Nekrasov autumn 2025
33 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 26 Oct 2025 to 29 Oct 2025 in Yaroslavl, Russia. Top 10 Elo average was 1630, and top seed was Darya Tsareva (🇷🇺 RUS, 1899).
Ivan Aleks Sokolov (🇷🇺 RUS, 1721) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Mark Mayorov (6.0) and Ivan Yu Terentiev (5.0). Sokolov shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Ilja Veselovsky (1619) beat Darya Tsareva (1899), a +280-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R7; 2 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
2 players finish on 6.0/7. Sokolov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (29.0).
Mark Mayorov drew with Ivan Aleks Sokolov (Black).
Mark Mayorov 3 wins (R1–R3)Ivan Aleks Sokolov 3 wins (R1–R3)Ilja Veselovsky 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mark Mayorov | * | ½ | — | 1 |
| 2Ivan Aleks Sokolov | ½ | * | ½ | 1 |
| 3Ilja Veselovsky | — | ½ | * | 0 |
| 4Ivan Yu Terentiev | 0 | 0 | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sokolov, Ivan Aleks | 1721 | RUS | +32N | +8B | +3N | =4B | +10N | =2B | +5B | 6.0 | 29.0 | 29.5 | 24.00 | 1831 | +21.6 |
| 2 | Mayorov, Mark | 1654 | RUS | +29B | +11N | +6B | =10B | +16N | =1N | +3B | 6.0 | 27.0 | 28.5 | 23.50 | 1853 | +49.2 |
| 3 | Terentiev, Ivan Yu | 1546 | RUS | +22B | +24N | −1B | +11N | +17B | +4B | −2N | 5.0 | 28.0 | 30.5 | 18.50 | 1540 | -0.8 |
| 4 | Veselovsky, Ilja | 1619 | RUS | +27B | +18N | +28B | =1N | =7B | −3N | +11B | 5.0 | 25.5 | 27.5 | 17.25 | 1700 | +16.0 |
| 5 | Melnikov, Dmitriy | 0 | RUS | +14N | −10B | +12N | =6N | +9B | +16B | −1N | 4.5 | 27.0 | 30.5 | 18.25 | 1542 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Selyukh, Artem | 1577 | RUS | +15N | +19B | −2N | =5B | +24N | =10B | =7B | 4.5 | 26.0 | 28.5 | 16.00 | 1547 | -4.0 |
| 7 | Shishkin, Vadim | 1631 | RUS | +21N | +25B | −10N | +8B | =4N | =13B | =6N | 4.5 | 25.5 | 28.0 | 17.25 | 1586 | -4.6 |
| 8 | FIDE 540090612 | 0 | — | +?B | −1N | +18B | −7N | +23B | =15N | +17B | 4.5 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 11.75 | 878 | 0.0 |
| 9 | FIDE 522065415 | 0 | — | −19N | =15B | +?N | +26B | −5N | +25B | +21N | 4.5 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 10.25 | 1441 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Zaytsev, Aleksandr M | 1732 | RUS | +30B | +5N | +7B | =2N | −1B | =6N | −13N | 4.0 | 29.5 | 31.0 | 15.75 | 1645 | -9.4 |
| 11 | Matveev, Evgeniy | 0 | RUS | +?N | −2B | +14N | −3B | +12N | +20B | −4N | 4.0 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 11.50 | 1374 | 0.0 |
| 12 | FIDE 540090558 | 0 | — | +13B | −16N | −5B | +27N | −11B | +31N | +23B | 4.0 | 21.5 | 22.5 | 10.50 | 690 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Pershuta, Nikita | 0 | RUS | −12N | +31B | +19N | =24B | F | =7N | +10B | 4.0 | 20.5 | 21.5 | 12.00 | 1702 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Gribkov, Yakov | 0 | RUS | −5B | +30N | −11B | +22N | −21N | +29B | +25N | 4.0 | 19.5 | 21.0 | 9.00 | 1441 | 0.0 |
| 15 | FIDE 540063399 | 0 | — | −6B | =9N | +22B | =20B | +?N | =8B | −16N | 3.5 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 9.75 | 1231 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Petrov, Ivan Andr | 1489 | RUS | +31N | +12B | =20N | F | −2B | −5N | +15B | 3.5 | 23.5 | 24.5 | 10.25 | 1359 | -13.6 |
