After the 5th round, V. Artemiev, E. Tomashevsky and S. Sjugirov are in the lead in the men’s tournament, having scored 4.5 points each. 28 participants are half a point behind. The women’s tournament is led by B. Kovanova, E. Kovalevskaya, D. Voit and O. Girya, who scored 4.5 points each. 11 participants are half…
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The Russian Blitz Championship was held in Sochi. The men’s tournament was won by Aleksei Pridorozhni, who scored 11 points out of 13. Vladislav Artemiev was half a point behind. Vladimir Dobrov took the third place in additional indicators – 9,5 points. In the women’s tournament, Daria Voit took the first place, scoring 11 points…
In the final round of the Superfinals in the men’s tournament, Dubov defeated Iljushenok, Murzin defeated Najer. Syugirov – Esipenko, Nesterov – Tomashevsky, Matlakov – Artemiev and Chigaev – Rakhmanov met in a draw. Dubov was stronger in the tie-break for the first place. Final standings: 1. Daniil Dubov, 2. Sanan Sjugirov – 7 points…
The men’s tournament was won by Volodar Murzin, who beat Maksim Chigaev with white. Tomashevsky – Matlakov, Iljiushenok – Sjugirov, Rakhmanov – Dubov, Esipenko – Nesterov and Artemiev – Najer – drew. Standings after the 10th round: 1. Sanan Sjugirov- 6.5, 2. Daniil Dubov- 6, 3-5. Ilia Iljiushenok, Evgeny Tomashevsky, Vladislav Artemiev – 5.5, 6-7….