VPHS_GAGARINSKY 2025 November STANDARD-A
28 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 15 Nov 2025 to 16 Nov 2025 in Moscow, Russia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1230, and top seed was Maximilian Chistiakov (🇷🇺 RUS, 1703).
Alexander Gorelov (🇷🇺 RUS, 0) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Maximilian Chistiakov (6.0) and Petr Dorfman (5.5). Gorelov shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 7: Petr Dorfman (1496) beat Artiom A. Bueverov (1620), a +124-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R7; 2 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
2 players finish on 6.0/7. Gorelov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (28.0).
Maximilian Chistiakov beat Alexander Gorelov (White).
Maximilian Chistiakov 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)Alexander Gorelov 5 wins (R1–R5)Petr Dorfman 3 wins (R3–R5)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Maximilian Chistiakov | * | 1 | — | — |
| 2Alexander Gorelov | 0 | * | 1 | — |
| 3Petr Dorfman | — | 0 | * | — |
| 4Lev Cheremisin | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gorelov, Alexander | 0 | RUS | +22N | +3B | +8N | +12B | +4B | −2N | +9B | 6.0 | 28.0 | 30.0 | 24.00 | 1721 | +48.4 |
| 2 | Chistiakov, Maximilian | 1703 | RUS | +27B | +18N | +5B | −4N | +11B | +1B | +7N | 6.0 | 27.5 | 28.5 | 23.50 | 1733 | +7.2 |
| 3 | Dorfman, Petr | 1496 | RUS | +23B | −1N | +25B | +10N | +15N | =7B | +4B | 5.5 | 25.0 | 26.0 | 17.75 | 1602 | +29.6 |
| 4 | Bueverov, Artiom A. | 1620 | RUS | +16N | +17B | +7N | +2B | −1N | +13B | −3N | 5.0 | 29.0 | 32.5 | 21.00 | 1514 | -11.0 |
| 5 | Khasanov, Rustam M | 0 | RUS | +28N | +6B | −2N | +8B | −7N | +15B | +13N | 5.0 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 16.00 | 1450 | -2.8 |
| 6 | Cheremisin, Lev | 1535 | RUS | +9B | −5N | −14B | +28N | +24B | +10N | +11B | 5.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 13.50 | 1469 | -14.4 |
| 7 | Olzoev, Denis | 1509 | RUS | +21B | +25N | −4B | +14N | +5B | =3N | −2B | 4.5 | 27.0 | 28.0 | 14.25 | 1570 | +28.0 |
| 8 | FIDE 540095487 | 0 | — | +10B | +19N | −1B | −5N | −9B | +22N | +18B | 4.0 | 25.0 | 27.0 | 12.00 | 1337 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Rozhkov, Andrey | 0 | RUS | −6N | +24B | +26N | −15B | +8N | +14B | −1N | 4.0 | 23.5 | 24.5 | 10.00 | 1321 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Chaplygin, Maxim | 1521 | RUS | −8N | +26B | +16N | −3B | +12N | −6B | +21N | 4.0 | 23.5 | 24.5 | 10.00 | 1350 | -13.8 |
| 11 | Sapelkin, Denis | 1495 | RUS | −26N | +22B | +23N | +18B | −2N | +19B | −6N | 4.0 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 10.00 | 820 | -26.8 |
| 12 | Keropyan, Artur | 0 | RUS | +13B | =14N | +19B | −1N | −10B | =18N | =15N | 3.5 | 23.5 | 26.5 | 11.50 | 1168 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Prokofev, Sergey | 0 | RUS | −12N | =20B | +22N | +17B | +14B | −4N | −5B | 3.5 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 10.25 | 1369 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Karaketov, Mansur Sos | 0 | RUS | +20N | =12B | +6N | −7B | −13N | −9N | +24B | 3.5 | 23.0 | 24.5 | 10.75 | 1510 | +12.0 |
| 15 | FIDE 522048405 | 0 | — | −18B | +21N | +27B | +9N | −3B | −5N | =12B | 3.5 | 23.0 | 24.0 | 8.75 | 1325 | 0.0 |
| 16 | FIDE 540018938 | 0 | — | −4B | +?N | −10B | +25N | =18N | +20B | −19N | 3.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 5.00 | 770 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Nazarov, Ivan | 0 | RUS | +?B | −4N | −18B | −13N | +25B | =24N | +20B | 3.5 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 4.25 | 820 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Ruthvik Bathula | 0 | IND | +15N | −2B | +17N | −11N | =16B | =12B | −8N | 3.0 | 24.5 | 28.0 | 10.50 | 798 | 0.0 |
| 19 | FIDE 522010696 | 0 | — | +24N | −8B | −12N | F | +21B | −11N | +16B | 3.0 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 7.00 | 1459 | 0.0 |
| 20 | FIDE 540095517 | 0 | — | −14B | =13N | −21B | +?N | +28B | −16N | −17N | 2.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 1.75 | 613 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Borisov, Artem | 1425 | RUS | −7N | −15B | +20N | +23B | −19N | F | −10B | 2.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 4.50 | 703 | -31.6 |
| 22 | FIDE 540095525 | 0 | — | −1B | −11N | −13B | F | +23N | −8B | +28N | 2.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 2.00 | 648 | 0.0 |
| 23 | FIDE 540095550 | 0 | — | −3N | F | −11B | −21N | −22B | +28N | +25B | 2.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 1.00 | 660 | 0.0 |
| 24 | FIDE 13541668 | 0 | — | −19B | −9N | +?B | F | −6N | =17B | −14N | 1.5 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 1.75 | 668 | 0.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 540095541 | 0 | — | F | −7B | −3N | −16B | −17N | +?B | −23N | 1.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 0.00 | 674 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Kopin, Vadim | 0 | RUS | +11B | −10N | −9B | F | F | F | F | 1.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 4.00 | 1506 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 540038777 | 0 | — | −2N | +28B | −15N | F | F | F | F | 1.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 0.00 | 904 | 0.0 |
| 28 | FIDE 540095533 | 0 | — | −5B | −27N | F | −6B | −20N | −23B | −22B | 0.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 0.00 | 699 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Gorelov, AlexanderRUS+48.46.0 pts · #5
- 2Dorfman, PetrRUS+29.65.5 pts · #3
- 3Olzoev, DenisRUS+28.04.5 pts · #2
- 1Borisov, ArtemRUS-31.62.0 pts · #24
- 2Sapelkin, DenisRUS-26.84.0 pts · #22
- 3Cheremisin, LevRUS-14.45.0 pts · #4
- R7+124 Elo gap