Championship of the SZFO 2025_B17

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47 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 1898, and top seed was Igor Sankov (🇷🇺 RUS, 2161).

Alexandr Rakipi (🇷🇺 RUS, 1921) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Igor Sankov (7.0) and Artem Sapelkin (6.5). Rakipi won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Alexey Izbitskiy (1715) beat Rostislav Bobovkin (2044), a +329-point gap.

Location

🇷🇺St. Petersburg, Russia

Dates

24 Nov 2025 → 02 Dec 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇺Igor Sankov2161

Avg top 10

1,898

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇷🇺Russia×47

Top 3

🥇
Alexandr Rakipi
🇷🇺RUS·1921
7.0pts·2030perf+51.2
🥈
Igor Sankov
🇷🇺RUS·2161
7.0pts·2063perf-28.4
🥉
Artem Sapelkin
🇷🇺RUS·1849
6.5pts·1980perf+65.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Sankov7Rakipi7Konoplev6.5Sapelkin6.5Izbitskiy6Glebov6

R7–R9 · LEAD HELD

Igor Sankov held the sole lead from R7 through R9 without losing it.

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.0/9. Rakipi takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (47.5).

R8 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Igor Sankov drew with Alexandr Rakipi (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Igor Sankov	*	½	½	0
2Alexandr Rakipi	½	*	½	½
3Kirill Konoplev	½	½	*	½
4Artem Sapelkin	1	½	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Rakipi, Alexandr	1921	RUS	+28B	=21N	+7B	+6N	=4B	=3N	+16B	=2B	+8N	7.0	47.5	51.5	39.25	2030	+51.2
2	Sankov, Igor	2161	RUS	+42B	+12N	+11B	−3N	+19B	+16N	+5B	=1N	=4B	7.0	46.5	49.0	35.75	2063	-28.4
3	Sapelkin, Artem	1849	RUS	+38N	+15B	+10N	+2B	=16N	=1B	=7N	=4N	=6B	6.5	49.0	52.5	37.25	1980	+65.6
4	Konoplev, Kirill	1897	RUS	+33N	+34B	+9N	−16B	=1N	+12B	+11N	=3B	=2N	6.5	46.5	50.0	34.75	1958	+32.0
5	Bobovkin, Rostislav	2044	RUS	+22N	−8B	+13N	=34B	+27N	+10B	−2N	+11B	=7N	6.0	45.0	48.5	30.75	1884	-54.4
6	Tropin, Aleksandr A.	1880	RUS	=32B	+31N	+21B	−1B	=8N	+22N	+14B	=7B	=3N	6.0	44.0	48.0	29.75	1832	-14.0
7	Reshetov, Timofey	1768	RUS	=29N	+25B	−1N	+36B	+24N	+14B	=3B	=6N	=5B	6.0	44.0	47.5	29.25	1855	+44.8
8	Izbitskiy, Alexey	1715	RUS	+35B	+5N	−16B	=20N	=6B	+30N	+19B	+13N	−1B	6.0	42.5	46.0	28.75	1853	+66.0
9	Glebov, Kirill	1739	RUS	+39B	+37N	−4B	−19N	−22B	+35N	+28B	+12B	+16N	6.0	37.0	40.5	25.00	1758	+12.0
10	Kopshin, Stanislav A	1727	RUS	+44B	+45N	−3B	=28N	+20B	−5N	+23B	=16N	+17B	6.0	37.0	38.0	21.00	1758	+14.4
11	Kuznetsov, Sevastyan	1738	RUS	+36N	+26B	−2N	+14B	=12N	+13B	−4B	−5N	+23B	5.5	45.0	48.5	26.25	1854	+53.2
12	Beregovoy, Nikita	1719	RUS	+24N	−2B	+38N	+15B	=11B	−4N	+29B	−9N	+20B	5.5	43.5	47.0	24.75	1753	+19.6
13	Droschak, Artem	1786	RUS	+30B	=41N	−5B	+31N	+28B	−11N	+21B	−8B	+26N	5.5	38.5	41.5	22.50	1720	-24.8
14	Makarchik, Arseniy Vik	1847	RUS	=31B	+32N	+41B	−11N	+34B	−7N	−6N	+22B	+21B	5.5	38.0	41.0	21.50	1732	-45.2
15	Ryndin, Mark	1592	RUS	+20B	−3N	+37B	−12N	−30B	+43N	=32B	+29N	+19B	5.5	36.5	39.0	21.00	1629	+16.0
16	Ryaboklyach, Artem Nik	1826	RUS	+17N	+18B	+8N	+4N	=3B	−2B	−1N	=10B	−9B	5.0	50.0	55.0	28.75	1833	+2.8
17	Kapshukov, Vasiliy	1525	RUS	−16B	−20N	+35B	+46N	+41B	=19N	=34B	+18B	−10N	5.0	35.0	35.0	15.50	1640	+52.4
18	Sirotin, Nikita	1576	RUS	+43B	−16N	−20B	+37N	=29B	=28N	+30B	−17N	+31B	5.0	34.0	36.5	18.00	1545	-15.2
19	Druzhinin, Vladislav	1671	RUS	=25N	=29B	+26N	+9B	−2N	=17B	−8N	+24B	−15N	4.5	43.0	47.0	21.75	1624	-27.2
20	Golovko, Evgeniy	1409	RUS	−15N	+17B	+18N	=8B	−10N	−23N	+42B	+27B	−12N	4.5	42.0	44.5	20.00	1626	+97.2
21	Sharubin, Kirill	1638	RUS	+47N	=1B	−6N	−24B	+25N	+38B	−13N	+31B	−14N	4.5	40.5	40.5	15.50	1670	+12.8
22	Kuznetsov, Ilia	1557	RUS	−5B	+44N	=45B	=30N	+9N	−6B	=24N	−14N	+38B	4.5	37.0	38.0	15.75	1687	+45.6
23	Sidelev, Matvey	1601	RUS	−26N	=36B	−24N	+33B	+39N	+20B	−10N	+32B	−11N	4.5	36.5	40.0	17.75	1546	-28.8
24	Porfiriev, Andrei	1491	RUS	−12B	=42N	+23B	+21N	−7B	=34N	=22B	−19N	+41B	4.5	36.0	38.5	17.25	1634	+55.6
25	Baranov, Artem	1485	RUS	=19B	−7N	+32B	=41N	−21B	−31N	+43B	=28N	+34B	4.5	33.5	36.0	15.75	1572	+23.6
26	Shuenkov, Arseny	1438	RUS	+23B	−11N	−19B	−29N	=42B	+44N	+36B	+34N	−13B	4.5	33.5	35.0	14.25	1608	+77.6
27	Suvorov, Aleksandr And	1641	RUS	−37B	+39N	=30B	+45N	−5B	−29N	+38B	−20N	+35B	4.5	32.5	33.5	13.50	1519	-57.6
28	Denisov, Vasiliy A.	1557	RUS	−1N	+47B	+43N	=10B	−13N	=18B	−9N	=25B	=37N	4.0	40.0	40.0	12.00	1567	-3.2
29	Yagodin, Alexey	1506	RUS	=7B	=19N	−34N	+26B	=18N	+27B	−12N	−15B	=33N	4.0	39.5	43.0	18.75	1577	+33.2
30	Khvostov, Dmitriy S.	1517	RUS	−13N	+40B	=27N	=22B	+15N	−8B	−18N	=33B	=32N	4.0	39.0	42.5	17.50	1533	+1.2
