UR Cup 2025 (st. SCK_semifinal)
13 players participated in this 13-round tournament, held from 02 Oct 2025 to 30 Oct 2025 in Izhevsk, Russia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1820, and top seed was Alexander R. Nagovitsin (🇷🇺 RUS, 1890).
Konstantin Vjuzhanin (🇷🇺 RUS, 1825) won with 10.5/13, ahead of Alexandr V Borodin (8.0) and Ilya S Ponomarev (8.0). Vjuzhanin won solo starting round 5.
The biggest upset came in round 12: Alexey Riganskikh (1654) beat Ilja Markov (1842), a +188-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 13 · 13 roundsKonstantin Vjuzhanin led from R2 onwards, the title was decided early.
Konstantin Vjuzhanin never relinquished the lead after R2; final gap +2.5 over the runner-up.
Konstantin Vjuzhanin opens a +1.5-point gap over the chasing pack (closest: Vyacheslav Zhujkov); the title is out of reach before R13.
Konstantin Vjuzhanin drew with Alexandr V Borodin (Black).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇷🇺Vjuzhanin, Konstantin | 1825 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10.5 | 55.75 | 67.5 | +69.6 | 2091 |
| 2 | 🇷🇺Borodin, Alexandr V | 1741 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 8.0 | 42.50 | 70.0 | +96.0 | 1887 |
| 3 | 🇷🇺Ponomarev, Ilya S | 1833 | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 42.00 | 70.0 | +33.6 | 1879 |
| 4 | Markov, Ilja | 1842 | ½ | ½ | 1 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 7.5 | 41.75 | 70.5 | +4.4 | 1848 |
| 5 | 🇷🇺Zhujkov, Vyacheslav | 1774 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | * | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 7.0 | 35.25 | 71.0 | +16.4 | 1816 |
| 6 | 🇷🇺Shcherbakov, Alexander V. | 1827 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | * | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 6.5 | 34.25 | 71.5 | -10.8 | 1784 |
| 7 | 🇷🇺Abzalov, Rafis | 1802 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5.5 | 27.25 | 72.5 | -22.6 | 1728 |
| 9 | 🇷🇺Nagovitsin, Alexander R. | 1890 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | * | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 27.25 | 72.5 | -51.6 | 1720 |
| 8 | 🇷🇺Biryukov, Konstantin A | 1872 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 5.5 | 25.00 | 72.5 | -90.8 | 1722 |
| 10 | 🇷🇺Riganskikh, Alexey | 1654 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | 5.0 | 28.25 | 73.0 | +16.2 | 1712 |
| 11 | 🇷🇺Sevastianov, Alexander | 1793 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | * | ½ | 1 | 4.5 | 19.75 | 73.5 | -39.8 | 1670 |
| 12 | 🇷🇺Knyazev, Evgeniy A | 1501 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | 3.5 | 16.50 | 74.5 | +55.2 | 1624 |
| 13 | 🇷🇺Volkov, Alexey I | 1528 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1.0 | 5.50 | 77.0 | -57.6 | 1379 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Borodin, Alexandr VRUS+96.08.0 pts · #2
- 2Vjuzhanin, KonstantinRUS+69.610.5 pts · #1
- 3Knyazev, Evgeniy ARUS+55.23.5 pts · #12
- 1Biryukov, Konstantin ARUS-90.85.5 pts · #8
- 2Volkov, Alexey IRUS-57.61.0 pts · #13
- 3Nagovitsin, Alexander R.RUS-51.65.5 pts · #9
- R12+188 Elo gap
- R7+173 Elo gap
- R3+149 Elo gap