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32 th chess festival_Vladimir Kurochkin Memorial

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10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 09 Oct 2025 to 13 Oct 2025 in Melenki, Russia. 2 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1879, and top seed was Diana Preobrazhenskaya ( FID, FM, 2144).

Mikhail Kopulov (🇷🇺 RUS, 1755) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Alexei Mishin (7.0) and Petr Savosto (6.5). Kopulov shared the lead from round 8 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Mikhail Kopulov (1755) beat Diana Preobrazhenskaya (FM, 2144), a +389-point gap.

Location
🇷🇺Melenki, Russia
Dates
09 Oct 2025 → 13 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 75 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 9 rounds
Avg top 10
1,879
Participants
10
Titled players · 2
FM×2
Federations · 2 represented
🇷🇺Russia×9
FIDE (no federation)×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    🇷🇺RUS·1755
    7.5pts·2166perf+178.8
  • 🥈
    🇷🇺RUS·2072
    7.0pts·2078perf+5.2
  • 🥉
    🇷🇺RUS·2058
    6.5pts·2025perf-2.2

How it unfolded

Top 10 · 9 rounds

Mikhail Kopulov led from R9 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R9.

Co-leaders
3
1
4
2
2
1
1
2
1
#1#2#5#10R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Kopulov takes lead
R9 · LEADER CHANGE13 Oct

Mikhail Kopulov takes the sole lead (7.5/9).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Mikhail Kopulov drew with Alexei Mishin (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Mikhail Kopulov 5 wins (R5–R9)Alexei Mishin 4 wins (R4–R7)FM Petr Savosto 4 wins (R2–R5)

Cross-table

#PlayerElo12345678910PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇷🇺Kopulov, Mikhail1755*½11½½11117.528.0036.5+178.82166
2🇷🇺Mishin, Alexei2072½*½01111117.024.0037.0+5.22078
3🇷🇺FMSavosto, Petr20580½*1½½11116.521.5037.5-2.22025
4FMPreobrazhenskaya, Diana2144010*1—11116.019.5038.0-21.22056
5🇷🇺Savosto, Anna1840½0½0*1111½5.518.2538.5+58.01963
6🇷🇺Rychikhin, Dmitriy1830½0½—0*½1114.512.2539.5+13.81895
7🇷🇺Rychikhin, Vladislav189600000½*1113.55.7540.5-50.01797
8🇷🇺Konstantinov, Dmitry16810000000*112.01.5042.0-10.81674
9🇷🇺Balaev, Vasily179400000000*11.00.5043.0-50.41538
10🇷🇺Sokolov, Oleg17220000½0000*0.52.7543.5-43.81450

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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