SPb B13 Championship Semifinal 2025

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89 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 29 Oct 2025 to 01 Nov 2025 in St. Petersburg, Russia. Top 10 Elo average was 1599, and top seed was Pavel Andr. Ratnikov (🇷🇺 RUS, 1637).

Daniil Ant Stepikhov (🇷🇺 RUS, 1535) won with 7.0/8, ahead of Yuriy Mikh Pastushenko (7.0) and Roman Chernolikhov (6.5). Stepikhov won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Timofey Bogolyubov (1418) beat Vladimir Dm Sukhenko (1629), a +211-point gap.

Location

🇷🇺St. Petersburg, Russia

Dates

29 Oct 2025 → 01 Nov 2025

Time control

Standard: All Moves in 57 Min. Incr. 3 Sec. / /

System

Swiss · 8 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇺Pavel Andr. Ratnikov1637

Avg top 10

1,599

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇷🇺Russia×80

Top 3

🥇
Daniil Ant Stepikhov
🇷🇺RUS·1535
7.0pts·1923perf+96.4
🥈
Yuriy Mikh Pastushenko
🇷🇺RUS·1573
7.0pts·1770perf+58.0
🥉
Roman Chernolikhov
🇷🇺RUS·1485
6.5pts·1744perf+104.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

Tight race until R8; 2 players tied at 7.0/8, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Stepikhov7Pastushenko7Chernolikhov6.5Nakaznoy6Kirillov6Naumchuk6— ex-leaders:Egorychevled R5, #8

R7 · LEADER CHANGE01 Nov

Roman Chernolikhov takes the sole lead (6.5/7).

R8 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.0/8. Stepikhov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (35.5).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Daniil Ant Stepikhov 5 wins (R4–R8)Yuriy Mikh Pastushenko 3 wins (R6–R8)Roman Chernolikhov 4 wins (R4–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Daniil Ant Stepikhov	*	—	1	—
2Yuriy Mikh Pastushenko	—	*	—	—
3Roman Chernolikhov	0	—	*	—
4Vasiliy Nakaznoy	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Stepikhov, Daniil Ant	1535	RUS	=19B	+53N	=31B	+76N	+22B	+12N	+11B	+3N	7.0	35.5	38.0	33.25	1923	+96.4
2	Pastushenko, Yuriy Mikh	1573	RUS	+82N	+64B	=4N	+17B	=9N	+32B	+16N	+8B	7.0	34.5	36.5	30.75	1770	+58.0
3	Chernolikhov, Roman	1485	RUS	+56B	+63N	=15N	+4B	+74N	+10B	+8N	−1B	6.5	35.5	38.0	28.50	1744	+104.4
4	Korneev, Vladislav	1575	RUS	+72B	+81N	=2B	−3N	+66B	+15B	+14N	=5N	6.0	36.0	38.0	25.00	1616	+11.6
5	Nakaznoy, Vasiliy	1509	RUS	=8N	=51B	+75N	+23B	+20N	=9B	+26N	=4B	6.0	35.5	38.0	27.75	1620	+33.2
6	Kirillov, Petr	1470	RUS	+67B	=31N	−8B	+86N	=38B	+23N	+25N	+16B	6.0	32.0	33.5	23.75	1674	+54.4
7	Naumchuk, Andrey	1508	RUS	−58N	+50B	+51N	−8N	+63B	+34B	+20N	+18N	6.0	30.5	33.5	24.50	1561	+12.8
8	Ivashkin, Egor	1414	RUS	=5B	+54N	+6N	+7B	+15N	+16B	−3B	−2N	5.5	41.5	45.0	28.50	1672	+110.8
9	Smirnov, Dmitrii Al	1455	RUS	+49B	=38N	+19B	+35N	=2B	=5N	=18B	=13N	5.5	37.0	40.5	26.75	1638	+58.4
10	Nikitin, Daniil And	1539	RUS	+44N	+28B	+20N	+13B	−16N	−3N	+39B	=12N	5.5	36.5	40.5	26.25	1617	+24.0
11	Kharitonov, Filipp	1613	RUS	+40B	=35N	−17B	+19N	+27B	+30N	−1N	+33B	5.5	35.5	39.5	25.25	1549	-18.4
12	Ratnikov, Pavel Andr.	1637	RUS	+36N	+69B	−30N	+42B	+34N	−1B	+40N	=10B	5.5	34.0	37.0	22.75	1633	-1.6
13	Sedov, Nikita	1601	RUS	+55B	+42N	+47B	−10N	=30B	=39N	+32N	=9B	5.5	31.5	35.0	22.50	1575	-6.4
14	Zhernovoy, Maksim Aleks	1601	RUS	−30N	+78B	+40N	+47B	=32B	+48N	−4B	+37N	5.5	30.5	33.0	20.25	1773	+41.2
15	Budkovskiy, Aleksandr Vlad	1555	RUS	+39B	+23N	=3B	+48N	−8B	−4N	+35B	=27N	5.0	36.5	40.0	22.75	1620	+25.6
16	Egorychev, Georgy	1605	RUS	+33B	+76N	+52B	+30N	+10B	−8N	−2B	−6N	5.0	36.5	39.0	20.50	1541	-23.2
17	Besaraba, Viktor V	1466	RUS	+83B	=43B	+11N	−2N	+37B	−18N	+74B	=21B	5.0	33.5	35.5	19.00	1682	+69.2
18	Malygin, Iaromir	0	RUS	−75N	+57B	+55N	+31B	=26N	+17B	=9N	−7B	5.0	33.0	35.5	21.75	1456	0.0
19	Karpov, Lukyan Kon	1507	RUS	=1N	+24B	−9N	−11B	+57B	=64N	+47B	+74N	5.0	33.0	35.5	19.50	1512	+34.0
20	Tatarenkov, Aristarkh	0	RUS	+57B	+65N	−10B	+41N	−5B	+38N	−7B	+64N	5.0	32.0	35.0	17.50	1422	0.0
21	Korolev, Vadim Yur	1574	RUS	+46B	=27N	+38B	−32N	−39B	+56N	+31B	=17N	5.0	31.0	34.5	21.00	1564	-2.8
22	Bragin, Vladimir E	1503	RUS	+50N	−30B	+36N	+56B	−1N	−40B	+58N	+44B	5.0	31.0	34.5	19.00	1588	+22.0
23	Lekhanov, Miron	1555	RUS	+71N	−15B	+70N	−5N	+49B	−6B	+50N	+40B	5.0	31.0	34.0	17.00	1451	-29.6
24	Zavyalov, Leon	0	RUS	=53B	−19N	=45B	+55B	=33N	+68N	=30B	+41N	5.0	29.0	32.0	18.75	1420	0.0
25	Sukhenko, Vladimir Dm	1629	RUS	−38B	+49N	=39B	+58N	=35B	+47N	−6B	+65N	5.0	29.0	32.0	17.75	1519	-35.2
26	Umarbaev, Zakhar	0	RUS	−76B	+46N	+63B	+52N	=18B	+74N	−5B	=32N	5.0	28.5	31.0	17.75	1501	0.0
27	Chuzhmarov, Egor	0	RUS	+89N	=21B	+43N	−74B	−11N	+66B	+54N	=15B	5.0	28.5	28.5	15.50	1549	0.0
28	Golod, Zakhariy	1454	RUS	+68B	−10N	+65B	=37N	−48B	=41N	+81B	+39N	5.0	27.5	29.5	16.25	1450	-2.4
29	Lobanov, Aleksandr An	1547	RUS	=51N	=77B	+33N	−34B	−40N	+75B	+42N	+38B	5.0	27.0	29.5	18.00	1622	+18.8
30	Mishin, Artemiy A	0	RUS	+14B	+22N	+12B	−16B	=13N	−11B	=24N	=34N	4.5	37.0	41.5	23.50	1615	0.0
31	Nikolaenkov, Yaroslav	0	RUS	+?N	=6B	=1N	−18N	=41B	+43B	−21N	+54B	4.5	34.5	34.5	16.00	1552	0.0
32	Filippov, Maksim S.	0	RUS	+79N	=75B	+86N	+21B	=14N	−2N	−13B	=26B	4.5	33.0	34.5	15.50	1486	0.0
33	Alimuradov, Maksim	1447	RUS	−16N	+83B	−29B	+79N	=24B	+59N	+48B	−11N	4.5	30.0	32.0	14.00	1480	+8.0
34	Sukhoteplyy, Andrey	0	RUS	−77N	+87B	+67N	+29N	−12B	−7N	+49B	=30B	4.5	30.0	31.5	15.25	1441	0.0
35	Shustov, Yan Andr	1571	RUS	+85N	=11B	+77N	−9B	=25N	=54B	−15N	+75B	4.5	29.5	31.0	13.50	1483	-30.4
36	Skripnik, Timofei	0	RUS	−12B	+80N	−22B	+45N	−52B	=63N	+59B	+48N	4.5	28.0	30.5	15.00	1456	0.0
37	Lazarev, Aleksey Vik	1571	RUS	−66N	+84B	+82N	=28B	−17N	+69B	+65N	−14B	4.5	26.5	28.5	12.50	1424	-33.6
38	Bogolyubov, Timofey	1418	RUS	+25N	=9B	−21N	+75B	=6N	−20B	+45B	−29N	4.0	35.5	38.0	17.25	1521	+32.8
39	Churkin, Georgiy Ant	1579	RUS	−15N	+60B	=25N	+77B	+21N	=13B	−10N	−28B	4.0	34.5	37.0	16.25	1436	-44.8
40	Petrishchev, Matvei	1537	RUS	−11N	+71B	−14B	+84N	+29B	+22N	−12B	−23N	4.0	34.5	36.5	15.00	1453	-26.4
41	Pilekhin, Vyacheslav	0	RUS	+62N	−52B	+64N	−20B	=31N	=28B	+69N	−24B	4.0	29.5	32.5	14.25	1513	0.0
42	Kuzovlev, Mikhail I.	0	RUS	+80B	−13B	+85N	−12N	−65B	+53N	−29B	+57N	4.0	28.5	30.0	11.00	796	0.0
43	Sinitsin, Artemiy	1549	RUS	+61B	=17N	−27B	−66N	+81B	−31N	+56B	=63N	4.0	27.5	29.5	13.00	1562	+1.6
