The beginning of Round 1
The Moscow Final Championships 2013 for men and women will take place on 22nd – 31st March at the International Center of Chess Education RSSU.
Both tournaments will be 9-round Swiss opens with the FIDE classical time control.
51 players signed up to participate in the open section, including 25 titled players: 7 Grandmasters, 15 International Masters and 3 Fide Masters.
GM Evgeny Najer is the rating favorite, followed by GM Evgeny Vorobiov and IM Vladimir Belous.
IM Irina Vasilevich is the favorite in the women’s section.
Participants – Open Section:
| 1 | GM | Najer Evgeniy | RUS | 2634 |
| 2 | GM | Vorobiov Evgeny E. | RUS | 2578 |
| 3 | IM | Belous Vladimir | RUS | 2560 |
| 4 | GM | Deviatkin Andrei | RUS | 2549 |
| 5 | IM | Eliseev Urii | RUS | 2541 |
| 6 | GM | Nikolenko Oleg | RUS | 2526 |
| 7 | IM | Mozharov Mikhail | RUS | 2523 |
| 8 | IM | Stukopin Andrey | RUS | 2501 |
| 9 | IM | Oparin Grigoriy | RUS | 2496 |
| 10 | IM | Reshetnikov Alexey | RUS | 2496 |
| 11 | GM | Naumkin Igor | RUS | 2491 |
| 12 | GM | Balashov Yuri S | RUS | 2481 |
| 13 | GM | Gavrilov Alexei | RUS | 2475 |
| 14 | IM | Antipov Mikhail Al. | RUS | 2473 |
| 15 | IM | Moskalenko Alexander | RUS | 2459 |
| 16 | IM | Ulko Jaroslav | RUS | 2444 |
| 17 | FM | Gordievsky Dmitry | RUS | 2443 |
| 18 | IM | Dvalishvili Pavel S. | RUS | 2413 |
| 19 | FM | Turutin Alexander | RUS | 2404 |
| 20 | IM | Arslanov Shamil | RUS | 2394 |
| 21 | IM | Dragomarezkij Evgeni | RUS | 2372 |
| 22 | IM | Novichkov Valery | RUS | 2371 |
| 23 | Paravyan David | RUS | 2330 | |
| 24 | Prokopchuk Yury | RUS | 2305 | |
| 25 | FM | Apryshko Gleb | RUS | 2295 |
| 26 | Vavulin Maksim | RUS | 2293 | |
| 27 | IM | Ageichenko Genadi A | RUS | 2287 |
| 28 | IM | Losev Dmitry | RUS | 2285 |
| 29 | Geivondian Arman | RUS | 2222 | |
| 30 | Tarasov Alexandr | RUS | 2192 | |
| 31 | Melnik Viktor | RUS | 2138 | |
| 32 | Romanov Stanislav | RUS | 2104 | |
Participants – Women’s Section:
| 1 | IM | Vasilevich Irina | RUS | 2363 |
| 2 | IM | Savina Anastasia | RUS | 2351 |
| 3 | WGM | Charochkina Daria | RUS | 2323 |
| 4 | WIM | Fominykh Maria | RUS | 2282 |
| 5 | WIM | Drozdova Dina | RUS | 2270 |
| 6 | FM | Pustovoitova Daria | RUS | 2269 |
| 7 | WFM | Saulina Varvara | RUS | 2266 |
| 8 | WGM | Mirzoeva Elmira | RUS | 2252 |
| 9 | WGM | Chasovnikova Eugenia | RUS | 2211 |
| 10 | WIM | Kharmunova Nadezhda | RUS | 2196 |
| 11 | WFM | Gvanceladze Anna | RUS | 2183 |
| 12 | WIM | Bezgodova Maria | RUS | 2177 |
| 13 | WFM | Bukhteeva Viktoria | RUS | 2170 |
| 14 | WFM | Rodionova Polina | RUS | 2105 |
| 15 | Zherebtsova Alexandra | RUS | 2088 | |
| 16 | Utiatskaja Irina | RUS | 2024 | |
| 17 | Skakun Valentina | RUS | 1922 | |
| 18 | Ochneva Inga | RUS | 1857 | |
| 19 | Sayafarova Anna | RUS | 1745 | |
