ACP Chess Rapid Knockout: Alexander Grischuk wins Battle of Nerves vs Ian Nepomniachtchi in Final

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Photos: Lennart Ootes

The high-energy ACP Rapid Chess Knockout has just concluded in Riga, Latvia. The final was an exciting battle of nerves with Alexander Grischuk beating fellow Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi in the final.

The entire tournament had excellent live commentary in Russian and English. There was quite a friendly atmosphere as well. In fact, that's what chess is all about. Just before the last game, Grischuk and Nepomniachtchi engaged in an animated conversation even though they were going to start the battle for the top prize within a few seconds!

 

The ACP Cup was organised by the Association of Chess Professionals together with the Latvian Chess Federation. The venue for the tournament is provided by Rietumu Bank, which has one of the best premises in Riga for hosting exhibitions, auctions and other cultural and intellectual events. The bank is also participating in the financing of the tournament. 

The Association of Chess Professionals (ACP) is a not-for-profit organisation, whose main purpose is the protection of chess professionals’ rights and the practice and promotion of chess worldwide, in particular through the organisation of chess tournaments and other chess events.

Also Read: Why 16 Rapid Chess Experts ignored Friday the 13th Omen in Riga?

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Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk to play in ACP Women Chess Cup 2012 in Feb

Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012

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Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk is going to play the highly rated ACP Chess Cup 2012 organised by the Association of Chess Professionals and the Georgian Chess Federation from Feb 17 to 22 at the Sheraton Hotel, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia. This is going to be the final event in the ACP Women Series 2009/2010 and 2010/2011.  The event has the highest-ever prize fund for a women rapid round-robin competition that amounts to 40000 USD, with 10000 USD going to the winner.

It is going to be one of the strongest tournaments in the history of women chess with three world champions and five Olympic champions participating among twelve world top women chess players. The list of participants include:

Eight qualifiers from the ACP Women Series:
1. Kosintseva Nadezhda (Russia)
2. Kosintseva Tatiana (Russia)
3. Muzychuk Anna (Slovenia)
4. Cmilyte Viktorija (Lithuania)
5. Stefanova Antoaneta (Bulgaria)
6. Cramling Pia (Sweden)
7. Lahno Kateryna (Ukraine)
8. Zatonskih Anna (USA)

Four nominees of the Georgian Chess Federation:

9. Maia Chiburdanidze (Georgia)
10. Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia)
11. Alexandra Kosteniuk (Russia)
12. Zeinab Mamedyarova (Azerbaijan)

The rate of play is G-20′+5” (20 minutes for a game for a player, with an increment of 5 seconds per move). You can access the official website: http://gcf.org.ge

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