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The festival is named after the Soviet chess player and chess writer Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov (1912 – 1974). Nezhmetdinov won the Russian Chess Championship 5 times and beated many of the best players in the world. In 1954 he got FIDE International Master title.
In the previous 38th Memorial of RG Nezhmetdinov won the International Grandmaster Alexei Pridorozhny from Surgut. MG Dmitry Kokarev from Penza got the silver medal, the bronze was taken from the MG Dmitry Bocharov from Novosibirsk. In the women's classification won Obolentseva Alexander from Moscow. Among veterans first was MG Tunik Gennady from Saratov. Nikitenko Michael from Minsk won the junior's competition. Alexey Gubaidullin from Kazan was the best among chess players with a rating below 2450.
System of play: 9 Round Swiss
Rate of play: 90 minutes all moves + 30 seconds increment
Schedule: UTC/GMT +3 hours
2017, May31 - 15:30 - Round 1
2017, Jun 01 - 15:00 - Round 2
2017, Jun 02 - 15:00 - Round 3
2017, Jun 03 - 15:00 - Round 4
2017, Jun 04 - 15:00 - Round 5
2017, Jun 05 - 15:00 - Round 6
2017, Jun 06 - 15:00 - Round 7
2017, Jun 07 - 15:00 - Round 8
2017, Jun 08 - 11:00 - Round 9
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