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The qualifiers for the 57th Russian Chess Championship is taking place from May 20 to 31 May in Saint-Petersburg and Tomsk. Participants include Vladimir Malakhov, Alexey Dreev, Sergey Rublevsky, Alexander Khalifman and others. The prize fund is US $50,000. The winners are expected to join Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik, Anatoly Karpov, Peter Svidler, Evgeny Bareev, Alexander Grischuk and Alexander Morozevich in a Super-final in Moscow in September. There the prize fund will be $300,000.
Russian Championship qualifier in St Petersburg
The qualification tournament is being staged by the Chess Federation of St. Petersburg and it’s president Alexey Ustaev. Ustaev is also the President of Viking Bank, the main sponsor of the event.
A bird-eye view of the playing site
| Tomsk | Elo | birthday | Saint-Petersburg | Elo | birthday | |||
| 1 | Malakhov, Vladimir | 2695 | 27.11.1980 | 1 | Dreev, Alexey | 2689 | 30.01.1969 | |
| 2 | Rublevsky, Sergei | 2671 | 15.10.1974 | 2 | Khalifman, Alexander | 2668 | 18.01.1966 | |
| 3 | Motylev, Alexander | 2649 | 17.06.1979 | 3 | Sakaev, Konstantin | 2665 | 13.04.1974 | |
| 4 | Filippov, Valerij | 2639 | 28.11.1975 | 4 | Zvjaginsev, Vadim | 2654 | 18.08.1976 | |
| 5 | Kobalia, Mikhail | 2630 | 03.05.1978 | 5 | Tregubov, Pavel V. | 2636 | 21.12.1971 | |
| 6 | Lastin, Alexander | 2622 | 30.10.1976 | 6 | Volkov, Sergey | 2629 | 07.02.1974 | |
| 7 | Dvoirys, Semen I. | 2612 | 02.11.1958 | 7 | Alekseev, Evgeny | 2615 | 28.11.1985 | |
| 8 | Galkin, Alexander | 2602 | 01.02.1979 | 8 | Epishin, Vladimir | 2610 | 11.07.1965 | |
| 9 | Smirnov, Pavel | 2601 | 27.04.1982 | 9 | Najer, Evgeniy | 2606 | 22.06.1977 | |
| 10 | Inarkiev, Ernesto | 2595 | 09.12.1985 | 10 | Yakovich, Yuri | 2596 | 30.11.1962 | |
| 11 | Rustemov, Alexander | 2593 | 06.07.1973 | 11 | Gleizerov, Evgeny | 2591 | 20.03.1963 | |
| 12 | Kharlov, Andrei | 2593 | 20.11.1968 | 12 | Yevseev, Denis | 2580 | 03.07.1973 | |
| 13 | Timofeev, Artyom | 2591 | 06.01.1985 | 13 | Dolmatov, Sergey | 2573 | 20.02.1959 | |
| 14 | Sorokin, Maxim | 2583 | 22.01.1968 | 14 | Burmakin, Vladimir | 2570 | 06.06.1967 | |
| 15 | Kornev, Alexei | 2582 | 20.12.1976 | 15 | Kuzmin, Alexey | 2567 | 08.03.1963 | |
| 16 | Ulibin, Mikhail | 2580 | 31.05.1971 | 16 | Tseshkovsky, Vitaly | 2564 | 25.09.1944 | |
| 17 | Shariyazdanov, Andrey | 2575 | 12.07.1976 | 17 | Shaposhnikov, Evgeny | 2559 | 01.06.1981 | |
| 18 | Kiriakov, Petr | 2568 | 11.01.1975 | 18 | Riazantsev, Alexander | 2555 | 12.09.1985 | |
| 19 | Bocharov, Dmitry | 2567 | 20.10.1982 | 19 | Landa, Konstantin | 2550 | 22.05.1972 | |
| 20 | Pigusov, Evgeny | 2567 | 31.03.1961 | 20 | Ionov, Sergey | 2548 | 07.01.1962 | |
| 21 | Korotylev, Alexey | 2565 | 01.03.1977 | 21 | Popov, Valerij | 2547 | 10.09.1974 | |
| 22 | Sherbakov, Ruslan | 2564 | 14.09.1969 | 22 | Ivanov, Sergei | 2546 | 29.09.1961 | |
| 23 | Belozerov, Andrei | 2552 | 17.06.1977 | 23 | Belov, Vladimir | 2543 | 06.08.1984 | |
| 24 | Vorobiov, Evgeny E. | 2552 | 13.12.1976 | 24 | Kurnosov, Igor | 2543 | 30.05.1986 | |
| 25 | Khismatullin, Denis | 2537 | 28.12.1984 | 25 | Nikolenko, Oleg | 2520 | 19.06.1959 | |
| 26 | Kosyrev, Vladimir | 2529 | 07.11.1980 | 26 | Loginov, Valery | 2516 | 13.12.1955 | |
| 27 | Iskusnyh, Sergei | 2507 | 05.09.1974 | 27 | Solovjov, Sergey | 2458 | 13.12.1974 | |
| 28 | Yandemirov, Valeri | 2494 | 11.02.1963 | 28 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 2445 | 14.07.1990 | |
| 29 | Ilijn, Artem | 2481 | 04.01.1987 | 29 | Dobrov, Vladimir | 2443 | 13.04.1984 | |
| 30 | Khairullin, Ildar | 2481 | 22.08.1990 | 30 | Andreikin, Dmitry | 2418 | 05.02.1990 | |
| 31 | Yagupov, Igor | 2441 | 13.10.1965 | 31 | Romanov, Eugeny | 2392 | 14.02.1988 | |
| 32 | Loskutov, Oleg | 2433 | 01.01.1966 | 32 | Danin, Alexandre | 2332 | 14.03.1986 | |
| 33 | Novikov, Maxim | 2426 | 02.05.1972 | 33 | Silivanov, Sergei | 2291 | 12.01.1961 | |
| 34 | Yudin, Sergei | 2425 | 10.06.1986 | 34 | Shapovalenko, Maxim | 21.03.1961 | ||
| 35 | Maletin, Pavel | 2423 | 06.11.1986 | |||||
| 36 | Gajsin, Evgenij | 2404 | 09.09.1978 | |||||
| 37 | Frolov, Denis | 2401 | 27.08.1974 | |||||
| 38 | Nazarov, Nikolay | 2256 | 24.06.1984 |
After four rounds GM Alexey Dreev is in the lead with a perfect 4/4 points.
