The Moscow Rapid Chess Championship 2013 has started

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The Moscow Rapid Chess Championship 2013 is taking place on 1st-2nd May at the Tigran Petrosian Chess Club in the Russian capital.

It is a 9 rounds Swiss open with a time control of 15 minutes + 10 seconds increments during the whole game.

This event is open only to residents of Moscow that represent Russia in the FIDE rating list. Besides these players, the organization will invite three strong players to increase the level of competition.

First to fourth placed players will get the right to represent Moscow at the Russian Rapid Chess Championship to be held on 20th-23rd May in St. Petersburg. The same rules will be applied to the Women’s section.

A prize fund of 50,000 rubles will be provided in the open event.

Three players are sharing first place after 5 rounds: Boris Grachev, Evgeny Vorobiov and Pavel Potapov.

Standings after 5 rounds:

1	GM	Grachev Boris	RUS	2689	4.0
2	GM	Vorobiov Evgeny E.	RUS	2603	4.0
3	IM	Potapov Pavel	RUS	2498	4.0
4	IM	Moskalenko Alexander	RUS	2425	4.0
5	GM	Popov Ivan	RUS	2644	3.5
6	IM	Antipov Mikhail Al.	RUS	2563	3.5
7	GM	Grigoriants Sergey	RUS	2537	3.5
8	IM	Oparin Grigoriy	RUS	2493	3.5
9	IM	Dvalishvili Pavel S.	RUS	2404	3.5
10	IM	Ivanov Victor L	RUS	2488	3.5
11	GM	Nikolenko Oleg	RUS	2512	3.5
12	IM	Stukopin Andrey	RUS	2538	3.5
13	IM	Dragomarezkij Evgeni	RUS	2434	3.5
14	FM	Gordievsky Dmitry	RUS	2507	3.0
15	IM	Demidov Mikhail	RUS	2501	3.0
16	IM	Karpov Vadim	RUS	2386	3.0
17	FM	Tilicheev Viacheslav	RUS	2468	3.0
18	IM	Borisenko Andrei	RUS	2401	3.0
19	GM	Gavrilov Alexei	RUS	2412	3.0
20	FM	Seliverstov Vladimir	RUS	2476	3.0
21		Paravyan David	RUS	2263	2.5
22	GM	Krapivin Alexander	RUS	2441	2.5
23	IM	Ulko Jaroslav	RUS	2489	2.5
24	IM	Mozharov Mikhail	RUS	2499	2.5
25	GM	Rychagov Andrey	RUS	2490	2.5
26		Chizhikov Vladislav	RUS	2243	2.5
27	IM	Mesropov Konstantin	RUS	2424	2.5
28	IM	Shvedchikov Anatoli I.	RUS	2458	2.5
29	GM	Balashov Yuri S	RUS	2484	2.0
30		Kukhmazov Arsen	RUS	2190	2.0
31		Pletnev Evgeniy	RUS	2305	2.0
32		Vavulin Maksim	RUS	2417	2.0
33	IM	Orlinkov Maxim L.	RUS	2321	2.0
34	GM	Vul Arkadi Eremeevich	RUS	2259	2.0
35	IM	Appolonov Sergey	RUS	2374	2.0
36	FM	Kostin Konstantin	RUS	2329	2.0
37		Kalinin Nikita	RUS	2199	2.0
38	FM	Tchernyi Viktor	RUS	2254	2.0
39	FM	Apryshko Gleb	RUS	2412	2.0
40	IM	Ageichenko Genadi A	RUS	2312	1.5
41		Savenkov Konstantin	RUS	2202	1.5
42	IM	Belous Vladimir	RUS	2546	1.5
43	GM	Smagin Sergey	RUS	2542	1.0
44		Mukhitdinov Akmalkhon	RUS	2056	1.0
45	IM	Archangelsky Mikhail	RUS	2184	1.0
46	FM	Kozlov Gennady	RUS	2317	1.0
47		Maksimov Oleg	RUS	2333	0.0