According to the order of the Cabinet of the Republic of Tatarstan dated 2/22/2018 No. 364-r competitions in chess within the Sports contest of public servants of the Republic of Tatarstan were held from April 5 to April 7, 2018. Competitions took place on the basis of Public autonomous educational institution of additional education "Central specialized chess school of the Olympic reserve for children and young people of R.G. Nezhmetdinov"
Among 29 teams of the ministries and departments of the Republic of Tatarstan the the team of of the Ministry of land and property of the Republic of Tatarstan has also taken part in competitions in chess. In team's line-up there were Ravil Hasanshin, Ilya Pakhmutov, Yulia Denisova and Gulina Salakhova.
Participants of a competition played on the Swiss system in 9 rounds (3 rounds a day) with control time of 15 minutes to each participant.