Tsarskoe_Selo_Cup

The 2015 Tsarskoe Selo Cup was organized on November 8th, in St. Petersburg, Russia.

The event was an 11-round Swiss blitz tournament with tempo of play 3’ + 2” and gathered 26 players, including 9 Grandmasters.

GM Daniil Lintchevski clinched the title on a superior tie-break score after sharing the first place with GM Valerij Popov at 8.5/11 points.

The third place was taken by GM Maxim Matlakov, who scored 8 points, while top seed GM Vladimir Fedoseev remained fourth with 7.5 points.

http://chess-results.com/tnr194401.aspx?lan=11&art=4&turdet=YES&wi=821

Final standings (top 20):

1 GM Lintchevski Daniil 2651 RUS 8.5
2 GM Popov Valerij 2587 RUS 8.5
3 GM Matlakov Maxim 2662 RUS 8
4 GM Fedoseev Vladimir 2735 RUS 7.5
5 GM Goganov Aleksey 2574 RUS 6.5
6 IM Chigaev Maksim 2592 RUS 6.5
7 FM Feofanov Denis 2376 RUS 6.5
8 GM Solozhenkin Evgeniy 2433 RUS 6.5
9 IM Shchukin Dmitry 2253 RUS 6
10 IM Usmanov Vasily 2317 RUS 6
11 GM Yevseev Denis 2522 RUS 5.5
12 Nikitin Aleksey 2265 RUS 5.5
13 IM Bystrov Sergej M. 2232 RUS 5.5
14 Poljakov Konstantin 2196 RUS 5.5
15 WGM Molchanova Tatjana 2246 RUS 5.5
16 Shalygin Andrei 2221 RUS 5.5
17 Arseniev Valery 2171 RUS 5.5
18 GM Ivanov Sergey 2556 RUS 5
19 IM Biriukov Oleg V. 2114 RUS 5
20 Achang Andrei 2210 RUS 5

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