Petersburg Summer 2025 B15

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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

Federations · 2 represented

🇷🇺Russia×33

FIDE (no federation)×2

Top 3

🥇
Evgeny Agafonov
🇷🇺RUS·1589
7.5pts·1909perf+108.8
🥈
Vladimir Yakubovich
🇷🇺RUS
7.0pts·1621perf0.0
🥉
Artyom Vereteshkin
🇷🇺RUS·1593
6.0pts·1661perf+27.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Evgeny 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

Agafonov7.5Yakubovich7Simashkov6Karimov6Vereteshkin6Smyalkovskij6

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
+108.8
7.5 pts · #1
2Sobolev, GeorgiiRUS
+78.0
5.5 pts · #10
3Garres, IaroslavRUS
+48.0
4.0 pts · #16

Top rating losers

1Polevoy, YusufFID
-87.6
4.5 pts · #13
2Malyshev, Kirill Ign.RUS
-46.8
3.0 pts · #30
3Kerashvili, Emil GenRUS
-46.4
4.5 pts · #6

Biggest upsets

R5+245 Elo gap
Garres, Iaroslav1435 beat Smyalkovskij, Georgy1680
R8+220 Elo gap
Goroschenya, Maksim A1483 beat Polevoy, Yusuf1703
R2+179 Elo gap
Nekrasov, Fedor And1524 beat Polevoy, Yusuf1703