20 August 2018
Ernesto Inarkiev and Wei Yi Start Rapid Part of Their Match
Chinese grandmaster leads.
Photo: Zahir Ozdoev
A traditional chess festival Tower of Concord is finishing in Nazran, the biggest city of the Republic of Ingushetia. The main event of the festival is match between a former European champion Ernesto Inarkiev and three-time champion of China Wei Yi. The match consists of 6 games with classical time control (Wei Yi won 4-2) and 6 rapid games.
On August 20th, the rivals played first 4 rapid games. Wei Yi won first and third games, lost the second one, while the fourth one ended in a draw.
The score in rapid is 2.5-1.5 in favour of the Chinese chess player.
The final two games will be played on the Tower of Concord (100 m in height) in Magas on August 21st.
Adi Akhmad Rapid Cup (Swiss system, 9 rounds, 70 participants) finished in Nazran on August 20th as well. The winner is GM Artur Gabrielian.
The festival is organized by Adi Akhmad sports club, Government of the Republic of Ingushetia, Ministry of Sports of the Republic of Ingushetia, Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Ingushetia with support of the Russian Chess Federation and the International School Chess Union.
Games online
Technical results (Adi Akhmad Rapid Cup)
Photos by Vladimir Barsky and Zahir Ozdoev
