Russian Chess Rapid Grand Prix: Aleksey Dreev Wins Title in Kirov

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Hi everyone,

The final tournament “Rapid Grand Prix of Russia 2012″ was played on 22-24th December in Kirov. The final was a knock-out event with 16 participants who scored most points in the Grand Prix rapid events throughout the year.

Famous Grandmaster Aleksey Dreev, who became the European Rapid champion last weekend, added another title by winning the prestigious Russian Rapid Grand Prix, according to a Chessdom report.

In the final match Dreev defeated the 14-years old prodigy Vladislav Artemiev from Omsk. In the earlier rounds Dreev eliminated Yana Kim, Pavel Maletin and Anton Shomoev.

GM Aleksey Dreev

Artemiev defeated Alexander Galkin, Russian champion Dmitry Andreikin and young star Sanan Sjugirov on his way to the final. The time control was 15 minutes plus 10 seconds per move. Each mini-match consisted of two games. In case of a tie, a deciding game with 5 min (white) and 4 min (black) plus 3 sec increment from move 61 was played.

The prize pool was 1,4 million rubles (34,400 EUR). 1st place – 320 000 rubles (7,800 EUR), 2nd place – 180 000 rubles, 3-4th place – 110 000 rubles, 5-8th place – 70 000 rubles, 9-16th place – 50 000 rubles.

Two weeks ago Bartosz Socko and Aleksandra Goryachkina won the Russian Cup with classical time control.

Round 1 results:

Yana Kim – Aleksey Dreev 0-2
Boris Savchenko – Ekaterina Ubiennykh 2-0
Dmitry Andreikin – Dinara Dordzhieva 2-0
Evgeniya Sukhareva – Sanan Sjugirov 0-2
Sergei Yudin – Pavel Maletin 1-2
Anton Shomoev – Pavel Smirnov 2-1
Vladislav Artemiev – Alexander Galkin 2-1
Pavel Ponkratov – Andrey Stukopin 0,5-1,5

Round 2 results:

Aleksey Dreev – Pavel Maletin 2-0
Vladislav Artemiev – Dmitry Andreikin 1,5-0,5
Anton Shomoev – Boris Savchenko 2-0
Sanan Sjugirov – Andrey Stukopin 2-1

Semifinal matches:
Anton Shomoev – Aleksey Dreev 0,5-1,5
Vladislav Artemiev – Sanan Sjugirov 2-0

Final match:Aleksey Dreev – Vladislav Artemiev 1,5-0,5

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European Rapid Chess 2012: Aleksey Dreev Wins Title

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Hi everyone,

GM Aleksey Dreev

Russian Grandmaster Aleksey Dreev has won the European Rapid Chess Championship 2012 that was held on 15-16th December at The Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, Poland. A total of 753 players from the European federations (FIDE Zones 1.1 to 1.10) competed in the 11-round Swiss event with the time control G-15′+10”, according to a Chessdom report.

Eventually four players shared the first place with 9,5 points each: Aleksey Dreev, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Alexei Shirov and Sergei Rublevsky. Dreev had the best tie-break score and is declared Champion. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, who two days earlier became European Blitz Chess Champion, this time took the silver medal. Shirov is awarded with bronze.

The prize fund of 20,000 € was distributed to 25 regular and 28 special prizes. The winner took 4,000 €.

Final standings:1-4. GM Dreev Aleksey RUS 2748, GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2711, GM Shirov Alexei LAT 2723 and GM Rublevsky Sergei RUS 2712 – 9.5

5-13. GM Naiditsch Arkadij GER 2708, GM Malakhov Vladimir RUS 2713, GM Tkachiev Vladislav FRA 2635, GM Motylev Alexander RUS 2677, GM Ragger Markus AUT 2665, GM Rapport Richard HUN 2623, GM Socko Bartosz POL 2628, IM Kovalev Vladislav BLR 2482 and GM Olszewski Michał POL 2533 – 9.0

14-26. GM Sargissian Gabriel ARM 2666, GM Moranda Wojciech POL 2559, GM Petrosian Tigran L. ARM 2648, GM Gajewski Grzegorz POL 2644, GM Kulaots Kaido EST 2537, GM Romanov Evgeny RUS 2589, IM Tazbir Marcin POL 2555, GM Gritsak Orest UKR 2549, GM Fedoseev Vladimir RUS 2629, GM Miśta Aleksander POL 2562, GM Tomczak Jacek POL 2558, GM Jussupow Artur GER 2611 and GM Klimov Sergey RUS 2453 – 8.5 etc. Official website.

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