The Russian Men’s Higher League is taking place from June 21 to July 2, in Hotel Baltika****, in Kaliningrad, the Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea.
The event is a 9-round Swiss tournament with tempo of play 90′ X 40 mves + 30′ + 30″.
The first five players will qualify for the 68th Russia Men’s Superfinal. Top seed is GM Vladimir Malakhov (2699).