26 August 2017

Alexey Sarana Wins St Petersburg Summer Blitz Tournament

Grandmaster scores 9.5/11.

A strong blitz tournament was held as part of the open chess festival St Petersburg Summer-2017. The winner is Alexey Sarana (Russia) who scored 9.5 points out of 11. Aleksandr Shimanov (Russia) and Cristobal Henriquez Villagra (Chile) are half a point behind. Thank to his superior tie-break, Shimanov became second. Sergei Lobanov showed the best result among juniors, while Dina Belenkaya and Daria Voit (she has recently changed her surname from Pustovoitova) excelled among women. 

Final standings

On August 26, Gata Kamsky will give a simultaneous exhibition, Sergey Ivanov will deliver a lecture on Viktor Korchnoi, and a stage of the RAPID Grand Prix will start as well. 

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Photos by Dmitry Kryakvin