Denis Yevseev
GM Denis Yevseev took the winner’s trophy at the 86th Saint Petersburg Chess Championship that took place on 11th – 21st March, 2013 at the Russian cultural capital.
After going the entire distance without a loss, the winner scored 9 points. Silver medalist was Evgeny Levin, who finished half a point behind. Bronze went for Aleksey Goganov with 7.5 points. Rating favorite Valerij Popov finished fourth with 7 points.
The event was a single round robins with 12 players. The classical time control of 90 min for 40 moves + 30 min (and 30 sec increment) was used.
The games can be replayed at the official website.
Final Standings:
| 1 | GM Denis Yevseev | 2536 | 9,0 |
| 2 | GM Evgeny Levin | 2508 | 8,5 |
| 3 | IM Aleksey Goganov | 2556 | 7,5 |
| 4 | GM Valerij Popov | 2557 | 7,0 |
| 5 | Kirill Alekseenko | 2447 | 5,5 |
| 6 | Vasily Usmanov | 2369 | 5,0 |
| 7 | Sergei Lobanov | 2148 | 5,0 |
| 8 | FM Anatoly Donskov | 2300 | 4,0 |
| 9 | Andrey Vunder | 2271 | 4,0 |
| 10 | IM Ruslan Kashtanov | 2351 | 3,5 |
| 11 | German Bazeev | 2339 | 3,5 |
| 12 | FM Pavel Martynov | 2339 | 3,5 |
