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Russia, Saint Petersburg, April 1994 (04-30 - 05-06), RIF rule

The playing system of the Championship was following: All teams were divided into two semifinal groups, 7 teams in each. The 4 best teams from each group qualified to the main final (decides places 1-8) and the rest of the teams qualified to "small final" (decides places 9-14). The results of semifinal matches between the teams who played in the same final group were automatically transferred to the finals.

The Finals (places 1-8):

PlParticipantCountry12345678Pts
1International United Team (Meritee, Tuvikene, Gulyayev, Segal)Estonia/Ukraine 2½33322½3½19½
2Center (Ilyin, Peskov, Kabanov, Pavinich, Maltsev)Russia1½ 31½22½3316½
3Moscow-1 (Sinyov, Kozhin, Bobkov, Milevsky, Nikonov)Russia11 32333½16½
4Sweden (Karlsson, Gardstrom, Johannesson, Holgersson)Sweden12½1 133½315
5St Petersburg (Alexandrov, Semyonov, Moiseyev, Mishin, Salnikov)Russia1223 221½13½
6East (Mikhailov N, Dvoeglazov, Kolesnikov, Sakhapov, Khramov)Russia/Uzbekistan21½112 2211½
7Armenia (Stepanyan, Voskanyan, Grigoryan, Babayan, Poghosyan)Armenia1½11½22 3½11½
8Moscow-2 (Filippov, Fedorkin, Golosov, Smirnov)Russia½1½12½2½ 8


The Finals (places 9-14):

PlParticipantCountry123456Pts
1North (Filinov, Gorshenkov, Skuridin, Metreveli)Russia 3½3½33½417½
2Tyumen (Litvinenko, Lomakin, Pushkariov, Abilkenov,  Kurkuchekov)Russia½ 22½4211
3St Petersburg-2 (Yaroslavtsev, Nyrkov, Klimashin, Arefyev, Salnikova)Russia½2 12½2½8½
4Rybinsk (Taiblin, Radzevelyuk, Volkov, Vinogradov, Nikonova)Russia11½3 0*38½
5CIS ** (Degtyar, Hovanesyan, Saroyan, Deineko, Ses)Brs / Arm / Rus½01½3* 2½7½
6Azerbaijan (Eybatov, Dzainukov, Zulfugarov, Safaraliyev)Azerbaijan021½11½ 6


* One game in the match CIS vs Rybinsk was not played and both teams got 0 points for that game.

** The full name of team CIS was "Commonwealth of Independent States", consisting of players from Belarus, Armenia and Russia.


Semifinal group A:

PlParticipantCountry1234567Pts
1CenterRussia 332½24418½
2Moscow-1Russia1 3343½418½
3ArmeniaArmenia11 234314
4EastRus / Uzb1½12 1½33½12½
5NorthRussia2012½ 33½12
6RybinskRussia0½011 24½
7St Petersburg-2Russia001½½2 4


Semifinal group B:

PlParticipantCountry1234567Pts
1International United TeamEst / Ukr 333½44421½
2St PetersburgRussia1 31½32½415
3SwedenSweden11 334315
4Moscow-2Russia½2½1 3½4314½
5TyumenRussia011½ 248½
6AzerbaijanAzerbaijan01½002 1½5
7CISBrs / Arm / Rus001102½ 4½