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Bernadskiy and Kuzubov win Keres Memorial in Tallinn

1/9/2023 – From Friday, 6 January, to Sunday, 8 January, the 32nd Keres Memorial was held in the Estonian capital Tallinn and featured a blitz and a rapid tournament. GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy from Ukraine won the blitz, GM Yuriy Kuzubov (also from Ukraine) won the rapid event.

Looking back: at the Keres Memorial – ACP Open 2016

1/24/2016 – Earlier this week we brought you a retrospective report on the rapid chess event held in Talinn, Estonia, in honour of the 100th anniversary of their greatest chess playing son, Paul Keres. Today in part two we bring you a short interview with ACP President Emil Sutovsky and more instructive games, with positions for you to solve. What a great way to improve your chess skills.

Looking back at the Keres Memorial – ACP Open 2016

1/21/2016 – It’s been ten days since this rapid chess event ended. But the tournament had so many nice moments and games that we decided to have a look at them in a two-part retrospective report. In it you will find some beautiful games of the great Paul Keres, and some very instructive games from the Memorial tournament for you to enjoy. An excellent way to improve your chess.

Kovalenko wins the Keres Memorial - ACP Open

1/10/2016 – With a strong finish Igor Kovalenko became sole winner of the Keres Memorial - ACP Open in Tallinn. He started the last day with 6.5/8, sharing second place with four other players. But after winning against Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Peter Svidler he only needed a draw against Boris Gelfand in the final round to take sole first place with 9.0/11.

Keres Memorial - ACP Open: David Howell leads

1/9/2016 – Chess legend Paul Keres was born on 7th January 1916. To celebrate his 100-year jubilee a strong rapid tournament is played in Tallinn, in which world class players such as P. Svidler, Boris G. or P. Eljanov take part. But after eight rounds the English GM David Howell leads the field with 7.0/8. Half a point behind follow Duda, Svidler, Kovalenko and Gelfand.

Tiviakov victorious at Keres Memorial

1/14/2015 – While Estonia has had several significant chess players, there can be no doubt that its greatest son is none other than Paul Keres, a player whose career spanned generations of champions, and the author of numerous classics. Celebrating its 24th edition, the Paul Keres Memorial was held in Tallinn, Estonia, and was won by Sergey Tiviakov. Here is the final report.
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