Rostovchessclub Championship - 2025
Open SwissStandard
31 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 01 Sept 2025 to 19 Sept 2025 in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1862, and top seed was Andrey Kryakvin (🇷🇺 RUS, 2049).
Andrey Kryakvin (🇷🇺 RUS, 2049) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Mikhail Korovtenko (6.5) and Alexey Demidov (6.0). Kryakvin shared the lead from round 5 and won solo starting round 6.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Anatoliy Beschetniy (1455) beat Eckhard Suliga (1648), a +193-point gap.
Location
🇷🇺Rostov-on-Don, Russia
Dates
01 Sept 2025 → 19 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Federations · 3 represented
🇷🇺Russia×28
FIDE (no federation)×1
🇩🇪Germany×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsAndrey Kryakvin led from R6; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.
Co-leaders
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R6 · LEADER CHANGE12 Sept
Andrey Kryakvin takes the sole lead (5.0/6).
R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Andrey Kryakvin beat Mikhail Korovtenko (White).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Andrey Kryakvin 5 wins (R5–R9)Vitaly Yermolenko 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Andrey Kryakvin | * | 1 | ½ | 1 |
| 2Mikhail Korovtenko | 0 | * | — | — |
| 3Vitaly Yermolenko | ½ | — | * | ½ |
| 4Alexey Demidov | 0 | — | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kryakvin, Andrey | 2049 | RUS | +19N | +9B | =7N | =5B | +6N | +3B | +2B | +4N | +8B | 8.0 | 46.0 | 50.0 | 44.25 | 2173 | +38.8 |
| 2 | Korovtenko, Mikhail | 1884 | RUS | =12B | +23N | +21B | =4N | =10B | +7B | −1N | +17N | +6B | 6.5 | 42.5 | 46.0 | 30.25 | 1898 | +8.8 |
| 3 | Demidov, Alexey | 1883 | RUS | +22N | =6B | +16N | +7B | =5N | −1N | =12B | +10B | =9N | 6.0 | 44.0 | 47.5 | 28.75 | 1880 | +4.0 |
| 4 | Popov, Evgeny | 1827 | RUS | +29B | =21N | +12B | =2B | −7N | +8N | +5B | −1B | +10N | 6.0 | 44.0 | 46.0 | 27.50 | 1887 | +17.6 |
| 5 | Yermolenko, Vitaly | 1872 | RUS | +13B | +25N | +10B | =1N | =3B | −9N | −4N | +16B | +21N | 6.0 | 42.0 | 45.0 | 27.00 | 1880 | +4.6 |
| 6 | Chigrik, Alexandr | 1801 | RUS | +26B | =3N | =8B | +29N | −1B | +13N | +21N | +9B | −2N | 6.0 | 41.0 | 43.0 | 23.00 | 1847 | +12.0 |
| 7 | Zakhozhai, Vladimir | 1827 | RUS | +18N | +11B | =1B | −3N | +4B | −2N | −8B | +12N | +13B | 5.5 | 45.5 | 49.5 | 28.00 | 1800 | -1.4 |
| 8 | Radchenko, Dmitry | 1846 | RUS | +17N | =16B | =6N | +15B | −9N | −4B | +7N | +14B | −1N | 5.0 | 43.5 | 47.5 | 23.50 | 1759 | -16.6 |
| 9 | Korovjakovsky, Dmitryi | 1804 | RUS | F | −1N | +13B | +25N | +8B | +5B | =10N | −6N | =3B | 5.0 | 43.5 | 43.5 | 24.00 | 1893 | +20.4 |
| 10 | Gulinsky, Vladimir | 1823 | RUS | +14N | +28B | −5N | +22B | =2N | +21B | =9B | −3N | −4B | 5.0 | 41.0 | 43.0 | 19.25 | 1718 | -18.4 |
| 11 | Kutovoi, Valery | 1642 | RUS | +20B | −7N | −29B | −14N | +30B | +26N | −17B | +18N | +16N | 5.0 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 14.50 | 1403 | -25.0 |
| 12 | Rastorguev, Artem | 1465 | RUS | =2N | +24B | −4N | +16B | −21N | +22B | =3N | −7B | =14N | 4.5 | 39.5 | 43.0 | 19.50 | 1712 | +90.0 |
| 13 | Kasparyan, Daniil | 1459 | RUS | −5N | +14B | −9N | +28B | +18N | −6B | =15N | +22B | −7N | 4.5 | 39.0 | 41.0 | 16.25 | 1545 | +14.4 |
