Novokuznetsk Champ.2025 SF2
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21 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 27 Sept 2025 to 18 Oct 2025 in Novokuznetsk, Russia. Top 10 Elo average was 1629, and top seed was Denis Atuchin (🇷🇺 RUS, 1889).
Denis Atuchin (🇷🇺 RUS, 1889) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Alexander Alimov (5.0) and Ilya Pereboev (5.0). Atuchin won solo starting round 3.
The biggest upset came in round 6: Andrey Fisher (1464) beat Alexandr Nov Avdeev (1760), a +296-point gap.
Location
🇷🇺Novokuznetsk, Russia
Dates
27 Sept 2025 → 18 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇺Russia×20
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsDenis Atuchin led from R3; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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4
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R3–R7 · LEAD HELD
Denis Atuchin never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.
R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Denis Atuchin beat Alexander Alimov (Black).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Denis Atuchin 6 wins (R1–R6)Ilya Pereboev 5 wins (R3–R7)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Denis Atuchin | * | 1 | — | ½ |
| 2Alexander Alimov | 0 | * | — | — |
| 3Ilya Pereboev | — | — | * | — |
| 4Viacheslav Gilev | ½ | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atuchin, Denis | 1889 | RUS | +18B | +11N | +6B | +2N | +7B | +13N | =4B | 6.5 | 23.5 | 25.5 | 23.25 | 1950 | +11.2 |
| 2 | Alimov, Alexander | 1857 | RUS | +12N | +8B | =9N | −1B | =13B | +6N | +7B | 5.0 | 25.5 | 28.0 | 18.25 | 1843 | +1.8 |
| 3 | Pereboev, Ilya | 1588 | RUS | F | F | +21N | +17B | +10N | +14N | +6B | 5.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.00 | 2260 | +39.6 |
| 4 | Gilev, Viacheslav | 1582 | RUS | +14N | −9B | −13N | +15B | +16N | +8B | =1N | 4.5 | 21.5 | 23.5 | 13.75 | 2000 | +91.6 |
| 5 | Nigametzianov, Kirill | 0 | RUS | −6N | +16B | −8N | =20B | +12N | +11B | +13B | 4.5 | 19.0 | 19.5 | 11.25 | 1592 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Galynin, Ilya Yu | 1501 | RUS | +5B | +20N | −1N | +9B | +8N | −2B | −3N | 4.0 | 29.0 | 29.5 | 13.00 | 1555 | +5.2 |
| 7 | Balandin, Efim | 1513 | RUS | =17N | +21B | =10N | +12B | −1N | +9B | −2N | 4.0 | 24.5 | 25.0 | 10.50 | 1582 | +6.0 |
| 8 | Belousova, Sofia | 1656 | RUS | +15B | −2N | +5B | +11N | −6B | −4N | +14B | 4.0 | 24.0 | 26.0 | 12.50 | 1489 | -44.4 |
| 9 | Volkov, Maksim P. | 0 | RUS | +13B | +4N | =2B | −6N | =11B | −7N | +15B | 4.0 | 23.5 | 25.5 | 13.25 | 1584 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Kuzmin, Roman R. | 1479 | RUS | =21N | +17B | =7B | −13N | −3B | +20N | +12N | 4.0 | 17.0 | 17.5 | 7.75 | 1517 | +6.4 |
| 11 | Borovikov, Andrey | 0 | RUS | +16N | −1B | +14N | −8B | =9N | −5N | +19B | 3.5 | 23.5 | 24.5 | 7.50 | 1649 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Antipin, Leonid | 1460 | RUS | −2B | +15N | +20B | −7N | −5B | +19N | −10B | 3.0 | 20.5 | 21.0 | 3.50 | 1477 | +2.4 |
| 13 | Skovyro, Matvey | 0 | RUS | −9N | F | +4B | +10B | =2N | −1B | −5N | 2.5 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 11.00 | 1722 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Polyanskiy, Fedor | 0 | RUS | −4B | =18N | −11B | +21N | +20N | −3B | −8N | 2.5 | 19.5 | 20.0 | 2.00 | 809 | -28.4 |
| 15 | Fisher, Andrey | 1464 | RUS | −8N | −12B | F | −4N | +18B | +16B | −9N | 2.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 4.00 | 1419 | -10.4 |
| 16 | Avdeev, Alexandr Nov | 1760 | RUS | −11B | −5N | +19B | +18N | −4B | −15N | −17N | 2.0 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 3.00 | 1371 | -29.0 |
| 17 | Fomicheva, Ulyana | 0 | RUS | =7B | −10N | =18B | −3N | −19N | F | +16B | 2.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 5.00 | 1407 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Chigisov, Daniil | 0 | RUS | −1N | =14B | =17N | −16B | −15N | +21B | F | 2.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 2.75 | 1306 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Kholmanskikh, Sergey | 1441 | RUS | F | F | −16N | F | +17B | −12B | −11N | 1.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.00 | 805 | -24.8 |
| 20 | FIDE 540085783 | 0 | — | F | −6B | −12N | =5N | −14B | −10B | F | 0.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 2.25 | 657 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Dvortsov, Alexey | 1455 | RUS | =10B | −7N | −3B | −14B | F | −18N | F | 0.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 2.00 | 1173 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Gilev, ViacheslavRUS+91.64.5 pts · #1
- 2Pereboev, IlyaRUS+39.65.0 pts · #5
- 3Atuchin, DenisRUS+11.26.5 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1Belousova, SofiaRUS-44.44.0 pts · #9
- 2Avdeev, Alexandr NovRUS-29.02.0 pts · #16
- 3Polyanskiy, FedorRUS-28.42.5 pts · #21
Biggest upsets
- R6+296 Elo gap
- R5+178 Elo gap
- R5+155 Elo gap