The Moscow Final Championships 2013 for men and women took place on 22nd – 31st March at the International Center of Chess Education RSSU.
16-year old FM Dmitry Gordievsky finished first at the male competition. The young player defeated three higher-rated opponents in the last rounds to sum 7/9 points and get sole first place.
IM Yuri Eliseev grabbed second place with 6.5/9, while first seed GM Evgeny Najer edged two players on tiebreaks to take third place.
In the female competition, favorite IM Irina Vasilevich arrived first with 6.5/9. WIM Dina Drozdova got the same amount of points, but had a worse tiebreak score.
Final Standings – Men (top finishers):
| 1 | FM | Gordievsky Dmitry | RUS | 2443 | 7.0 |
| 2 | IM | Eliseev Urii | RUS | 2541 | 6.5 |
| 3 | GM | Najer Evgeniy | RUS | 2634 | 6.0 |
| 4 | IM | Oparin Grigoriy | RUS | 2496 | 6.0 |
| 5 | Vavulin Maksim | RUS | 2293 | 6.0 | |
| 6 | IM | Stukopin Andrey | RUS | 2501 | 5.5 |
| 7 | IM | Reshetnikov Alexey | RUS | 2496 | 5.5 |
| 8 | GM | Balashov Yuri S | RUS | 2481 | 5.5 |
| 9 | GM | Vorobiov Evgeny E. | RUS | 2578 | 5.5 |
| 10 | IM | Moskalenko Alexander | RUS | 2459 | 5.5 |
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