6 December 2019

Alexander Riazantsev Takes Bronze of European Rapid Championship

The winner is Gabriel Sargissian.


The European Rapid Championship finished in the capital of Estonia. 

Gabriel Sargissian (1st place, Armenia), Rauf Mamedov (2nd place, Azerbaijan), and Alexander Riazantsev (3rd place, Russia) scored 10.5 points out of 13 to share 1-3 places.

The Russians Alexander Motylev, Andrey Esipenko, and Maxim Turov as well as Gadir Guseinov (Azerbaijan) are half a point behind.

The Russian WIM Dinara Dordzhieva showed the best result among women having scored 9.5 points and taken the 15th place.

Tournament on Chess-Results

The European Blitz Championship will be held in Tallinn on December 7.

Official website

Our congratulations to Alexander Riazantsev on winning the bronze medal of the European Rapid Championship!