GRISCHUK WINS MAINZ CHESS960 ONLINE TITLE ON ICC
Top seed GM Alexander Grischuk (depressnyak) of Russia was in majestic form on Sunday as he easily won the Mainz Chess Classic Chess960 online title hosted on ICC.
En route to the main event of the 16-player final, the Muscovite beat with ease IM Anatoly Bykhovsky of Israel (3-1) and GM Dmitry Koneonenlo of Ukraine (3-1) to face fellow Russian IM Artur Gabrielian (Dinamit) – who caused an upset by beating second seed and last year’s champion GM Hikaru Nakamura (Smallville) in the quarter-finals – in a Moscow showdown for the title.
But again Grischuk proved unstoppable as he eased to victory by a resounding score of 3.5-0.5 to take the 750 Euro first prize, invitation and hotel to the upcoming Mainz Chess Classic later next month in Germany.
Four open qualifiers were held on ICC earlier last week to determine the 16-player final that saw a record number of 973 ICC members playing Chess960 (FischerRandom). The full list of finalists, results and game downloads can be found at our dedicated Mainz Chess960 page by clicking here.
Report by John Henderson
Once again, yet another proof of Grischuk enormous talent. Grischuk has so much talent, so much potential. Amazing feat! All I can say is: Congratulations Alexander Grischuk! Good luck in Mainz and in everything!
amazing talent.. strategy games need brains. every one does not have it:-)
Hi, where can I find the list of particpants for Girls under 20 years of age playing at the forthcoming Asian Junior Championship?