Championship of the Republic of North Ossetia - Alania 2025 (men)

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34 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 05 Jan 2026 to 10 Jan 2026 in Vladikavkaz, Russia. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1919, and top seed was Taimuraz Tamaev (🇷🇺 RUS, FM, 2134).

Vadim Kelekhsaev (🇷🇺 RUS, 1891) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Khetag Bogov (7.0) and Khetag Alikov (6.5). Kelekhsaev won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Miron Urumov (1496) beat Taimuraz Tamaev (FM, 2134), a +638-point gap.

Location

🇷🇺Vladikavkaz, Russia

Dates

05 Jan 2026 → 10 Jan 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇺FMTaimuraz Tamaev2134

Avg top 10

1,919

Participants

Titled players · 1

FM×1

Federations · 2 represented

🇷🇺Russia×33

FIDE (no federation)×1

Top 3

🥇
Vadim Kelekhsaev
🇷🇺RUS·1891
7.5pts·2104perf+84.4
🥈
Khetag Bogov
🇷🇺RUS·2079
7.0pts·2054perf+9.6
🥉
Khetag Alikov
🇷🇺RUS·1731
6.5pts·1957perf+85.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Vadim Kelekhsaev led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Kelekhsaev7.5Bogov7Alikov6.5Valiev6Tamaev6Esenov6

