Khismatullin

The 37th Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov Cup took place from 31st May to 8th June, 2015, in Kazan, the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia.

The 9-round Swiss event  was topped by GM Denis Khismatullin and GM Aleksei Pridorozhni who came out joint winners with 7/9 points.

The third place was shared in a five-way tie by GM Andrey Rychagov, GM Aleksey Goganov, GM Zaven Andriasian, Zaven, GM Evgeny Vorobiov and Vladimir Ponfilenok, after the whole group finished the tournament with 6,5 points.

IM Nikolai Mishuchkov was the best senior player with 5,5 points, while WFM Alexandra Zherebtsova was the best female player with the same amount of points.

Tournament website

Final standings (top finishers):

1 GM Khismatullin, Denis 7.0 RUS M 2666
2 GM Pridorozhni, Aleksei 7.0 RUS M 2556
3 GM Rychagov, Andrey 6.5 RUS M 2561
4 GM Goganov, Aleksey 6.5 RUS M 2609
5 GM Andriasian, Zaven 6.5 ARM M 2600
6 GM Vorobiov, Evgeny E. 6.5 RUS M 2579
7 Ponfilenok, Vladimir t45 6.5 RUS M 2374
8 GM Hovhannisyan, Robert 6.0 ARM M 2599
9 GM Rozum, Ivan 6.0 RUS M 2539
10 IM Belyakov, Bogdan 6.0 RUS M 2478
11 GM Mamedov, Nidjat 6.0 AZE M 2604
12 GM Danin, Alexandre 6.0 RUS M 2575
13 GM Geller, Jakov 6.0 RUS M 2474
14 GM Lintchevski, Daniil 6.0 RUS M 2554
15 Predke, Alexandr 6.0 RUS M 2533
16 GM Yandemirov, Valeri t45 6.0 RUS M 2394
17 FM Gordievsky, Dmitry 6.0 RUS M 2480
18 GM Shimanov, Aleksandr 5.5 RUS M 2606
19 Nikitenko, Mihail y45 5.5 BLR M 2377
20 GM Kharchenko, Boris 5.5 UKR M 2515
21 GM Kabanov, Nikolai 5.5 RUS M 2489
22 GM Timofeev, Artyom t 5.5 RUS M 2534
23 IM Mishuchkov, Nikolai M. v45 5.5 RUS M 2321
24 FM Murtazin, Bulat yt45 5.5 RUS M 2342
25 GM Shariyazdanov, Andrey 5.5 RUS M 2535
26 GM Balashov, Yuri S v45 5.5 RUS M 2443
27 FM Fakhrutdinov, Timur y45 5.5 RUS M 2337
28 WFM Zherebtsova, Alexandra w45 5.5 RUS F 2218
29 IM Filipenko, Alexander V v45 5.5 RUS M 2302
30 GM Yagupov, Igor 45 5.5 RUS M 2392
31 IM Kalegin, Evgenij v 5.0 RUS M 2460
32 FM Shahinyan, David 45 5.0 ARM M 2436
33 IM Korchmar, Vasiliy 45 5.0 RUS M 2393
34 GM Bocharov, Dmitry 5.0 RUS M 2577
35 Askerov, Marat yt45 5.0 RUS M 2171

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