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11/28/2017 – Vassily Ivanchuk was impressive on his way to winning the blitz tournament and at one point was leading by three full points. He finished two points clear of Sergey Karjakin. Anna Muzychuk lead the women's tournament from start to finish, ultimately scoring 1½ points more than her nearest rival Elisabeth Paehtz. The tournament (November 24th-29th) was held in memory of Elisabeta Polihroniade who helmed the event for its first nine years until her death in 2016 at age 80. Ivanchuk and Muzychuk also won their respective rapid tournaments for a clean sweep!

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11th Kings Tournament

High level chess has been held in Romania each year since 2007 as Turneul Regilor or "Kings Tournament". Originally organized under the auspices of Sports Club Elisabeta Polihroniade, the famed player and chess popularizer in Romania, the tournament now is dedicated to her memory.

The Blitz tournaments began at 12:30 CET, players competed in 12 rounds with a time control of 3 minutes plus 2 seconds per move, with a 5 minute break between rounds.

Final Standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	3	GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	UKR	2767	9,5	0,0	8	45,00
2	2	GM	Karjakin Sergey	RUS	2889	7,5	0,0	7	31,50
3	4	GM	Wei Yi	CHN	2724	4,0	0,0	2	25,25
4	1	GM	Deac Bogdan-Daniel	ROU	2417	3,0	0,0	2	14,75

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	GM	Muzychuk Anna	UKR	2604	8,0	0,0	5	40,75
2	3	IM	Paehtz Elisabeth	GER	2483	6,5	0,0	4	34,75
3	2	GM	Cramling Pia	SWE	2267	6,0	0,0	3	35,25
4	4	IM	Peptan Corina-Isabela	ROU	2324	3,5	0,0	2	22,75

All blitz games

Blitz commentary

Commentary by GM Dorian Rogozenko

Blitz results (men)

Round 1 on 2017/11/28 at 13.30
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	4	2724	GM	Wei Yi	0 - 1	GM	Deac Bogdan-Daniel	2417	1
2	3	2767	GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	1 - 0	GM	Karjakin Sergey	2889	2
Round 2 on 2017/11/28 at 13.45
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	3	2767	GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	1 - 0	GM	Wei Yi	2724	4
2	2	2889	GM	Karjakin Sergey	1 - 0	GM	Deac Bogdan-Daniel	2417	1
Round 3 on 2017/11/28 at 14.00
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	4	2724	GM	Wei Yi	0 - 1	GM	Karjakin Sergey	2889	2
2	1	2417	GM	Deac Bogdan-Daniel	0 - 1	GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	2767	3
Round 4 on 2017/11/28 at 14.15
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	1	2417	GM	Deac Bogdan-Daniel	1 - 0	GM	Wei Yi	2724	4
2	2	2889	GM	Karjakin Sergey	0 - 1	GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	2767	3
Round 5 on 2017/11/28 at 14.30
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	2	2889	GM	Karjakin Sergey	0 - 1	GM	Wei Yi	2724	4
2	3	2767	GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	½ - ½	GM	Deac Bogdan-Daniel	2417	1
Round 6 on 2017/11/28 at 14.45
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	4	2724	GM	Wei Yi	0 - 1	GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	2767	3
2	1	2417	GM	Deac Bogdan-Daniel	0 - 1	GM	Karjakin Sergey	2889	2
Round 7 on 2017/11/28 at 15.00
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	4	2724	GM	Wei Yi	1 - 0	GM	Deac Bogdan-Daniel	2417	1
2	3	2767	GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	1 - 0	GM	Karjakin Sergey	2889	2
Round 8 on 2017/11/28 at 15.15
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	3	2767	GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	½ - ½	GM	Wei Yi	2724	4
2	2	2889	GM	Karjakin Sergey	1 - 0	GM	Deac Bogdan-Daniel	2417	1
Round 9 on 2017/11/28 at 15.30
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	4	2724	GM	Wei Yi	0 - 1	GM	Karjakin Sergey	2889	2
2	1	2417	GM	Deac Bogdan-Daniel	0 - 1	GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	2767	3
Round 10 on 2017/11/28 at 15.45
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	1	2417	GM	Deac Bogdan-Daniel	½ - ½	GM	Wei Yi	2724	4
2	2	2889	GM	Karjakin Sergey	1 - 0	GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	2767	3
Round 11 on 2017/11/28 at 16.00
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	2	2889	GM	Karjakin Sergey	½ - ½	GM	Wei Yi	2724	4
2	3	2767	GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	1 - 0	GM	Deac Bogdan-Daniel	2417	1
Round 12 on 2017/11/28 at 16.15
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	4	2724	GM	Wei Yi	½ - ½	GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	2767	3
2	1	2417	GM	Deac Bogdan-Daniel	0 - 1	GM	Karjakin Sergey	2889	2

