86th St. Petersburg Chess Championships

The 86th Saint Petersburg Chess Championships for men and women are taking place on 11th – 21st March, 2013 at the Russian cultural capital.

Both tournaments are single round robins with 12 players each. The classical time control of 90 min for 40 moves + 30 min (and 30 sec increment) is being used.

The average rating in the men’s tournament is 2393, while the women’s is 1968. The Chief Arbiter is the IA Viatcheslav Ivanov.

The games can be replayed at the official website.

Participants – Men’s tournament (top seeds):

1	GM Valerij Popov	2557
2	IM Aleksey Goganov	2556
3	GM Denis Yevseev	2536
4	GM Evgeny Levin	2508
5	Kirill Alekseenko	2447