Blitz Moscow. September 2025 - 4

SwissBlitz

80 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held on 13 Sept 2025 in Moscow, Russia. 28 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2443, and top seed was Aleksandr E. Usov (🇷🇺 RUS, IM, 2532).

Artem Uskov ( FID, GM, 2532) won with 9.0/11, ahead of Aleksandr E. Usov (9.0) and Lev Zverev (8.5). Uskov shared the lead from round 10, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Alexander Grzhibovsky (1540) beat Marina Korneva (IM, 2077), a +537-point gap.

Location

🇷🇺Moscow, Russia

Dates

13 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

2,443

Participants

Titled players · 28

GM×5

IM×8

FM×10

CM×1

WGM×1

WFM×1

WCM×2

Federations · 5 represented

🇷🇺Russia×56

FIDE (no federation)×21

🇹🇷Turkiye×1

🇦🇲Armenia×1

🇦🇿Azerbaijan×1

Top 3

🥇
GMArtem Uskov
FID·2532
9.0pts·2601perf+9.1
🥈
IMAleksandr E. Usov
🇷🇺RUS·2532
9.0pts·2582perf+8.4
🥉
IMLev Zverev
FID·2418
8.5pts·2548perf+20.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 11 rounds

Tight race until R11; 2 players tied at 9.0/11, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Usov9Uskov9Zverev8.5Manvelyan8Bukreev8Drygalov8

R11 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 9.0/11. Uskov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (77.0).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Aleksandr E. Usov drew with GM Artem Uskov (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

IM Aleksandr E. Usov 3+3 wins (R3–R5, R9–R11)GM Artem Uskov 4 wins (R8–R11)IM Lev Zverev 7 wins (R1–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1IMAleksandr E. Usov	*	½	1	—
2GMArtem Uskov	½	*	0	1
3IMLev Zverev	0	1	*	—
4FMMikayel Manvelyan	—	0	—	*

