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Rating favourite Alexander Motylev won the European Rapid Championship in Katowice after scoring 9 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss at the two-day event. The one loss suffered by Motylev, aged 42, came in round 5, when he was defeated by Polish grandmaster Michal Krasenkow, who is still going strong at 58.
A crucial game was played in round 9, when Motylev inflicted Alexander Donchenko’s only loss of the tournament. After move 20, Donchenko suddenly found himself confronted with a position that was difficult to handle.
Master Class Vol.5: Emanuel Lasker
The name Emanuel Lasker will always be linked with his incredible 27 years reign on the throne of world chess. In 1894, at the age of 25, he had already won the world title from Wilhelm Steinitz and his record number of years on the throne did not end till 1921 when Lasker had to accept the superiority of Jose Raul Capablanca. But not only had the only German world champion so far seen off all challengers for many years, he had also won the greatest tournaments of his age, sometimes with an enormous lead. The fascinating question is, how did he manage that?
Donchenko and Motylev during their crucial round-9 confrontation
European Rapid Chess Championship 2021 has just concluded!
— European Chess Union (@ECUonline) December 19, 2021
After 11 played rounds 3 players tied for the top scoring 9.5 points each. Tiebreaks criteria decided the Champion and the medalists:
🏆Motylev Alexander🇷🇺
🥈Donchenko Alexander🇩🇪
🥉Pultinevicius Paulius🇱🇹
Congrats!👏 pic.twitter.com/EEJdGAP8cU
| Rk. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | |
| 1 | GM | Motylev Alexander | 2703 | 9,5 | 0,0 |
| 2 | GM | Donchenko Alexander | 2535 | 9,5 | 0,0 |
| 3 | GM | Pultinevicius Paulius | 2536 | 9,5 | 0,0 |
| 4 | GM | Krasenkow Michal | 2430 | 9,0 | 0,0 |
| 5 | IM | Brodowski Piotr | 2414 | 9,0 | 0,0 |
| 6 | IM | Janik Igor | 2462 | 9,0 | 0,0 |
| 7 | GM | Bjerre Jonas Buhl | 2330 | 9,0 | 0,0 |
| 8 | IM | Keinanen Toivo | 2341 | 8,5 | 0,0 |
| 9 | GM | Balog Imre | 2629 | 8,5 | 0,0 |
| 10 | GM | Bernadskiy Vitaliy | 2616 | 8,5 | 0,0 |
| 11 | GM | Fridman Daniel | 2542 | 8,5 | 0,0 |
| 12 | GM | Stefansson Hannes | 2513 | 8,5 | 0,0 |
| 13 | GM | Kovalenko Igor | 2649 | 8,5 | 0,0 |
| 14 | Kyc Jerzy | 2308 | 8,5 | 0,0 | |
| 15 | IM | Kosakowski Jakub | 2304 | 8,5 | 0,0 |
| 16 | Kozak Antoni | 2308 | 8,5 | 0,0 | |
| 17 | FM | Mis Mieszko | 2237 | 8,5 | 0,0 |
| 18 | FM | Fus Jakub | 2252 | 8,5 | 0,0 |
| 19 | GM | Grabarczyk Miroslaw | 2249 | 8,5 | 0,0 |
| 20 | FM | Semjonovs Ilja | 2165 | 8,5 | 0,0 |
