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2025

"Three Generations" SBR Mahjong Tournament 2025-04 26.04.2025
SBR Mahjong Mini-Tournament "2025-04" 05.04.2025
The 8th SBR Moscow Open 29.03.2025
SBR Mahjong Mini-Tournament "2025-03" 15.03.2025
SBR Mahjong Tournament for Beginners "Mahjong Festival 2025-02" 22.02.2025
"Three Generations" SBR Mahjong Tournament 2025-02 15.02.2025
"Three Generations" SBR Mahjong Tournament 2025-01 25.01.2025

"Three Generations" Mahjong

26.04.2025

"Three Generations" SBR Mahjong Tournament 2025-04

"Three Generations" SBR Mahjong Tournament 2025-04 took place on April 26, 2025 in Moscow at the Meridian Cultural Center.

The tournament was attended by 16 players from Moscow, as well as from China

Three Generations

Since September 2024, it was decided to expand the format of the city tournaments in Sichuan Mahjong "Junior+" by one generation. This does not mean that previously senior players could not take part in tournaments. Simply, in the new season this category of players will be able to receive separate prizes.

Winners and runners-up:

1st-2nd place overall — Alena Ibragimova and Marina Ponomareva
3rd place overall — Ji Ruochen 姬若尘
1st place among seniors — Elena Sergeeva
2nd place among seniors — Aya Aliyeva
1st place among juniors — Maxim Pevchev, 16 years old
2nd place among juniors — Anastasia Pevcheva, 13 years old

Yulia Zaletova and Zhang Zhuoer 张卓尔, who played their 10th SBR Mahjong tournament, received a commemorative token. Marina Ponomareva and Maxim Pevchev received prizes for the nominations for the special hands won.

Organizer

Vitaly Novikov held his 81st mahjong tournament, including the 39th SBR tournament.

Photos from the tournament

Participants

Prize winners

In the tournament

Players

10 SBR tournaments played

Prizes

Tournament results

More photos are available at link.

05.04.2025

SBR Mahjong Mini-Tournament "2025-04"

The SBR Mahjong Mini-Tournament "2025-04" was held April 5, 2025 in Moscow at the Meridian Cultural Center.

The tournament was attended by 20 players from Moscow and China.

Winners and runners-up:

1st place overall — Ji Ruochen (China)
2nd place overall — Ekaterina Arkhipova
3rd place overall — Kirillova Tatyana
1st place among seniors — Aiya Aliyeva
1st place among juniors and 2nd place overall — Maxim Baltag
2nd place among juniors — Artem Dobretsov
3rd place among juniors — Nikita Baltag
best “clan” — the Pevchevs

Anastasia Pevcheva, who played her 10th SBR Mahjong tournament, received a commemorative token.

Organizer

Vitaly Novikov held his 80th mahjong tournament, including the 38th SBR tournament.

Photos from the tournament

Participants

Winners

In the tournament

Players

10 SBR tournaments played

Tournament results

More photos are available at link.

29.03.2025

The 8th SBR Moscow Open

The 8th SBR Moscow Open took place on March 29, 2025 in Moscow at the Meridian Central Cultural Center.

The championship was attended by 32 players from Moscow and the region, including 3 players from China. In the course of a tough and uncompromising struggle, a new champion of Moscow was determined — one of the founders of the family club "Panda in the Chest" Alexander Istomin.

Winners and runners-up

1st place and champion title — Alexander Istomin
2nd place — Sergey Vasiliev
3rd place — Alexey Kozhevnikov
1st place among seniors — Elena Sergeeva
2nd place among seniors — Irina Nikitina
3rd place among seniors — Marina Platonova
1st place among juniors — Lidiya Istomina, 14 years old
2nd place among juniors — Amal Eid, 9 years old
3rd place among juniors — Anastasia Pevcheva, 13 years old

Sergey Vasiliev, Natalia Chichigina, Alexander Istomin and Irina Nikitina, who played their SBR Mahjong tournament, received a commemorative token. Irina Polonskaya received prizes for the nominations for the special hands won.

Medals were also awarded to Denis Lugannikov, the 2nd prize winner of the Annual Online MCR Marathon 2024-2025, as well as the winner of its final DMCR tournament.

Vitaly Novikov held his 79th mahjong tournament, including the 37th SBR tournament.

The Champion and his "Clan"

The new SBR Moscow champion, Alexander Istomin, played his first MCR mahjong tournaments back in 2011. In 2022, he played his first SBR mahjong tournament. It should be noted that not only Alexander himself, but also his entire "clan" is related to mahjong: Maria Istomina is the head of the family club "Panda in the Chest", daughters Lidiya and Stefania participated in the 1st SBR Moscow Open Juniors in 2022, and the growing son Fedor will also probably soon be able to play in his first mahjong tournament. At the Moscow Championship in 2025, Lidiya not only turned out to be the best among the juniors, but she took 4th place, just short of the "trophy" winners.

