Rapid tournament dedicated to the memory of legendary Grandmaster Igor Bondarevsky was held on 19-20th July at the VertolExpo Сongress & Еxhibition Сentre in Rostov-on-Don, Russia.
The event was completed over 11 rounds of swiss pairings with the rapid time control 15′+10”. The results are valid for the Rapid Grand Prix Cup of Russia.
Grandmasters Ivan Popov, Vladimir Belous, Alexander Riazantsev and Sanan Sjugirov have shared the first place with 8,5/11 points each. Ivan Popov took the winner’s trophy on best Buchholz score. Standings below.
129 players competed for the prize fund of 11,800 EUR. There were 15 regular awards, and also prizes for women, veterans and juniors.
Tournament website
Final standings (top 20 finishers):
1 GM Popov Ivan RUS 2583 – 8.5
2 GM Belous Vladimir RUS 2495 – 8.5
3 GM Riazantsev Alexander RUS 2660 – 8.5
4 GM Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2690 – 8.5
5 GM Potkin Vladimir RUS 2673 – 8
6 GM Panarin Mikhail RUS 2643 – 8
7 GM Chadaev Nikolai RUS 2621 – 8
8 GM Galkin Alexander RUS 2599 – 8
9 Nazaretyan Tigran RUS 2210 – 8
10 IM Kotenko Pavel RUS 2398 – 8
11 GM Lastin Alexander RUS 2546 – 7.5
12 GM Kuzmin Gennadi P UKR 2433 – 7.5
13 IM Fomichenko Eduard RUS 2444 – 7.5
14 FM Tekeyev Zaur RUS 2277 – 7.5
15 IM Kornyukov Alexey RUS 2362 – 7.5
16 GM Kryakvin Dmitry RUS 2473 – 7
17 GM Matjushin Gennady UKR 2505 – 7
18 GM Evdokimov Alexander A. RUS 2587 – 7
19 IM Tsyhanchuk Stanislav BLR 2417 – 7
20 Musalov Ruslan RUS 2376 – 7