Open Cherkasy Region Chess Championship
Open SwissStandard
36 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 31 Oct 2025 to 02 Nov 2025 in Cherkasy, Ukraine. 4 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2092, and top seed was Viktor Romanchuk (🇺🇦 UKR, FM, 2266).
Lubomir Mikhaletz (🇺🇦 UKR, GM, 2256) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Oleksii Grygoriev (6.0) and Vitaliy Kononenko (6.0). Mikhaletz won solo starting round 7.
The biggest upset came in round 6: Oleksandr Martseniuk (1687) beat Viktor Romanchuk (FM, 2266), a +579-point gap.
Location
🇺🇦Cherkasy, Ukraine
Dates
31 Oct 2025 → 02 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Titled players · 4
GM×1
FM×1
CM×2
Federations · 1 represented
🇺🇦Ukraine×28
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsGM Lubomir Mikhaletz led from R3; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
15
5
1
2
2
3
1
1
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R3–R9 · LEAD HELD
GM Lubomir Mikhaletz never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.
2× WIN STREAK · 3+3 wins
GM Lubomir Mikhaletz posted 3 in a row (R1–R3) and 3 in a row (R7–R9) — total 6 wins.
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1GMLubomir Mikhaletz | * | — | 1 | 1 |
| 2Vitaliy Kononenko | — | * | ½ | ½ |
| 3Oleksii Grygoriev | 0 | ½ | * | — |
| 4Hennadii Khodotov | 0 | ½ | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mikhaletz, LubomirGM | 2256 | UKR | +24B | +5N | +2B | =26N | =23B | =14N | +9B | +4B | +11N | 7.5 | 39.0 | 42.5 | 36.50 | 2276 | +4.4 |
| 2 | Grygoriev, Oleksii | 2142 | UKR | +34N | +9B | −1N | =14B | +17N | +10B | =3N | =8B | =7N | 6.0 | 43.0 | 44.0 | 26.00 | 1947 | -26.6 |
| 3 | Kononenko, Vitaliy | 1986 | UKR | =20B | =17N | +21B | +15N | =5B | =11N | =2B | =9N | +8B | 6.0 | 39.5 | 43.5 | 28.50 | 1892 | -11.2 |
| 4 | Pustovit, Maksym | 1773 | UKR | +19N | −23B | +12N | =7B | +6B | =8N | =11B | −1N | +16B | 5.5 | 42.0 | 46.0 | 26.75 | 1858 | +21.6 |
| 5 | Khodotov, Hennadii | 1983 | UKR | +35N | −1B | +19N | =9B | =3N | +15B | −10N | =6B | +17N | 5.5 | 42.0 | 43.0 | 22.25 | 1883 | -11.8 |
| 6 | Vasilets, Marat | 1669 | UKR | +25B | +16N | =15B | −23B | −4N | =22N | +19B | =5N | +14N | 5.5 | 36.5 | 40.0 | 23.50 | 1938 | +71.2 |
| 7 | Sytnyk, Liliya | 1610 | UKR | −26B | +8N | +29B | =4N | −11B | =16N | +28B | +24N | =2B | 5.5 | 36.0 | 39.0 | 22.50 | 1821 | +65.6 |
| 8 | Dudka, Yehor | 1641 | UKR | =10N | −7B | +20N | +27B | +13N | =4B | =14B | =2N | −3N | 5.0 | 41.5 | 45.0 | 23.00 | 1811 | +52.0 |
| 9 | Martseniuk, Oleksandr | 1687 | UKR | +29B | −2N | +30B | =5N | +16B | +26N | −1N | =3B | F | 5.0 | 41.0 | 44.0 | 19.75 | 2047 | +94.4 |
| 10 | Udod, Artem | 0 | UKR | =8B | +20N | =16B | =11N | +18B | −2N | +5B | =15N | F | 5.0 | 40.0 | 44.0 | 23.50 | 1890 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Goncharenko, Rostislav | 1722 | UKR | +30B | =33N | F | =10B | +7N | =3B | =4N | +14B | −1B | 5.0 | 38.5 | 38.5 | 22.00 | 2003 | +39.4 |
| 12 | FIDE 529026806 | 0 | — | −14N | +28B | −4B | +31N | −15B | =19N | =25B | +36N | +22B | 5.0 | 32.0 | 32.5 | 14.25 | 1042 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Polyvko, Maksim | 1575 | UKR | −33B | +22N | +25B | −18N | −8B | −24N | +30B | +28N | +20B | 5.0 | 30.5 | 32.0 | 17.50 | 967 | -44.8 |
| 14 | Polishchuk, Oleg | 2067 | UKR | +12B | =15N | +17B | =2N | =26B | =1B | =8N | −11N | −6B | 4.5 | 43.0 | 46.5 | 22.75 | 1842 | -39.0 |
| 15 | Yevsieiev, Yaroslav | 1691 | UKR | +31N | =14B | =6N | −3B | +12N | −5N | +21B | =10B | −18N | 4.5 | 40.0 | 43.0 | 19.50 | 1674 | -7.2 |
| 16 | Bezsonna, Polina | 2049 | UKR | +32N | −6B | =10N | +24B | −9N | =7B | +27N | =17B | −4N | 4.5 | 38.0 | 40.0 | 16.50 | 1629 | -132.4 |
