The 64th Anniversary Moscow Blitz Championship took place on Sunday, hosted by the Russian State Social University, where every year the traditional Moscow Open Festival is held. In two weeks the Women's World Blitz Championship will be held at the university. The prizes for the Moscow Blitz 2010 were sponsored by the newspaper Vechernyaya Moskva (Evening Moscow).
The winner of the main tournament was Alexander Morozevich, who scored 14 points out of 19 games. Mikhail Kobalia finished second, half a point behind the winner. Bronze went to the young grandmaster Vasily Papin, who was the big surprise in this tournament. Here are all the results in the style of the progressive scoreboard used at such events:
| # | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pts |
Rnk |
| 1 | Mozharov, Mikhail | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 7.5 |
14 |
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| 2 | Vasiukov, Evgeni | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 5 |
18 |
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| 3 | Shipov, Sergei | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 10 |
11 |
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| 4 | Dragomarezkij, Ev. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7.5 |
12 |
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| 5 | Khruschiov, Alexey | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 6.5 |
16 |
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| 6 | Popov, Ivan | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 12.5 |
7 |
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| 7 | Papin, Vasily | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 13 |
III |
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| 8 | Nikolenko, Oleg | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11.5 |
8 |
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| 9 | Smagin, Sergey | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.5 |
13 |
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| 10 | Mesropov, Konst. | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 |
17 |
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| 11 | Dubov, Daniil | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 11 |
9 |
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| 12 | Amonatov, Farrukh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 13 |
5 |
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| 13 | Petukhov, Yury | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
20 |
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| 14 | Vlassov, Nikolai | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.5 |
19 |
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| 15 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 13 |
4 |
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| 16 | Kobalia, Mikhail | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 13.5 |
II |
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| 17 | Korotylev, Alexey | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 12.5 |
6 |
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| 18 | Morozevich, Alex. | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
I |
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| 19 | Vorobiov, Evgeny E. | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 7 |
15 |
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| 20 | Bareev, Evgeny | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
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The President of the International School Chess Union Alexander Kostiev
and the
head of the Moscow Chess Federation Vassily Zhukov open the Championship
The venue of the Moscow Blitz in the Russian State Social University
Two top ranked GMs: Mikhail Kobalia and Evgeny Bareev
Kobalia in action – the 32-year-old Russian GM came second, with 13.5/19
points
Evgeny Bareev finished 10th with 11.0/19 points. A former top-ten player and
second of Vladimir Kramnik is currently running on the weReurope
ticket of the Turkish Chess Federation President Ali Nihat Yazici for ECU
Presidency. Evgeny is a really funny guy and a world-class cynic.
Sergei Shipov finished 11th with 10/19 points. Sergey wa a former blitz sparring
partner of Garry Kasparov (in his best years), the author of a book called "The
complete Hedgehog", and a very well-respected Internet commentator and
chess couch. When we asked him for a link to which to send people he gave us
www.hmmm?.com – but then settled on Crestbook,
where he does most of his work.
Fifteenth: Evgeny E. Vorobiov, with 7.0/19 points
Sixteenth: Alexey Khruschiov, with 6.5/19 points
Yury Petukhov, 20th with 3.0/19 points
Evgeni Dragomarezkij, twelfth with 7.5/19 points
Ninth: Daniil Dubov, with 11.0/19 points
Ivan Popov, seventh place with 12.5/19 points
Alexey Korotylev, sixth with 12.5/19 points
Mikhail Mozharov, fourteenth with 7.5/19 points
The big surprise: GM Vasily Papin came third with 13.0/19
The winner: Alexander Morozevich, with 14 points out of 19 games
Apart from the usual prizes the winner traditionally receives a Russian samovar
Alexander Morozevich won the championship for the fifth time, and thus became the owner of his fifth samovar. The greatest number was collected by the immortal Michael Tal – he had 12 samovars!
WGM Valentina Gunina with a truly astounding result
In the women's section WGM Valentina Gunina, member of the Russian National team, 21 years old and rated 2465, produced an incredible 100% result, winning all seventeen games she played.
The hair style of a champion
Silver went to IM Irina Vasilevich, who scored 13.5/17 points
WIM Daria Charochkina, rated 2303
WGM Tatiana Fatianova, rated 2289
WFM Varvara Repina, rated 2278
Friend and colleague: WGM and TV journalist Elmira Mirzoeva, rated 2239
Irina Noideawhokova – maybe someone can correctly identify this interesting
young player
Another unknown player for our readers to identify
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