Kazan Cup 2025_B13

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48 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 04 Oct 2025 to 10 Oct 2025 in Kazan, Russia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1659, and top seed was Arslan Zhuraev (🇷🇺 RUS, 1781).

Arslan Zhuraev (🇷🇺 RUS, 1781) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Platon Razumovskiy (6.5) and Anton Bliznyakov (6.5). Zhuraev shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 8.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Artem Gafiyatullin (1430) beat Murat Gimatov (1580), a +150-point gap.

Location

🇷🇺Kazan, Russia

Dates

04 Oct 2025 → 10 Oct 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇺Arslan Zhuraev1781

Avg top 10

1,659

Participants

Federations · 2 represented

🇷🇺Russia×38

FIDE (no federation)×1

Top 3

🥇
Arslan Zhuraev
🇷🇺RUS·1781
7.5pts·1969perf+52.8
🥈
Platon Razumovskiy
FID·1675
6.5pts·1704perf+15.6
🥉
Anton Bliznyakov
🇷🇺RUS·1702
6.5pts·1736perf+15.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Arslan Zhuraev led from R8; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 5 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R8.

Co-leaders

Zhuraev7.5Razumovskiy6.5Bliznyakov6.5Kovzan6Larionov6Khamidullin6

R8–R9 · LEAD HELD

Arslan Zhuraev never relinquished the lead after R8; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Arslan Zhuraev beat Platon Razumovskiy (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Arslan Zhuraev 4 wins (R2–R5)Anton Bliznyakov 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Arslan Zhuraev	*	1	½	½
2Platon Razumovskiy	0	*	—	—
3Anton Bliznyakov	½	—	*	—
4Yaroslav Kovzan	½	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Zhuraev, Arslan	1781	RUS	=8B	+23N	+2B	+7B	+5N	=6N	+13B	+4B	=3N	7.5	48.0	52.5	43.25	1969	+52.8
2	Razumovskiy, Platon	1675	FID	+29N	=17B	−1N	+28N	=12B	+19N	=15B	+6N	+4B	6.5	44.0	48.0	32.75	1704	+15.6
3	Bliznyakov, Anton	1702	RUS	+26N	+9B	+27N	=13B	−4N	+35B	+16N	=5B	=1B	6.5	44.0	47.5	32.25	1736	+15.6
4	Gatin, Almaz	1627	RUS	+28B	=18N	=8B	+19N	+3B	+7N	+6B	−1N	−2N	6.0	48.5	52.5	33.00	1746	+46.4
5	Ulmeikin, Nikolai	1603	RUS	+30B	+19N	+11B	=6N	−1B	=14N	+8B	=3N	=7N	6.0	48.0	52.0	32.75	1661	+22.8
6	Larionov, Tikhon	1761	RUS	+23N	+15B	+35N	=5B	+13N	=1B	−4N	−2B	+16N	6.0	45.5	49.0	29.75	1703	-22.0
