The Southern Federal District Championship 2025_B-13

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53 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 02 Nov 2025 to 10 Nov 2025 in Dzhubga, Russia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1809, and top seed was Ivan Belik (🇷🇺 RUS, 2024).

Ivan Belik (🇷🇺 RUS, 2024) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Mikhail Vlad Popov (6.5) and Timur Nepomnyashchy (6.5). Belik shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Mikhail Vlad Popov (1522) beat Platon Zabelin (1859), a +337-point gap.

Location

🇷🇺Dzhubga, Russia

Dates

02 Nov 2025 → 10 Nov 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇺Ivan Belik2024

Avg top 10

1,809

Participants

Federations · 2 represented

🇷🇺Russia×46

FIDE (no federation)×4

Top 3

🥇
Ivan Belik
🇷🇺RUS·2024
8.0pts·2072perf+16.0
🥈
Mikhail Vlad Popov
🇷🇺RUS·1522
6.5pts·1862perf+114.8
🥉
Timur Nepomnyashchy
🇷🇺RUS·1671
6.5pts·1816perf+70.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Ivan Belik led from R6; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders

Belik8Nepomnyashchy6.5Popov6.5Kolosov6Vasekin6Valiev6

R6–R9 · LEAD HELD

Ivan Belik never relinquished the lead after R6; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Ivan Belik 4 wins (R6–R9)Timur Nepomnyashchy 3 wins (R4–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Ivan Belik	*	—	1	—
2Timur Nepomnyashchy	—	*	—	½
3Mikhail Vlad Popov	0	—	*	½
4Ruslan Kolosov	—	½	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Belik, Ivan	2024	RUS	+27N	=10B	+16N	+7B	=9N	+2B	+5N	+4B	+8N	8.0	46.5	51.0	45.50	2072	+16.0
2	Popov, Mikhail Vlad	1522	RUS	+40B	+50N	=6B	+12N	=11B	−1N	=8N	+27B	+9N	6.5	44.0	46.0	29.50	1862	+114.8
3	Nepomnyashchy, Timur	1671	RUS	=35N	+32B	−8N	+31B	+44N	+10B	=9N	=6N	+11B	6.5	40.5	43.5	30.25	1816	+70.0
4	Vasekin, Vyacheslav	1621	RUS	+31N	+28B	=5N	=8B	=15N	+18B	+11B	−1N	=6B	6.0	46.5	51.0	31.50	1801	+69.6
5	Rodin, Dmitriy Aleks	1866	RUS	+30B	+14N	=4B	=6N	+19B	=11N	−1B	=10N	+21B	6.0	46.5	51.0	31.50	1742	-37.2
6	Kolosov, Ruslan	1847	RUS	+34N	+25B	=2N	=5B	=10N	=9B	+17N	=3B	=4N	6.0	46.5	50.5	32.50	1767	-27.6
7	Valiev, Denis	1794	FID	+46B	+44N	=12B	−1N	=20B	+30N	+14B	=9B	=13N	6.0	42.5	45.0	26.25	1798	+3.6
8	Igitov, Egor	1788	RUS	+20B	=18N	+3B	=4N	=14B	=12N	=2B	+19N	−1B	5.5	48.5	53.5	31.00	1738	-14.8
9	Lazarev, Egor	1844	FID	+26B	+21N	+19B	=11N	=1B	=6N	=3B	=7N	−2B	5.5	48.5	53.5	31.00	1737	-36.8