R4–R9 · LEAD HELD

Vadim Kelekhsaev held the sole lead from R4 through R9 without losing it.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Vadim Kelekhsaev drew with Khetag Bogov (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Vadim Kelekhsaev 4 wins (R1–R4)Khetag Bogov 3 wins (R7–R9)Khetag Alikov 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Vadim Kelekhsaev	*	½	½	1
2Khetag Bogov	½	*	—	1
3Khetag Alikov	½	—	*	1
4Arsen Valiev	0	0	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Kelekhsaev, Vadim	1891	RUS	+28N	+13B	+12N	+5B	=2N	+18B	=3N	=6B	+8N	7.5	45.0	48.0	38.25	2104	+84.4
2	Bogov, Khetag	2079	RUS	+16B	+9N	=11B	=8N	=1B	=4N	+18B	+12N	+5B	7.0	45.0	49.0	37.00	2054	+9.6
3	Alikov, Khetag	1731	RUS	+15N	−18B	+30N	+23B	+5N	=7B	=1B	+4N	=6N	6.5	44.0	47.0	33.25	1957	+85.6
4	Tamaev, TaimurazFM	2134	RUS	−23N	+10N	+16B	=6B	+11N	=2B	+7N	−3B	+19N	6.0	44.5	48.0	31.50	1946	-32.6
5	Valiev, Arsen	1820	RUS	+30B	+19N	+23B	−1N	−3B	+14N	+8B	+11N	−2N	6.0	44.0	47.0	26.00	1895	+42.0
6	Batyaev, Vyacheslav	1946	RUS	−11B	+33N	+19B	=4N	=9B	+28N	+10B	=1N	=3B	6.0	43.0	43.5	25.75	1859	-25.2
7	Esenov, Timur	1833	RUS	+14B	−23N	+20B	+25N	=8B	=3N	−4B	+18N	+11B	6.0	39.5	43.0	27.50	1864	+16.8
8	Shavlohov, Georgiy	1928	RUS	+22N	+26B	=18N	=2B	=7N	+12B	−5N	+13B	−1B	5.5	44.5	48.0	26.00	1874	-9.4
9	Khasanchin, Damir	1701	FID	+29N	−2B	+15N	=12B	=6N	−13B	=23B	+16N	+24B	5.5	39.5	42.5	23.25	1776	-1.6
10	Tedeev, Maksim	1687	RUS	=24N	−4B	+22N	+26B	−12N	+17B	−6N	+23B	+21N	5.5	36.5	40.0	21.25	1817	+49.6
11	Morozov, Vadim	1856	RUS	+6N	+21B	=2N	=18B	−4B	+19N	+13N	−5B	−7N	5.0	44.0	48.0	24.50	1884	+15.2
12	Kovalev, Georgiy	1797	RUS	+20B	+25N	−1B	=9N	+10B	−8N	+26B	−2B	=15N	5.0	43.5	47.0	21.75	1777	-3.4
13	Kuliev, Sergey	1861	RUS	+27B	−1N	−14B	+20N	+16B	+9N	−11B	−8N	+28B	5.0	40.5	43.5	20.50	1686	-27.4
14	Kibizov, Valerii L	1841	RUS	−7N	+28B	+13N	+24B	−18N	−5B	−19B	+20N	+25B	5.0	36.0	39.0	19.00	1559	-82.4
15	Koraev, Kazbek	1723	RUS	−3B	+31N	−9B	−28N	+32B	=16N	+25B	+22N	=12B	5.0	35.0	37.0	17.25	1657	-10.0
16	Kazaryan, Vladimir	1567	RUS	−2N	+24B	−4N	+32B	−13N	=15B	+17N	−9B	+27N	4.5	40.0	42.0	16.00	1494	-12.8
17	Kelekhsaev, Soslan	1702	RUS	−21N	−29B	+34N	+30B	=25B	−10N	−16B	+33N	+31N	4.5	27.0	27.5	8.75	1540	0.0
18	Gagloev, Uruzmag	1624	RUS	+33B	+3N	=8B	=11N	+14B	−1N	−2N	−7B	F	4.0	43.0	43.0	17.25	1832	+59.6
19	Dzeranov, Artur	1470	RUS	+34N	−5B	−6N	+29B	+23N	−11B	+14N	F	−4B	4.0	38.5	39.0	12.00	1692	+61.6
20	Chkareuli, David	0	RUS	−12N	+32B	−7N	−13B	−29N	+30N	+31B	−14B	+23N	4.0	33.5	35.5	11.50	1617	0.0
21	Kaitukov, Arsen	1810	RUS	+17B	−11N	F	+27N	−28B	+22B	+29N	F	−10B	4.0	32.5	32.5	15.00	1567	-18.6
22	Dzanagov, Egor	1546	RUS	−8B	−27N	−10B	+33N	+31B	−21N	+32B	−15B	+34N	4.0	29.0	29.5	6.00	1475	-20.8
23	Urumov, Miron	1496	RUS	+4B	+7B	−5N	−3N	−19B	+24B	=9N	−10N	−20B	3.5	43.5	47.0	18.25	1648	+41.6
24	Gubaev, Alan	0	RUS	=10B	−16N	+31B	−14N	+27B	−23N	+28B	F	−9N	3.5	34.0	37.0	12.25	1306	0.0
25	Gatsoev, Khetag Dm	1469	RUS	+32N	−12B	+29N	−7B	=17N	−26B	−15N	+34B	−14N	3.5	34.0	34.5	7.75	1450	-10.8
26	Shkurupiy, Konstantin	1704	RUS	+31B	−8N	=27B	−10N	+30B	+25N	−12N	F	F	3.5	32.5	32.5	11.25	1627	-21.2
27	Bidzhelov, Konstantin	0	RUS	−13N	+22B	=26N	−21B	−24N	−29B	+34N	+30N	−16B	3.5	30.5	31.0	9.25	1650	0.0
28	Tigiev, Aleksandr	1700	RUS	−1B	−14N	F	+15B	+21N	−6B	−24N	+29B	−13N	3.0	39.0	39.0	12.00	1720	0.0
29	Basiev, Aleksandr	0	RUS	−9B	+17N	−25B	−19N	+20B	+27N	−21B	−28N	F	3.0	32.0	32.5	12.00	833	0.0
30	Skodtaev, Elbrus	1627	RUS	−5N	+34B	−3B	−17N	−26N	−20B	+33N	−27B	+32N	3.0	30.5	31.0	3.00	1491	-27.2
31	Tekhov, Vladimir	0	RUS	−26N	−15B	−24N	+34B	−22N	+33B	−20N	+32N	−17B	3.0	27.0	27.5	3.00	1410	0.0
32	Godzhiev, Ruslan	0	RUS	−25B	−20N	+33B	−16N	−15N	+34B	−22N	−31B	−30B	2.0	27.5	28.0	1.00	1289	0.0
33	Sabanov, Boris	0	RUS	−18N	−6B	−32N	−22B	=34N	−31N	−30B	−17B	F	0.5	29.5	30.0	0.25	1275	0.0
34	Piliev, Yuri	1438	RUS	−19B	−30N	−17B	−31N	=33B	−32N	−27B	−25N	−22B	0.5	27.5	28.0	0.25	728	-61.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Alikov, KhetagRUS
+85.6
6.5 pts · #3
2Kelekhsaev, VadimRUS
+84.4
7.5 pts · #2
3Dzeranov, ArturRUS
+61.6
4.0 pts · #14

Top rating losers

1Kibizov, Valerii LRUS
-82.4
5.0 pts · #19
2Piliev, YuriRUS
-61.2
0.5 pts · #33
3Tamaev, TaimurazFMRUS
-32.6
6.0 pts · #5

Biggest upsets

R1+638 Elo gap
Urumov, Miron1496 beat FMTamaev, Taimuraz2134
R8+403 Elo gap
Alikov, Khetag1731 beat FMTamaev, Taimuraz2134
R7+371 Elo gap
Dzeranov, Artur1470 beat Kibizov, Valerii L1841