Bitz results (women)

Round 1 on 2017/11/28 at 13.30
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	4	2324	IM	Peptan Corina-Isabela	½ - ½	GM	Muzychuk Anna	2604	1
2	3	2483	IM	Paehtz Elisabeth	½ - ½	GM	Cramling Pia	2267	2
Round 2 on 2017/11/28 at 13.45
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	3	2483	IM	Paehtz Elisabeth	½ - ½	IM	Peptan Corina-Isabela	2324	4
2	2	2267	GM	Cramling Pia	1 - 0	GM	Muzychuk Anna	2604	1
Round 3 on 2017/11/28 at 14.00
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	4	2324	IM	Peptan Corina-Isabela	½ - ½	GM	Cramling Pia	2267	2
2	1	2604	GM	Muzychuk Anna	1 - 0	IM	Paehtz Elisabeth	2483	3
Round 4 on 2017/11/28 at 14.15
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	1	2604	GM	Muzychuk Anna	1 - 0	IM	Peptan Corina-Isabela	2324	4
2	2	2267	GM	Cramling Pia	0 - 1	IM	Paehtz Elisabeth	2483	3
Round 5 on 2017/11/28 at 14.30
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	2	2267	GM	Cramling Pia	1 - 0	IM	Peptan Corina-Isabela	2324	4
2	3	2483	IM	Paehtz Elisabeth	0 - 1	GM	Muzychuk Anna	2604	1
Round 6 on 2017/11/28 at 14.45
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	4	2324	IM	Peptan Corina-Isabela	1 - 0	IM	Paehtz Elisabeth	2483	3
2	1	2604	GM	Muzychuk Anna	½ - ½	GM	Cramling Pia	2267	2
Round 7 on 2017/11/28 at 15.00
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	4	2324	IM	Peptan Corina-Isabela	0 - 1	GM	Muzychuk Anna	2604	1
2	3	2483	IM	Paehtz Elisabeth	1 - 0	GM	Cramling Pia	2267	2
Round 8 on 2017/11/28 at 15.15
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	3	2483	IM	Paehtz Elisabeth	1 - 0	IM	Peptan Corina-Isabela	2324	4
2	2	2267	GM	Cramling Pia	½ - ½	GM	Muzychuk Anna	2604	1
Round 9 on 2017/11/28 at 15.30
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	4	2324	IM	Peptan Corina-Isabela	0 - 1	GM	Cramling Pia	2267	2
2	1	2604	GM	Muzychuk Anna	½ - ½	IM	Paehtz Elisabeth	2483	3
Round 10 on 2017/11/28 at 15.45
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	1	2604	GM	Muzychuk Anna	1 - 0	IM	Peptan Corina-Isabela	2324	4
2	2	2267	GM	Cramling Pia	½ - ½	IM	Paehtz Elisabeth	2483	3
Round 11 on 2017/11/28 at 16.00
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	2	2267	GM	Cramling Pia	0 - 1	IM	Peptan Corina-Isabela	2324	4
2	3	2483	IM	Paehtz Elisabeth	½ - ½	GM	Muzychuk Anna	2604	1
Round 12 on 2017/11/28 at 16.15
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	4	2324	IM	Peptan Corina-Isabela	0 - 1	IM	Paehtz Elisabeth	2483	3
2	1	2604	GM	Muzychuk Anna	½ - ½	GM	Cramling Pia	2267	2

Rapid final standings

The tournament was a double round-robin. For the rapid players receive 15 minutes plus 10 seconds per move for the entire game.

