The Golden Autumn Chess Tournament 2025

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33 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 07 Oct 2025 to 21 Oct 2025 in Engels, Russia. Top 10 Elo average was 1719, and top seed was Ivan Lipovoy (🇷🇺 RUS, 2001).

Yaroslav Iljushin (🇷🇺 RUS, 1947) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Ivan Lipovoy (7.5) and Eduard Baregamyan (7.0). Iljushin won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Nadezhda P Serova (1000) beat Dariya Kuznetsova (1346), a +346-point gap.

Location

🇷🇺Engels, Russia

Dates

07 Oct 2025 → 21 Oct 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇺Ivan Lipovoy2001

Avg top 10

1,719

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇷🇺Russia×24

Top 3

🥇
Yaroslav Iljushin
🇷🇺RUS·1947
8.0pts·2057perf+47.6
🥈
Ivan Lipovoy
🇷🇺RUS·2001
7.5pts·1962perf-3.2
🥉
Eduard Baregamyan
🇷🇺RUS·1707
7.0pts·1924perf+180.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Yaroslav Iljushin led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Iljushin8Lipovoy7.5Baregamyan7Malay6Karin6Schepetov5.5

R4–R9 · LEAD HELD

Yaroslav Iljushin held the sole lead from R4 through R9 without losing it.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Yaroslav Iljushin drew with Ivan Lipovoy (Black).

