RB Championship (1 league) 2025_men

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38 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 04 Oct 2025 to 12 Oct 2025 in Ufa, Russia. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1869, and top seed was Ilnar Bigalin (🇷🇺 RUS, 1968).

Levon Azizyan (🇷🇺 RUS, 1893) won with 7.5/8, ahead of Roman Lubyanov (6.5) and Rasul Galiev (6.0). Azizyan won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Marat Saifullin (1440) beat Nikita Rakhmatullin (1756), a +316-point gap.

Location

🇷🇺Ufa, Russia

Dates

04 Oct 2025 → 12 Oct 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 8 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇺Ilnar Bigalin1968

Avg top 10

1,869

Participants

Titled players · 1

WCM×1

Federations · 1 represented

🇷🇺Russia×38

Top 3

🥇
Levon Azizyan
🇷🇺RUS·1893
7.5pts·2249perf+52.4
🥈
Roman Lubyanov
🇷🇺RUS·1785
6.5pts·2011perf+88.8
🥉
Rasul Galiev
🇷🇺RUS·1882
6.0pts·1973perf+36.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

Levon Azizyan led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Azizyan7.5Lubyanov6.5Galiev6Zhirnov5.5Tazetdinov5.5Ishemguzhin5.5

R5–R8 · LEAD HELD

Levon Azizyan never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R8 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Levon Azizyan drew with Roman Lubyanov (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Levon Azizyan 7 wins (R1–R7)Roman Lubyanov 5 wins (R3–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Levon Azizyan	*	½	—	1
2Roman Lubyanov	½	*	—	—
3Rasul Galiev	—	—	*	—
4Kirill Zhirnov	0	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Azizyan, Levon	1893	RUS	+8N	+15B	+7N	+26B	+4B	+6N	+5B	=2N	7.5	38.0	41.0	37.75	2249	+52.4
2	Lubyanov, Roman	1785	RUS	=22B	=25N	+33B	+13N	+14B	+4N	+11B	=1B	6.5	33.0	35.0	27.75	2011	+88.8
3	Galiev, Rasul	1882	RUS	+21N	+10B	−4B	+15N	+23B	−5N	+14B	+11N	6.0	32.5	36.0	25.00	1973	+36.8
4	Bigalin, Ilnar	1968	RUS	+9N	+12B	+3N	+6B	−1N	−2B	+7N	=5B	5.5	41.5	46.0	29.25	1972	+2.0
5	Tazetdinov, Kamil	1862	RUS	+33B	−26N	+11B	+12N	+9B	+3B	−1N	=4N	5.5	36.0	38.0	24.75	1921	+13.0
6	Bastanov, Murat	1921	RUS	+23B	+17N	+14B	−4N	+15B	−1B	+10N	=8N	5.5	35.5	39.0	23.25	1921	+2.4
7	Ishemguzhin, Igor	1855	RUS	+37B	+20N	−1B	=17N	+19B	+16N	−4B	+14N	5.5	33.0	34.0	19.00	1893	+11.0
8	Zhirnov, Kirill	1669	RUS	−1B	+35N	−18N	+24B	+25N	+12B	+17N	=6B	5.5	32.5	34.5	20.25	1883	+90.4
9	Saitgaleev, Radmir	1671	RUS	−4B	+36N	+20B	+18B	−5N	−14N	+26B	+16N	5.0	30.0	31.0	16.00	1839	+68.4
10	Davtetkhanov, Rafael	1716	RUS	+35B	−3N	+31B	−14N	+28B	+22N	−6B	+20N	5.0	28.5	30.5	15.00	1743	+7.0
11	Baiburin, Ildar	1782	RUS	+19N	=28B	−5N	+27B	+26N	+18B	−2N	−3B	4.5	32.0	35.0	15.50	1727	-7.6
12	Magafurov, Artur	1771	RUS	+31B	−4N	+34B	−5B	+20N	−8N	=16B	+24B	4.5	30.5	32.5	14.00	1746	-3.0
13	Reshetnikov, Arseny	1604	RUS	=16B	=22N	+25B	−2B	−18N	+28N	=27B	+19B	4.5	28.5	31.5	15.75	1713	+45.6
14	Bayturin, Batyr	1821	RUS	+34N	+27B	−6N	+10B	−2N	+9B	−3N	−7B	4.0	36.5	38.5	15.00	1744	-31.2
15	Rakhmatullin, Nikita	1756	RUS	+36B	−1N	+22B	−3B	−6N	+25N	−20B	+27N	4.0	33.0	34.0	11.00	1688	-25.2
16	Yusupova, AdelWCM	1896	RUS	=13N	=24B	=21N	+28B	+17N	−7B	=12N	−9B	4.0	31.0	34.0	15.25	1669	-86.8
17	Baiburin, Dinar	1737	RUS	+38N	−6B	+24N	=7B	−16B	+27N	−8B	=21N	4.0	31.0	31.0	11.25	1690	-18.8
18	Saifullin, Ainur	1809	RUS	−26B	+37N	+8B	−9N	+13B	−11N	−19N	+29B	4.0	29.5	30.5	14.00	1659	-65.6
19	Khabirov, Usman	1593	RUS	−11B	=23N	+32B	+21B	−7N	=26N	+18B	−13N	4.0	29.0	31.5	13.75	1711	+47.2
20	Saifullin, Marat	1440	RUS	+29N	−7B	−9N	+33N	−12B	+34B	+15N	−10B	4.0	29.0	31.0	11.00	1717	+101.6
21	Sattarov, Ruslan	1653	RUS	−3B	+30N	=16B	−19N	−22B	+31N	+23B	=17B	4.0	28.0	30.5	13.00	1710	+21.6
22	Mukhtarov, Samat	1601	RUS	=2N	=13B	−15N	=29B	+21N	−10B	−24N	+31B	3.5	30.5	33.0	13.50	1626	+10.0
23	Yusupov, Emil	1679	RUS	−6N	=19B	=27N	+31B	−3N	=24B	−21N	+33B	3.5	28.5	30.5	9.75	1624	-26.8
24	Kazakova, Maria	1558	RUS	=25B	=16N	−17B	−8N	+37B	=23N	+22B	−12N	3.5	28.5	29.5	10.00	1676	+46.0
25	Kovalchuk, Artem An	1758	RUS	=24N	=2B	−13N	+34N	−8B	−15B	+36N	=32B	3.5	28.5	29.5	9.25	1607	-64.8
26	Chistyakov, Matvei	1618	RUS	+18N	+5B	=28N	−1N	−11B	=19B	−9N	−30B	3.0	33.5	36.5	13.00	1631	-0.8
27	Mukhamadiev, Ramil	1481	RUS	+30B	−14N	=23B	−11N	+29N	−17B	=13N	−15B	3.0	27.5	30.5	10.00	1634	+53.6
28	Seleznev, Savelii	1428	RUS	+32B	=11N	=26B	−16N	−10N	−13B	−29N	+36B	3.0	26.5	27.5	7.25	1592	+54.8
29	Bikbaev, Askar	1683	RUS	−20B	−31N	+36B	=22N	−27B	=33N	+28B	−18N	3.0	22.0	23.0	6.75	1480	-87.6
30	Valeev, Kamil	1698	RUS	−27N	−21B	F	F	F	+35N	+34B	+26N	3.0	14.0	14.0	7.00	1646	-11.6
31	Kamaletdinov, Daniil	1579	RUS	−12N	+29B	−10N	−23N	=33B	−21B	+35N	−22N	2.5	25.5	27.5	6.00	1514	-16.6
32	Samoylov, Mikhail O	1680	RUS	−28N	−34B	−19N	=37N	=35B	F	+33B	=25N	2.5	17.5	17.5	5.25	1497	-68.4
33	Kusaev, Artur	1593	RUS	−5N	+38B	−2N	−20B	=31N	=29B	−32N	−23N	2.0	27.5	27.5	2.75	1460	-79.2
34	Gizatullin, Aynur	1634	RUS	−14B	+32N	−12N	−25B	+36B	−20N	−30N	−35B	2.0	23.5	24.5	3.50	1455	-73.6
35	Solovyev, Timur	1481	RUS	−10N	−8B	=37B	−36N	=32N	−30B	−31B	+34N	2.0	21.5	22.5	3.75	1450	-13.6
36	Voronov, Anton	1521	RUS	−15N	−9B	−29N	+35B	−34N	F	−25B	−28N	1.0	22.5	23.5	2.00	1322	-59.2
37	Zainullin, Marat	1644	RUS	−7N	−18B	=35N	=32B	−24N	F	F	F	1.0	18.5	18.5	2.25	1437	-51.6
38	Salimov, Amir	1485	RUS	−17B	−33N	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	894	-18.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Saifullin, MaratRUS
+101.6
4.0 pts · #19
2Zhirnov, KirillRUS
+90.4
5.5 pts · #4
3Lubyanov, RomanRUS
+88.8
6.5 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1Bikbaev, AskarRUS
-87.6
3.0 pts · #27
2Yusupova, AdelWCMRUS
-86.8
4.0 pts · #17
3Kusaev, ArturRUS
-79.2
2.0 pts · #34

Biggest upsets

R7+316 Elo gap
Saifullin, Marat1440 beat Rakhmatullin, Nikita1756
R1+252 Elo gap
Seleznev, Savelii1428 beat Samoylov, Mikhail O1680
R2+244 Elo gap
Chistyakov, Matvei1618 beat Tazetdinov, Kamil1862