“In the beginning, I deliberately made my moves slowly in order to let my opponent recover and catch his breath after his delay, and thereby reduce the resulting time advantage. I wanted fair play. And then, when the time was evened out, he played at full strength. In principle, the game was equal. But this is blitz. And in seconds,…
Vladislav Kovalev
A major online tournament on the Lichess chess platform “Chessable 1. d4 Arena” took place yesterday. 3167 players took part in the competition with a prize fund of $1000. The victory was won by the American grandmaster Andrew Tang. In second place is Chesssplayer21. On the third – Vladislav Kovalev. Final standings
As part of the additional program, a representative blitz tournament was held in Batumi during the children’s world championship. The victory was won by Mikhail Kobalia, who competes under the FIDE flag. He scored 7 out of 9. Vladislav Kovalev, also playing under the flag of FIDE and Georgian David Maghalashvili, stood on a par…