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.

Tournament website

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

Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Susan Polgar September 3, 2014 General News, Major Tournaments 1 Comment
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