The International Chess Festival “Mikhail Chigorin Memorial” 2015 took place from 2nd to 11th October at the Park Hotel in St. Petersburg, Russia.
The Russian Cup Stage was played over nine rounds of Swiss system. GMs Kirill Alekseenko, Chanda Sandipan and Dmitry Kokarev tied for the first place at 7.5 points each but Alekseenko lifted the trophy on a superior tie-break score.
Former World champion for women GM Anna Ushenina emerged the best female player with 6.5 points and 22nd position in the final ranking.
The blitz tournament was won by GM Farukh Amonatov, GM Daniil Lintchevski and GM Aleksei Pridorozhni, after the whole group finished the tournament with 10.5 points each. You can see the full standings below.
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Main tournament final standings:
1 GM Alekseenko Kirill RUS 2539 7.5
2 GM Sandipan Chanda IND 2567 7.5
3 GM Kokarev Dmitry RUS 2603 7.5
4 GM Khalifman Alexander RUS 2618 7
5 GM Timofeev Artyom RUS 2539 7
6 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej BLR 2606 7
7 GM Eliseev Urii RUS 2536 7
8 GM Belous Vladimir RUS 2566 7
9 GM Andriasian Zaven ARM 2591 7
10 GM Rozum Ivan RUS 2547 7
11 GM Stupak Kirill BLR 2531 7
12 GM Tukhaev Adam UKR 2569 7
13 IM Malakhov Igor RUS 2438 7
14 GM Sakaev Konstantin RUS 2594 6.5
15 GM Can Emre TUR 2531 6.5
16 GM Volodin Aleksandr EST 2491 6.5
17 IM Lugovskoy Maxim RUS 2470 6.5
18 Sarana Alexey RUS 2413 6.5
19 GM Goganov Aleksey RUS 2603 6.5
20 GM Turov Maxim RUS 2609 6.5
21 FM Duzhakov Ilya RUS 2381 6.5
22 GM Ushenina Anna UKR 2426 6.5
23 GM Kharchenko Boris UKR 2500 6.5
24 IM Khanin Semen RUS 2359 6.5
25 IM Bodnaruk Anastasia RUS 2459 6.5
26 IM Smirnov Artem RUS 2419 6.5
27 GM Esen Baris TUR 2570 6.5
28 IM Guseva Marina RUS 2411 6.5
29 IM Yandarbiev Ruslan RUS 2344 6.5
30 GM Soffer Ram ISR 2479 6.5
31 GM Demchenko Anton RUS 2595 6.5
32 GM Amonatov Farrukh TJK 2591 6.5
33 FM Musaev Rasul RUS 2351 6.5
34 IM Iljin Timofey UKR 2266 6.5
35 IM Andersen Mads DEN 2457 6.5
36 IM Korchmar Vasiliy RUS 2402 6.5
37 GM Bok Benjamin NED 2591 6.5
38 GM Pridorozhni Aleksei RUS 2575 6.5
39 IM Mishuchkov Nikolai M. RUS 2295 6.5
40 GM Maletin Pavel RUS 2581 6.5
41 Pogorelskikh Sergey RUS 2272 6.5
42 IM Golubov Saveliy RUS 2453 6.5
43 IM Khusenkhojaev Muhammad TJK 2398 6
44 Lobanov Sergei RUS 2394 6
45 GM Levin Evgeny A. RUS 2508 6
46 Predke Alexandr RUS 2527 6
GM Atabayev Maksat TKM 2483 6
48 FM Yeletsky Ivan RUS 2342 6
49 IM Usmanov Vasily RUS 2450 6
50 IM Paravyan David RUS 2486 6