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Friday, December 27, 2013

Pavlodar Chess Open 2013: GM Rinat Jumabayev wins on Tiebreak

Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013

Hello everyone,

The Pavlodar Chess Open 2013 took place from 10-19th December at the Estaya St. 83 in Pavlodar, Kazakhstan.

The chess tournament was devoted to the Republic of Kazakhstan Independence Day and organized by the Kazakhstan Chess Federation, Management of tourism, physical training and sports of the Pavlodar area, and Pavlodar Chess Federation.




A total of 104 players competed in the 10-rounds Swiss event. Among them were 15 Grandmasters and 10 International Masters.

Grandmasters Rinat Jumabayev, Semen Dvoirys and Andrey Zhigalko shared the first place with 7,5/9 points each, but the trophy goes to the local star Jumabayev who had the best tie-break. (FIDE)

Final standings:
1-3. GM Jumabayev Rinat KAZ 2561, GM Dvoirys Semen RUS 2562 and GM Zhigalko Andrey BLR 2628 – 7,5
4-13. GM Solak Dragan TUR 2618, GM Kostenko Petr KAZ 2497, GM Zubarev Alexander UKR 2546, GM Ovetchkin Roman RUS 2542, GM Vokarev Sergey RUS 2464, IM Amanov Zhanibek KAZ 2362, GM Zablotsky Sergei RUS 2522, GM Burmakin Vladimir RUS 2585, FM Khegay Dmitriy RUS 2348 and FM Kazakov Konstantin KAZ 2339 – 7,0 etc

Tournament website

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Sunday, January 27, 2013

GM Sergei Zhigalko is Belarus Chess Champion 2013

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Hi everyone,
 
The 79th Belarus Chess Championship was held from 12th to 22nd January in Minsk. Twelve players competed in the round robin tournament.

The top-seeded GM Sergei Zhigalko took a clear first place and claimed the title with 8 points from 11 games. Sergei repeated the success from last year when he won the Championship with the same score, according to a Fide report. The 19-year-old Vladislav Kovalev finished second with 7,5 points, while Andrey Zhigalko is third with 7 points. Grandmasters Fedorov and Stupak were forced to withdraw in the middle of the Championship due to health reasons. You can access the official website for more details in the local language.

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