Located in Voronezh, a city south of Moscow in Russia, the 18th Alekhine Memorial is taking place, constituting a festival, with a rapid tournament, a blitz tournament, a Fischer Random event, and of course two opens, the FIDE event and the Master open. In spite of the schedule that slightly overlapped with the Russian Higher League, meaning that the strongest players had to choose between this pleasant open, or a chance to qualify for the Super Final, this is still Russia. That means that this event with a 'poorer' participation, still brings over 25 grandmasters, and just as many masters.
12-year-old FM Andrey Episenko is on 2.5/5 with a 2411 performance
Alexander Predke (2491) is closing in on the GM norm with 3.5/5 and a 2585 performance.
It bears mentioning this 20-year-old player is titleless.
IM Sergey Pavlov, playing Artemiev, is the only player to extract a half point from the leader
The festival billboard with the schedule of activities
The top seed is Ivan Popov (2650 Elo), followed by rising star Vladislav Artemiev (2647), Dmitry Kokarev (2628), Alexander Khalifman (2617), Aleksandr Rakhmanov (2614), and Artyom Timofeev (2603). After five rounds of nine, Pavel Ponkratov and Vladislav Artemiev lead with 4.5/5 and 2800+ performances.
Pavel Ponkratov (2595) is the leader with 4.5/5
Sharing the lead is teenager Vladislav Artemiev
16-year-old Artemiev, who recently qualified for the World Cup from the European Individual Championship, and whose rating has grown nearly 150 Elo in the last year, has been in great form. Here is a powerful win from round two:
Thierry Bonferroni, from Switzerland, is playing in his first Russian tournament. It probably
doesn't help that he is the third lowest rated player in the Master section. On the bright
side, what a field he gets to face!
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Rk
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SNo
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Ti.
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Name
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FED
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Rtg
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Pts
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Perf
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1
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9
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GM
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PONKRATOV Pavel |
RUS
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2595
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4.5
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2837
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2
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2
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GM
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ARTEMIEV Vladislav |
RUS
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2647
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4.5
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2824
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3
|
46
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IM
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PONOMAREV Dmitry |
RUS
|
2396
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4.0
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2712
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4
|
29
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GM
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NOSENKO Alexander |
UKR
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2492
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4.0
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2673
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5
|
21
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GM
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ZONTAKH Andrey |
UKR
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2533
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4.0
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2669
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6
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13
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GM
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FEDOROV Alexei |
BLR
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2574
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4.0
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2643
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7
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25
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GM
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LEON HOYOS Manuel |
MEX
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2515
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4.0
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2641
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8
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16
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GM
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BRODSKY Michail |
UKR
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2556
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4.0
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2629
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9
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18
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GM
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TUKHAEV Adam |
UKR
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2547
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3.5
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2628
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|
10
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3
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GM
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KOKAREV Dmitry |
RUS
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2628
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3.5
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2613
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11
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1
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GM
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POPOV Ivan |
RUS
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2650
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3.5
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2594
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12
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6
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GM
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TIMOFEEV Artyom |
RUS
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2603
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3.5
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2585
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|
|
32
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PREDKE Alexandr |
RUS
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2491
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3.5
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2585
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14
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5
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GM
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RAKHMANOV Aleksandr |
RUS
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2614
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3.5
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2583
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15
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33
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IM
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PAVLOV Sergey |
UKR
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2470
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3.5
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2568
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16
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34
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FM
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ALEKSEENKO Kirill |
RUS
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2464
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3.5
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2561
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17
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36
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IM
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PARAVYAN David |
RUS
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2433
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3.5
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2546
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18
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38
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IM
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ULKO Jaroslav |
RUS
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2422
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3.5
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2529
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19
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24
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IM
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PRIZANT Jaroslav |
RUS
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2516
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3.5
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2524
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20
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4
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GM
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KHALIFMAN Alexander |
RUS
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2617
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3.5
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2490
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