SPb G13 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. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1596, and top seed was Alexandra Segodnyaeva ( FID, 1728).
Viktoria Sizintseva (🇷🇺 RUS, 1564) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Yaroslava Likhacheva (7.5) and Darina Lobovich (7.0). Sizintseva shared the lead from round 8, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Varvara St Palamarchuk (1542) beat Alexandra Segodnyaeva (1728), a +186-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 · 2 represented
🇷🇺Russia×28
FIDE (no federation)×2
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R4; 2 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R4 · LEADER CHANGE19 Nov
Yaroslava Likhacheva takes the sole lead (3.5/4).
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 7.5/9. Sizintseva takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (46.0).
R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Yaroslava Likhacheva drew with Viktoria Sizintseva (White).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Yaroslava Likhacheva | * | ½ | 1 | 1 |
| 2Viktoria Sizintseva | ½ | * | ½ | — |
| 3Darina Lobovich | 0 | ½ | * | — |
| 4Alexandra Segodnyaeva | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sizintseva, Viktoria | 1564 | RUS | +10B | +14N | =3B | =6N | +7B | =2N | +19N | +9B | +5B | 7.5 | 46.0 | 50.0 | 40.00 | 1781 | +84.4 |
| 2 | Likhacheva, Yaroslava | 1590 | RUS | +24B | =6N | +8B | +3N | +19N | =1B | +4B | =5N | +10B | 7.5 | 46.0 | 49.0 | 39.75 | 1820 | +91.6 |
| 3 | Lobovich, Darina | 1631 | RUS | +9N | +16B | =1N | −2B | +20N | +10N | +8B | +19B | =7N | 7.0 | 45.0 | 49.0 | 35.00 | 1724 | +43.6 |
| 4 | Segodnyaeva, Alexandra | 1728 | FID | +23N | −7B | +9N | −13B | +16N | +14B | −2N | +20B | +19N | 6.0 | 40.0 | 43.5 | 26.00 | 1587 | -48.4 |
| 5 | Ilyina, Varvara | 1534 | RUS | −20N | +18B | +23N | =12B | +11N | =8N | +6B | =2B | −1N | 5.5 | 44.0 | 47.5 | 27.25 | 1641 | +44.0 |
| 6 | Vereteshkina, Anna | 1537 | RUS | +26N | =2B | +16N | =1B | +14N | −19B | −5N | +7B | =11N | 5.5 | 44.0 | 46.5 | 27.00 | 1621 | +42.0 |
| 7 | Dolgodvorova, Elizaveta | 1550 | RUS | +22B | +4N | +15N | −19B | −1N | +23B | +10B | −6N | =3B | 5.5 | 43.5 | 47.0 | 26.50 | 1593 | +17.6 |
| 8 | Chernova, Liliya | 1599 | RUS | =18N | +20B | −2N | +21B | +12N | =5B | −3N | =11B | +13B | 5.5 | 42.5 | 46.5 | 24.50 | 1592 | -2.8 |
| 9 | Syedina, Olesya | 0 | RUS | −3B | +29N | −4B | +30N | +15N | +13B | =12N | −1N | +17B | 5.5 | 40.5 | 42.0 | 19.25 | 1576 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Keshishyan, Vlada | 1469 | RUS | −1N | +31B | +28N | +15B | +13N | −3B | −7N | +12B | −2N | 5.0 | 43.5 | 45.0 | 17.50 | 1545 | +32.8 |
| 11 | Strizhevskaya, Serafima Mikh | 1535 | RUS | +17B | +21N | −19B | −14N | −5B | +25N | +18B | =8N | =6B | 5.0 | 38.0 | 41.0 | 21.50 | 1518 | -7.6 |
| 12 | Lyan, Sofiya Aleks | 1511 | RUS | +30B | −19N | +17B | =5N | −8B | +21N | =9B | −10N | =15B | 4.5 | 38.5 | 40.0 | 17.75 | 1474 | -13.2 |
| 13 | Palamarchuk, Varvara St | 1542 | RUS | +28B | −15B | +26N | +4N | −10B | −9N | =17B | +23B | −8N | 4.5 | 37.0 | 39.5 | 16.75 | 1572 | +14.4 |
| 14 | Shelepkova, Vera | 1472 | RUS | +31N | −1B | +30N | +11B | −6B | −4N | −20N | =22B | +23N | 4.5 | 37.0 | 38.5 | 13.50 | 1489 | +9.2 |
