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Russian Individual Championship (Semi-Final)The Russian Championship Qualifier will be staged in in Kazan from September 2nd – 12th, 2005. The event is a nine-round Swiss tournament. The first round is on September 3rd, the last on September 11th, with the games starting at 15:00h Moscow time (13:00h CEST, 7:00 a.m. NY). The final round begins two hours earlier.
Time controls are 100 minutes for 40 moves, then 50 minutes for 20 moves and 10 minutes for the rest of the game. There is a 30 seconds increment after each move, from the first move on. The prize fund is US $100,000.
Kazan is in the Republic of Tatarstan, approximately 700 km east of Moscow.
The population of Tatarstan is close to four million. of which more than 50%
are ethnic Tatar.
Downtown Kazan is divided in two by Bolaq channel and the Qaban lake
Petropavlovski Cathedra dates back to 18th century
There are 66 players in the Kazan Semi-Finals. The first seven will qualify for the Super-Final, which is scheduled to take place from December 2nd – 16th, 2005 and will include Svidler, Morozevich, Grischuk and Dreev.
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