Rapid Results (Men)

Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	1	2505	GM	Deac Bogdan-Daniel	½ - ½	GM	Wei Yi	2669	4
2	2	2763	GM	Karjakin Sergey	½ - ½	GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	2799	3
Round 2 on 2017/11/26 at 16.00
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	4	2669	GM	Wei Yi	½ - ½	GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	2799	3
2	1	2505	GM	Deac Bogdan-Daniel	0 - 1	GM	Karjakin Sergey	2763	2
Round 3 on 2017/11/26 at 17.00
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	2	2763	GM	Karjakin Sergey	1 - 0	GM	Wei Yi	2669	4
2	3	2799	GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	1 - 0	GM	Deac Bogdan-Daniel	2505	1
Round 4 on 2017/11/27 at 15.00
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	4	2669	GM	Wei Yi	0 - 1	GM	Deac Bogdan-Daniel	2505	1
2	3	2799	GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	1 - 0	GM	Karjakin Sergey	2763	2
Round 5 on 2017/11/27 at 15.00
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	4	2669	GM	Wei Yi	1 - 0	GM	Karjakin Sergey	2763	2
2	1	2505	GM	Deac Bogdan-Daniel	½ - ½	GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	2799	3
Round 6 on 2017/11/27 at 15.00
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	3	2799	GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	½ - ½	GM	Wei Yi	2669	4
2	2	2763	GM	Karjakin Sergey	1 - 0	GM	Deac Bogdan-Daniel	2505	1

Rapid Results (Women)

Round 1 on 2017/11/26 at 15.00
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	1	2606	GM	Muzychuk Anna	1 - 0	IM	Peptan Corina-Isabela	2361	4
2	2	2434	GM	Cramling Pia	½ - ½	IM	Paehtz Elisabeth	2455	3
Round 2 on 2017/11/26 at 16.00
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	4	2361	IM	Peptan Corina-Isabela	0 - 1	IM	Paehtz Elisabeth	2455	3
2	1	2606	GM	Muzychuk Anna	½ - ½	GM	Cramling Pia	2434	2
Round 3 on 2017/11/26 at 17.00
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	2	2434	GM	Cramling Pia	½ - ½	IM	Peptan Corina-Isabela	2361	4
2	3	2455	IM	Paehtz Elisabeth	½ - ½	GM	Muzychuk Anna	2606	1
Round 4 on 2017/11/27 at 15.00
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	4	2361	IM	Peptan Corina-Isabela	0 - 1	GM	Muzychuk Anna	2606	1
2	3	2455	IM	Paehtz Elisabeth	½ - ½	GM	Cramling Pia	2434	2
Round 5 on 2017/11/27 at 15.00
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	4	2361	IM	Peptan Corina-Isabela	½ - ½	GM	Cramling Pia	2434	2
2	1	2606	GM	Muzychuk Anna	1 - 0	IM	Paehtz Elisabeth	2455	3
Round 6 on 2017/11/27 at 15.00
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	3	2455	IM	Paehtz Elisabeth	1 - 0	IM	Peptan Corina-Isabela	2361	4
2	2	2434	GM	Cramling Pia	½ - ½	GM	Muzychuk Anna	2606	1

All rapid games

Players

Sergei Karjakin was born on January 12th, 1990 in Simferopol, Ukraine. He represented Ukrained until 2009, before moming to Moscow and adopting Russian citizenship. In 2002, at only 12 years and 7 months he managed to become the youngest grandmaster in history. At the 36th Chess Olympiad in Calvià, he was the youngest member of the gold-medal winning Ukrainian team. He also won an individual gold medal thanks to his score of 6½/7 points playing the second reserve board. Other highlights reached in 2007 (World Champion quarterfinalist), 2009 (Wijk aan Zee winner), 2011 (Kings Tournament – shared 1-2 with Magnus Carlsen), 2012 (Astana – World Rapid Chess Champion), 2015 (World Cup Winner – after beating Peter Svidler at tiebreaks), 2016 (Doha – World Blitz Champion). In 2016, he won the Candidates Tournament in Moscow, and went on to play Magnus Carlsen for the World Champion's title. There he lead the match util the 10th round, ultimately losing to Carlsen in a rapid chess tiebreak.

Vassily Ivanchuk is making his fourth appearance at the King's Tournament. Ivanchuk was born on March 18th, 1969, in Kopychyntsy (URSS, today Ukraine). In 1987 he won the European Championship U18 at Groningen. Next year, he won his first olympic medal. His total is 4 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze for URSS and Ukraine. He won also 4 individual medals, out of which one gold for first table in 2010. He won in 2009 in Bazna, and again in 2012 in Bucharest, where be beat Veselin Topalov in a tiebreak. He was the World Blitz Champion in 2007 (Moscow) and World Rapid Champion in 2016 (Doha). Other titles won include European Championship in Turkey (2004), and strong tournaments in New York (1988), Linares (1991, 1995), Wijk aan Zee (1996), Aeroflot (2007), M-Tel Masters Sofia (2008), Mikhail Tal Memorial in Moscow (2008), Capablanca Memorial in Havana (2010, 2012).

Wei Yi was born on June 2nd, 1999 in Yancheng, China. He won the World Schools Championship in Salonic (2009) and World Junior Championship in Porto Carras (2010). In February 2013, at only 13 years and 8 month, he became grandmaster, becoming the 4th youngest GM of all time after Sergei Karjakin, Parimarjan Negi and Magnus Carlsen. In late 2013 he became the youngest player over the 2600 rating. He assisted the Chinese team in their Olympiad win in Tromso (2014) and the World Team Championship (2015), where he took the gold medal for the 4th board. For the past 3 years he has been the Chinese National Champion. He also managed to place 3rd in Bilbao (2016) and Wijk aan Zee (2017). This is his second time at King's Tournament after the 2014 Scheveningen match between Romania and China, where he scored 3½/4 points after victories with Nevednichy, Lupulescu, Parligras and a draw with Jianu.

Bogdan-Daniel Deac was born October 8th, 2001, in Râmnicu Vâlcea. In June 2016, at the age of 14, 7 months and 27 days, he became the youngest Romanian grandmaster ever, and was the youngest grandmaster in the world at that time (22nd youngest of all time). In 2015 he was named the winner of the Romgaz King's Tournament individual prize after defeating the experienced German GM Daniel Friedman. In September 2016 at the International Chess Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaijan, Bogdan-Daniel Deac played third board for the Romanian team and posted a very good result: 7/10 points (+5,-1,=4).

Anna Muzychuk was born February 28, 1990 in Lviv, Ukraine. She is the fourth woman, after Judit Polgar, Humpy Koneru and Hou Yifan, to cross the 2600 Elo rating mark, having achieved a rating of 2606 in July, 2012. Muzychuk won the Women's World Rapid Chess Championship (in 2016) and the Women's World Blitz Chess Championship twice (in 2014 and 2016).

Pia Cramling is a Swedish grandmaster, born 23 April 1963. In 1992, she became the third woman to earn the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) through conventional tournament play (fifth woman overall). Since the early 1980s, she has been one of the strongest female players in the world. She has been ranked No. 1 woman in the FIDE World Rankings on three occasions (January 1984, July 1984 and January 1985).

Elisabeth Pähtz is a German International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). Born January 8th, 1985, Pähtz became the World Youth Champion among girls' under-18 in 2002, and in 2005 the World Junior Girls Champion. She has played for Germany ten times in the Chess Olympiad women's team between 1998-2016. She also played for Germany in the women's World Team Chess Championship in 2007, scoring +2 =6 -0 for which she won the individual bronze medal on board one.

Corina-Isabela Peptan was born March 17, 1978. She is a Romanian International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She won the World Youth Chess Championships in several girls categories: Under 10 in Timişoara 1988, Under 12 in Fond du Lac 1990, Under 14 in Warsaw 1991, and Under 18 in Guarapuava 1995. Peptan competed in the Women's World Chess Championship in 2000, 2001 and 2004. She reached the quartefinals in 2000. She won the Romanian women's championship in 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015 and 2017. In team events, she has represented Romania in the Women's Chess Olympiad, where she has won two individual silver medals at the, in Moscow 1994 (playing board 3) and Calvià 2004 (board 2).

Schedule

Sunday, November 26th, 14:00 CET: 3 games rapid, 10 minute breaks between rounds
Monday, November 27th, 14:00 CET: 3 games rapid, 10 minute breaks between rounds
Tuesday, November 28th, 12:30 CET: 12 games blitz, 5 minute break between rounds

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