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	+33N	+15B	=6N	+13B	+10N	=2B	−3N	+5N	+14B	+9N	+8B	9.0	77.0	83.0	66.00	2601	+9.1
2	Usov, Aleksandr E.IM	2532	RUS	+47B	−11N	+36B	+31N	+21B	=1N	+12B	=7N	+3B	+4N	+9B	9.0	72.5	77.5	62.25	2582	+8.4
3	Zverev, LevIM	2418	FID	+62N	+28B	+21N	+27B	+8N	+4N	+1B	=9B	−2N	−7B	+13N	8.5	74.0	78.0	57.75	2548	+20.6
4	Drygalov, SergeyGM	2526	RUS	+38N	+18B	+20N	+10B	+11N	−3B	=7N	=8B	+17N	−2B	+16N	8.0	74.0	79.5	54.50	2498	-1.9
5	Manvelyan, MikayelFM	2256	ARM	+46B	+64N	−12B	+26N	+29B	+6N	−8N	−1B	+27N	+18B	+7N	8.0	69.5	73.5	50.00	2401	+28.1
6	Bukreev, StanislavIM	2299	RUS	+52B	+29N	=1B	−7N	+42B	−5B	+36N	+23N	+22B	=13B	+17N	8.0	68.5	73.5	50.00	2417	+10.9
7	Rakitin, DaniilFM	2425	RUS	+39B	+31N	−11B	+6B	+15N	+14N	=4B	=2B	=10N	+3N	−5B	7.5	76.0	81.5	54.25	2430	+3.2
8	Drygalov, AndreyGM	2452	RUS	+51B	+25N	+24B	+14N	−3B	+11N	+5B	=4N	−9B	+10B	−1N	7.5	75.5	80.5	51.50	2443	+1.0
9	Shogdzhiev, RomanIM	2354	FID	+63B	+42N	−27B	+28N	+23B	+12N	+20B	=3N	+8N	−1B	−2N	7.5	71.5	75.5	47.25	2418	+11.7
10	Kukhmazov, ArsenIM	2355	FID	+41N	+35B	+19N	−4N	−1B	+27B	+15N	+37B	=7B	−8N	+21N	7.5	69.5	75.0	46.75	2391	+8.0
11	Vershinin, IgorFM	2206	RUS	+56N	+2B	+7N	+12N	−4B	−8B	−22N	+30B	+19N	−16B	+34N	7.0	71.0	76.0	47.00	2358	+35.0
12	Galaktionov, ArtemFM	2428	RUS	+70N	+32B	+5N	−11B	+19N	−9B	−2N	+28B	−18N	+27B	+24N	7.0	69.0	72.5	42.50	2322	-12.4
13	Rostovtsev, DmitryIM	2410	RUS	+45B	=36N	+80B	−1N	=37N	+28B	=23B	+24N	+20B	=6N	−3B	7.0	67.5	68.5	38.25	2310	-10.4
14	Rychagov, AndreyGM	2304	RUS	+49N	+40B	+57N	−8B	+27N	−7B	+18N	+19B	−1N	−17B	+28N	7.0	66.5	71.0	40.00	2303	+2.1
15	Pogosov, David	2219	RUS	+43B	−1N	+51B	+48N	−7B	+34N	−10B	=47N	=38B	+29N	+31B	7.0	63.0	68.0	38.75	2173	-12.0
16	Kishiev, FamilFM	2317	FID	+48B	−27N	+47B	−29N	+39B	−30B	+62N	+31N	+25B	+11N	−4B	7.0	61.0	65.0	39.00	2178	-29.4
17	Voloshkin, Daniil	2254	FID	−57N	+58B	+38N	−37B	+70N	+41B	+30N	+22B	−4B	+14N	−6B	7.0	61.0	64.5	38.50	2182	-5.3
18	Esipenko, Aleksandr	2203	RUS	+34B	−4N	−39B	+45N	+63B	+47N	−14B	+29N	+12B	−5N	=26B	6.5	64.5	68.5	36.75	2163	-5.8
19	Kleimenov, NikolayFM	2226	FID	+58B	+30N	−10B	+39N	−12B	+29N	+25B	−14N	−11B	=34N	+38B	6.5	64.0	68.5	37.00	2152	-10.1
20	Novikov, StanislavGM	2269	RUS	+53N	+37B	−4B	+40N	=25B	+36N	−9N	+32B	−13N	−24B	+44N	6.5	63.5	68.5	36.25	2247	-1.4
21	Tregubenko, NikolayFM	2244	FID	+66B	+44N	−3B	+64N	−2N	+49B	=37N	−27B	+42B	+23N	−10B	6.5	63.0	67.0	33.25	2206	-1.6
22	Parpiev, IsaakIM	2348	FID	−50N	+59B	−30N	+56B	+51N	+32B	+11B	−17N	−6N	+33B	=25B	6.5	61.5	66.0	36.75	2146	-50.0
23	Maslovskiy, VladimirFM	2224	FID	+65N	−57B	+41N	+30B	−9N	+52B	=13N	−6B	+40N	−21B	+36N	6.5	61.0	65.0	35.00	2139	-6.8
24	Rudenko, Dmitry Al.	2232	RUS	+59N	+50B	−8N	=44B	−32N	+48B	+40N	−13B	+37N	+20N	−12B	6.5	60.5	65.0	34.75	2198	-3.6
25	Novikov, EvgenijCM	2177	RUS	+55N	−8B	+50N	+57B	=20N	=37B	−19N	+49B	−16N	+30B	=22N	6.5	60.5	65.0	34.75	2151	-0.6
26	Korneva, MarinaIM	2077	RUS	−78N	+65B	+73N	−5B	−49N	−57B	+68N	+50B	+63N	+32B	=18N	6.5	50.0	51.0	29.25	1960	-12.2
27	Dedkov, Roman Ol	2100	RUS	+54B	+16B	+9N	−3N	−14B	−10N	+39B	+21N	−5B	−12N	+51B	6.0	69.5	74.5	36.50	2234	+14.9
28	Shlykov, Yaroslav	2123	RUS	+67B	−3N	+63B	−9B	+50N	−13N	+44B	−12N	+39B	+47N	−14B	6.0	62.0	66.0	29.00	2149	+5.5
29	Varankin, Leonid	2091	RUS	+72N	−6B	+75N	+16B	−5N	−19B	+41N	−18B	+49N	−15B	+52N	6.0	62.0	65.0	29.00	2082	+2.5
30	Yonal, TimurFM	1933	TUR	+79N	−19B	+22B	−23N	+66B	+16N	−17B	−11N	+48B	−25N	+49B	6.0	61.0	62.0	28.50	2106	+15.5
31	Shinkorenko, Ivan Al	2130	FID	+61N	−7B	+49N	−2B	−41N	+53B	+50N	−16B	+57N	+51B	−15N	6.0	60.5	65.0	29.00	2073	-7.3
32	Lyutsinger, IrenFM	2159	FID	+69B	−12N	=45B	+43N	+24B	−22N	+42B	−20N	=47B	−26N	+37N	6.0	60.0	64.0	32.25	2114	-5.3
33	Del, Nikita	1929	FID	−1B	−43N	+67B	=59N	−58B	+71N	=48B	+66N	+65B	−22N	+54B	6.0	52.0	55.5	25.25	1867	-14.6
34	Mirzoev, Tabriz Z	1724	RUS	−18N	−38B	+79N	+62B	+80N	−15B	=70N	+44B	+36N	=19B	−11B	6.0	52.0	53.0	22.00	2016	+47.3
35	Ivashentseva, DominikaWCM	2108	FID	+76B	−10N	−48B	−66N	−68B	+60N	+67B	+65N	+43B	−49N	+47B	6.0	48.5	51.0	25.50	1865	-31.7
36	Yunker, Alisa GenriettaWFM	2114	FID	+60N	=13B	−2N	+53B	+44N	−20B	−6B	+63N	−34B	+46N	−23B	5.5	63.5	67.5	28.00	2066	-4.3
37	Fominykh, MariaWGM	2054	RUS	+71B	−20N	+66B	+17N	=13B	=25N	=21B	−10N	−24B	+58N	−32B	5.5	62.0	65.5	29.00	2116	+14.4
38	Mukhin, Mikhail	1910	FID	−4B	+34N	−17B	=58N	−59B	+46N	+57N	+43B	=15N	=40B	−19N	5.5	60.0	64.5	30.00	1976	+20.8
39	Zharkov, Daniil	1902	FID	−7N	+61B	+18N	−19B	−16N	+55B	−27N	+52B	−28N	=57B	+53N	5.5	59.0	63.5	28.25	2013	+21.9
40	Fedotov, Andrey	2090	RUS	+74B	−14N	+52B	−20B	=48N	+58N	−24B	+45N	−23B	=38N	=41B	5.5	57.5	60.5	26.00	1989	-24.6
41	Makalkin, Andrey	1885	RUS	−10B	+76N	−23B	+69N	+31B	−17N	−29B	−54N	+67B	+48N	=40N	5.5	56.5	59.0	24.25	1959	+6.0
42	Krivenko, Dmitry	2102	RUS	+68N	−9B	=53N	+80B	−6N	+59B	−32N	+70B	−21N	−44B	+57N	5.5	55.0	56.0	20.00	2011	-23.1
43	Kharinov, Nikita An	1749	RUS	−15N	+33B	=70N	−32B	+45B	−44N	+58B	−38N	−35N	+60B	+64B	5.5	54.5	58.0	26.25	1956	+105.6
44	Frolova, Lyubov V.	2028	RUS	+77B	−21B	+78N	=24N	−36B	+43B	−28N	−34N	+59B	+42N	−20B	5.5	54.5	55.5	21.75	1961	-4.0
45	Artemov, Nikita	1888	RUS	−13N	+60B	=32N	−18B	−43N	+80B	+59N	−40B	−46N	+70B	+58B	5.5	53.0	54.0	21.00	1947	+10.1
46	Shabanov, Abdulla	1827	AZE	−5N	−73B	=60N	−61B	+76N	−38B	+74B	+56N	+45B	−36B	+59N	5.5	49.0	51.5	22.75	1788	-12.6
47	Ermolaev, Andrey	1926	RUS	−2N	+56B	−16N	+55B	+57N	−18B	+52N	=15B	=32N	−28B	−35N	5.0	62.5	67.0	26.00	2015	+41.2
48	Morozevich, Kirill Aleks	1872	FID	−16N	+54B	+35N	−15B	=40B	−24N	=33N	+62B	−30N	−41B	+69N	5.0	58.5	62.5	24.75	1950	+11.4
49	Knyazkov, Egor	1867	RUS	−14B	+74N	−31B	+77N	+26B	−21N	+64B	−25N	−29B	+35B	−30N	5.0	57.5	59.5	21.50	1972	+11.2
50	Osetrov, Prokhor	1877	FID	+22B	−24N	−25B	+71N	−28B	+69N	−31B	−26N	+68B	−54N	+65B	5.0	55.0	58.5	22.00	1890	+1.0
51	Oorzhak, Aldar	1902	RUS	−8N	+55B	−15N	+75B	−22B	+65N	−63B	+69N	+54B	−31N	−27N	5.0	55.0	58.0	21.00	1899	-4.2
52	Zuev, Maksim Al	1850	RUS	−6N	+72B	−40N	+73B	+64B	−23N	−47B	−39N	+69B	+62N	−29B	5.0	52.0	55.0	18.50	1889	+7.5
53	Stupa, Gleb	1842	RUS	−20B	+71N	=42B	−36N	=67B	−31N	−54B	+72N	+74B	+64N	−39B	5.0	49.0	52.0	18.75	1824	-12.0
54	Saveljev, Roman	1600	RUS	−27N	−48N	−65B	+79B	−62N	+78B	+53N	+41B	−51N	+50B	−33N	5.0	46.5	47.5	17.50	1774	+35.0
55	Tyuvetskiy, Ivan Ser	1700	RUS	−25B	−51N	+74B	−47N	+72B	−39N	+71B	−58N	−64B	+68N	+62B	5.0	45.5	48.5	18.00	1764	+16.7
56	Alyabyev, Boris	1742	RUS	−11B	−47N	+72B	−22N	−71B	−74N	+76N	−46B	+77N	+75B	+63N	5.0	43.5	45.5	15.00	1714	-10.8
57	Zelenkov, Grigorii	1814	RUS	+17B	+23N	−14B	−25N	−47B	+26N	−38B	+64N	−31B	=39N	−42B	4.5	61.0	65.0	26.75	2016	+94.8
58	Ozerov, Yaroslav Mikh	1764	RUS	−19N	−17N	+68B	=38B	+33N	−40B	−43N	+55B	+70N	−37B	−45N	4.5	56.0	59.5	21.25	1860	+41.6
59	Gaer, Sofiya IgWCM	1766	FID	−24B	−22N	+76B	=33B	+38N	−42N	−45B	+60N	−44N	+66B	−46B	4.5	55.0	57.5	19.50	1850	+27.9
60	Tyuvetskiy, Siluan Ser	1656	RUS	−36B	−45N	=46B	−67N	+73N	−35B	+80N	−59B	+61N	−43N	+70B	4.5	47.5	48.5	14.75	1763	+25.2
61	Chalaya, Alexandra U	1685	RUS	−31B	−39N	−71B	+46N	−77B	−72N	=73B	+76N	−60B	+78N	+67B	4.5	40.0	41.0	14.50	1602	-18.5
62	Sosnina, Anna	1891	RUS	−3B	=67N	=69B	−34N	+54B	+68N	−16B	−48N	+66B	−52B	−55N	4.0	53.5	57.5	17.00	1725	-54.2
63	Davydenya, Mikhail	1883	RUS	−9N	+68B	−28N	+78B	−18N	+77B	+51N	−36B	−26B	−65N	−56B	4.0	52.0	53.0	12.00	1793	-52.8
64	Mamedov, Elshad	2032	RUS	+73N	−5B	+77N	−21B	−52N	+66B	−49N	−57B	+55N	−53B	−43N	4.0	51.5	53.5	14.00	1748	-57.3
