19 July 2016

Grigoriy Oparin Wins Pacific Meridian

Russian Grand Prix event ended in Vladivostok.

Pacific Meridian, a leg of the Russian Rapid Grand Prix, ended in Vladivostok  on July 20. More than 70 players took part in the event. 

Grigoriy Oparin (Moscow), Dmitry Kokarev (Penza), and Ivan Rozum (Vologda) finished with 9 points out of 11. The tie-break gave Mr. Oparin the first place. 

WFM Aleksandra Zherebtsova (Moscow) won the women's prize. Alexander Kalitenko (Khabarovsk) won the senior prize among men, and Vera Scherben (Khabarovsk) was the strongest women senior. Darya Khokholova (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk) and Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov (Naberezhnye Chelny) won the U-19 prizes.