The 17th Peter Izmailov Memorial, a stage in the Cup of Russia for men, was held on 11-19th June in Tomsk, administrative center of Tomsk Oblast, Russia.
90 players from Kazakstan, Mongolia and Russia took participation. Among them were nine Grandmasters and six International Masters.
After nine rounds of play, Grandmasters Pavel Maletin, Viacheslav Zakhartsov, Vladimir Nevostruev and Pavel Smirnov shared the first place with 7 points each.
Pavel Maletin (Novosibirsk) was declared winner on best Buchholz. The total prize was 650,000 rubles.
Final standings (top finishers):
1 GM Maletin Pavel RUS 2611 – 7
2 GM Zakhartsov Viacheslav V. RUS 2536 – 7
3 GM Nevostruev Vladimir RUS 2440 – 7
4 GM Smirnov Pavel RUS 2635 – 7
5 GM Jumabayev Rinat KAZ 2548 – 6.5
6 IM Loskutov Oleg RUS 2383 – 6.5
7 IM Chigaev Maksim RUS 2455 – 6.5
8 GM Belozerov Andrei RUS 2511 – 6.5
9 GM Yudin Sergei RUS 2552 – 6.5
10 GM Bocharov Dmitry RUS 2617 – 6
11 GM Shomoev Anton RUS 2565 – 6
12 Akhmetov Ayan KAZ 2318 – 6
13 Beletsky Alexey RUS 2284 – 6
14 IM Egorov Evgeny KAZ 2352 – 6
15 FM Nukin Askhat RUS 2361 – 6
16 Sorokin Aleksey RUS 2065 – 6
17 FM Dmitrienko Andrey RUS 2208 – 6
18 Khanin Semen RUS 2244 – 6
19 Aleksandrov Zakhar RUS 2129 – 6
20 FM Mikhalchenko Petr RUS 2328 – 5.5
Impressive.