10	Radzhabov, Magomed	1680	RUS	+42B	=1N	+18B	=13N	=6B	−3N	+29N	=5B	=12B	5.5	47.5	51.0	29.00	1801	+47.2
11	Zhigan, Nikita	1623	RUS	+45N	+17B	+13N	=9B	=2N	=5B	−4N	+15B	−3N	5.5	47.0	50.0	28.50	1727	+51.6
12	Zabelin, Platon	1859	FID	+22N	+15B	=7N	−2B	+17N	=8B	=27N	=13B	=10N	5.5	45.0	49.5	29.50	1681	-63.6
13	Shepel, Alexander	1716	FID	+29B	+36N	−11B	=10B	+28N	=14N	=19B	=12N	=7B	5.5	42.0	46.0	26.75	1692	-8.4
14	Nevstruev, Arseny	0	RUS	+37N	−5B	+35N	+23B	=8N	=13B	−7N	=18B	+28N	5.5	42.0	46.0	25.75	1662	0.0
15	Sinegubenko, Nikita	1609	RUS	+33B	−12N	+22B	+30N	=4B	−19N	+28B	−11N	+24B	5.5	41.0	45.0	26.00	1555	-18.8
16	Pavlov, Viktor	1498	RUS	=38B	+24N	−1B	−20N	+40B	+44B	=18N	=30N	+27B	5.5	40.0	43.0	23.00	1606	+34.0
17	Sabelnikov, Konstantin Al	1523	RUS	+47B	−11N	+26B	+34N	−12B	+20N	−6B	=29N	+30B	5.5	40.0	42.5	23.25	1677	+62.0
18	Rogov, Ilya	1407	RUS	+48N	=8B	−10N	+45B	+32B	−4N	=16B	=14N	+29B	5.5	39.5	41.5	21.75	1650	+85.6
19	Prober, Egor	1520	RUS	+43N	+23B	−9N	+27B	−5N	+15B	=13N	−8B	=25N	5.0	42.5	46.0	23.75	1670	+58.0
20	Subbotin, Mikhail	1515	RUS	−8N	=39B	+48N	+16B	=7N	−17B	+36B	−24N	+32N	5.0	39.5	41.5	20.50	1557	+11.6
21	Grechkin, Mikhail	0	RUS	+39N	−9B	−45N	+46N	+34B	−27B	+22N	+23B	−5N	5.0	37.0	39.5	20.50	1601	0.0
22	Indyukhin, Artem	0	RUS	−12B	+33N	−15N	=41B	=35N	+32B	−21B	+37N	+38B	5.0	36.0	39.5	19.75	1528	0.0
23	Amosov, Egor	1554	RUS	+52B	−19N	+40B	−14N	−29B	+42N	+34B	−21N	+39B	5.0	35.0	36.0	16.00	1573	+4.4
24	Garnitskiy, Dmitriy Aleks	1533	RUS	−32N	−16B	=47N	=48B	+41N	+40B	+26N	+20B	−15N	5.0	34.5	36.5	19.25	1534	+0.8
25	Sham-Pasha, Roman	1561	RUS	+51B	−6N	−34B	=38N	+46B	−28N	+37B	+31N	=19B	5.0	34.5	36.5	17.50	1580	+4.4
26	Rastorguev, Artem	1549	RUS	−9N	+37B	−17N	−49B	+47N	+48B	−24B	+33N	+36B	5.0	32.5	34.5	16.50	833	-48.8
27	Kulygin, Demyan	1433	RUS	−1B	+42N	+50B	−19N	+33B	+21N	=12B	−2N	−16N	4.5	43.0	45.0	17.25	1277	-32.8
28	Rodichev, Fedor	0	RUS	+49B	−4N	+29B	=32N	−13B	+25B	−15N	+44N	−14B	4.5	39.0	41.0	16.50	1604	0.0
29	Kirakosyan, Roman	1670	RUS	−13N	+41B	−28N	+52B	+23N	+36N	−10B	=17B	−18N	4.5	39.0	40.0	16.25	1517	-49.6
30	Goryaev, Tagir	1557	RUS	−5N	+43B	+52N	−15B	+49N	−7B	+45N	=16B	−17N	4.5	37.0	38.0	12.25	1431	-32.0
31	Gorchakov, Aleksey	1494	RUS	−4B	+49N	=44B	−3N	=38B	=33N	+35B	−25B	+41N	4.5	36.0	38.0	15.00	1524	+8.4
32	Angrykov, Ayush	1475	RUS	+24B	−3N	+36B	=28B	−18N	−22N	=44B	+34N	−20B	4.0	39.5	42.5	16.75	1474	-2.8
33	Petrikin, Matvei	0	RUS	−15N	−22B	+53N	+39B	−27N	=31B	=41N	−26B	+45N	4.0	35.0	35.0	11.00	1479	0.0
34	Appanov, Rustam	1482	RUS	−6B	+51N	+25N	−17B	−21N	+49B	−23N	−32B	+48B	4.0	34.5	36.5	11.00	1351	-34.0
