Malakhov wins the Ninth Amplico in Warsaw
12/22/2009 – Vladimir Malakhov – not the soccer star, the ice hockey player of dancer, but the 29-year-old physicist and chess grandmaster – has won this very strong rapid chess event in Poland last weekend. He did it by defeating Alexei Shirov with the black pieces in the final round. Second was Vassily Ivanchuk, who defeated top seed Vugar Gashimov in the round 13. Pictures, results and games.
Everyone uses ChessBase, from the World Champion to the amateur next door. Start your personal success story with ChessBase 14 and enjoy your chess even more!
Along with the ChessBase 14 program you can access the Live Database of 8 million games, and receive three months of free ChesssBase Account Premium membership and all of our online apps! Have a look today!
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 |
LinksTo read, replay and analyse the PGN games we adivse you to download the free PGN reader ChessBase Light. This program also gives you immediate access to the chess server Playchess.com. |
|
Discussion and Feedback
Join the public discussion or submit your feedback to the editors
