The RSSU School Champions’ Cup, Moscow Open 2015 was held over the course of nine days. More than 700 chess players from ten countries were competing in four age groups for the prizes. And finally today we can name the winners and medalists.
Ilya Makoveev (Gelendzhik) and Satbek Akhmetdinov (Kazakhstan) scored 8 points in the U9 Boys’ group. In the last round the Russian player outplayed the athlete from Kazakhstan, who had led the whole tournament. He was placed first on tie-break rules. Sergey Gukhman (Tver) with 7.5 points took third.
The triumphant of the tournament of the youngest girls is Amina Kairbekova (Kazakhstan). She scored 9 points. Emilia Zavivaeva (Nizhny Novgorod) scored 1.5 points less. Polina Novozhilova (Ivanovo) won the bronze medal.
Having scored 6.5 points, she took the lead over Alisa Surivtseva (Togliatti) and Anna Krupnova (Moscow) on tie-break rules.
Kazybek Nogerbek (Kazakhstan) with 8 points is number one in the group U11 Boys. Rudik Makarian (Moscow), Raffi Ghazaryan (Armenia) and Dmitry Kirillov (Ivanovo) are half a point behind. Makarian was awarded with the silver and Ghazaryan with the bronze owing to tie-break rules.
1st-2nd places were divided between Alisa Kokueva (Sakhalin) and Daria Bondareva (Moscow): better tie-break indicators allowed Kokueva to take the first place. Eva Stepanyan (Stavropol region) and Victoria Gnilorybova (Moscow) scored 7 points: Stepanyan took third.
Danila Pavlov (Volgograd) is the first to finish the U13 Boys’ Tournament. He scored 8 points and his better tie-break indicators gave him the edge over Kirill Shubin (Vladivostok). Rostislav Marchuk (Barnaul) with 7 points won the bronze medal, having better tie-break indicators than Kazybek Umbetov’s (Kazakhstan).
Aleksandra Maltsevskaya (Volgograd) with the best result equal to 8,5 points is the winner of the U13 Girls’ tournament. Marta Voskresenskaya (Surgut), Adelya Zinatullina (Kazan) and Viktoriya Loskutova (Barnaul) scored 7 points. The tie-break rules allowed Voskresenskaya to take second place, and Zinatullina – third.
Rinat Fakhretdinov (Salavat) is the first in the U15 Boy’s group. He scored 8 points. Kanan Ahadzade (Azerbaijan) and Aisen Mestnikov (Yakutsk) with 7.5 points shared 2-3 places; better additional index awarded Ahadzade with the second place.
Irina Barbaeva (Ust-Ordynsky) with 7.5 points won the gold in the U15 Girls’ Tournament. 7 points scored by Anna Khristenko (Kurganinsk) allowed her to take second place. The bronze was won by Alina Guskova (Ryazan region) with 6.5 points.
Additionally, the winners of each age group will be awarded with the grants for the free hospitality package (accommodation and meals) at the World School Championship, which will be organized this April in Thailand.
The results of the tournament.