The Final of the 2012 Cup of Russia for men and women will take place from 2nd to 12th December in Khanty-Mansiysk, immediately after the Women’s World Chess Championship is concluded.
Russian Cup for men:
1. Ernesto Inarkiev 2693
2. Evgeny Romanov 2616
3. Igor Kovalenko 2595 (Ukraine)
4. Dmitry Kokarev 2623
5. Dmitry Bocharov 2620
6. Artyom Timofeev 2600
7. Sergey Grigoriants 2588
8. Vladimir Onischuk 2563 (Ukraine)
9. Bartosz Socko 2617 (Poland)
10. Ildar Khairullin 2642
11. Artur Gabrielian 2592
12. Boris Savchenko 2556
13. Igor Lysyj 2622
14. Pavel Maletin 2567
15. Denis Khismatullin 2646
16. Dmitry Jakovenko 2741
Russian Cup for women:
1. Elmira Karnaukhova 2365
2. Baira Kovanova 2378
3. Olga Girya 2467
4. Daria Charochkina 2310
5. Alexandra Goryachkina 2378
6. Elmira Mirzoeva 2283
7. Maria Fominykh (replacing Marina Romanko) 2279
8. Ekaterina Timofeeva 2317
Jakovenko should be world champion.