29 January 2019

Fourth Round Games of Moscow Open-2019 Played in RSSU

No sole leaders in main tournaments.

Photo: Galina Popova
Photo: Galina Popova

The fourth round of the XV International RSSU Chess Cup Мoscow Open-2019 was played in the Russian State Social University on January 29. 

In the "A" tournament, a stage of the Russian Cup, the leaders are Mikhail Mozharov, Vladimir Zakhartsov, and Aleksei Pridorozhni, who have scored 4 points. Pavel Ponkratov, Dmitry Kokarev, Semen Khanin, Mikhail Bryakin, Tigran Nazaretyan, Sanan Sjugirov, Artyom Timofeev, Boris Grachev, and Nikita Afanasiev (all from Russia) are half a point behind.  

Lanita Stetsko (Belarus) and Ekaterina Goltseva are leading the women's tournament with a perfect score. Aleksandra Maltsevskaya, Oksana Gritsayeva, Daria Voit, Elena Semenova, Bibisara Assaubayeva, and Margarita Lysenko (all from Russia) are trailing be half a point. 

Evgenij Kalegin, Alexander Filipenko, Sergey Pozin, and Alexey Guberniev have taken the lead in seniors' tournament.  The leaders of the senior women's event are Larisa Khropova, Lidia Malinicheva, Galina Strutinskaia, and Elena Fatalibekova (all from Russia).

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