Magnezit Group Cup 2025

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88 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 29 Aug 2025 to 04 Sept 2025 in Satka, Russia. 36 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2441, and top seed was Nikita Afanasiev (🇷🇺 RUS, GM, 2499).

Yaroslav Remizov (🇷🇺 RUS, IM, 2475) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Alexey Grachev (6.5) and Dmitry Kryakvin (6.5). Remizov shared the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Fedor Gordeev (1779) beat Valery Skatchkov (FM, 2319), a +540-point gap.

Location

🇷🇺Satka, Russia

Dates

29 Aug 2025 → 04 Sept 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇺GMNikita Afanasiev2499

Avg top 10

2,441

Participants

Titled players · 36

GM×7

IM×6

FM×14

CM×8

WFM×1

Federations · 2 represented

🇷🇺Russia×77

FIDE (no federation)×11

Top 3

🥇
IMYaroslav Remizov
🇷🇺RUS·2475
6.5pts·2496perf+4.1
🥈
IMAlexey Grachev
FID·2416
6.5pts·2459perf+5.9
🥉
GMDmitry Kryakvin
🇷🇺RUS·2450
6.5pts·2488perf+5.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 7 players tied at 6.5/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 7 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Burmakin6.5Volkov6.5Triapishko6.5Remizov6.5Kryakvin6.5Afanasiev6.5— ex-leaders:Rezvyled R3, #40

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

7 players finish on 6.5/9. Remizov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (48.5).

R4–R6 · WIN STREAK

IM Alexandr Triapishko won 3 in a row (R4–R6).

R3 · FORMER LEADER FALL

Lev Rezvy held the sole lead at R3 but finished #40.

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1GMVladimir Burmakin	*	—	—	—
2FMMaksim Volkov	—	*	½	½
3IMAlexandr Triapishko	—	½	*	½
4IMYaroslav Remizov	—	½	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Remizov, YaroslavIM	2475	RUS	+16B	=6N	=8B	+29N	+9B	+21B	=4N	=5N	=3B	6.5	48.5	53.5	37.50	2496	+4.1
2	Grachev, AlexeyIM	2416	FID	+35B	+24N	=9B	=8N	+10B	=3N	=16B	=7N	+18B	6.5	47.0	52.0	36.75	2459	+5.9
3	Kryakvin, DmitryGM	2450	RUS	+34N	+26B	=20N	+6B	−4N	=2B	+22N	+12B	=1N	6.5	47.0	52.0	36.50	2488	+5.6
4	Triapishko, AlexandrIM	2449	RUS	+44B	=41N	=22B	+16N	+3B	+5N	=1B	=11N	=6B	6.5	47.0	51.5	37.25	2500	+7.4
5	Afanasiev, NikitaGM	2499	RUS	=29N	=12B	+13N	+25B	+20N	−4B	+23N	=1B	+17N	6.5	45.5	50.5	35.25	2430	-4.4
6	Volkov, MaksimFM	2333	RUS	+49B	=1B	+18N	−3N	+32B	=43N	+10B	+20B	=4N	6.5	45.5	50.0	34.75	2429	+25.6
7	Burmakin, VladimirGM	2430	RUS	+78N	=18B	+17N	−20B	=23N	+41B	+21N	=2B	+16N	6.5	42.5	45.0	31.50	2397	-1.8
8	Obgolts, ErikIM	2353	RUS	+23N	+27B	=1N	=2B	=41N	=12B	+42N	=9B	=14N	6.0	45.5	50.0	32.25	2402	+7.3
9	Belozerov, AndreiGM	2382	RUS	+13N	+55B	=2N	=21B	−1N	+56B	+24B	=8N	=11B	6.0	45.0	49.0	30.75	2383	+2.0
10	Voskanyan, Argisht	2177	RUS	+14N	−20B	+69N	+15B	−2N	+36B	−6N	+42B	+23N	6.0	44.5	48.0	30.00	2338	+78.8
11	Frolyanov, DmitryGM	2471	RUS	=17N	=25B	=31N	+61B	=21N	+45B	+13N	=4B	=9N	6.0	43.5	47.5	31.00	2312	-13.6
12	Fomkin, DmitryFM	2274	RUS	=69B	=5N	=37B	+33N	+57B	=8N	+43B	−3N	+31B	6.0	42.5	46.0	29.00	2317	+5.6
13	Levchenko, LeonidFM	2141	RUS	−9B	+40N	−5B	+59N	+53B	+38N	−11B	+43N	+28B	6.0	42.0	46.0	27.50	2270	+60.4
14	Pingin, ArtemIM	2456	RUS	−10B	−21N	+51B	+50N	=68B	+32N	+40B	+24N	=8B	6.0	41.0	44.5	28.75	2262	-17.0
15	Smirnov, Alexey	2374	RUS	+68B	=22N	=41B	−10N	−45B	+74N	+38B	+27N	+33B	6.0	38.5	42.0	26.75	2229	-13.6
16	Boiarintsev, VitalyFM	2213	RUS	−1N	+53B	+27N	−4B	+39N	+54B	=2N	+41B	−7B	5.5	44.5	48.5	25.75	2319	+13.0
17	Panin, MikhailCM	2198	RUS	=11B	+30N	−7B	+37N	=46B	=52N	+60B	+47N	−5B	5.5	42.0	46.0	25.75	2337	+34.0
18	Yagupov, IgorGM	2230	RUS	+37B	=7N	−6B	=56N	=52B	+51N	+68B	+26B	−2N	5.5	42.0	45.5	25.25	2274	+5.9
19	Yusupov, Emil	1791	RUS	−52N	+85B	=72N	=69B	+50N	−22B	+45N	=25B	+41N	5.5	34.5	36.0	21.00	2102	+136.0
20	Timoshin, MaximFM	2379	FID	+31B	+10N	=3B	+7N	−5B	−24N	+44B	−6N	=32B	5.0	47.0	51.5	27.75	2326	-5.8
21	Rezvy, Lev	2060	RUS	+58N	+14B	+35B	=9N	=11B	−1N	−7B	−28N	+64B	5.0	45.0	49.0	25.00	2302	+48.4
22	Kengurov, YaroslavCM	2105	RUS	+47B	=15B	=4N	=24N	=28B	+19N	−3B	=30N	=46B	5.0	44.0	48.5	26.00	2329	+100.4
23	Mescheryakov, ArtemCM	2122	RUS	−8B	+65N	=28B	+38N	=7B	+58N	−5B	+36N	−10B	5.0	44.0	48.0	23.75	2183	+28.0
24	Tuzov, Alexander	2241	RUS	+57N	−2B	+55N	=22B	+26N	+20B	−9N	−14B	=25N	5.0	42.5	46.5	23.00	2305	+14.8
25	Fedosov, AlexanderFM	2127	FID	=30B	=11N	+47B	−5N	+29B	−40N	+79B	=19N	=24B	5.0	42.5	45.0	22.75	2225	+44.0
26	Plyasunov, DaniilFM	2298	RUS	+32B	−3N	+45B	=57N	−24B	+53N	+35B	−18N	=37B	5.0	40.5	44.5	23.00	2206	-20.8
27	Fedorov, Artem AlekFM	2093	RUS	+28B	−8N	−16B	+65N	=47B	=30N	+59B	−15B	+54N	5.0	40.0	44.0	21.75	2203	+52.4
28	Prokhorov, AlekseyFM	2278	FID	−27N	+52B	=23N	+54B	=22N	=48B	=34N	+21B	−13N	5.0	39.5	43.5	22.75	2112	-36.6
29	Zharkov, Nikolay	2214	RUS	=5B	=69N	+33B	−1B	−25N	+64N	=70B	+56N	=30B	5.0	39.5	43.0	22.25	2210	-1.2
30	Vorobiov, Evgeny E.GM	2376	RUS	=25N	−17B	+39N	=42B	=55N	=27B	+54N	=22B	=29N	5.0	39.0	43.0	23.25	2139	-24.5
31	Preobrazhenskaya, DianaFM	2140	FID	−20N	+42B	=11B	=53N	−43B	+76N	+58B	+40N	−12N	5.0	39.0	42.0	21.50	2117	-9.6
32	Marchuk, Rostislav	2111	RUS	−26N	=54B	+75N	+71B	−6N	−14B	+50N	+70B	=20N	5.0	38.0	41.0	19.00	2141	+7.4
33	Fedotov, Alexey	2068	RUS	+62N	+73B	−29N	−12B	−36N	+71B	+75N	+34B	−15N	5.0	38.0	41.0	19.00	2028	-5.6
34	Titarov, VasiliiFM	2169	RUS	−3B	=43N	+50B	=52N	=56B	+62N	=28B	−33N	+53B	5.0	37.5	41.5	21.25	2120	-22.4
35	Antipov, FedorCM	2162	FID	−2N	+72B	−21N	+81B	=42N	+57B	−26N	=39B	+52N	5.0	37.5	40.0	18.75	2132	-14.8
36	Gordeev, Fedor	1779	RUS	−53B	+82N	=65B	=49N	+33B	−10N	+46B	−23B	+68N	5.0	36.5	38.5	19.25	2076	+121.2
37	Moskvinov, ProkhorCM	2077	FID	−18N	+76B	=12N	−17B	−54N	+82B	+72N	+65B	=26N	5.0	36.5	38.5	18.00	2081	+5.6
38	Korolenko, Artem	1997	RUS	+80B	−44N	+79N	−23B	+63N	−13B	−15N	+66B	+55N	5.0	36.0	38.5	17.00	2025	+15.6
39	Tolstykh, Viktor	2055	FID	+79B	=46N	−30B	+60N	−16B	−44N	+80B	=35N	+59B	5.0	35.0	37.5	17.75	2065	+10.4
40	Galiev, Rasul	1944	RUS	+88N	−13B	−71N	+79B	+82N	+25B	−14N	−31B	+61N	5.0	34.0	34.0	13.50	2001	+28.0
41	Kanter, EduardIM	2294	RUS	+45B	=4B	=15N	+43N	=8B	−7N	+52B	−16N	−19B	4.5	45.0	49.0	22.25	2204	-8.7
42	Polosin, Evgeni	1975	RUS	+60B	−31N	+80B	=30N	=35B	+46N	−8B	−10N	=49B	4.5	40.0	42.5	18.25	2123	+30.4
43	Afineevskij, IlyaCM	1980	RUS	+87N	=34B	+78N	−41B	+31N	=6B	−12N	−13B	=44N	4.5	40.0	40.5	16.00	2152	+76.4
44	Baigildin, AlbertFM	2169	RUS	−4N	+38B	−57N	=48B	+70N	+39B	−20N	=52N	=43B	4.5	38.5	42.0	20.00	2098	-17.4
45	Somkin, Kirill	2104	RUS	−41N	+74B	−26N	+75B	+15N	−11N	−19B	+79B	=48N	4.5	38.0	40.5	17.25	2072	-6.6