Round four game Alexei Dreev vs. Sergei Volkov. Photo © Sergei Soloviov
| 1. | 1 | Dreev, Alexey | 4.0 | 9.0 | 9.00 | 10.0 | 2689 | 3268 | +1.48 |
| 2. | 16 | Tseshkovsky, Vitaly | 3.5 | 7.5 | 6.50 | 8.5 | 2564 | 2866 | +1.30 |
| 3. | 2 | Khalifman, Alexander | 3.0 | 8.5 | 6.25 | 6.5 | 2668 | 2751 | +0.40 |
| 8 | Epishin, Vladimir | 3.0 | 10.5 | 6.50 | 8.0 | 2610 | 2730 | +0.60 | |
| 5. | 4 | Zvjaginsev, Vadim | 2.5 | 8.0 | 4.75 | 6.0 | 2654 | 2647 | -0.06 |
| 6 | Volkov, Sergey | 2.5 | 9.5 | 4.25 | 7.5 | 2629 | 2694 | +0.34 | |
| 17 | Shaposhnikov, Evgeny | 2.5 | 7.5 | 2.75 | 6.5 | 2559 | 2588 | +0.12 | |
| 19 | Landa, Konstantin | 2.5 | 10.0 | 6.00 | 6.0 | 2550 | 2679 | +0.70 | |
| 30 | Andreikin, Dmitry | 2.5 | 8.0 | 4.75 | 6.5 | 2418 | 2678 | +1.38 | |
| 31 | Romanov, Evgeny | 2.5 | 8.0 | 4.00 | 6.0 | 2392 | 2669 | +1.46 | |
| 11. | 3 | Sakaev, Konstantin | 2.0 | 8.5 | 3.25 | 5.5 | 2665 | 2553 | -0.60 |
| 5 | Tregubov, Pavel V. | 2.0 | 8.0 | 4.00 | 5.0 | 2636 | 2571 | -0.36 | |
| 7 | Alekseev, Evgeny | 2.0 | 8.5 | 3.25 | 6.0 | 2616 | 2521 | -0.52 | |
| 9 | Najer, Evgeniy | 2.0 | 9.5 | 4.25 | 6.0 | 2606 | 2563 | -0.24 | |
| 10 | Yakovich, Yuri | 2.0 | 7.0 | 2.75 | 4.5 | 2596 | 2504 | -0.52 | |
| 12 | Yevseev, Denis | 2.0 | 6.5 | 2.75 | 4.5 | 2580 | 2440 | -0.76 | |
| 13 | Dolmatov, Sergey | 2.0 | 8.0 | 4.00 | 5.0 | 2573 | 2487 | -0.48 | |
| 15 | Kuzmin, Alexey | 2.0 | 10.0 | 3.75 | 5.5 | 2567 | 2488 | -0.44 | |
| 21 | Ivanov, Sergey | 2.0 | 10.5 | 4.75 | 5.5 | 2546 | 2628 | +0.44 | |
| 22 | Belov, Vladimir | 2.0 | 7.5 | 3.75 | 5.0 | 2543 | 2625 | +0.44 | |
| 24 | Ionov, Sergey | 2.0 | 8.0 | 4.00 | 5.0 | 2538 | 2598 | +0.32 | |
| 25 | Nikolenko, Oleg | 2.0 | 7.0 | 1.00 | 4.0 | 2520 | 2454 | -0.26 | |
| 29 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 2.0 | 7.5 | 3.75 | 5.0 | 2445 | 2580 | +0.72 | |
| 24. | 11 | Gleizerov, Evgeny | 1.5 | 7.0 | 2.25 | 3.5 | 2593 | 2397 | -1.10 |
| 14 | Burmakin, Vladimir | 1.5 | 8.5 | 2.50 | 4.0 | 2571 | 2391 | -1.02 | |
| 18 | Riazantsev, Alexander | 1.5 | 8.5 | 1.75 | 3.5 | 2556 | 2444 | -0.62 | |
| 20 | Popov, Valerij | 1.5 | 8.5 | 3.00 | 4.5 | 2547 | 2480 | -0.38 | |
| 26 | Loginov, Valery A | 1.5 | 6.5 | 2.25 | 2.5 | 2516 | 2439 | -0.46 | |
| 27 | Dobrov, Vladimir | 1.5 | 8.0 | 2.75 | 4.0 | 2477 | 2510 | +0.14 | |
| 32 | Danin, Alexandre | 1.5 | 4.5 | 0.50 | 2.5 | 2332 | 2269 | -0.19 | |
| 31. | 23 | Kurnosov, Igor | 1.0 | 7.0 | 1.25 | 2.5 | 2543 | 2311 | -1.20 |
| 28 | Solovjov, Sergey I. | 1.0 | 6.5 | 1.25 | 3.0 | 2458 | 2375 | -0.40 | |
| 33 | Silivanov, Sergej | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 2.0 | 2291 | 1890 | -0.51 | |
| 34. | 34 | Shapovalenko, Maksim | 0.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0000 | 1749 | 1749 |
