Latvian champion Igor Kovalenko finished in clear first place at the 2013 edition of the Polugaevsky Memorial, which took place on 2 – 10 July in the Russian region of Samara. This tournament was the 6th stage of this year’s Cup of Russia.
Kovalenko had an impressive performance as he obtained 8 points in the 9 rounds in a field with many strong Grandmasters both local and from abroad.
Four players arrived one point behind the Latvian. Russian GMs Dmitry Bocharov and Vladimir Fedoseev got second and third place, respectively.
The lucky winners took home the following amount of money (in rubles): 1st – 150.000; 2nd – 80.000; 3rd – 60.000.
A big field of 138 participants proved the popularity of chess in the region of Samara.
Tournament website
Final Standings (top finishers):
1 GM Kovalenko, Igor LAT 2621 8.0
2 GM Bocharov, Dmitry RUS 2607 7.0
3 GM Fedoseev, Vladimir RUS 2515 7.0
4 GM Kharlov, Andrei RUS 2504 7.0
5 IM Demidov, Mikhail RUS 2465 7.0
6 GM Aleksandrov, Aleksej BLR 2637 6.5
7 GM Frolyanov, Dmitry RUS 2570 6.5
8 GM Geller, Jakov RUS 2549 6.5
9 GM Gabrielian, Artur RUS 2544 6.5
10 GM Dvoirys, Semen I. RUS 2538 6.5
11 GM Bukavshin, Ivan RUS 2517 6.5
12 FM Khatoev, Eduard RUS 2338 6.5
13 FM Palachev, Petr RUS 2316 6.5
14 GM Kryakvin, Dmitry RUS 2584 6.0
15 GM Fedorov, Alexei BLR 2578 6.0
16 IM Goganov, Aleksey RUS 2560 6.0
17 Predke, Alexandr RUS 2492 6.0
18 GM Iskusnyh, Sergei RUS 2489 6.0
19 IM Pasiev, Rakhim RUS 2384 6.0
20 Vastrukhin, Oleg RUS 2360 6.0
21 FM Duzhakov, Ilya RUS 2341 6.0
22 Frolov, Ivan RUS 2327 6.0
23 FM Kozlov, Gennady RUS 2317 6.0
24 Andrejchuk, Viktor UKR 2280 6.0
25 Mirzaev, Aziz RUS 2221 6.0
26 Taysayev, Timur RUS 2166 6.0
Amazing score.