| 15 | Tretyakova, Valeriya | 1542 | FID | +25B | +13N | −7B | −10N | −9B | =20B | =22N | +24B | =12N | 4.5 | 36.0 | 39.0 | 16.75 | 1515 | -7.2 |
| 16 | Olkhina, Olga | 1677 | RUS | +29B | −3N | −6B | +25N | −4B | =22B | =23N | =18N | +26B | 4.5 | 36.0 | 38.0 | 13.50 | 1490 | -60.8 |
| 17 | Voronkova, Ekaterina | 1537 | RUS | −11N | +27B | −12N | +18B | −23N | +24B | =13N | +21B | −9N | 4.5 | 34.5 | 37.0 | 16.25 | 1351 | -51.2 |
| 18 | Ishkova, Vladislava | 0 | RUS | =8B | −5N | =25B | −17N | +27B | +26N | −11N | =16B | +20N | 4.5 | 34.5 | 37.0 | 15.50 | 1448 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Nekravtseva, Anastasia | 1507 | RUS | F | +12B | +11N | +7N | −2B | +6N | −1B | −3N | −4B | 4.0 | 48.5 | 48.5 | 20.50 | 1578 | +30.4 |
| 20 | Cheban, Yana | 0 | RUS | +5B | −8N | =21B | +24N | −3B | =15N | +14B | −4N | −18B | 4.0 | 41.5 | 44.5 | 17.25 | 1512 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Burakova, Ekaterina | 1482 | RUS | +27N | −11B | =20N | −8N | +26B | −12B | +31N | −17N | =28B | 4.0 | 31.0 | 32.5 | 9.75 | 1323 | -48.0 |
| 22 | Fedenko, Elizaveta | 0 | RUS | −7N | −23B | =31N | =26B | +30B | =16N | =15B | =14N | =27B | 4.0 | 29.0 | 30.5 | 11.50 | 1395 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Nikiforova, Mariya Aleks | 1441 | RUS | −4B | +22N | −5B | +29N | +17B | −7N | =16B | −13N | −14B | 3.5 | 39.0 | 41.0 | 12.75 | 1344 | -31.2 |
| 24 | Kolesnikova, Polina Vas | 0 | RUS | −2N | −26B | +27N | −20B | +29B | −17N | +25B | −15N | F | 3.0 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 7.50 | 1287 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Kulikova, Elizaveta | 1502 | RUS | −15N | =28B | =18N | −16B | +31N | −11B | −24N | F | +30B | 3.0 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 6.50 | 1229 | -50.0 |
| 26 | Oparicheva, Emilia | 1463 | RUS | −6B | +24N | −13B | =22N | −21N | −18B | F | +31B | −16N | 2.5 | 31.5 | 31.5 | 6.50 | 759 | -60.0 |
| 27 | Chirva, Daria | 0 | RUS | −21B | −17N | −24B | F | −18N | =30B | =28N | +29B | =22N | 2.5 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 6.00 | 1217 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Dobronravova, Vasilisa | 1449 | RUS | −13N | =25N | −10B | −31B | F | −29N | =27B | +30N | =21N | 2.5 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 6.25 | 1305 | -29.6 |
| 29 | Kondratieva, Kseniya Aleks | 0 | RUS | −16N | −9B | F | −23B | −24N | +28B | −30N | −27N | +31B | 2.0 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 4.00 | 1397 | 0.0 |
| 30 | FIDE 55894143 | 0 | — | −12N | F | −14B | −9B | −22N | =27N | +29B | −28B | −25N | 1.5 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 3.25 | 677 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Pakhomova, Lidiya | 0 | RUS | −14B | −10N | =22B | +28N | −25B | F | −21B | −26N | −29N | 1.5 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 4.50 | 1196 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Likhacheva, YaroslavaRUS+91.67.5 pts · #1
- 2Sizintseva, ViktoriaRUS+84.47.5 pts · #2
- 3Ilyina, VarvaraRUS+44.05.5 pts · #7
Top rating losers
- 1Olkhina, OlgaRUS-60.84.5 pts · #18
- 2Oparicheva, EmiliaRUS-60.02.5 pts · #30
- 3Voronkova, EkaterinaRUS-51.24.5 pts · #21
Biggest upsets
- R4+186 Elo gap
- R2+178 Elo gap
- R3+140 Elo gap