Today, the annual All-Russian Renju tournament has started at Kolontaevo. In fact, this is a qualifying tournament for the championship of Russia, where 9 places will be played. Competitions will last until November 6th.

List of participants:
1. Balabay Victor (St. Petersburg)
2. Berezin Roman (Nizhny Novgorod)
3. Volkov Sergey (Rybinsk)
4. Katsev Ilya (St. Petersburg)
5. Hook Roman (podyuga)
6. Kuleshov Mikhail (St. Petersburg)
7. Lapin Ivan (Konosha)
8. Lisyutin Alexander (St. Petersburg)
9. Metreveli Irina (Podyuga)
10. Mikryukov Michael (Podyuga)
11. Nikonova Natalia (Elektrostal)
12. Ponezhin Gennady (Konosha)
13. Potapov Alexey (St. Petersburg)
14. Radzelevyuk Alexander (Rybinsk)
15. Rumyantseva Catherine (St. Petersburg)
16. Salnikov Pavel (St. Petersburg)
17. Salnikova Nonna (St. Petersburg)
18. Semenov Oleg (Podyuga)
19. Sirategyan Karen (Moscow)
20. Tayblin Yury (Moscow)
21. Tarannikov Yuri (Moscow)
22. Fedotov Denis (Podyuga)
23. Filinov Vladimir (St. Petersburg)
24. Yusupmurzin Danila (Podyuga)

One of the distinguishing features of the tournament this year is a very small number of participants, which is associated with an unsuccessful venue for the competition. From the good news – two ex-world champion in correspondence take part in the tournament: Alexey Potapov and Yury Tarannikov, who will join the tournament from tomorrow. This tournament was the first all-Russian tournament, which is played according to the regulations of the Jamaysirv-8.

Today two rounds have already been completed. You can watch the games in the usual place for renzist players – the official RIF website, where they are published very quickly. Results:
1 round
1. Salnikov – Balabai 0.5-0.5
2. Salnikova – Potapov 0-1
3. Hook – Mikryukov 0.5-0.5
4. Semenov – Filinov 0.5-0.5
5. Sirategyan – Katsev 0,5-0,5
6. Kuleshov – Volkov 0-1
7. Metreveli – Lisyutin 1-0
8. Ponezhin – Berezin 0-1
9. Taiblin – Rumyantseva 1-0
10. Yusupmurzin – Fedotov 0-1
11. Radzeveluk – Lapin 1-0

2 round
1. Potapov Alexey – Tayblin Yuri 0.5-0.5
2. Sergey Volkov – Alexander Radzeveliuk 0.5-0.5
3. Berezin Roman – Metreveli Irina 0-1
4. Fedotov Denis – Salnikov Pavel 0,5-0,5
5. Katsev Ilya – Roman Hook 0-1
6. Filinov Vladimir – Sirategyan Karen 0-1
7. Balabay Victor – Semenov Oleg 1-0
8. Mikryukov Mikhail – Salnikova Nonna 0-1
9. Catherine Rumyantseva – Mikhail Kuleshov 0-1
10. Lisyutin Alexander – Yusupmurzin Daniel 1-0
11. Lapin Ivan – Ponezhin Gennady 0.5-0.5

The draw for tomorrow’s morning tour:
1. Metreveli Irina – Potapov Alexey
2. Roman Hook – Fedotov Denis
3. Sirategyan Karen – Balabay Victor
4. Tyblin Yuri – Volkov Sergey
5. Radzelevyuk Alexander – Berezin Roman
6. Salnikov Pavel – Kuleshov Mikhail
7. Salnikova Nonna – Lisyutin Alexander
8. Katsev Ilya – Filinov Vladimir
9. Ponezhin Gennady – Mikryukov Michael
10. Semenov Oleg – Lapin Ivan
11. Tarannikov Yuri – Rumyantseva Ekaterina
12. Daniel Yusupmurzin – Natalya Nikonova

We will keep renju.in visitors up to date.