| 9th Russian Chess Premier League: Ekaterinburg 2002 |
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| 9th Russian Chess Premier League (see all-time tournament summary) |
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| Date: | 17th - 26th May 2002 |
| City: | Ekaterinburg, Russia |
| Venue: | Sverdlovsk hotel |
| Tournament Director: | N/A |
| Chief Arbiter: | N/A |
| Teams participating: | 16 From 2001 Premier League: top 8 teams Promoted from 2001 first league: GShK Saratov, Magnezit Satka, Yugra Surgut, Lidrikh Omsk, Lokomotiv Khabarovsk, DVGTU Vladivostok, Politekhnik Nizhny Tagil, Lipetsk 555 |
| Players participating: | 122 (incl. 58 GMs and 37 IMs) |
| Games played: | 456 (12 games were forfeited) |
| Competition format: | Two stage six board round robin. Sixteen were split into two preliminary groups of 8. Top three teams qualified to the final A, teams ranked 4-6 qualified to the final B and teams ranked 7-8 came to the final C. Results from preliminaries were carried over to the finals. |
| Final order decided by: | 1. Match points; 2. Game points |
| Time control: | N/A |
| Website: | http://www.joeblack.ru (cached) |
| Downloadable game file: | 02rus.zip |
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| no. | name | flag | code | fin. | pts | gms | % |
| 1. | GM Svešņikovs, Jevgēņijs | MGST | B | 8 | 10 | 80.0 | |
| 2. | GM Gurevich, Mikhail | UVMY | A | 4 | 6 | 66.7 | |
| 2. | GM Akopian, Vladimir | LKZN | A | 6 | 9 | 66.7 |
| no. | name | flag | code | fin. | pts | gms | % |
| 1. | GM Motylev, Alexander | GZTY | A | 8 | 10 | 80.0 | |
| 2. | GM Alexandrov, Alexei | TMSK | A | 6 | 9 | 66.7 | |
| 3. | GM Rublevsky, Sergei | LKZN | A | 5 | 8 | 62.5 |
| no. | name | flag | code | fin. | pts | gms | % |
| 1. | GM Volkov, Sergei | UVMY | A | 7 | 9 | 77.8 | |
| 2. | GM Malakhov, Vladimir | NNNO | A | 7 | 10 | 70.0 | |
| 3. | GM Lastin, Alexander | GZTY | A | 6½ | 10 | 65.0 | |
| 3. | IM Diachkov, Sergei | GSKS | B | 6½ | 10 | 65.0 |
| no. | name | flag | code | fin. | pts | gms | % |
| 1. | GM Kobalia, Mikhail | TMSK | A | 7 | 10 | 70.0 | |
| 1. | GM Naer, Evgeny | GZTY | A | 7 | 10 | 70.0 | |
| 3. | Lubashov, Alexei | LDOM | C | 5 | 8 | 62.5 |
| no. | name | flag | code | fin. | pts | gms | % |
| 1. | GM Smagin, Sergei | NNNO | A | 4½ | 5 | 90.0 | |
| 2. | IM Ovechkin, Roman | PTNT | B | 7 | 8 | 87.5 | |
| 3. | IM Timofeev, Artiom | LKZN | A | 7 | 9 | 77.8 |
| no. | name | flag | code | fin. | pts | gms | % |
| 1. | IM Alexeev, Evgeny | SPET | A | 6½ | 9 | 72.2 | |
| 2. | GM Korotylev, Alexei | NNNO | A | 7 | 10 | 70.0 | |
| 3. | Vitiugov, Nikita | SPT2 | B | 6½ | 10 | 65.0 |