Mountain Urals 2025_A2
Open SwissStandard
40 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 1183, and top seed was Anton Klimov (🇷🇺 RUS, 1555).
Timofei Sazhin (🇷🇺 RUS, 0) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Boris Klimin (7.0) and Semen Larionov (6.5). Sazhin shared the lead from round 7 and won solo starting round 8.
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
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇺Russia×29
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTimofei Sazhin led from R8; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 7 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R8.
Co-leaders
25
9
4
7
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R8–R9 · LEAD HELD
Timofei Sazhin held the sole lead from R8 through R9 without losing it.
R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Timofei Sazhin drew with Boris Klimin (White).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
Timofei Sazhin 3 wins (R1–R3)Boris Klimin 3 wins (R1–R3)Vsevolod Novikov 4 wins (R2–R5)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Timofei Sazhin | * | ½ | ½ | 1 |
| 2Boris Klimin | ½ | * | ½ | — |
| 3Vsevolod Novikov | ½ | ½ | * | — |
| 4Anton Klimov | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sazhin, Timofei | 0 | RUS | +5N | +13B | +11N | =3B | +25N | =2B | +19N | +6B | =4N | 7.5 | 49.0 | 53.0 | 43.00 | 1540 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Klimin, Boris | 1480 | RUS | +22B | +24N | +25B | =17N | +9B | =1N | =4B | +3B | =8N | 7.0 | 47.0 | 51.0 | 38.50 | 1739 | +40.4 |
| 3 | Larionov, Semen | 1497 | RUS | +33B | +29N | +7B | =1N | +17B | =4N | +10B | −2N | =12B | 6.5 | 48.0 | 51.5 | 34.50 | 664 | -22.0 |
| 4 | Novikov, Vsevolod | 0 | RUS | =26N | +?B | +20N | +6B | +10N | =3B | =2N | =13B | =1B | 6.5 | 47.5 | 47.5 | 32.25 | 1497 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Klimov, Anton | 1555 | RUS | −1B | +37N | =30B | +31N | =18B | +28N | =14B | +19N | +13B | 6.5 | 40.5 | 43.0 | 28.25 | 1471 | -4.4 |
| 6 | Melkozerov, Leonid | 0 | RUS | +31B | =16N | +15B | −4N | +7B | +9N | +?B | −1N | =10B | 6.0 | 47.0 | 47.0 | 27.25 | 1479 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Molotilova, Ekaterina | 0 | RUS | +?N | +21B | −3N | =11B | −6N | +32B | +15B | =9N | +17B | 6.0 | 43.5 | 43.5 | 25.00 | 1481 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Krasheninnikova, Ekaterina | 1416 | RUS | +36B | +19N | −17B | −10N | +29B | +25N | =12B | +14N | =2B | 6.0 | 42.5 | 45.5 | 28.00 | 1746 | +50.0 |
| 9 | Popkov, Pavel V | 0 | RUS | +?N | =20B | +26N | +18B | −2N | −6B | +?N | =7B | +19B | 6.0 | 38.0 | 38.0 | 19.50 | 1272 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Zhidkov, Nikita | 0 | RUS | +?N | +?B | =18N | +8B | −4B | +17N | −3N | +?B | =6N | 6.0 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 16.50 | 1458 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Pavlovskaya, Maria | 0 | RUS | +37B | +27N | −1B | =7N | +?B | −?N | +?B | =17N | +20B | 6.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 17.00 | 1485 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Borodulin, Gleb | 0 | RUS | +?N | −18B | −?N | +?B | +35N | +23B | =8N | +?B | =3N | 6.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 13.75 | 1458 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Karpov, Ivan | 0 | RUS | +28B | −1N | +34B | +29N | −14B | +18N | +16B | =4N | −5N | 5.5 | 44.5 | 48.0 | 25.25 | 712 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Vuzhenko, Georgiy | 1468 | RUS | +40B | =15N | =16B | +28N | +13N | −19B | =5N | −8B | +23N | 5.5 | 42.5 | 44.5 | 24.75 | 1350 | -19.6 |
| 15 | Kiriakov, Andrey | 1460 | RUS | +35N | =14B | −6N | +26B | −20N | +27B | −7N | +32B | +25B | 5.5 | 38.0 | 41.0 | 21.25 | 1473 | +2.4 |
| 16 | Laptev, Yaroslav Kon | 0 | RUS | +?N | =6B | =14N | +?B | =?N | =20B | −13N | =23B | +?N | 5.5 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 10.50 | 1468 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Balakin, Timofey | 0 | RUS | +23N | +?B | +8N | =2B | −3N | −10B | +20N | =11B | −7N | 5.0 | 47.0 | 47.0 | 22.00 | 1481 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Zorin, Timofey | 0 | RUS | +?B | +12N | =10B | −9N | =5N | −13B | −21N | +28B | +27N | 5.0 | 43.0 | 43.0 | 20.25 | 1552 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Sharifullin, Mikhail | 0 | RUS | +32N | −8B | +?N | +35B | +23N | +14N | −1B | −5B | −9N | 5.0 | 42.5 | 42.5 | 16.50 | 1354 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Belosheykin, Arseniy | 1465 | RUS | +38B | =9N | −4B | +39N | +15B | =16N | −17B | +21B | −11N | 5.0 | 41.5 | 43.5 | 20.25 | 2259 | +19.6 |
