St.Petersburg open

Denis Khismatullin

One hundred years ago this month, Mikhail Botvinnik was born in the vicinity of St.Petersburg and an open was one of the many events that have been organized as celebration of the influential World Champion. The best tie-break, from the seven finishing equal first, was that of Russian GM Denis Khismatullin.

One of the principal events of the "100 years of Mikhail Botvinnik" involved a prestigious open, which was held from the 11th-20th August at the Mikhail Chigorin Chess club in St.Petersburg.

It's worth noting that Mikhail Botvinnik was born in Repino, St.Petersburg on the 17th of August 2011.

The top prize in the 9-round open was 4500 Euros, hence the strong field.

Here are the final standings in the 166-player open:

Rank	Name	Rating	Country	Points
1	Denis Khismatullin	2656	RUS	7
2	Aleksej Aleksandrov	2609	BLR	7
3	Pavel Ponkratov	2593	RUS	7
4	Semen Dvoirys	2554	RUS	7
5	Jakov Geller (IM)	2535	RUS	7
6	Yuri Yakovich	2539	RUS	7
7	Valerij Neverov	2500	UKR	7
8	Pavel Maletin	2575	RUS	6.5
9	Vadim Zvjaginsev	2659	RUS	6.5
10	Vladimir Epishin	2553	RUS	6.5
11	Andrey Baryshpolets (IM)	2474	UKR	6.5
12	Denis Yevseev	2527	RUS	6.5
13	Yuriy Kuzubov	2630	UKR	6.5
14	Valerij Popov	2550	RUS	6.5
15	Daniil Lintchevski	2553	RUS	6.5

Two IMs were amongst the GMs on the leader board. One of them, Jakov Geller, earned a GM-Norm.

Further information from the official site: http://www.totalchess.spb.ru/index.html