17 December 2020

Rudik Makarian Wins Russian Junior Championship

Aleksandra Dimitrova won the girls' championship by a wide margin.

The Russian Junior U21 Championships have finished in the Central Chess Club named after M. Botvinnik.

In the final round of the girls' section no game ended in a draw: 

Alena Korchagina – Anastasiya Protopopova 0:1, Anna Afonasieva – Anastasia Nazarova 1:0, Anna Kochukova – Aleksandra Obolentseva 0:1, Ekaterina Borisova – Zarina Shafigullina 1:0, Mariya Nosacheva – Alexandra Dimitrova 0:1. 

Final standings:  

1. A. Dimitrova – 8 points out of 9; 2. Z. Shafigullina – 6; 3. E. Borisova; 4. A. Afonasieva – 5.5 each; 5. A. Obolentseva – 5, 6. A. Nazarova – 4; 7-8. M. Nosacheva, A. Protopopova – 3.5; 9-10. A. Kochukova, A. Korchagina – 2. 

Open tournament, round 9 results: 

Boris Ofitserian – Rudik Makarian 0:1, Volodar Murzin – Tagir Salemgareev 1:0, Alexandr Triapishko – Sergei Lobanov 1/2, Arseniy Nesterov – Artur Gaifullin 1/2, Timofey Smirnov – Stefan Pogosyan 1/2.

Final Standings:

1-2. R. Makarian, V. Murzin – 6 points out of 9 each; 3. A. Triapishko; 4. S. Pogosyan – 5.5 each; 5. T. Salemgareev – 5, 6. T. Smirnov – 4.5, 7-9. A. Nesterov, S. Lobanov, A. Gaifullin – 3.5 each; 10. B. Ofitserian – 2.

Volodar Murzin and Rudik Makarian decided the champion's title on a tie-break. Murzin had white pieces the first game lost, but came back as Black in a must-win situation. Playing White in Armageddon, Makarian managed to win as his opponent overstepped the time limit. Thus, Rudik Makarian has become the Russian Junior champion.

Tournament on Chess-results  

Tournament page 

Photos by Vladimir Barsky