Final standings – Chess for Girls Blitz Championship 1. Khademalsharieh, Sara (Iran) 2412 9.5 pts / 11 2. Bykova, Anastasia (Russia) 2337 8.5 3. Abdumalik , Zhansaya (Kazakhstan) 2411 7.5 4-5 Blagojevic, Tijana (Montenegro) 2338 & Gazikova, Veronika (Slovakia) 2314 6.0 6-7 Medina, Aulia (Indonesia) 2412 & Newrkla, Katharina (Austria) 2200 5.5 8. Osmak, Julia […]
Sberbank Blitz in Novosibirsk
Siberian bank “Sberbank of Russia” is holding a round robin blitz tournament on 21st June in Novosibirsk, Russia. Twelve players from Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan are forming the field with average elo of 2608, or XV FIDE category. 1. Vladimir Malakhov, Moscow, 2725 2. Alexey Dreev, Moscow, 2711 3. Vadim Zviagintsev, Moscow, 2659 4. Pavel […]
Webster U GM Boros wins IL Blitz Championship
Webster University junior GM Denes Boros just captured the 2013 IL Blitz Championship with an impressive score of 9-1. The only loss he yielded was to his teammate GM Anatoly Bykhovsky. They split 1-1 in their personal encounter. Congrats to Denes! Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Wesley So wins SPICE Blitz
Final standings 1. GM Wesley So 13.5 / 162-3. GM Denes Boros, GM Anatoly Bykhovsky 12.04. GM Fidel Corrales Jimenez 8.55. GM Ray Robson 8.06. GM Andre Diamant 7.57. CM Iskandar Aripov 6.0 8. FM Jake Banawa 2.59. IM Vitaly Neimer 2.0 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Blitz in Yuzhny
Blitz in Yuzhnyby GM Mikhail GolubevChessToday.net On 14 September, as a part of the traditional chess festival in Yuzhny near Odessa in Ukraine, a strong blitz tournament was organized. There were 10 prizes, the first prize being about 3 thousand USD. More than 150 players participated. The time control was 3 minutes per game and […]
Webster University Andre Diamant wins US Open Blitz Championship
Final top 5 US Open Blitz Championship Standings 1 GM Diamant, Andre MO 2527 12.0 (Webster University Sophomore) 2 GM Bykhovsky, Anatoly MO 2653 11.5 (Webster University Junior) 3 Shetty, Atulya Ary MI 2400 11.0 4 Breckenridge, Stev OR 2349 11.0 5 FM Raptis, Nick OR 2330 11.0 6 Tiglon, Bryce WA 1842 11.0 Full […]
European Blitz Championship: Gunina won again!
Russian player Valentina Gunina became the winner of the European blitz championship among women and got the second gold medal in Gazientep. In the last round she managed to win against Antoaneta Stefanova 2:0 and this victory placed her on the first rank. Elisabeth Paehtz, who was leading before the last round, lost to Nadezhda […]
Seirawan wins strong Dutch Open Blitz Championship
Top 25 finishers1 : Seirawan, Y. 24.0 2647.0 2 : Fressinet, L. 23.5 2693.03 : Iturrizaga, E. 23.5 2649.0 4 : Naiditsch, A. 22.5 2702.0 5 : Bauer, C. 22.5 2679.0 6 : Sumets, A. 22.5 2569.0 7 : Hamdouchi, H. 22.0 2613.08 : Spoelman, W. 22.0 2565.0 9 : Guliyev, N. 22.0 2545.010 : […]
World’s First FIDE Rated Blitz Event
World’s First FIDE Rated Blitz Event Wednesday, 11 January 2012 06:39 FIDE have decided to try a new venture which is creating new Blitz and Rapid play Rating Lists. These will first appear 1 July. Hastings is often in the forefront of innovation in chess and the results only started being collected from 1 January […]