The (open) European Blitz for Lysyj and Rapid to Sargissian

12/7/2019 – In the Estonian capital Tallinn, the European Championships in Rapid and Blitz Chess were held from Thursday to Saturday. The new Rapid European Champion with 10½/13 was Armenian Gabriel Sargissian (pictured) ahead of Rauf Mamedov (Azerbaijan) and Alexander Riazantsev (Russia) on tiebreak. The European Blitz Championship went to Igor Lysyj (Russia) with 17.0/22 on tiebreak ahead of the tied Zaven Adriasian (Armenia) and Andrey Esipenko (Russia). | Photos: ECU / Alon Shulman

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Rapid

The European Rapid Chess Championship were played on the 5^th and 6^th of December.

GMs Gabriel Sargissian (2716) topped the starting list for the rapid, and finished where he started.

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Final standings (Top 20)

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	GM	Sargissian Gabriel		2715	10,5	0,0	108,0	114,0
2	4	GM	Mamedov Rauf		2679	10,5	0,0	106,5	113,5
3	14	GM	Riazantsev Alexander		2594	10,5	0,0	106,5	112,0
4	2	GM	Motylev Alexander		2703	10,0	0,0	108,0	114,5
5	15	GM	Esipenko Andrey		2590	10,0	0,0	107,0	113,0
6	5	GM	Turov Maxim		2647	10,0	0,0	106,0	112,0
7	3	GM	Guseinov Gadir		2691	10,0	0,0	100,5	106,0
8	23	GM	Kulaots Kaido		2544	9,5	0,0	109,0	116,0
9	30	GM	Sebenik Matej		2504	9,5	0,0	104,0	111,0
10	24	GM	Saric Ante		2538	9,5	0,0	104,0	110,0
11	11	GM	Lysyj Igor		2599	9,5	0,0	104,0	109,5
12	41	IM	Usmanov Vasily		2428	9,5	0,0	102,0	105,5
13	8	GM	Andriasian Zaven		2633	9,5	0,0	101,0	107,0
14	52	IM	Sipila Vilka		2380	9,5	0,0	99,5	105,0
15	79	WIM	Dordzhieva Dinara		2310	9,5	0,0	98,5	104,5
16	19	GM	Aleksandrov Aleksej		2576	9,5	0,0	98,5	104,0
17	175		Sanz Wawer Daniel		2103	9,5	0,0	98,0	101,5
18	12	GM	Postny Evgeny		2598	9,5	0,0	95,5	101,0
19	89		Mickevicius Juras		2288	9,5	0,0	90,5	95,5
20	58	GM	Nguyen Thai Dai Van		2364	9,0	0,0	105,5	111,5

Rapid winners

Top three (L-to-R): Mamedov, Sargissian, Riazantsev | Photo: ECU / Alon Shulman

Blitz

Blitz was played on December 7^th — all 22 rounds! Igor Lysyj (Russia) was the top scorer. Players received 3 minutes for the entire game, plus a 2-second bonus per move starting from move one.

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Final standings (top 20)

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	11	GM	Lysyj Igor		2600	17,0	0,0	314,0	324,0
2	1	GM	Andriasian Zaven		2766	17,0	0,0	306,0	316,5
3	13	GM	Esipenko Andrey		2582	17,0	0,0	302,0	313,0
4	2	GM	Morozevich Alexander		2712	16,5	0,0	307,0	318,0
5	30	GM	Stupak Kirill		2459	16,5	0,0	286,5	296,0
6	12	GM	Guseinov Gadir		2593	16,0	0,0	307,5	319,0
7	22	GM	Turov Maxim		2535	16,0	0,0	301,5	313,0
8	8	GM	Motylev Alexander		2629	16,0	0,0	298,5	308,0
9	21	GM	Ruck Robert		2541	16,0	0,0	285,0	296,0
10	7	IM	Demidov Mikhail		2631	15,5	0,0	316,5	328,0
11	4	GM	Mamedov Rauf		2670	15,5	0,0	303,0	314,0
12	16	GM	Sanal Vahap		2563	15,5	0,0	293,5	303,0
13	19	GM	Lintchevski Daniil		2553	15,5	0,0	287,5	298,0
14	20	GM	Popov Valerij		2547	15,5	0,0	287,5	297,0
15	33	GM	Sebenik Matej		2457	15,5	0,0	284,0	294,0
16	9	GM	Ziska Helgi Dam		2614	15,5	0,0	277,0	287,0
17	46	IM	Shubin Kirill		2401	15,5	0,0	276,0	286,5
18	3	GM	Sargissian Gabriel		2676	15,0	0,0	301,0	310,0
19	38		Galopoulos Nikolaos		2429	15,0	0,0	294,0	304,0
20	42	GM	Nguyen Thai Dai Van		2419	15,0	0,0	291,5	301,0

