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M.Botvinnik Cup 2025 A Group

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21 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 22 Dec 2025 to 28 Dec 2025 in Moscow, Russia. 8 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2098, and top seed was Grigorii Ter-Saakian (🇷🇺 RUS, FM, 2202).

Nikita Belinskiy (🇷🇺 RUS, 2005) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Artem T Mamikonyan (4.5) and Alexander Mikhnenko (4.5). Belinskiy shared the lead from round 6 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Artem T Mamikonyan (CM, 2016) beat Grigorii Ter-Saakian (FM, 2202), a +186-point gap.

Location
🇷🇺Moscow, Russia
Dates
22 Dec 2025 → 28 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇺FMGrigorii Ter-Saakian2202
Avg top 10
2,098
Participants
21
Titled players · 8
FM×2
CM×4
WFM×1
WCM×1
Federations · 4 represented
🇷🇺Russia×12
FIDE (no federation)×4
🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan×4
🇦🇲Armenia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Nikita Belinskiy led from R7; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
5
6
2
1
1
2
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Belinskiy takes lead
Belinskiy5.5Mamikonyan4.5Mikhnenko4.5Zdorov4Minakov4Ippolitov4
R7 · LEADER CHANGE28 Dec

Nikita Belinskiy takes the sole lead (5.5/7).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Nikita Belinskiy drew with CM Artem T Mamikonyan (Black).

R1–R7 · UNBEATEN

Nikita Belinskiy went unbeaten across 7 games (R1–R7).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Nikita Belinskiy*
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1
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2CMArtem T Mamikonyan
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*
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3CMAlexander Mikhnenko
0
½
*
½
4CMEgor Vit Zdorov——
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Belinskiy, Nikita2005RUS+9N=19B=7N+13B=2N+3B+17N5.521.523.518.502291+101.6
2Mamikonyan, Artem TCM2016ARM+4B=3N+18B=17N=1B+14N−6B4.523.526.015.752162+56.4
3Mikhnenko, AlexanderCM2071RUS+20N=2B+8N+7B=17B−1N=5B4.523.525.014.002132+12.0
4Minakov, Artemij2075RUS−2N=20B=12B+18N=10B=8N+13B4.020.522.011.502118+8.2
5Zdorov, Egor VitCM2090RUS=8N−7B+20N+19B−11N+9B=3N4.020.522.011.002111+8.4
6Ippolitov, Mikhail Al2019RUS−15NF=11B=14N+13B+7B+2N4.020.520.514.252187+54.8
7Fedorenko, Ekaterina I.WCM2054FID=18B+5N=1B−3N+12B−6N=8B3.525.027.513.252074+8.0
8Shinkorenko, Ivan Al2033FID=5B+12N−3B−16N+21N=4B=7N3.522.522.59.252071+14.8
9Esipenko, Aleksandr2056RUS−1B+21N=10B−11N+20B−5N+14B3.521.021.06.252042-2.6
10Pechnikov, ArtiomCM2014RUS=11N=13B=9N=15B=4N=18B=12B3.520.523.011.502098+16.2
11Savchenko, Matvey2072FID=10B=14N=6N+9B+5BFF3.520.520.512.752195+32.8
12Kalambetov, Anton2100RUS=16N−8B=4N+21B−7N+15B=10N3.520.520.58.252052-9.2
13Turksoi, Zhanpolat2098KGZ=14B=10N+16B−1N−6N+19B−4N3.023.025.08.251999-39.2
14Tsydendambaev, Artur2050FID=13N=11B=15N=6B+19N−2B−9N3.021.523.58.752018-6.4
15Nakonechny, Ignat2084RUS+6B−17N=14B=10N−16B−12N+21N3.019.519.57.251991-18.6
16Sovetbekova, NuraiWFM2051KGZ=12B=18N−13N+8B+15NFF3.015.515.59.502175+17.2
17Sultangaziev, Amir2000KGZF+15B=19N=2B=3NF−1B2.523.023.08.502061+17.2
18Ter-Saakian, GrigoriiFM2202RUS=7N=16B−2N−4BF=10N+20B2.520.020.06.501980-36.0
19Erzhanov, ArmanFM2132KGZ+21B=1N=17B−5N−14B−13NF2.018.018.04.001925-16.8
20Sviridov, Vladislav2012RUS−3B=4N−5BF−9N+21B−18N1.518.518.52.001899-17.0
21Shevchenko, Ivan2054RUS−19N−9BF−12N−8B−20N−15B0.017.017.00.001269-57.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets