Mountain Urals 2025_A1

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38 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 23 Dec 2025 to 28 Dec 2025 in Verkhnyaya Salda, Russia. Top 10 Elo average was 1603, and top seed was Maria Kleshcheva (🇷🇺 RUS, 1779).

Semen Mukhin (🇷🇺 RUS, 1640) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Mark Enin (7.0) and Makar Maksimov (6.5). Mukhin won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Viktoriya Lebedeva (1464) beat Ivan V Matveev (1699), a +235-point gap.

Location

🇷🇺Verkhnyaya Salda, Russia

Dates

23 Dec 2025 → 28 Dec 2025

Time control

Standard: All Moves in 75 Min. Incr. 10 Sec. / /

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇺Maria Kleshcheva1779

Avg top 10

1,603

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇷🇺Russia×34

Top 3

🥇
Semen Mukhin
🇷🇺RUS·1640
7.5pts·1781perf+58.4
🥈
Mark Enin
🇷🇺RUS·1598
7.0pts·1701perf+41.2
🥉
Makar Maksimov
🇷🇺RUS
6.5pts·1765perf+133.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Semen Mukhin led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Mukhin7.5Enin7Maksimov6.5Kleshcheva6Zaytsev6Grigoriev5.5

R5–R9 · LEAD HELD

Semen Mukhin held the sole lead from R5 through R9 without losing it.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Semen Mukhin beat Mark Enin (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Semen Mukhin 3 wins (R1–R3)Mark Enin 3 wins (R6–R8)Makar Maksimov 3 wins (R6–R8)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Semen Mukhin	*	1	1	½
2Mark Enin	0	*	½	—
3Makar Maksimov	0	½	*	—
4Maria Kleshcheva	½	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Mukhin, Semen	1640	RUS	+3N	+5B	+6N	=7B	+2N	=4N	+8B	+16N	=9B	7.5	47.5	52.0	43.50	1781	+58.4
2	Enin, Mark	1598	RUS	+28B	=13N	+8B	+15N	−1B	+9N	+7B	+6N	=3N	7.0	45.5	49.5	36.25	1701	+41.2
3	Maksimov, Makar	0	RUS	−1B	+22N	=14B	+25N	=13B	+23B	+10N	+7N	=2B	6.5	44.0	48.0	32.00	1765	+133.6
4	Kleshcheva, Maria	1779	RUS	+21B	=15N	+18B	+19N	=7N	=1B	−6N	+13B	=11N	6.0	42.5	47.0	30.00	1727	-16.0
5	Zaytsev, Ivan	1491	RUS	+22B	−1N	+32B	+31N	=9B	−8N	=12B	+14N	+6B	6.0	42.5	46.0	27.50	1509	+2.8
6	Grigoriev, Platon	0	RUS	+9B	+12N	−1B	+18N	+17B	=7N	+4B	−2B	−5N	5.5	47.5	52.0	28.75	1575	0.0
7	Medvedev, Mark	1611	RUS	+26N	+24B	+10N	=1N	=4B	=6B	−2N	−3B	+15N	5.5	46.5	50.5	27.50	1606	+1.6
8	Gaag, Anastasiya	1433	RUS	+36N	=19B	−2N	+14N	+15B	+5B	−1N	=11B	=13N	5.5	45.0	47.5	25.50	1532	+37.6
9	Kochnev, Daniil	1410	RUS	−6N	+37B	+23N	+11B	=5N	−2B	=15N	+24B	=1N	5.5	44.0	46.0	24.50	1590	+56.8
10	Lebedeva, Viktoriya	1464	RUS	+31N	+29B	−7B	−17N	=18B	+21N	−3B	+22N	+16B	5.5	38.5	42.0	23.25	1628	+62.4
11	Maksimov, Arseniy	1446	RUS	−18B	+35N	+21B	−9N	+31B	+24B	=13N	=8N	=4B	5.5	38.5	41.0	22.75	1531	+29.2
12	Kochetkov, Grigory Ser	1472	RUS	+37N	−6B	−17N	+32N	=16B	+26B	=5N	=15B	+25N	5.5	36.5	38.5	21.00	1676	+64.4
13	Lobych, Mikhail	1533	RUS	+27N	=2B	−19N	+20B	=3N	+17B	=11B	−4N	=8B	5.0	44.0	48.0	25.25	1408	-41.2
14	Sheremeta, Kirill	0	RUS	=32N	=20B	=3N	−8B	=33N	+37B	+23N	−5B	+27N	5.0	37.5	39.5	19.00	1385	0.0
