L to R: Korenman, me, Kostyev and Inarkiev – Earlier this year in Moscow

GM Ernesto Inarkiev has captured the 2006 Russian Championship by scoring 6.5 points in 9 games. Congratulations to GM Inarkiev!

Here are the final standings of the top finishers:

Final standings – Pre-tourney rank – Title – Name – Rating – Score

1 10 GM Inarkiev, Ernesto 2625 6.5

2 24 GM Khismatullin, Denis 2568 6.0
3 18 GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny 2594 6.0
4 38 IM Nepomniachtchi, Ian 2520 6.0
5 20 GM Grigoriants, Sergey 2579 6.0
6 8 GM Alekseev, Evgeny 2644 6.0
7 26 IM Vitiugov, Nikita 2555 6.0
8 2 GM Najer, Evgeniy 2677 6.0

Here is the final standing of the top Russian woman:

51 35 GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra 2534 3.0

Here is the complete final standings. Posted by Picasa

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