Blitz Moscow. September 2025 - 2

SwissBlitz

83 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held on 06 Sept 2025 in Moscow, Russia. 33 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2437, and top seed was Aleksandr E. Usov (🇷🇺 RUS, IM, 2532).

Artem Uskov ( FID, GM, 2532) won with 9.0/11, ahead of Andrey Tsvetkov (9.0) and Kirill Kozionov (8.5). Uskov shared the lead from round 10, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Elshad Mamedov (2032) beat Aleksandr E. Usov (IM, 2532), a +500-point gap.

Location

🇷🇺Moscow, Russia

Dates

06 Sept 2025

Time control

Blitz: 3 minutes for game with 2 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 11 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇺IMAleksandr E. Usov2532

Avg top 10

2,437

Participants

Titled players · 33

GM×4

IM×8

FM×13

CM×2

WIM×1

WFM×3

WCM×2

Federations · 6 represented

🇷🇺Russia×59

FIDE (no federation)×20

🇪🇸Spain×1

🇪🇪Estonia×1

🇦🇲Armenia×1

🇦🇿Azerbaijan×1

Top 3

🥇
GMArtem Uskov
FID·2532
9.0pts·2541perf+1.9
🥈
IMAndrey Tsvetkov
FID·2403
9.0pts·2597perf+26.7
🥉
IMKirill Kozionov
🇷🇺RUS·2380
8.5pts·2523perf+22.3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 11 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 9.0/11, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Tsvetkov9Uskov9Kozionov8.5Shogdzhiev8Bukreev7.5Zakhartsov7.5

R6–R11 · LEAD HELD

IM Andrey Tsvetkov held the sole lead from R6 through R11 without losing it.

R11 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 9.0/11. Uskov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (74.0).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Andrey Tsvetkov beat GM Artem Uskov (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1IMAndrey Tsvetkov	*	1	½	—
2GMArtem Uskov	0	*	0	—
3IMKirill Kozionov	½	1	*	—
4IMRoman Shogdzhiev	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Uskov, ArtemGM	2532	FID	+27B	+16N	+14B	−3N	+17B	−2N	+22B	+8N	+15B	+12N	+5B	9.0	74.0	80.0	62.50	2541	+1.9
2	Tsvetkov, AndreyIM	2403	FID	+42N	+44B	+23N	+9B	=3N	+1B	+5N	=21B	=13N	=7B	+11B	9.0	73.0	78.0	63.25	2597	+26.7
3	Kozionov, KirillIM	2380	RUS	+19N	+51B	+20N	+1B	=2B	=12N	+13N	=6B	=11N	=5N	+7B	8.5	75.5	80.5	61.25	2523	+22.3
4	Shogdzhiev, RomanIM	2354	FID	+36B	+26N	+35B	=6B	=5N	−21N	−15B	+43N	+29B	+22N	+12B	8.0	66.5	71.5	50.50	2400	+8.5
5	Rostovtsev, DmitryIM	2410	RUS	+49B	+25N	+29B	=12N	=4B	+8N	−2B	+17N	+6N	=3B	−1N	7.5	76.0	81.0	51.25	2432	+5.4
6	Zakhartsov, VladimirGM	2432	RUS	+15B	+45N	+22B	=4N	−12B	+28N	+10B	=3N	−5B	+21N	=8B	7.5	72.0	77.0	50.50	2449	+3.7
7	Zverev, LevIM	2418	FID	+34N	=46B	+31N	=24B	+16N	=10B	+9N	=12B	+21N	=2N	−3N	7.5	71.5	76.5	50.50	2395	+0.1
8	Yurasov, MatfeyFM	2332	FID	=62N	=10B	+37N	+47B	+20N	−5B	+16N	−1B	+33N	+9B	=6N	7.5	69.5	73.5	47.50	2359	+6.7
9	Rychagov, AndreyGM	2304	RUS	+55B	+38N	+40B	−2N	=45B	+22N	−7B	+18N	+10B	−8N	+15B	7.5	68.5	73.5	47.00	2332	+6.8
10	Bukreev, StanislavIM	2299	RUS	=28B	=8N	+49B	+43N	+27B	=7N	−6N	+23B	−9N	+24B	+20N	7.5	66.5	71.5	46.00	2378	+8.0
11	Yeletsky, IvanFM	2458	RUS	+48N	−20B	−30N	+46B	+37N	+43B	+29N	+14N	=3B	+13B	−2N	7.5	66.0	71.0	45.25	2333	-12.1
12	Gubajdullin, AlexeiFM	2231	RUS	+75N	+56B	+13N	=5B	+6N	=3B	=21B	=7N	+24N	−1B	−4N	7.0	73.0	76.0	44.00	2430	+30.2
13	Lisenkov, SvyatoslavFM	2372	FID	+50B	+43N	−12B	+25N	+18B	+14N	−3B	+27N	=2B	−11N	=21B	7.0	70.0	75.0	44.25	2351	-1.4
14	Shoboev, DandarFM	2294	RUS	+77B	+30N	−1N	+44B	+31N	−13B	+20N	−11B	+27B	−15N	+33B	7.0	66.0	69.0	38.50	2271	-1.0
15	Vershinin, IgorFM	2206	RUS	−6N	+80B	+56N	−31B	+30N	+65B	+4N	+28B	−1N	+14B	−9N	7.0	66.0	68.5	38.50	2278	+18.2
16	Lyutsinger, IrenFM	2159	FID	+63B	−1B	+50N	+38N	−7B	+52N	−8B	−19N	+37B	+39N	+28B	7.0	65.0	69.0	38.00	2203	+8.6
17	Novikov, StanislavGM	2269	RUS	+57N	−35B	+39N	+51B	−1N	+26B	+34N	−5B	−20B	+32N	+48B	7.0	63.5	68.5	39.50	2202	-7.3
18	Gavrilov, MaximFM	2225	RUS	+68N	−31B	+48N	+30B	−13N	+32B	=24N	−9B	+26N	=20B	+36N	7.0	63.0	67.0	40.00	2181	-12.4
19	Betenev, Artem Dm	1909	RUS	−3B	−53N	+70N	+76B	+51N	−20B	+44N	+16B	−23N	+46B	+29B	7.0	58.5	61.5	35.00	2114	+114.8
20	Tunik, Denis	2131	RUS	+71B	+11N	−3B	+40N	−8B	+19N	−14B	+30B	+17N	=18N	−10B	6.5	70.5	74.5	40.50	2239	+16.8
21	Usov, Aleksandr E.IM	2532	RUS	−65N	+62B	+34N	+41B	+33N	+4B	=12N	=2N	−7B	−6B	=13N	6.5	67.5	71.5	41.00	2333	-23.2
22	Manvelyan, MikayelFM	2256	ARM	+59N	+32B	−6N	+65B	+24N	−9B	−1N	+34B	+36N	−4B	=23N	6.5	67.5	71.5	36.25	2251	+2.6
23	Zhukov, AntonFM	2166	FID	+60B	+37N	−2B	−27N	+40B	=38N	+61B	−10N	+19B	=28N	=22B	6.5	64.0	68.0	36.25	2139	-1.6
24	Galaktionov, ArtemFM	2428	RUS	+52B	=47N	+28B	=7N	−22B	+45N	=18B	+25N	−12B	−10N	+40B	6.5	63.5	68.5	37.75	2263	-19.5
25	Dedkov, Roman Ol	2100	RUS	+73N	−5B	+57N	−13B	+48N	=31B	+38N	−24B	−32N	+42B	+45N	6.5	59.5	63.5	33.50	2130	+4.1
26	Denisenko, DenisCM	2056	RUS	+81B	−4B	−75N	+77N	+50B	−17N	=59B	+61N	−18B	+60N	+27B	6.5	52.0	54.0	26.75	1995	-8.3
27	Pereverzev, Timofei	2052	RUS	−1N	+63B	+54N	+23B	−10N	+33B	+45N	−13B	−14N	+31B	−26N	6.0	65.5	69.5	32.50	2154	+28.6
28	Parpiev, IsaakIM	2348	FID	=10N	+76B	−24N	+62B	+32N	−6B	+31N	−15N	+40B	=23B	−16N	6.0	63.5	66.5	31.50	2183	-44.2
29	Voloshkin, Daniil	2254	FID	+64N	+65B	−5N	−32B	+47N	+35N	−11B	+42B	−4N	+34B	−19N	6.0	62.5	66.5	30.50	2151	-12.8
30	Gridnev, Selantiy	2020	RUS	+74N	−14B	+11B	−18N	−15B	+64N	+35B	−20N	+43B	−33N	+53B	6.0	61.0	64.5	31.00	2098	+23.6
31	Morozevich, Kirill Aleks	1872	FID	+78B	+18N	−7B	+15N	−14B	=25N	−28B	+67N	=47B	−27N	+44B	6.0	61.0	64.0	31.75	2139	+41.6
32	Tolstykh, Viktor	2033	FID	+58B	−22N	+66B	+29N	−28B	−18N	=50B	+59N	+25B	−17B	=38N	6.0	59.5	63.5	31.50	2088	+28.1
33	Chertkov, MaksimFM	2211	RUS	+66B	−40N	+52B	+35N	−21B	−27N	+37B	+65N	−8B	+30B	−14N	6.0	59.5	63.5	31.00	2130	-16.4
34	Frolova, Lyubov V.	2028	RUS	−7B	+61N	−21B	+57N	+55B	+41N	−17B	−22N	+52B	−29N	+54B	6.0	59.0	63.0	29.50	2100	+5.4
35	Starikov, Vadim	2055	FID	+72B	+17N	−4N	−33B	+36N	−29B	−30N	+64B	−39N	+62N	+49B	6.0	58.0	62.0	30.00	2051	+0.6
36	Maslova, Anastasiya YarWFM	1884	FID	−4N	+74B	−45B	+58N	−35B	+53N	+49B	+41N	−22B	+44N	−18B	6.0	58.0	61.5	29.00	2029	+30.1
37	Zverev-Rodriguez, Vassily	1971	FID	+82N	−23B	−8B	+63N	−11B	+66N	−33N	+54B	−16N	+64B	+47N	6.0	56.5	57.5	23.00	2028	+24.4
38	Petrova, ElizavetaWFM	2029	RUS	+79N	−9B	+76N	−16B	+75N	=23B	−25B	−47N	+61B	+41N	=32B	6.0	54.0	57.0	24.75	2008	-0.8
39	Fominykh, Kirill Dm	1966	RUS	F	+71N	−17B	−61N	−53B	+58N	+63B	+55N	+35B	−16B	+46N	6.0	52.0	52.0	29.00	1949	0.0
40	Teymurkhanly, Teymur	2004	RUS	+83N	+33B	−9N	−20B	−23N	+75B	=46N	+45B	−28N	+43B	−24N	5.5	57.0	57.0	21.50	2114	+30.4
41	Ivashentseva, DominikaWCM	2108	FID	−56N	+69B	+59N	−21N	+49B	−34B	+48N	−36B	=42N	−38B	+55N	5.5	54.5	58.5	26.25	1974	-20.9
42	Panteleev, Yury	2022	RUS	−2B	−66N	+60B	+64N	−61B	+57N	+55B	−29N	=41B	−25N	+59B	5.5	54.0	58.0	25.75	1923	-26.0
