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In the main event, there is little to say other than to tip one's hat to Inarkiev's fantastic 8.0/9. It was not without a bit of good fortune, but he earned it, no question. Consider his last round win against Russian champion.
Yes, he was 'lucky' that Lysyj missed Kf6, but on the other hand, Lysyj was defending a difficult position in which he was not exactly swimming in options.
Ukrainian Anton Korobov took second on tiebreak with 7.0/9
Spaniard Fracisco Vallejo Pons took third with 7.0/9 and earned a few Elo as well
IM Sagar Shah spotted a very entertaining attacking miniature and annotated it.
The winners of Open A, on the podium: Korobov (second), Inarkiev (first), and Vallejo Pons (third)
|
Rk
|
SNo
|
Ti.
|
Name
|
FED
|
Rtg
|
Pts
|
rtg+/-
|
|
1
|
7
|
GM
|
Inarkiev Ernesto | RUS |
2675
|
8.0
|
23.5
|
|
2
|
4
|
GM
|
Korobov Anton | UKR |
2687
|
7.0
|
6.7
|
|
3
|
2
|
GM
|
Vallejo Pons Francisco | ESP |
2706
|
7.0
|
3.9
|
|
4
|
11
|
GM
|
Petrosian Tigran L. | ARM |
2663
|
7.0
|
7.7
|
|
5
|
12
|
GM
|
Artemiev Vladislav | RUS |
2659
|
7.0
|
4.6
|
|
6
|
1
|
GM
|
Nepomniachtchi Ian | RUS |
2714
|
6.5
|
-0.4
|
|
7
|
9
|
GM
|
Grachev Boris | RUS |
2670
|
6.5
|
2.9
|
|
8
|
18
|
GM
|
Volkov Sergey | RUS |
2618
|
6.5
|
2.4
|
|
9
|
14
|
GM
|
Mamedov Rauf | AZE |
2642
|
6.5
|
7.6
|
|
10
|
27
|
GM
|
Grigoriants Sergey | RUS |
2567
|
6.5
|
6.5
|
|
11
|
13
|
GM
|
Kokarev Dmitry | RUS |
2645
|
6.5
|
-1.5
|
|
12
|
56
|
IM
|
Sanal Vahap | TUR |
2460
|
6.5
|
26.9
|
|
13
|
15
|
GM
|
Khairullin Ildar | RUS |
2629
|
6.5
|
1.2
|
|
14
|
8
|
GM
|
Khismatullin Denis | RUS |
2673
|
6.5
|
-3.4
|
|
15
|
23
|
GM
|
Shimanov Aleksandr | RUS |
2591
|
6.5
|
-0.3
|
|
16
|
76
|
IM
|
Usmanov Vasily | RUS |
2414
|
6.5
|
24.5
|
|
17
|
32
|
GM
|
Megaranto Susanto | INA |
2548
|
6.5
|
3.9
|
|
18
|
34
|
GM
|
Xiu Deshun | CHN |
2543
|
6.0
|
13.7
|
|
19
|
33
|
GM
|
Pridorozhni Aleksei | RUS |
2545
|
6.0
|
6.5
|
|
20
|
42
|
GM
|
Kharchenko Boris | UKR |
2483
|
6.0
|
18.5
|
Chinese WGM Lei Tingjie also had a fantastic tournament, winning with 8.0/9 much like Inarkiev,
and a full point ahead of the rest.
As the top seed and early leader, it was a bitter blow for Goryachkina to
not take first, but two draws at the end were not enough to keep pace
with her rival, and she had to settle for second
For journalist WGM Elmira Mirzoeva it was a rise from the ashes as she
showed here ability, taking third in spite of being only 23rd on the start
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Gr | FED | Rtg | Pts. | rtg+/- | |
| 1 | 2 | WGM | Lei Tingjie | CHN | 2429 | 8.0 | 14.6 | |
| 2 | 1 | WGM | Goryachkina Aleksandra | RUS | 2451 | 7.0 | 5.0 | |
| 3 | 23 | WGM | Mirzoeva Elmira | RUS | 2220 | 7.0 | 49.0 | |
| 4 | 35 | WFM | Tokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim | UZB | 2181 | 7.0 | 98.8 | |
| 5 | 11 | IM | Ovod Evgenija | RUS | 2324 | 7.0 | 0.7 | |
| 6 | 6 | IM | Guseva Marina | RUS | 2375 | 6.5 | 3.5 | |
| 7 | 3 | WGM | Szczepkowska-Horowska Karina | POL | 2415 | 6.5 | -2.0 | |
| 8 | 44 | WFM | Bayarmaa Bayarjargal | MGL | 2134 | 6.5 | 58.4 | |
| 9 | 7 | WGM | Charochkina Daria | RUS | 2370 | 6.5 | -7.0 | |
| 10 | 8 | WIM | Bivol Alina | RUS | 2355 | 6.5 | -4.6 | |
| 11 | 10 | FM | Pustovoitova Daria | RUS | 2334 | 6.5 | 4.6 | |
| 12 | 12 | IM | Vasilevich Irina | RUS | 2320 | 6.5 | -4.1 | |
| 13 | 26 | WIM | Schepetkova Margarita | RUS | 2216 | 6.0 | 39.0 | |
| 14 | 38 | WCM | Hojjatova Aydan | AZE | 2170 | 6.0 | 83.6 | |
| 15 | 24 | WIM | Matveeva Olga | RUS | 2220 | 6.0 | 12.0 | |
| 16 | 13 | WGM | Maisuradze Nino | FRA | 2310 | 6.0 | -9.6 | |
| 17 | 17 | WIM | Ibrahimova Sabina | AZE | 2273 | 6.0 | 8.0 | |
| 18 | 9 | WGM | Nakhbayeva Guliskhan | KAZ | 2344 | 6.0 | -7.8 | |
| 19 | 49 | WIM | Baraeva Irina | RUS | 2105 | 6.0 | 34.6 | |
| 20 | 15 | IM | Galojan Lilit | ARM | 2283 | 6.0 | -6.2 | |
| 21 | 5 | IM | Bodnaruk Anastasia | RUS | 2402 | 6.0 | -17.7 | |
| 22 | 45 | WFM | Pavlova Kseniia | RUS | 2132 | 6.0 | -2.8 | |
| 23 | 21 | WIM | Dordzhieva Dinara | RUS | 2244 | 5.5 | -14.0 | |
| 39 | WFM | Smirnova Ekaterina | RUS | 2161 | 5.5 | 57.6 | ||
| 25 | 28 | WFM | Petrukhina Irina | RUS | 2210 | 5.5 | 3.4 |
Despite being neither the highest rated in the sub-2300 Open C event, much less the youngest,
54-year-old Sergey Galakhov stormed away with the event with 8.5/9, allowing a draw only at the end
|
Rk
|
SNo
|
Ti.
|
Name
|
Fed
|
Rtg
|
Pts
|
Perf
|
| 1 | 23 | Galakhov Sergey | RUS |
2236
|
8.5
|
2551
|
|
| 2 | 22 | Denishev Marat | RUS |
2236
|
7.5
|
2397
|
|
| 3 | 11 | FM | Manukyan Sargis V. | ARM |
2262
|
7.5
|
2424
|
| 4 | 16 | Alkaev Roman | RUS |
2246
|
7.5
|
2395
|
|
| 5 | 2 | FM | Bazarov Konstantin | RUS |
2298
|
7.0
|
2401
|
| 6 | 5 | FM | Vlassow Valentin | RUS |
2284
|
7.0
|
2392
|
| 7 | 34 | Kolmakov Pavel | RUS |
2206
|
7.0
|
2316
|
|
| 8 | 49 | Konaplev Anton | RUS |
2175
|
7.0
|
2393
|
|
| 9 | 24 | FM | Erzhanov Arman | KAZ |
2235
|
7.0
|
2316
|
| 10 | 64 | Kovalev Vitaly | RUS |
2147
|
7.0
|
2271
|
By the sixth round, IM Evgeni Dragomarezkij had caught up with the early leader, Evgeny
Sveshnikov, and by round eight he took the lead to finish clear first with 7.5/9
Top seed GM Evgeny Sveshnikov slowed at the end, and took second
|
Rk
|
SNo
|
Ti.
|
Name
|
Fed
|
Rtg
|
Pts
|
rtg+/-
|
| 1 | 5 | IM | Dragomarezkij Evgeni | RUS | 2368 | 7.5 | 13.2 |
| 2 | 1 | GM | Sveshnikov Evgeny | LAT | 2514 | 7.0 | -2.8 |
| 3 | 8 | IM | Mishuchkov Nikolai M. | RUS | 2311 | 7.0 | 9.7 |
| 4 | 40 | Kolokolov Yuriy | RUS | 2074 | 7.0 | 56.8 | |
| 5 | 3 | GM | Balashov Yuri S | RUS | 2432 | 7.0 | -3.2 |
| 6 | 27 | Karmov Mazhmudin | RUS | 2162 | 7.0 | 42.8 | |
| 7 | 2 | IM | Kalegin Evgenij | RUS | 2464 | 6.5 | -6.8 |
| 8 | 6 | IM | Kremenietsky Anatoly M. | RUS | 2333 | 6.5 | 0.1 |
| 9 | 13 | Skorodumov Vladimir | RUS | 2250 | 6.5 | 16.4 | |
| 10 | 11 | FM | Zilbert Oleg | RUS | 2264 | 6.5 | 12.8 |
The student round-robin invitational was mostly fought be top-seed Daniil
Dubov, and the winner Samvel Ter-Sahakyan who took first with 6.0/9
Irene Sukandar from Indonesia ran away with the female student invitational, finishing first
with 7.5/9, a full two points ahead of second place finisher Alina Kashlinskaya
Polina Rodionova did not have the best event, but she did leave with a win of her own
The trophy and bouquet awaiting the winners
Photos by Galina Popova and Eteri Kublashvili
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