100 Years Of Botvinnik Festival
The celebrations to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Mikhail Botvinnik continue in Russia.
A chess festival in St. Petersburg entitled "100 Years of Mikhail Botvinnik" featured a 9 round Swiss open competition which was won by Denis Krismatullin on tie-break score from half a dozen other players who finished on 7/9.
The Swiss tournament had nearly 100 players and a prize fund of 1 million roubles (approx 35,000 USD).
The top finishers:
| Name | Nat | Elo | Pts | TB1 |
| Khismatullin, Denis | RUS | 2656 | 7.0 | 54.0 |
| Aleksandrov, Aleksej | BLR | 2609 | 7.0 | 53.5 |
| Ponkratov, Pavel | RUS | 2593 | 7.0 | 53.0 |
| Dvoirys, Semen I. | RUS | 2554 | 7.0 | 52.0 |
| Geller, Jakov | RUS | 2535 | 7.0 | 49.5 |
| Yakovich, Yuri | RUS | 2539 | 7.0 | 49.0 |
| Neverov, Valeriy | UKR | 2500 | 7.0 | 45.0 |
| Maletin, Pavel | RUS | 2575 | 6.5 | 54.0 |
| Zvjaginsev, Vadim | RUS | 2659 | 6.5 | 53.0 |
| Epishin, Vladimir | RUS | 2553 | 6.5 | 49.0 |
| Baryshpolets, Andrey | UKR | 2474 | 6.5 | 49.0 |
| Yevseev, Denis | RUS | 2527 | 6.5 | 48.5 |
| Kuzubov, Yuriy | UKR | 2630 | 6.5 | 48.0 |
| Popov, Valerij | RUS | 2550 | 6.5 | 45.0 |
| Lintchevski, Daniil | RUS | 2553 | 6.5 | 43.5 |
The winner, Denis Khrismatullin
However, the event apparently also saw a case of computer-assisted cheating from a lower-ranked player. After 6 rounds a player called Sergey Klimentiev was doing remarkably well for a player rated just 1698, with a score of 4/6.
Thereafter, according to various reports 42-year-old Klimentiev (pictured below) was placed under greater attention, and had his briefcase and pen taken from him. He lost all three of his remaining games to finish on 4/9.
Cheating? Sergey Klimentiev
Photos from the official website. More round by round photo reports can be found here.
