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Christmas Tournament 2025-2026, Standard

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24 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 02 Jan 2026 to 05 Jan 2026 in St. Petersburg, Russia. 2 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1849, and top seed was Valery Artamonov (🇷🇺 RUS, 2012).

Valery Artamonov (🇷🇺 RUS, 2012) won with 6.5/8, ahead of Ivan Tipikin (6.5) and Makar Teploukhov (6.0). Artamonov won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Veronika Aparina (1421) beat Varvara Makovtsova (1599), a +178-point gap.

Location
🇷🇺St. Petersburg, Russia
Dates
02 Jan 2026 → 05 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 8 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇺Valery Artamonov2012
Avg top 10
1,849
Participants
24
Titled players · 2
IM×1
WFM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇷🇺Russia×20
FIDE (no federation)×3
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

Tight race until R8; 2 players tied at 6.5/8, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
10
4
1
1
2
1
1
2
2468R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8Tipikin takes lead
Artamonov6.5Tipikin6.5Teploukhov6Efimova5Khanmamedli5Fatkhlislamov5
R6 · LEADER CHANGE04 Jan

Ivan Tipikin takes the sole lead (5.5/6).

R8 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.5/8. Artamonov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (35.0).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Valery Artamonov drew with Ivan Tipikin (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Valery Artamonov*
½
½
½
2Ivan Tipikin
½
*
1
—
3Makar Teploukhov
½
0
*—
4Yulia Efimova
½
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Artamonov, Valery2012RUS+13B+11N=2B+4N=3N=5B+12B+7B6.535.039.030.252081+13.8
2Tipikin, Ivan1888RUS+23N+14B=1N+12N+11B+3B=7N=4N6.534.036.028.002084+39.4
3Teploukhov, Makar1910RUS+24B+6N+12B+7N=1B−2N=4B+8N6.036.038.025.752004+41.6
4Khanmamedli, Tamerlan1773RUS=15B+21N+5N−1B=17N+9B=3N=2B5.035.037.521.501789+12.0
5Efimova, Yulia1767RUS+20N=7N−4B=13N+6B=1N=11B+12N5.033.036.021.501881+24.4
6Fatkhlislamov, Rodion1722RUS+16N−3B−9N+19B−5N+13N+18B+11N5.030.033.017.501805+27.6
7Chetverik, MaximIM1994FID+10N=5B+17N−3B=8N+14B=2B−1N4.537.040.019.501834-14.3
8Sukhenko, Vladimir Dm1654RUS+9N−12B+16N=14B=7B=11N+17N−3B4.530.533.517.251780+44.4
9Fatkhlislamov, Roman0RUS−8B+22N+6B−11N=13B−4N+21B+15B4.528.531.015.5016480.0
10Mikhailov, Timofey Ig1626RUS−7B+20N−11B−15B=19N+23B+14N+18N4.525.027.013.501657+6.8
11Khalyapin, Sergey1820RUS+19N−1B+10N+9B−2N=8B=5N−6B4.036.539.516.751691-48.0
12Khorsheva, AlexandraWFM1845UKR+22B+8N−3N−2B+24N+17B−1N−5B4.034.036.012.001759-16.6
13Dmitriev, Vadim Vl1643RUS−1N+19B=14N=5B=9N−6B=16N+17B4.031.534.514.501702+20.0
14Afanasyeva, Ekaterina1754RUS+18B−2N=13B=8N+15B−7N−10B+23N4.030.532.512.751640-42.8
15Fatkhlislamov, Oskar1494FID=4N−17B=18B+10N−14N=16B+20B−9N3.527.530.513.251628+44.0
16Aparina, Veronika1421RUS−6B+24N−8B=21N=18B=15N=13B=22N3.525.027.09.751525+34.8
17Segodnyaeva, Alexandra1718FID=21B+15N−7B+18N=4B−12N−8B−13N3.028.531.010.251526-71.2
18Ulyanov, Fedor Mikh0RUS−14N+23B=15N−17B=16N+24B−6N−10B3.025.527.57.5015210.0
19Simkin, Alexander1517RUS−11B−13N+22B−6N=10B−20N=23N+24B3.025.027.07.751534+1.2
20Zakharov, Yuri1469RUS−5B−10B+23N−24B−22N+19B−15N+21N3.023.025.07.501472-3.4
21Terentiev, Timur Al1407RUS=17N−4B−24N=16B=23N+22B−9N−20B2.523.525.56.751479+20.0
22Gavrikova, Veronika1531RUS−12N−9B−19N−23B+20B−21N+24N=16B2.522.524.56.751443-37.2
23Kaplan, Boris1553RUS−2B−18N−20B+22N=21B−10N=19B−14B2.026.529.05.251441-45.6
24Makovtsova, Varvara1599RUS−3N−16B+21B+20N−12B−18N−22B−19N2.025.027.55.501428-66.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets