Final of the Cup of Russia, Moscow region
/Images/Players/Small/sakaev.jpg" align="left" alt="Konstantin Sakaev"> Konstantin Sakaev became the winner of the final of the Cup of Russia took place in Moscow region. In the final of the tournament with knock-out system played 48 chess players. The 16 of them with top ratings start from the 2nd round. Among them ex-Champions of Russia K.Sakaev and S.Volkov, members of Russian team E.Bareev, V.Malakhov, V.Zvjaginsev, A.Timofeev, A.Dreev, E.Najer, M.Kobalia, the winner of the High League of Championship of Russia E.Inarkiev.
In the 1/8 of Final qualifyed Alexander Galkin, Konstantin Sakaev, Igor Lysyj, Oleg Korneev, Mikhail Kobalia, Ernesto Inarkiev, Artem Timofeev, Vadim Zvjaginsev, Alexander Riazantsev Igor Kurnosov, Evgeny Najer, Alexei Dreev, Pavel Smirnov, Evgeny Alekseev, Vladimir Malakhov.
Final
Sakaev - Kurnosov 1-0,1/2
Semifinals:
Sakaev - Inarkiev 1/2,1/2,1/2,1-0
Kurnosov - Dreev 1/2,1-0
Quaterfinals:
Sakaev - Korneev 1/2,1/2,1-0,1/2
Inarkiev - Kobalia 1/2,1/2,1-0,1-0
Kurnosov - Riazantsev 1/2,1/2,1/2,1/2,1-0
Dreev - Malakhov 1/2,1/2,1/2,1-0
1/8 of Final results:
Galkin - Sakaev 1/2,1/2,1/2,1/2,0-1
Lysyi - Korneev 1/2,1/2,1/2,1/2,0-1
Korotylev - Kobalia 1/2,1/2,1/2,1/2,0-1
Timofeev - Inarkiev 0-1,1/2
Riazantsev - Zvjaginsev 1/2, 1/2, 1-0,0-1,1/2
Najer - Kurnosov 1/2,1/2,0-1,0-1
Smirnov - Dreev 1/2,1/2,0-1,0-1
Malakhov - Alekseev 1/2,1/2,1/2,1/2,1-0
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