43	Gornostaev, Yakov	2098	RUS	+54N	−13B	+64N	−10B	+56N	−11N	+52B	−4B	−30N	−40N	+66B	5.0	60.5	64.5	23.00	2015	-21.6
44	Preobrazhenskaya, DianaFM	2091	FID	+80B	−2N	+55B	−14N	−52B	+47N	−19B	+66N	+50B	−36B	−31N	5.0	59.0	61.5	21.50	1925	-24.3
45	Petukhov, Yury	2117	RUS	+69N	−6B	+36N	+75B	=9N	−24B	−27B	−40N	=62B	+50N	−25B	5.0	58.5	61.5	23.75	2003	-15.2
46	Dronov, Ivan And	2103	RUS	+53B	=7N	−47B	−11N	+62B	=61N	=40B	=50N	+49B	−19N	−39B	5.0	57.5	61.5	25.00	1961	-32.6
47	Yunker, Alisa GenriettaWFM	2114	FID	+61B	=24B	+46N	−8N	−29B	−44B	+68N	+38B	=31N	−48N	−37B	5.0	57.0	61.0	25.25	2006	-11.0
48	Afineevskij, IlyaCM	1949	RUS	−11B	+60N	−18B	+66N	−25B	+63N	−41B	+53N	F	+47B	−17N	5.0	56.0	60.0	22.50	1992	+16.9
49	Onischenko, Andrey	1967	RUS	−5N	+68B	−10N	+54B	−41N	+69B	−36N	+76B	−46N	+58B	−35N	5.0	55.5	58.5	21.00	1889	-12.1
50	Bezgodova, SvetlanaWIM	1904	RUS	−13N	+70B	−16B	+74N	−26N	+54B	=32N	=46B	−44N	−45B	+71N	5.0	54.5	58.0	22.00	1917	+3.6
51	Ivanova, Lubov	2070	RUS	+70B	−3N	+77B	−17N	−19B	−55N	+62B	−52N	+63B	−53N	+60B	5.0	54.0	57.0	19.50	1844	-59.9
52	Del, Nikita	1929	FID	−24N	+73B	−33N	+68B	+44N	−16B	−43N	+51B	−34N	−54B	+64N	5.0	53.5	57.5	22.00	1953	+3.9
53	Tyuvetskiy, Siluan Ser	1656	RUS	−46N	+19B	−65N	−56B	+39N	−36B	+75N	−48B	+69N	+51B	−30N	5.0	53.0	56.0	25.00	1900	+63.8
54	Izotov, Vladimir	1737	FID	−43B	+67N	−27B	−49N	+58B	−50N	+57B	−37N	+76B	+52N	−34N	5.0	52.0	55.0	22.00	1869	+34.4
55	Barkasheva, SofiaWCM	1821	EST	−9N	+79B	−44N	+82B	−34N	+51B	−42N	−39B	+71N	+67N	−41B	5.0	51.5	52.5	17.00	1912	+12.6
56	Meleshin, Igor V	1928	RUS	+41B	−12N	−15B	+53N	−43B	−60N	−66B	−63N	+74B	+72N	+69B	5.0	50.0	53.5	22.00	1805	-52.5
57	Godovikov, Vyacheslav Val	1787	RUS	−17B	+72N	−25B	−34B	+76N	−42B	−54N	−58N	+80B	+63N	+67B	5.0	50.0	52.5	17.50	1807	+3.0
58	Koroteev, Aleksandr	1579	RUS	−32N	−59B	+69N	−36B	−54N	−39B	+78N	+57B	+75N	−49N	+62B	5.0	48.5	51.5	19.00	1775	+57.0
59	Andronov, Ivan	1845	RUS	−22B	+58N	−41B	+78N	−65N	+71B	=26N	−32B	−60B	+61N	−42N	4.5	51.5	54.5	19.25	1807	-26.0
60	Ananiev, Grigory	1671	RUS	−23N	−48B	−42N	+67N	+77B	+56B	−65N	=68B	+59N	−26B	−51N	4.5	50.0	53.0	18.50	1896	+41.8
61	Petrova, Kseniia K.	1700	RUS	−47N	−34B	+79N	+39B	+42N	=46B	−23N	−26B	−38N	−59B	=70N	4.0	55.0	58.0	19.00	1845	+46.2
62	Shabanov, Abdulla	1827	AZE	=8B	−21N	+67B	−28N	−46N	+78B	−51N	+70B	=45N	−35B	−58N	4.0	54.0	57.0	17.25	1873	+6.4
63	Vasilkin, Dmitrii	1730	RUS	−16N	−27N	+72B	−37B	+79N	−48B	−39N	+56B	−51N	−57B	+74B	4.0	52.5	55.5	15.50	1761	+1.9
64	Ermolaev, Aleksandr	1766	RUS	−29B	+81N	−43B	−42B	+74N	−30B	+71N	−35N	+66B	−37N	−52B	4.0	51.0	53.0	13.50	1780	-0.8
65	Mamedov, Elshad	2032	RUS	+21B	−29N	+53B	−22N	+59B	−15N	+60B	−33B	F	F	F	4.0	51.0	51.0	20.50	2066	+5.9
66	Tyuvetskiy, Ivan Ser	1700	RUS	−33N	+42B	−32N	−48B	+82N	−37B	+56N	−44B	−64N	+75B	−43N	4.0	50.5	51.5	14.50	1822	+24.0
67	Semin, Gennadiy	2067	RUS	−76N	−54B	−62N	−60B	+73N	+82B	+69N	−31B	+68N	−55B	−57N	4.0	44.5	45.5	13.00	1603	-111.6
68	Mirzoev, Tabriz Z	1724	RUS	−18B	−49N	+81B	−52N	=78B	+70N	−47B	=60N	−67B	−74N	+77B	4.0	44.0	46.0	12.75	1696	-9.0
69	Chapaykin, Dmitry	1742	RUS	−45B	−41N	−58B	+72N	+81B	−49N	−67B	+80N	−53B	+76N	−56N	4.0	44.0	46.0	11.50	1690	-19.8
70	Zakharov, Mikael Dm	1609	RUS	−51N	−50N	−19B	=80N	+72B	−68B	+74N	−62N	−77B	+78N	=61B	4.0	42.5	45.0	13.75	1639	+8.8
71	Petergova, Stella	1690	ESP	−20N	−39B	−82N	+79B	+80B	−59N	−64B	+78N	−55B	+77N	−50B	4.0	42.5	43.5	11.50	1725	+6.1
72	Gudkov, Egor	1495	RUS	−35N	−57B	−63N	−69B	−70N	+79B	+82N	−75B	+73N	−56B	+80N	4.0	40.5	41.5	10.50	1591	+11.6
73	Pashchenko, Anastasiya	1677	RUS	−25B	−52N	−78B	−81N	−67B	=80N	+79B	=77N	−72B	+82N	+76B	4.0	36.0	37.0	9.75	1569	-54.8
74	Eremin, Vladimir	1580	RUS	−30B	−36N	+80N	−50B	−64B	=77N	−70B	+81B	−56N	+68B	−63N	3.5	43.5	45.5	10.00	1644	+21.6
75	Slabov, Mikhail R.	1752	RUS	−12B	+78N	+26B	−45N	−38B	−40N	−53B	+72N	−58B	−66N	F	3.0	51.0	51.0	13.50	1674	-42.2
76	Aniskin, Dmitriy	1583	RUS	+67B	−28N	−38B	−19N	−57B	+81N	+77B	−49N	−54N	−69B	−73N	3.0	49.0	51.0	9.00	1646	+9.4
77	Lagutina, Olga	1809	RUS	−14N	+82B	−51N	−26B	−60N	=74B	−76N	=73B	+70N	−71B	−68N	3.0	45.5	46.5	8.75	1548	-68.6
78	Sakhno, Alexander Ev	1442	RUS	−31N	−75B	+73N	−59B	=68N	−62N	−58B	−71B	+82N	−70B	=79N	3.0	41.5	42.5	8.50	1472	+3.3
79	Sakhno, Robert Ev	1568	RUS	−38B	−55N	−61B	−71N	−63B	−72N	−73N	+82B	+81N	=80B	=78B	3.0	38.5	39.5	5.75	1434	-60.2
80	Betenev, Dmitry	1750	RUS	−44N	−15N	−74B	=70B	−71N	=73B	+81N	−69B	−57N	=79N	−72B	2.5	43.5	45.5	7.50	1504	-72.6
81	Dobrovolskiy, Danila	1462	RUS	−26N	−64B	−68N	+73B	−69N	−76B	−80B	−74N	−79B	F	+82B	2.0	35.5	35.5	5.00	1344	-19.8
82	Tyuvetskiy, Aleksandr Ser	0	RUS	−37B	−77N	+71B	−55N	−66B	−67N	−72B	−79N	−78B	−73B	−81N	1.0	40.0	42.0	4.00	1318	0.0
83	Neverova, Kristina Geo	1506	RUS	−40B	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	5.5	5.5	0.00	1106	-3.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Betenev, Artem DmRUS
+114.8
7.0 pts · #19
2Tyuvetskiy, Siluan SerRUS
+63.8
5.0 pts · #57
3Koroteev, AleksandrRUS
+57.0
5.0 pts · #54

Top rating losers

1Semin, GennadiyRUS
-111.6
4.0 pts · #76
2Betenev, DmitryRUS
-72.6
2.5 pts · #77
3Lagutina, OlgaRUS
-68.6
3.0 pts · #80

Biggest upsets

R1+500 Elo gap
Mamedov, Elshad2032 beat IMUsov, Aleksandr E.2532
R1+484 Elo gap
Aniskin, Dmitriy1583 beat Semin, Gennadiy2067
R3+438 Elo gap
Gridnev, Selantiy2020 beat FMYeletsky, Ivan2458