The Russian Chess Federation organizes the Men’s Final of the Cup of Russia from 4-13th December, in Khanty-Mansiysk.
Participants: Vladislav Artemiev (2676), and Vladimir Fedoseev (2664), Ivan Bukavshin (2657), Denis Khismatullin (2654), Alexander Motylev (2653), Ildar Khairullin (2647), Dmitry Kokarev (2611), Alexey Goganov (2597), Pavel Maletin (2577), Kirill Alekseenko (2568), Adam Tukhaev (2564), Aleksei Pridorozhni (2563), Urii Eliseev (2560), Ivan Rozum (2559), Artyom Timofeev (2555) and Ilia Iljushonok (2470).
The tournament format is knockout with two games in each round.