The tournament continues in Poikovsky. In the fourth round, Tomashevsky defeated Najer with black. Iljiushenok – Chigaev, Martirosyan – Yakubboev, Suleymanli – Malakhov drew. Standings after the 4th round: 1-3. H. Martirosyan, E. Tomashevsky, N. Yakubboev – 2.5 (4), 4-6. A. Suleymanli, S. Sjugirov, M. Chigaev – 1.5 (3), 7-8. I. Iljiushenok, V. Malakhov –…
Nodirbek Yakubboev
The games of the third round were held in Poikovsky. Yakubboev defeated Iljiushenok, Malakhov – Najer, Tomashevsky – Martirosyan and Chigaev – Najer drew. Standings after the 3rd round: 1-2. H. Martirosyan, N. Yakubboev – 2 (3), 3-4. S. Sjugirov, E. Tomashevsky – 1.5 (3), 5-7. E. Najer, A. Suleymanli, M. Chigaev – 1 (2),…
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).