Baadur Jobava, leader of the Georgian national chess team, became the winner of Krasnodar International Tournament.

Jobava won in 6 rounds, played 3 parties with draw and gained 7.5 points. In a result, Baadur surpassed Russians Mikhail Panatin, Ivan Bukavshin, Mikhail Demidov, Pavel Otsur and Dutch Ian Elvest with a point.

For instance, the tournament was named after Vitali Ceshkovski, twice champion of Soviet Union.