The Pacific Meridian (Tikhookeanskiy Meridian) rapid tournament was held on 18-20th July at the student campus of DVFU in Vladivostok, Russia.
The event was 11-round swiss with the time control 15′+10”. The results are valid for the Rapid Grand Prix Cup of Russia.
Grandmaster Vladimir Onischuk started furiously with eight straight wins before routinely drawing the last three games to maintain a clear first place with 9,5/11 points.
Onischuk earned 2400 EUR from the total prize fund of 10,600 EUR.
Grandmasters Sergey Volkov and Dmitry Bocharov shared the second place a full point behind the winner. Standings below.
The chess festivities in Vladivostok continue with the “Seaside Opening”, a 9-round swiss open, on 21-29th July. The tournament is a stage of the Cup of Russia in classical chess. The “Russkiy Island”, the stage of the Cup of Russia among boys and girls, will be held concurrently with the adults’ event.
Final standings:
1 GM Onischuk Vladimir UKR 2619 – 9.5
2 GM Volkov Sergey RUS 2620 – 8.5
3 GM Bocharov Dmitry RUS 2597 – 8.5
4 GM Gleizerov Evgeny RUS 2615 – 8
5 GM Fedoseev Vladimir RUS 2654 – 7.5
6 GM Ulibin Mikhail RUS 2521 – 7.5
7 GM Smirnov Pavel RUS 2667 – 7.5
8 GM Yakovich Yuri RUS 2520 – 7.5
9 GM Korneev Oleg ESP 2590 – 7
10 GM Papin Vasily RUS 2476 – 7
11 GM Khismatullin Denis RUS 2685 – 7
12 FM Rychkov Oleg RUS 2325 – 7
13 FM Tsigelnitskiy Ilusha RUS 2332 – 7
14 GM Romanov Evgeny RUS 2567 – 6.5
15 FM Bogachkov Igor RUS 2359 – 6.5
16 IM Batsanin Dmitry RUS 2394 – 6.5
17 FM Tsydypov Zhamsaran RUS 2423 – 6.5
18 Sek Konstantin RUS 2441 – 6.5
19 Chuhachev Vladimir RUS 2176 – 6.5
20 IM Korniushin Nikolay RUS 2364 – 6.5
Impressive score.