| 21 | Dvorov, Aleksey Ant | 0 | RUS | +?B | −7N | −28B | −27N | +38B | +35N | +18B | −20N | +26B | 5.0 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 14.00 | 665 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Bakhodirov, Bekhryz | 0 | RUS | −2N | −32B | −?N | −?B | +?N | +?N | +35B | +30N | +?B | 5.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 7.00 | 664 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Sirotin, Dmitriy | 0 | RUS | −17B | +36N | +?B | +24N | −19B | −12N | +30B | =16N | −14B | 4.5 | 38.5 | 38.5 | 14.25 | 671 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Veselov, Arseniy | 0 | RUS | +?N | −2B | +32N | −23B | −27N | =?B | +31N | +?B | −?N | 4.5 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 7.50 | 664 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Kiselev, Timur | 1485 | RUS | +34B | F | −2N | +33N | −1B | −8B | +26N | +27B | −15N | 4.0 | 41.0 | 41.0 | 15.00 | 645 | -66.4 |
| 26 | Klimov, Roman | 0 | RUS | =4B | +?N | −9B | −15N | +39B | =30N | −25B | +29N | −21N | 4.0 | 37.0 | 37.0 | 11.25 | 671 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 570002282 | 0 | — | +?N | −11B | −?N | +21B | +24B | −15N | +29B | −25N | −18B | 4.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 13.50 | 671 | 0.0 |
| 28 | FIDE 522045848 | 0 | — | −13N | +?B | +21N | −14B | +?N | −5B | −33N | −18N | +?B | 4.0 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 5.00 | 712 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Istomin, Sergey | 0 | RUS | +?N | −3B | +?N | −13B | −8N | +?B | −27N | −26B | +?N | 4.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 0.00 | 658 | 0.0 |
| 30 | FIDE 522066705 | 0 | — | =?N | +39B | =5N | −?B | =33N | =26B | −23N | −22B | +?N | 4.0 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 9.00 | 1552 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Medvedev, Leonid | 0 | RUS | −6N | =?B | +?N | −5B | −?B | +38N | −24B | +34N | =?B | 4.0 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 5.50 | 752 | 0.0 |
| 32 | FIDE 55762603 | 0 | — | −19B | +22N | −24B | =38N | +?B | −7N | +?B | −15N | −?B | 3.5 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 6.00 | 659 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Chikhalin, Denis | 0 | RUS | −3N | +?B | +?N | −25B | =30B | −?N | +28B | −?N | −?N | 3.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 6.00 | 693 | 0.0 |
| 34 | FIDE 55836755 | 0 | — | −25N | +?B | −13N | =?B | −?N | −?B | +?N | −31B | +37B | 3.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 2.50 | 683 | 0.0 |
| 35 | FIDE 55772170 | 0 | — | −15B | +40N | F | −19N | −12B | −21B | −22N | +?B | +?N | 3.0 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 2.00 | 659 | 0.0 |
| 36 | FIDE 522045716 | 0 | — | −8N | −23B | −39N | +?B | −?N | +40B | −?N | −?B | +?N | 3.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 2.00 | 613 | 0.0 |
| 37 | FIDE 570002231 | 0 | — | −11N | −5B | =?N | −?B | −?N | −?B | +40N | +39B | −34N | 2.5 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 4.00 | 752 | 0.0 |
| 38 | FIDE 570002266 | 0 | — | −20N | −?B | +?N | =32B | −21N | −31B | =39N | −?B | −40N | 2.0 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 2.75 | 665 | 0.0 |
| 39 | FIDE 570002223 | 0 | — | =?B | −30N | +36B | −20B | −26N | −?N | =38B | −37N | −?B | 2.0 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 4.00 | 665 | 0.0 |
| 40 | FIDE 570001103 | 0 | — | −14N | −35B | +?N | −?B | −?N | −36N | −37B | F | +38B | 2.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 2.00 | 671 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Krasheninnikova, EkaterinaRUS+50.06.0 pts · #3
- 2Klimin, BorisRUS+40.47.0 pts · #4
- 3Belosheykin, ArseniyRUS+19.65.0 pts · #14
Top rating losers
- 1Kiselev, TimurRUS-66.44.0 pts · #28
- 2Larionov, SemenRUS-22.06.5 pts · #32
- 3Vuzhenko, GeorgiyRUS-19.65.5 pts · #8