In Tartu there were 24 men and 10 women, also registered 8 teams. Men's tournament was 9 round swiss, women's round-robin. XXII SELL games champion is GM Alexander Ryazantsev (Russia) with 8.5 points from 9, second was IM Meelis Kanep (Estonia) with 7 points and third was Henrikas Asauskas (Lithuania) with 6 points. Followed with 6 points Sergejs Klimakovs (Latvia) and with 5.5 points GM Kaido Kulaots (Estonia), Vytautas Vaznonis (Lithuania) and GM Stanislav Novikov (Russia).
Women's champion is WIM Marina Guseva (Russia) with 9 points from 9.
Second was with 7 points Galina Stankevica (Latvia) and third IM Salomeja Zaksaite (Lithuania) also with 7 points. Followed with 6 points WFM Renate Praude (Latvia) and WIM Viktoria Bashkite (Estonia).
Teams' winner is Russian State University of Physical Education Sports and Tourism (GM Alexander Ryazantsev, GM Stanislav Novikov, WIM Marina Guseva) with 23 points, second was with 17 points Latvian University (Denis Nikolajev, Sergejs Klimakovs, WFM Renate Praude) and third was with 15 points Tallinn Technical University (Igor Aleksejev, Ilja Vovk, WIM Viktoria Bashkite). The fourth was also with 15 points but -1 coefficient point Vilnius University.
Neidude turniiril osales 32 võistlejat, mängiti 7 vooru ðveitsi süsteemis. Eesti meistriks tuli 7 punktiga Katrina Korban (SK Maletäht). Korban on samuti selle aasta kuni 12-aastaste meister. Hõbedale tuli 6 punktiga Mai Narva (SK Reval-Sport), sünniaasta 1999 !
Võrdselt 5 punkti kogusid Alina Kriger (J. Airapetjani MK) ja Aleksandra Skromkova (SK Diagonaal). Koefitsient oli parem Krigeril. Järgnesid 4.5 punktiga Anastassia Meritee, Marina Poðetðenkova, Nadeðda Parmenenkova ja Anastassia Sokolova.
Bulgaarias osalevad Veselin Topalov (2804, Bulgaaria), Viswanathan Anand (2803, India),
Peter Svidler (2743, Venemaa), Ruslan Ponomariov (2738, Ukraina), Etienne Bacrot (2708, Prantsusmaa) ja Gata Kamsky (2671, USA). Turniir kuulub 20. kategooriasse. Mängitakse kaks ringi.
Aleksander Volodin mängib 8. kuni 21. maini Venemaal Leningradi oblastis maailma noortalentide turniiril. Osalevad veel Jan Nepomnjaði (Venemaa, 2506), Ivan Popov (Venemaa, 2482), Fabiano Karuana (Itaalia, 2421), Eltai Safarli (Aserbaidzan, 2417),
Daniil Lintðevski (Venemaa, 2414), Sanan Sjugirov (Venemaa, 2412), Vladimir Oniðuk (Ukraina, 2388), Jelena Tairova (Venemaa, 2342), Robert Ovanisjan (Armeenia, 2260),
Ðrinat Narajanan (India, 2170) ja Aleksander Kulikov (Venemaa, 2038). Volodinil on 7. asetus.