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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 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 47  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Potkin vs A Rustemov  0-1412001Russian ChampionshipC07 French, Tarrasch
2. P Smirnov vs Motylev  0-1212001Russian ChampionshipD10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
3. A Galkin vs V Arbakov  0-1322001Russian ChampionshipB84 Sicilian, Scheveningen
4. A Potapov vs Pigusov  0-1552001Russian ChampionshipE20 Nimzo-Indian
5. V Zakhartsov vs Epishin 0-1442001Russian ChampionshipA04 Reti Opening
6. A Feoktistov vs Turov  0-1352001Russian ChampionshipB18 Caro-Kann, Classical
7. A Pridorozhni vs A Khasin 0-1222001Russian ChampionshipB72 Sicilian, Dragon
8. E Mantsinov vs V Diu  0-1392001Russian ChampionshipA08 King's Indian Attack
9. A Utnasunov vs P Smirnov  0-1442001Russian ChampionshipB30 Sicilian
10. A Rustemov vs K Chernyshov  0-1682001Russian ChampionshipE12 Queen's Indian
11. A Riazantsev vs V Malakhov 0-1672001Russian ChampionshipD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
12. D Frolov vs I Ibragimov  0-1592001Russian ChampionshipC47 Four Knights
13. V Bachin vs A Galkin  0-1372001Russian ChampionshipB12 Caro-Kann Defense
14. E Mantsinov vs V Bachin  0-1592001Russian ChampionshipA04 Reti Opening
15. N Pushkov vs S Shipov  0-1472001Russian ChampionshipD85 Grunfeld
16. A Timofeev vs M Kobalia  0-1802001Russian ChampionshipB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
17. Filippov vs V Burmakin  0-1442001Russian ChampionshipD15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
18. A Rustemov vs A Belozerov  0-1372001Russian ChampionshipA45 Queen's Pawn Game
19. S Volkov vs V Malakhov  0-1362001Russian ChampionshipD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
20. A Feoktistov vs A Riazantsev  0-1322001Russian ChampionshipC02 French, Advance
21. V Poddubnyi vs D Frolov  0-1522001Russian ChampionshipC67 Ruy Lopez
22. A Riazantsev vs K Aseev  0-1572001Russian ChampionshipE12 Queen's Indian
23. V Zakhartsov vs A Timofeev  0-1472001Russian ChampionshipB76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
24. A Utnasunov vs A Rustemov  0-1242001Russian ChampionshipD15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
25. V Arbakov vs Pigusov  0-1662001Russian ChampionshipA04 Reti Opening
 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 47  PGN Download
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