Moscow international master Evgeni Dragomarezkij started the RSSU Veteran Cup with seven victories. One round to the end he was one point ahead of his closest chasers. He played in a draw with international master Alexandr Provotorov in the game of the last round and secured the first place with a brilliant result – 8 of 9 points.
International master Evgenij Kalegin (Ufa) remained half a point behind the leader and became a silver medalist. Six players with 6 points shared the third place: Alexandr Provotorov (Kaluga region), Gennady Tunik (Saratov region), Nikolai Mishuchkov (Leningrad region), Sergey Pozin (Khanty-Mansi Autonomous region - Yugra), Evgeny Sveshnikov (Chelyabinsk region) and Arkadi Vul (Moscow region). It’s the final ranking order of the players – Provotorov wins the bronze.
Sergey Birjukov (Moscow) with 6,5 points wins the first place in the tournament of veterans 70+. Oleg Repin (Nizhegorodskaya region) scored the same number of points. However, he is left behind according to tie-breaks. Sergey Davydov (Orenburg region) scored 6 points and wins the third place.
It should be added that Evgeni Dragomarezkij wins the RSSU Veteran Cup for the second time. Last time he won the tournament in 2015.