Hotel “Park” in St. Petersburg will once again be a host of a strong open tournament, and once again the event will be honoring a chess legend. The Chigorin Memorial will take place October 27 – November 4 as part of the Russian Cup competitions. It will be s Swiss tournament with time control 90 minutes for 40 moves, 30 seconds increment per move from move 1.
A total of 105 titiled players, 63 of them Grandmasters, and 4 over 2700 ELO will participate in the event. Top seeded is the Latvian GM Alexei Shirov, who will have as strongest opponent the winner of the previous SPB major event, the Botvinnik Memorial winner GM Alexander Areshchenko. The other two members of the 2700 club participating are the bronze medalist from ETCC 2011 GM Zoltan Almasi and the gold medalist from the Chess Olympiad in Istanbul GM Vladimir Akopian. Other top players in the Chigorin Memorial 2012 are GM Nikita Vitiugov, GM Evgeny Alekseev, GM Pavel Eljanov, GM Krisnan Sasikiran, GM Vadim Zvjaginsev, GM Boris Grachev, GM Maxim Matlakov, GM Parimarjan Negi, GM Ildar Khairullin, GM Denis Khismatullin, GM Ilia Smirin, GM Viorel Iordachescu, GM Mateusz Bartel, etc. Scroll down for the full list of players.
All games will be live on Chessdom.com with computer analysis
Alexei Shirov top seeded at Chigorin Memorial
Participants
| 1 | GM | Shirov Alexei | LAT | 2718 |
| 2 | GM | Areshchenko Alexander | UKR | 2710 |
| 3 | GM | Almasi Zoltan | HUN | 2707 |
| 4 | GM | Akopian Vladimir | ARM | 2703 |
| 5 | GM | Vitiugov Nikita | RUS | 2691 |
| 6 | GM | Eljanov Pavel | UKR | 2681 |
| 7 | GM | Sasikiran Krishnan | IND | 2680 |
| 8 | GM | Zvjaginsev Vadim | RUS | 2678 |
| 9 | GM | Grachev Boris | RUS | 2672 |
| 10 | GM | Matlakov Maxim | RUS | 2665 |
| 11 | GM | Negi Parimarjan | IND | 2657 |
| 12 | GM | Khairullin Ildar | RUS | 2639 |
| 13 | GM | Khismatullin Denis | RUS | 2638 |
| 14 | GM | Smirin Ilia | ISR | 2638 |
| 15 | GM | Iordachescu Viorel | MDA | 2637 |
| 16 | GM | Bartel Mateusz | POL | 2635 |
| 17 | GM | Timofeev Artyom | RUS | 2631 |
| 18 | GM | Lysyj Igor | RUS | 2628 |
| 19 | GM | Socko Bartosz | POL | 2619 |
| 20 | GM | Lenderman Aleksandr | USA | 2614 |
| 21 | GM | Popov Ivan | RUS | 2614 |
| 22 | GM | Hovhannisyan Robert | ARM | 2610 |
| 23 | IM | Demchenko Anton | RUS | 2610 |
| 24 | GM | Swiercz Dariusz | POL | 2609 |
| 25 | GM | Andriasian Zaven | ARM | 2604 |
| 26 | GM | Shimanov Aleksandr | RUS | 2599 |
| 27 | GM | Vorobiov Evgeny E. | RUS | 2598 |
| 28 | GM | Kovalyov Anton | ARG | 2593 |
| 29 | GM | Gabrielian Artur | RUS | 2592 |
| 30 | GM | Ipatov Alexander | TUR | 2591 |
| 31 | GM | Solak Dragan | TUR | 2590 |
