Altai Krai and its capital Barnaul have celebrated the International Chess Day with a rapid tournament at the Altai Youth Theatre.
European Rapid Champion Alexey Dreev won the tournament with 7,5/9 points ahead of 40 players in the field.
Dreev was earlier announced as top seed in the Pacific Meridian in Vladivostok, but he took a stop in Barnaul, halfway from Moscow.
Final standings (top finishers):
1 Dreev Aleksey 2740 – 7.5
2 Belozerov Andrei 2576 – 7
3 Boiarintsev Vitaly 2294 – 6.5
4 Guempel Viktor 2241 – 6.5
5 Shlauzer Andrey 2143 – 6
6 Smikovski Ivan 2534 – 6
7 Dibrov Ilya 2287 – 6
8 Maletin Pavel 2664 – 5.5
9 Khabarov Sergey 2282 – 5.5
10 Barskij Vladimir 2422 – 5.5
11 Cherchnev Anatoli 2276 – 5.5
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Amazing.