17-year old candidate masters from Tula is the winner of the tournament with the highest number of participants – the RSSU Amateurs’ Cup. He lost only half a point in the nine rounds. Andrei Gurbanov (Belarus) with 8 points took second place. Pavel Toporov (Tatarstan) with 7.5 points is the third.
14 players are half a point behind the prize winners’ line. All of them have earned 7 points.
Crosstable of results can be found here.