This event, the European Rapid and Blitz Championships, was held in Katowice, Poland.
Both events had over 1000 players!
Luke McShane came second in the blitz event.
Chessbase report here:
https://en.chessbase.com/post/european- ... 7-katowice
Pictures from the closing ceremony here:
http://www.katowice2017.eu/en/multimedi ... g-ceremony
Pictures of Luke with his 1000 euros prize:
1, 2.
They also got a: red box and bags of some coffee called Mokate.
(Google Mokate and chess for more details)
European Rapid and Blitz (Katowice)
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Re: European Rapid and Blitz (Katowice)
Lawrence Trent and Andy Horton among the English players at the Blitz
Rapid featured Luke, Andy & Lorin D'Costa ENG
Rapid featured Luke, Andy & Lorin D'Costa ENG
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