Chigorin Memorial 2011
This year's Chigorin Memorial chess festival, in honour of the great Russian chess player Mikhail Chigorin took place from 12-22 October in St.Petersburg.
The main event was the "Classic", a nine round Swiss tournament with more than 250 competitors taking part.
Dmitry Bocharov won his last three games to come from behind and snatch victory by half a point.
The time control for the Classic was 40 moves in 90 minutes, then 30 minutes for the rest of the game with 30 seconds increment from the start.
A nine-round rapid event at a rate of 15 minutes plus 5 second increment also took place, with the Ukrainian Anton Korobov emerging the winner.
The complete standings for the Classic and the Rapid are available at the links.
The prize fund for the festival was 1,500,000 roubles (approx 48,000 USD).
Dmitry Bocharov (right) and Igor Kurnosov before their game in the rapid event
The top finishers in the Mikhail Chigorin Memorial Classic:
| Name | Fed | Elo | Pts | BH | |
| 1 | GM Bocharov, Dmitry | RUS | 2582 | 7.5 | 51.5 |
| 2 | IM Onischuk, Vladimir | UKR | 2483 | 7.0 | 53.0 |
| 3 | GM Lintchevski, Daniil | RUS | 2558 | 7.0 | 53.0 |
| 4 | GM Khismatullin, Denis | RUS | 2635 | 7.0 | 52.0 |
| 5 | GM Zvjaginsev, Vadim | RUS | 2666 | 7.0 | 51.5 |
| 6 | GM Smirnov, Pavel | RUS | 2580 | 7.0 | 51.5 |
| 7 | GM Azarov, Sergei | BLR | 2648 | 7.0 | 50.0 |
| 8 | GM Gabrielian, Artur | RUS | 2531 | 7.0 | 48.0 |
| 9 | GM Shomoev, Anton | RUS | 2577 | 7.0 | 46.5 |
| 10 | GM Khalifman, Alexander | RUS | 2627 | 6.5 | 54.5 |
| 11 | GM Maiorov, Nikita | BLR | 2558 | 6.5 | 52.0 |
| 12 | IM Oparin, Grigoriy | RUS | 2413 | 6.5 | 50.5 |
| 13 | GM Andriasian, Zaven | ARM | 2615 | 6.5 | 50.5 |
| 14 | GM Ionov, Sergey | RUS | 2540 | 6.5 | 50.0 |
| 15 | GM Vorobiov, Evgeny E. | RUS | 2581 | 6.5 | 49.0 |
| 16 | GM Volkov, Sergey | RUS | 2614 | 6.5 | 48.5 |
| 17 | GM Kovchan, Alexander | UKR | 2569 | 6.5 | 48.5 |
| 18 | IM Demchenko, Anton | RUS | 2574 | 6.5 | 47.5 |
| 19 | GM Burmakin, Vladimir | RUS | 2588 | 6.5 | 47.0 |
| 20 | GM Popov, Valerij | RUS | 2545 | 6.5 | 46.0 |
| 21 | GM Malakhatko, Vadim | BEL | 2543 | 6.5 | 46.0 |
| 22 | GM Neverov, Valeriy | UKR | 2508 | 6.5 | 44.0 |
| 23 | GM Maletin, Pavel | RUS | 2579 | 6.5 | 41.0 |
Anton Korobov won the rapid event
Photos from the official website.