| 32 | GM | Durarbayli Vasif | AZE | 2584 |
| 33 | GM | Zhigalko Andrey | BLR | 2582 |
| 34 | GM | Halkias Stelios | GRE | 2581 |
| 35 | GM | Burmakin Vladimir | RUS | 2579 |
| 36 | GM | Grigoriants Sergey | RUS | 2578 |
| 37 | GM | Popov Valerij | RUS | 2577 |
| 38 | GM | Epishin Vladimir | RUS | 2574 |
| 39 | GM | Grigoryan Avetik | ARM | 2572 |
| 40 | GM | Shomoev Anton | RUS | 2571 |
| 41 | GM | Brodsky Michail | UKR | 2563 |
| 42 | GM | Lintchevski Daniil | RUS | 2562 |
| 43 | GM | Malakhatko Vadim | BEL | 2558 |
| 44 | GM | Onischuk Vladimir | UKR | 2558 |
| 45 | GM | Ionov Sergey | RUS | 2550 |
| 46 | GM | Jumabayev Rinat | KAZ | 2545 |
| 47 | GM | Yevseev Denis | RUS | 2545 |
| 48 | GM | Savchenko Boris | RUS | 2540 |
| 49 | GM | Vocaturo Daniele | ITA | 2534 |
| 50 | GM | Alsina Leal Daniel | ESP | 2528 |
| 51 | IM | Goganov Aleksey | RUS | 2526 |
| 52 | GM | Cori Jorge | PER | 2522 |
| 53 | GM | Stupak Kirill | BLR | 2520 |
| 54 | GM | Levin Evgeny A. | RUS | 2516 |
| 55 | GM | Makarov Marat | RUS | 2516 |
| 56 | GM | Al-Sayed Mohammed | QAT | 2511 |
| 57 | IM | Baryshpolets Andrey | UKR | 2510 |
| 58 | GM | Soffer Ram | ISR | 2506 |
| 59 | IM | Mozharov Mikhail | RUS | 2505 |
| 60 | GM | Ajrapetjan Yuriy | UKR | 2502 |
| 61 | IM | Rozum Ivan | RUS | 2498 |
| 62 | GM | Portisch Lajos | HUN | 2495 |
| 63 | GM | Neverov Valeriy | UKR | 2494 |
| 64 | IM | Stukopin Andrey | RUS | 2494 |
| 65 | IM | Eliseev Urii | RUS | 2486 |
| 66 | IM | Oparin Grigoriy | RUS | 2484 |
| 67 | IM | Demuth Adrien | FRA | 2479 |
| 68 | Moiseenko Vadim | RUS | 2477 | |
| 69 | IM | Popilski Gil | ISR | 2475 |
| 70 | Golovin Leonid | RUS | 2475 | |
| 71 | GM | Yagupov Igor | RUS | 2465 |
| 72 | IM | Raznikov Danny | ISR | 2465 |
| 73 | IM | Fomichenko Eduard | RUS | 2460 |
| 74 | IM | Pakhomov Egor | RUS | 2458 |
| 75 | IM | Antipov Mikhail Al. | RUS | 2457 |
| 76 | IM | Debashis Das | IND | 2454 |
| 77 | IM | Hayrapetyan Hovik | ARM | 2450 |
| 78 | GM | Can Emre | TUR | 2449 |
| 79 | IM | Gladyszev Oleg | RUS | 2446 |
| 80 | FM | Atabayev Maksat | TKM | 2446 |
| 81 | GM | Socko Monika | POL | 2445 |
| 82 | FM | Chekhov Sergei | RUS | 2443 |
| 83 | IM | Mammadov Zaur | AZE | 2442 |
| 84 | IM | Matinian Nikita | RUS | 2439 |
| 85 | IM | Bajarani Ulvi | AZE | 2436 |
| 86 | IM | Airapetian Gor | RUS | 2435 |
| 87 | FM | Alekseenko Kirill | RUS | 2434 |
| 88 | FM | Sipila Vilka | FIN | 2430 |
| 89 | FM | Malakhov Igor | RUS | 2429 |
| 90 | Iljiushenok Ilia | RUS | 2427 | |
| 91 | IM | Bodnaruk Anastasia | RUS | 2425 |
| 92 | IM | Arslanov Shamil | RUS | 2421 |
| 93 | Aitbayev Aslan | KAZ | 2416 | |
