Tugevamatest osalevad Gata Kamsky(2777), Gregory Kaidanov (2730), Alexander Goldin (2705),
Boris Gulko (2705), Igor Novikov (2690), Alexander Shabalov (2689), Alexander Onischuk (2680),
Hikaru Nakamura (2676), Ildar Ibraigimov (2671) jt.
Selle aasta Viljandimaa meistrivõistlustel osales 6 maletajat. Meistriks tuli 8 punktiga 10-st Gert Elmaste, teist kohta jäid 7 punktiga jagama Leo Braschinsky ja Villu Kuld.
This is an interesting handicup tournament, where players have different time against each other (5 different ways, 3m-27m, 6m-24m, 9m-21m, 12m-18m, 15m-15m depending the ratings of participants)
This year stronger list was Alexander Khalifman (RUS), Edvins Kengis (LAT), Aloyzas Kveinys (LIT), Kaido Külaots (EST), Eric Lobron (GER) and Estonian IMs Meelis Kanep, Kalle Kiik, Priit Leito, Riho Liiva, Tarvo Seeman, Olav Sepp, Aleksander Veingold. It was a round-robin tournament with total 30 participants and was held 19th - 21 st November in Puhajarve (famous tourism place in Estonia).
This year in Greece our best place was in boys U-14 section - Aleksander Volodin tied 26th - 39th place with 6.5 points out of 11.
Others were Vjatšeslav Soskov (B18, 6p, 28.-37. place), Ilja Vovk (B16, 5.5p, 53.-67. place), Aleksander Volodin (B14, 6.5p, 26.-39. place), Ivan Moltšanov (B12, 5.5p, 52.-68. place), Roman Holvason (B10, 5.5p, 56.-72. place), Mark Lapidus (B10, 5p, 73.-89. place), Kreete Kaos (G16, 3p, 79. place), Kermen Makarova (G14, 4p, 78.-86. place), Natalja Makarova (G12, 5.5p, 35.-48. place), Anna Lapidus (G12, 4p, 70.-76. place) ja Triin Narva (G10, 5.5p, 35.-51. place).