The 2013 Corporation Cup is taking place on 12th-21st July in the region of Samara in Russia.
Besides the main tournament, there are age categories tournaments for boys and girls Under-9, Under-11 and Under-13. The promotion of chess among children is key in these Russian events.
The event is a 9 round Swiss open with a time control of 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes to finish the game and 30 seconds increments from the first move.
114 players registered to participate in the open section. Aleksej Aleksandrov from Belarus is the first seed, followed by Farrukh Amonatov from Tajikistan, Dmitry Kokarev from Russia and Igor Kovalenko from Latvia.
The prize fund of the festival has been increased compared to the previous year and amounted to 800,000 rubles.
Participants (top seeds):
1 Aleksandrov, Aleksej BLR 2637
2 Amonatov, Farrukh TJK 2637
3 Kokarev, Dmitry RUS 2630
4 Kovalenko, Igor LAT 2621
5 Ponkratov, Pavel RUS 2605
6 Shariyazdanov, Andrey RUS 2584
7 Fedorov, Alexei BLR 2578
8 Gabrielian, Artur RUS 2544
9 Bukavshin, Ivan RUS 2517
10 Kharchenko, Boris UKR 2506
11 Kharlov, Andrei RUS 2504
12 Predke, Alexandr RUS 2492
13 Looshnikov, Nikolai RUS 2491
14 Iskusnyh, Sergei RUS 2489
15 Balashov, Yuri S RUS 2477
16 Shinkevich, Vitaly RUS 2477
17 Gordievsky, Dmitry RUS 2474
18 Matinian, Nikita RUS 2473
19 Demidov, Mikhail RUS 2465
20 Gajsin, Evgenij RUS 2463
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