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Sakha Chmp. 2025 Men

Round-RobinStandard

12 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held from 08 Dec 2025 to 14 Dec 2025 in Yakutsk, Russia. 3 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2083, and top seed was Vladislav Zhirkov (🇷🇺 RUS, CM, 2254).

Albert Postnikov (🇷🇺 RUS, CM, 2134) won with 8.5/11, ahead of Nariman Mustafin (8.0) and Denis Nazarov (8.0). Postnikov took the lead from round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Aleksandr Lukich Ivanov (1760) beat Artur Vasiliev (2017), a +257-point gap.

Location
🇷🇺Yakutsk, Russia
Dates
08 Dec 2025 → 14 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 11 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇺CMVladislav Zhirkov2254
Avg top 10
2,083
Participants
12
Titled players · 3
FM×1
CM×2
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇺Russia×12
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 12 · 11 rounds

CM Albert Postnikov led from R5 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.

Co-leaders
4
2
3
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
#1#2#6#12R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11Postnikov takes lead
R5 · LEADER CHANGE10 Dec

CM Albert Postnikov takes the sole lead (4.0/5).

R1 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Albert Postnikov drew with Nariman Mustafin (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

CM Albert Postnikov 3+3 wins (R3–R5, R7–R9)Arseniy Chumaevskiy 4 wins (R5–R8)

Cross-table

#PlayerElo123456789101112PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇷🇺CMPostnikov, Albert2134*½11½0111½118.542.2556.5+62.72247
2🇷🇺Mustafin, Nariman2058½*½½½1½111½18.038.0057.0+46.42218
4🇷🇺Nazarov, Denis21000½*1½½1111½18.037.5057.0+33.42214
3🇷🇺Chumaevskiy, Arseniy21670½0*1111111½8.035.5057.0+13.42208
5🇷🇺CMZhirkov, Vladislav2254½½½0*00111½16.027.0059.0-93.92069
6🇷🇺Vasiliev, Artur201710½01*½10½15.527.7559.5+36.82082
7🇷🇺FMEgorov, Dmitry20470½001*½01115.020.0060.0+0.42046
8🇷🇺Kapitonov, Nikolai209500000½½*½11½4.014.2561.0-45.21937
9🇷🇺Mestnikov, David19340000001½*½114.013.2561.0+7.21952
10🇷🇺Ivanov, Aleksandr Lukich1760½0000100½*½13.515.0061.5+71.61928
11🇷🇺Kurilov, Amuo19780½½0½½000½*02.515.5062.5-39.01839
12🇷🇺Mikhailov, Semen1983000½000½001*2.08.5063.0-50.81788

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets