The Russian Renju Championship, which took place in the city of Rybinsk from March 23 to March 28, has come to an end. In total, 62 people from 9 settlements and 6 subjects took part. This year, the championship was the largest in terms of the number of participants in recent years.
Competitions were held in the new building of the Children’s and Youth Sports School No. 5 in the building of the information-library center Rainbow.
A total of 6 sets of medals were played in 3 different age groups.

The intrigues did not happen in the senior groups: Roman Kryuchok and Alexander Nogovitsyn could not take part in the tournament, and in the group of juniors the key games were played on the second day. I also recall that the groups were merged.

1-2. Kurdina 9 (33)
1-2. Golomarev 9 (33)
3. Oborin 6
4. Glibin 4
5. Glibin 2
6. Orlov 0

In the middle group, the situation was different. If everything was clear with gold: Denis Fedotov broke away from the other participants quickly and had a significant advantage over several rounds, practically guaranteeing his first place, then there was a fierce struggle for silver and bronze until the very last round.

1. Fedotov 8

2. Semyonov 6.5 (47.5)
3. Lavrik-Karmazin 6.5 (46.5)
4. Ponezhin 6.5 (45)

5. Vostryakov 5 (51)
6. Diachkov 5 (45.5)
7. Shlyundikov 5 (38,5)
8. Metreveli 5 (30)

9. Karpov 4,5

10. Yusupmurzin 4 (42)
11. Sukhanov 4 (35)
12. Shabanov 4 (34)
13. Utkin 4 (33)

14. Lapin 3

15. Kuznetsov 1

In the group of girls, a sensation could already occur in the first round: Katya Knyazeva had a simple victory in the game with the favorite of the group Kira Lasko, but Katya went past her. The troika of leaders was determined almost immediately, but it was not completely clear who would take which place in the end, since the party of leaders took place only in the last rounds. In the end, there was no surprise in the distribution of seats. Pleasantly surprised by the debutant of the group Vlad Vokhtomin, who showed a good shape.

1. Lasko 8.5
2. Prokopets 7.5
3. Vokhtinina 7
4. Stulova D. 5.5
5. Shiryaevskaya 5
6. Stulova K. 4
7. Kozlov 3.5
8. Knyazev 2.5
9. Novikova 1.5
10. Pirozhnikova 0

In the group of boys, there were four applicants for medals and the sharp struggle ended only in the last round, it was no less interesting to observe the course of the struggle than the middle groups.

1. Danilin 10.5

2. Stoyanov 9.5

3. Nikolaev 9 (71.5)
4. Fedoseev 9 (70,5)

5. Nebolsin 6.5

6. Gromov 6 (67.5)

7. Epifanov 5 (71.5)
8. Kokachev 5 (64.5)
9. Naumov 5 (64/18)
10. Well done 5 (64 / 17,5)
11. Kulin 5 (61)
12. Resnick 5 (59)
13. Shreds 5 (58)
14. Prokopiev 5 (52,5)
15. Kostyukov 5 (48.5)

16. Sokolov 4 (55)
17. Mityagin 4 (46.5 / 11.5)
18. Nechaev 4 (46.5 / 11.5)

19. Mikulsky 2.5

The real sensation of the tournament occurred in a group of girls. Ekaterina Porokhina became the champion, and the favorite of the group Ksenia Matushkina finished only the second. In a personal meeting, Ksenia beat her rival, but lost the other two games to much weaker rivals. Third place was won by Taisia ​​Sadova.

1. Porokhina 9
2. Matushkina 8
3. Sadova 7
4. Kuzmina 6 (23)
5. Popova D. 6 (19)
6. Tolstoguzov 5 (21)
7. Yusupmurzina 5 (14)
8. Kazanin 3 (13)
9. Stulova 3 (8)
10. Volkova 2
11. Popova M. 1