Moscow Open 2000
(av Björn Wallgren)Den traditionsrika renjutävlingen Moscow Open spelades i år den 10-12 juni. Junioren Sergei Shevelyov vann före ett gäng betydligt mer namnkunniga storspelare. Ett dataprogram, Oleg Stepanovs Meijin-2000, deltog också i tävlingen.
Slutresultat, Moscow Open 2000, 9 ronder:
| 1 | Sergei Shevelyov | N.Novgorod | 7.5 |
| 2 | Oleg Fedorkin | Mytischi | 7,0 |
| 3 | Igor Sinyov | Moscow | 6.5 |
| 4 | Yuri Tarannikov | Moscow | 6,0 |
| 5 | Viktor Barykin | Volgograd | 6,0 |
| 6 | Ants Soosyrv | Tallinn | 5.5 |
| 7 | Konstantin Nikonov | Elektrostal | 5.5 |
| 8 | Alexander Mikhailov | Moscow | 5.5 |
| 9 | Karen Sirategyan | Moscow | 5.5 |
| 10 | Mikhail Kazarin | Poduga | 5.5 |
| 11 | Viktor Golosov | Moscow | 5.5 |
| 12 | Meijin-2000 | 5,0 | |
| 13 | Johann Lents | Tallinn | 5,0 |
| 14 | Denis Nekrasov | Poduga | 4.5 |
| 15 | Yulia Savrasova | Poduga | 4.5 |
| 16 | Pavel Makarov | Moscow | 4.5 |
| 17 | Irina Metreveli | Poduga | 4.5 |
| 18 | Dmitry Krasnonosov | Moscow | 4.5 |
| 19 | Elena Chizhkina | N.Novgorod | 4.5 |
| 20 | Sergei Ogorodov | Moscow | 4,0 |
| 21 | Alexander Lonin | N.Novgorod | 4,0 |
| 22 | Evelin Tihkan | Tallinn | 4,0 |
| 23 | Alexei Skuridin | N.Novgorod | 4,0 |
| 24 | Sergei Pereplyotchikov | Moscow | 4,0 |
| 25 | Yuri Tyglo | Belgorod | 4,0 |
| 26 | Alexander Shatunov | N.Novgorod | 3.5 |
| 27 | Evgenia Zakatova | N.Novgorod | 3.5 |
| 28 | Roman Berezin | N.Novgorod | 3,0 |
| 29 | Olga Kotcheshkova | N.Novgorod | 3,0 |
| 30 | Sergei Turko | Moscow | 2,0 |
| 31 | Sergei Strizhov | Moscow | 2,0 |