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Eesti malesuve kaalukaim jõuproov 50. Ilmar Raua mälestusturniir toimus Viljandis 27. juunist - 3. juulini. Esikohta jagasid rahvusvahelised suurmeistrid Aleksei Aleksandrov (Valgevene), Arturs Neiksans (Läti) ja Kaido Külaots (Eesti) ning rahvusvaheline meister Nikita Meskovs (Läti) - kõik neli kogusid 6,5 punkti 9st. Lähemalt loe turniiri erileheküljelt http://www.eestimale.ee/raud2016/ - tulemused, partiid, ajalugu. Põhjalikud fotoreportaažid ja vooruülevaated Eesti Male Toetusühingu Facebooki konto vahendusel. Kokku mängiti 9 vooru šveitsi süsteemis, mõtlemisajaga 1.30 h 40 käigule + 15 minutit partii lõpuni + 30 sekundit igale käigule mõlemale mängijale alates esimesest käigust. Võistluse auhinnafond oli kokku ligi 5000 eurot - auhinnad esimesele kolmele vastavalt 1500, 1000 ja 700 eurot ning kokku auhindasid kaheksale paremale, samuti parematele naistele, veteranidele, noortele ja kohalikele mängijatele, lisaks auhinnad reitingugruppide parematele ja loosiauhinnad. Tänavusel turniiril osalesid maletajad Eestist, Lätist, Leedust, Venemaalt, Valgevenest, Poolast, Soomest, Norrast, USAst. Kokku oli nädalasel malevõistlusel osalejaid 56.
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 2 | GM | Aleksandrov Aleksej | BLR | 2577 | 6,5 | 40,5 | 48,5 | 47,0 |
| 2 | 1 | GM | Neiksans Arturs | LAT | 2612 | 6,5 | 39,5 | 50,5 | 46,0 |
| 3 | 10 | IM | Meskovs Nikita | LAT | 2467 | 6,5 | 39,5 | 50,0 | 46,0 |
| 4 | 3 | GM | Kulaots Kaido | EST | 2568 | 6,5 | 37,5 | 48,0 | 44,0 |
| 5 | 6 | GM | Ehlvest Jaan | USA | 2524 | 6,0 | 39,5 | 50,5 | 46,0 |
| 6 | 8 | IM | Kantans Toms | LAT | 2498 | 6,0 | 36,5 | 46,5 | 43,0 |
| 7 | 16 | FM | Krupenski Juri | EST | 2396 | 6,0 | 36,0 | 46,0 | 42,5 |
| 8 | 15 | IM | Seeman Tarvo | EST | 2406 | 6,0 | 35,0 | 45,0 | 41,5 |
| 9 | 9 | GM | Miezis Normunds | LAT | 2492 | 6,0 | 35,0 | 44,0 | 41,5 |
| 10 | 5 | GM | Maiorov Nikita | BLR | 2541 | 5,5 | 40,0 | 50,5 | 46,5 |
| 11 | 11 | IM | Ladva Ottomar | EST | 2449 | 5,5 | 37,5 | 48,0 | 44,0 |
| 12 | 22 | FM | Sirosh Ilja | EST | 2271 | 5,5 | 36,0 | 44,5 | 42,0 |
| 13 | 7 | GM | Kanep Meelis | EST | 2509 | 5,5 | 35,5 | 45,5 | 41,5 |
| 14 | 21 | FM | Vovk Ilja | EST | 2272 | 5,5 | 34,5 | 44,0 | 41,0 |
| 15 | 13 | GM | Shvyrjov Igor | EST | 2420 | 5,5 | 33,0 | 42,5 | 38,5 |
| 16 | 17 | FM | Luukkonen Tommi | FIN | 2377 | 5,5 | 32,5 | 43,0 | 39,0 |
| 17 | 34 | Abozenko Georg | EST | 2023 | 5,5 | 31,0 | 38,5 | 36,0 | |
| 18 | 12 | IM | Sepp Olav | EST | 2436 | 5,0 | 37,0 | 47,5 | 43,0 |
| 19 | 4 | GM | Kveinys Aloyzas | LTU | 2541 | 5,0 | 37,0 | 47,0 | 43,5 |
| 20 | 14 | IM | Berzinsh Roland | LAT | 2416 | 5,0 | 36,0 | 46,0 | 42,0 |
| 21 | 33 | Tominga Eke | EST | 2051 | 5,0 | 35,5 | 45,0 | 41,5 | |
| 22 | 20 | FM | Jezov Roman | EST | 2304 | 5,0 | 35,0 | 45,0 | 41,5 |
| 23 | 18 | FM | Shishkov Andrei | EST | 2376 | 5,0 | 35,0 | 44,5 | 41,5 |
| 24 | 19 | WIM | Kantane Anna | POL | 2323 | 5,0 | 30,0 | 39,5 | 36,0 |
| 25 | 27 | FM | Narva Jaan | EST | 2145 | 5,0 | 30,0 | 39,0 | 36,5 |
| 26 | 28 | WIM | Narva Mai | EST | 2121 | 4,5 | 38,0 | 47,5 | 44,5 |
| 27 | 26 | Chukavin Kirill | EST | 2146 | 4,5 | 37,5 | 48,0 | 44,0 | |
| 28 | 24 | Kiltti Jyrki | FIN | 2216 | 4,5 | 34,0 | 42,5 | 40,0 | |
| 29 | 29 | Petrovskis Olegs | LAT | 2111 | 4,5 | 33,5 | 42,0 | 39,5 | |
| 30 | 23 | Dubrovin Robert | EST | 2231 | 4,5 | 32,5 | 41,5 | 39,0 | |
| 31 | 25 | Petrov Dmitri | EST | 2176 | 4,5 | 32,5 | 41,5 | 38,5 | |
| 32 | 38 | Kizatbay Abyl | NOR | 1955 | 4,5 | 27,5 | 35,0 | 33,5 | |
| 33 | 31 | WCM | Narva Triin | EST | 2065 | 4,5 | 25,0 | 32,5 | 31,0 |
| 34 | 30 | Garanin Aleksei | EST | 2068 | 4,0 | 35,5 | 44,5 | 42,0 | |
| 35 | 35 | Haavamae Henrik | EST | 2019 | 4,0 | 35,0 | 43,0 | 41,5 | |
| 36 | 45 | Timoshin Andrei | EST | 1775 | 4,0 | 31,5 | 40,0 | 37,5 | |
| 37 | 39 | Gabovits Ilia | EST | 1931 | 4,0 | 31,0 | 39,5 | 37,0 | |
| 38 | 36 | Porrasmaa Timo | FIN | 2018 | 4,0 | 30,0 | 39,5 | 36,5 | |
| 39 | 43 | Ruus Rein | EST | 1783 | 4,0 | 30,0 | 38,0 | 35,5 | |
| 40 | 42 | Nero Georg | EST | 1813 | 4,0 | 29,0 | 37,5 | 35,0 | |
| 41 | 32 | Lumiste Rene | EST | 2062 | 4,0 | 28,0 | 36,5 | 33,5 | |
| 42 | 40 | Kizatbay Alseit | NOR | 1929 | 4,0 | 26,0 | 34,0 | 31,5 | |
| 43 | 37 | Ivanov Platon-Jaan | EST | 1958 | 4,0 | 25,0 | 33,0 | 30,5 | |
| 44 | 46 | Aga Rihard | EST | 1729 | 3,5 | 31,0 | 40,0 | 36,5 | |
| 45 | 41 | Sirp Karl Aleksander | EST | 1895 | 3,5 | 27,0 | 35,5 | 33,0 | |
| 46 | 53 | Staub Madis | EST | 1699 | 3,5 | 27,0 | 34,0 | 31,5 | |
| 47 | 51 | Kilpio Vesa | FIN | 1754 | 3,5 | 24,5 | 32,0 | 29,5 | |
| 48 | 50 | Ots Heikki | EST | 1853 | 3,5 | 24,5 | 30,5 | 29,0 | |
| 49 | 47 | Tobre Andres | EST | 1620 | 3,0 | 25,0 | 32,0 | 30,5 | |
| 50 | 54 | Linroos Monika | EST | 1659 | 3,0 | 25,0 | 31,0 | 30,0 | |
| 51 | 48 | Polendik Tiina | EST | 1607 | 3,0 | 24,0 | 30,0 | 29,0 | |
| 52 | 49 | Smorodkin Kirill | RUS | 1588 | 3,0 | 20,5 | 27,5 | 26,0 | |
| 53 | 56 | Parik Kerttu-Lisett | EST | 1132 | 2,5 | 27,0 | 35,5 | 33,0 | |
| 54 | 44 | Raudsepp Teet | EST | 1779 | 2,5 | 27,0 | 34,5 | 32,0 | |
| 55 | 55 | Povvat Aalo | EST | 1560 | 2,0 | 27,0 | 35,0 | 33,5 | |
| 56 | 52 | Urgas Jaan | EST | 1720 | 1,0 | 23,0 | 30,0 | 29,0 |
Annotation:
Tie Break1: Buchholz Tie-Breaks (variabel with parameter)
Tie Break2: Buchholz Tie-Breaks (variabel with parameter)
Tie Break3: Buchholz Tie-Breaks (variabel with parameter)