VPHS_RIVIERA 2025 October STANDARD - A
25 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 25 Oct 2025 to 26 Oct 2025 in Moscow, Russia. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1585, and top seed was Anna Schmid ( FID, 1741).
Mark Lykhin (🇷🇺 RUS, 1543) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Daniil N Kislyi (5.5) and Anna Schmid (5.0). Lykhin shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Aleksey Al Zolin (1570) beat Anna Schmid (1741), a +171-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Daniil N Kislyi takes the sole lead (4.5/5).
2 players finish on 5.5/7. Lykhin takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (28.5).
Daniil N Kislyi drew with Mark Lykhin (Black).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Daniil N Kislyi | * | ½ | 1 | — |
| 2Mark Lykhin | ½ | * | 1 | ½ |
| 3Erkin Val Tutykhin | 0 | 0 | * | — |
| 4Arseniy Orlov | — | ½ | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lykhin, Mark | 1543 | RUS | +12B | +11N | =2B | +4N | =6B | +8N | =5B | 5.5 | 28.5 | 32.5 | 25.00 | 1746 | +64.0 |
| 2 | Kislyi, Daniil N | 1531 | RUS | +23B | +20N | =1N | +7B | +4B | =6N | =3B | 5.5 | 26.5 | 28.0 | 20.50 | 1793 | +82.0 |
| 3 | Schmid, Anna | 1741 | FID | +25B | =5N | −6B | +14N | +10B | +7B | =2N | 5.0 | 27.0 | 28.0 | 18.25 | 1570 | -35.2 |
| 4 | Tutykhin, Erkin Val | 1619 | RUS | +17N | +9B | +10N | −1B | −2N | +15B | +6B | 5.0 | 26.5 | 29.5 | 18.50 | 1645 | +5.2 |
| 5 | Orlov, Arseniy | 1562 | RUS | +22N | =3B | =7N | +13B | =8B | +20N | =1N | 5.0 | 25.0 | 27.0 | 17.25 | 1655 | +25.2 |
| 6 | Zolin, Aleksey Al | 1570 | RUS | =14N | +21B | +3N | +9B | =1N | =2B | −4N | 4.5 | 28.5 | 30.5 | 18.25 | 1671 | +27.6 |
| 7 | Milosavlevich, Aleksandr | 1620 | RUS | +13B | +8N | =5B | −2N | +11B | −3N | +19B | 4.5 | 27.5 | 30.0 | 17.00 | 1572 | -6.4 |
| 8 | Vitsenovskiy, Vadim Ven | 1513 | RUS | +15N | −7B | +14N | +10B | =5N | −1B | +9N | 4.5 | 26.5 | 29.5 | 17.00 | 1546 | +9.2 |
| 9 | Fomichev, German | 1576 | RUS | +18B | −4N | +20B | −6N | +13B | +11N | −8B | 4.0 | 24.5 | 26.5 | 12.50 | 1474 | -22.8 |
| 10 | Moshninov, Maksim Ser | 0 | RUS | +16B | +19N | −4B | −8N | −3N | +17B | +15N | 4.0 | 23.5 | 26.0 | 11.50 | 1488 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Badalyan, Tigran Dav | 1538 | RUS | +24N | −1B | +15N | +16B | −7N | −9B | +20B | 4.0 | 22.0 | 23.0 | 9.00 | 1462 | -16.0 |
| 12 | Buturlimov, Georgy | 0 | RUS | −1N | +18B | −13N | +21B | −20N | +24B | +16N | 4.0 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 9.00 | 722 | 0.0 |
| 13 | FIDE 540088146 | 0 | — | −7N | +17B | +12B | −5N | −9N | +?B | =22N | 3.5 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 8.00 | 1357 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Ruthvik Bathula | 0 | IND | =6B | +?N | −8B | −3B | +16N | −19N | +21B | 3.5 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 7.25 | 1334 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Yonal, Veronica | 1454 | TUR | −8B | +25N | −11B | +24N | +18B | −4N | −10B | 3.0 | 21.5 | 22.5 | 5.00 | 753 | -44.0 |
| 16 | FIDE 540088189 | 0 | — | −10N | +22B | +23B | −11N | −14B | +18N | −12B | 3.0 | 20.5 | 22.0 | 6.50 | 718 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Pozdnyakov, Egor | 1465 | RUS | −4B | −13N | +19B | −18N | +25B | −10N | +24N | 3.0 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 4.50 | 827 | -5.8 |
| 18 | Vinokurov, Yaroslav Rom | 0 | RUS | −9N | −12N | +?B | +17B | −15N | −16B | +?N | 3.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 3.00 | 1366 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Anders, Pavel | 0 | FID | =21N | −10B | −17N | F | +23B | +14B | −7N | 2.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 6.00 | 743 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Popenko, Fedor Vladlenovich | 1547 | RUS | F | −2B | −9N | +25N | +12B | −5B | −11N | 2.0 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 5.00 | 741 | -70.8 |
| 21 | Yonal, Isabel | 0 | TUR | =19B | −6N | =?B | −12N | −24B | +25N | −14N | 2.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 2.25 | 770 | 0.0 |
| 22 | FIDE 540074510 | 0 | — | −5B | −16N | −25B | F | =?N | +23N | =13B | 2.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 3.25 | 761 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Galstyan, David | 0 | RUS | −2N | +24B | −16N | =?B | −19N | −22B | F | 1.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 1.00 | 731 | 0.0 |
| 24 | FIDE 540088162 | 0 | — | −11B | −23N | F | −15B | +21N | −12N | −17B | 1.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 2.00 | 679 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Badalyan, Ljudmila | 0 | RUS | −3N | −15B | +22N | −20B | −17N | −21B | F | 1.0 | 17.0 | 18.5 | 2.00 | 740 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Kislyi, Daniil NRUS+82.05.5 pts · #1
- 2Lykhin, MarkRUS+64.05.5 pts · #2
- 3Zolin, Aleksey AlRUS+27.64.5 pts · #5
- 1Popenko, Fedor VladlenovichRUS-70.82.0 pts · #18
- 2Yonal, VeronicaTUR-44.03.0 pts · #22
- 3Schmid, AnnaFID-35.25.0 pts · #10
- R3+171 Elo gap