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Apart from tournament winner Maksim Chigaev, Mikhail Antipov, Vladimir Fedoseev, Alexey Goganov and Andrey Esipenko qualified for the Superfinal. But number one seed Vladislav Artemiev did not really find his rhythm in this tournament and finished tenth and failed to qualify for the Superfinal.
Two women started in the Open section: Aleksandra Goryachkina and Polina Shuvalova. With 5½/9 Goryachkina had one point less than Chigaev and finished 12th. Shuvalova scored 4½/9 and also had a good tournament.
The 23-year old Chigaev started with 5.0/6, and then finished with three draws to safely qualify for the Superfinal. In round six Chigaev scored a crucial win with Black against Mikhail Antipov, and showed why the pawn on e4 can become a target in the Italian.
Maksim Chigaev
| Rk. | Snr | Name | EloI | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 16 | GM | Chigaev Maksim | 2598 | 6,5 | 47,5 | 44,5 | 4 |
| 2 | 20 | GM | Antipov Mikhail Al. | 2591 | 6,0 | 49,5 | 45,0 | 4 |
| 3 | 5 | GM | Fedoseev Vladimir | 2674 | 6,0 | 48,5 | 44,0 | 3 |
| 4 | 23 | GM | Goganov Aleksey | 2573 | 6,0 | 47,5 | 44,5 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | GM | Esipenko Andrey | 2682 | 6,0 | 47,0 | 43,0 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | GM | Predke Alexandr | 2676 | 6,0 | 46,0 | 42,5 | 4 |
| 7 | 17 | GM | Sakaev Konstantin | 2596 | 6,0 | 44,0 | 42,0 | 3 |
| 8 | 7 | GM | Paravyan David | 2653 | 6,0 | 41,5 | 38,5 | 6 |
| 9 | 8 | GM | Rakhmanov Aleksandr | 2646 | 5,5 | 47,5 | 44,0 | 3 |
| 10 | 1 | GM | Artemiev Vladislav | 2716 | 5,5 | 47,0 | 43,5 | 2 |
| 11 | 19 | GM | Lysyj Igor | 2593 | 5,5 | 46,5 | 42,5 | 2 |
| 12 | 22 | GM | Goryachkina Aleksandra | 2582 | 5,5 | 42,0 | 39,5 | 3 |
| 13 | 28 | IM | Lobanov Sergei | 2510 | 5,5 | 42,0 | 39,0 | 4 |
| 14 | 15 | GM | Khismatullin Denis | 2604 | 5,5 | 41,5 | 38,5 | 2 |
| 15 | 11 | GM | Ponkratov Pavel | 2628 | 5,0 | 47,0 | 43,5 | 2 |
| 16 | 27 | GM | Iljiushenok Ilia | 2515 | 5,0 | 45,0 | 41,0 | 3 |
| 17 | 12 | GM | Alekseev Evgeny | 2626 | 5,0 | 43,5 | 40,5 | 3 |
| 18 | 26 | Sviridov Valery | 2558 | 5,0 | 43,0 | 40,0 | 3 | |
| 19 | 38 | FM | Gaifullin Artur | 2440 | 5,0 | 43,0 | 39,5 | 3 |
| 20 | 10 | GM | Demchenko Anton | 2632 | 5,0 | 42,5 | 39,0 | 3 |
| 21 | 9 | GM | Riazantsev Alexander | 2638 | 5,0 | 41,5 | 38,5 | 3 |
| 22 | 24 | GM | Rozum Ivan | 2566 | 5,0 | 39,5 | 37,5 | 3 |
