Astrakhan Region Championship 2025
27 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 20 Oct 2025 to 26 Oct 2025 in Astrakhan, Russia. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1850, and top seed was Armen Shaginjan (🇷🇺 RUS, IM, 2378).
Nikolay Marchenko (🇷🇺 RUS, 2143) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Nikita Chernov (5.0) and Kirill Kurochkin (5.0). Marchenko won solo starting round 6.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Kirill Kurochkin (1522) beat Armen Shaginjan (IM, 2378), a +856-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsNikolay Marchenko led from R6; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.
Nikolay Marchenko never relinquished the lead after R6; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.
Nikolay Marchenko beat Nikita Chernov (Black).
Nikolay Marchenko 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)Nikita Chernov 3 wins (R4–R6)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Nikolay Marchenko | * | 1 | 1 | ½ |
| 2Nikita Chernov | 0 | * | 0 | 1 |
| 3Vladimir Sokolov | 0 | 1 | * | — |
| 4Kirill Kurochkin | ½ | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marchenko, Nikolay | 2143 | RUS | +7N | +6B | +2N | =3B | +4N | +12B | +5N | 6.5 | 28.5 | 32.0 | 29.50 | 2205 | +5.4 |
| 2 | Chernov, Nikita | 1748 | RUS | +20B | +9N | −1B | +5N | +6B | +3N | −4B | 5.0 | 29.5 | 32.0 | 20.50 | 1876 | +39.2 |
| 3 | Kurochkin, Kirill | 1522 | RUS | +17N | +25B | +12N | =1N | +13B | −2B | =6N | 5.0 | 26.0 | 27.0 | 16.50 | 1933 | +76.4 |
| 4 | Sokolov, Vladimir | 1985 | RUS | +21B | +19N | =5B | =13N | −1B | +15N | +2N | 5.0 | 25.0 | 27.5 | 17.00 | 2051 | +11.0 |
| 5 | Sediki, Shapur | 1849 | RUS | +11N | +15B | =4N | −2B | +9B | +7N | −1B | 4.5 | 29.0 | 32.0 | 18.00 | 1859 | +11.6 |
| 6 | Khodovets, Sergey | 0 | RUS | +10B | −1N | +23B | +24B | −2N | +17N | =3B | 4.5 | 25.5 | 27.5 | 13.50 | 1651 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Koshelev, Alexander | 1570 | RUS | −1B | +23N | =19B | +8B | +24N | −5B | +12N | 4.5 | 23.5 | 25.5 | 13.25 | 1745 | +50.8 |
| 8 | Sabelnikov, Konstantin Al | 1523 | RUS | +14N | =12B | −13B | −7N | +27N | +16B | +9B | 4.5 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 12.25 | 1694 | +40.8 |
| 9 | Mukhtedinov, Roman | 1551 | RUS | +18N | −2B | +25N | +15B | −5N | +10B | −8N | 4.0 | 24.0 | 25.0 | 11.00 | 1550 | -3.6 |
| 10 | Chikin, Kirill Dm | 0 | RUS | −6N | +11B | −15N | +22B | +16B | −9N | +17B | 4.0 | 21.5 | 24.0 | 12.50 | 1493 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Bolonkin, Nikolay | 1449 | RUS | −5B | −10N | +20B | −23N | +26N | +18B | +15B | 4.0 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 9.50 | 1841 | +53.6 |
| 12 | Mescheriakov, Andrei A | 1757 | RUS | +26B | =8N | −3B | +14N | +19B | −1N | −7B | 3.5 | 26.5 | 27.5 | 9.25 | 1596 | -27.0 |
| 13 | Shaginjan, ArmenIM | 2378 | RUS | +16B | F | +8N | =4B | −3N | F | +14N | 3.5 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 13.50 | 2075 | -11.8 |
| 14 | Mukhanov, Damir | 1669 | RUS | −8B | =20N | +21B | −12B | +25N | +19N | −13B | 3.5 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 7.25 | 1509 | -46.8 |
| 15 | Paschenko, Konstantin | 1853 | RUS | +27B | −5N | +10B | −9N | +23B | −4B | −11N | 3.0 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 6.00 | 910 | -104.0 |
| 16 | Krasovsky, Sergey S | 0 | RUS | −13N | +22B | −18N | +27B | −10N | −8N | +23B | 3.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 4.50 | 1151 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Pushkinskiy, Gleb | 0 | RUS | −3B | +27N | −24N | +25B | +18N | −6B | −10N | 3.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 4.00 | 730 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Islamgaziev, Ilgam | 0 | RUS | −9B | +21N | +16B | −19N | −17B | −11N | +26N | 3.0 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 6.50 | 697 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Krasovsky, Kirill Vik | 1487 | RUS | +22N | −4B | =7N | +18B | −12N | −14B | −20N | 2.5 | 22.0 | 24.5 | 7.75 | 1301 | -39.2 |
| 20 | Bondarenko, Mikhail | 1454 | RUS | −2N | =14B | −11N | −26B | F | +22N | +19B | 2.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 6.75 | 1502 | +7.6 |
| 21 | Golubkin, Aleksandr | 0 | RUS | −4N | −18B | −14N | F | =22B | +23N | +25B | 2.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 4.25 | 1027 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Akhmedov, Rakhmet | 0 | RUS | −19B | −16N | +26B | −10N | =21N | −20B | +27N | 2.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 2.25 | 670 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Kunitsyn, Yaroslav | 0 | RUS | +24N | −7B | −6N | +11B | −15N | −21B | −16N | 2.0 | 21.5 | 23.5 | 6.00 | 1602 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Tomeev, Daniel | 1537 | RUS | −23B | +26N | +17B | −6N | −7B | F | F | 2.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 4.00 | 770 | -18.0 |
| 25 | Dosumbaev, Bulat | 0 | RUS | F | −3N | −9B | −17N | −14B | +27B | −21N | 1.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 0.00 | 782 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Umerov, Amirkhan | 0 | RUS | −12N | −24B | −22N | +20N | −11B | F | −18B | 1.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 2.50 | 1355 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Akhmedov, Tamerlan | 0 | RUS | −15N | −17B | F | −16N | −8B | −25N | −22B | 0.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 0.00 | 888 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Kurochkin, KirillRUS+76.45.0 pts · #9
- 2Bolonkin, NikolayRUS+53.64.0 pts · #11
- 3Koshelev, AlexanderRUS+50.84.5 pts · #5
- 1Paschenko, KonstantinRUS-104.03.0 pts · #20
- 2Mukhanov, DamirRUS-46.83.5 pts · #12
- 3Krasovsky, Kirill VikRUS-39.22.5 pts · #18
- R5+856 Elo gap
- R7+404 Elo gap
- R4+302 Elo gap