The organisers were the fund for the development and promotion of Azeri culture and the field included representatives of Buryatia, Tuva, and Kalmykia, plus Fund activists.
The event was blitz, 10 minutes per game, a seven-round Swiss. It was the Kalmyk representative, Dolgan Niudleev, who emerged as winner, with Bato Shoyzinimaev of Buryatia second. Third prize went to Moscow student Mikhail Oborin.
Players and guests are greeted by Fund director Shamil Tagiev.

