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One of the first tournaments held in Russia after the Corona crisis was a chess festival in Chelyabinsk. It was organised in memory of Igor Kurnosov, a Grandmaster from Chelyabinsk, who died on August 8, 2013, at the age of 28, in a car accident, and Alexander Panchenko, a Grandmaster and renowned trainer, who was also born in Chelyabinsk.
Surprise winner of the the strong Open was Semen Khanin. With 7.0/9 the International Master shared first place with GM Dmitry Kokarev and GM Maksim Chigaev but won on tiebreak.
In the following two games good opening preparation and energetic play brought him two quick wins with Black.
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | |
| 1 | 26 | IM | Khanin Semen | RUS | 2482 | 7,0 | 52,0 |
| 2 | 6 | GM | Kokarev Dmitry | RUS | 2611 | 7,0 | 51,5 |
| 3 | 11 | GM | Chigaev Maksim | RUS | 2588 | 7,0 | 48,0 |
| 4 | 3 | GM | Rakhmanov Aleksandr | RUS | 2645 | 6,5 | 51,5 |
| 5 | 8 | GM | Pridorozhni Aleksei | RUS | 2597 | 6,5 | 50,5 |
| 6 | 9 | GM | Lysyj Igor | RUS | 2594 | 6,5 | 48,5 |
| 7 | 5 | GM | Ponkratov Pavel | RUS | 2631 | 6,5 | 47,5 |
| 8 | 1 | GM | Predke Alexandr | RUS | 2684 | 6,5 | 47,5 |
| 9 | 12 | GM | Timofeev Artyom | RUS | 2580 | 6,5 | 46,0 |
| 10 | 2 | GM | Fedoseev Vladimir | RUS | 2678 | 6,0 | 53,0 |
| 11 | 14 | GM | Goganov Aleksey | RUS | 2565 | 6,0 | 50,5 |
| 12 | 42 | IM | Makhmutov Rail | RUS | 2416 | 6,0 | 49,5 |
| 13 | 18 | GM | Bocharov Dmitry | RUS | 2524 | 6,0 | 49,0 |
| 14 | 24 | IM | Afanasiev Nikita | RUS | 2507 | 6,0 | 48,5 |
| 15 | 40 | IM | Savitskiy Sergey | RUS | 2436 | 6,0 | 47,5 |
| 16 | 16 | GM | Shaposhnikov Evgeny | RUS | 2547 | 6,0 | 47,0 |
| 17 | 20 | GM | Demidov Mikhail | RUS | 2519 | 6,0 | 46,5 |
| 18 | 19 | GM | Stupak Kirill | BLR | 2520 | 6,0 | 46,0 |
| 19 | 4 | GM | Demchenko Anton | RUS | 2641 | 6,0 | 45,5 |
| 20 | 21 | Nesterov Arseniy | RUS | 2517 | 6,0 | 44,5 | |
| 21 | 22 | GM | Iljiushenok Ilia | RUS | 2516 | 6,0 | 44,0 |
| 22 | 27 | GM | Gleizerov Evgeny | RUS | 2481 | 6,0 | 40,0 |
| 23 | 37 | IM | Bryakin Mikhail | RUS | 2448 | 5,5 | 47,5 |
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The 28-year old Russian IM and WGM Anastasia Bodnaruk dominated the Women's Tournament. With 8.0/9 she finished clear first and distanced her rivals by 1½ points.
Anastasia Bodnaruk | Photo: Pascal Simon (Archive)
In the following two games she showed why opposite-coloured bishops favour the attacker in the middlegame.
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | |
| 1 | 1 | IM | Bodnaruk Anastasia | RUS | 2411 | 8,0 | 52,0 |
| 2 | 2 | WGM | Bivol Alina | RUS | 2386 | 6,5 | 54,0 |
| 3 | 17 | WFM | Zherebtsova Alexandra | RUS | 2187 | 6,5 | 51,0 |
| 4 | 5 | WGM | Tomilova Elena | RUS | 2353 | 6,5 | 50,0 |
| 5 | 20 | Khokhlova Daria | RUS | 2155 | 6,5 | 44,5 | |
| 6 | 7 | WGM | Voit Daria | RUS | 2343 | 6,0 | 52,5 |
| 7 | 12 | WGM | Maltsevskaya Aleksandra | RUS | 2272 | 6,0 | 49,5 |
| 8 | 3 | IM | Guseva Marina | RUS | 2378 | 6,0 | 48,5 |
| 9 | 9 | FM | Borisova Ekaterina | RUS | 2283 | 6,0 | 47,5 |
| 10 | 10 | WIM | Semenova Elena | RUS | 2283 | 6,0 | 45,0 |
| 11 | 8 | FM | Goltseva Ekaterina | RUS | 2306 | 5,5 | 47,0 |
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