A particularity of this four-day rapid event (15th to 18th of August) was that the arbiter, Yuri Averbakh, is himself a legend in the chess world. Apparently the endgame specialist is at present the oldest-living GM in the world.
| Rank | Name | Title | Country | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | Achievements |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korchnoi, Viktor | GM | SUI | 2553 | # | 1 | = | = | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | = | 7 | World Champs finalist 70s |
| 2 | Vasiukov, Evgeni | GM | RUS | 2455 | 0 | # | = | = | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11th in World (1962) |
| 3 | Portisch, Lajos | GM | HUN | 2523 | = | = | # | = | = | 1 | 1 | 0 | = | = | 5 | Candidates Semi-Finalist 70s |
| 4 | Ivkov, Borislav | GM | SRB | 2416 | = | = | = | # | 0 | = | 1 | 0 | = | 1 | 4.5 | Candidate 60s |
| 5 | Zaitsev, Igor A | GM | RUS | 2408 | 0 | 0 | = | 1 | # | 0 | 1 | = | = | 1 | 4.5 | Karpov Coach/ theoretician |
| 6 | Nikitin, Aleksander S | IM | RUS | 2430 | = | 0 | 0 | = | 1 | # | 0 | 1 | = | = | 4 | Kasparov Coach/ theoretician |
| 7 | Uhlmann, Wolfgang | GM | GER | 2379 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | # | 1 | = | = | 4 | Candidates 70s |
| 8 | Chernikov, Oleg L | GM | RUS | 2402 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | = | 0 | 0 | # | = | 1 | 4 | World Senior Champion 2000 |
| 9 | Bykhovsky, Anatoly A | IM | RUS | 2354 | 0 | 0 | = | = | = | = | = | = | # | = | 3.5 | Trainer |
| 10 | Taimanov, Mark E | GM | RUS | 2386 | = | 0 | = | 0 | 0 | = | = | 0 | = | # | 2.5 | Candidates 70s, World senior champion 90s |
Further information from the official site:
http://www.obninskchess.ru/chess/tournaments/332-chess-tournaments.html