15	Kazakov-Apkarimov, Fedor	1502	RUS	+30B	=4B	+20N	−2B	−8N	+25N	=9B	=12N	−7B	4.5	43.5	47.5	21.00	1448	-30.8
16	Zaripov, Semen	1465	RUS	−20N	=17B	+27N	=26B	=12N	+19B	+24N	−1B	−10N	4.5	40.0	44.0	19.50	1432	-9.6
17	Krasilov, Vladislav	0	RUS	=25B	=16N	+12B	+10B	−6N	−13N	=22B	=19B	=20N	4.5	39.5	43.5	22.00	1544	0.0
18	Shevchik, Aleksey	1437	RUS	+11N	+23B	−4N	−6B	=10N	=29B	=20N	=27B	=19N	4.5	39.5	43.5	20.75	1580	+44.4
19	Konovalenko, Miroslav	1497	RUS	+33B	=8N	+13B	−4B	−24N	−16N	+28B	=17N	=18B	4.5	38.0	41.5	19.75	1522	+6.4
20	Eremin, Denis	0	RUS	+16B	=14N	−15B	−13N	=28B	+31N	=18B	=25N	=17B	4.5	36.0	39.5	19.00	1441	0.0
21	Tarasenko, Bogdan	1597	RUS	−4N	+30B	−11N	+37B	=26N	−10B	−27N	+31N	+32B	4.5	36.0	38.0	15.00	1362	-62.8
22	Matveev, Ivan V	1699	RUS	−5N	−3B	+36N	+29B	−23N	+35B	=17N	−10B	+38N	4.5	35.5	35.5	11.25	1353	-105.6
23	Makarov, Saveliy	1503	RUS	+35B	−18N	−9B	+33N	+22B	−3N	−14B	=26N	=28B	4.0	37.5	40.0	14.50	1442	-24.8
24	Gabov, Andrey	0	RUS	+34B	−7N	=33B	+28N	+19B	−11N	−16B	−9N	=26B	4.0	37.0	40.0	15.25	1379	0.0
25	Lubentsova, Anastasiya	1564	RUS	=17N	=32B	=26N	−3B	+27N	−15B	+36N	=20B	−12B	4.0	37.0	39.5	14.75	1220	-84.0
26	Lukoyanova, Anastasiya	1454	RUS	−7B	+34N	=25B	=16N	=21B	−12N	=29N	=23B	=24N	4.0	36.0	39.0	15.50	1417	-15.6
27	Asanov, Anton	0	RUS	−13B	=28N	−16B	+30N	−25B	+34N	+21B	=18N	−14B	4.0	35.5	38.5	15.75	1386	0.0
28	Gorbunov, Matvei	1483	RUS	−2N	=27B	+35N	−24B	=20N	+33B	−19N	=29B	=23N	4.0	35.5	38.0	14.25	1440	-11.6
29	Burylova, Anastasiya	1447	RUS	+38B	−10N	−31B	−22N	+34B	=18N	=26B	=28N	=30B	4.0	33.0	33.0	11.25	1357	-24.4
30	Magalyas, Matvey	0	RUS	−15N	−21N	=34B	−27B	−37N	+38N	+35B	+36B	=29N	4.0	27.0	27.0	8.50	1434	0.0
31	Mamaev, Artem	0	RUS	−10B	+38N	+29N	−5B	−11N	−20B	+37N	−21B	=33B	3.5	35.5	35.5	7.75	1250	0.0
32	Husht, Vasilisa	1410	RUS	=14B	=25N	−5N	−12B	=35N	−36B	+33N	+37B	−21N	3.5	33.5	35.5	11.25	1286	-28.8
33	FIDE 55828914	0	—	−19N	+36B	=24N	−23B	=14B	−28N	−32B	+38B	=31N	3.5	31.0	31.0	8.75	673	0.0
34	FIDE 540014673	0	—	−24N	−26B	=30N	=36B	−29N	−27B	+38N	−35N	+37B	3.0	27.0	27.0	5.25	672	0.0
35	Putilov, Lev	0	RUS	−23N	−11B	−28B	+38N	=32B	−22N	−30N	+34B	F	2.5	31.0	31.0	4.75	1141	-83.6
36	Elin, Arseniy	0	RUS	−8B	−33N	−22B	=34N	+38B	+32N	−25B	−30N	F	2.5	30.5	30.5	5.00	1328	0.0
37	FIDE 522088261	0	—	−12B	−9N	+38B	−21N	+30B	−14N	−31B	−32N	−34N	2.0	34.5	34.5	4.00	674	0.0
38	FIDE 570002193	0	—	−29N	−31B	−37N	−35B	−36N	−30B	−34B	−33N	−22B	0.0	27.5	29.5	0.00	751	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Maksimov, MakarRUS
+133.6
6.5 pts · #3
2Kochetkov, Grigory SerRUS
+64.4
5.5 pts · #7
3Lebedeva, ViktoriyaRUS
+62.4
5.5 pts · #6

Top rating losers

1Matveev, Ivan VRUS
-105.6
4.5 pts · #25
2Lubentsova, AnastasiyaRUS
-84.0
4.0 pts · #31
3Putilov, LevRUS
-83.6
2.5 pts · #34

Biggest upsets

R8+235 Elo gap
Lebedeva, Viktoriya1464 beat Matveev, Ivan V1699
R1+208 Elo gap
Zaytsev, Ivan1491 beat Matveev, Ivan V1699
R5+196 Elo gap
Makarov, Saveliy1503 beat Matveev, Ivan V1699