65	Slabov, Mikhail R.	1752	RUS	−23B	−26N	+54N	−70B	+75N	−51B	+77N	−35B	−33N	+63B	−50N	4.0	50.5	52.5	14.00	1759	-3.6
66	Gorshkov, Artem O	1768	RUS	−21N	+79B	−37N	+35B	−30N	−64N	+72B	−33B	−62N	−59N	+73B	4.0	49.0	50.0	13.50	1751	-12.4
67	Litvinenko, Dmitriy	1683	RUS	−28N	=62B	−33N	+60B	=53N	−70B	−35N	+77B	−41N	+74B	−61N	4.0	48.0	50.0	14.00	1713	+3.4
68	Klyueva, Tatyana Ig	1631	RUS	−42B	−63N	−58N	+74B	+35N	−62B	−26B	+71N	−50N	−55B	+77N	4.0	47.0	49.0	14.50	1690	+6.1
69	Zubrilin, Sergey	1695	RUS	−32N	=70B	=62N	−41B	+78N	−50B	+75N	−51B	−52N	+72N	−48B	4.0	45.5	46.5	11.25	1716	+3.2
70	Vershinin, Miroslav	1902	RUS	−12B	=69N	=43B	+65N	−17B	+67N	=34B	−42N	−58B	−45N	−60N	3.5	53.5	57.5	15.75	1737	-55.2
71	Gudkov, Egor	1495	RUS	−37N	−53B	+61N	−50B	+56N	−33B	−55N	−68B	=76B	=73N	=72B	3.5	46.5	49.0	14.00	1592	+12.0
72	Tagirov, Kajum K	1594	RUS	−29B	−52N	−56N	+76B	−55N	+61B	−66N	−53B	+73N	−69B	=71N	3.5	45.0	47.5	11.75	1584	-6.1
73	Nekrasov, Denis A	1485	RUS	−64B	+46N	−26B	−52N	−60B	−75B	=61N	+79N	−72B	=71B	−66N	3.0	44.0	45.0	10.50	1522	+5.6
74	Sakhno, Robert Ev	1568	RUS	−40N	−49B	−55N	−68N	+79B	+56B	−46N	+75B	−53N	−67N	F	3.0	43.0	43.0	9.00	1579	-2.5
75	Bobrovnikova, Mariya	1598	RUS	F	F	−29B	−51N	−65B	+73N	−69B	−74N	+78B	−56N	+79B	3.0	32.0	32.0	5.00	1554	-27.2
76	Posudnevskiy, Dmitry	1633	RUS	−35N	−41B	−59N	−72N	−46B	+79N	−56B	−61B	=71N	F	+78B	2.5	40.0	40.0	3.75	1506	-34.8
77	Sakhno, Alexander Ev	1442	RUS	−44N	F	−64B	−49B	+61N	−63N	−65B	−67N	−56B	+79N	−68B	2.0	41.0	41.0	5.50	1489	+5.3
78	Grzhibovsky, Alexander	1540	RUS	+26B	−80N	−44B	−63N	−69B	−54N	−79B	F	−75N	−61B	−76N	1.0	37.0	37.0	6.50	1368	-41.9
79	Golubnichaya, Anastasiya	1428	FID	−30B	−66N	−34B	−54N	−74N	−76B	+78N	−73B	F	−77B	−75N	1.0	35.5	36.5	1.00	1252	-64.6
80	Gridnev, Selantiy	2020	RUS	F	+78B	−13N	−42N	−34B	−45N	−60B	F	F	F	F	1.0	30.5	30.5	1.00	1627	-56.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Kharinov, Nikita AnRUS
+105.6
5.5 pts · #41
2Zelenkov, GrigoriiRUS
+94.8
4.5 pts · #59
3Mirzoev, Tabriz ZRUS
+47.3
6.0 pts · #34

Top rating losers

1Golubnichaya, AnastasiyaFID
-64.6
1.0 pts · #78
2Mamedov, ElshadRUS
-57.3
4.0 pts · #63
3Gridnev, SelantiyRUS
-56.6
1.0 pts · #80

Biggest upsets

R1+537 Elo gap
Grzhibovsky, Alexander1540 beat IMKorneva, Marina2077
R5+477 Elo gap
Klyueva, Tatyana Ig1631 beat WCMIvashentseva, Dominika2108
R1+471 Elo gap
Osetrov, Prokhor1877 beat IMParpiev, Isaak2348