From May 1 to 3, in St. Petersburg (Federation of the Chess Club “On Petrogradskaya”, 16 Ordinary Street) the “Ten Tournament” was held in Renju.
Played according to the rules of Yamaguchi.
The time limit is 2 hours for each participant for the whole game, plus 30 seconds for each move.
Despite the name, only 5 players took part in the tournament.
Pavel Salnikov (St. Petersburg) won the second ticket from the Russian Federation to AT, Maxim Karasev (from Nizhny Novgorod) won the ticket to QT (by points).
place participant 1 2 3 4 5 points Berger MM
1 Pavel Salnikov 0 1 1 1 3 4.50 0
2 Viktor Balabhai 1 ½ 0 1 2½ 4.25 ½
3 Sergey Artemiev 0 ½ 1 1 2½ 3.25 ½
4 Maxim Karasyov 0 1 0 1 2 2.50 0
5 Vladimir Filinov 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0