GM
Valerij Popov
, our active commentator, became the
Saint-Petersburg
Champion
! The 74th St. Petersburg championship took place from
April 10
to 20
. 12 players took part in the round robin including 6 GMs: Ivanov,
Sergey 2547, Popov, Valery 2545, Yemelin, Vasily 2522, Lugovoi, Alexsei 2512,
Ionov, Sergey 2505, Loginov, Valery (present champion) 2499. There was of interest
a performance of one of the most perspective young (15 years old) IM Alekseev,
Evgeny 2510.
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