Russian Chess Cup Final 2018 5-12 December 2018. Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
Tournament info
The 2018 Russian Cup Final is a 16-player knockout event taking place in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia from 5-12 December.
The players qualified from events in the Russian Cup series over the last year.
Dmitry Jakovenko is the top seed and the prize fund is 1,200,000 roubles or about $18,000.
Each mini-match consists of two classical games with 90 minutes per player for all moves and a 30-second increment from move 1.
If tied two 15 minute + 10 second rapid games are played, and finally Armageddon, where White has 5 minutes to Black's 4 but a draw counts as a win for Black.