| 17 | FIDE 540090574 | 0 | — | −18B | +27N | +?B | +23N | −3N | =21B | −8N | 3.5 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 7.25 | 746 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Verbitskiy, Evgeniy | 0 | RUS | +17N | −4B | −8N | =25B | +26N | =24B | =20N | 3.5 | 21.5 | 24.0 | 10.25 | 1372 | 0.0 |
| 19 | FIDE 540051412 | 0 | — | +9B | −6N | −13B | +?N | −20N | +26B | =24N | 3.5 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 8.25 | 711 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Sukhoparov, Andrey | 1434 | RUS | +23B | −28N | =16B | =15N | +19B | −11N | =18B | 3.5 | 21.0 | 23.0 | 11.75 | 1477 | -0.8 |
| 21 | FIDE 540036995 | 0 | — | −7B | −?N | +29B | +33N | +14B | =17N | −9B | 3.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 7.75 | 831 | 0.0 |
| 22 | FIDE 34472894 | 0 | — | −3N | =26B | −15N | −14B | +33B | +32N | +31B | 3.5 | 16.5 | 17.0 | 3.25 | 746 | 0.0 |
| 23 | FIDE 540090566 | 0 | — | −20N | +32B | +33N | −17B | −8N | +?B | −12N | 3.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 1.00 | 650 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Chekmenyov, Roman | 0 | RUS | F | −3B | +25N | =13N | −6B | =18N | =19B | 2.5 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 8.00 | 1388 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Sitnikova, Zoya | 0 | RUS | +33B | −7N | −24B | =18N | +27B | −9N | −14B | 2.5 | 21.5 | 22.0 | 4.75 | 831 | -9.2 |
| 26 | FIDE 540090620 | 0 | — | −28B | =22N | +30B | −9N | −18B | −19N | +?B | 2.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 3.25 | 1100 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Daushkov, Maksim | 0 | RUS | −4N | −17B | +32N | −12B | −25N | +33B | =29N | 2.5 | 17.0 | 17.5 | 1.75 | 720 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Tsareva, Darya | 1899 | RUS | +26N | +20B | −4N | F | F | F | F | 2.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 6.00 | 1560 | -30.4 |
| 29 | Dzelos, Roman | 0 | RUS | −2N | −?B | −21N | F | +?B | −14N | =27B | 1.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 1.25 | 853 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Smirnov, Makar Al | 0 | RUS | −10N | −14B | −26N | +32B | −31B | =?N | −?N | 1.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 0.50 | 932 | 0.0 |
| 31 | FIDE 540037002 | 0 | — | −16B | −13N | F | −?B | +30N | −12B | −22N | 1.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 1.50 | 690 | 0.0 |
| 32 | FIDE 522069852 | 0 | — | −1B | −23N | −27B | −30N | F | −22B | =33N | 0.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 0.25 | 924 | 0.0 |
| 33 | FIDE 540090639 | 0 | — | −25N | F | −23B | −21B | −22N | −27N | =32B | 0.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 0.25 | 621 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Mayorov, MarkRUS+49.26.0 pts · #1
- 2Sokolov, Ivan AleksRUS+21.66.0 pts · #2
- 3Veselovsky, IljaRUS+16.05.0 pts · #3
- 1Tsareva, DaryaRUS-30.42.0 pts · #11
- 2Petrov, Ivan AndrRUS-13.63.5 pts · #18
- 3Zaytsev, Aleksandr MRUS-9.44.0 pts · #4
- R3+280 Elo gap