Superfinal Men Championship 2025

Round-RobinStandard

12 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held from 01 Oct 2025 to 12 Oct 2025 in Moscow, Russia. 12 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2606, and top seed was Andrey Esipenko (🇷🇺 RUS, GM, 2693).

Arseniy Nesterov ( FID, GM, 2584) won with 6.5/11, ahead of Andrey Esipenko (6.0) and Daniil Dubov (6.0). Nesterov took the lead from round 7.

Location

🇷🇺Moscow, Russia

Dates

01 Oct 2025 → 12 Oct 2025

Time control

Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1

System

Round-robin · 11 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇺GMAndrey Esipenko2693

Avg top 10

2,606

Participants

Titled players · 12

GM×12

Federations · 2 represented

FIDE (no federation)×6

🇷🇺Russia×6

Top 3

🥇
GMArseniy Nesterov
FID·2584
6.5pts·2654perf+10.8
🥈
GMAndrey Esipenko
🇷🇺RUS·2693
6.0pts·2615perf-11.7
🥉
GMDaniil Dubov
🇷🇺RUS·2684
6.0pts·2616perf-10.3

How it unfolded

Top 12 · 11 rounds

GM Arseniy Nesterov led from R7 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 5 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders

Nesterov#1Esipenko#2Dubov#3Zvjaginsev#4Artemiev#5Uskov#6Ponkratov#7Vetokhin#8Malakhov#9Iljiushenok#10Zemlyanskii#11Lobanov#12

R7–R11 · LEAD HELD

GM Arseniy Nesterov held the sole lead from R7 through R11 without losing it.

R9 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Arseniy Nesterov drew with GM Andrey Esipenko (Black).

R1–R11 · UNBEATEN

GM Arseniy Nesterov went unbeaten across 11 games (R1–R11).

Cross-table

#	Player	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pts	SB	Bh	Δ Elo	Perf
1	GMNesterov, Arseniy	2584	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	½	6.5	35.00	59.5	+10.8	2654
2	🇷🇺GMEsipenko, Andrey	2693	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	6.0	32.75	60.0	-11.7	2615
3	🇷🇺GMDubov, Daniil	2684	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	6.0	32.75	60.0	-10.3	2616
4	🇷🇺GMZvjaginsev, Vadim	2528	½	½	½	*	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	6.0	32.75	60.0	+15.0	2630
5	🇷🇺GMArtemiev, Vladislav	2646	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	0	1	5.5	30.25	60.5	-9.3	2584
7	🇷🇺GMPonkratov, Pavel	2586	½	½	½	0	½	*	½	1	½	½	0	1	5.5	30.00	60.5	+0.5	2589
9	GMMalakhov, Vladimir	2643	½	0	½	½	½	½	*	0	1	½	1	½	5.5	29.50	60.5	-8.8	2584
8	GMVetokhin, Savva	2569	0	½	½	½	½	0	1	*	½	½	1	½	5.5	29.25	60.5	+3.2	2591
6	GMUskov, Artem	2498	½	½	0	½	½	½	0	½	*	½	1	1	5.5	29.00	60.5	+14.5	2597
10	GMIljiushenok, Ilia	2514	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	5.0	27.25	61.0	+7.1	2560
11	🇷🇺GMZemlyanskii, Ivan	2596	½	½	½	½	1	1	0	0	0	½	*	0	4.5	25.75	61.5	-11.1	2523
12	GMLobanov, Sergei	2526	½	½	½	½	0	0	½	½	0	½	1	*	4.5	24.75	61.5	+0.1	2530

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Zvjaginsev, VadimGMRUS
+15.0
6.0 pts · #4
2Uskov, ArtemGMFID
+14.5
5.5 pts · #6
3Nesterov, ArseniyGMFID
+10.8
6.5 pts · #1

Top rating losers

1Esipenko, AndreyGMRUS
-11.7
6.0 pts · #2
2Zemlyanskii, IvanGMRUS
-11.1
4.5 pts · #11
3Dubov, DaniilGMRUS
-10.3
6.0 pts · #3