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.
Amazing. None of those names (other than Kosteniuk’s) is familiar to me. Russia grows grandmasters the way some countries grow wheat!
Susan, I got my Chess Life on mail today and what a wonderful cover page it had! You should check it out..!
I have not seen it yet 🙂
Best wishes,
Susan Polgar
http://www.PolgarChess.com