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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 3 of 5; games 51-75 of 125  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 51. Sveshnikov vs V Zakhartsov   ½-½ 58 2001 Russian Championship E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 52. V Bachin vs Potkin   ½-½ 31 2001 Russian Championship A14 English 53. D Frolov vs A Utnasunov   ½-½ 51 2001 Russian Championship C47 Four Knights 54. K Chernyshov vs A Lastin   ½-½ 11 2001 Russian Championship A03 Bird's Opening 55. Kharlov vs Epishin   ½-½ 24 2001 Russian Championship A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack 56. V Malakhov vs Turov   ½-½ 17 2001 Russian Championship C47 Four Knights 57. M Kobalia vs A Bezgodov   ½-½ 39 2001 Russian Championship D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 58. I Ibragimov vs Jakovenko   ½-½ 28 2001 Russian Championship E43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation 59. M Makarov vs A Shariyazdanov   ½-½ 41 2001 Russian Championship B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 60. S Ionov vs S Volkov   ½-½ 41 2001 Russian Championship D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 61. Tomashevsky vs A Khasin   ½-½ 36 2001 Russian Championship A04 Reti Opening 62. A Belozerov vs A Iljushin   ½-½ 21 2001 Russian Championship A33 English, Symmetrical 63. O Chebotarev vs A Lugovoi   ½-½ 49 2001 Russian Championship B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 64. Potkin vs Sveshnikov   ½-½ 57 2001 Russian Championship B30 Sicilian 65. A Karpatchev vs Filippov   ½-½ 57 2001 Russian Championship B22 Sicilian, Alapin 66. E Inarkiev vs A Feoktistov   ½-½ 55 2001 Russian Championship D25 Queen's Gambit Accepted 67. K Chernyshov vs Motylev   ½-½ 11 2001 Russian Championship A45 Queen's Pawn Game 68. A Lastin vs Kharlov   ½-½ 53 2001 Russian Championship B30 Sicilian 69. Epishin vs V Malakhov   ½-½ 44 2001 Russian Championship D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 70. Yakovich vs E Najer   ½-½ 42 2001 Russian Championship D81 Grunfeld, Russian Variation 71. Turov vs A Galkin   ½-½ 17 2001 Russian Championship D79 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O, Main line 72. Pigusov vs Dvoirys   ½-½ 40 2001 Russian Championship A30 English, Symmetrical 73. S Shipov vs A Bezgodov   ½-½ 29 2001 Russian Championship D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 74. Jakovenko vs Balashov   ½-½ 35 2001 Russian Championship C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 75. I Ibragimov vs N Pushkov   ½-½ 45 2001 Russian Championship E17 Queen's Indian  page 3 of 5; games 51-75 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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