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Russian Championship (2001) The 54th Russian Championship tournament was a 60-player 9-round Swiss held in Elista, Russia, 30 April - 8 May 2001. Time control: 75 minutes for the first 40 moves, then 15 more minutes to the end of the game, with 30 seconds added per move from move 1. Announced prize fund: USD 30.000. Games started at 4 pm local time. Chief arbiter: Arkady Vasiliev. Number of games played: 270. Alexander Motylev won on tiebreak ahead of Lastin, both with 6.5/9. Kharlov was 3rd with 6/9. The top 17 players (by truncated Buchholz score for those with 5.5 points) qualified for participation in the European Championship (2001). Sources Official site: https://web.archive.org/web/2001051... Regulations: https://web.archive.org/web/2001051... Chess Siberia: http://www.chessib.com/54rusfinst.h... KC news: https://web.archive.org/web/2001051... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi... FIDE: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament... Previous: Russian Championship (2000). Next: Russian Championship (2002)  page 2 of 5; games 26-50 of 125  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 26. V Arbakov vs Turov   ½-½ 44 2001 Russian Championship A09 Reti Opening 27. V Malakhov vs A Volzhin   ½-½ 30 2001 Russian Championship B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen 28. A Bezgodov vs Motylev   ½-½ 15 2001 Russian Championship C42 Petrov Defense 29. S Ionov vs Dolmatov   ½-½ 45 2001 Russian Championship E97 King's Indian 30. Jakovenko vs Pigusov   ½-½ 34 2001 Russian Championship B32 Sicilian 31. I Ibragimov vs I Zakharevich ½-½ 26 2001 Russian Championship C10 French 32. A Galkin vs A Timofeev   ½-½ 52 2001 Russian Championship B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 33. Balashov vs A Lugovoi   ½-½ 51 2001 Russian Championship B20 Sicilian 34. V Baikov vs A Shariyazdanov   ½-½ 38 2001 Russian Championship E15 Queen's Indian 35. V Zakhartsov vs K Aseev   ½-½ 42 2001 Russian Championship A17 English 36. Potkin vs A Feoktistov   ½-½ 47 2001 Russian Championship B01 Scandinavian 37. V Poddubnyi vs A Riazantsev   ½-½ 32 2001 Russian Championship E96 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, Main line 38. A Belozerov vs I Korobov   ½-½ 87 2001 Russian Championship A80 Dutch 39. B Shovunov vs A Utnasunov   ½-½ 43 2001 Russian Championship C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense 40. S Shipov vs K Chernyshov   ½-½ 15 2001 Russian Championship A10 English 41. Turov vs Kharlov   ½-½ 39 2001 Russian Championship D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 42. A Bezgodov vs E Najer   ½-½ 52 2001 Russian Championship B97 Sicilian, Najdorf 43. Dolmatov vs Jakovenko   ½-½ 43 2001 Russian Championship B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 44. Pigusov vs P Smirnov   ½-½ 22 2001 Russian Championship E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation 45. A Volzhin vs I Ibragimov   ½-½ 20 2001 Russian Championship A13 English 46. I Zakharevich vs Yakovich   ½-½ 18 2001 Russian Championship D21 Queen's Gambit Accepted 47. S Beshukov vs Dvoirys   ½-½ 63 2001 Russian Championship B25 Sicilian, Closed 48. V Diu vs Balashov   ½-½ 33 2001 Russian Championship E31 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line 49. A Lugovoi vs N Pushkov   ½-½ 24 2001 Russian Championship E58 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3 50. A Khasin vs A Vaulin   ½-½ 14 2001 Russian Championship A36 English  page 2 of 5; games 26-50 of 125    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)     There is no kibitzing for this page, yet.   NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. 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