Champions League 2025_Ivi Grand Prix Chess III

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44 players participated in this 10-round tournament, held from 21 Nov 2025 to 27 Nov 2025 in Moscow, Russia. 42 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2468, and top seed was Evgeny Pigusov (🇷🇺 RUS, GM, 2555).

Alisher Suleymenov (🇰🇿 KAZ, GM, 2491) won with 7.5/10, ahead of Viachaslau Zarubitski (7.0) and Konstantin Kornienko (7.0). Suleymenov won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Arman Erzhanov (FM, 2117) beat Evgeny Pigusov (GM, 2555), a +438-point gap.

Location

🇷🇺Moscow, Russia

Dates

21 Nov 2025 → 27 Nov 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 10 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇺GMEvgeny Pigusov2555

Avg top 10

2,468

Participants

Titled players · 42

GM×10

IM×9

FM×23

Federations · 8 represented

FIDE (no federation)×14

🇷🇺Russia×9

🇧🇾Belarus×6

🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan×3

🇺🇿Uzbekistan×3

🇦🇲Armenia×3

🇺🇦Ukraine×2

🇰🇿Kazakhstan×2

Top 3

🥇
GMAlisher Suleymenov
🇰🇿KAZ·2491
7.5pts·2581perf+11.2
🥈
IMViachaslau Zarubitski
🇧🇾BLR·2400
7.0pts·2529perf+17.2
🥉
FMKonstantin Kornienko
🇷🇺RUS·2329
7.0pts·2532perf+54.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 10 rounds

GM Alisher Suleymenov led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders

Suleymenov7.5Kornienko7Zarubitski7Davtyan6.5Lisenkov6.5Tsvetkov6.5

R6–R10 · LEAD HELD

GM Alisher Suleymenov held the sole lead from R6 through R10 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

GM Alisher Suleymenov 3 wins (R1–R3)FM Konstantin Kornienko 5 wins (R6–R10)

R6 · LATE SURGE

FM Konstantin Kornienko was #18 at R6, climbed to #2 over the final stretch.

