Kokarev claims Nezhmetdinov Cup 2014

The 36th Nezhmetdinov Cup 2014 took place from 30th May to 9th June, 2014 in Kazan, the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia.

GM Dmitry Kokarev emerged clear winner with 7,5/9 points, half a point ahead of the runner-up GM Boris Savchenko.

The champion was awarded 120 000 RUB, while Savchenko earned 100 000 RUB. The total prize fund in the amount of 713 000 RUB was provided by “Sberbank – Tatarstan” – the largest bank in Russia and Eastern Europe and the major sponsor of the tournament.

The only Armenian player in the tournament GM Zaven Andriasian shared third place with GM Daniil Lintchevski with 6,5/9 points each.

WGM Natalija Pogonina was by far the best female player with 6/9 points and a tatperformance of 2547 ELO.

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Final standings (top finishers):

1 GM Kokarev, Dmitry 7.5 RUS M 2628
2 GM Savchenko, Boris 7.0 RUS M 2559
3 GM Andriasian, Zaven 6.5 ARM M 2611
4 GM Lintchevski, Daniil 6.5 RUS M 2546
5 IM Ulko, Jaroslav 45 6.5 RUS M 2422
6 GM Ponkratov, Pavel 6.5 RUS M 2595
7 GM Dvoirys, Semen I. 6.5 RUS M 2557
8 GM Danin, Alexandre 6.5 RUS M 2594
9 GM Rychagov, Andrey 6.0 RUS M 2535
10 GM Shaposhnikov, Evgeny 6.0 RUS M
11 GM Yudin, Sergei 6.0 RUS M 2546
12 WGM Pogonina, Natalija w 6.0 RUS F 2501
13 GM Timofeev, Artyom t 6.0 RUS M 2603
14 GM Volkov, Sergey 6.0 RUS M 2584
15 Rodchenkov, Vitaly t45 6.0 RUS M 2328
16 GM Ibragimov, Ildar t 6.0 USA M 2557
17 IM Galliamova, Alisa wt 6.0 RUS F 2466
18 IM Rozum, Ivan 5.5 RUS M 2535
19 GM Gavrilov, Alexei 5.5 RUS M 2491
20 GM Tunik, Gennady v45 5.5 RUS M 2430
21 GM Popov, Ivan 5.5 RUS M 2650
22 GM Bocharov, Dmitry 5.5 RUS M 2598
23 FM Turkin, Viktor 45 5.5 RUS M 2285
24 GM Shariyazdanov, Andrey 5.5 RUS M 2568
25 GM Mozharov, Mikhail 5.5 RUS M 2552
26 FM Petrov, Nikita y45 5.5 RUS M 2359
27 IM Demidov, Mikhail 5.5 RUS M 2512
28 GM Fedorov, Alexei 5.5 BLR M 2574
29 FM Faizrakhmanov, Ramil yt45 5.5 RUS M 2364
30 Vastrukhin, Oleg 45 5.5 RUS M 2401
31 GM Yandemirov, Valeri t45 5.5 RUS M 2403
32 FM Sadykov, Ramil t45 5.5 RUS M 2288
33 IM Kuderinov, Kirill 45 5.0 KAZ M 2442
34 Gaifullin, Artur y45 5.0 RUS M 2130
35 IM Matinian, Nikita 5.0 RUS M 2478
36 GM Yagupov, Igor 45 5.0 RUS M 2414
37 Glukhov, Alexander t45 5.0 RUS M 2185
38 FM Toropov, Pavel t45 5.0 RUS M 2305
39 Samusenko, Maksim yt45 5.0 RUS M 2306
40 FM Yuferev, Oleg 45 5.0 RUS M 2250