This year the RSSU Men’s Veteran Cup registered more than 170 participants. According to the final results the grandmaster Evgeny Sveshnikov (Chelyabinsk) and the international master Alexander Filipenko (Izhevsk) scored 7,5 points. Sveshnikov won a gold medal due to tie-breaks.
Five participants scored half a point less: the best tie-breaks allowed Evgenij Kalegin (Ufa) to win the third place. Evgeni Dragomarezkij, Oleg Zilbert (both from Moscow), Amanmurad Kakageldyev (Turkmenia) and Anatoli Shvedchikov (Moscow) occupy the next lines below in the table.
We should add, Evgeny Ellinovich Sveshnikov wins the RSSU Veteran Cup for the second time (2012, 2017).
Technical results and photos are on the tournament page.