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    European Rapid and Blitz Chess 2016, Tallinn

    Dec 15, 2016

    From: http://www.chessdom.com/european-rap...tz-chess-2016/

    Tallinn - Everything is set for the European Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2016, which start today in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. The Championships will be the main event of the Paul Keres 100 Festival, dedicated to the 100th birth anniversary of Paul Keres, Estonian Sportsman of the 20th century and often referred as “The Eternal Second” in the chess world, one of the greatest players of all time.

    The event starts with the European Individual Rapid Chess Championship, which will be held on 15th and 16th December. The Rapid competition will be played according to the Swiss system, in 11 rounds, with the time control 15 minutes game + 10 seconds per move starting from the first move.

    The European Rapid and blitz championship will have 581 participants, including top names as Radjabov, Wojtaszek, Zhigalko, Andreikin, Onishchuk, Ponomariov, Kovalenko, Inarkiev, Malakhov, Navara, Leko, Dreev, Vitiugov, Movsesian, etc. The first 75 participants are in the list at the end of the announcement.

    The event will continue with the European Blitz Chess Championship, which will take place on 17th and 18th December. The Blitz competition will be played according to the Swiss system, in 13 paired rounds, with the time control 3 minutes game + 2 seconds per move starting from the first move.

    Both Championships are open to all players representing Chess Federations which are ECU members (FIDE zones 1.1. to 1.10), regardless of their title and rating.

    The total prize fund for the competitions will be €30,100 (€20,000 for the Rapid and €10,100 for the Blitz Championships).

    The Championships will take place from 14-18 December, in Park Inn by Radisson Meriton Conference & Spa Hotel, which is the official venue of the Championship.

    In order to popularize the event the organizers are offering special accommodating conditions for the top 20 seeds, as well as for the top 3 female players, along with an early registration, providing the highest standards in organizing.

    The Estonian Chess Federation, in cooperation with the Republic of Estonia and the Estonian Olympic Committee organizes a year-round International Memorial Festival ‘Paul Keres 100′, which started on December 8 last year, with the International Youth Tournament “Chess Stars of the Baltic Sea Region” in Narva, the birthplace of the Estonian national hero, followed by several Paul Keres Memorial Tournaments in 2016, such as the 25th Keres Memorial – ACP Open, held on 7th January 2016, then Paul Keres 100 Memorial Tournament in Pärnu, 14-17 July, 2016, etc.

    The final event of the festival will be the European Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship, which concludes the one year circuit.

    European Rapid 2016 participants

    1 GM Radjabov Teimour AZE 2788
    2 GM Andreikin Dmitry RUS 2743
    3 GM Zhigalko Sergei BLR 2728
    4 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw POL 2721
    5 GM Onischuk Vladimir UKR 2720
    6 GM Ponomariov Ruslan UKR 2712
    7 GM Kovalenko Igor LAT 2708
    8 GM Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2707
    9 GM Malakhov Vladimir RUS 2701
    10 GM Navara David CZE 2696
    11 GM Leko Peter HUN 2692
    12 GM Dreev Aleksey RUS 2690
    13 GM Riazantsev Alexander RUS 2685
    14 GM Bortnyk Olexandr UKR 2678
    15 GM Vitiugov Nikita RUS 2677
    16 GM Movsesian Sergei ARM 2674
    17 GM Neiksans Arturs LAT 2674
    18 GM Bartel Mateusz POL 2673
    19 GM Matlakov Maxim RUS 2673
    20 GM Naiditsch Arkadij AZE 2672
    21 GM Mamedov Rauf AZE 2670
    22 GM Motylev Alexander RUS 2669
    23 GM Najer Evgeniy RUS 2667
    24 GM Ponkratov Pavel RUS 2664
    25 GM Shirov Alexei LAT 2664
    26 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco ESP 2657
    27 GM Alekseev Evgeny RUS 2656
    28 GM Halkias Stelios GRE 2652
    29 GM Fridman Daniel GER 2646
    30 GM Turov Maxim RUS 2632
    31 GM Piorun Kacper POL 2627
    32 GM Potkin Vladimir RUS 2621
    33 GM Grandelius Nils SWE 2618
    34 GM Huzman Alexander ISR 2618
    35 GM Zvjaginsev Vadim RUS 2615
    36 GM Andriasian Zaven ARM 2611
    37 GM Pavlidis Antonios GRE 2605
    38 GM Kobalia Mikhail RUS 2604
    39 GM Novikov Stanislav RUS 2603
    40 GM Grigoriants Sergey RUS 2598
    41 IM Chigaev Maksim RUS 2594
    42 GM Khalifman Alexander RUS 2593
    43 GM Munoz Miguel ESP 2591
    44 IM Plat Vojtech CZE 2585
    45 GM Anton Guijarro David ESP 2580
    46 GM Tregubov Pavel V. RUS 2580
    47 GM Cvitan Ognjen CRO 2575
    48 GM Saric Ivan CRO 2575
    49 IM Kantans Toms LAT 2574
    50 GM Bologan Victor MDA 2572
    51 GM Ruck Robert HUN 2571
    52 GM Marin Mihail ROU 2565
    53 GM Agrest Evgenij SWE 2563
    54 GM Jussupow Artur GER 2563
    55 GM Jovanovic Zoran CRO 2562
    56 FM Dzhumagaliev Yan RUS 2557
    57 GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr RUS 2545
    58 GM Stocek Jiri CZE 2539
    59 GM Martinovic Sasa CRO 2534
    60 GM Kozul Zdenko CRO 2527
    61 GM Kveinys Aloyzas LTU 2523
    62 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra RUS 2519
    63 GM Potapov Pavel RUS 2519
    64 GM Ionov Sergey RUS 2512
    65 GM Jankovic Alojzije CRO 2512
    66 IM Bortnyk Mykola UKR 2511
    67 GM Loginov Valery A RUS 2510
    68 IM Sychev Klementy RUS 2510
    69 Razin Vadim UKR 2510
    70 IM Zakhartsov Vladimir RUS 2502
    71 GM Kanep Meelis EST 2496
    72 GM Kulaots Kaido EST 2494
    73 IM Zorko Jure SLO 2494
    74 IM Lovkov Roman RUS 2491
    75 IM Paehtz Elisabeth GER 2483

