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If the name Vladimir Petrov does not ring a bell, do not worry, he is not a recent name from the rosters. The Latvian player, born in Riga, Latvia in 1907, passed away in 1943 after having been sent to the Gulag for criticizing decreased living standards in his country after the Soviet annexation in 1940. He played for Latvia in seven chess Olympiads from 1928 to 1939, and his most prestigious tournament result was his victory at Kemeri in 1937, tied for first with Samuel Reshevsky and Salo Flohr, ahead of Alexander Alekhine, Paul Keres, Endre Steiner, Savielly Tartakower, Reuben Fine, Gideon Ståhlberg and others.
At the opening, Alexei Shirov, one of Riga's most famous chess players, receives a book
The Memorial held in his name would have made him proud, as it was not only played in the City Museum of Jurmala in elegant surroundings, but included numerous players from the elite yet with no imposition of exclusivity, allowing anyone to play and enjoy the chance to try and be that hero.
On Friday, the blitz tournament was held with over 130 players
Chess battles were waged on the board and off
It was won by Vladimir Malakhov, tied for first with 8.0/10, edging out on tiebreak Daniel Fridman,
Valentina Gunina, and Loek Van Wely, who all shared 8.0/10 as well
Valentina Gunina showed that women are not to be trifled with
| Rk | SNo | Ti. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB | rtg+/- |
| 1 | 1 | GM | Malakhov Vladimir | RUS | 2738 | 8.0 | 57.0 | 9.2 |
| 2 | 7 | GM | Fridman Daniel | GER | 2618 | 8.0 | 54.0 | 20.6 |
| 3 | 5 | GM | Gunina Valentina | RUS | 2630 | 8.0 | 53.5 | 21.6 |
| 4 | 4 | GM | Van Wely Loek | NED | 2663 | 8.0 | 48.5 | 1.4 |
| 5 | 22 | GM | Ehlvest Jaan | USA | 2482 | 7.5 | 53.5 | 49.2 |
| 6 | 10 | GM | Popov Valerij | RUS | 2580 | 7.5 | 51.0 | 13.8 |
| 7 | 6 | GM | Socko Bartosz | POL | 2630 | 7.5 | 50.0 | -7.4 |
| 8 | 9 | GM | Sakaev Konstantin | RUS | 2591 | 7.5 | 50.0 | -1.4 |
| 9 | 2 | GM | Fedoseev Vladimir | RUS | 2682 | 7.5 | 49.0 | -3.6 |
| 10 | 20 | GM | Gleizerov Evgeny | RUS | 2502 | 7.0 | 54.0 | 38.0 |
| 11 | 28 | GM | Kovalev Andrei | BLR | 2430 | 7.0 | 52.5 | 43.0 |
| 12 | 21 | GM | Yevseev Denis | RUS | 2494 | 7.0 | 52.0 | 19.4 |
| 13 | 23 | FM | Przybylski Wojciech | POL | 2482 | 7.0 | 51.5 | 37.6 |
| 14 | 14 | GM | Novikov Stanislav | RUS | 2544 | 7.0 | 46.0 | -15.6 |
Click for complete standings (note that ratings are FIDE Blitz)
The tournament was held in the elegant surroundings of the City Museum of Jurmala
Top players such as Boris Gelfand came to play. The Israeli finished third with 8.5/11.
Sergey Karjakin also participated, beating Gelfand on tiebreak, and finishing second with 8.5/11
Several top female players were also present such as Alexandra Kosteniuk
WGM Olga Girya was the top scoring woman in the rapid with 6.5/11
The key game was between Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Vasil Ivanchuk. Ivanchuk won a
fine game with a nice finish and took sole first with 9.0/11. He also gained 26 Rapid Elo, and
is now world no.4 in FIDE Rapid.
Evgeny Sveshnikov was the surprise winner over Evgeny Tomashevsky
Polish GM Monika Socko also took down rising star Vladimir Fedoseev in round seven
German GM Daniel Fridman who finished 7th with 8.0/11 was born in Riga
Richard Rapport's girlfriend Jovana Vojinovic also joined the fun
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Ti.
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rtg+/-
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| 1 | 1 | GM | Ivanchuk Vassily | UKR | 2809 | 9.0 | 66.5 | 25.6 |
| 2 | 2 | GM | Karjakin Sergey | RUS | 2798 | 8.5 | 65.5 | 7.4 |
| 3 | 6 | GM | Gelfand Boris | ISR | 2724 | 8.5 | 64.5 | 27.0 |
| 4 | 7 | GM | Rapport Richard | HUN | 2724 | 8.5 | 61.0 | 12.2 |
| 5 | 3 | GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | AZE | 2766 | 8.0 | 66.0 | 17.6 |
| 6 | 17 | GM | Sakaev Konstantin | RUS | 2615 | 8.0 | 62.0 | 29.2 |
| 7 | 13 | GM | Fridman Daniel | GER | 2643 | 8.0 | 56.5 | 4.6 |
| 8 | 15 | GM | Shirov Alexei | LAT | 2622 | 7.5 | 59.5 | 2.6 |
| 9 | 4 | GM | Tomashevsky Evgeny | RUS | 2748 | 7.5 | 58.5 | -17.2 |
| 10 | 18 | GM | Khalifman Alexander | RUS | 2585 | 7.5 | 57.5 | 16.8 |
| 11 | 26 | GM | Fedorov Alexei | BLR | 2547 | 7.5 | 57.0 | 24.4 |
| 12 | 24 | GM | Krasenkow Michal | POL | 2550 | 7.5 | 56.5 | 26.2 |
| 13 | 20 | GM | Popov Valerij | RUS | 2583 | 7.5 | 55.0 | -6.2 |
| 14 | 11 | GM | Van Wely Loek | NED | 2662 | 7.5 | 53.5 | -23.4 |
| 15 | 23 | GM | Shomoev Anton | RUS | 2551 | 7.0 | 60.5 | 29.0 |
| 16 | 9 | GM | Malakhov Vladimir | RUS | 2706 | 7.0 | 59.5 | -6.0 |
| 17 | 8 | GM | Fedoseev Vladimir | RUS | 2714 | 7.0 | 59.0 | -16.4 |
| 18 | 10 | GM | Naiditsch Arkadij | GER | 2698 | 7.0 | 59.0 | -24.0 |
| 19 | 39 | GM | Ehlvest Jaan | USA | 2479 | 7.0 | 58.5 | 41.0 |
| 20 | 12 | GM | Socko Bartosz | POL | 2661 | 7.0 | 58.5 | -17.6 |
Click for complete standings (note that ratings are FIDE Rapid)
Photos by Maria Emilianova
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