The 74th St. Petersburg championship

Valerij Popov     GM Valerij Popov, our active commentator, became the Saint-Petersburg Champion! The 74th St. Petersburg championship took place from April 10 to 20. 12 players took part in the round robin including 6 GMs: Ivanov, Sergey 2547, Popov, Valery 2545, Yemelin, Vasily 2522, Lugovoi, Alexsei 2512, Ionov, Sergey 2505, Loginov, Valery (present champion) 2499. There was of interest a performance of one of the most perspective young (15 years old) IM Alekseev, Evgeny 2510.
Final standings:
1. V.Popov - 7.5
2. E.Alekseev - 7.0
3-4. S.Ivanov, S.Ionov - 6.5
5-7. V.Yemelin, V. Loginov, R.Kashtanov - 5.5
8-9. S. Sivokho, A.Lugovoi - 5.0
10-12. V. Karasev, A. Polaninov, A.Utkin - 4.0
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