| 4th Russian Chess Premier League: Azov 1996 |
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| 4th Russian Chess Premier League (see all-time tournament summary) |
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| Date: | late 1996 |
| City: | Azov, Russia |
| Venue: | N/A |
| Tournament Director: | N/A |
| Chief Arbiter: | N/A |
| Teams participating: | 8 From 1995 Championship: Tattransgaz-Itil Kazan (2nd), Ladya Azov (5th), Agat Ekaterinburg (6th), Severstal Cherepovets (7th), Fakel Noyabrsk (8th) Other: Don-SDYuShOR Rostov-on-Don, GShK Saratov (possibly promoted from 1995 first league), Tattransgaz-Itil Kazan-2 (probably to fill up vacant places) New Siberia Novosibirsk (1st), Sankt Petersburg (3rd) and CSKA Moscow (4th) did not arrive due to lack of financial background. |
| Players participating: | 56 (incl. 16 GMs, 19 IMs, 2 WGMs, 1 FM and 1 WIM) |
| Games played: | 168 |
| Competition format: | Six board round robin. |
| Final order decided by: | 1. Game points; 2. Match points |
| Time control: | N/A |
| Downloadable game file: | 96rus.zip |
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The 4th edition of Russian premier league had little luck. Due to continuous financial constraints three out of top four teams from 1995 withdrew. There were just 8 teams in the pool (so none was facing relegation!) and only two fully professional: host Ladya Azov and Tattransgaz-Itil Kazan. First days might suggest Kazan are to take the throphy since Azov unexpectidely lost to Rostov-on-Don team, based on teenagers and women (Matveeva). However round 4 saw one of most spectacular knock-downs in the history of the league: Azov wiped out then holders of European Club Cup by incredible margin 5-1! It was all over and Ladya took historical title with ease. Underestimated Don-SDYuSShOR Rostov-on-Don took bronze and qualified to the 1997 edition of European Club Cup (they did not participate, however). |
| no. | name | flag | code | pts | gms | % |
| 1. | GM Dreev, Alexei | |
STKZ | 3½ | 6 | 58.3 |
| 1. | GM Bareev, Evgeny | |
LAZV | 3½ | 6 | 58.3 |
| 3. | GM Savchenko, Stanyslav | |
YLNB | 4 | 7 | 57.1 |
| 3. | IM Diachkov, Sergei | |
GSKS | 4 | 7 | 57.1 |
| no. | name | flag | code | pts | gms | % |
| 1. | GM Rublevsky, Sergei | |
STKZ | 5½ | 7 | 78.6 |
| 2. | GM Svidler, Peter | |
LAZV | 4½ | 6 | 75.0 |
| 3. | Gabdrakhmanov, Rafail | |
STK2 | 4 | 7 | 57.1 |
| no. | name | flag | code | pts | gms | % |
| 1. | WGM Matveeva, Svetlana | |
DROD | 4 | 5 | 80.0 |
| 2. | GM Glek, Igor | |
LAZV | 3½ | 5 | 70.0 |
| 3. | GM Kharlov, Andrei | |
STKZ | 3½ | 6 | 58.3 |
| no. | name | flag | code | pts | gms | % |
| 1. | GM Bologan, Viorel | |
STKZ | 5 | 7 | 71.4 |
| 2. | GM Zviagintsev, Vadim | |
LAZV | 3½ | 5 | 70.0 |
| 3. | IM Shabanov, Yury | |
SVST | 4½ | 7 | 64.3 |
| no. | name | flag | code | pts | gms | % |
| 1. | IM Eismont, Oleg | |
YLNB | 4½ | 7 | 64.3 |
| 2. | GM Yakovich, Yury | |
LAZV | 3 | 5 | 60.0 |
| 2. | IM Turov, Maxim | |
DROD | 3 | 5 | 60.0 |
| no. | name | flag | code | pts | gms | % |
| 1. | IM Lastin, Alexander | |
LAZV | 3½ | 5 | 70.0 |
| 2. | GM Tseshkovsky, Vitaly | |
STKZ | 4½ | 7 | 64.3 |
| 3. | WIM Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina | |
DROD | 3 | 5 | 60.0 |
| no. | name | flag | code | pts | gms | % |
| 1. | GM Dolmatov, Sergei | |
LAZV | 3½ | 5 | 70.0 |
| 2. | Khlian, Eduard | |
DROD | 2½ | 4 | 62.5 |
| 3. | Glyanets, Alexander | |
AGAT | 2 | 4 | 50.0 |
| no. | name | flag | code | pts | gms | % |
| 1. | GM Landa, Konstantin | |
LAZV | 3½ | 5 | 70.0 |
| 2. | IM Zakharov, Alexander | |
DROD | 2 | 4 | 50.0 |