Championship of the SZFO 2025_G19
13 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 24 Nov 2025 to 02 Dec 2025 in St. Petersburg, Russia. Top 10 Elo average was 1621, and top seed was Mariya Golubeva (🇷🇺 RUS, 1769).
Katerina Lytasova (🇷🇺 RUS, 1745) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Irina Shoshina (7.5) and Mariya Golubeva (6.5). Lytasova shared the lead from round 7, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 6: Rada Ignateva (1414) beat Ekaterina Arlamova (1523), a +109-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R9; 2 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
2 players finish on 7.5/9. Lytasova takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (39.5).
Katerina Lytasova beat Irina Shoshina (White).
Katerina Lytasova 4 wins (R6–R9)Irina Shoshina 3 wins (R4–R6)Mariya Golubeva 3 wins (R6–R8)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Katerina Lytasova | * | 1 | ½ | ½ |
| 2Irina Shoshina | 0 | * | 1 | 1 |
| 3Mariya Golubeva | ½ | 0 | * | 1 |
| 4Vera Motorina | ½ | 0 | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lytasova, Katerina | 1745 | RUS | +9B | =5N | +2B | =3N | =4B | +7N | +6N | +8B | +10B | 7.5 | 39.5 | 42.0 | 33.00 | 1869 | +54.4 |
| 2 | Shoshina, Irina | 1744 | RUS | +10N | +13B | −1N | +6B | +3B | +4N | =5N | +7B | +11B | 7.5 | 37.5 | 37.5 | 27.50 | 1864 | +41.2 |
| 3 | Golubeva, Mariya | 1769 | RUS | +12N | +4B | =6N | =1B | −2N | +5B | +8B | +9N | =7N | 6.5 | 40.5 | 42.5 | 27.75 | 1763 | +3.2 |
| 4 | Motorina, Vera | 1744 | RUS | +7B | −3N | +5B | +8N | =1N | −2B | +10B | +11N | +6B | 6.5 | 39.5 | 42.0 | 24.25 | 1747 | +6.0 |
| 5 | Solntseva, Arina | 1682 | RUS | +8N | =1B | −4N | +7N | +6B | −3N | =2B | F | +12B | 5.0 | 40.5 | 40.5 | 20.00 | 1714 | +15.2 |
| 6 | Chumakina, Zoya | 1542 | RUS | +11B | +9N | =3B | −2N | −5N | F | −1B | +13B | −4N | 3.5 | 39.0 | 39.0 | 9.25 | 1508 | -11.2 |
| 7 | Stelmashenok, Kristina | 1464 | RUS | −4N | +12B | +13N | −5B | +11N | −1B | F | −2N | =3B | 3.5 | 37.5 | 37.5 | 7.75 | 1510 | +9.6 |
| 8 | Ignateva, Rada | 1414 | RUS | −5B | F | +10N | −4B | =9N | +12B | −3N | −1N | +13B | 3.5 | 33.5 | 33.5 | 6.25 | 1536 | +34.8 |
| 9 | Ryaskina, Aleksandra | 1513 | RUS | −1N | −6B | =12N | +10B | =8B | =11N | +13N | −3B | F | 3.5 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 6.50 | 1455 | -20.4 |
| 10 | Volodina, Polina | 1480 | RUS | −2B | +11N | −8B | −9N | F | +13B | −4N | =12B | −1N | 2.5 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 3.50 | 1214 | -61.2 |
| 11 | Klempach, Arina | 0 | RUS | −6N | −10B | F | +13N | −7B | =9B | +12N | −4B | −2N | 2.5 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 3.75 | 1344 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Arlamova, Ekaterina | 1523 | RUS | −3B | −7N | =9B | F | +13B | −8N | −11B | =10N | −5N | 2.0 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 3.00 | 1282 | -71.6 |
| 13 | FIDE 522009094 | 0 | — | F | −2N | −7B | −11B | −12N | −10N | −9B | −6N | −8N | 0.0 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 0.00 | 726 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Lytasova, KaterinaRUS+54.47.5 pts · #1
- 2Shoshina, IrinaRUS+41.27.5 pts · #3
- 3Ignateva, RadaRUS+34.83.5 pts · #6
- 1Arlamova, EkaterinaRUS-71.62.0 pts · #11
- 2Volodina, PolinaRUS-61.22.5 pts · #12
- 3Ryaskina, AleksandraRUS-20.43.5 pts · #7
- R6+109 Elo gap