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1GMAlisher Suleymenov	*	—	1	½
2FMKonstantin Kornienko	—	*	—	—
3IMViachaslau Zarubitski	0	—	*	½
4GMArtur Davtyan	½	—	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Suleymenov, AlisherGM	2491	KAZ	+5N	+34B	+21N	=9B	=10N	+2B	=14N	+16B	=7N	=6B	7.5	54.5	58.5	43.25	2581	+11.2
2	Zarubitski, ViachaslauIM	2400	BLR	+38N	=13B	=28N	+8B	+9N	−1N	=4B	+5B	+10N	=7B	7.0	55.5	59.0	40.00	2529	+17.2
3	Kornienko, KonstantinFM	2329	RUS	+26N	=16B	−6N	−24B	=36N	+25B	+28N	+22B	+15N	+9B	7.0	48.0	52.0	35.75	2532	+54.8
4	Makarian, RudikGM	2544	FID	=23N	+25B	+17N	−10B	=13N	+5B	=2N	=15B	=9N	+14B	6.5	52.5	57.5	37.00	2457	-9.7
5	Lisenkov, SvyatoslavFM	2322	FID	−1B	+30N	=11B	+20N	+32B	−4N	+27B	−2N	+19B	+23N	6.5	52.0	56.0	32.00	2467	+38.8
6	Tsvetkov, AndreyIM	2403	FID	−17N	+38B	+3B	−14N	+43B	+21N	=10B	=11N	+18B	=1N	6.5	51.5	53.5	32.75	2462	+7.9
7	Davtyan, ArturGM	2482	ARM	−21B	−19N	+39N	+29B	+23N	+17B	=16N	+14B	=1B	=2N	6.5	51.0	54.5	34.00	2459	-1.8
8	Sharipov, DavronFM	2336	UZB	=37B	=33N	+22B	−2N	+40B	−11N	=19B	+32N	+27B	+13N	6.5	45.0	48.5	29.00	2386	+14.2
9	Aleksandrov, AleksejGM	2403	BLR	+19B	+12N	+27B	=1N	−2B	=18N	+13B	=10N	=4B	−3N	6.0	56.5	61.0	34.25	2445	+6.1
10	Gorovets, AndreyGM	2454	BLR	+41N	=17B	+13N	+4N	=1B	=15B	=6N	=9B	−2B	=21N	6.0	55.0	58.5	33.50	2456	+0.7
11	Fedorov, AlexeiGM	2375	BLR	−13N	+44B	=5N	+28B	=17N	+8B	=15N	=6B	=14N	=12B	6.0	52.0	54.0	30.75	2390	+2.3
12	Volkov, MaksimFM	2359	RUS	+39N	−9B	+42N	−15B	=28N	+34B	+18B	=20N	=21B	=11N	6.0	45.5	48.5	26.50	2376	+7.2
13	Gadzhiev, RuslanFM	2242	FID	+11B	=2N	−10B	+22N	=4B	+24B	−9N	=18N	+26B	−8B	5.5	53.5	58.5	30.50	2453	+99.0
14	Bukreev, StanislavIM	2333	RUS	=29N	+31B	=15N	+6B	=18B	+27N	=1B	−7N	=11B	−4N	5.5	53.0	57.5	30.00	2466	+35.6
15	Rostovtsev, DmitryIM	2446	RUS	+43B	=18N	=14B	+12N	=27B	=10N	=11B	=4N	−3B	=20N	5.5	52.5	54.5	27.75	2408	-5.1
16	Manvelyan, MikayelFM	2386	ARM	+32B	=3N	=18B	−27N	+33B	+19N	=7B	−1N	=20B	=22N	5.5	51.0	55.0	28.25	2381	-1.2
17	Kleimenov, NikolayFM	2277	FID	+6B	=10N	−4B	+35N	=11B	−7N	−20B	+37N	=22B	+27N	5.5	50.5	54.0	27.00	2412	+64.8
18	Spizharny, MikhailFM	2367	BLR	+44N	=15B	=16N	+21B	=14N	=9B	−12N	=13B	−6N	+28B	5.5	50.0	52.0	25.50	2371	+1.4
19	Yurasov, MatfeyFM	2275	FID	−9N	+7B	=26N	+34B	=24N	−16B	=8N	+35B	−5N	+29B	5.5	49.5	53.5	27.25	2445	+45.2
20	Ivanov, Oleg VIM	2385	UKR	=28N	=42B	=23N	−5B	=25N	+43B	+17N	=12B	=16N	=15B	5.5	46.5	48.5	24.75	2329	-6.4
21	Temirbekov, TaimazFM	2318	FID	+7N	+36B	−1B	−18N	+26N	−6B	F	+23B	=12N	=10B	5.0	53.0	57.0	26.50	2462	+34.6
22	Zhakshylykov, ErzhanIM	2392	KGZ	=25N	=23B	−8N	−13B	+41N	+36B	+32B	−3N	=17N	=16B	5.0	48.0	51.5	22.00	2312	-21.8
23	Bardyk, ArtemFM	2332	RUS	=4B	=22N	=20B	=40N	−7B	+37N	+33B	−21N	+24N	−5B	5.0	47.5	51.0	22.75	2339	+2.0
24	Akhmetov, AyanIM	2398	KAZ	−27B	=32N	+37B	+3N	=19B	−13N	F	+33N	−23B	+35N	5.0	44.5	48.0	23.25	2305	-11.1
