A rapid chess tournament dedicated to the memory of the third Women’s World Chess Champion Elisaveta Bykova was held on 2-3rd April in Suzdal, one of the oldest Russian towns and part of Russian Golden Ring.
The event was 11-round Swiss with the time control 15′+10” and valid for the Rapid Grand Prix of Russia. 119 players, including 17 Grandmasters, competed.
Five players shared the first place with 8,5/11 points and GM Pavel Ponkratov was declared winner on best tie-break.
The total prize fund was 5800 EUR.
Final standings (top 40):
1 GM Ponkratov Pavel RUS 2695 – 8.5
2 GM Dreev Aleksey RUS 2668 – 8.5
3 GM Volkov Sergey RUS 2597 – 8.5
4 GM Andreikin Dmitry RUS 2757 – 8.5
5 GM Bernadskiy Vitaliy UKR 2608 – 8.5
6 IM Iljiushenok Ilia RUS 2563 – 8
7 Predke Alexandr RUS 2594 – 8
8 GM Burmakin Vladimir RUS 2489 – 8
9 IM Demidov Mikhail RUS 2568 – 8
10 IM Belov Igor RUS 2383 – 8
11 IM Pasiev Rakhim RUS 2455 – 8
12 GM Potapov Pavel RUS 2501 – 7.5
13 IM Zabotin Alexander RUS 2516 – 7.5
14 GM Kornev Alexei RUS 2528 – 7.5
15 Yashmetov Mikhail RUS 2076 – 7.5
16 GM Glek Igor GER 2486 – 7
17 GM Chernobay Artem RUS 2505 – 7
18 IM Matinian Nikita RUS 2519 – 7
19 FM Gurvich Vitaly RUS 2221 – 7
20 FM Golubev Roman UZB 2182 – 7
21 IM Sarana Alexey RUS 2466 – 7
22 IM Reprintsev Alexander UKR 2336 – 7
23 IM Gorbatov Alexej RUS 2327 – 7
24 Evdokimov Alexey RUS 2255 – 7
25 Bykov Oleg RUS 2083 – 7
26 IM Alikulov Elbek UZB 2386 – 6.5
27 GM Vasiukov Evgeni RUS 2394 – 6.5
28 GM Evdokimov Alexander A. RUS 2553 – 6.5
29 WIM Schepetkova Margarita RUS 2267 – 6.5
30 GM Balashov Yuri S RUS 2450 – 6.5
31 Konaplev Anton RUS 2087 – 6.5
32 Zhuravlev Stepan RUS 2104 – 6.5
33 WGM Shaydullina Sandugach RUS 2151 – 6.5
34 GM Kupreichik Viktor D BLR 2302 – 6.5
35 Sukhareva Evgeniya RUS 2152 – 6.5
36 FM Velikanov Igor RUS 2153 – 6.5
37 Maltsevskaya Aleksandra RUS 2192 – 6.5
38 Kirillov Dmitry RUS 1742 – 6.5
39 WFM Travkina Anastasia RUS 2303 – 6
40 Maximov Anton RUS 2154 – 6