46	Skatchkov, ValeryFM	2319	RUS	−55N	=39B	+48N	+70B	=17N	−42B	−36N	+67B	=22N	4.5	37.5	41.0	19.75	2020	-60.6
47	Gitelson, ArkadyFM	2296	RUS	−22N	+56B	−25N	+72B	=27N	+55B	+48N	−17B	F	4.5	37.5	41.0	18.50	2122	-33.0
48	Safin, Roman	1963	RUS	+63B	=68N	−46B	=44N	+59B	=28N	−47B	=49N	=45B	4.5	35.5	39.0	19.00	2083	+52.4
49	Toropov, Timofey	2118	RUS	−6N	=70B	=54N	=36B	+71N	=75B	=56N	=48B	=42N	4.5	35.5	38.5	17.75	1947	-74.0
50	Paurchak, Daniil	1994	FID	=75N	+67B	−34N	−14B	−19B	+84N	−32B	+80N	+73B	4.5	34.5	36.0	13.00	1884	-46.8
51	Petukhov, DmitriyCM	1971	RUS	+66N	=78B	−14N	−55B	+81N	−18B	+57N	+68N	F	4.5	34.0	36.5	15.25	2124	+63.2
52	Ponomarev, Andrey A.	2043	RUS	+19B	−28N	+76N	=34B	=18N	=17B	−41N	=44B	−35B	4.0	40.5	43.5	18.75	2081	+18.4
53	Chvanov, Ilia	2012	RUS	+36N	−16N	+58B	=31B	−13N	−26B	=67N	+63B	−34N	4.0	39.5	43.5	17.50	1961	-21.6
54	Shermilko, Ivan	1925	RUS	+82B	=32N	=49B	−28N	+37B	−16N	−30B	+58N	−27B	4.0	39.0	41.0	15.75	2022	+40.0
55	Kozachkov, Pavel	2116	RUS	+46B	−9N	−24B	+51N	=30B	−47N	=62B	+60N	−38B	4.0	38.5	42.5	17.50	2081	-12.4
56	Kotsyuba, VictorCM	2050	FID	+71N	−47N	+62B	=18B	=34N	−9N	=49B	−29B	=60N	4.0	38.5	42.0	17.00	2038	-3.6
57	Protasov, Maksim	2082	RUS	−24B	+64N	+44B	=26B	−12N	−35N	−51B	+71B	=65N	4.0	38.0	41.5	16.50	2040	-18.4
58	Kochetkov, Victor N	1810	RUS	−21B	+63N	−53N	+73B	+61N	−23B	−31N	−54B	+83N	4.0	34.5	36.5	13.50	1847	+7.6
59	Akatiev, Evgeny	1690	RUS	−72N	+83B	+74N	−13B	−48N	+61B	−27N	+78B	−39N	4.0	34.0	36.0	12.00	1927	+45.2
60	Rakhimkulov, Askar	1687	FID	−42N	=81B	+73N	−39B	+67N	+78B	−17N	−55B	=56B	4.0	33.0	35.5	13.25	1911	+86.0
61	Kuznetsova, Polina	2060	RUS	−76B	+87N	+64B	−11N	−58B	−59N	+77B	+62N	−40B	4.0	33.0	33.5	11.50	1822	-51.8
62	Kiselev, Rostislav	1822	RUS	−33B	+66N	−56N	+77B	=69N	−34B	=55N	−61B	+75N	4.0	32.5	35.5	13.75	1909	+35.2
63	Gabdullin, Mikhail	1654	RUS	−48N	−58B	+86N	+64N	−38B	F	+74B	−53N	+76B	4.0	31.5	32.5	11.50	1868	+81.6
64	Sultimov, Belikto	1889	RUS	+83N	−57B	−61N	−63B	+66N	−29B	+82N	+75B	−21N	4.0	31.0	33.0	11.00	1797	-39.2
65	Serebryakov, Savva	1934	RUS	+85N	−23B	=36N	−27B	−75N	+86B	+78N	−37N	=57B	4.0	31.0	32.0	9.50	1868	-24.8
66	Bolikov, Nicolai	1675	RUS	−51B	−62B	+85N	−74N	−64B	+83N	+76B	−38N	+81B	4.0	28.5	30.0	9.00	1775	+21.4
67	Kiryanova, Snezhana	1827	RUS	=84B	−50N	+87B	−68N	−60B	+73N	=53B	−46N	+77B	4.0	28.5	29.0	9.75	1814	-12.0
68	Lesnykh, ZhannaWFM	2125	RUS	−15N	=48B	=70N	+67B	=14N	+72B	−18N	−51B	−36B	3.5	39.0	42.5	14.50	1978	-35.2
69	Kazakov, Vadim	2082	RUS	=12N	=29B	−10B	=19N	=62B	−79N	=71N	+81B	−70N	3.5	36.0	38.5	14.50	1889	-44.2
