Vladimir City Chess Championship 2025
26 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 04 Oct 2025 to 10 Oct 2025 in Vladimir, Russia. Top 10 Elo average was 1896, and top seed was Stepan Orekhov (🇷🇺 RUS, 2087).
Stepan Orekhov (🇷🇺 RUS, 2087) won with 8.5/9, ahead of Artemij Minakov (7.5) and Anton Maximov (6.5). Orekhov won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 8: Denis Sidorov (1460) beat Yaroslav Preobrazhenskiy (1737), a +277-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsStepan Orekhov led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Stepan Orekhov never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
Stepan Orekhov drew with Artemij Minakov (White).
Stepan Orekhov 5+3 wins (R1–R5, R7–R9)Artemij Minakov 3 wins (R7–R9)Anton Maximov 3 wins (R6–R8)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Stepan Orekhov | * | ½ | 1 | 1 |
| 2Artemij Minakov | ½ | * | ½ | 1 |
| 3Anton Maximov | 0 | ½ | * | 0 |
| 4Vladislav V. Kravets | 0 | 0 | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orekhov, Stepan | 2087 | RUS | +20N | +5B | +9N | +4B | +3N | =2B | +12B | +7N | +11N | 8.5 | 42.5 | 45.0 | 41.25 | 2304 | +28.4 |
| 2 | Minakov, Artemij | 2079 | RUS | +17N | +22B | =3N | +18B | =9N | =1N | +5B | +4B | +10N | 7.5 | 41.0 | 43.0 | 33.25 | 2145 | +18.8 |
| 3 | Maximov, Anton | 1941 | RUS | +19B | +10N | =2B | +22N | −1B | +6N | +9B | +5N | −4B | 6.5 | 44.0 | 46.0 | 27.75 | 2057 | +26.8 |
| 4 | Kravets, Vladislav V. | 2020 | RUS | +7B | +11N | +6B | −1N | +5B | −9N | +14B | −2N | +3N | 6.0 | 46.0 | 50.0 | 29.50 | 1945 | -9.2 |
| 5 | Kolosov, Maksim | 1641 | RUS | +24B | −1N | +19B | +14N | −4N | +11B | −2N | −3B | +16B | 5.0 | 43.0 | 43.5 | 15.00 | 1756 | +13.2 |
| 6 | Preobrazhenskiy, Yaroslav | 1737 | RUS | =8N | +12B | −4N | +7B | =18N | −3B | +15N | −11B | +13N | 5.0 | 38.5 | 41.5 | 21.00 | 1586 | -54.8 |
| 7 | Yuklyayevskikh, Diana | 0 | RUS | −4N | +23B | =11B | −6N | +24N | +20B | +19N | −1B | =12N | 5.0 | 34.0 | 34.5 | 11.00 | 1504 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Tikhmenev, Viktor | 1504 | RUS | =6B | +21N | −18N | +17B | −14B | =13N | −10B | +16N | +15N | 5.0 | 31.0 | 33.0 | 17.00 | 1573 | +23.6 |
| 9 | Mishin, Alexei | 2072 | RUS | +13B | +14N | −1B | +10N | =2B | +4B | −3N | F | F | 4.5 | 41.0 | 41.0 | 22.25 | 1984 | -9.2 |
| 10 | Razin, Ivan | 1712 | RUS | +26N | −3B | +20N | −9B | −19N | +17B | +8N | =12B | −2B | 4.5 | 36.0 | 36.0 | 12.50 | 1737 | +6.8 |
| 11 | Sidorov, Denis | 1460 | RUS | +23N | −4B | =7N | =12B | F | −5N | +13B | +6N | −1B | 4.0 | 39.5 | 40.5 | 14.50 | 1616 | +37.2 |
| 12 | Fadeev, Elisey | 1418 | RUS | =16B | −6N | +21B | =11N | +15B | F | −1N | =10N | =7B | 4.0 | 37.5 | 39.5 | 14.50 | 1508 | +15.6 |
| 13 | Finoshkin, Vladimir | 1519 | RUS | −9N | +15B | −22N | =24B | +16N | =8B | −11N | +17B | −6B | 4.0 | 31.0 | 31.5 | 13.25 | 1581 | +12.0 |
| 14 | Novozhenin, Egor | 1572 | RUS | +15N | −9B | +17N | −5B | +8N | +19B | −4N | F | F | 4.0 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 15.00 | 1680 | +20.0 |
| 15 | Nosov, Aleksandr | 0 | RUS | −14B | −13N | +16B | +20B | −12N | +21N | −6B | +24N | −8B | 4.0 | 30.0 | 30.5 | 8.50 | 1280 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Kulakov, Maksim | 1568 | RUS | =12N | −18B | −15N | +21N | −13B | +23N | +24B | −8B | −5N | 3.5 | 28.0 | 28.5 | 5.50 | 1168 | -89.2 |
| 17 | Sinitsin, Oleg | 1676 | RUS | −2B | +25N | −14B | −8N | +23B | −10N | +20B | −13N | F | 3.0 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 3.50 | 875 | -105.2 |
| 18 | Markovskiy, Matvey | 1587 | RUS | =21B | +16N | +8B | −2N | =6B | F | F | F | F | 3.0 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 12.00 | 1794 | +39.2 |
| 19 | Khodzhamkulov, Mark | 0 | RUS | −3N | +26B | −5N | +23B | +10B | −14N | −7B | F | F | 3.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 5.50 | 1592 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Protyagova, Yuliya | 0 | RUS | −1B | +24N | −10B | −15N | +25B | −7N | −17N | F | =21B | 2.5 | 29.5 | 29.5 | 1.50 | 1022 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Berezin, Vladislav | 0 | RUS | =18N | −8B | −12N | −16B | F | −15B | +23N | F | =20N | 2.0 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 3.75 | 1197 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Egorshev, Ivan | 1991 | RUS | +25N | −2N | +13B | −3B | F | F | F | F | F | 2.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 4.00 | 1745 | -34.8 |
| 23 | FIDE 55733158 | 0 | — | −11B | −7N | +25B | −19N | −17N | −16B | −21B | F | F | 1.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 0.00 | 768 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Chekmaev, Timofey | 0 | RUS | −5N | −20B | F | =13N | −7B | F | −16N | −15B | F | 0.5 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 2.00 | 1303 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Marku, Dominik | 0 | RUS | −22B | −17B | −23N | F | −20N | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 1034 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Bukharova, Sofiya | 1467 | RUS | −10B | −19N | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 903 | -4.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Markovskiy, MatveyRUS+39.23.0 pts · #10
- 2Sidorov, DenisRUS+37.24.0 pts · #12
- 3Orekhov, StepanRUS+28.48.5 pts · #2
- 1Sinitsin, OlegRUS-105.23.0 pts · #25
- 2Kulakov, MaksimRUS-89.23.5 pts · #20
- 3Preobrazhenskiy, YaroslavRUS-54.85.0 pts · #8
- R8+277 Elo gap
- R4+172 Elo gap
- R8+157 Elo gap