Photos from the championship

Championship participants

Championship prize winners

Championship winners

Main trophy

In the course of the tournament

Players

10 SBR tournaments played

Organizers

Referees

Family Club "Panda in the Chest"

Prizes

Championship results

More photos are available at link.

15.03.2025

SBR Mahjong Mini-Tournament "2025-03"

The SBR Mahjong Mini-Tournament "2025-03" was held March 15, 2025 in Moscow at the Meridian Cultural Center.

The tournament was attended by 32 players from Moscow and China.

Winners and runners-up:

1st place overall — Zhang Zhuoer (China)
2nd place overall — Aldar Zhamyanov
3rd place overall — Bai Wuque (China)
1st place among seniors — Elena Sergeeva
2nd place among seniors — Marina Platonova
1st place among juniors — Amal Eid, 9 y.o.
2nd place among juniors — Evgeniy Shtifanov, 11 y.o.
3rd place among juniors — Anastasia Pevcheva, 13 y.o.
best “clan” — Lesneva + Baranov

Organizer

Vitaly Novikov held his 78th mahjong tournament, including the 36th SBR tournament.

Photos from the tournament

Participants

Winners

"Clans"

In the tournament

Players

Family club "Chestbox"

A gift-chestbox from the family club "Chestbox"

Tournament results

More photos are available at link.

22.02.2025

SBR Mahjong Tournament for Beginners "Mahjong Festival 2025-02"

The SBR Mahjong Tournament for Beginners "Mahjong Festival 2025-02" was held February 22, 2025 in Moscow at the Meridian Cultural Center.

28 players from Moscow took part in the tournament. A third of the participants, 9 players, played their first tournament.

What is a "Mahjong Festival"?

The idea goes back to the very first event of this kind, held back in June 2022, when a tournament was held immediately after the master class! At the suggestion of the organizer, the master class visitors magically turned into players, for many of them it was an unforgettable experience. The event was called "Mahjong Festival" — a symbiosis of educational and competitive components.

In order to hold a tournament specifically for beginners, it was decided to limit participation to "experienced" players and provide an opportunity to play for players with minimal or no experience at all (the first tournament). The result exceeded the wildest expectations — 28 participants of the "mahjong festival" in November are a clear proof of this. It was decided to explore the possibility and add more dates to the calendar for holding such tournaments.

Winners and runners-up:

1st place overall and 1st place among debutants — Tatyana Kirillova
2nd place overall — Margarita Makarcheva
3rd place overall — Olga Nabatova
2nd place among debutants — Alena Ibragimova
3rd place among debutants — Igor Petsilyak
1st place among juniors — Artemy Belov
2nd place among juniors — Sofia Gilevskaya
3rd place among juniors — Andrey Skripnikov
best “clan” — the Gilevsky family

Organizer

Vitaly Novikov held his 77th mahjong tournament, including the 35th SBR tournament.

Photos from the tournament

Participants

Prize winners

"Clans"

In the tournament

Players

Family club "Chest"

Prizes

Tournament results

More photos are available at link.

15.02.2025

"Three Generations" SBR Mahjong Tournament 2025-02

"Three Generations" SBR Mahjong Tournament 2025-02 took place on February 15, 2025 in Moscow at the Meridian Cultural Center.

The tournament was attended by 20 players from Moscow and the region, as well as from China.

Three Generations

Winners and runners-up:

1st place overall — Irina Polonskaya
2nd place overall — Alexey Kozhevnikov
3rd place overall — Aldar Zhamyanov
1st place among seniors — Olga Shilova
1st place among juniors — Anastasia Pevcheva, 13 years old
2nd place among juniors — Amal Eid, 9 years old
3rd place among juniors — Maxim Pevchev, 15 years old
best "clan" — Irina Lesneva + Georgy Baranov

Organizer

Vitaly Novikov held his 76th mahjong tournament, including the 34th SBR tournament.

Photos from the tournament

Participants

Prize winners

In the tournament

Players

About mahjong

Prizes

Tournament results

More photos are available at link.

25.01.2025

"Three Generations" SBR Mahjong Tournament 2025-01

"Three Generations" SBR Mahjong Tournament 2025-01 took place on January 25, 2025 in Moscow at the Meridian Cultural Center.

The tournament was attended by 32 players from Moscow and the region, as well as from China.

Three Generations

Winners and runners-up:

1st place — Maria Semenova
2-3rd place overall and 1st place among seniors — Elena Sergeeva
2-3rd place overall — Ilya Egorov
2nd place among seniors — Marina Platonova
3rd place among seniors — Irina Nikitina
1st place among juniors — Alexander Tishchenko, 14 years old
2nd place among juniors — Anastasia Pevcheva, 13 years old
3rd place among juniors — Evgeny Shtifanov, 11 years old
best "clan" — Irina Lavrenyuk + Evgeny Shtifanov

Medals were also awarded to:

SBR Moscow online champion 2025 — Irina Nikitina
1st place in 2024 Annual Riichi Auto-Marathon — Vitaly Novikov

"Clans"

15 of the 32 tournament participants were members of 7 families. The "Three Generations" tournaments fully support and develop the concept of family mahjong.