SPb G17 Championship 2025
10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 16 Nov 2025 to 24 Nov 2025 in St. Petersburg, Russia. 2 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1769, and top seed was Veronika Iudina (🇷🇺 RUS, WFM, 2154).
Veronika Iudina (🇷🇺 RUS, WFM, 2154) won with 8.5/9, ahead of Uliana Dudkina (8.5) and Anastasiya Shishkareva (6.5). Iudina shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 6: Mariya Knyazeva (1549) beat Ekaterina Afanasyeva (1825), a +276-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 roundsTitle race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
WFM Veronika Iudina drew with WFM Uliana Dudkina (Black).
WFM Veronika Iudina 6 wins (R1–R6)WFM Uliana Dudkina 6 wins (R1–R6)Anastasiya Shishkareva 4 wins (R1–R4)
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇷🇺WFMIudina, Veronika | 2154 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8.5 | 32.25 | 36.5 | +26.2 | 2259 |
| 2 | WFMDudkina, Uliana | 2073 | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8.5 | 32.25 | 36.5 | +42.6 | 2223 |
| 3 | 🇷🇺Shishkareva, Anastasiya | 1913 | 0 | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | 19.50 | 38.5 | +14.4 | 1920 |
| 6 | 🇷🇺Makarova, Maria A. | 1737 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 12.00 | 41.0 | -9.9 | 1728 |
| 5 | 🇷🇺Masalova, Elizaveta | 1647 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4.0 | 11.50 | 41.0 | +26.4 | 1726 |
| 4 | 🇷🇺Tselminsh, Milana | 1546 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 9.75 | 41.0 | +66.8 | 1714 |
| 7 | 🇷🇺Afanasyeva, Ekaterina | 1825 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 0 | 1 | 3.5 | 10.75 | 41.5 | -67.6 | 1684 |
| 8 | 🇷🇺Korotaeva, Polina | 1688 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 2.5 | 7.50 | 42.5 | -49.6 | 1605 |
| 9 | 🇷🇺Knyazeva, Mariya | 1549 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | * | 0 | 2.0 | 6.75 | 43.0 | -13.6 | 1537 |
| 10 | 🇷🇺Aksyutina, Anastasiya | 1561 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | * | 1.5 | 3.25 | 43.5 | -38.8 | 1486 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Tselminsh, MilanaRUS+66.84.0 pts · #4
- 2Dudkina, UlianaWFMFID+42.68.5 pts · #2
- 3Masalova, ElizavetaRUS+26.44.0 pts · #5
- 1Afanasyeva, EkaterinaRUS-67.63.5 pts · #7
- 2Korotaeva, PolinaRUS-49.62.5 pts · #8
- 3Aksyutina, AnastasiyaRUS-38.81.5 pts · #10
- R6+276 Elo gap
- R6+142 Elo gap