9 February 2017

Yury Balashov Wins Blitz Tournament for Seniors

The event took place in CHC as a part of Yury Averbakh's birthday celebration.

A blitz tournament for seniors dedicated to Yury Averbakh's 95th birthday took place on February 8 in Central House of Chess Player, Moscow. The event was a 9-round Swiss with 5'+3'' time control. 21 players took part. Grandmaster Yury Balashov scored 7.5 points and got first place. Half a point behind them were international masters Evgeny Dragomaretsky and Boris Zlotnik. 

Elena Fatalibekova was strongest among women with 4.5 points and the superior tie-break that allowed her to surpass Galina Strutinskaya and Tatiana Bogumil. 

After the tournament the players took buses to the State Public Library for Scientific and Technical Literature, to congratulate Yury Lvovich in person. 

Photos by Vladimir Barsky