78th Championship of Saint-Petersburg, 17-27 March.
/Images/Backgr/gold.jpg" text="Black" link="Blue" alink="Green" vlink="Red">

/Images/Players/Small/loginov.jpg" align="left" alt="Valery Loginov"> Valery Loginov became the Champion of Saint-Petersburg for two successive years. Our congratulations!
The 78th Championship of Saint-Petersburg took place 17-27 March in the Mikhail Chigorin City Chess Club. The tournament gathered a very strong membership: between 12 participants there are 7 GMs (Sergey Ivanov 2574, Vasily Yemelin 2555, Denis Yevseev 2550, Sergey Ionov 2527, Valerij Popov 2588, Aleksei Lugovoi 2552 and Valery Loginov 2507), 2 IMs (Sergey Klimov 2509 and Sergey Solovjov 2456) and 1 master of Russia 18 y.o. Nikita Vitiugov 2478).
The Saint-Petersburg Company /Shahcom/Shahcom.html"> Shahcom provides /Online/chess/online.html"> live coverage of games in the playing hall and on our website.
Round 1
Astashov - Vitiugov 0-1
Gerasimov - Ivanov 0-1
Loginov - Popov 1/2
Ionov - Yevseev 1-0
Lugovoi - Yemelin 1/2
Solovjov - Klimov 1/2
    Round 2
Klimov - Astashov 1-0
Loginov - Solovjov 1-0
Popov - Ivanov 1/2
Vitiugov - Ionov 0-1
Yevseev - Lugovoi 1/2
Yemelin - Gerasimov 1/2
    Round 3
Gerasimov - Yevseev 0-1
Astashov - Loginov 1/2
Ivanov - Yemelin 1/2
Ionov - Klimov 0-1
Solovjov - Popov 0-1
Lugovoi - Vitiugov 0-1
Round 4
Solovjov - Astashov 1-0
Yevseev - Ivanov 1/2
Popov - Yemelin 1/2
Klimov - Lugovoi 0-1
Loginov - Ionov 1-0
Vitiugov - Gerasimov 1/2
    Round 5
Gerasimov - Klimov 0-1
Yemelin - Yevseev 1/2
Ivanov - Vitiugov 0-1
Lugovoi - Loginov 1-0
Astashov - Popov 0-1
Ionov - Solovjov 0-1
    Round 6
Astashov - Ionov 1-0
Klimov - Ivanov 1-0
Vitiugov - Yemelin 1/2
Popov - Yevseev 1/2
Solovjov - Lugovoi 1-0
Loginov - Gerasimov 1-0
Round 7
Lugovoi - Astashov 1-0
Yevseev - Vitiugov 1-0
Ionov - Popov 1/2
Yemelin - Klimov 1/2
Ivanov - Loginov 0-1
Gerasimov - Solovjov 1/2
    Round 8
Astashov - Gerasimov 1-0
Ionov - Lugovoi 1/2
Klimov - Yevseev 0-1
Loginov - Yemelin 1/2
Popov - Vitiugov 1-0
Solovjov - Ivanov 1/2
    Round 9
Ivanov - Astashov 1-0
Vitiugov - Klimov 1-0
Yevseev - Loginov 0-1
Lugovoi - Popov 1/2
Yemelin - Solovjov 1/2
Gerasimov - Ionov 1/2
Round 10
Lugovoi - Gerasimov 1/2
Solovjov - Yevseev 1/2
Loginov - Vitiugov 1/2
Popov - Klimov 1/2
Ionov - Ivanov 1-0
Astashov - Yemelin 0-1
    Round 11
Yevseev - Astashov 1-0
Yemelin - Ionov 1/2
Klimov - Loginov 0-1
Gerasimov - Popov 1/2
Ivanov - Lugovoi 1/2
Vitiugov - Solovjov 1-0
/Java/2005/SPB/viewer.html"> View games
/Java/2005/SPB/spb.zip"> Games in PGN
/News/2005/SPB/table.php"> Table
/News/2005/SPB/sched.html"> Schedule
/News/2005/SPB/pict.html"> Pictures