Friday, July 07, 2006

FINEC Rektor Cup

The Rektor Cup was held on June 26th-July 4th at the University of economy and finance in St. Petersburg, Russia. Untitled junior Nikita Vitiugov (2550) won the tournament with impressive 7.5/9 and rating performance over 2700. This result brought him GM norm. Maxim Matlakov, another untitled player, has earned IM norm.


Final standings:
1. Nikita Vitiugov (RUS 2550) 7.5
2-3. IM Ildar Khairullin (RUS 2544) and GM Michail Brodsky (UKR 2561) 6.0
4. Maxim Matlakov (RUS 2410) 5.5
5. GM Sergey Zagrebelny (UZB 2485) 4.5
6-8. Sergei Mihajlovskij (BLR 2414), FM Alexei Lanin (RUS 2447) and GM Denis Yevseev (GM 2580) 4.0
9. Oleg Biriukov (RUS 2404) 2.0
10. Victor Trushelyov (AZE 2358) 1.5


GM Denis Yevseev - Nikita Vitiugov
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Bb7 6. a3 Be7 7. d5 O-O 8. g3 b5 9. Qb3 Na6 10. cxb5 Nc5 11. Qc2 Nxd5 12. e4 Nxc3 13. Nxc3 f5 14. Bg2 Bf6 15. O-O Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Nxe4 17. Qc2 Bd5 18. b4 Qb8 19. Bb2 Qb7 20. Rad1 Rac8 21. Qe2 Rf7 22. Qd3 Rb8 23. a4 Nf6 24. f3 d6 25. Bc3 f4 26. Rd2 Rbf8 27. g4 Nd7 28. Bd4 Nb6 29. Ra1 Nc4 30. Re2 e5 31. Bf2 e4 32. fxe4 Be6 33. e5 f3 34. exd6 fxg2 0-1


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