| 14 | Tuktamyshev, Marat | 0 | RUS | −10B | −13N | +20B | +11B | =22N | +25N | =16B | −8N | =12B | 4.5 | 35.5 | 38.5 | 18.00 | 1583 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Li, Daniil S | 1664 | RUS | −28N | +18B | +17N | −8N | +29B | F | =13B | F | +23N | 4.5 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 15.75 | 1723 | +17.6 |
| 16 | Stadnichenko, Stanislav | 1651 | RUS | +30B | =8N | −3B | −12N | +23B | +17B | =14N | −5N | −11B | 4.0 | 38.5 | 38.5 | 12.25 | 1587 | -13.6 |
| 17 | Beschetniy, Anatoliy | 1455 | RUS | −8B | +20N | −15B | +26N | +25B | −16N | +11N | −2B | −19N | 4.0 | 36.0 | 38.5 | 14.50 | 1530 | +18.0 |
| 18 | Stolpovskiy, Aleksey | 0 | RUS | −7B | −15N | +24N | +27B | −13B | +20N | −22N | −11B | +25B | 4.0 | 33.5 | 36.0 | 13.00 | 1452 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Bobylev, Mikhail | 1509 | RUS | −1B | −26N | −23B | −20N | F | +24B | +28N | +25N | +17B | 4.0 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 12.50 | 1718 | +52.0 |
| 20 | Kravchenko, Ivan V | 0 | RUS | −11N | −17B | −14N | +19B | +27N | −18B | −25B | +28N | +30B | 4.0 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 8.50 | 1371 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Drachev, Evgeniy | 1635 | RUS | +31N | =4B | −2N | +23N | +12B | −10N | −6B | F | −5B | 3.5 | 42.0 | 42.0 | 11.00 | 1659 | +2.4 |
| 22 | Finyukova, Valentina | 1462 | RUS | −3B | +30N | +26B | −10N | =14B | −12N | +18B | −13N | −24B | 3.5 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 8.75 | 835 | -32.0 |
| 23 | Vdovichenko, Pavel | 1671 | RUS | =24N | −2B | +19N | −21B | −16N | −27B | +30N | +26B | −15B | 3.5 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 8.25 | 1457 | -64.0 |
| 24 | Volkov, Andrey V | 1559 | RUS | =23B | −12N | −18B | +30N | −26B | −19N | F | +27B | +22N | 3.5 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 7.75 | 1439 | -27.2 |
| 25 | Suliga, Eckhard | 1648 | GER | +27N | −5B | +28N | −9B | −17N | −14B | +20N | −19B | −18N | 3.0 | 34.0 | 36.0 | 8.50 | 860 | -39.0 |
| 26 | Grishin, Daniil | 0 | RUS | −6N | +19B | −22N | −17B | +24N | −11B | =27N | −23N | F | 2.5 | 32.0 | 34.0 | 8.75 | 1427 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Shloma, Aleksander | 0 | RUS | −25B | −29N | +30B | −18N | −20B | +23N | =26B | −24N | F | 2.5 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 4.75 | 1387 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Galkin, Oleg | 0 | RUS | +15B | −10N | −25B | −13N | F | +30N | −19B | −20B | F | 2.0 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 4.50 | 1381 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Travkina, Nikol Aleks | 0 | FID | −4N | +27B | +11N | −6B | −15N | F | F | F | F | 2.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 7.50 | 1540 | +12.8 |
| 30 | Tekhin, Nikolay | 0 | RUS | −16N | −22B | −27N | −24B | −11N | −28B | −23B | F | −20N | 0.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 0.00 | 797 | 0.0 |
| 31 | FIDE 540077276 | 0 | — | −21B | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 836 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Rastorguev, ArtemRUS+90.04.5 pts · #10
- 2Bobylev, MikhailRUS+52.04.0 pts · #14
- 3Kryakvin, AndreyRUS+38.88.0 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Vdovichenko, PavelRUS-64.03.5 pts · #20
- 2Suliga, EckhardGER-39.03.0 pts · #28
- 3Finyukova, ValentinaRUS-32.03.5 pts · #31
Biggest upsets
- R5+193 Elo gap
- R7+187 Elo gap
- R4+186 Elo gap