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International Chess Festival |
The championship consisted of three groups: the main tournament “A”, group “B”, and children tournament “C” in which players under the age of 15 took part. The A Group was won by GMs Evgeniy Najer and Vasily Yemelin, with 7.5/9 points each.
GMs Evgeniy Najer and Vasily Yemelin, winners of the Moscow Open
Evgeniy Najer won on tiebreak and receives the 300,000 Ruble (€8700 or $11,300) first prize. Vasiliy Emelin came second, and there were a lot of challengers looking for third. In the end there was a tie for third place between Dmitry Svetushkin and Vladimir Malakhov.
Evgeniy Najer (right) at the start of his 7th round game against Vladimir
Malakhov
| Rk. | Ti | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 |
TB3 | Rp |
| 1 | GM | Najer Evgeniy | RUS | 2605 | 7.5 | 42.0 | 6 |
48.5 | 2803 |
| 2 | GM | Yemelin Vasily | RUS | 2539 | 7.5 | 37.0 | 6 |
45.0 | 2767 |
| 3 | GM | Svetushkin Dmitry | MDA | 2588 | 7.0 | 37.5 | 5 |
49.5 | 2728 |
| 4 | GM | Malakhov Vladimir | RUS | 2663 | 7.0 | 35.5 | 5 |
50.5 | 2786 |
| 5 | GM | Smirnov Pavel | RUS | 2621 | 7.0 | 34.5 | 6 |
46.5 | 2676 |
| 6 | GM | Vorobiov Evgeny E | RUS | 2563 | 7.0 | 33.5 | 6 |
44.5 | 2684 |
| 7 | GM | Kazhgaleyev Murtas | KAZ | 2579 | 7.0 | 33.0 | 5 |
45.0 | 2734 |
| 8 | GM | Dobrov Vladimir | RUS | 2479 | 7.0 | 32.5 | 6 |
42.5 | 2665 |
| 9 | GM | Aleksandrov Aleksej | BLR | 2601 | 7.0 | 31.5 | 6 |
41.5 | 2657 |
| 10 | IM | Askarov Marat | RUS | 2487 | 6.5 | 35.5 | 5 |
50.5 | 2693 |
| 11 | GM | Riazantsev Alexander | RUS | 2629 | 6.5 | 35.5 | 5 |
47.5 | 2657 |
| 12 | GM | Amonatov Farrukh | TJK | 2559 | 6.5 | 35.5 | 5 |
46.0 | 2615 |
| IM | Ulko Jaroslav | RUS | 2460 | 6.5 | 35.5 | 5 |
46.0 | 2640 | |
| 14 | GM | Yakovich Yuri | RUS | 2577 | 6.5 | 34.5 | 4 |
45.5 | 2632 |
| 15 | GM | Korotylev Alexey | RUS | 2615 | 6.5 | 33.5 | 4 |
46.5 | 2663 |
| 16 | GM | Zvjaginsev Vadim | RUS | 2658 | 6.5 | 33.0 | 4 |
46.5 | 2695 |
| 17 | GM | Ionov Sergey | RUS | 2522 | 6.5 | 32.5 | 6 |
43.5 | 2660 |
| 18 | IM | Chuprov Dmitry | RUS | 2534 | 6.5 | 32.5 | 5 |
42.0 | 2616 |
| 19 | GM | Lastin Alexander | RUS | 2583 | 6.5 | 32.0 | 5 |
47.0 | 2638 |
Now comes the interesting part: Group B (and please note: not the children's section) was won by Illya Nyzhnyk, who scored 8.5/9 points with a 2633 performance. The point is that this Ukrainian player, nominally rated 2217, is just ten years old! We are going to have to watch the boy carefully, and even learn to pronounce his name.
Illya Nyzhnyk, UKR, playing in the Boy's Under 10 at the European Youth
Chess Championships in Herceg Novi, Serbia and Montenegro in September 2005.
Newer pictures are not currently available, but we have a link to a video showing
the 10-year-old in action.
Knee-high to a grasshopper and already giving simuls: Illya Nyzhnyk
| Rk. | Ti | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | Rp |
| 1 | Nyzhnyk Illya | UKR | 2217 | 8.5 | 2633 | |
| 2 | Fokin Sergey | RUS | 2169 | 8.0 | 2511 | |
| 3 | FM | Tchernyi Viktor | RUS | 2236 | 7.5 | 2363 |
| 4 | Morozov Grigoriy | RUS | 2210 | 7.5 | 2384 | |
| 5 | Kavalenia Leonid | RUS | 2267 | 7.5 | 2408 | |
| 6 | Nguyen Viet Tuong | VIE | 2250 | 7.0 | 2388 | |
| 7 | Pechnikov Artiom | RUS | 2215 | 7.0 | 2310 | |
| 8 | Masalov Andrey | RUS | 2246 | 7.0 | 2361 | |
| 9 | Bronnikov Konstantin | RUS | 2168 | 7.0 | 2330 | |
| 10 | WIM | Chasovnikova Eugenia | RUS | 2274 | 7.0 | 2360 |
| 11 | FM | Erzhanov Arman | RUS | 2276 | 7.0 | 2313 |
| 12 | Nazarov Nikolay | RUS | 2291 | 7.0 | 2342 | |
| 13 | FM | Merezhko Igor | RUS | 2249 | 7.0 | 2383 |
| 14 | Belousov Danila | RUS | 2297 | 7.0 | 2329 |
There is a special section with a lot of photos on the official web site. Normally we complain about missing captions, which is a terrible waste of good photo reports. This time our Russian colleagues have done an exceptional job of describing the contents of the pictures. The captions are imaginative, informative and humorous. And the English is adventurous – sometimes hilarious. But don't let that put you off. An extended visit to the round-by-round photo is definitely worth your while.
