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Chigorin Memorial (2016) The 23rd Chigorin Memorial was a 9-round Swiss played at the Park Hotel in St. Petersburg, Russia, 15-23 October 2016. No rest days. Time control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, then 30 more minutes for the rest of the game, with 30 seconds added per move from move 1. No draw offers until move 41. Games started at 5 pm, last round at noon. Tournament director: Vladimir Bykov. Chief arbiter: Igor Bolotinsky. Kirill Alekseenko took clear first with 8/9. Romanov was 2nd on tiebreak, ahead of Kamsky (3rd) and Volkov (4th). The 12-year-old Abdusattorov took his 1st GM norm. Official site: http://spbchesstournaments.com/memo... Chess-Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr243136.... ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/chigo... Chess24: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-t... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi... Chessnews: https://chessnews.info/?p=567 FIDE: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament... Next: Chigorin Memorial (2017)  page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 132  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. E Chibukhchyan vs R Jumabayev   ½-½ 68 2016 Chigorin Memorial B58 Sicilian 2. A Huzman vs D Golikov   ½-½ 45 2016 Chigorin Memorial D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 3. Denis Lavrinovitsh vs D Lintchevski   ½-½ 40 2016 Chigorin Memorial A36 English 4. B Anu vs E Enkhnar   ½-½ 20 2016 Chigorin Memorial D36 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional line, 6.Qc2 5. M Petrochenko vs M R Venkatesh   ½-½ 45 2016 Chigorin Memorial A00 Uncommon Opening 6. S Volkov vs D Borisovsky   ½-½ 50 2016 Chigorin Memorial D97 Grunfeld, Russian 7. A Pridorozhni vs Roman Martynov   ½-½ 57 2016 Chigorin Memorial A16 English 8. Fedorov vs A Demianjuk   ½-½ 55 2016 Chigorin Memorial B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 9. N Fedotov vs K Stupak   ½-½ 48 2016 Chigorin Memorial A25 English 10. D Gordievsky vs Q Bao   ½-½ 40 2016 Chigorin Memorial C42 Petrov Defense 11. Y Li vs S L Narayanan   ½-½ 41 2016 Chigorin Memorial A63 Benoni, Fianchetto, 9...Nbd7 12. D Yuffa vs E Bykov   ½-½ 69 2016 Chigorin Memorial A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System 13. T Iljin vs V Sviridov   ½-½ 54 2016 Chigorin Memorial A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) 14. N Matinian vs W Chu   ½-½ 63 2016 Chigorin Memorial B94 Sicilian, Najdorf 15. A Polyaninov vs R Soffer   ½-½ 48 2016 Chigorin Memorial D02 Queen's Pawn Game 16. D Cherednichenko vs R Lovkov   ½-½ 79 2016 Chigorin Memorial B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 17. S Arslanov vs D Petrov   ½-½ 40 2016 Chigorin Memorial D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 18. V Kazakouski vs B Bok   ½-½ 41 2016 Chigorin Memorial D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 19. S Khanin vs I Rozum   ½-½ 32 2016 Chigorin Memorial B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 20. P Ponkratov vs A Gubajdullin   ½-½ 48 2016 Chigorin Memorial A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 21. M Bartel vs V Burmakin   ½-½ 23 2016 Chigorin Memorial B12 Caro-Kann Defense 22. Y Xu vs D Sanzhaev   ½-½ 34 2016 Chigorin Memorial E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 23. V Sviridov vs Minh Thang Tran   ½-½ 52 2016 Chigorin Memorial D85 Grunfeld 24. S Krasovskiy vs P Idani   ½-½ 92 2016 Chigorin Memorial A37 English, Symmetrical 25. P Nguyen vs Khalifman   ½-½ 44 2016 Chigorin Memorial A02 Bird's Opening  page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 132    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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