The Russian Chess Federation organizes the Men’s Final of the Cup of Russia from 4-13th December, in Khanty-Mansiysk.
Ian Nepomniachtchi, who received an invitation to the ACP yearly tournament in Ashdod, Israel, and Ernesto Inarkiev, who decided to skip the final, were replaced by Adam Tukhaev and Ildar Khairullin.
12 players qualified through preliminary events – Dmitry Kokarev, Ivan Bukavshin, Kirill Alekseenko, Denis Khismatullin, Vladislav Artemiev, Artyom Timofeev, Ivan Rozum, Pavel Maletin, Alexey Goganov, Urii Eliseev,Aleksei Pridorozhni, and Vladimir Fedoseev.
The organizing committee gave wild cards to Alexander Motylev and Ilia Iljushonok.
This event follows the 11th Ugra Governor Cup, a leg of the Russian Cup that ended on December 1 in a three-way tie between Ivan Bukavshin, Aleksandr Rakhmanov, and Urii Eliseev.