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The David Bronstein Memorial was held in Misnk, Belarus from the 11th to the 19th of February, 2014. Today would have marked Bronstein's 90th birthday. The great genius, who Kasparov opined should have won the match in 1951 against Botvinnik for the World Championship, passed away in 2006 in Minsk. His grave can be found there.
The top prize of $10,000 attracted some of the top players in Europe, but only one 2700. Baadur Jobava entered as the top seed and he maintained a steady and strong pace to take the tournament. Here are some phtographical impressions from the event taken from the official website:
Yuri Balashov was maybe never at the level of Bronstein, but he is a legend in his own right,
being ranked in the top 25 players in the world consistently during his prime
The top boards had a horde of 2600 players throughout the event
But the "lower" boards were plagued with grandmasters as well!
Vasif Durarbayli, one of Azerbaijan's young promises, battling his compatriot Eltaj Safarli.
This game ended in a draw.
American grandmaster Jaan Ehlvest spends most of his time in Estonia, his home country
Jobava occupied the first board through most of the event, but he was bumped out of it by Hovanisian in round three who took a draw from him.
Jumbayev finished with a great 6.5/9, only 0.5 away from the three winners
Khalifman blasted through the event with 4.5/5,
but he ran out of gas and he didn't win a single game in the last four rounds
Kravtsiv didn't have the tournament of his life, he ended up losing almost 18 points
Kveinys is one of Lithuania's top grandmasters. He finished with a good 6.0/9
Nino Maisuradze is one of Europe's top females. She had complaints about the organization, mainly being late on promised payments to the players. We are trying to reach her to find out if the issue was resolved.
Sargissian, Aronian's second, entred the tournament as the third seed and finished with 6.5/9
IM Zaiatz fell victim to Jobava in the first round
The Zhigalko brothers are the best chess players in Belarus. This one is Sergei who is over 50 points ahead of his sibling, Andrey
Zhukova has certainly kept herself busy, having played Gibraltar only recently
At the end of the day Jobava did win the tournament, but he did not finish in clear first:
| Rk. | Name | FED | RtgI | Pts. | TB1 | Rp | rtg+/- |
| 1 | Jobava Baadur | GEO | 2706 | 7.0 | 2578 | 2798 | 9.8 |
| 2 | Fedorchuk Sergey A | UKR | 2641 | 7.0 | 2504 | 2724 | 9.3 |
| 3 | Oleksienko Mikhailo | UKR | 2630 | 7.0 | 2492 | 2712 | 9.5 |
| 4 | Zhigalko Sergei | BLR | 2661 | 6.5 | 2574 | 2740 | 9.6 |
| 5 | Shimanov Aleksandr | RUS | 2658 | 6.5 | 2560 | 2726 | 8.4 |
| 6 | Safarli Eltaj | AZE | 2649 | 6.5 | 2546 | 2712 | 7.4 |
| 7 | Sargissian Gabriel | ARM | 2671 | 6.5 | 2540 | 2706 | 4.6 |
| 8 | Khairullin Ildar | RUS | 2651 | 6.5 | 2487 | 2653 | 1.2 |
| 9 | Jumabayev Rinat | KAZ | 2564 | 6.5 | 2436 | 2602 | 8.3 |
| 10 | Tiviakov Sergei | NED | 2639 | 6.0 | 2580 | 2705 | 8.2 |
| 11 | Dubov Daniil | RUS | 2614 | 6.0 | 2576 | 2701 | 11.0 |
| 12 | Akopian Vladimir | ARM | 2682 | 6.0 | 2556 | 2681 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Mamedov Rauf | AZE | 2659 | 6.0 | 2544 | 2669 | 1.3 |
| 14 | Kovalenko Igor | LAT | 2642 | 6.0 | 2519 | 2644 | 1.0 |
| 15 | Grachev Boris | RUS | 2669 | 6.0 | 2516 | 2641 | -0.4 |
| 16 | Khalifman Alexander | RUS | 2611 | 6.0 | 2513 | 2638 | 6.1 |
| 17 | Smirin Ilia | ISR | 2644 | 6.0 | 2506 | 2631 | -1.5 |
| 18 | Kuzubov Yuriy | UKR | 2643 | 6.0 | 2504 | 2629 | -1.2 |
| 19 | Fier Alexandr | BRA | 2587 | 6.0 | 2458 | 2553 | -2.2 |
| 20 | Chigaev Maksim | RUS | 2510 | 6.0 | 2447 | 2572 | 9.6 |
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