Aleksei Pridorozhni, Grandmaster from Surgut in Ugra, convincingly won the 38th Nezhmetdinov Cup that was held from May 31st to June 8th at the Central Chess School in Kazan, Russia.
Pridorozhni signed 8 points from nine rounds, leaving the nearest followers a full point behind. Full standings below.
The tournament with the 10,000 EUR prize fund is a stage of the Russian Cup. 131 players competed, including 24 Grandmasters and 18 International Masters.
Prior to the event with the standard time control, the rapid tournament was won by GM Gata Kamsky.
Final standings (top 30):
1 GM Pridorozhni Aleksei RUS 2552 – 8
2 GM Kokarev Dmitry RUS 2622 – 7
3 GM Bocharov Dmitry RUS 2597 – 7
4 IM Baghdasaryan Vahe ARM 2441 – 7
5 GM Smirnov Pavel RUS 2564 – 7
6 IM Harutyunian Tigran K. ARM 2452 – 6.5
7 GM Yudin Sergei RUS 2530 – 6.5
8 GM Rozum Ivan RUS 2559 – 6.5
9 GM Lintchevski Daniil RUS 2566 – 6.5
10 GM Timofeev Artyom RUS 2598 – 6.5
11 GM Ponkratov Pavel RUS 2595 – 6.5
12 IM Iljiushenok Ilia RUS 2499 – 6.5
13 FM Gubajdullin Alexei RUS 2346 – 6.5
14 GM Shomoev Anton RUS 2553 – 6
15 GM Maiorov Nikita BLR 2538 – 6
16 GM Kamsky Gata USA 2670 – 6
17 FM Khegay Dmitriy RUS 2434 – 6
18 FM Faizrakhmanov Ramil RUS 2422 – 6
19 IM Tsydypov Zhamsaran RUS 2438 – 6
20 GM Kharchenko Boris UKR 2467 – 6
21 Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh IND 2413 – 6
22 GM Yagupov Igor RUS 2400 – 6
23 GM Tunik Gennady RUS 2404 – 6
24 GM Shariyazdanov Andrey RUS 2527 – 5.5
25 GM Gabrielian Artur RUS 2520 – 5.5
26 IM Moskalenko Alexander RUS 2464 – 5.5
27 GM Fedorov Alexei BLR 2565 – 5.5
28 GM Predke Alexandr RUS 2535 – 5.5
29 IM Sharafiev Azat RUS 2435 – 5.5
30 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej BLR 2592 – 5.5