44	Leonov, Leon Mikh	0	RUS	−10B	−68N	+72B	−49N	+78B	+70N	+52B	−22N	4.0	26.5	29.0	12.00	1397	0.0
45	Scherbakov, Artem Al	0	RUS	=78N	−86B	=24N	−36B	+72N	+55B	−38N	+67B	4.0	25.5	27.0	13.25	1412	0.0
46	Orel, Vladislav	0	RUS	−21N	−26B	+83N	+85B	−54N	−50B	+84N	+81B	4.0	23.0	24.5	7.50	749	0.0
47	Nikolaev, Sergey L.	1495	RUS	+60N	+70B	−13N	−14N	+53B	−25B	−19N	=50B	3.5	31.5	34.5	11.75	1189	-72.8
48	Petrosyan, Artem G	1451	RUS	+84N	=66B	+58N	−15B	+28N	−14B	−33N	−36B	3.5	31.0	33.0	12.00	1451	0.0
49	Oreshkov, Demid	0	RUS	−9N	−25B	+89N	+44B	−23N	+51B	−34N	=61B	3.5	31.0	31.0	9.25	1347	0.0
50	Zhukov, Aleksandr	1491	RUS	−22B	−7N	+73B	=64B	=61N	+46N	−23B	=47N	3.5	30.0	33.0	12.00	1277	-65.2
51	Poludnev, Ivan	1516	RUS	=29B	=5N	−7B	−65N	+79B	−49N	+68B	=53N	3.5	30.0	32.5	12.75	1401	-18.0
52	Dembirel, Sergek	1507	RUS	+87B	+41N	−16N	−26B	+36N	−65B	−44N	=55B	3.5	29.0	30.5	11.75	1313	-20.4
53	Sokolov, Kirill Vas	0	RUS	=24N	−1B	+78N	=69B	−47N	−42B	+83N	=51B	3.5	28.5	30.5	10.25	1334	0.0
54	Ostapenko, Platon Dm	1535	RUS	=86N	−8B	+68B	=81N	+46B	=35N	−27B	−31N	3.5	28.5	30.0	11.00	1300	-24.8
55	Nikonov, Daniil	0	RUS	−13N	+89B	−18B	−24N	+80B	−45N	+71B	=52N	3.5	28.5	28.5	7.25	1363	-4.4
56	Bulatov, Artur	1425	RUS	−3N	+88B	+62N	−22N	=76B	−21B	−43N	+87B	3.5	28.0	29.5	7.75	1154	-54.0
57	Chernodedov, Gordei	0	RUS	−20N	−18N	=80B	+71B	−19N	+77B	+66N	−42B	3.5	27.5	30.0	9.75	606	0.0
58	Aleksandrov, Roman	1552	RUS	+7B	=74N	−48B	−25B	+77N	+76N	−22B	F	3.5	27.0	27.0	12.25	1451	-34.0
59	Makovskiy, Andrey	1535	RUS	−70N	−79B	=60N	+87B	+67N	−33B	−36N	+77B	3.5	23.5	25.0	8.75	648	-25.2
60	Brodskiy, Artur	0	RUS	−47B	−39N	=59B	−61N	+?B	+62N	−63B	+83N	3.5	23.0	23.0	7.25	1197	0.0
61	Struzhkin, Rodion	0	RUS	−43N	−85B	=71N	+60B	=50B	+84N	−64B	=49N	3.5	22.5	24.0	10.50	1247	0.0
62	Kovyazin, Mikhail	0	RUS	−41B	+72N	−56B	=67B	−75N	−60B	+85N	+70N	3.5	22.5	24.0	9.00	636	0.0
63	Terentiev, Timur Al	0	RUS	F	−3B	−26N	+70B	−7N	=36B	+60N	=43B	3.0	32.5	32.5	10.75	1242	-25.6
64	Avramov, Rodion Rus	1474	RUS	+73B	−2N	−41B	=50N	F	=19B	+61N	−20B	3.0	31.0	32.5	10.75	1377	-16.0
65	Bakhtinov, Sergey	0	RUS	F	−20B	−28N	+51B	+42N	+52N	−37B	−25B	3.0	30.5	30.5	11.00	1464	0.0
66	Bagnenko, Dmitriy	0	RUS	+37B	=48N	−74B	+43B	−4N	−27N	−57B	=68N	3.0	29.5	32.0	11.75	1522	0.0
67	FIDE 540088430	0	—	−6N	+?B	−34B	=62N	−59B	=71N	+73B	−45N	3.0	27.5	27.5	6.25	706	0.0
68	FIDE 55888488	0	—	−28N	+44B	−54N	+82B	=69N	−24B	−51N	=66B	3.0	27.0	29.0	9.00	1188	0.0