    Schedule

    http://www.maleliit.ee/eurapid2016/index.php?a=4#R9

    Thursday, 15th December 2016

    11.00 Opening ceremony
    11.30 Round 1
    12.45 Round 2
    14.00 Round 3
    15.00 - 16.30 Lunch break
    16.30 Round 4
    17.45 Round 5
    19.00 Round 6

    Friday, 16th December 2016

    11.00 Round 7
    12.15 Round 8
    13.30 Round 9
    14.30 - 16.30 Lunch break
    16.30 Round 10
    17.45 Round 11

    11 a.m. Tallinn time is 4:00 a.m. Toronto/Montreal time

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    Re: European Rapid and Blitz Chess 2016, Tallinn

    European Rapid and Blitz Chess 2016, Tallinn

    December 16, 2016

    Standings after Round Six (Rapids)

    1 Shirov Alexei 6,0
    2 Rakhmanov Aleksandr 5,5
    3 Ponkratov Pavel 5,5
    4 Wojtaszek Radoslaw 5,5
    5 Fridman Daniel 5,5
    6 Mamedov Rauf 5,5
    7 Andreikin Dmitry 5,5
    8 Saric Ivan 5,5
    9 Ponomariov Ruslan 5,0
    10 Anton Guijarro David 5,0
    11 Kobalia Mikhail 5,0
    12 Onischuk Vladimir 5,0
    13 Zvjaginsev Vadim 5,0
    14 Riazantsev Alexander 5,0
    15 Leko Peter 5,0
    16 Kovalenko Igor 5,0
    17 Marin Mihail 5,0
    18 Bartel Mateusz 5,0
    19 Vallejo Pons Francisco 5,0
    20 Potkin Vladimir 5,0
    21 Zakhartsov Vladimir 5,0
    22 Naiditsch Arkadij 5,0
    23 Novikov Stanislav 5,0
    24 Meskovs Nikita 5,0
    25 Kanep Meelis 5,0
    26 Turov Maxim 5,0
    27 Dzhuymagaliev Yan 5,0
    28 Grandelius Nils 5,0
    29 Jankovic Alojzije 5,0
    30 Reshetnikov Evgeny 5,0
    31 Kukk Sander 5,0
    32 Dudas Jan 5,0
    33 Chigaev Maksim 5,0
    34 Huzman Alexander 5,0
    35 Martinovic Sasa 5,0

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      Re: European Rapid and Blitz Chess 2016, Tallinn

      European Rapid and Blitz Chess 2016, Tallinn

      December 16, 2016

      Rapid

      The leader after the first day of the rapid tournament was Alexi Shirov of Latvia. In the sixth round he beat Ruslan Ponomariov, in the seventh Dmitry Andreikin, tied with Rauf Mamedov in the eighth, was beaten by Vladimir Onischuk in the ninth, beat Evgeny Najer in the tenth and lost to Maxim Matiakov in the last round to end up with 8.5 points.

