DDYUT Chess Cup 2025
13 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 20 Dec 2025 to 21 Dec 2025 in Lyubertsy, Russia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 662, and top seed was Yuri Luzhetskiy (🇷🇺 RUS, 1900).
Anatoly K. Gaan (🇷🇺 RUS, 1596) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Mikhail Ev. Markov (5.5) and Timur Gal Aydarov (5.0). Gaan shared the lead from round 2, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 6: Agata Rus Nasyrova (1430) beat Mikhail Onishchenko (1844), a +414-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R4; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz.
Anatoly K. Gaan held the sole lead from R4 through R7 without losing it.
2 players finish on 5.5/7. Gaan takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (24.5).
Anatoly K. Gaan beat Mikhail Ev. Markov (Black).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Anatoly K. Gaan | * | 1 | 1 | — |
| 2Mikhail Ev. Markov | 0 | * | ½ | — |
| 3Timur Gal Aydarov | 0 | ½ | * | 1 |
| 4Yaroslav Aleks Sintsov | — | — | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gaan, Anatoly K. | 1596 | RUS | +13N | +11B | +2N | +3B | −6N | +8B | =4N | 5.5 | 24.5 | 25.5 | 19.25 | 1861 | +13.6 |
| 2 | Markov, Mikhail Ev. | 1536 | FID | +10B | +?N | −1B | +12N | +4B | +6B | =3N | 5.5 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 15.00 | 1696 | +16.0 |
| 3 | Aydarov, Timur Gal | 0 | RUS | +?B | +4N | +?B | −1N | =8B | +5N | =2B | 5.0 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 13.50 | 1644 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Shebchenko, Vladimir | 1796 | RUS | +5N | −3B | +11N | +6B | −2N | +9B | =1B | 4.5 | 28.0 | 30.0 | 16.75 | 1375 | -21.6 |
| 5 | Sintsov, Yaroslav Aleks | 0 | RUS | −4B | +?N | +?B | =9N | +10B | −3B | +8N | 4.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 7.25 | 1617 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Kavalenya, Nikolay Step | 1689 | RUS | +12B | +8N | +9B | −4N | +1B | −2N | −?B | 4.0 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 14.50 | 1399 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Ivanov, Maksim Aleks | 0 | RUS | −?B | −9N | +?B | −?N | +?B | +10N | +?B | 4.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.00 | 637 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Shamshiev, Ayrat T | 0 | RUS | +?N | −6B | +?N | +11B | =3N | −1N | −5B | 3.5 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 4.50 | 796 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Korolev, Maksim Ser | 0 | RUS | +?N | +7B | −6N | =5B | −?N | −4N | +10B | 3.5 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 8.25 | 817 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Burmistrov, Vladimir | 0 | RUS | −2N | −?B | +?N | +13B | −5N | −7B | −9N | 2.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 1.00 | 739 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Zagorskiy, Daniil Lv | 0 | RUS | +?B | −1N | −4B | −8N | −?B | F | +?N | 2.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 0.00 | 1485 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Shamshiev, Mukhammed Taal | 0 | RUS | −6N | +?B | +13N | −2B | −?N | −?N | F | 2.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 1.00 | 739 | 0.0 |
| 13 | FIDE 540019217 | 0 | — | −1B | −?N | −12B | −10N | F | +?B | −?N | 1.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.00 | 717 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Markov, Mikhail Ev.FID+16.05.5 pts · #3
- 2Gaan, Anatoly K.RUS+13.65.5 pts · #1
- 3Shamshiev, Ayrat TRUS0.03.5 pts · #9
- 1Shebchenko, VladimirRUS-21.64.5 pts · #7
- 2Shamshiev, Ayrat TRUS0.03.5 pts · #9
- 3Kavalenya, Nikolay StepRUS0.04.0 pts · #6
- R6+414 Elo gap
- R2+364 Elo gap
- R5+260 Elo gap