MOSCOW, Russia - The "Moscow Riichi Open 2018" (Riichi, no RERS) became the first Russian tournament that followed the WRC ruleset, the official ruleset of the World Riichi Championship [After this event was denied EMA accreditation, it was decided the tournament would follow WRC rules, ed]. The tournament was held 18-19 of August at «Shans Boku» bookstore, the place where Tesuji, the oldest riichi-club in Moscow and the organizer of the tournament, holds their weekly meetings.
The tournament was opened with the marvelous morale-raising performance of Japanese drums ensemble «Miyabi» (Moscow Conservatory), an unprecedented opening ceremony in the history of Russian mahjong.
The tournament consisted of ten hanchan, the distance that is now a de facto standard for all major riichi tournaments in Russia. Moscow Riichi Open historically features most of the strongest Moscow riichi players, and this year was no exception. The tournament was also visited by players from many other Russian cities and towns, making it forty-eight participants total.
An intense struggle started from the very first hanchan and the tension was only growing as the tournament went on: it was impossible to predict the winner up until the very end. In the dramatic resolution, Alexey Leontiev (a titled player and 8th dan on tenhou.net) claimed the first place with the lowest possible lead of 100 points (0.1 points by WRC accounting rules) over Mikhail Lugovkin (the current winner of European Riichi Championship). Third place was secured by Leon Nikolaev.
Full tournament results can be viewed on the Russian Riichi Portal.
Final results of the Moscow Riichi Open 2018 (RCR, no RERS), Moscow
| Place | Name | Nat. | Points |
| 1 | Leontiev Alexey | RUS | 171,3 |
| 2 | Lugovkin Mikhail | RUS | 171,2 |
| 3 | Nikolaev Leon | RUS | 155,8 |
| 4 | Bogachev Pavel | RUS | 129,3 |
| 5 | Anvartdinov Timur | RUS | 119,2 |
| 6 | Vasiliev Sergey | RUS | 112,2 |
| 7 | Grishaev Nikita | RUS | 92,2 |
| 8 | Monakov Ilya | RUS | 56,1 |
| 9 | Tkachenko Nikita | RUS | 51,0 |
| 10 | Kozlov Viktor | RUS | 49,9 |
| 11 | Nadanyan Vladimir | RUS | 48,0 |
| 12 | Bogdanov Vladimir | RUS | 46,3 |
| 13 | Vlasov Anton | RUS | 32,8 |
| 14 | Goryacheva Elena | RUS | 22,8 |
| 15 | Ilina Daria | RUS | 19,4 |
| 16 | Pavlov Georgy | RUS | 15,6 |
| 17 | Kartashiov Pavel | RUS | 15,0 |
| 18 | Gaynulina Liudmila | RUS | 11,8 |
| 19 | Volodin Dmitriy | RUS | 10,8 |
| 20 | Mishakova Lubov | RUS | 8,6 |
| 21 | Korobeynikov Vladimir | RUS | 5,0 |
| 22 | Chernykh Anastasiya | RUS | 0,3 |
| 23 | Plyasunov Vladislav | RUS | -5,6 |
| 24 | Uskova Natalya | RUS | -6,2 |
| 25 | Ahmetov Denis | RUS | -10,6 |
| 26 | Aleshin Sergey | RUS | -22,3 |
| 27 | Ladygin Vladimir | RUS | -23,3 |
| 28 | Borzonogov Vitaly | RUS | -26,0 |
| 29 | Kurmaev Renat | RUS | -36,1 |
| 30 | Mishakov Dmitriy | RUS | -46,0 |
| 31 | Rogozin Leonid | RUS | -49,3 |
| 32 | Shifrin Andrey | RUS | -56,9 |
| 33 | Perov Nikita | RUS | -58,0 |
| 34 | Proskuriakova Olga | RUS | -58,1 |
| 35 | Panina Tamara | RUS | -60,4 |
| 36 | Vyshivannaya Oxana | RUS | -60,5 |
| 37 | Bezuglova Anastasiya | RUS | -77,4 |
| 38 | Masui Hide | JAP | -83,0 |
| 39 | Karpov Alexandr | RUS | -88,1 |
| 40 | Sirotkin Dmitry | RUS | -88,8 |
| 41 | Petrushchenko Sergey | RUS | -93,3 |
| 42 | Elshankin Andrey | RUS | -97,8 |
| 43 | Sviridova Valentina | RUS | -101,8 |
| 44 | Shkurinskii Yan | RUS | -131,4 |
| 45 | Chadova Elena | RUS | -149,2 |
| 46 | Shalimova Elena | RUS | -161,2 |
| 47 | Substitute Player | - | -300,0 |
| 48 | Substitute Player | - | -300,0 |
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