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.
Evgeniy Najer
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…
In the first round of the tournament named after Anatoly Karpov in Poikovsky, Suleymanli – Martirosyan, Malakhov – Iljushenok, Tomashevsky – Sjugirov and Yakubboev – Chigaev played in a draw. Najer was resting. Tournament standings: 1-8. Suleymanli, Martirosyan, Malakhov, Iljushenok, Tomashevsky, Sjugirov, Yakubboev, Chigaev – 0.5, 9. Najer – 0.
Today the 21st tournament named after Anatoly Karpov starts in Poikovsky, in which 9 grandmasters will play in round robin: Sanan Sjugirov, Evgeny Tomashevsky, Evgeny Najer, Vladimir Malakhov, Maxim Chigaev, Ilia Iljushenok (all from Russia), Haik Martirosyan (Armenia), Nodirbek Yakubboev (Uzbekistan), Aydin Suleymanli (Azerbaijan).
In the final round of the Superfinals in the men’s tournament, Dubov defeated Iljushenok, Murzin defeated Najer. Syugirov – Esipenko, Nesterov – Tomashevsky, Matlakov – Artemiev and Chigaev – Rakhmanov met in a draw. Dubov was stronger in the tie-break for the first place. Final standings: 1. Daniil Dubov, 2. Sanan Sjugirov – 7 points…
The men’s tournament was won by Volodar Murzin, who beat Maksim Chigaev with white. Tomashevsky – Matlakov, Iljiushenok – Sjugirov, Rakhmanov – Dubov, Esipenko – Nesterov and Artemiev – Najer – drew. Standings after the 10th round: 1. Sanan Sjugirov- 6.5, 2. Daniil Dubov- 6, 3-5. Ilia Iljiushenok, Evgeny Tomashevsky, Vladislav Artemiev – 5.5, 6-7….