Ponkratov Wins Ugra Governor's Cup

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Friday, 09 September 2011

The Ugra Governor’s Cup is an annual open tournament and a stage of the Russian Cup. A relatively high prize fund (about $50,000; 1^st ~ $7,000) and especially the fact that one can register for participation after getting knocked-out from the 1^st round of the World Cup guarantees a strong field.

This year’s event was won by 23-year old GM Pavel Ponkratov (2583, RUS), who scored 7.5 out of 9. At 7 out of 9 were the following ten grandmasters, sorted by final place:

Maxim Matlakov (2632, RUS);

Igor Kournosov (2633, RUS);

Denis Khismatullin (2656, RUS);

Gadir Gusseinov (2625, AZE);

Dmitry Bocharov (2585, RUS);

Alexei Alexandrov (2609, BLR);

Pavel Kotsur (2558, KAZ);

Dmitry Kokarev (2596, RUS);

Viorel Iordacescu (2646, MOL);

Rinat Dzhumbaev (2589, KAZ).

The rating favorites - Sergey Zhigalko (2689, BLR) and Rauf Mamedov (2679, AZE) finished at places 31 and 30 with 5.5 points.

Another notable trend is the decline of the “middle class” in chess: out of 154 players 28 had the GM title, 6 – IM, 8 – FM, 2 – WIM, 2 – WFM. In other words, there were more grandmasters than any other title-holders combined.

Full standings (in Russian)

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