In the last round of the international tournament in Poikovsky, Suleimanli defeated Iljushenok. Chigaev – Tomashevsky, Sjugirov – Malakhov and Martirosyan – Najer played in a draw. Final standings: 1. Sjugirov – 5 (8), 2-4. Martirosyan, Tomashevsky, Yakubboev – 4.5, 5-7. Malakhov, Suleymanli, Najer – 4, 8. Chigaev – 3.5, 9. Iljushenok – 2.
Chess in Russia
The international chess tournament “Chess Stars” has ended in Moscow. In the blitz tournament, the participants settled down as follows: 1-2. Karjakin, Artemiev – 12 (18), 3. Kramnik – 11, 4. Sadhwani – 10.5, 5. Radjabov – 10, 6. Morozevich – 9, 7. Vallejo – 8.5, 8-9. Lagno, Goryachkina – 6, 10. Inarkiev – 5….
In the eighth round of the international tournament in Poikovsky, Najer defeated Iljushenok, Suleymanli – Sjugirov, Tomashevsky – Yakubboev and Malakhov – Chigaev played a draw. Standings after 8th round: 1. Sjugirov – 4,5 (7), 2. Yakubboev – 4,5 (8), 3-4. Tomashevsky, Martirosyan – 4 (7), 5-6. Malakhov, Najer – 3,5 (7), 7-8. Suleymanli, Chigaev…
Among men, Valery Loginov was the strongest of all, who scored 8 out of 11. In second place was Andrei Shalygin (7.5), in third was Sergey Smagin (7.5). Among women, Nina Sirotkina won (9.5), Galina Strutinskaia won silver (8.5), Tatiana Bogumil (8) won bronze. Technical results
Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation Oleg Matytsin awarded the President of the Russian Chess Federation, head coach of the Russian men’s team Andrey Filatov with the Nikolai Ozerov medal for his great personal contribution to the development of chess. The Nikolai Ozerov Medal was established in 2005. She is awarded for special personal…
After five rounds at the stage of the Russian Cup “Zhemchuzhina” in Sochi, Ivan Rozum is in the lead with 100% points. 5 pursuers are one point behind. Technical results
The tournament in Moscow is going on in a very interesting struggle. A strong squad has been assembled, and besides, two of our chess players (Alexandra Goryachkina and Kateryna Lagno) are participating in it. So it seems to me that the tournament has already taken place. Of course, I root for all our chess players….
The championships of Russia among veterans in rapid chess have ended in St. Petersburg. In the men’s tournament, the winner was grandmaster S. Ionov, who scored 8 points out of 10. Y. Balashov was half a point behind, E. Kalegin was a point behind. The women’s tournament was won by I. Mikhaylova, who scored 7.5…
The first round-robin of the blitz tournament ended in Moscow today. Standings after the 9th round: 1. Karjakin 6 – (9), 2-3. Kramnik, Morozevich – 5.5, 4-5. Artemiev, Sadhwani – 5, 6. Vallejo – 4.5, 7-8. Goryachkina, Radjabov – 4, 9. Inarkiev – 3.5, 10. Lagno – 2. Technical results
The tournament continues in Poikovsky. In the seventh round, Sjugirov defeated Najer. Yakubboev – Malakhov, Chigaev- Suleymanli, Iljiushenok – Martirosyan drew. Standings after the 7th round: 1. S. Sjugirov – 4 (6), 2-3. H. Martirosyan, N. Yakubboev – 4 (7), 4. E. Tomashevsky – 3.5 (6), 5-7. V. Malakhov 3 (6), E. Najer, A. Suleymanli,…