Tag: UgraGovernorCup2015

The 9th and final round of the Ugra Governor Cup 2015 saw overnight leader GM Sanan Sjugirov losing to GM Yuri Eliseev while GM Alexander Rakhmanov, another leader going into the final round, being held to a draw by GM Dmitry Bocharov. These results helped GM Ivan Bukavshin to win the tournament on tie-break after overcoming GM Aleksey Goganov in the final round of the tournament.

Bukavshin notched up a total of 6 points, winning 3 games, drawing 6 and remaining undefeated throughout the course of the event.

Despite scoring the same points as Bukavshin, Rakhmanov and Eliseev, on account of their inferior tie-break scores, had to content themselves with finishing second and third respectively.

Four Grandmasters – Artemiev, Rakhmanov, Aleksandrov and Sjugirov – are in joint lead after the 6th round of the Ugra Governor Cup 2015. The aforementioned GMs have all notched up 4 points each.

In the 6th round of the tournament, the top-board clash between Sjugirov and Rakhmanov ended peacefully while Artemiev was held to a draw by Timofeev on the second board.

Meanwhile, as many as 10 players are currently on the second spot and are trailing the leaders by only a half point.