70	Avvakumov, Maksim	1935	RUS	+77B	=49N	=68B	−46N	−44B	F	=29N	−32N	+69B	3.5	34.5	37.5	13.00	2048	+43.2
71	Belousov, Maksim Dm.	1808	RUS	−56B	+77N	+40B	−32N	−49B	−33N	=69B	−57N	+84B	3.5	34.0	35.5	11.25	1865	+15.6
72	Erokhin, Artem	1983	RUS	+59B	−35N	=19B	−47N	+84B	−68N	−37B	−73N	+80B	3.5	33.5	35.0	10.75	1796	-37.6
73	Turbai, Gleb	1532	RUS	+81N	−33N	−60B	−58N	=80B	−67B	+86N	+72B	−50N	3.5	30.0	31.0	8.25	1735	+74.4
74	Naydanov, Bazar-Radmir	1894	RUS	+86N	−45N	−59B	+66B	−78N	−15B	−63N	+82B	=79N	3.5	29.5	30.5	8.25	1753	-68.0
75	Mikryukov, Igor	1754	RUS	=50B	+84N	−32B	−45N	+65B	=49N	−33B	−64N	−62B	3.0	35.5	37.0	10.00	1812	+14.0
76	Nanavov, Mikhail	1820	RUS	+61N	−37N	−52B	−82B	+77N	−31B	−66N	+85B	−63N	3.0	31.0	32.5	8.50	1693	-31.2
77	Yusupov, Emil	1591	RUS	−70N	−71B	+83N	−62N	−76B	+85B	−61N	+86B	−67N	3.0	25.5	26.5	4.50	1635	+10.4
78	Varankin, Leonid	2163	RUS	−7B	=51N	−43B	+80N	+74B	−60N	−65B	−59N	F	2.5	33.5	33.5	8.25	1798	-141.6
79	Akentjev, Kirill	1809	RUS	−39N	F	−38B	−40N	+83B	+69B	−25N	−45N	=74B	2.5	33.5	33.5	7.25	1823	+2.0
80	Kozyrev, Alexey A	1775	RUS	−38N	+86B	−42N	−78B	=73N	+81B	−39N	−50B	−72N	2.5	31.0	32.0	5.25	1739	-23.2
81	Valiev, Bogdan	1889	RUS	−73B	=60N	+84B	−35N	−51B	−80N	+87B	−69N	−66N	2.5	28.5	29.0	4.00	1570	-126.0
82	Salimov, Ilia	1557	RUS	−54N	−36B	F	+76N	−40B	−37N	−64B	−74N	+87B	2.0	30.0	30.0	3.50	1669	+30.8
83	Beresten, Iurii	1507	RUS	−64B	−59N	−77B	F	−79N	−66B	+84N	+87N	−58B	2.0	23.5	23.5	2.00	1427	-22.4
84	Korepanov, Ilya	0	RUS	=67N	−75B	−81N	+85B	−72N	−50B	−83B	F	−71N	1.5	24.5	24.5	3.50	1541	0.0
85	Gutz, Viktor	1569	RUS	−65B	−19N	−66B	−84N	+87B	−77N	F	−76N	=86B	1.5	22.5	22.5	1.00	1492	-28.0
86	Nemchinov, Aleksandr	1557	RUS	−74B	−80N	−63B	=87N	F	−65N	−73B	−77N	=85N	1.0	22.5	22.5	1.00	1383	-63.2
87	Fisher, Aleksandr	1688	RUS	−43B	−61B	−67N	=86B	−85N	F	−81N	−83B	−82N	0.5	21.5	21.5	0.50	1299	-122.4
88	Kayumov, Atlas	1632	RUS	−40B	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	1143	-5.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Yusupov, EmilRUS
+136.0
5.5 pts · #19
2Gordeev, FedorRUS
+121.2
5.0 pts · #32
3Kengurov, YaroslavCMRUS
+100.4
5.0 pts · #22

Top rating losers

1Varankin, LeonidRUS
-141.6
2.5 pts · #76
2Valiev, BogdanRUS
-126.0
2.5 pts · #82
3Fisher, AleksandrRUS
-122.4
0.5 pts · #87

Biggest upsets

R7+540 Elo gap
Gordeev, Fedor1779 beat FMSkatchkov, Valery2319
R9+503 Elo gap
Yusupov, Emil1791 beat IMKanter, Eduard2294
R6+476 Elo gap
Rakhimkulov, Askar1687 beat Varankin, Leonid2163