9th Russian Chess Premier League: Ekaterinburg 2002

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Basic data

9th Russian Chess Premier League
(see all-time tournament summary)
Date: 17th - 26th May 2002
City: Ekaterinburg, Russia
Venue: Sverdlovsk hotel
Tournament Director: N/A
Chief Arbiter: N/A
Teams participating: 16
From 2001 Premier League: top 8 teams
Promoted from 2001 first league: GShK Saratov, Magnezit Satka, Yugra Surgut, Lidrikh Omsk, Lokomotiv Khabarovsk, DVGTU Vladivostok, Politekhnik Nizhny Tagil, Lipetsk 555
Players participating: 122 (incl. 58 GMs and 37 IMs)
Games played: 456 (12 games were forfeited)
Competition format: Two stage six board round robin. Sixteen were split into two preliminary groups of 8. Top three teams qualified to the final A, teams ranked 4-6 qualified to the final B and teams ranked 7-8 came to the final C. Results from preliminaries were carried over to the finals.
Final order decided by: 1. Match points; 2. Game points
Time control: N/A
Website: http://www.joeblack.ru (cached)
Downloadable game file: 02rus.zip


Tournament review

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Best board results

1st Board
no. name flag code fin. pts gms %
1. GM Svešņikovs, Jevgēņijs MGST B 8 10 80.0
2. GM Gurevich, Mikhail UVMY A 4 6 66.7
2. GM Akopian, Vladimir LKZN A 6 9 66.7

2nd Board
no. name flag code fin. pts gms %
1. GM Motylev, Alexander GZTY A 8 10 80.0
2. GM Alexandrov, Alexei TMSK A 6 9 66.7
3. GM Rublevsky, Sergei LKZN A 5 8 62.5

3rd Board
no. name flag code fin. pts gms %
1. GM Volkov, Sergei UVMY A 7 9 77.8
2. GM Malakhov, Vladimir NNNO A 7 10 70.0
3. GM Lastin, Alexander GZTY A 10 65.0
3. IM Diachkov, Sergei GSKS B 10 65.0

4th Board
no. name flag code fin. pts gms %
1. GM Kobalia, Mikhail TMSK A 7 10 70.0
1. GM Naer, Evgeny GZTY A 7 10 70.0
3. Lubashov, Alexei LDOM C 5 8 62.5

5th Board
no. name flag code fin. pts gms %
1. GM Smagin, Sergei NNNO A 5 90.0
2. IM Ovechkin, Roman PTNT B 7 8 87.5
3. IM Timofeev, Artiom LKZN A 7 9 77.8

6th Board
no. name flag code fin. pts gms %
1. IM Alexeev, Evgeny SPET A 9 72.2
2. GM Korotylev, Alexei NNNO A 7 10 70.0
3. Vitiugov, Nikita SPT2 B 10 65.0


Interesting games


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