25	Cherniaev, AlexanderGM	2264	ENG	=22B	−4N	−35B	+44N	=20B	−3N	=30B	=42N	+33B	+32N	5.0	43.5	45.5	19.00	2290	+3.5
26	Nikitenko, MihailGM	2503	BLR	−3B	+37N	=19B	−32N	−21B	+42N	=38B	+40N	−13N	+34B	5.0	41.5	44.5	18.50	2252	-30.1
27	Khruschiov, AlexeyGM	2270	MDA	+24N	+29B	−9N	+16B	=15N	−14B	−5N	+34B	−8N	−17B	4.5	50.5	54.5	21.75	2347	+9.8
28	Shoboev, DandarFM	2252	RUS	=20B	+35N	=2B	−11N	=12B	=33N	−3B	=38N	+42B	−18N	4.5	48.5	51.5	20.00	2266	+4.6
29	Pigusov, EvgenyGM	2555	RUS	=14B	−27N	=43B	−7N	−37B	=30N	+41B	+39N	+38B	−19N	4.5	40.5	42.5	16.50	2244	-37.1
30	Titarov, VasiliiFM	2245	RUS	−36N	−5B	=41N	−39B	=44N	=29B	=25N	=31B	+43B	+38N	4.5	37.0	39.0	15.25	2275	+14.0
31	Maslovskiy, VladimirFM	2367	FID	=33B	−14N	−32B	=42B	=38N	=35N	−40B	=30N	+37B	+39B	4.5	36.0	39.0	16.50	2175	-48.6
32	Chyndygyr, TamerlanFM	2254	FID	−16N	=24B	+31N	+26B	−5N	+39B	−22N	−8B	=34N	−25B	4.0	47.0	50.5	17.50	2275	+2.1
33	Umarov, Bekhruz	2204	UZB	=31N	=8B	=34N	+36B	−16N	=28B	−23N	−24B	−25N	+44N	4.0	44.0	46.0	15.75	2258	+24.1
34	Orozbaev, EldiyarIM	2375	KGZ	+40B	−1N	=33B	−19N	+42B	−12N	+39B	−27N	=32B	−26N	4.0	43.5	46.5	14.00	2199	-22.7
35	Vasilkov, NikolayFM	2335	FID	=42N	−28B	+25N	−17B	−39N	=31B	+43N	−19N	+40B	−24B	4.0	40.0	42.0	14.25	2176	-41.6
36	Sitnikov, AntonIM	2383	UKR	+30B	−21N	=40B	−33N	=3B	−22N	−37B	−41N	+44B	+42N	4.0	39.0	41.0	14.75	2164	-28.3
37	Erzhanov, ArmanFM	2117	KGZ	=8N	−26B	−24N	=41B	+29N	−23B	+36N	−17B	−31N	=40N	3.5	43.5	47.0	15.25	2256	+14.7
38	Vershinin, IgorFM	2272	RUS	−2B	−6N	+44B	−43N	=31B	+40N	=26N	=28B	−29N	−30B	3.5	42.0	44.0	12.50	2237	-11.2
39	Preobrazhenskaya, DianaFM	2123	FID	−12B	=43N	−7B	+30N	+35B	−32N	−34N	−29B	+41B	−31N	3.5	41.5	43.5	13.00	2245	+33.3
40	Sargissyan, SargisFM	2230	ARM	−34N	+41B	=36N	=23B	−8N	−38B	+31N	−26B	−35N	=37B	3.5	40.0	43.5	14.25	2223	-3.0
41	Bozorov, JavohirFM	2316	UZB	−10B	−40N	=30B	=37N	−22B	=44B	−29N	+36B	−39N	+43N	3.5	36.5	38.5	11.00	2191	-34.2
42	Gafurov, Aidan	1999	FID	=35B	=20N	−12B	=31N	−34N	−26B	+44N	=25B	−28N	−36B	3.0	42.5	44.5	11.50	2184	+69.2
43	Tregubenko, NikolayFM	2300	FID	−15N	=39B	=29N	+38B	−6N	−20N	−35B	−44B	−30N	−41B	2.0	41.0	43.0	7.50	2089	-52.6
44	Lyutsinger, IrenFM	2212	FID	−18B	−11N	−38N	−25B	=30B	=41N	−42B	+43N	−36N	−33B	2.0	39.0	41.0	6.00	2032	-43.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Gadzhiev, RuslanFMFID
+99.0
5.5 pts · #18
2Gafurov, AidanFID
+69.2
3.0 pts · #42
3Kleimenov, NikolayFMFID
+64.8
5.5 pts · #13

Top rating losers

1Tregubenko, NikolayFMFID
-52.6
2.0 pts · #44
2Maslovskiy, VladimirFMFID
-48.6
4.5 pts · #28
3Lyutsinger, IrenFMFID
-43.2
2.0 pts · #43

Biggest upsets

R5+438 Elo gap
FMErzhanov, Arman2117 beat GMPigusov, Evgeny2555
R2+285 Elo gap
GMKhruschiov, Alexey2270 beat GMPigusov, Evgeny2555
R10+280 Elo gap
FMYurasov, Matfey2275 beat GMPigusov, Evgeny2555