M.Botvinnik Cup 2025 C Group
Open SwissStandard
36 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 22 Dec 2025 to 28 Dec 2025 in Moscow, Russia. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1748, and top seed was Nikita Slashchev ( FID, 1789).
Dmitry E Golubev (🇷🇺 RUS, 1753) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Daniil Max Blokhin (5.5) and Nikita Slashchev (5.0). Golubev shared the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Yaromir Petrov (1618) beat Yaroslav Mikh Ozerov (1781), a +163-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
Federations · 3 represented
🇷🇺Russia×29
FIDE (no federation)×5
🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan×2
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R7; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
14
6
1
3
5
2
2
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 5.5/7. Golubev takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (26.0).
R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Daniil Max Blokhin drew with Dmitry E Golubev (Black).
R5–R7 · WIN STREAK
Dastan Arzymatov won 3 in a row (R5–R7).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Daniil Max Blokhin | * | ½ | — | — |
| 2Dmitry E Golubev | ½ | * | — | 1 |
| 3Dastan Arzymatov | — | — | * | — |
| 4Nikita Slashchev | — | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Golubev, Dmitry E | 1753 | RUS | +31B | =17N | +3B | =7N | +16B | +11N | =2B | 5.5 | 26.0 | 27.5 | 20.75 | 1922 | +56.0 |
| 2 | Blokhin, Daniil Max | 1666 | RUS | +23N | +22B | =11B | +27N | =7B | +12N | =1N | 5.5 | 23.5 | 25.5 | 18.50 | 1946 | +99.2 |
| 3 | Slashchev, Nikita | 1789 | FID | =16N | +9B | −1N | +25B | +18N | =4B | +6N | 5.0 | 26.5 | 29.0 | 19.25 | 1835 | +17.6 |
| 4 | Yukhman, Matvey | 1670 | RUS | =28N | +5B | +23N | −6B | +9N | =3N | +13B | 5.0 | 25.5 | 27.5 | 19.50 | 1866 | +74.0 |
| 5 | Arzymatov, Dastan | 1735 | KGZ | =14B | −4N | +34B | =13N | +17B | +21N | +11B | 5.0 | 23.5 | 24.5 | 15.50 | 1836 | +38.0 |
| 6 | Netesa, Gleb | 1736 | RUS | +26N | +18B | =8B | +4N | −11B | +7N | −3B | 4.5 | 26.5 | 29.0 | 17.75 | 1779 | +17.6 |
| 7 | Maksimov, Aleksey Iv | 1610 | RUS | +30N | +25B | +12N | =1B | =2N | −6B | =8N | 4.5 | 26.5 | 28.5 | 16.25 | 1786 | +68.4 |
| 8 | Alekseev, Konstantin | 1623 | RUS | +13B | +10B | =6N | =11N | −12B | +22N | =7B | 4.5 | 25.5 | 28.5 | 18.00 | 1809 | +74.0 |
| 9 | Neverova, Kristina Geo | 1615 | RUS | +27B | −3N | =13B | +32N | −4B | +17N | +16B | 4.5 | 23.0 | 24.5 | 12.50 | 1785 | +66.0 |
| 10 | Smirnova, Viktoria A | 1719 | FID | +34B | −8N | −21B | +35N | +29B | =16N | +12B | 4.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 8.75 | 1737 | +8.0 |
| 11 | Malchenko, Ilya Mikh | 1780 | RUS | +24N | +21B | =2N | =8B | +6N | −1B | −5N | 4.0 | 28.0 | 30.5 | 15.00 | 1738 | -14.0 |
| 12 | Dryabin, Maksim Al | 1676 | RUS | +33B | +32N | −7B | +21N | +8N | −2B | −10N | 4.0 | 23.5 | 24.5 | 10.00 | 1687 | +5.2 |
| 13 | Gorshkov, Artem O | 1699 | RUS | −8N | +36B | =9N | =5B | +33N | +24B | −4N | 4.0 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 8.25 | 1702 | +1.6 |
| 14 | Aslanbekov, Guseyn | 1637 | RUS | =5N | −16B | −24N | +30B | +19B | =15N | +22B | 4.0 | 21.5 | 23.5 | 13.00 | 1754 | +39.2 |
| 15 | Barchuk, Ilya A | 1726 | RUS | −18N | =26B | +28N | −16B | +31N | =14B | +21N | 4.0 | 18.5 | 20.0 | 9.75 | 1691 | -11.2 |
| 16 | Madaev, Adam | 1667 | RUS | =3B | +14N | =17B | +15N | −1N | =10B | −9N | 3.5 | 27.5 | 31.0 | 14.50 | 1705 | +14.4 |
| 17 | Shpigotskiy, Dmitriy | 1676 | FID | +35N | =1B | =16N | =18B | −5N | −9B | +25N | 3.5 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 8.75 | 1668 | -3.6 |
| 18 | Ilinskiy, Yuriy Dm | 1634 | RUS | +15B | −6N | +19B | =17N | −3B | =23N | =26B | 3.5 | 23.0 | 25.5 | 11.75 | 1726 | +35.2 |
| 19 | Petrova, Kseniia K. | 1733 | RUS | −21N | +28B | −18N | =31B | −14N | +33B | +27N | 3.5 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 5.75 | 1641 | -35.6 |
| 20 | Mirzoev, Tabriz Z | 1686 | RUS | F | F | +26N | −33B | +30N | +27B | =28N | 3.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 7.50 | 1793 | +28.4 |
| 21 | Besshabashnov, Mikhail Ser | 1636 | RUS | +19B | −11N | +10N | −12B | +25N | −5B | −15B | 3.0 | 25.0 | 27.5 | 10.50 | 1668 | +10.4 |
| 22 | Usoltseva, Varvara Kir | 1729 | RUS | +36B | −2N | F | +24B | +27N | −8B | −14N | 3.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 4.50 | 1655 | -24.8 |
| 23 | Ozerov, Yaroslav Mikh | 1781 | RUS | −2B | +31N | −4B | −29N | F | =18B | +24N | 2.5 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 5.75 | 1595 | -62.4 |
| 24 | Smirnov, Egor | 1666 | RUS | −11B | =29N | +14B | −22N | +32B | −13N | −23B | 2.5 | 19.5 | 21.0 | 6.50 | 1591 | -30.0 |
| 25 | Pechenkin, Ivan | 1683 | FID | +29B | −7N | =32B | −3N | −21B | +31N | −17B | 2.5 | 19.5 | 21.0 | 4.25 | 1552 | -43.2 |
| 26 | Bazhenov, Tikhon | 1641 | RUS | −6B | =15N | −20B | =34N | +35B | F | =18N | 2.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 4.25 | 1612 | -10.8 |
| 27 | Voytekhovich, Ignatiy A | 1676 | RUS | −9N | +35B | +33N | −2B | −22B | −20N | −19B | 2.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 1.00 | 1507 | -68.0 |
| 28 | Yuldashev, Samir | 1605 | FID | =4B | −19N | −15B | F | F | +32N | =20B | 2.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 5.75 | 1608 | +2.4 |
| 29 | Petrov, Yaromir | 1618 | RUS | −25N | =24B | =30N | +23B | −10N | F | F | 2.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 4.75 | 1629 | +2.8 |
| 30 | Sorochenkova, Margarita | 1676 | RUS | −7B | =34N | =29B | −14N | −20B | +35N | F | 2.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 1.50 | 1509 | -54.4 |
| 31 | Smirnova, Mariya | 1662 | RUS | −1N | −23B | F | =19N | −15B | −25B | +33N | 1.5 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 2.75 | 1519 | -42.0 |
| 32 | Lebedev, Andrey | 1602 | RUS | F | −12B | =25N | −9B | −24N | −28B | +35N | 1.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 1.25 | 1444 | -44.0 |
| 33 | Grinshtein, Shmuel | 1613 | RUS | −12N | F | −27B | +20N | −13B | −19N | −31B | 1.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 3.50 | 1416 | -56.8 |
| 34 | Ignatenko, Boris Al | 1626 | RUS | −10N | =30B | −5N | =26B | F | F | F | 1.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 2.25 | 1500 | -25.6 |
| 35 | Kemelbekova, Aidai | 1611 | KGZ | −17B | −27N | F | −10B | −26N | −30B | −32B | 0.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 0.00 | 865 | -100.0 |
| 36 | Makarov, Kirill Al | 1636 | RUS | −22N | −13N | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 915 | -32.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Blokhin, Daniil MaxRUS+99.25.5 pts · #1
- 2Yukhman, MatveyRUS+74.05.0 pts · #5
- 3Alekseev, KonstantinRUS+74.04.5 pts · #8
Top rating losers
- 1Kemelbekova, AidaiKGZ-100.00.0 pts · #36
- 2Voytekhovich, Ignatiy ARUS-68.02.0 pts · #28
- 3Ozerov, Yaroslav MikhRUS-62.42.5 pts · #24
Biggest upsets
- R4+163 Elo gap
- R1+115 Elo gap
- R3+111 Elo gap