SURIN WINS IN ST PETERSBURG, KLJUEV IN JAROSLAVL
Peter Dijkema | Published on 4/18/2010
Dmitrij Surin 6d won the St Petersburg Open Cup April 10-11 in Russia, topping a field of 16. Runners-up were Ivan Kulikowskij 5d, Natalia Kovaleva 5d and Alexei Lazarev 6d. That same weekend in St Petersburg, Stepan Trubicin 4d swept the Under 25 Russian Championship, ahead of Igor Nemlij 5d of Kazan, Sergej Efimov 2k (Ekaterinaburg) and Dmitrij Kirakosjan 1d of St Petersburg. Elsewhere in Russia, during that weekend, in Jaroslavl with its center on the list of UNESCO World Heritage, Andrej Kljuev won Jaroslavl Championship while Daria Koshkina 4k (r) took silver with her 4-1 result. - Peter Dijkema, European Correspondent for the E-Journal