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).
