
The 9th Amplico Life rapid tournament took place in Warsaw, Poland, from December
19th-20th 2009. The event ended with victory for Russian GM Vladimir Malakhov,
who stayed ahead of Vassily Ivanchuk when he beat Alexei Shirov with the black
pieces in the final round.

The Amplico Life playing hall during a round in Warsaw, Poland

Vassily Ivanchuk vs Vugar Gashimov in round 13 (Ivanchuk won in 82 moves)

Vladimir Malakhov on his way to beating Alexei Shirov and winning the event

Three winners: Vladimir Malakhov, Vassily Ivanchuk and Radoslav Wojtaszek

More winners, including IM Anna Muzychuk, 21st, standing next to Malakhov

The childrens' section with two Kris Kringles...

... who provide everyone with a gift bag

The winner Vladimir Malakhov, who is by profession a physicist
Pl. |
Sd. |
Ti. |
Player |
Nat. |
Rtng. |
Pts. |
MB |
1 |
5 |
GM |
Malakhov, Vladimir |
RUS |
2706 |
11.5 |
103 |
2 |
2 |
GM |
Ivanchuk, Vassily |
UKR |
2739 |
11.0 |
102 |
3 |
10 |
GM |
Dreev, Alexey |
RUS |
2655 |
10.5 |
89.5 |
4 |
4 |
GM |
Movsesian, Sergei |
SVK |
2718 |
10.5 |
98.5 |
5 |
11 |
GM |
Fridman, Daniel |
GER |
2649 |
10.5 |
96.5 |
6 |
13 |
GM |
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw |
POL |
2637 |
10.5 |
98.5 |
7 |
9 |
GM |
Krasenkow, Michal |
POL |
2656 |
10.0 |
98 |
8 |
3 |
GM |
Shirov, Alexei |
ESP |
2719 |
10.0 |
95.5 |
9 |
25 |
IM |
Zubov, Alexander |
UKR |
2581 |
10.0 |
95.5 |
10 |
16 |
GM |
Hracek, Zbynek |
CZE |
2624 |
10.0 |
95.5 |
11 |
21 |
GM |
Rozentalis, Eduardas |
LTU |
2611 |
10.0 |
95 |
12 |
7 |
GM |
Kurnosov, Igor |
RUS |
2666 |
10.0 |
92 |
13 |
47 |
IM |
Neiksans, Arturs |
LAT |
2487 |
10.0 |
91 |
14 |
48 |
IM |
Warakomski, Tomasz |
POL |
2485 |
10.0 |
86.5 |
15 |
1 |
GM |
Gashimov, Vugar |
AZE |
2758 |
9.5 |
103.5 |
16 |
59 |
IM |
Stupak, Kirill |
BLR |
2456 |
9.5 |
99 |
17 |
18 |
GM |
Bartel, Mateusz |
POL |
2618 |
9.5 |
98.5 |
18 |
37 |
GM |
Gritsak, Orest |
UKR |
2521 |
9.5 |
97 |
19 |
44 |
IM |
Tomczak, Jacek |
POL |
2500 |
9.5 |
96 |
20 |
26 |
GM |
Moranda, Wojciech |
POL |
2579 |
9.5 |
95.5 |
21 |
34 |
IM |
Muzychuk, Anna |
SLO |
2532 |
9.5 |
95 |
22 |
27 |
GM |
Dziuba, Marcin |
POL |
2573 |
9.5 |
94 |
23 |
12 |
GM |
Socko, Bartosz |
POL |
2643 |
9.5 |
93.5 |
24 |
23 |
GM |
Miton, Kamil |
POL |
2586 |
9.5 |
93.5 |
25 |
35 |
GM |
Czarnota, Pawel |
POL |
2528 |
9.5 |
93 |
26 |
20 |
GM |
Aleksandrov, Aleksej |
BLR |
2617 |
9.5 |
91.5 |
27 |
15 |
GM |
Macieja, Bartlomiej |
POL |
2627 |
9.5 |
91.5 |
28 |
38 |
GM |
Heberla, Barthomiej |
POL |
2515 |
9.5 |
90.5 |
29 |
86 |
GM |
Schmidt, Wlodzimierz |
POL |
2395 |
9.5 |
89.5 |
30 |
53 |
GM |
Grabarczyk, Miroslaw |
POL |
2475 |
9.5 |
89 |
31 |
46 |
GM |
Swiercz, Dariusz |
POL |
2493 |
9.5 |
89 |
32 |
67 |
GM |
Sergeev, Vladimir |
UKR |
2428 |
9.5 |
88.5 |
33 |
65 |
GM |
Manik, Mikulas |
SVK |
2435 |
9.5 |
88.5 |
34 |
8 |
GM |
Tiviakov, Sergei |
NED |
2664 |
9.5 |
86.5 |