R1–R4 · WIN STREAK

Yaroslav Iljushin won 4 in a row (R1–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Yaroslav Iljushin	*	½	½	1
2Ivan Lipovoy	½	*	½	—
3Eduard Baregamyan	½	½	*	1
4Nilolay Malay	0	—	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Iljushin, Yaroslav	1947	RUS	+20N	+4B	+7N	+25B	=2N	+8B	=3N	+16B	+6N	8.0	45.5	49.0	41.75	2057	+47.6
2	Lipovoy, Ivan	2001	RUS	+24B	+10N	=3B	+6N	=1B	+11N	=16B	+9N	+8B	7.5	45.5	49.0	39.25	1962	-3.2
3	Baregamyan, Eduard	1707	RUS	+33N	+9B	=2N	+7B	=25N	+4B	=1B	=6N	+16N	7.0	45.5	46.5	34.25	1924	+180.4
4	Malay, Nilolay	1533	RUS	+19B	−1N	+14B	+15N	+30B	−3N	−6B	+11N	+10B	6.0	44.5	46.5	26.00	1547	-14.0
5	Karin, Ramil	1473	RUS	+27B	−6N	+21B	−9N	+13B	−24B	+12N	+15N	+14B	6.0	38.0	41.0	27.00	788	0.0
6	Schepetov, Ivan	1741	RUS	+22N	+5B	+18N	−2B	−8N	+12B	+4N	=3B	−1B	5.5	49.0	53.0	28.50	1719	+12.4
7	Kuznetsov, Dmitriy	1640	RUS	+21B	+11N	−1B	−3N	+14B	+30N	=8B	−10N	+9B	5.5	44.5	46.5	23.75	1595	-14.8
8	Zhidov, Nikolay	1503	RUS	+32N	−25B	+19N	+12B	+6B	−1N	=7N	+18B	−2N	5.5	43.0	44.0	22.25	1725	-27.6
9	Kosolapov, Alexandr	1411	RUS	+31B	−3N	+13B	+5B	+24N	−16N	+10B	−2B	−7N	5.0	44.0	46.0	21.50	1545	-30.4
10	Buravlev, Yuriy	1555	RUS	+23N	−2B	−24N	+29B	+19N	+18B	−9N	+7B	−4N	5.0	39.5	42.0	20.00	1507	-96.0
11	Lobanov, Viktor	1439	RUS	+29N	−7B	+22N	+18B	−16N	−2B	+20N	−4B	+19N	5.0	39.5	42.0	18.50	1585	0.0
12	Bisultanov, Mukhamad	1421	RUS	+13B	−16N	+17B	−8N	+23B	−6N	−5B	+24B	+18N	5.0	39.0	42.5	21.00	1527	0.0
13	Serova, Nadezhda P	1000	RUS	−12N	+28B	−9N	+22B	−5N	+19B	−18N	+20B	+26N	5.0	35.5	38.5	18.50	1563	0.0
14	Bakirov, Ilidar V	1293	RUS	−25N	+32B	−4N	+28B	−7N	+26B	+24N	+17B	−5N	5.0	35.5	36.5	15.50	1475	0.0
15	Molchanova, Daria Ar	1440	RUS	+?N	−18B	−23N	−4B	+27N	+28N	+30B	−5B	+22N	5.0	32.0	32.0	12.00	1466	0.0
16	Iljushin, Mikhail	1632	RUS	+28N	+12B	−25N	F	+11B	+9B	=2N	−1N	−3B	4.5	44.0	45.0	21.75	1655	+8.8
17	FIDE 540087700	1127	—	+26N	−33B	−12N	−19B	+29N	=21N	+23B	−14N	+24B	4.5	31.5	32.5	15.50	1472	0.0
18	Iksanov, Kamil	1566	RUS	+30B	+15N	−6B	−11N	+21B	−10N	+13B	−8N	−12B	4.0	40.0	42.0	16.00	976	-17.6
19	Ponomarev, Dmitriy Al	1278	RUS	−4N	+20B	−8B	+17N	−10B	−13N	+27B	+21N	−11B	4.0	39.0	42.0	15.50	1483	0.0
20	Kuznetsova, Dariya	1346	RUS	−1B	−19N	+27B	=24B	=22N	+23N	−11B	−13N	+30B	4.0	36.5	38.5	12.75	1548	+9.6
21	Biryukov, Vadim M	1231	RUS	−7N	+29B	−5N	+26B	−18N	=17B	=22N	−19B	+31N	4.0	34.0	36.0	12.25	1331	0.0
22	Belova, Tatyana	1223	RUS	−6B	+27N	−11B	−13N	=20B	+32N	=21B	+30N	−15B	4.0	33.5	34.5	10.00	1374	-34.0
23	FIDE 540082270	1228	—	−10B	+31N	+15B	−30N	−12N	−20B	−17N	+32B	+?B	4.0	28.5	28.5	8.00	844	0.0
24	Blinokhvatov, Artem	1363	RUS	−2N	+26B	+10B	=20N	−9B	+5N	−14B	−12N	−17N	3.5	42.0	45.5	16.50	1607	+21.6
25	Verkhov, Alexandr V	1872	RUS	+14B	+8N	+16B	−1N	=3B	F	F	F	F	3.5	30.0	30.0	18.50	1820	-24.0
26	FIDE 540060780	1172	—	−17B	−24N	+31B	−21N	+?B	−14N	+28B	=27N	−13B	3.5	30.0	30.0	6.50	659	0.0
27	FIDE 540087727	1138	—	−5N	−22B	−20N	+?N	−15B	+31B	−19N	=26B	=29N	3.0	31.0	31.0	5.00	781	0.0
28	FIDE 55790631	1183	—	−16B	−13N	+?B	−14N	+31N	−15B	−26N	−29N	+32B	3.0	28.5	28.5	3.00	776	0.0
29	FIDE 540087751	1184	—	−11B	−21N	+32B	−10N	−17B	−?N	−31N	+28B	=27B	2.5	27.5	27.5	5.50	1034	0.0
30	FIDE 540087743	1117	—	−18N	+?B	F	+23B	−4N	−7B	−15N	−22B	−20N	2.0	33.5	33.5	4.00	773	0.0
31	FIDE 540064093	1000	—	−9N	−23B	−26N	F	−28B	−27N	+29B	+?N	−21B	2.0	26.0	26.0	2.50	827	0.0
32	FIDE 540087760	1118	—	−8B	−14N	−29N	F	F	−22B	+?B	−23N	−28N	1.0	26.0	26.0	0.00	961	0.0
33	Savelieva, Polina	1423	RUS	−3B	+17N	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	1.0	18.0	18.0	4.50	709	-18.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Baregamyan, EduardRUS
+180.4
7.0 pts · #2
2Iljushin, YaroslavRUS
+47.6
8.0 pts · #1
3Blinokhvatov, ArtemRUS
+21.6
3.5 pts · #14

Top rating losers

1Buravlev, YuriyRUS
-96.0
5.0 pts · #10
2Belova, TatyanaRUS
-34.0
4.0 pts · #21
3Kosolapov, AlexandrRUS
-30.4
5.0 pts · #8

Biggest upsets

R8+346 Elo gap
Serova, Nadezhda P1000 beat Kuznetsova, Dariya1346
R6+278 Elo gap
Serova, Nadezhda P1000 beat Ponomarev, Dmitriy Al1278
R5+238 Elo gap
Zhidov, Nikolay1503 beat Schepetov, Ivan1741