69	Seryshev, Rodion	1526	RUS	+88B	−12N	=81B	=53N	=68B	−37N	−41B	=72N	3.0	25.5	27.0	7.25	805	-32.0
70	Kintsurashvili, Nodari	0	RUS	+59B	−47N	−23B	−63N	+88N	−44B	+82N	−62B	3.0	24.5	26.0	7.00	1322	0.0
71	FIDE 522031782	0	—	−23B	−40N	=61B	−57N	+87N	=67B	−55N	+82B	3.0	24.5	26.0	6.75	701	0.0
72	FIDE 540088421	0	—	−4N	−62B	−44N	+?N	−45B	=80N	+88B	=69B	3.0	24.5	24.5	4.25	1361	0.0
73	FIDE 55871380	0	—	−64N	−82B	−50N	−88B	+89N	+79B	−67N	+84B	3.0	17.5	17.5	4.50	705	0.0
74	Fedulov, Demian	1488	RUS	F	=58B	+66N	+27N	−3B	−26B	−17N	−19B	2.5	33.0	33.0	9.75	1152	-58.0
75	Ishkhanov, Aron	1443	RUS	+18B	=32N	−5B	−38N	+62B	−29N	F	−35N	2.5	32.5	35.0	10.75	713	-65.6
76	Reztsov, Artyom	1481	RUS	+26N	−16B	+79N	−1B	=56N	−58B	F	F	2.5	29.0	29.0	9.25	1207	-50.0
77	Shoshin, Andrey	0	RUS	+34B	=29N	−35B	−39N	−58B	−57N	+?B	−59N	2.5	28.5	28.5	7.00	1192	0.0
78	Gadzhiev, Amin	0	RUS	=45B	−14N	−53B	=80N	−44N	−83B	=79N	+85B	2.5	24.0	25.5	6.00	802	0.0
79	Makarochkin, Daniil	0	RUS	−32B	+59N	−76B	−33B	−51N	−73N	=78B	+?N	2.5	24.0	24.0	4.75	1304	0.0
80	FIDE 540088456	0	—	−42N	−36B	=57N	=78B	−55N	=72B	−87N	+89B	2.5	22.5	22.5	4.50	606	0.0
81	Kozlov, Andrey Al	0	RUS	F	−4B	=69N	=54B	−43N	+82B	−28N	−46N	2.0	27.5	27.5	5.25	1289	0.0
82	Brodskiy, Richard Grig	0	RUS	−2B	+73N	−37B	−68N	+83B	−81N	−70B	−71N	2.0	25.5	27.5	5.00	769	0.0
83	Kutsenko, Ignat	0	RUS	−17N	−33N	−46B	+89B	−82N	+78N	−53B	−60B	2.0	25.0	25.0	2.50	652	0.0
84	Drozdov, Andrei	0	RUS	−48B	−37N	+88N	−40B	+85N	−61B	−46B	−73N	2.0	24.0	25.5	3.00	720	0.0
85	Broev, David	0	RUS	−35B	+61N	−42B	−46N	−84B	=88N	−62B	−78N	1.5	24.0	25.5	4.25	771	0.0
86	Mironov, Artem	0	RUS	=54B	+45N	−32B	−6B	F	F	F	F	1.5	21.0	21.0	5.75	1310	0.0
87	FIDE 540088448	0	—	−52N	−34N	=?B	−59N	−71B	F	+80B	−56N	1.5	20.5	20.5	2.50	692	0.0
88	FIDE 540088391	0	—	−69N	−56N	−84B	+73N	−70B	=85B	−72N	F	1.5	19.0	19.0	3.75	679	0.0
89	FIDE 540086143	0	—	−27B	−55N	−49B	−83N	−73B	−?N	F	−80N	0.0	19.5	19.5	0.00	606	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Ivashkin, EgorRUS
+110.8
5.5 pts · #2
2Chernolikhov, RomanRUS
+104.4
6.5 pts · #1
3Stepikhov, Daniil AntRUS
+96.4
7.0 pts · #3

Top rating losers

1Nikolaev, Sergey L.RUS
-72.8
3.5 pts · #63
2Ishkhanov, AronRUS
-65.6
2.5 pts · #74
3Zhukov, AleksandrRUS
-65.2
3.5 pts · #51

Biggest upsets

R1+211 Elo gap
Bogolyubov, Timofey1418 beat Sukhenko, Vladimir Dm1629
R6+191 Elo gap
Ivashkin, Egor1414 beat Egorychev, Georgy1605
R7+159 Elo gap
Kirillov, Petr1470 beat Sukhenko, Vladimir Dm1629