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Eurasian Bllitz Chess
Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2016 5:01 am
by soheil_hooshdaran
Re: Eurasian Bllitz Chess
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2016 7:34 pm
by John McKenna
Gawain Jones, Hou Yifan and lots of strong players are in this event this weekend.
Re: Eurasian Bllitz Chess
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2016 6:08 am
by John McKenna
This event ($100,000 prize fund, 1st $30K, 2nd $20K, 3rd $14K...) has 105 players with an average rating of 2431. (Not all players have managed to play all rounds. E.g. Sasikiran seems to have started in R6 and is in 98th place with 3/4.)
11 (double) round blitz with 3 mins. + 2 secs. increment.
After 7x2 rounds Gawain (2734, 10th seed) is in 20th place with 9/14 (W: 4.5/7 & B: 4.5/7)
Sat. R1-7
R1 GJ 2-0 IM Akhmetov,A (2387)
R2 GJ 2-0 GM Stefanova,A (2590)
R3 GJ 1-1 GM Amonatov,F (2679)
R4 GJ 1-1 GM Khusnutdinov,R (2664)
R5 GJ 1-1 GM Shoker,S (2537)
R6 GJ 0.5-1.5 GM Kasimdzhanov,R (2736)
R7 GJ 1.5-0.5 GM Pantsulaia,L (2657)
Sun. R8-11
R8 GJ ?-? GM Megaranto,S (2557)
Leaders - 1. Mamedyarov (2714) 11.5/14
2-5. Kasimdzhanov (2736), Karjakin (2801), Amonatov (2679) & Jobava(2635) 10.5/14
6-8. Svidler (2754), Artemiev (2722) & Ponomariov (2695) 10/14
9-12. Gelfand (2792), Grischuk (2766), Mamedov (2796) & Le (2805) 9.5/14
Top seed Nepomniachtchi (2846) is in the next group, with Gawain, on 9/14.
Starts 09:00 BST today.