| 17 | Falieiev, Heorhii | 1672 | UKR | +28N | =3B | −14N | +36B | −2B | =21N | +22B | =16N | −5B | 4.5 | 37.5 | 38.0 | 14.75 | 1791 | +18.8 |
| 18 | Zhugan, Sergey | 1867 | UKR | +22B | −26N | F | +13B | −10N | F | =24B | +25N | +15B | 4.5 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 18.75 | 1874 | -0.4 |
| 19 | Krotov, Arsenii | 0 | UKR | −4B | +24N | −5B | +29N | =21B | =12B | −6N | −20N | +32B | 4.0 | 36.0 | 38.0 | 13.00 | 1560 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Horban, Ihor | 0 | UKR | =3N | −10B | −8B | +25N | −27N | =36B | +29N | +19B | −13N | 4.0 | 35.0 | 35.5 | 13.75 | 1391 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Badzhurak, Nadia | 0 | UKR | −23N | +31B | −3N | +30B | =19N | =17B | −15N | −27B | +29N | 4.0 | 32.5 | 35.5 | 13.25 | 1462 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Kovalenko, Maksym | 0 | UKR | −18N | −13B | +34N | =28B | +36N | =6B | −17N | +31B | −12N | 4.0 | 31.5 | 32.0 | 8.75 | 1374 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Zhukovskyi, OleksandrCM | 2145 | UKR | +21B | +4N | =26B | +6N | =1N | F | F | F | F | 4.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 20.50 | 2203 | +9.8 |
| 24 | Antonova, Oleksandra | 1587 | UKR | −1N | −19B | +35N | −16N | +31B | +13B | =18N | −7B | −30N | 3.5 | 37.0 | 38.0 | 11.25 | 1656 | +7.6 |
| 25 | FIDE 529034906 | 0 | — | −6N | +35B | −13N | −20B | +30N | +29B | =12N | −18B | −27N | 3.5 | 33.5 | 34.5 | 9.50 | 891 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Romanchuk, ViktorFM | 2266 | UKR | +7N | +18B | =23N | =1B | =14N | −9B | F | F | F | 3.5 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 18.00 | 2068 | -23.8 |
| 27 | Grinko, Viktor | 1652 | UKR | F | F | F | −8N | +20B | =28N | −16B | +21N | +25B | 3.5 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 13.00 | 1044 | -12.0 |
| 28 | Terentiev, Illya | 0 | UKR | −17B | −12N | F | =22N | +32B | =27B | −7N | −13B | +34N | 3.0 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 6.75 | 1305 | 0.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 529021219 | 0 | — | −9N | +32B | −7N | −19B | +35B | −25N | −20B | +34N | −21B | 3.0 | 29.0 | 30.0 | 4.00 | 849 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Skliar, Nataliia | 0 | UKR | −11N | +34B | −9N | −21N | −25B | +32B | −13N | F | +24B | 3.0 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 6.50 | 1449 | 0.0 |
| 31 | FIDE 529021197 | 0 | — | −15B | −21N | +32N | −12B | −24N | F | +34B | −22N | +35N | 3.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 4.00 | 837 | 0.0 |
| 32 | FIDE 529026822 | 0 | — | −16B | −29N | −31B | +34B | −28N | −30N | F | +35B | −19N | 2.0 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 2.00 | 1249 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Zhukovskyi, MyhayloCM | 2156 | UKR | +13N | =11B | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | 1.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 7.50 | 1949 | -6.8 |
| 34 | FIDE 529034892 | 0 | — | −2B | −30N | −22B | −32N | F | +35B | −31N | −29B | −28B | 1.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 1.00 | 1342 | 0.0 |
| 35 | FIDE 529026865 | 0 | — | −5B | −25N | −24B | F | −29N | −34N | +36B | −32N | −31B | 1.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 0.50 | 985 | 0.0 |
| 36 | FIDE 529020930 | 0 | — | F | F | F | −17N | −22B | =20N | −35N | −12B | F | 0.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 2.00 | 872 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Martseniuk, OleksandrUKR+94.45.0 pts · #15
- 2Vasilets, MaratUKR+71.25.5 pts · #12
- 3Sytnyk, LiliyaUKR+65.65.5 pts · #8
Top rating losers
- 1Bezsonna, PolinaUKR-132.44.5 pts · #14
- 2Polyvko, MaksimUKR-44.85.0 pts · #36
- 3Polishchuk, OlegUKR-39.04.5 pts · #5
Biggest upsets
- R6+579 Elo gap
- R9+398 Elo gap
- R2+380 Elo gap