31	Samoilichenko, Stepan	1533	RUS	=14N	−6B	+33N	−13B	=40N	+25B	+41B	−21N	−18N	4.0	38.5	41.5	16.00	1628	+32.8
32	Kalashnik, Dmitriy	1543	RUS	=6N	−14B	−25N	+47B	=36N	+40B	=15N	−23N	=30B	4.0	37.0	37.0	13.00	1531	-12.4
33	Romanyuk, Stanislav	1545	RUS	−4B	=35N	−31B	−23N	+37B	=45N	+46B	=30N	=29B	4.0	31.0	31.0	9.75	1519	-17.6
34	Zaytsev, Denis Ig	1631	RUS	+46B	−4N	+29B	=5N	−14N	=24B	=17N	−26B	−25N	3.5	40.5	40.5	11.75	1557	-44.8
35	Popov, Anatoliy Nik	1489	RUS	−8N	=33B	−17N	=42N	+46B	−9B	+40N	=39B	−27N	3.5	35.0	35.0	8.50	1443	-20.8
36	Klyuzin, Lev Evg	1499	RUS	−11B	=23N	+42B	−7N	=32B	−41N	−26N	=40B	+44N	3.5	33.5	35.0	10.00	1500	-4.0
37	Kotsur, Egor	1472	RUS	+27N	−9B	−15N	−18B	−33N	F	+45B	+41N	=28B	3.5	33.0	33.0	10.50	1503	+4.8
38	Kriskevich, Ilya	1539	RUS	−3B	+46N	−12B	=43N	+45B	−21N	−27N	+42B	−22N	3.5	31.5	31.5	4.75	1469	-31.6
39	Dychko, Roman	1502	RUS	−9N	−27B	+47N	=40B	−23B	−42N	+44B	=35N	=43N	3.5	28.5	28.5	6.25	1467	-15.6
40	Khayrutdinov, Renat Rom	0	RUS	−41B	−30N	+44B	=39N	=31B	−32N	−35B	=36N	+42N	3.5	28.0	29.5	9.50	1441	0.0
41	Viktorov, Dmitriy	1577	RUS	+40N	=13B	−14N	=25B	−17N	+36B	−31N	−37B	−24N	3.0	36.0	39.5	12.00	1395	-80.0
42	Gaynulin, Andrey	1563	RUS	−2N	=24B	−36N	=35B	=26N	+39B	−20N	−38N	−40B	2.5	34.5	38.0	9.75	1401	-64.0
43	Gromov, Egor	0	RUS	−18N	F	−28B	=38B	=44N	−15B	−25N	+46N	=39B	2.5	27.5	27.5	4.25	1388	0.0
44	Voronov, Dmitriy	1492	RUS	−10N	−22B	−40N	F	=43B	−26B	−39N	+45N	−36B	1.5	29.0	29.0	2.25	744	-85.2
45	Petrov, Egor	0	RUS	F	−10B	=22N	−27B	−38N	=33B	−37N	−44B	F	1.0	27.5	27.5	4.25	1261	0.0
46	Rovnyakov, Igor	1458	RUS	−34N	−38B	F	−17B	−35N	F	−33N	−43B	F	0.0	23.0	23.0	0.00	748	-76.0
47	Terzi, Aleksandr	1463	RUS	−21B	−28N	−39B	−32N	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	16.0	16.0	0.00	759	-63.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Golovko, EvgeniyRUS
+97.2
4.5 pts · #17
2Shuenkov, ArsenyRUS
+77.6
4.5 pts · #18
3Izbitskiy, AlexeyRUS
+66.0
6.0 pts · #5

Top rating losers

1Voronov, DmitriyRUS
-85.2
1.5 pts · #45
2Viktorov, DmitriyRUS
-80.0
3.0 pts · #42
3Rovnyakov, IgorRUS
-76.0
0.0 pts · #46

Biggest upsets

R2+329 Elo gap
Izbitskiy, Alexey1715 beat Bobovkin, Rostislav2044
R4+312 Elo gap
Sapelkin, Artem1849 beat Sankov, Igor2161
R8+232 Elo gap
Golovko, Evgeniy1409 beat Suvorov, Aleksandr And1641