| 94 | WGM | Cori T. Deysi | PER | 2411 |
| 95 | FM | Atabayev Yusup | TKM | 2407 |
| 96 | IM | Kanter Eduard | RUS | 2406 |
| 97 | IM | Vlasenko Miroslav | RUS | 2400 |
| 98 | FM | Nikologorskiy Konstantin | RUS | 2400 |
| 99 | FM | Svetlov Dmitry | RUS | 2399 |
| 100 | FM | Tilicheev Viacheslav | RUS | 2397 |
| 101 | IM | Nezad Husein Aziz | QAT | 2396 |
| 102 | FM | Dzhangobegov Vladimir | RUS | 2395 |
| 103 | GM | Annageldyev Orazly | TKM | 2394 |
| 104 | IM | Mishuchkov Nikolai M. | RUS | 2394 |
| 105 | Ponfilenok Vladimir | RUS | 2392 | |
| 106 | GM | Tseitlin Mark D | ISR | 2390 |
| 107 | FM | Belyakov Bogdan | RUS | 2388 |
| 108 | IM | Zavoronkov Vladimir | EST | 2378 |
| 109 | Khusenkhojaev Muhammad | TJK | 2377 | |
| 110 | IM | Baghdasaryan Vahe | ARM | 2373 |
| 111 | IM | Karasev Vladimir I | RUS | 2373 |
| 112 | FM | Lugovskoy Maxim | RUS | 2372 |
| 113 | IM | Solovjov Sergey I. | RUS | 2371 |
| 114 | IM | Shuraev Andrei | RUS | 2368 |
| 115 | Zenzera Alexey | RUS | 2361 | |
| 116 | IM | Kashtanov Ruslan | RUS | 2356 |
| 117 | IM | Yandarbiev Ruslan | RUS | 2356 |
| 118 | IM | Shchukin Dmitry | RUS | 2348 |
| 119 | FM | Dimukhametov Artur | RUS | 2347 |
| 120 | WGM | Charochkina Daria | RUS | 2343 |
| 121 | Krivenko Sergey | RUS | 2341 | |
| 122 | IM | Dmitriev Igor | RUS | 2340 |
| 123 | FM | Belousov Danila | RUS | 2340 |
| 124 | Sichinava Zviad | RUS | 2339 | |
| 125 | FM | Tologontegin Semetey | KGZ | 2338 |
| 126 | FM | Tsydypov Zhamsaran | RUS | 2338 |
| 127 | Usmanov Vasily | RUS | 2336 | |
| 128 | FM | Pasiev Rakhim | RUS | 2334 |
| 129 | WIM | Timofeeva Ekaterina | RUS | 2331 |
| 130 | FM | Duzhakov Ilya | RUS | 2330 |
| 131 | IM | Biriukov Oleg V. | RUS | 2327 |
| 132 | IM | Vuilleumier Alexandre | SUI | 2326 |
| 133 | FM | Mikhailov Viacheslav | RUS | 2326 |
| 134 | IM | Monin Nikolay | RUS | 2325 |
| 135 | FM | Buchenau Frank | GER | 2324 |
| 136 | IM | Leontiev Aleksandr V. | RUS | 2321 |
| 137 | Bazeev German | RUS | 2319 | |
| 138 | WIM | Dolzhykova Kateryna | UKR | 2313 |
| 139 | WGM | Cherednichenko Svetlana | UKR | 2311 |
| 140 | FM | Gubernatorov Sergey | RUS | 2311 |
| 141 | FM | Gerasimov Ivan | RUS | 2308 |
| 142 | FM | Ulyanin Sergei | RUS | 2308 |
| 143 | FM | Barhudarian Rafael | RUS | 2305 |
| 144 | FM | Donskov Anatoly | RUS | 2305 |
| 145 | IM | Khakimov Timur | RUS | 2303 |
| 146 | WGM | Molchanova Tatjana | RUS | 2303 |
| 147 | FM | Martynov Pavel | RUS | 2303 |
| 148 | IM | Ageichenko Genadi A | RUS | 2301 |
| 149 | Pavlov Aleksandr | RUS | 2300 | |
| 150 | WGM | Papp Petra | HUN | 2298 |
| 151 | Minko Vladimir | RUS | 2293 | |
| 152 | Vavulin Maksim | RUS | 2293 | |
| 153 | FM | Melnikov Dmitry | RUS | 2292 |
| 154 | WGM | Nikolova Adriana | BUL | 2290 |
| 155 | IM | Mikheev Stanislav | RUS | 2286 |
| 156 | WGM | Mirzoeva Elmira | RUS | 2283 |
| 157 | Faizrakhmanov Ramil | RUS | 2283 | |
| 158 | FM | Turikov Viktor | RUS | 2270 |
| 159 | Sukhareva Evgeniya | RUS | 2268 | |
| 160 | Solovyov Viktor | RUS | 2265 | |
| 161 | WGM | Fomichenko Svetlana | UKR | 2256 |
| 162 | Naboka Sergey | UKR | 2256 | |
| 163 | Vorobjev Dmitry | RUS | 2256 | |
| 164 | Ignatyev Viktor | RUS | 2254 | |
| 165 | Zhurikhin Alexander | RUS | 2254 | |
| 166 | FM | Toivonen Alexander V. | RUS | 2250 |
| 167 | WIM | Dolgova Olga | RUS | 2250 |
| 168 | Vunder Andrey | RUS | 2243 | |
| 169 | Valli Frans | FIN | 2240 | |
| 170 | Schepetkova Margarita | RUS | 2239 | |
| 171 | FM | Spielmann Alain | FRA | 2235 |
| 172 | WFM | Cheremnova Tamara | RUS | 2235 |
| 173 | FM | Zalkind Konstantin | ISR | 2232 |
| 174 | FM | Suleymanyants Odisey | RUS | 2227 |
| 175 | WIM | Andrenko Irina | UKR | 2227 |
| 176 | Kuratov Vasily | RUS | 2225 | |
| 177 | Afanasiev Nikita | RUS | 2224 | |
| 178 | Samdanov Samdan | RUS | 2221 | |
| 179 | Drachev Oleg | RUS | 2220 | |
| 180 | Yakimenko Alexander A. | RUS | 2220 | |
| 181 | WFM | Matveeva Olga | RUS | 2219 |
| 182 | Klyuev Alexander S. | RUS | 2218 | |
| 183 | WGM | Semenova Irina | RUS | 2216 |
| 184 | FM | Syrchikov Alexander | RUS | 2208 |
| 185 | WFM | Rjanova Valery | RUS | 2206 |
| 186 | Denishev Marat | RUS | 2198 | |
| 187 | WFM | Belenkaya Dina | RUS | 2189 |
| 188 | Golubov Saveliy | RUS | 2189 | |
| 189 | Kiselev Pavel | RUS | 2188 | |
| 190 | Nunez Lucero Francisco | ESP | 2186 | |
| 191 | WIM | Hairapetian Anna | ARM | 2185 |
| 192 | Torlopov Nikita | RUS | 2184 | |
| 193 | WIM | Balaian Alina | RUS | 2180 |
| 194 | Khanin Semen | RUS | 2180 | |
| 195 | Antinyan Armen | ARM | 2177 | |
| 196 | IM | Marusenko Petr | UKR | 2175 |
| 197 | WFM | Petrova Irina | UKR | 2167 |
| 198 | WFM | Bukhteeva Viktoria | RUS | 2165 |
| 199 | WGM | Shaydullina Sandugach | RUS | 2162 |
| 200 | Kalinin Nikita | RUS | 2153 | |
| 201 | Nedostup Daniil | RUS | 2152 | |
| 202 | Napalkov Vladimir | RUS | 2150 | |
| 203 | Pen Pyotr | RUS | 2150 | |
| 204 | Aminov Andrey | RUS | 2147 | |
| 205 | FM | Ivanov Rostislav | RUS | 2146 |
| 206 | Lutovinov Alexander | RUS | 2145 | |
| 207 | Pischikov Vadim | RUS | 2143 | |
| 208 | Pogosian Vladimir | ARM | 2143 | |
| 209 | FM | Naslund Mikael | SWE | 2142 |
| 210 | Menkov Aleksandr | RUS | 2142 | |
| 211 | Nikitinyh Boris | RUS | 2142 | |
| 212 | Kuzmin Egor | RUS | 2140 | |
| 213 | WFM | Hallaeva Bahar | TKM | 2139 |
| 214 | Basencyan Mark | ARM | 2139 | |
| 215 | WFM | Kostrikina Anna | RUS | 2138 |
| 216 | WFM | Bivol Alina | RUS | 2137 |
| 217 | Gorjunov Sergey | RUS | 2134 | |
| 218 | Tkachev Ivan | RUS | 2128 | |
| 219 | Kozhabekov Adilkhan | KAZ | 2127 | |
| 220 | Saveliev Alexei | RUS | 2126 | |
| 221 | FM | Chehlov Aleksander | LAT | 2124 |
| 222 | WFM | Pershina Elena | RUS | 2122 |
| 223 | Nazaretyan Tigran | RUS | 2121 | |
| 224 | Atabayev Saparmyrat | TKM | 2118 | |
| 225 | Fedorov Viktor | RUS | 2118 | |
| 226 | Sarana Alexey | RUS | 2118 | |
| 227 | Bratus Petr P | RUS | 2114 | |
| 228 | Mrykhin Igor | RUS | 2110 | |
| 229 | Kostyuchenko Vladimir | RUS | 2101 | |
| 230 | Pershin Denis | RUS | 2100 | |
| 231 | Baglaev Evgeniy | RUS | 2099 | |
| 232 | Yudkevich Mikhail | RUS | 2099 | |
| 233 | Aseev Vladimir | RUS | 2095 | |
| 234 | Pyatin Alexander | RUS | 2091 | |
| 235 | Gogolev Artem | RUS | 2090 | |
| 236 | Mamedov Elmin | RUS | 2088 | |
| 237 | Androsov Sergey | RUS | 2081 | |
| 238 | Lobanov Sergei | RUS | 2081 | |
| 239 | Zamyshlyaev Anatoly | RUS | 2080 | |
| 240 | Zhilchikov Nikolai | RUS | 2077 | |
| 241 | Nasybullina Alfia | RUS | 2076 | |
| 242 | Trapeznikova Darya | RUS | 2072 | |
| 243 | WFM | Korchagina Viktoria | RUS | 2071 |
| 244 | Popelyshev Igor V. | RUS | 2071 | |
| 245 | Kartsev Evgeni | RUS | 2070 | |
| 246 | Suvorov Aleksandr | RUS | 2065 | |
| 247 | Ivanov Sergei V. | RUS | 2060 | |
| 248 | Rudakov Aleksandr | RUS | 2060 | |
| 249 | Grigorjev Iljya | RUS | 2053 | |
| 250 | Potyavin Igor | RUS | 2049 | |
| 251 | Koshil Tikhon | RUS | 2048 | |
| 252 | Gantsevich Aleksei | RUS | 2046 | |
| 253 | Azimova Karina | RUS | 2044 | |
| 254 | Grinblat Artemiy | RUS | 2043 | |
| 255 | Grachev Andrey | RUS | 2040 | |
| 256 | Kharchenko Daniil | RUS | 2039 | |
| 257 | Belov Nikita | RUS | 2034 | |
| 258 | Bajaramov Elvin | RUS | 2025 | |
| 259 | Panov Ivan | RUS | 2021 | |
| 260 | Voronenkov Sergey | RUS | 2020 | |
| 261 | Dushin Nikolay | RUS | 2018 | |
| 262 | Kazakov Maksym | UKR | 2015 | |
| 263 | Kopasov Evgeny | RUS | 2014 | |
| 264 | Opanasenko Mikhail | RUS | 2011 | |
| 265 | Westerberg Claes-Goran | SWE | 2007 | |
| 266 | Salov Vitaly V. | RUS | 1993 | |
| 267 | WFM | Jorayewa Govher | TKM | 1990 |
| 268 | Atabayeva Ogulgerek | TKM | 1990 | |
| 269 | Kuzmin Arseniy | RUS | 1982 | |
| 270 | Maksimov Dmitri | RUS | 1982 | |
| 271 | Yakovlev Yuri S. | RUS | 1982 | |
| 272 | Ayvazyan Nikita | RUS | 1973 | |
| 273 | Kondratiev Denis | RUS | 1972 | |
| 274 | Bondarenko Dmitry | RUS | 1971 | |
| 275 | Frolov Lev | RUS | 1970 | |
| 276 | Velieva Hurma | TKM | 1966 | |
| 277 | Puzko Danila | RUS | 1957 | |
| 278 | Mitiushkin Marat | RUS | 1953 | |
| 279 | Aleksanyan Gor | ARM | 1948 | |
| 280 | CM | Maltsev Leonid | UKR | 1947 |
| 281 | Boytsov Alexander | RUS | 1945 | |
| 282 | Chuprova Irina | RUS | 1945 | |
| 283 | Andreeva Yulia | RUS | 1944 | |
| 284 | Doronkin Grigory | RUS | 1942 | |
| 285 | WCM | Kiseleva Arina | RUS | 1939 |
| 286 | Chernyak Viktoria | RUS | 1939 | |
| 287 | Fedoseeva Valentina | RUS | 1930 | |
| 288 | Volskaya Vera | RUS | 1929 | |
| 289 | Zhelobanov Roman | RUS | 1912 | |
| 290 | Zakharov Yuri | RUS | 1902 | |
| 291 | Kantyshev Nikita | RUS | 1898 | |
| 292 | Chernov Maksim | RUS | 1895 | |
| 293 | Shagdurov Denis | RUS | 1890 | |
| 294 | Kamnev Alexander | RUS | 1885 | |
| 295 | Chistiakov Mihail | RUS | 1884 | |
| 296 | Sladkov Andrey | RUS | 1876 | |
| 297 | Aleksandrov Grigoriy | RUS | 1871 | |
| 298 | Kuvyrshin Maksim | RUS | 1865 | |
| 299 | Nikiforov Vyacheslav | RUS | 1863 | |
| 300 | Klevets Ksenia | RUS | 1861 | |
| 301 | Radkov Bazhen D. | RUS | 1860 | |
| 302 | Ustich Ekaterina | RUS | 1857 | |
| 303 | Dyakov Vladislav | RUS | 1854 | |
| 304 | Mikhaylov Dimitri | MDA | 1854 | |
| 305 | Belkina Yulia | RUS | 1850 | |
| 306 | Bezulenko Evgeny | RUS | 1850 | |
| 307 | Dzhavathanov Magomed | RUS | 1848 | |
| 308 | Khatenever Feliks | RUS | 1843 | |
| 309 | Glazov Anatoly | RUS | 1835 | |
| 310 | Faizutdinova Diana | RUS | 1834 | |
| 311 | Popov Alexei | RUS | 1823 | |
| 312 | Egorov Daniil | RUS | 1819 | |
| 313 | Kosov Igor | RUS | 1817 | |
| 314 | Stroganov Anatoly | RUS | 1808 | |
| 315 | Kvitko Nikita | KAZ | 1801 | |
| 316 | Hyotyla Tapio | SUI | 1795 | |
| 317 | Fokin Anatoly | RUS | 1793 | |
| 318 | Shuvalov Arvind | RUS | 1789 | |
| 319 | Rybakova Polina | RUS | 1787 | |
| 320 | Tarakanova Valeria | RUS | 1778 | |
| 321 | Pitkanen Juhani | FIN | 1763 | |
| 322 | Shakirova Renata | RUS | 1756 | |
| 323 | Melnikov Nikolay | RUS | 1752 | |
| 324 | Petrushev. Nikita | RUS | 1738 | |
| 325 | Kholova Elena | RUS | 1736 | |
| 326 | Klimshin Ilia | RUS | 1734 | |
| 327 | Toporkova Sofia | RUS | 1732 | |
| 328 | Petrochenko Maria | RUS | 1716 | |
| 329 | Bubnov Kirill | RUS | 1713 | |
| 330 | Levdansky Alexey | RUS | 1700 | |
| 331 | Uyanik Mehmet | TUR | 1687 | |
| 332 | Bezobrazov Lev | RUS | 1673 | |
| 333 | Elizarova Taisia | RUS | 1663 | |
| 334 | Zhivotovskaya Asya | RUS | 1660 | |
| 335 | Demura Anna | RUS | 1652 | |
| 336 | Gantsevich Aleksey A. | RUS | 1626 | |
| 337 | Panov Konstantin | RUS | 1607 | |
| 338 | Gantsevich Dmitry | RUS | 1546 | |
| 339 | Pankova Julia | RUS | 1528 | |
| 340 | Lazarev Aleksandr | RUS | 0 | |
| 341 | Shevchuk Vladimir | RUS | 0 |
