Initial Round of European Hybrid Qualification Tournament Completed
The majority of Russians advanced to the next stage.
The first round of the European Hybrid Qualification Tournament for the FIDE World Cup (288 players) is over. The event is played in a knock-out system with the matches of two standard games + tiebreak if needed.
An overwhelming majority of the Russian players won their mini-matches. David Paravyan, Alexander Motylev, Maksim Chigaev, Pavel Ponkratov, Evgeny Alekseev, Vadim Zvjaginsev, Mikhail Antipov, Anton Demchenko, Evgeny Romanov, Aleksandr Shimanov, Mikhail Kobalia, Daniil Yuffa, Vladimir Potkin, Dmitry Kryakvin, Klementy Sychev, Nikita Petrov, Ivan Rozum, Boris Savchenko, Semyon Lomasov, Nikita Afanasiev, and Volodar Murzin advanced to the next round.
The players rated 2650 and higher will enter the field from the second round. The Russians Vladislav Artemiev, Evgeny Tomashevsky, Andrey Esipenko, Alexandr Predke, Maxim Matlakov, Vladimir Fedoseev, Sanan Sjugirov, Ernesto Inarkiev, Grigoriy Oparin, Aleksandr Rakhmanov, Alexey Sarana, Evgeny Najer, and Aleksey Dreev are among them.
It is to be reminded that the participants are playing online from the approved tournament halls. There are two such centres in Russia: in Moscow (Central Chess Club) and in Saint Petersburg (Mednyi Vsadnik chess club).
Games online
Tournament on Chess-results
Information on the ECU website
Photos by Eteri Kublashvili
