Garres, Iaroslav | 1435 | RUS | +34B | −2N | +23B | −6N | +7B | =19N | =17B | −9N | −13B | 4.0 | 42.0 | 43.5 | 15.50 | 1568 | +48.0 |
| 23 | Babak, Ivan A | 1448 | RUS | −1N | +24B | −22N | +35B | +20N | −5B | =30B | −18N | F | 3.5 | 36.5 | 38.0 | 11.00 | 1334 | -34.0 |
| 24 | Mezenov, Aleksey | 0 | RUS | −18B | −23N | +25N | +32B | −11N | −12B | =35N | =27N | =28B | 3.5 | 32.5 | 34.0 | 10.75 | 1306 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Borisenko, Aleksei V | 0 | RUS | −5B | −4N | −24B | +34N | −31B | +33N | +32B | =28N | −20N | 3.5 | 32.5 | 34.0 | 9.25 | 1509 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Khasyanov, Ramin | 1463 | RUS | +32N | −8B | =28N | =21B | −30N | =20B | −18N | +35B | F | 3.5 | 32.0 | 33.5 | 10.75 | 1375 | -23.6 |
| 27 | Yakubov, Imran | 0 | FID | −6B | −11N | +36B | −18N | +33B | =31N | −16N | =24B | =34N | 3.5 | 31.5 | 31.5 | 7.00 | 1357 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Egorov, Iaroslav | 1419 | RUS | −31B | +33N | =26B | −19N | −29B | =32N | =34N | =25B | =24N | 3.5 | 27.0 | 28.5 | 10.50 | 1472 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Malyshev, Kirill Ign. | 1460 | RUS | =7B | =10N | −6B | −17N | +28N | +35B | −20N | −21B | −32N | 3.0 | 37.5 | 39.0 | 10.75 | 1295 | -46.8 |
| 30 | Smotrakov, Yurii | 1524 | RUS | F | −3N | +31B | −4N | +26B | −10B | =23N | −19B | =21N | 3.0 | 36.5 | 36.5 | 10.50 | 1353 | -46.0 |
| 31 | Nikolaenkov, Kirill | 0 | RUS | +28N | −13B | −30N | −12B | +25N | =27B | =21N | −16B | F | 3.0 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 11.00 | 751 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Shutkov, Maksim | 1512 | RUS | −26B | =7N | −19B | −24N | +36N | =28B | −25N | F | +29B | 3.0 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 7.75 | 1534 | +3.2 |
| 33 | Frolov, Kirill | 1449 | RUS | −8N | −28B | −16N | +36B | −27N | −25B | F | +34B | +35N | 3.0 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 3.00 | 1502 | +6.0 |
| 34 | Mamund, Arian | 1477 | RUS | −22N | =16B | −21N | −25B | −35N | F | =28B | −33N | =27B | 1.5 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 5.75 | 642 | -44.0 |
| 35 | FIDE 540070166 | 0 | — | F | −20B | −11N | −23N | +34B | −29N | =24B | −26N | −33B | 1.5 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 3.25 | 1159 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Syutkin, Ivan | 0 | RUS | −9N | −12B | −27N | −33N | −32B | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 0.00 | 695 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Agafonov, EvgenyRUS+108.87.5 pts · #1
- 2Sobolev, GeorgiiRUS+78.05.5 pts · #10
- 3Garres, IaroslavRUS+48.04.0 pts · #16
Top rating losers
- 1Polevoy, YusufFID-87.64.5 pts · #13
- 2Malyshev, Kirill Ign.RUS-46.83.0 pts · #30
- 3Kerashvili, Emil GenRUS-46.44.5 pts · #6
Biggest upsets
- R5+245 Elo gap
- R8+220 Elo gap
- R2+179 Elo gap