      The top 17 were:

      1 Riazantsev Alexander RUS 9,5
      2 Matlakov Maxim RUS 9,5
      3 Mamedov Rauf AZE 9,0
      4 Onischuk Vladimir UKR 9,0
      5 Wojtaszek Radoslaw POL 9,0
      6 Anton Guijarro David ESP 8,5
      7 Shirov Alexei LAT 8,5
      8 Ponomariov Ruslan UKR 8,5
      9 Leko Peter HUN 8,5
      10 Zhigalko Sergei BLR 8,5
      11 Alekseev Evgeny RUS 8,5
      12 Kobalia Mikhail RUS 8,5
      13 Potkin Vladimir RUS 8,5
      14 Kovalenko Igor LAT 8,5
      15 Bartel Mateusz POL 8,5
      16 Motylev Alexander RUS 8,5
      17 Vitiugov Nikita RUS 8,5

      David Navara ended up placing 57th.

      Alexander Riazantsev (born 12 September 1985) is a Russian chess grandmaster and one of the coaches of the Russian women's national chess team. In 2016, he won the Russian Championship Superfinal.

      Here is the Round Eleven game that gave Alexander the title:

      European Rapid Championship 2016
      Tallinn, Estonia
      Round 11, Dec. 16, 2016
      Riazantsev, Alexander – Mamedov, Raul
      A41 Queen’s Pawn Game

      1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Bc4 Be6 6.Bxe6 fxe6 7.f3 Bd6 8.Nh3 Ke7 9.Nf2 Nf6 10.b3 a5 11.a4 Nc6 12.c3 Nb8 13.Nd3 Nbd7 14.Na3 Rhg8 15.Nc4 g5 16.g4 h5 17.h3 Rh8 18.Bxg5 hxg4 19.f4 Rag8 20.Bxf6+ Nxf6 21.fxe5 Nxe4 22.exd6+ cxd6 23.h4 g3 24.Ra2 Rg4 25.h5 Nxc3 26.Rg2 Ne4 27.Nd2 Nf6 28.h6 e5 29.Rh3 Ke6 30.Nf1 Re4+ 31.Kd1 Rd4 32.Ke2 Re4+ 33.Ne3 Nd5 34.Rgxg3 Nf4+ 35.Nxf4+ exf4 36.Kd3 Re5 37.Rg6+ Kf7 38.Rg7+ Ke6 39.Nc4 Rf5 40.h7 f3 41.Ne3 Rff8 42.Rh6+ Ke5 43.Ng4+ Kf5 44.Nf2 b6 45.Ke3 Rc8 46.Rxd6 Rc3+ 47.Rd3 1-0
      Last edited by Wayne Komer; Saturday, 17th December, 2016, 10:50 PM. Reason: corrected a truncated game score

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        Re: European Rapid and Blitz Chess 2016, Tallinn

        European Rapid and Blitz Chess 2016, Tallinn

        December 18, 2016

        Blitz

        Final Ranking after 26 rounds

        1 Andreikin Dmitry RUS 22,0
        2 Mamedov Rauf AZE 20,5
        3 Zhigalko Sergei BLR 19,5
        4 Matlakov Maxim RUS 19,5
        5 Leko Peter HUN 19,0
        6 Andriasian Zaven ARM 19,0
        7 Bortnyk Olexandr UKR 19,0
        8 Bologan Victor MDA 19,0
        9 Navara David CZE 19,0
        10 Anton Guijarro David ESP 19,0
        11 Vitiugov Nikita RUS 18,5
        12 Jovanovic Zoran CRO 18,5
        13 Wojtaszek Radoslaw POL 18,5
        14 Vallejo Pons Francisco ESP 18,0
        15 Kovalenko Igor LAT 18,0
        16 Ponkratov Pavel RUS 18,0
        17 Grandelius Nils SWE 18,0
        18 Onischuk Vladimir UKR 18,0
        19 Jankovic Alojzije CRO 18,0
        20 Huzman Alexander ISR 18,0
        21 Zelbel Patrick GER 18,0
        22 Sychev Klementy RUS 17,5
        23 Plat Vojtech CZE 17,5
        24 Munoz Miguel ESP 17,5
        25 Pavlidis Antonios GRE 17,5
        26 Bartel Mateusz POL 17,5
        27 Kulaots Kaido EST 17,5
        28 Naiditsch Arkadij AZE 17,5
        29 Brodowski Piotr POL 17,5
        30 Ponomariov Ruslan UKR 17,0

        Riazantsev, the winner of the rapids, placed 46th in blitz with 16.5 points.

        Several of the players from this tournament will be going on to Doha for the World Rapid and Blitz from December 26 through 30. For example Peter Leko, Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Arkadij Naiditsch, Nikita Vitiugov and Aleksandr Riazantsev.

        The best in the world will be there and it should be quite a contest.

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