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Russia's best chess champs to compete for $134,500 prize fund

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15:22 19/12/2009

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Russia's best chess players will vie for a prize fund of 4.11 million rubles ($134,500) in a championship super final scheduled on Saturday in Moscow, the Russian Chess Federation's website reported.

The Russian-2009 chess champions of 10 men and 10 women will compete in separate bouts, with the men vying for $24,488 for first prize, $19,590 for second, and $16,325 for third. The women will compete for $11,428 for first prize, $8,163 for second, and $5,877 for third place.

All the participants will receive a cash prize, with the 10th place men's receiving $1,960 and the women's 10th place taking $980 in winnings during the super final.

The Russian super final chess championship will end on December 29.

MOSCOW, December 19 (RIA Novosti)

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