77th Men Championship of Saint-Petersburg, 1-11 April.
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/Images/Players/Small/loginov.jpg" align="left" alt="Valery Loginov"> Valery Loginov became the Champion of Saint-Petersburg 2004.
77th Men Championship of Saint-Petersburg took place 1-11 April. Among participants there were International Grandmasters: Denis Yevseev 2580, Vasily Yemelin 2574, Aleksei Lugovoi 2550, Valerij Popov 2547, Sergey Ionov 2538, Valery Loginov 2516.
Final standings:
1. Valery Loginov - 7.0
2. Valerij Popov - 7.0
3. Alexei Lugovoi - 6.0
4. Vasily Yemelin - 6.0
5. Sergey Solovjov - 5.5
6. Sergey Ionov - 5.5
7. Denis Yevseev - 5.5
8. Sergey Klimov - 4.5
9. Maxim Matlakov - 4.5
10. Genrikh Chepukaitis - 2.5
11. Denis Feofanov - 1.0
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Note :It's not an error in the game Matlakov-Loginov , the result is really a draw after 70.Rf3+. It was a mutual blindness! The only way for GM Loginov to rehabilitate by himself it was to win the tournament!