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Although there might not be any Super GM round-robins underway, there is no lack of good chess to enjoy at Playchess, whether it be rapid games or classical. Among the events currently running is the traditional Chigorin Memorial held in St. Petersburg, Russia, which also serves as a stage of the Russian Cup. It is a swiss tourney over nine rounds, and as one would expect of the chess-saturated country, it has a generous prize fund of 40 thousand Euros, and includes a plethora of very strong players, including four rated 2700, the most famous of whom is Mr. Fire-on-the-Board Shirov.
In round eight Boris Grachev faced and beat reigning world junior champion Darius Swiercz
Another important game was Alexander Shimanov against Alexander Areschenko (drawn),
here overseen by the famous theoretician GM Mark Taimanov.
Going into the final round eight players shared first with 6.5/8 and it was a hard fought round as they each tried to be the one to make a difference and get that larger share of the plunder. Of the eight players, only two were able to shine, and share the top honors: Ukrainian Alexander Areschenko (2718) who bested Alexander Lenderman (2614), and Polish Bartosz Socko (2619) who overcame Ilia Smirin (2648). Areschenko had the better tiebreak and came first with a 2784 performance, while Socko was second with a 2747 performance.
Areschenko ensured first place with this win over Lenderman in the final round
Here is Bartosz's deciding game in the final round:
As to IM Anton Demchenko (2610), one of the highlights of the previous report, he drew his game with Boris Grachev (2672), and came in fourth with 7.0/9 and a 2746 TPR. In third was Alexander Shimanov, also on 7.0/9.
16-year-old WFM Alina Bivol scored 5.0/9 and overperformed by
nearly 140 Elo.
Rk |
Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB | |
1 |
GM |
Areshchenko Alexander | UKR | 2710 | 7.5 | 52.0 |
2 |
GM |
Socko Bartosz | POL | 2619 | 7.5 | 52.0 |
3 |
GM |
Shimanov Aleksandr | RUS | 2599 | 7.0 | 56.0 |
4 |
IM |
Demchenko Anton | RUS | 2610 | 7.0 | 55.5 |
5 |
GM |
Jumabayev Rinat | KAZ | 2545 | 7.0 | 55.0 |
6 |
GM |
Bartel Mateusz | POL | 2635 | 7.0 | 51.0 |
7 |
GM |
Eljanov Pavel | UKR | 2681 | 7.0 | 51.0 |
8 |
GM |
Grachev Boris | RUS | 2672 | 7.0 | 50.0 |
9 |
GM |
Sasikiran Krishnan | IND | 2680 | 7.0 | 50.0 |
10 |
GM |
Akopian Vladimir | ARM | 2703 | 7.0 | 49.0 |
11 |
GM |
Savchenko Boris | RUS | 2540 | 7.0 | 46.0 |
12 |
GM |
Smirin Ilia | ISR | 2638 | 6.5 | 56.0 |
13 |
GM |
Hovhannisyan Robert | ARM | 2610 | 6.5 | 53.5 |
14 |
GM |
Malakhatko Vadim | BEL | 2558 | 6.5 | 52.5 |
15 |
GM |
Negi Parimarjan | IND | 2657 | 6.5 | 51.5 |
16 |
GM |
Khismatullin Denis | RUS | 2638 | 6.5 | 51.5 |
17 |
GM |
Lenderman Aleksandr | USA | 2614 | 6.5 | 51.0 |
18 |
GM |
Timofeev Artyom | RUS | 2631 | 6.5 | 50.5 |
19 |
GM |
Swiercz Dariusz | POL | 2609 | 6.5 | 50.0 |
20 |
GM |
Shirov Alexei | LAT | 2718 | 6.5 | 49.5 |
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