"Rookie of the Year 2009" nomination.

Yeah, Van has the support of his fellow countrymen. Unfortunately, I probably can’t do much more for Vitaly. Sadly, Volzhsky is smaller than Siberia, although there are some strong players there too. So, what do you say, shall Vitaly and I have a beer (once this terrible cold weather ends) and calmly discuss all this? With all due respect to Van, he doesn’t deserve this title. If it has to be someone from Siberia, then it should be Namvone (Andrey). IMHO.