35	Shepelev, Egor	1511	RUS	=3B	+38N	−14B	−44N	=22B	−37N	−31N	+53B	+49N	4.0	34.5	34.5	11.75	1308	-28.0
36	Tabunov, Savr	0	RUS	+53N	−13B	−32N	+37B	+45N	−29B	−20N	+42B	−26N	4.0	34.5	34.5	10.50	1290	0.0
37	Eteev, Arslan	0	RUS	−14B	−26N	+51B	−36N	+52N	+35B	−25N	−22B	+44N	4.0	33.5	34.5	10.00	1549	0.0
38	Archibasov, Georgy	0	RUS	=16N	−35B	=43N	=25B	=31N	−45B	+50N	+46B	−22N	4.0	33.0	35.0	13.75	1454	0.0
39	Bobylev, Mikhail	1621	RUS	−21B	=20N	−46B	−33N	+50N	=43B	+51N	+45B	−23N	4.0	30.0	32.0	11.25	1431	-42.8
40	Nazarchenko, Elisei	0	RUS	−2N	+53B	−23N	+50B	−16N	−24N	+47B	=41B	−43N	3.5	33.5	33.5	6.25	1167	0.0
41	Motorin, Mark	1551	RUS	−44B	−29N	+42B	=22N	−24B	+46N	=33B	=40N	−31B	3.5	33.0	35.5	12.25	1327	-56.0
42	Parkhomenko, Daniil	0	RUS	−10N	−27B	−41N	+53B	+51N	−23B	+48N	−36N	=47B	3.5	29.0	29.0	5.25	757	0.0
43	Boiko, Daniil	0	RUS	−19B	−30N	=38B	=47B	−48N	=39N	F	+51B	+40B	3.5	27.5	27.5	10.75	1281	0.0
44	Morozov, Saveliy N	1579	RUS	+41N	−7B	=31N	+35B	−3B	−16N	=32N	−28B	−37B	3.0	39.0	42.5	11.75	1522	-23.6
45	Onkurov, Dzhalsan Baat	1471	RUS	−11B	+47N	+21B	−18N	−36B	+38N	−30B	−39N	−33B	3.0	36.5	39.0	11.50	743	-59.6
46	Verba, Mikhail Den	1600	RUS	−7N	=48B	+39N	−21B	−25N	−41B	+49N	−38N	F	2.5	31.5	31.5	7.00	1439	-24.8
47	Baranov, Mikhail E	0	RUS	−17N	−45B	=24B	=43N	−26B	F	−40N	+50B	=42N	2.5	31.0	31.0	8.00	1191	0.0
48	Kazanchuk, Vladimir	0	RUS	−18B	=46N	−20B	=24N	+43B	−26N	−42B	F	−34N	2.0	34.0	34.0	7.25	1235	0.0
49	Medved, Artem	0	RUS	−28N	−31B	F	+26N	−30B	−34N	−46B	+52N	−35B	2.0	30.0	30.0	6.00	1246	0.0
50	Tanasiichuk, Nikita	0	RUS	F	−2B	−27N	−40N	−39B	+53N	−38B	−47N	+52B	2.0	26.0	26.0	1.00	727	0.0
51	FIDE 540090124	0	—	−25N	−34B	−37N	F	−42B	+52N	−39B	−43N	+53B	2.0	25.0	25.0	1.00	754	0.0
52	FIDE 540090108	0	—	−23N	F	−30B	−29N	−37B	−51B	+53N	−49B	−50N	1.0	24.0	24.0	0.00	781	0.0
53	FIDE 540090094	0	—	−36B	−40N	−33B	−42N	F	−50B	−52B	−35N	−51N	0.0	24.0	24.0	0.00	707	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Popov, Mikhail VladRUS
+114.8
6.5 pts · #12
2Rogov, IlyaRUS
+85.6
5.5 pts · #17
3Nepomnyashchy, TimurRUS
+70.0
6.5 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1Zabelin, PlatonFID
-63.6
5.5 pts · #11
2Onkurov, Dzhalsan BaatRUS
-59.6
3.0 pts · #53
3Motorin, MarkRUS
-56.0
3.5 pts · #40

Biggest upsets

R4+337 Elo gap
Popov, Mikhail Vlad1522 beat Zabelin, Platon1859
R9+322 Elo gap
Popov, Mikhail Vlad1522 beat Lazarev, Egor1844
R9+263 Elo gap
Rogov, Ilya1407 beat Kirakosyan, Roman1670