The Kemerovo Rapid Chess Tournament was held on 19-21st October to celebrate the 70th anniversary of establishment of the Kemerovo region and the 80th anniversary of the birth of the Hero of the Kuzbass, Mikhail Naydov.
The tournament is a stage of the Russian Rapid Grand Prix 2012.
The competition was attended by 148 players from Tomsk, Novosibirsk, Chelyabinsk, Samara, Kemerovo, the Republic of Bashkortostan, Krasnoyarsk and Krasnodar Krai, as well as the Republic of Kazakhstan, including 19 Grandmasters, 13 International Masters and 14 FIDE Masters.
GM Boris Savchenko (Krasnodar) stormed through the tournament to sign a convincing victory with 8,5/9 points, leaving the nearest follower a full point behind. Full standings bellow. Savchenko recently won another strong event – Rashid Nezhmetdinov Cup in Kazan.
Final standings:
1 Savchenko Boris GM 2597 – 8.5
2 Khismatullin Denis GM 2618 – 7.5
3 Yudin Sergei GM 2587 – 7
4 Dvoirys Semen I. GM 2505 – 7
5 Filippov Valerij GM 2553 – 7
6 Logunov Maxim IM 2366 – 7
7 Artemiev Vladislav IM 2488 – 6.5
8 Frolyanov Dmitry GM 2568 – 6.5
9 Maletin Pavel GM 2591 – 6.5
10 Lavrov Maxim FM 2402 – 6.5
11 Sitnikov Dmitrij IM 2501 – 6.5
12 Trofimov Sergey IM 2393 – 6.5
13 Nevostrujev Vladimir GM 2427 – 6.5
14 Akselrod Vladislav IM 2402 – 6.5
15 Ponkratov Pavel GM 2645 – 6
16 Smirnov Pavel GM 2643 – 6
17 Gontcharov Vladislav 2421 – 6
18 Pigusov Evgeny GM 2555 – 6
19 Kotov Maksim 2323 – 6
20 Zablotsky Sergei GM 2522 – 6
21 Bayev Alexander IM 2363 – 6
22 Kotsur Pavel GM 2565 – 6
23 Mikhalchenko Petr 2407 – 6
24 Rykov Ivan FM 2314 – 6
25 Piskunov Alexandr FM 2306 – 6
26 Keosidi Konstantin FM 2391 – 6
27 Koltsov Evgeny 2230 – 6
28 Sviridov Valery 2241 – 6
29 Khasin Alexander GM 2501 – 6
30 Mikhailov Vladimir IM 2303 – 6
Amazing field.