Three Rounds of Russian Senior Championships Played in St. Petersburg

Vladimir Ponfilenok is heading the open event, trio leads the women's section.

 
The Russian Senior Championships are being held in the Olympic Reserve Chess and Checkers Sports School in Saint Petersburg.

After three rounds, the open section is led by Vladimir Ponfilenok, who defeated GM Yuri Balashov in Round 3 and has got 3 points. IM Alexandr Provotorov is half a point behind the leader. 

WGM Elena Fatalibekova, Tatiana Ivanova, and WGM Galina Strutinskaia are leading the race in the women's section with 2.5 points scored. 

The Russian Senior Championships are organised by the Physical Culture and Sports Committee of St. Petersburg, the Chess Federation of Russia and the Sports Chess Federation of St. Petersburg.

The general sponsor of the championship is Gazprom. The CFR general partner is PhosAgro. The tournament's partner is Aeroflot.


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Gazprom holds the world’s largest natural gas reserves being the global leader in gas production. The Company actively implements large-scale gas development projects in the Yamal Peninsula, Eastern Siberia and the Russian Far East, as well as a number of hydrocarbon exploration and production projects abroad. 

Gazprom supplies gas to domestic and foreign consumers. The Company is among the top Russian oil and gas condensate producers and owns large generating assets in Russia.

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