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Russian Championship Tournament

Alexander Motylev6.5/9(+4 -0 =5)[games]
Alexander Lastin6.5/9(+4 -0 =5)[games]
Andrei Kharlov6/9(+3 -0 =6)[games]
Konstantin Chernyshov5.5/9(+3 -1 =5)[games]
Vladimir Malakhov5.5/9(+3 -1 =5)[games]
Evgeny Pigusov5.5/9(+2 -0 =7)[games]
Maxim Turov5.5/9(+2 -0 =7)[games]
Pavel Smirnov5.5/9(+4 -2 =3)[games]
Vladimir Epishin5.5/9(+3 -1 =5)[games]
Valentin Arbakov5.5/9(+5 -3 =1)[games]
Evgeny Najer5.5/9(+2 -0 =7)[games]
Sergey Ionov5.5/9(+3 -1 =5)[games]
Alexander Galkin5.5/9(+3 -1 =5)[games]
Alexei Bezgodov5.5/9(+2 -0 =7)[games]
Mikhail Kobalia5.5/9(+4 -2 =3)[games]
Vladimir Burmakin5.5/9(+4 -2 =3)[games]
Alexander Volzhin5.5/9(+3 -1 =5)[games]
Alexander Vaulin5.5/9(+4 -2 =3)[games]
Konstantin Aseev5.5/9(+3 -1 =5)[games]
Sergey Volkov5.5/9(+3 -1 =5)[games]
Sergei Shipov5/9(+3 -2 =4)[games]
Yuri Balashov5/9(+2 -1 =6)[games]
Semen I Dvoirys5/9(+3 -2 =4)[games]
Alexei Iljushin5/9(+3 -2 =4)[games]
Dmitry Jakovenko5/9(+1 -0 =8)[games]
Marat Makarov5/9(+3 -2 =4)[games]
Alexander Rustemov4.5/9(+4 -4 =1)[games]
Andrey Shariyazdanov4.5/9(+2 -2 =5)[games]
Sergey Dolmatov4.5/9(+2 -2 =5)[games]
Ildar Ibragimov4.5/9(+1 -1 =7)[games]
Yuri Yakovich4.5/9(+2 -2 =5)[games]
Nikolai Pushkov4.5/9(+2 -2 =5)[games]
* (60 players total; 28 players not shown. Click here for longer list.)

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Russian Championship (2001)

The 54th Russian Championship tournament was a 60-player 9-round Swiss held in Elista, Russia, 30 April - 8 May 2001. Time control: 75 minutes for the first 40 moves, then 15 more minutes to the end of the game, with 30 seconds added per move from move 1. Announced prize fund: USD 30.000. Games started at 4 pm local time. Chief arbiter: Arkady Vasiliev. Number of games played: 270.

Alexander Motylev won on tiebreak ahead of Lastin, both with 6.5/9. Kharlov was 3rd with 6/9. The top 17 players (by truncated Buchholz score for those with 5.5 points) qualified for participation in the European Championship (2001).

Sources

Official site: https://web.archive.org/web/2001051...
Regulations: https://web.archive.org/web/2001051...
Chess Siberia: http://www.chessib.com/54rusfinst.h...
KC news: https://web.archive.org/web/2001051...
TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi...
FIDE: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament...

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 page 2 of 11; games 26-50 of 270  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
26. A Feoktistov vs Turov  0-1352001Russian ChampionshipB18 Caro-Kann, Classical
27. A Pridorozhni vs A Khasin 0-1222001Russian ChampionshipB72 Sicilian, Dragon
28. O Chebotarev vs A Iljushin  1-0262001Russian ChampionshipB31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
29. V Poddubnyi vs A Volzhin  ½-½422001Russian ChampionshipB22 Sicilian, Alapin
30. E Mantsinov vs V Diu  0-1392001Russian ChampionshipA08 King's Indian Attack
31. A Khasin vs Kharlov  ½-½102001Russian ChampionshipA20 English
32. A Vaulin vs A Lastin  ½-½212001Russian ChampionshipA13 English
33. A Rustemov vs K Chernyshov  0-1682001Russian ChampionshipE12 Queen's Indian
34. Motylev vs Jakovenko  ½-½412001Russian ChampionshipC45 Scotch Game
35. Pigusov vs S Ionov  ½-½332001Russian ChampionshipA14 English
36. Epishin vs S Beshukov  1-0632001Russian ChampionshipD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
37. V Arbakov vs Dvoirys 1-0442001Russian ChampionshipA32 English, Symmetrical Variation
38. Turov vs O Chebotarev  1-0272001Russian ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
39. V Diu vs A Bezgodov  ½-½392001Russian ChampionshipD32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
40. S Shipov vs A Belozerov  1-0732001Russian ChampionshipE39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation
41. A Riazantsev vs V Malakhov 0-1672001Russian ChampionshipD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
42. M Makarov vs E Najer  ½-½282001Russian ChampionshipD73 Neo-Grunfeld, 5.Nf3
43. I Zakharevich vs M Kobalia  1-0232001Russian ChampionshipD15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
44. Dolmatov vs V Burmakin 1-0542001Russian ChampionshipC10 French
45. V Loginov vs Balashov  ½-½232001Russian ChampionshipD78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6
46. D Frolov vs I Ibragimov  0-1592001Russian ChampionshipC47 Four Knights
47. A Karpatchev vs Yakovich  ½-½432001Russian ChampionshipB22 Sicilian, Alapin
48. Sveshnikov vs Tomashevsky ½-½532001Russian ChampionshipB02 Alekhine's Defense
49. N Pushkov vs V Poddubnyi  1-0462001Russian ChampionshipD08 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit
50. E Inarkiev vs S Volkov  ½-½462001Russian ChampionshipD12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
 page 2 of 11; games 26-50 of 270  PGN Download
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