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Championship Rostov-on-Don 2025 final

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21 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 01 Dec 2025 to 19 Dec 2025 in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1974, and top seed was Pavel Kotenko (🇷🇺 RUS, IM, 2183).

Vladimir Golovanev (🇷🇺 RUS, 2117) won with 8.5/9, ahead of Nikolay Birmenko (6.5) and Pavel Kotenko (6.5). Golovanev won solo starting round 7.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Matvey Kilo (1724) beat Nikolay Birmenko (2062), a +338-point gap.

Location
🇷🇺Rostov-on-Don, Russia
Dates
01 Dec 2025 → 19 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇺IMPavel Kotenko2183
Avg top 10
1,974
Participants
21
Titled players · 1
IM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇷🇺Russia×19
FIDE (no federation)×2
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Vladimir Golovanev led from R7; +2.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders
8
3
2
3
2
2
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Golovanev8.5Kotenko6.5Birmenko6.5Kilo5.5Grechkin5Asyutin5
R7–R9 · LEAD HELD

Vladimir Golovanev never relinquished the lead after R7; final gap +2.0 over the runner-up.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Vladimir Golovanev beat IM Pavel Kotenko (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Vladimir Golovanev 3+5 wins (R1–R3, R5–R9)Nikolay Birmenko 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Vladimir Golovanev*
1
½
1
2IMPavel Kotenko
0
*
½
—
3Nikolay Birmenko
½
½
*
0
4Matvey Kilo
0
—
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Golovanev, Vladimir2117RUS+12B+6N+3B=2N+7B+5B+14N+10N+4B8.542.045.542.252368+39.0
2Birmenko, Nikolay2062FID+7N+21B+14N=1B+5N+10B=3B−4N=6B6.543.544.028.502081+18.0
3Kotenko, PavelIM2183RUS+13N+9B−1N−5N+15B+14B=2N+12B+7N6.541.545.028.252062-8.9
4Kilo, Matvey1724RUS−6B+12N+17B=10N−14N+13B+8N+2B−1N5.541.043.023.751990+117.6
5Evseev, Nikita1855RUS+17N=14B+8N+3B−2B−1N+6B−7N=9B5.045.047.022.751985+58.0
6Grechkin, Evgeniy1992RUS+4N−1B−13N+20B=12N+8B−5N+14B=2N5.042.043.520.751916-14.8
7Korovjakovsky, Dmitryi1791RUS−2B+20N+11B+15N−1N+16B−10N+5B−3B5.042.043.517.501908+23.8
8Asyutin, Artem1878RUS=15B+11N−5B=16N+17B−6N−4B+20N+10B5.033.034.515.751795-36.8
9Igdirov, Boris1823RUS+20B−3N=15B−14B+21N=12N+11B=13B=5N5.032.533.014.751830+1.0
10Yermolenko, Vitaly1897RUS=18N=19B+21N=4B+13N−2N+7B−1B−8N4.538.539.014.251832-13.2
11Grechkin, Grigoriy1711RUS+19N−8B−7N−13B+20N+17B−9N=15B+14N4.530.031.510.751789+34.8
12Zabelin, Platon1795FID−1N−4B+18NF=6B=9B+15N−3N+13B4.040.042.014.501874+26.4
13Zakhozhai, Vladimir1823RUS−3B=16N+6B+11N−10B−4N+18B=9N−12N4.038.040.015.501794-8.4
14Kalashnikov, Maksim2011RUS+16B=5N−2B+9N+4B−3N−1B−6N−11B3.546.549.516.001832-41.4
15Vatamanyuk, Varvara1650RUS=8N+18B=9N−7B−3NF−12B=11N+17N3.534.034.011.251751+34.8
16Kolmagorov, Ivan1737RUS−14N=13B+19N=8B+18B−7NFFF3.021.521.58.501849+36.0
17Atayan, Roman1624RUS−5BF−4N+21B−8N−11N+20B−18N−15B2.027.527.52.001501-48.8
18Sapunova, Maria1674RUS=10B−15N−12BF−16N=19B−13N+17B−20N2.024.524.55.251559-48.4
19Gelburg, Dmitry1918RUS−11B=10N−16BFF=18N+21BFF2.018.518.53.751634-35.2
20Yurushkin, Gleb1583RUS−9N−7BF−6N−11B=21N−17N−8B+18B1.529.029.02.251493-36.8
21Barashev, Albert1511RUSF−2N−10B−17N−9B=20B−19NFF0.521.521.50.751374-20.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets
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