A rapid tournament dedicated to the memory of GM Igor Kurnosov will be held from 26-28th May at the congress hall of the World Trade Center in Chelyabinsk, Russia.
The stage of the Russian Rapid Grand-Prix is organized by the Russian Chess Federation, Chelyabinsk Chess Federation and Chelyabinsk Sports Ministry.
The tournament format is 11-round Swiss with the time control 15 min + 10 sec. The total prize fund is 450,000 RUB (approx 6000 EUR).
Participants (top 30):
1 GM Grischuk Alexander RUS 2760
2 GM Rublevsky Sergei RUS 2738
3 GM Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2729
4 GM Ponkratov Pavel RUS 2712
5 GM Movsesian Sergei ARM 2685
6 GM Khismatullin Denis RUS 2676
7 GM Riazantsev Alexander RUS 2675
8 GM Lysyj Igor RUS 2665
9 GM Bocharov Dmitry RUS 2659
10 GM Zvjaginsev Vadim RUS 2628
11 GM Maletin Pavel RUS 2617
12 GM Smirnov Pavel RUS 2573
13 GM Shomoev Anton RUS 2564
14 GM Kryakvin Dmitry RUS 2546
15 GM Shcherbakov Ruslan RUS 2533
16 IM Matsenko Sergei RUS 2525
17 GM Potapov Pavel RUS 2519
18 GM Gunina Valentina RUS 2517
19 GM Khusnutdinov Rustam KAZ 2515
20 GM Kosyrev Vladimir RUS 2514
21 FM Gutenev Alexander RUS 2513
22 IM Yuffa Daniil RUS 2508
23 GM Bezgodov Alexei RUS 2494
24 GM Sveshnikov Evgeny RUS 2447
25 Drygalov Sergey RUS 2416