A.B.Puchko Chess Memorial
Alushta (Ukraine), 20-30.3.2002
 

Alexander Borisovich Puchko, the Director of Alushta Chess Club and the first organizer of the famous Alushta chess tournaments, passed away on 30th March 1998. In memory of A.B.Puchko two international chess tournaments took place in Alushta, Ukraine, in period 20th-30th March 2002. The main Grandmaster Title Tournament was convincingly won by young International Master Vugar Gashimov from Azerbaijan.
Photo: young Alexander Puchko plays against chess master A.N.Vaisman (Alushta, 1966). A.B.Puchko won that game.
 
All games of GM tournament in zipped pgn
Crosstable of GM tournament in Word format
Crosstable of IM tournament in Word format
Chess Tournaments in Alushta: Main Page

Results of Grandmaster Title Tournament
No     Players                ELO  Fed 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4  Pts
1.  IM Gashimov Vugar         2466 AZE * = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 1  11.0
2.  IM Arechchenko Alexander  2470 UKR = * 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 1 = = 1 =  10.0
3.  IM Efimenko Zahar         2546 UKR = 0 * = 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 = 1  9.5
4.  GM Zontakh Andrey         2519 UKR 0 = = * = = 0 = = 1 1 1 1 1  8.0
5.  IM Firman Nazar           2485 UKR = 0 0 = * = 1 1 1 = = 1 0 1  7.5
6.  IM Miroshnichenko Evgenij 2528 UKR 0 0 0 = = * 1 1 = 1 = 1 = 1  7.5
7.  WG Alexandrova Olga       2392 UKR 0 0 0 1 0 0 * = 0 1 1 = 1 1  6.0
8.  GM Shtyrenkov Veniamen    2474 RUS 0 = 1 = 0 0 = * 1 0 = = = 1  6.0
9.  IM Korobov Anton          2511 UKR 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 0 * 1 0 = 1 1  5.5
10. IM Nalivajko Evgeny       2435 UKR 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 0 * 1 1 1 =  5.0
11. GM Varavin Viktor         2484 RUS 0 = 0 0 = = 0 = 1 0 * = 0 1  4.5
12. GM Arbakov Valentin       2430 RUS 0 = 0 0 0 0 = = = 0 = * 1 1  4.5
13.    Chuprikov Dmitry       2422 RUS = 0 = 0 1 = 0 = 0 0 1 0 * =  4.5
14.    Pisakov Ilia           2238 RUS 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = *  1.5
Rating average=2457 Category IX GM Norm=9.5 IM Norm=6.5
The Chief Arbiter: Internatinal Arbiter Vladimir Gergel (Ukraine)

Commented games
 
Gashimov-Arbakov, Arechchenko-Miroshnichenko and Efimenko-Miroshnichenko, annotated by winners! (zipped CA format; annotations in Russian)
 
Alexandrova-Zontakh (1-0) and Alexandrova-Varavin (1-0), annotated by WGM Olga Alexandrova! (zipped CBV format; Chess Informant style annotations)
 
Photo: WGM Olga Alexandrova