Alexey Timofeev (St. Petersburg, RUS) lost
5-3 to
Aleksandr Kirikov (Moscow, RUS) in the Final of the Red Square Classic, held February 6 - 10, 2020 in Moscow, Russia. To advance to the championship game, Timofeev won
8-6 over
Mikhail Vaskov (Dmitrov, RUS) in the semifinals
Timofeev finished 2-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Timofeev defeated
Russia's German Doronin 5-4, then went on to lose
5-3 against
Joel Retornaz (Pinerolo, ITA). Timofeev responded with a
5-4 win over
Eduard Veltsman (Tallinn, EST) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Red Square Classic, Timofeev take home
8.150 world rankings points along with the $3,322CDN prize. For week 29 of the event schedule, Timofeev did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Timofeev ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
