IM Vadim Moiseenko tops Christmas Blitz Tournament 2015
Jan 8, 2015

The Christmas Blitz Tournament 2015 took place on 7th January 2015 in Saint Petersburg, the second largest city of Russia.

The 11-round Blitz tournament with time control 5” gathered 80 players, including 3 GMs, 7 IMs, 3 FMs and 1 WFM.

IM Vadim Moiseenko and IM Egor Pakhomov shared first with 9/11 points, but Moiseenko prevailed on a better tie-break score and took the gold.

GM Maxim Novik finished clear third with 8,5 points. You can see the full standings below.

Official website

Final standings (top finishers):

1 IM Moiseenko Vadim 2446 RUS 9
2 IM Pakhomov Egor 2529 RUS 9


3 GM Novik Maxim 2350 RUS 8,5

4 IM Zenzera Alexey 2485 RUS 8
5 IM Eliseev Alexei 2510 RUS 8

6 Rusanov Michail 2377 RUS 7,5
7 Zubritskiy Artyom 2486 RUS 7,5
8 GM Lintchevski Daniil 2551 RUS 7,5
9 FM Schekachikhin Maksim 2162 RUS 7,5
10 Smirnov Mikhail 2128 RUS 7,5
11 Krylov Konstantin 2248 RUS 7,5

12 IM Bodnaruk Anastasia 2467 RUS 7
13 Ganichev Alexander 2315 RUS 7
14 Markevich Ilya 2268 RUS 7
15 Abramov Nikita 2239 RUS 7
16 FM Maevsky Nikolay 2230 RUS 7
17 IM Usmanov Vasily 2488 RUS 7
18 Saveliev Alexei 2292 RUS 7
19 Fraiman Dmitry 2012 RUS 7
20 Khadzhiev Valery 2147 RUS 7
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