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GM Kirill Alekseenko tops Polugaevsky Memorial 2015 |
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Thursday, 16 July 2015 13:14 |
The 2015 edition of Lev Polugaevsky Memorial took place from July 3-11 at the Polugaevsky Chess Club, in Samara, the sixth largest city in Russia.
132 players took part in the 9-round Swiss open, dedicated to the memory of the legendary player. The event was the seventh qualifying stage of the 2015 Cup of Russia.
Russian player GM Kirill Alekseenko grabbed the first prize of RUB 150,000 (approximately € 2,400) after winning the tournament with the convincing 8/9 score. Alekseenko won eight games and lost only against GM Artyom Timofeev in the sixth round of the competition.
GM Vladimir Dobrov of Russia edged his countryman IM Alexey Mokshanov on a better tie-break score to take the second place, after both players finished the Polugaevsky Memorial with 7/9 points.
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Grandmaster Lev Abramovich Polugaevsky (20 November 1934 – 30 August 1995). He was a frequent contender for the world chess championship, although he never achieved that title. He was one of the strongest players in the world from the early 1960s until the late 1980s, as well as a distinguished author and opening theorist whose contributions in this field remain important to the present day.
Final standings:
1 GM Alekseenko Kirill RUS 2513 8
2 GM Dobrov Vladimir RUS 2517 7
3 IM Mokshanov Alexey RUS 2458 7
4 GM Timofeev Artyom RUS 2536 6,5
5 IM Belyakov Bogdan RUS 2500 6,5
6 IM Kozionov Kirill RUS 2406 6,5
7 IM Yuffa Daniil RUS 2474 6,5
8 Utegaliyev Azamat KAZ 2462 6,5
9 IM Ulko Jaroslav RUS 2461 6,5
10 GM Papin Vasily RUS 2500 6,5
11 FM Sanzhaev Darsen RUS 2371 6,5
12 GM Goganov Aleksey RUS 2601 6
13 IM Ozolin Maxim RUS 2384 6
14 FM Gaifullin Artur RUS 2300 6
15 IM Slavin Alexey RUS 2403 6
16 GM Kryakvin Dmitry RUS 2529 6
17 IM Saiyn Zhanat KAZ 2392 6
18 IM Lugovskoy Maxim RUS 2432 6
19 Litvinov Maxim RUS 2392 6
20 FM Yeletsky Ivan RUS 2310 6
21 Drygalov Andrey RUS 2305 6
22 IM Musakaev Emil RUS 2403 6
23 FM Oganian Miran RUS 2370 5,5
24 IM Gevorgyan David ARM 2368 5,5
25 GM Levin Evgeny A. RUS 2519 5,5
26 IM Usmanov Vasily RUS 2455 5,5
27 FM Minko Vladimir RUS 2226 5,5
28 Zubkov Vsevolod RUS 2368 5,5
29 Karpenko Artem RUS 2176 5,5
30 GM Tunik Gennady RUS 2423 5,5
31 FM Pavlovski Yaroslav RUS 2311 5,5
32 FM Fakhrutdinov Timur RUS 2298 5,5
33 Bykov Oleg RUS 2178 5,5
34 Pogorelskikh Sergey RUS 2223 5,5
35 Dibrov Ilya RUS 2275 5,5
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