16 May 2016
Artyom Timofeev Wins Tatarstan Grand Prix
Azat Sharafiev takes second place.
The final tournament of the Tatarstan Chess Federation Cup took place on May 14-15 in Kazan. The defending champion Gata Kamsky was unable to repeat his success. Grandmaster Artyom Timofeev won the event, IM Azat Sharafiev was a runner-up, FM Ramil Faizrakhmanov finished third. WGM Vera Nebolsina from Novosibirsk won the women's section, candidate master Dmitry Ioffe prevailed in the senior section, FM Bulat Murtazin won the junior section.
FM Anton Isaevsky won the Sputnik Open, which was held simultaneously with the main event.