| 23 | 13 | GM | Zvjaginsev Vadim | 2617 | 5,0 | 37,0 | 35,0 | 3 |
| 24 | 6 | GM | Sarana Alexey | 2657 | 5,0 | 36,5 | 33,5 | 3 |
| 25 | 4 | GM | Sjugirov Sanan | 2675 | 4,5 | 46,5 | 43,0 | 2 |
| 26 | 18 | GM | Pridorozhni Aleksei | 2596 | 4,5 | 45,0 | 42,5 | 2 |
| 27 | 30 | IM | Zabotin Alexander | 2486 | 4,5 | 41,0 | 38,5 | 2 |
| 28 | 25 | GM | Lintchevski Daniil | 2559 | 4,5 | 39,5 | 37,5 | 1 |
| 29 | 37 | IM | Shuvalova Polina | 2441 | 4,5 | 39,5 | 37,0 | 3 |
| 30 | 21 | GM | Yuffa Daniil | 2583 | 4,5 | 37,5 | 34,5 | 3 |
| 31 | 14 | GM | Kobalia Mikhail | 2614 | 4,5 | 34,0 | 31,0 | 2 |
| 32 | 35 | IM | Pogosyan Stefan | 2442 | 4,5 | 31,5 | 29,5 | 3 |
| 33 | 32 | IM | Samusenko Maksim | 2459 | 4,0 | 45,5 | 41,5 | 2 |
| 34 | 31 | IM | Murzin Volodar | 2465 | 4,0 | 43,5 | 39,5 | 1 |
| 35 | 43 | FM | Ovchinnikov Vsevolod | 2349 | 4,0 | 42,0 | 38,0 | 1 |
| 36 | 44 | FM | Rodchenkov Vitaly | 2321 | 4,0 | 32,0 | 30,0 | 2 |
| 37 | 34 | IM | Kardashevskiy Evgeny | 2449 | 4,0 | 31,5 | 29,5 | 2 |
| 38 | 36 | IM | Makarian Rudik | 2441 | 3,5 | 40,0 | 37,0 | 2 |
| 39 | 29 | GM | Nesterov Arseniy | 2510 | 3,5 | 39,5 | 36,5 | 2 |
| 40 | 51 | FM | Klimentov Evgeny | 2222 | 3,5 | 38,5 | 35,5 | 1 |
| 41 | 41 | FM | Obgolts Erik | 2376 | 3,5 | 37,0 | 34,5 | 2 |
| 42 | 45 | FM | Stukan Martin | 2316 | 3,5 | 36,5 | 34,5 | 2 |
| 43 | 33 | IM | Belyakov Bogdan | 2458 | 3,5 | 36,5 | 33,5 | 1 |
| 44 | 46 | FM | Nazaretyan Tigran | 2308 | 3,5 | 33,0 | 31,0 | 2 |
| 45 | 50 | Tugarin Anton | 2224 | 3,5 | 33,0 | 30,5 | 1 | |
| 46 | 40 | FM | Rodin Dmitrij | 2388 | 3,5 | 31,0 | 29,0 | 0 |
| 47 | 39 | GM | Lugovskoy Maxim | 2420 | 3,0 | 37,5 | 35,5 | 1 |
| 48 | 48 | FM | Saidov Bilukhadzh | 2259 | 3,0 | 35,5 | 33,5 | 2 |
| 49 | 47 | FM | Ibadov Dashgyn | 2296 | 3,0 | 35,5 | 33,0 | 1 |
| 50 | 42 | FM | Sergeyev Alexander | 2374 | 2,5 | 34,5 | 32,5 | 1 |
| 51 | 49 | Bimiev Ahmad | 2252 | 2,5 | 32,5 | 30,5 | 0 |
The winners of the Women's Tournament | Photo: Vladimir Barsky
Valentina Gunina and Anastasia Bodnaruk were the top seeds in the Women's Tournament but only Gunina was able to live up to her role as favourite. She dominated the field from beginning to end and finished clear first, 1½ points ahead of her closest rival, Marina Guseva. Apart from Gunina and Guseva, Leya Garifullina, Yulia Grigorieva and Tatyana Getman also qualified for the Superfinal, which is to take place in December.
| Rk. | Snr | Name | EloI | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 1 | GM | Gunina Valentina | 2431 | 8,0 | 49,0 | 46,0 | 8 |
| 2 | 5 | IM | Guseva Marina | 2377 | 6,5 | 45,0 | 42,5 | 5 |
| 3 | 12 | WGM | Garifullina Leya | 2335 | 6,0 | 46,5 | 43,5 | 3 |
| 4 | 25 | WFM | Grigorieva Yulia | 2237 | 6,0 | 46,5 | 43,0 | 5 |
| 5 | 19 | WFM | Getman Tatyana | 2271 | 6,0 | 44,0 | 41,5 | 4 |
| 6 | 4 | IM | Kovalevskaya Ekaterina | 2384 | 6,0 | 43,0 | 41,5 | 5 |
| 7 | 10 | WGM | Dordzhieva Dinara | 2354 | 6,0 | 37,5 | 34,5 | 4 |
| 8 | 17 | FM | Goltseva Ekaterina | 2294 | 5,5 | 47,5 | 45,0 | 3 |
| 9 | 11 | WGM | Voit Daria | 2343 | 5,5 | 45,0 | 41,0 | 4 |
| 10 | 22 | WIM | Schepetkova Margarita | 2257 | 5,0 | 49,0 | 46,0 | 5 |
| 11 | 13 | WGM | Kovanova Baira | 2324 | 5,0 | 45,0 | 42,0 | 3 |
| 12 | 16 | WFM | Shafigullina Zarina | 2296 | 5,0 | 44,5 | 43,0 | 3 |
| 13 | 15 | WGM | Belenkaya Dina | 2297 | 5,0 | 43,0 | 40,5 | 5 |
| 14 | 27 | WFM | Nasyrova Ekaterina | 2171 | 5,0 | 41,5 | 38,5 | 4 |
| 15 | 2 | IM | Bodnaruk Anastasia | 2428 | 5,0 | 39,5 | 36,5 | 3 |
| 16 | 18 | WIM | Semenova Elena | 2284 | 5,0 | 39,0 | 36,5 | 4 |
| 17 | 30 | WFM | Garmash Aliona | 2093 | 5,0 | 38,5 | 36,0 | 4 |
| 18 | 24 | WGM | Paramzina Anastasya | 2237 | 4,5 | 45,5 | 43,0 | 3 |
| 19 | 3 | WGM | Bivol Alina | 2393 | 4,5 | 44,5 | 41,5 | 3 |
| 20 | 6 | WFM | Gritsayeva Oksana | 2373 | 4,5 | 40,5 | 37,5 | 2 |
| 21 | 23 | WFM | Lysenko Margarita | 2239 | 4,5 | 40,0 | 38,5 | 2 |
| 22 | 9 | IM | Charochkina Daria | 2356 | 4,5 | 36,0 | 33,5 | 4 |
| 23 | 21 | WFM | Yakimova Mariya | 2269 | 4,0 | 43,0 | 40,5 | 2 |
| 24 | 20 | WIM | Potapova Margarita | 2270 | 4,0 | 42,5 | 38,5 | 2 |
| 25 | 14 | WIM | Solozhenkina Elizaveta | 2301 | 4,0 | 40,0 | 37,5 | 2 |
| 26 | 29 | WFM | Miroshnik Ekaterina | 2104 | 4,0 | 36,5 | 34,0 | 4 |
| 27 | 37 | Komissarova Soigina | 1780 | 4,0 | 36,0 | 33,5 | 2 | |
| 28 | 31 | WFM | Kochukova Anna | 2093 | 4,0 | 34,5 | 33,0 | 3 |
| 29 | 7 | IM | Ovod Evgenija | 2372 | 4,0 | 32,5 | 30,0 | 2 |
| 30 | 26 | WFM | Bykova Anastasia | 2215 | 3,5 | 44,0 | 40,0 | 2 |
| 31 | 32 | WFM | Mironenko Galina | 2061 | 3,0 | 37,0 | 35,5 | 1 |
| 32 | 28 | WFM | Gorovenko Darya | 2120 | 3,0 | 36,0 | 33,5 | 1 |
| 33 | 33 | WFM | Mukhina Jana | 2025 | 3,0 | 32,0 | 29,5 | 1 |
| 34 | 36 | Makarova Olga | 1875 | 2,5 | 34,5 | 33,0 | 0 | |
| 35 | 35 | Salakhova Adelya | 1885 | 2,5 | 33,5 | 32,0 | 1 | |
| 36 | 8 | IM | Vasilevich Tatjana | 2360 | 2,0 | 36,0 | 33,0 | 1 |
| 37 | 34 | Berezina Mariya | 1982 | 1,5 | 33,0 | 30,5 | 0 |
