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58 players participated in this 10-round tournament, held from 23 Dec 2025 to 29 Dec 2025 in Orsha, Belarus. 45 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2453, and top seed was Ivan Smikovski (🇷🇺 RUS, IM, 2534).

Dmitry Rostovtsev (🇷🇺 RUS, IM, 2444) won with 7.5/10, ahead of Valery Sviridov (7.0) and Maxim Turov (7.0). Rostovtsev won solo starting round 9.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Maksim Al Zuev (1899) beat Sapar Batyrov (GM, 2312), a +413-point gap.

Location

🇧🇾Orsha, Belarus

Dates

23 Dec 2025 → 29 Dec 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 10 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇺IMIvan Smikovski2534

Avg top 10

2,453

Participants

Titled players · 45

GM×7

IM×13

FM×11

CM×4

WIM×2

WFM×7

WCM×1

Federations · 5 represented

🇷🇺Russia×26

FIDE (no federation)×20

🇧🇾Belarus×10

🇦🇺Australia×1

🇹🇲Turkmenistan×1

Top 3

🥇
IMDmitry Rostovtsev
🇷🇺RUS·2444
7.5pts·2542perf+12.8
🥈
Valery Sviridov
🇷🇺RUS·2457
7.0pts·2483perf+4.8
🥉
GMMaxim Turov
🇷🇺RUS·2526
7.0pts·2447perf-7.5

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 10 rounds

IM Dmitry Rostovtsev led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Rostovtsev7.5Sviridov7Turov7Kushko6.5Vlasenko6.5Pingin6.5

R3–R10 · LEAD HELD

IM Dmitry Rostovtsev held the sole lead from R3 through R10 without losing it.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Dmitry Rostovtsev drew with Valery Sviridov (Black).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

IM Dmitry Rostovtsev won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1IMDmitry Rostovtsev	*	½	—	1
2Valery Sviridov	½	*	½	—
3GMMaxim Turov	—	½	*	—
4IMDmitriy Kushko	0	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Rostovtsev, DmitryIM	2444	RUS	+49B	+18N	+57B	=2N	=5B	+6N	=4B	=12N	+7B	=9N	7.5	54.5	56.5	40.25	2542	+12.8
2	Sviridov, Valery	2457	RUS	+24N	+7B	=22N	=1B	+17N	+16B	=5N	=3B	=11N	=4B	7.0	56.0	61.0	41.75	2483	+4.8
3	Turov, MaximGM	2526	RUS	=25B	=34N	+42B	=13N	+11B	=19N	+18B	=2N	=4B	+5B	7.0	52.5	57.0	39.75	2447	-7.5
4	Zubritskiy, ArtyomIM	2358	FID	+41N	+43B	=16N	=22B	=10N	+8B	=1N	=5B	=3N	=2N	6.5	55.5	59.5	37.25	2419	+9.0
5	Pingin, ArtemIM	2455	RUS	=34B	+25N	=11B	+57N	=1N	+10B	=2B	=4N	+12B	−3N	6.5	55.5	57.5	34.75	2459	+1.3
6	Kushko, DmitriyIM	2449	BLR	=23N	+26B	+37N	=16B	+22N	−1B	=7N	=10B	=17N	+11B	6.5	52.0	56.5	34.75	2379	-7.6
7	Vlasenko, MiroslavIM	2288	RUS	+30B	−2N	+46B	=20N	+34B	=44N	=6B	+13N	−1N	+17B	6.5	51.5	55.5	33.00	2439	+20.6
8	Rumyantsev, SemenFM	2301	FID	=45B	−42N	+53B	+32N	+25B	−4N	+34B	=9N	=15B	+20N	6.5	47.5	50.0	30.75	2313	+5.4
9	Titarov, VasiliiFM	2259	RUS	=50N	=36B	=35N	+51B	=44N	=17B	+22N	=8B	+19N	=1B	6.5	46.5	50.0	32.00	2345	+49.2
10	Yagupov, IgorGM	2236	RUS	+48B	=14B	=44N	+29N	=4B	−5N	+21B	=6N	=20B	=12N	6.0	51.5	55.5	31.75	2412	+24.7
11	Spizharny, MikhailFM	2285	BLR	+58N	=44B	=5N	=14B	−3N	+43B	+35N	+16B	=2B	−6N	6.0	51.0	52.5	27.25	2374	+25.0
12	Moskalenko, AlexanderGM	2415	RUS	−43N	+50B	+23N	=38B	=37N	+24B	+19N	=1B	−5N	=10B	6.0	48.5	52.0	30.25	2317	-10.7
13	Putrenko, KirillFM	2341	FID	=35N	=23B	+49N	=3B	=38N	+37B	=16N	−7B	+26N	=14B	6.0	48.5	52.0	29.25	2321	-1.9
14	Volodin, Alexandr E.FM	2391	FID	+46B	=10N	=39B	=11N	=15B	−18N	=23B	+34N	+36B	=13N	6.0	48.0	52.0	29.75	2327	-7.3
15	Navumenka, MikheiFM	2248	FID	−47N	+33B	=36N	+43B	=14N	=22B	=17N	+44B	=8N	=16B	6.0	46.0	50.0	29.50	2280	+11.0
16	Zeliantsova, KseniyaWFM	2074	FID	+56N	+28B	=4B	=6N	+20B	−2N	=13B	−11N	=21B	=15N	5.5	54.0	56.0	27.75	2389	+75.8
17	Lebedev, Artem S.FM	2357	FID	=27B	+45N	=20B	+39N	−2B	=9N	=15B	+18N	=6B	−7N	5.5	53.0	57.0	28.75	2351	-0.2
18	Karpov, VadimIM	2299	RUS	+55N	−1B	=43N	=24B	+31N	+14B	−3N	−17B	=27N	+40B	5.5	49.5	52.0	25.00	2276	-2.5
19	Antipov, FedorCM	2234	FID	+52N	−22B	=31N	+35B	+28N	=3B	−12B	+39N	−9B	=21N	5.5	49.0	52.5	26.25	2308	+42.0
20	Ivanov, SergeyGM	2438	RUS	+51N	=37B	=17N	=7B	−16N	=23B	+40N	+38B	=10N	−8B	5.5	48.5	52.0	26.25	2257	-21.5
21	Karmanova, Olga Dm.WIM	2302	FID	−31N	=40B	=50N	+47B	+49N	=38B	−10N	+35B	=16N	=19B	5.5	43.0	46.5	23.75	2144	-37.0
22	Janturin, ArturIM	2340	RUS	+53B	+19N	=2B	=4N	−6B	=15N	−9B	=27N	=25B	=23N	5.0	53.0	55.5	25.25	2262	-10.1
23	Ovod, EvgenijaIM	2188	FID	=6B	=13N	−12B	+45N	=39B	=20N	=14N	−26B	+55N	=22B	5.0	48.5	51.0	23.25	2327	+16.8
24	Goriachkina, Oksana	2211	FID	−2B	+30N	=27B	=18N	+50B	−12N	=39B	=25N	=29B	=33N	5.0	48.0	51.5	23.50	2243	+14.8
25	Fedorov, Artem AlekFM	2223	RUS	=3N	−5B	+56N	+36B	−8N	−35B	+51N	=24B	=22N	=30B	5.0	47.5	49.5	21.00	2253	+12.2
26	Bazyrtsyrenov, KirillFM	2226	RUS	=39B	−6N	=45B	=30N	=27B	+33N	=36B	+23N	−13B	=32N	5.0	46.5	50.5	24.00	2205	-7.0
27	Kuznetsova, MarinaWIM	2108	FID	=17N	=38B	=24N	−28B	=26N	=36B	+43N	=22B	=18B	=29N	5.0	45.0	49.0	24.00	2261	+39.4
28	Melnikov, FedorFM	2339	FID	+33B	−16N	=32B	+27N	−19B	−34N	+46B	=30N	−31B	+36N	5.0	45.0	49.0	23.50	2118	-55.0
29	Popov, TikhonFM	2335	RUS	=36N	=35B	=51N	−10B	=40N	=31B	=41N	+49B	=24N	=27B	5.0	42.5	46.0	21.75	2132	-51.6
30	Novikau, Mikita	2051	BLR	−7N	−24B	+52N	=26B	=53N	+49B	=37N	=28B	=43N	=25N	5.0	42.0	44.5	20.00	2172	+62.8
31	Smikovski, Semen	2069	RUS	+21B	−57N	=19B	=46N	−18B	=29N	=32B	+41B	+28N	F	5.0	42.0	42.0	24.75	2292	+101.2
32	Moskvinov, ProkhorCM	2150	FID	−44N	+58B	=28N	−8B	−35N	+45B	=31N	=40B	+54N	=26B	5.0	41.0	42.5	17.75	2152	-1.2
33	Yurasova, DariaWFM	2079	RUS	−28N	−15N	=58B	=53N	+54B	−26B	+56N	+51B	=38N	=24B	5.0	36.0	37.5	14.75	2178	+25.4
34	Liavonava, YuliyaWFM	2206	FID	=5N	=3B	+47N	=44B	−7N	+28B	−8N	−14B	−40N	+54B	4.5	50.0	52.5	20.25	2225	+8.3
35	Dubnikova, AnastasiaWFM	2103	RUS	=13B	=29N	=9B	−19N	+32B	+25N	−11B	−21N	−39B	+49N	4.5	49.0	52.5	22.25	2244	+34.4
36	Savelev, Matvei	2078	BLR	=29B	=9N	=15B	−25N	+46B	=27N	=26N	+37B	−14N	−28B	4.5	48.0	52.0	22.25	2215	+60.5
37	Teterev, VitalyGM	2248	BLR	+54B	=20N	−6B	+42N	=12B	−13N	=30B	−36N	=45B	=41N	4.5	46.5	49.0	19.50	2149	-12.3
38	Tsyhanchuk, StanislavIM	2279	BLR	=42B	=27N	+48B	=12N	=13B	=21N	=44B	−20N	=33B	F	4.5	45.5	45.5	22.00	2218	-5.6
39	Smikovski, IvanIM	2534	RUS	=26N	+47B	=14N	−17B	=23N	=51B	=24N	−19B	+35N	F	4.5	44.0	44.0	20.75	2225	-31.4
40	Vlasova, OlesiaWFM	2083	FID	−57B	=21N	−41B	+58N	=29B	+50N	−20B	=32N	+34B	−18N	4.5	41.0	42.5	17.25	2175	+42.0
41	Liashkevich, LizavetaWFM	2112	FID	−4B	−48N	+40N	−50B	=47N	+52B	=29B	−31N	+51N	=37B	4.5	40.5	44.0	18.25	2032	-39.6
42	Chudinovskikh, Alexander MIM	1987	RUS	=38N	+8B	−3N	−37B	−51N	=56B	=54N	=50N	=49B	+55B	4.5	38.0	40.0	17.00	2139	+17.1
43	Petukhov, DmitriyCM	2142	RUS	+12B	−4N	=18B	−15N	+48B	−11N	−27B	+58N	=30B	F	4.0	48.0	49.5	16.75	2135	-1.9
44	Zarubitski, ViachaslauIM	2417	BLR	+32B	=11N	=10B	=34N	=9B	=7B	=38N	−15N	F	F	4.0	45.0	45.0	22.00	2244	-18.0
45	Gafurov, Aidan	2068	FID	=8N	−17B	=26N	−23B	=56N	−32N	+50B	+52B	=37N	F	4.0	42.5	44.5	16.00	2122	+25.1
46	Vul, Arkadi EremeevichGM	2130	RUS	−14N	+52B	−7N	=31B	−36N	+47B	−28N	−54B	+56N	=48B	4.0	41.0	43.0	14.00	2018	-14.2
47	Zuev, Maksim Al	1899	RUS	+15B	−39N	−34B	−21N	=41B	−46N	−55B	+56B	=53N	+58N	4.0	36.0	37.5	13.00	2104	+87.2
48	Shuliak, Zakhar	1833	BLR	−10N	+41B	−38N	=56B	−43N	+53B	−49N	−55B	+58B	=46N	4.0	33.5	35.0	11.50	2070	+90.4
49	Krukouski, Serafim	2170	BLR	−1N	+55B	−13B	+54N	−21B	−30N	+48B	−29N	=42N	−35B	3.5	44.5	47.0	11.25	2028	-67.3
50	Navumenka, Makar	1926	BLR	=9B	−12N	=21B	+41N	−24N	−40B	−45N	=42B	=52N	=53B	3.5	44.0	46.5	15.75	2012	+28.4
51	Kengurov, YaroslavCM	2153	RUS	−20B	+54N	=29B	−9N	+42B	=39N	−25B	−33N	−41B	=52N	3.5	44.0	46.5	13.50	2056	-54.0
52	Emelchenkov, Ivan	1776	RUS	−19B	−46N	−30B	+55B	=58N	−41N	+53B	−45N	=50B	=51B	3.5	35.0	36.5	9.25	1967	+74.9
53	Poliakova, VarvaraWFM	2093	FID	−22N	=56B	−8N	=33B	=30B	−48N	−52N	F	=47B	=50N	2.5	38.5	38.5	9.75	1892	-47.6
54	Dorashava, Viktoryia	1913	FID	−37N	−51B	+55N	−49B	−33N	F	=42B	+46N	−32B	−34N	2.5	37.0	37.0	8.75	1966	+9.0
55	Solomontchik, Daniel	2065	AUS	−18B	−49N	−54B	−52N	F	=58B	+47N	+48N	−23B	−42N	2.5	34.0	34.0	8.75	1842	-105.6
56	Batyrov, SaparGM	2312	TKM	−16B	=53N	−25B	=48N	=45B	=42N	−33B	−47N	−46B	F	2.0	38.5	38.5	7.50	1833	-52.5
57	Apryshko, GlebIM	2339	RUS	+40N	+31B	−1N	−5B	F	F	F	F	F	F	2.0	23.5	23.5	9.50	2263	-3.4
58	Gamilova, ReginaWCM	2004	RUS	−11B	−32N	=33N	−40B	=52B	=55N	F	−43B	−48N	−47B	1.5	38.5	38.5	5.50	1762	-52.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Smikovski, SemenRUS
+101.2
5.0 pts · #33
2Shuliak, ZakharBLR
+90.4
4.0 pts · #44
3Zuev, Maksim AlRUS
+87.2
4.0 pts · #47

Top rating losers

1Solomontchik, DanielAUS
-105.6
2.5 pts · #54
2Krukouski, SerafimBLR
-67.3
3.5 pts · #52
3Melnikov, FedorFMFID
-55.0
5.0 pts · #32

Biggest upsets

R8+413 Elo gap
Zuev, Maksim Al1899 beat GMBatyrov, Sapar2312
R5+364 Elo gap
WFMZeliantsova, Kseniya2074 beat GMIvanov, Sergey2438
R1+349 Elo gap
Zuev, Maksim Al1899 beat FMNavumenka, Mikhei2248