Blitz winners

Igor Lysyj (middle), left Adriasian, right Esipenko | Photos: ECU / Alon Shulman

The venue was the Sokos Hotel Viru

Rapid starting rank (Top 20)

No.		Name	FideID	FED	Rtg
1	GM	Sargissian Gabriel	13300881	ARM	2716
2	GM	Guseinov Gadir	13401378	AZE	2705
3	GM	Motylev Alexander	4121830	RUS	2670
4	GM	Mamedov Rauf	13401653	AZE	2661
5	GM	Ziska Helgi Dam	7200595	FAI	2646
6	GM	Postny Evgeny	2804344	ISR	2644
7	GM	Turov Maxim	4120086	RUS	2640
8	GM	Andriasian Zaven	13302000	ARM	2633
9	GM	Bernadskiy Vitaliy	14100371	UKR	2633
10	GM	Popov Valerij	4119410	RUS	2625
11	GM	Esipenko Andrey	24175439	RUS	2623
12	GM	Alekseev Evgeny	4138147	RUS	2619
13	GM	Stupak Kirill	13503758	BLR	2617
14	IM	Demidov Mikhail	4197143	RUS	2614
15	GM	Riazantsev Alexander	4125029	RUS	2599
16	GM	Sanal Vahap	6300545	TUR	2597
17	GM	Lysyj Igor	4150120	RUS	2588
18	GM	Aleksandrov Aleksej	13500139	BLR	2577
19	GM	Khalifman Alexander	4100115	RUS	2577
20	GM	Potapov Pavel	4169786	RUS	2565

...470 Players

Zaven Andriasian (2766), also from Armenia, leads the blitz rankings.

Blitz starting list (Top 20)

No.		Name	FideID	FED	Rtg
1	GM	Andriasian Zaven	13302000	ARM	2766
2	GM	Sargissian Gabriel	13300881	ARM	2676
3	GM	Postny Evgeny	2804344	ISR	2644
4	IM	Demidov Mikhail	4197143	RUS	2637
5	GM	Mamedov Rauf	13401653	AZE	2635
6	GM	Lysyj Igor	4150120	RUS	2628
7	GM	Ziska Helgi Dam	7200595	FAI	2614
8	GM	Alekseev Evgeny	4138147	RUS	2613
9	GM	Babula Vlastimil	301264	CZE	2605
10	GM	Riazantsev Alexander	4125029	RUS	2604
11	GM	Motylev Alexander	4121830	RUS	2594
12	GM	Guseinov Gadir	13401378	AZE	2593
13	GM	Esipenko Andrey	24175439	RUS	2582
14	GM	Saric Ante	14506254	CRO	2577
15	GM	Sanal Vahap	6300545	TUR	2563
16	GM	Kulaots Kaido	4500261	EST	2562
17	GM	Hjartarson Johann	2300044	ISL	2559
18	GM	Lintchevski Daniil	4171055	RUS	2553
19	GM	Yuffa Daniil	24131423	RUS	2548
20	GM	Ruck Robert	705713	HUN	2537

...460 Players

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