30 May 2017

First Games of European Championship Played in Minsk

Some results came as a surprise.

Photo: Official website
Photo: Official website
On Tuesday, May 30, the first round of the European Individual Championship was played in Minsk. The majority of rating favorites won their games, but some results came as a surprise. 

For example, Anton Korobov and Nils Grandelius lost their games. David Navara, Dmitry Andreikin, Ruslan Ponomariov, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Rauf Mamedov, David Howell, Alexandr Rakhmanov, Ilya Smirin, Eltaj Safarli and some other favourites drew against their lower-rated opponents.  

Round 2 pairings

Official website