The 11th Gelendzhik Chess Festival was held from January 4-12, 2016, in Gelendzhik, Russia.
The event was a 9-round Swiss FIDE tournament with the participation of 35 players from Azerbaijan and Russia.
GM Melor Bedia emerged a convincing winner with 8.5/9 points, leaving the runner-up one and a half points behind.
Martin Rolgeizer took the silver with 7 points, while Genrikh Rolgeizer and Georgy Sakhvadze tied for the third place with 6.5 points.
Official website/ Standings and statistics/ LIVE games with analysis
Final standings:
1 GM Bedia Melor RUS 2428 8.5
2 Rolgeizer Martin RUS 1725 7
3 Rolgeizer Genrikh RUS 1880 6.5
4 Sakhvadze Georgy RUS 2068 6.5
5 Semenov Viktor RUS 1988 6
6 Kravchenko Daniil RUS 1959 6
7 Smelykh Edvin RUS 1489 6
8 Peregudov Mikhail RUS 1844 5.5
9 Badalian Daniel RUS 1879 5.5
10 Esipenko Aleksandr RUS 1837 5.5
11 Ivanov Artem RUS 1557 5.5
12 Grunin Denis RUS 1622 5
13 Kanli Alperen AZE 1443 5
14 Ativanov Petr RUS 1555 5
15 Terzyan Nazar RUS 1693 5
16 Kleimenov Ivan RUS 1587 5
17 Shilo Kirill RUS 1538 4.5
18 Rolgeizer Rikhard RUS 0 4.5
19 Smirnov Alexandr RUS 0 4.5
20 Vilkov Nikolay RUS 0 4.5
21 Shvets Eduard RUS 0 4.5
22 Vornotsov Ivan RUS 0 4.5
23 Peregudov Denis RUS 1545 4.5
24 Reviakov Nikita RUS 1309 4
25 Zelenskaya Anastasiya RUS 1415 4
26 Tetyuev Stepan RUS 0 4
27 Vorontsov Alexander RUS 0 4
28 Gubarev Vladislav RUS 0 3
29 Khotenko Daniil RUS 0 3
30 Khankhalaev Evgeniy RUS 0 3
31 Ilyin Vladimir RUS 0 3
32 Petrosyan Gaspar RUS 0 3
33 Ilyina Elizaveta RUS 0 3
34 Abramov Vsevolod RUS 0 2
35 Satin Stepan RUS 0 1