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Juniors Cup of Russia 2025_Final stage_B15

Round-RobinStandard

8 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 04 Dec 2025 to 10 Dec 2025 in Izhevsk, Russia. 2 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1934, and top seed was Yaroslav Kengurov (🇷🇺 RUS, CM, 2153).

Maksim Dm Demchenko ( FID, FM, 2145) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Yaroslav Kengurov (4.5) and Aleksandr Ser Volkov (4.5). Demchenko won solo starting round 2.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Maksim Nikonov (1762) beat Dmitry E Glushkov (1961), a +199-point gap.

Location
🇷🇺Izhevsk, Russia
Dates
04 Dec 2025 → 10 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇺CMYaroslav Kengurov2153
Avg top 10
1,934
Participants
8
Titled players · 2
FM×1
CM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇷🇺Russia×7
FIDE (no federation)×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 8 · 7 rounds

FM Maksim Dm Demchenko led from R2 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.

Co-leaders
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
#1#2#4#8R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Demchenko#1Kengurov#2Volkov#3Kovalenko#4Nikonov#5Russkih#6Glushkov#7Amirov#8
R2–R7 · LEAD HELD

FM Maksim Dm Demchenko never relinquished the lead after R2; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R5 · DECISIVE LEAD08 Dec

FM Maksim Dm Demchenko opens a +2.0-point gap over the chasing pack (closest: CM Yaroslav Kengurov); the title is out of reach before R7.

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Maksim Dm Demchenko drew with CM Yaroslav Kengurov (White).

Cross-table

#PlayerElo12345678PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1FMDemchenko, Maksim Dm2145*½1½11116.018.2522.0+20.42212
2🇷🇺CMKengurov, Yaroslav2153½*1½½0114.515.0023.5-41.62004
3🇷🇺Volkov, Aleksandr Ser187100*11½114.511.7523.5+63.62044
4🇷🇺Kovalenko, Mark1885½½0*½1½03.010.5025.0-2.41891
5🇷🇺Nikonov, Maksim17620½0½*1013.08.2525.0+45.21908
7🇷🇺Glushkov, Dmitry E196101½00*½½2.59.0025.5-52.01828
6🇷🇺Russkih, Oleg1878000½1½*½2.56.7525.5-19.61840
8🇷🇺Amirov, Dinar181400010½½*2.05.5026.0-13.61793

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets