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Niket Memorial 2025

Open SwissStandard

21 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 06 Dec 2025 to 19 Dec 2025 in Khabarovsk, Russia. Top 10 Elo average was 1728, and top seed was Maksim Kokin (🇷🇺 RUS, 1975).

Barat Polyakov (🇷🇺 RUS, 1821) won with 7.0/8, ahead of Maksim Kokin (5.5) and Roman Komirskiy (5.5). Polyakov won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Roman Komirskiy (1510) beat Maksim Kokin (1975), a +465-point gap.

Location
🇷🇺Khabarovsk, Russia
Dates
06 Dec 2025 → 19 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 8 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇺Maksim Kokin1975
Avg top 10
1,728
Participants
21
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇺Russia×19
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

Barat Polyakov led from R5; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
8
4
2
2
1
1
1
1
2468R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8
Polyakov7Kokin5.5Komirskiy5.5Nefedova5Margavkin5Kholtobin5
R5–R8 · LEAD HELD

Barat Polyakov never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R8 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Barat Polyakov drew with Maksim Kokin (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Barat Polyakov 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)Maksim Kokin 3 wins (R5–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Barat Polyakov*
½
1
½
2Maksim Kokin
½
*
0
1
3Roman Komirskiy
0
1
*
½
4Mariia Nefedova
½
0
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Polyakov, Barat1821RUS+8B+9N+14B=4N+6B+3N+13B=2B7.032.035.029.752053+72.0
2Kokin, Maksim1975RUS+13N=5B−3N=7B+11B+6N+4B=1N5.535.538.524.751825-18.8
3Komirskiy, Roman1510RUS=16B+8N+2B=14N=4B−1B+7N+5B5.534.037.024.501858+65.2
4Nefedova, Mariia1789RUS+10B+11N+6B=1B=3N−5B−2N+13N5.035.538.521.751768-7.6
5Margavkin, Mark1574RUS+12B=2N−9B+18N=14B+4N+11B−3N5.030.032.018.251755+62.4
6Kholtobin, Alexandr1634RUS+20B+16N−4N+13B−1N−2B+9N+17B5.030.031.013.501773+20.8
7Raspopov, Gennadii0RUS−14B+20N=10B=2N=8B+15N−3B+11N4.528.529.514.2516200.0
8Rogachev, Kirill0RUS−1N−3B+12N+21B=7N−9B=10N+15N4.031.531.510.7513610.0
9Voronin, Andrey1788RUS+15N−1B+5NFF+8N−6B+18B4.026.026.014.001612-16.8
10Olkhin, Aleksandr0RUS−4N=15B=7N+20B−13N=12N=8B+19B4.025.026.010.501560+4.8
11Khan, Kirill1599RUS+21N−4B=18N+15B−2N+17B−5N−7B3.527.527.56.501524-23.6
12Baranovskiy, Vyacheslav0RUS−5N−13B−8B+19N+20N=10B−17N+21B3.521.521.55.0014460.0
13Kozhevin, Viktor1655RUS−2B+12N+21B−6N+10BF−1N−4B3.033.033.07.501508-18.8
14Artyushin, Vladislav1767RUS+7N+18B−1N=3B=5NFFF3.027.027.011.751603-31.2
15Asadullin, Aleksandr0RUS−9B=10N+16B−11N+21N−7B=18N−8B3.025.025.06.0013890.0
16Kupriianov, Mikhail0RUS=3N−6B−15N−17B=19N−18B+21B+20N3.021.021.04.7513340.0
17Purbuev, Zorigto1609RUSFF=19B+16NF−11N+12B−6N2.519.019.07.501342-39.6
18Shopin, Igor1418RUSF−14N=11B−5BF+16N=15B−9N2.024.024.06.251361-10.4
19Maltsev, Leonid1640RUSFF=17N−12B=16BF+20N−10N2.014.014.03.751374-24.8
20FIDE 5400151570—−6N−7BF−10N−12B+21N−19B−16B1.022.022.00.007900.0
21FIDE 5400151490—−11BF−13N−8N−15B−20B−16N−12N0.021.021.00.008270.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets