Lev Polugaevsky Memorial
GM Semen Dvoirys from Chelyabinsk wins the tournament with 7.5 points

The Russian city of Samara hosted a 9-round Open tournament dedicated to the memory of legendary Grandmaster Lev Polugaevsky. The tournament, which is also a qualifier for the 2011 Russian Cup, took place from 5th to 13th July with 11300 EUR in prizes.

GM Semen Dvoirys from Chelyabinsk won the key final game with black pieces and claimed a clear first place with 7.5 points. His earlier co-leaders Pavel Smirnov and Jakov Geller could only achieve draws and land on the shared second place.

WGM Natalija Pogonina won the best woman prize, while the top seeded Denis Khismatullin finished on tied 24th place.

Tournament website (in Russian)

Final top 30 standings:

1 GM Dvoirys Semen I RUS 2554 – 7.5
2 GM Smirnov Pavel RUS 2558 – 7
3 IM Geller Jakov RUS 2535 – 7
4 GM Papin Vasily RUS 2565 – 7
5 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej BLR 2609 – 6.5
6 GM Panarin Mikhail RUS 2503 – 6.5
7 GM Maletin Pavel RUS 2575 – 6.5
8 GM Shaposhnikov Evgeny RUS 2540 – 6.5
9 Predke Alexandr RUS 2450 – 6.5
10 IM Kovalenko Igor UKR 2567 – 6
11 GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr RUS 2585 – 6
12 GM Kokarev Dmitry RUS 2596 – 6
13 GM Volkov Sergey RUS 2607 – 6
14 Zenzera Alexey RUS 2236 – 6
15 GM Ziatdinov Raset USA 2413 – 6
16 GM Dzhumaev Marat UZB 2481 – 6
17 GM Yakovich Yuri RUS 2539 – 6
18 IM Bukavshin Ivan RUS 2506 – 6
19 IM Potapov Pavel RUS 2488 – 6
20 GM Kharlov Andrei RUS 2532 – 6
21 Sanzhaev Darsen RUS 2211 – 6
22 Yaksin Oleg RUS 2414 – 6
23 WGM Pogonina Natalija RUS 2442 – 6
24 GM Khismatullin Denis RUS 2656 – 5.5
25 GM Lastin Alexander RUS 2611 – 5.5
26 GM Iskusnyh Sergei RUS 2455 – 5.5
27 GM Iljushin Alexei RUS 2528 – 5.5
28 GM Gabrielian Artur RUS 2539 – 5.5
29 IM Polivanov Anatoliy UKR 2435 – 5.5
30 FM Zernyshkin Vladislav RUS 2319 – 5.5
31 FM Tologontegin Semetey KGZ 2311 – 5.5
32 IM Borisenko Andrei RUS 2376 – 5.5
33 GM Chuprov Dmitry RUS 2531 – 5.5
34 Vasilov Artur RUS 2199 – 5.5
35 Palachev Petr RUS 2207 – 5.5
36 IM Sidorov Anatoly RUS 2331 – 5.5
37 GM Tunik Gennady RUS 2440 – 5.5
38 Khazieva Elza RUS 1957 – 5.5

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