56th Russian Championship, 2-12 September.
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/Images/Players/Small/Svidler.jpg" align="left" alt="Peter Svidler"> Saint-Petersburg GM Peter Svidler won the 56th Russian Championship and gained his 4th title of Champion of Russia!
Our congratulations!
The Championship took place in Krasnoyarsk 2nd-12th September.
Swiss system, 9 Rounds.
The time limit: 40 moves in 2 hours, then 20 moves in 1 hour and finally 10 minutes for the remaining moves with addition 30 seconds from the 61th move.
The prize fund - $100.000, the 1st prize - $20.000, 2nd - $13.000, 3rd - $10.000 etc.
The schedule:
Opening ceremony - 2nd September
1st round - September 3
2nd round - September 4
3rd round - September 5
4th round - September 6
Rest day, the day of Krasnoyarsk - September 7
5th round - September 8
6th round - September 9
7th round - September 10
8th round - September 11
9th round - September 12
The rounds started at 14:30(GMT+7) local time. The last round started at 11:00.
/News/2003/Russia/russia.php"> List of participants
/News/2003/Russia/result.php"> Results
/News/2003/Russia/final.php"> Standings
/Java/2003/Russia/viewer.html"> View games
/Java/2003/Russia/russia.zip"> Games in PGN
Internet site: www.kraschess.ru