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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 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 125  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Yakovich vs D Frolov   ½-½ 42 2001 Russian Championship D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 2. V Burmakin vs S Shipov   ½-½ 18 2001 Russian Championship D02 Queen's Pawn Game 3. V Malakhov vs M Makarov   ½-½ 41 2001 Russian Championship B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 4. E Najer vs A Riazantsev   ½-½ 20 2001 Russian Championship A40 Queen's Pawn Game 5. M Kobalia vs V Loginov   ½-½ 20 2001 Russian Championship E20 Nimzo-Indian 6. A Belozerov vs Dolmatov   ½-½ 24 2001 Russian Championship E92 King's Indian 7. Balashov vs I Zakharevich   ½-½ 23 2001 Russian Championship A48 King's Indian 8. I Ibragimov vs E Inarkiev   ½-½ 30 2001 Russian Championship A15 English 9. V Baikov vs Sveshnikov   ½-½ 27 2001 Russian Championship D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 10. Tomashevsky vs N Pushkov   ½-½ 37 2001 Russian Championship A12 English with b3 11. S Volkov vs A Karpatchev   ½-½ 18 2001 Russian Championship D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 12. V Poddubnyi vs A Volzhin   ½-½ 42 2001 Russian Championship B22 Sicilian, Alapin 13. A Khasin vs Kharlov   ½-½ 10 2001 Russian Championship A20 English 14. A Vaulin vs A Lastin   ½-½ 21 2001 Russian Championship A13 English 15. Motylev vs Jakovenko   ½-½ 41 2001 Russian Championship C45 Scotch Game 16. Pigusov vs S Ionov   ½-½ 33 2001 Russian Championship A14 English 17. V Diu vs A Bezgodov   ½-½ 39 2001 Russian Championship D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 18. M Makarov vs E Najer   ½-½ 28 2001 Russian Championship D73 Neo-Grunfeld, 5.Nf3 19. V Loginov vs Balashov   ½-½ 23 2001 Russian Championship D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 20. A Karpatchev vs Yakovich   ½-½ 43 2001 Russian Championship B22 Sicilian, Alapin 21. Sveshnikov vs Tomashevsky ½-½ 53 2001 Russian Championship B02 Alekhine's Defense 22. E Inarkiev vs S Volkov   ½-½ 46 2001 Russian Championship D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 23. A Shariyazdanov vs V Zakhartsov   ½-½ 17 2001 Russian Championship D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 24. K Aseev vs A Feoktistov   ½-½ 34 2001 Russian Championship C10 French 25. I Korobov vs Potkin   ½-½ 45 2001 Russian Championship D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 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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