Grandmaster Alexander Morozevich won the St. Petersburg stage of Rapid Grand Prix of Russia, which took place on 30-31st August as part of the traditional festival “St. Petersburg Summer”.
Morozevich had a furious start, scoring 7,5 points from eight games, and proceeded to win the event with the final 9,0/11 points.
Sergei Rublevsky (Russia) and former European Champion Alexander Moiseenko (Ukraine) shared the second place half a point behind the winner.
198 players from eight countries competed. Among them were 31 Grandmasters and 24 International Masters. The total prize fund was 11,200 EUR.
Final standings (top finishers):
1 GM Morozevich Alexander RUS 2773 – 9
2 GM Rublevsky Sergei RUS 2674 – 8.5
3 GM Moiseenko Alexander UKR 2684 – 8.5
4 GM Khairullin Ildar RUS 2703 – 8
5 GM Zvjaginsev Vadim RUS 2653 – 8
6 GM Matlakov Maxim RUS 2665 – 8
7 GM Vitiugov Nikita RUS 2696 – 8
8 GM Kovalenko Igor LAT 2725 – 8
9 GM Shirov Alexei LAT 2660 – 8
10 GM Goganov Aleksey RUS 2516 – 8
11 GM Alekseev Evgeny RUS 2643 – 8
12 GM Lintchevski Daniil RUS 2543 – 8
13 GM Klimov Sergey RUS 2459 – 8
14 GM Rodshtein Maxim ISR 2620 – 7.5
15 GM Panarin Mikhail RUS 2587 – 7.5
16 GM Levin Evgeny A. RUS 2555 – 7.5
17 IM Chigaev Maksim RUS 2537 – 7.5
18 GM Timofeev Artyom RUS 2638 – 7.5
19 IM Matinian Nikita RUS 2429 – 7.5
20 GM Dreev Aleksey RUS 2695 – 7.5
21 FM Bocharov Ivan RUS 2485 – 7.5
22 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej BLR 2601 – 7.5
23 GM Popov Valerij RUS 2570 – 7.5
24 GM Khalifman Alexander RUS 2627 – 7.5
25 Usmanov Vasily RUS 2341 – 7.5
26 IM Khusenkhojaev Muhammad TJK 2400 – 7.5
27 FM Gordievsky Dmitry RUS 2470 – 7.5
28 GM Lysyj Igor RUS 2641 – 7
29 IM Malakhov Igor RUS 2398 – 7
30 GM Rozum Ivan RUS 2618 – 7
31 GM Yemelin Vasily RUS 2518 – 7
32 GM Savchenko Boris RUS 2571 – 7
33 IM Vavulin Maksim RUS 2393 – 7
34 GM Simonian Hrair ARM 2453 – 7
35 GM Romanov Evgeny RUS 2572 – 7
36 GM Khismatullin Denis RUS 2633 – 7
37 GM Belous Vladimir RUS 2614 – 7
38 IM Smirnov Artem RUS 2466 – 7
39 IM Lugovskoy Maxim RUS 2383 – 7
40 IM Ekdyshman Mikhail RUS 2362 – 7
41 IM Karasev Vladimir I RUS 2338 – 7
42 Malyshev Roman RUS 2161 – 7
43 FM Alekseenko Kirill RUS 2464 – 6.5
44 IM Rjabzev Konstantin RUS 2226 – 6.5
45 Reshetnikov Ruslan RUS 1998 – 6.5
46 Lobanov Sergei RUS 2243 – 6.5
47 FM Oganian Miran RUS 2322 – 6.5
48 FM Vlassow Valentin RUS 2304 – 6.5
49 IM Slugin Sergey RUS 2386 – 6.5
50 GM Dobrov Vladimir RUS 2607 – 6.5
Amazing.