Arseniy Nesterov and Anna Shukhman won the open and women titles in the Russian Chess Championship 2025. The event was held in the Mikhail Botvinnik chess club in Moscow, with each of the competitions being a 12 player round robin.
Anna Shukhman’s achievement is especially impressive, as she conquered the title at 16 years and 6 months old.
Arseniy Nesterov and Anna Shukhman were presented with certificates for LADA cars from the official automobile partner of the Superfinals, AvtoVAZ JSC.
Photo: RCF
Final standings open section
1. Arseniy Nesterov – 6.5
2-4. Vadim Zvjaginsev, Daniil Dubov, Andrey Esipenko – 6
5-9. Vladislav Artemiev, Pavel Ponkratov, Vladimir Malakhov, Savva Vetokhin, Artem Uskov – 5.5
10. Ilia Iljiushenok – 5
11-12, Ivan Zemlyanskii, Sergey Lobanov – 4.5 points.
Final standings women section
1. Anna Shukhman – 7
2-3. Leya Garifullina, Daria Charochkina – 6.5
4. Polina Shuvalova – 5.5
5. Ekaterina Goltseva – 5
6. Ekaterina Kovalevskaya – 5
7-8. Anastasia Bodnaruk, Olga Girya – 4.5
9. Valentina Gunina – 4
10. Margarita Potapova – 3.5
11. Yana Zhapova – 2 points.
