Alexandre Danin of Russia (2602) won the Paul Keres Memorial in the capital of Estonia, Tallinn. The Russian earned 7.0 points in 9 rounds and was 0.5 point ahead of his nearest opponent.

2 Georgian chess players participated in the tournament. In the last round Akaki Shalamberidze (2372) lost to Daniil Lintchevski (Russia, 2541) and took the 21^st place with 5.0 points.

As for Varlam Vepkhvishvili (2185), he beat Valentin Dragun (Russia, 2002) and took the 30^th place with 5.0 points. It is worth mentioning that Vepkhvishvili was No.30 seed and Shalamberidze – No.18 seed.