CHESS TOURNAMENT OF THE GUBERNATOR CUP -2025( standard)
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9 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 18 Nov 2025 to 21 Nov 2025 in Poltava, Ukraine. Top 10 Elo average was 895, and top seed was Viktor Bardar (🇺🇦 UKR, 1795).
Yehor Dudka (🇺🇦 UKR, 1703) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Viktor Bardar (7.5) and Andrii Blazhko (5.5). Dudka shared the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 7: Andrii Blazhko (1409) beat Vladyslav Kobets (1634), a +225-point gap.
Location
🇺🇦Poltava, Ukraine
Dates
18 Nov 2025 → 21 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 45 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇺🇦Ukraine×9
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R9; 2 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 7.5/9. Dudka takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (28.5).
R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Yehor Dudka drew with Viktor Bardar (Black).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Yehor Dudka 6 wins (R4–R9)Viktor Bardar 7 wins (R3–R9)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Yehor Dudka | * | ½ | 1 | 1 |
| 2Viktor Bardar | ½ | * | 1 | 1 |
| 3Andrii Blazhko | 0 | 0 | * | 1 |
| 4Bohdan Burmus | 0 | 0 | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dudka, Yehor | 1703 | UKR | +8B | =2N | F | +5B | +4N | +3B | +9N | +7B | +6N | 7.5 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 24.75 | 1923 | +37.2 |
| 2 | Bardar, Viktor | 1795 | UKR | F | =1B | +5N | +4B | +3N | +9B | +7N | +6B | +8N | 7.5 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 24.75 | 1900 | +8.0 |
| 3 | Blazhko, Andrii | 1409 | UKR | +9B | =7N | +6B | +8N | −2B | −1N | +5B | +4N | F | 5.5 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 14.50 | 1660 | +47.2 |
| 4 | Burmus, Bohdan | 1512 | UKR | +7B | +6N | =8B | −2N | −1B | +5N | F | −3B | +9N | 4.5 | 31.5 | 31.5 | 10.25 | 1442 | -15.2 |
| 5 | Kobets, Vladyslav | 1634 | UKR | +6B | +8N | −2B | −1N | F | −4B | −3N | +9B | +7N | 4.0 | 32.0 | 32.0 | 7.00 | 805 | -85.2 |
| 6 | Lieonov, Serhii | 0 | UKR | −5N | −4B | −3N | =9B | +7N | F | +8B | −2N | −1B | 2.5 | 33.5 | 33.5 | 4.00 | 810 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Konyshev, Oleksandr | 0 | UKR | −4N | =3B | +9N | F | −6B | =8N | −2B | −1N | −5B | 2.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 4.50 | 1244 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Lytvynenko, Anastasiia | 0 | UKR | −1N | −5B | =4N | −3B | =9N | =7B | −6N | F | −2B | 1.5 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 3.75 | 1244 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Bulhakov, Mykhailo | 0 | UKR | −3N | F | −7B | =6N | =8B | −2N | −1B | −5N | −4B | 1.0 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 2.00 | 810 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Blazhko, AndriiUKR+47.25.5 pts · #3
- 2Dudka, YehorUKR+37.27.5 pts · #1
- 3Bardar, ViktorUKR+8.07.5 pts · #2
Top rating losers
- 1Kobets, VladyslavUKR-85.24.0 pts · #7
- 2Burmus, BohdanUKR-15.24.5 pts · #4
- 3Lytvynenko, AnastasiiaUKR0.01.5 pts · #5
Biggest upsets
- R7+225 Elo gap
- R6+122 Elo gap
- R8+103 Elo gap