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.
Photos by Vladimir Barsky