7	Khamidullin, Aslan	1616	RUS	+25B	+12N	+21B	−1N	+18B	−4B	=22N	+15N	=5B	6.0	45.0	49.5	30.50	1623	+4.0
8	Kovzan, Yaroslav	0	RUS	=1N	+29B	=4N	=14N	=15B	+17B	−5N	+35B	+20N	6.0	43.5	47.0	29.25	1606	0.0
9	Anikin, Dmitriy Aleks	1528	RUS	+45B	−3N	+31B	=10N	−14B	+30N	+12B	=11N	+13B	6.0	42.0	44.0	26.50	1574	+20.4
10	Nagaeva, Mariam	1599	RUS	+33N	+24B	−13N	=9B	+17N	−16B	+23N	=14B	+27N	6.0	39.0	43.0	27.50	1532	-21.6
11	Zakharov, Albert	1467	RUS	+34N	+48B	−5N	+27B	=16N	−13B	+35N	=9B	+14N	6.0	38.5	39.5	23.00	1589	+46.4
12	Trushnikov, Ivan	1412	RUS	+44N	−7B	+34N	=35B	=2N	=20B	−9N	+36B	+24N	5.5	39.0	41.5	22.00	1507	+27.2
13	Kolomyttsev, Ivan	1635	RUS	+36B	+14N	+10B	=3N	−6B	+11N	−1N	=16B	−9N	5.0	48.0	51.5	26.25	1634	-4.8
14	Gafiyatullin, Artem	1430	RUS	+40N	−13B	+32N	=8B	+9N	=5B	=20N	=10N	−11B	5.0	44.0	47.5	25.00	1572	+53.2
15	Akhmetshin, Timur	1490	RUS	+39B	−6N	+25B	=21N	=8N	+28B	=2N	−7B	=22B	5.0	43.0	46.5	23.25	1431	-17.2
16	Vafin, Alim	1555	RUS	+42B	−21N	+36B	+22N	=11B	+10N	−3B	=13N	−6B	5.0	43.0	46.0	23.00	1565	+3.6
17	Korablev, Daniil	1505	RUS	+43B	=2N	=18B	+20N	−10B	−8N	=21B	+25N	=29B	5.0	42.0	45.0	22.75	1523	+6.0
18	Abdullin, Amir	1455	RUS	+41N	=4B	=17N	+24B	−7N	−22B	+28N	−20B	+33N	5.0	39.5	43.0	21.50	1315	-33.2
19	Nosov, Ranel	1548	RUS	+37N	−5B	+33N	−4B	+36N	−2B	+32N	=24B	=21N	5.0	39.5	43.0	19.75	1509	-3.6
20	Mullin, Arseniy	1587	RUS	+32N	−27B	+26N	−17B	+29B	=12N	=14B	+18N	−8B	5.0	39.0	43.0	22.75	1526	-22.4
21	Alekseev, Ivan	0	RUS	+46N	+16B	−7N	=15B	−35N	=24B	=17N	+31B	=19B	5.0	38.0	40.0	20.75	1511	+36.4
22	Kamaleev, Kirsan	1440	RUS	+47N	−35B	+37N	−16B	+32N	+18N	=7B	−27B	=15N	5.0	36.0	37.0	19.00	1481	+14.8
23	Kechin, Rolan	0	RUS	−6B	−1B	+44N	=31N	+38B	+25N	−10B	−29N	+28B	4.5	39.5	42.0	16.50	1227	0.0
24	Ushakov, Artem	0	RUS	+38B	−10N	+42B	−18N	=25B	=21N	+30B	=19N	−12B	4.5	38.5	41.5	17.75	1239	0.0
25	Polukeev, Mikhail	0	RUS	−7N	+44B	−15N	+37B	=24N	−23B	+41N	−17B	+40N	4.5	35.5	38.0	15.25	736	0.0
26	Lorin, Ilya	0	RUS	−3B	+39N	−20B	−38N	=31B	−40N	+44N	+37B	+36N	4.5	33.0	35.5	15.00	1464	0.0
27	Vasilev, Ivan	1547	RUS	F	+20N	−3B	−11N	−30B	+34B	+33N	+22N	−10B	4.0	40.5	40.5	18.00	1487	-15.2
28	Nasybullin, Emil	0	RUS	−4N	+41B	+48N	−2B	+33N	−15N	−18B	+34B	−23N	4.0	38.5	39.5	12.50	761	0.0
29	Akhmetshin, Karim	1408	RUS	−2B	−8N	+43B	F	−20N	=41B	+37N	+23B	=17N	4.0	37.0	40.0	15.25	1316	-12.4
30	Vafin, Ruslan	0	RUS	−5N	−37B	+47N	+41B	+27N	−9B	−24N	−33B	+38N	4.0	35.0	36.0	12.00	1430	0.0
31	Gubaidullin, Boris	0	RUS	−35N	+47B	−9N	=23B	=26N	=36B	+40B	−21N	=32B	4.0	34.5	35.5	12.75	1260	-36.4
32	Gimatov, Murat	1580	RUS	−20B	+43N	−14B	+39N	−22B	+42N	−19B	=38B	=31N	4.0	34.0	37.0	13.25	1111	-107.6
33	Goloviznin, Vladislav	0	RUS	−10B	+45N	−19B	+48N	−28B	+38N	−27B	+30N	−18B	4.0	33.5	34.5	10.50	728	0.0
34	Vladimirov, Georgiy	0	RUS	−11B	+38N	−12B	−36N	+43B	−27N	+45B	−28N	+42N	4.0	32.5	34.5	11.50	681	0.0
35	Fattakhov, Amirkhan	1473	RUS	+31B	+22N	−6B	=12N	+21B	−3N	−11B	−8N	F	3.5	44.0	47.5	16.75	1515	+9.2
36	Demanov, Evgeniy	1475	RUS	−13N	+40B	−16N	+34B	−19B	=31N	+39B	−12N	−26B	3.5	36.5	40.0	13.00	1142	-78.0
37	FIDE 540035700	0	—	−19B	+30N	−22B	−25N	=39B	+43N	−29B	−26N	+46B	3.5	33.5	35.5	10.75	654	0.0
38	FIDE 540084574	0	—	−24N	−34B	+40N	+26B	−23N	−33B	+42B	=32N	−30B	3.5	33.0	36.0	13.00	1580	0.0
39	FIDE 540084604	0	—	−15N	−26B	+46N	−32B	=37N	+44B	−36N	+41B	F	3.5	30.0	32.0	9.75	723	0.0
40	Tuktarov, Arsen	0	RUS	−14B	−36N	−38B	=44N	+47B	+26B	−31N	+45N	−25B	3.5	29.5	30.5	8.75	647	0.0
41	Akhmetzyanov, Bulat	0	RUS	−18B	−28N	+45B	−30N	+48B	=29N	−25B	−39N	+44N	3.5	29.5	30.5	7.50	1238	0.0
42	FIDE 55665420	0	—	−16N	+46B	−24N	F	+45B	−32B	−38N	+43N	−34B	3.0	30.0	32.0	7.00	767	0.0
43	FIDE 522029850	0	—	−17N	−32B	−29N	+47B	−34N	−37B	+46N	−42B	+48B	3.0	26.5	27.5	4.00	697	0.0
44	Garifullin, Karim	0	RUS	−12B	−25N	−23B	=40B	+46N	−39N	−26B	+47N	−41B	2.5	31.5	32.5	4.75	612	0.0
45	FIDE 540084582	0	—	−9N	−33B	−41N	+46B	−42N	+48B	−34N	−40B	−47N	2.0	27.0	28.0	3.00	721	0.0
46	FIDE 522072462	0	—	−21B	−42N	−39B	−45N	−44B	+47N	−43B	+48N	−37N	2.0	23.5	24.5	2.00	614	0.0
47	FIDE 55877575	0	—	−22B	−31N	−30B	−43N	−40N	−46B	−48N	−44B	+45B	1.0	26.0	27.0	2.00	627	0.0
48	FIDE 540084590	0	—	F	−11N	−28B	−33B	−41N	−45N	+47B	−46B	−43N	1.0	25.5	25.5	1.00	669	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Gafiyatullin, ArtemRUS
+53.2
5.0 pts · #14
2Zhuraev, ArslanRUS
+52.8
7.5 pts · #1
3Gatin, AlmazRUS
+46.4
6.0 pts · #8

Top rating losers

1Gimatov, MuratRUS
-107.6
4.0 pts · #30
2Demanov, EvgeniyRUS
-78.0
3.5 pts · #31
3Gubaidullin, BorisRUS
-36.4
4.0 pts · #28

Biggest upsets

R3+150 Elo gap
Gafiyatullin, Artem1430 beat Gimatov, Murat1580
R5+140 Elo gap
Kamaleev, Kirsan1440 beat Gimatov, Murat1580
R7+134 Elo gap
Gatin, Almaz1627 beat Larionov, Tikhon1761