Dmitry Jakovenko to defend last year’s trophy

The 9th International chess tournament in honor of former world champion Anatoly Karpov will take place on 8-18th July at the NRMU CSB “Neptune” in Bragin Poikovsky, Khanty-Mansiysk. The organizers have stated that their main objective is to popularize and develop chess in the vast territory of Siberia.

Anatoly Karpov

Participants:

Alexei Shirov (Spain 2741)

Dmitry Jakovenko (Russia 2709) – last year winner

Sergei Rublevsky (Russia 2699)

Wang Hao (China 2691)

Ernesto Inarkiev (Russia 2675)

Andrei Volokitin (Ukraine 2671)

Vugar Gashimov (Azerbaijan 2717)

Viktor Bologan (Moldova 2686)

Alexander Onischuk (USA 2670)

Emil Sutovsky (Israel 2654)