The Maestro Chess Open 2013 is taking place on 7th – 17th July at the 52nd District of Novosibirsk in Russia.
Besides the main open tournament, there are side events for different age categories. Both boys girls in the categories U-9, U-11, U-13 and U-15 of the region will have the chance to participate in a first rate event.
The main event is a 9 round Swiss open with a Classical FIDE time control.
Two grandmasters and five international masters are participating. Sergei Yudin and Andrei Belozerov are the first seeds, followed by FM Ivan Bocharov and IM Oleg Loskutov.
After four rounds, Yudin and Bocharov have a perfect score and are the co-leaders. Seven players are half a po¡nt behind the leaders.
Standings after 4 rounds (leaders):
1 GM Yudin Sergei RUS 2543 4.0
2 FM Bocharov Ivan RUS 2469 4.0
3 Fitiak Sergey RUS 2212 3.5
4 Shestak Viktor RUS 2193 3.5
5 Sozin Stepan RUS 2231 3.5
6 IM Loskutov Oleg RUS 2389 3.5
7 FM Kezin Roman RUS 2379 3.5
Kuznetsov Evgeny RUS 2182 3.5
9 Beletsky Alexey RUS 2306 3.5
10 FM Piskunov Alexandr RUS 2303 3.0
11 GM Belozerov Andrei RUS 2514 3.0
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