SPb B15 Championship 2025
Open SwissStandard
31 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 16 Nov 2025 to 24 Nov 2025 in St. Petersburg, Russia. Top 10 Elo average was 1790, and top seed was Maksim S Dmitriev (🇷🇺 RUS, 1971).
Nikita Igumnov (🇷🇺 RUS, 1809) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Miron Artemyev (6.5) and Gleb Volodin (6.0). Igumnov shared the lead from round 6 and broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Semen Belyakov (1578) beat Artem Pav. Vinogradov (1826), a +248-point gap.
Location
🇷🇺St. Petersburg, Russia
Dates
16 Nov 2025 → 24 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇺Russia×31
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsNikita Igumnov led from R9; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R9 · LEADER CHANGE24 Nov
Nikita Igumnov takes the sole lead (7.0/9).
R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Nikita Igumnov beat Miron Artemyev (White).
R7–R9 · WIN STREAK
Miron Artemyev won 3 in a row (R7–R9).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Nikita Igumnov | * | 1 | ½ | 1 |
| 2Miron Artemyev | 0 | * | — | 1 |
| 3Gleb Volodin | ½ | — | * | 0 |
| 4Danir Valiullin | 0 | 0 | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Igumnov, Nikita | 1809 | RUS | +25N | +18B | =3N | +2B | =6B | +5N | =11N | =4B | +10N | 7.0 | 45.0 | 48.0 | 36.50 | 1938 | +58.4 |
| 2 | Artemyev, Miron | 1672 | RUS | +16B | +29N | =12B | −1N | =9B | =19N | +17B | +11B | +5N | 6.5 | 41.0 | 43.5 | 29.25 | 1851 | +74.0 |
| 3 | Volodin, Gleb | 1770 | RUS | +31B | +7N | =1B | =12N | −5B | +4B | =9N | +14N | =6B | 6.0 | 46.0 | 46.5 | 28.75 | 1832 | +30.8 |
| 4 | Nazarov, Mikhail Yu | 1709 | RUS | +19B | +5N | +9B | −6N | =7B | −3N | +13B | =1N | +15B | 6.0 | 45.5 | 49.5 | 31.00 | 1843 | +54.4 |
| 5 | Valiullin, Danir | 1790 | RUS | +20N | −4B | +22N | +17B | +3N | −1B | +12N | +6N | −2B | 6.0 | 44.5 | 48.5 | 29.00 | 1819 | +14.0 |
| 6 | Khalyapin, Sergey | 1748 | RUS | +22N | +23B | +17N | +4B | =1N | =11B | =7N | −5B | =3N | 6.0 | 44.0 | 47.5 | 29.50 | 1860 | +54.0 |
| 7 | Dmitriev, Maksim S | 1971 | RUS | +24N | −3B | +20N | +18B | =4N | =9B | =6B | =8N | +11N | 6.0 | 42.5 | 45.5 | 27.75 | 1814 | -58.8 |
| 8 | Zolin, Artem | 1561 | RUS | −11N | +30B | =13N | =10B | =18N | +21B | +24N | =7B | +12N | 6.0 | 37.0 | 38.0 | 23.00 | 1803 | +96.0 |
| 9 | Vereteshkin, Artyom | 1620 | RUS | +15N | +11B | −4N | +23B | =2N | =7N | =3B | −10B | +13N | 5.5 | 44.0 | 47.5 | 26.75 | 1810 | +89.2 |
| 10 | Vinogradov, Artem Pav. | 1826 | RUS | =14B | −12N | +25B | =8N | +13B | =17N | +19B | +9N | −1B | 5.5 | 40.5 | 43.5 | 24.25 | 1663 | -60.4 |
| 11 | Visitov, Deni | 1797 | RUS | +8B | −9N | +21B | +19N | +12B | =6N | =1B | −2N | −7B | 5.0 | 46.0 | 50.0 | 25.50 | 1683 | -45.6 |
| 12 | Belyakov, Semen | 1578 | RUS | +28N | +10B | =2N | =3B | −11N | +20B | −5B | +17N | −8B | 5.0 | 43.0 | 46.0 | 22.75 | 1749 | +79.2 |
| 13 | Bazhenkov, Mikhail | 1752 | RUS | +21B | −17N | =8B | +24B | −10N | +18B | −4N | +23N | −9B | 4.5 | 38.5 | 41.5 | 17.50 | 1629 | -57.6 |
| 14 | Gagarinov, Miroslav | 1522 | RUS | =10N | −24B | −23N | +30B | =15N | +22B | +20N | −3B | =16N | 4.5 | 35.0 | 36.0 | 16.25 | 1593 | +26.4 |
| 15 | Nekrasov, Ivan And | 1521 | RUS | −9B | −26N | +27B | =21N | =14B | =16N | +18N | +25B | −4N | 4.5 | 34.5 | 37.5 | 16.50 | 1568 | +22.4 |
| 16 | Yankovskiy, Artem | 1558 | RUS | −2N | +25B | −18N | −20B | +28N | =15B | +21N | =19B | =14B | 4.5 | 34.5 | 37.5 | 16.50 | 1582 | +10.0 |
| 17 | Piankov, Radim | 1650 | RUS | +30N | +13B | −6B | −5N | +23N | =10B | −2N | −12B | =27N | 4.0 | 40.0 | 41.0 | 13.25 | 1592 | -27.6 |
| 18 | Kondratyev, Alexey | 1680 | RUS | +27B | −1N | +16B | −7N | =8B | −13N | −15B | +29N | =20B | 4.0 | 39.5 | 42.0 | 15.00 | 1610 | -34.0 |
| 19 | Mishin, Mikhail I | 0 | RUS | −4N | F | +26B | −11B | +24N | =2B | −10N | =16N | +22B | 4.0 | 37.5 | 37.5 | 15.50 | 1656 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Doliner, Aleksei | 1732 | RUS | −5B | +31N | −7B | +16N | +26B | −12N | −14B | =27B | =18N | 4.0 | 36.0 | 36.5 | 11.50 | 1598 | -63.6 |
| 21 | Lobanov, Roman P | 1501 | RUS | −13N | +28B | −11N | =15B | +22N | −8N | −16B | +31B | =25N | 4.0 | 34.5 | 35.0 | 11.25 | 1556 | +24.8 |
| 22 | Nekrasov, Fedor And | 1570 | RUS | −6B | +27N | −5B | +29N | −21B | −14N | +26B | +24B | −19N | 4.0 | 33.5 | 36.0 | 11.50 | 1581 | +2.8 |
| 23 | Lovchikov, Andrey A | 1544 | RUS | +26B | −6N | +14B | −9N | −17B | +31N | =25N | −13B | −28N | 3.5 | 33.5 | 34.0 | 9.50 | 1527 | -10.4 |
| 24 | Antonov, Savva Dm | 1569 | RUS | −7B | +14N | +29B | −13N | −19B | +27N | −8B | −22N | F | 3.0 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 10.00 | 1571 | -6.0 |
| 25 | Ivanov, Andrei Al | 1470 | RUS | −1B | −16N | −10N | F | +29B | +26N | =23B | −15N | =21B | 3.0 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 9.25 | 1508 | +9.6 |
| 26 | Parashchenko, Anton Rom | 1541 | RUS | −23N | +15B | −19N | +28B | −20N | −25B | −22N | F | +30B | 3.0 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 8.50 | 1441 | -32.4 |
| 27 | Samoilov, Roman D | 1522 | RUS | −18N | −22B | −15N | +31N | +30B | −24B | F | =20N | =17B | 3.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 5.50 | 1460 | -20.8 |
| 28 | Uskov, Sevastian | 1558 | RUS | −12B | −21N | F | −26N | −16B | −29N | +31B | +30N | +23B | 3.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 5.00 | 1383 | -66.8 |
| 29 | Shtanko, Fedor | 1465 | RUS | F | −2B | −24N | −22B | −25N | +28B | =30N | −18B | +31N | 2.5 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 4.00 | 1431 | -12.0 |
| 30 | Kurguev, Dmitry | 0 | RUS | −17B | −8N | =31B | −14N | −27N | F | =29B | −28B | −26N | 1.0 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 1.50 | 1230 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Grigorov, Vladislav | 1614 | RUS | −3N | −20B | =30N | −27B | F | −23B | −28N | −21N | −29B | 0.5 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 0.50 | 783 | -150.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Zolin, ArtemRUS+96.06.0 pts · #8
- 2Vereteshkin, ArtyomRUS+89.25.5 pts · #7
- 3Belyakov, SemenRUS+79.25.0 pts · #9
Top rating losers
- 1Grigorov, VladislavRUS-150.00.5 pts · #31
- 2Uskov, SevastianRUS-66.83.0 pts · #29
- 3Doliner, AlekseiRUS-63.64.0 pts · #15
Biggest upsets
- R2+248 Elo gap
- R7+210 Elo gap
- R2+201 Elo gap