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The European Rapid and Blitz Championships took place in Minsk 18th to 20th December 2015. Leading players: Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Ernesto Inarkiev, Dmitry Andreikin, Gadir Guseinov, Igor Kovalenko, Baadur Jobava, Laurent Fressinet, Sergei Movsesian, David Navara, Markus Ragger, Nigek Short etc Rauf Mamedov won the blitz title and Ivan Popov the rapid.

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European Rapid 2015 Minsk BLR Thu 17th Dec 2015 - Sun 20th Dec 2015 Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	+	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	19	POPOV, Ivan	GM	RUS	2658	9	10	2493	74	79
2	14	MELKUMYAN, Hrant	GM	ARM	2675	9	9.5	2537	79	83.5
3	60	RAZIN, Vadim		UKR	2496	9	9	2557	74.5	79
4	8	NAVARA, David	GM	CZE	2717	9	9	2537	82	87.5
5	32	SMIRIN, Ilia	GM	ISR	2613	8	9	2518	74	79
6	20	PETROSIAN, Tigran L.	GM	ARM	2657	8	9	2509	79	85.5
7	16	RAGGER, Markus	GM	AUT	2672	8	9	2472	75	80
8	77	SYCHEV, Klementy	IM	RUS	2440	8	9	2469	73.5	78.5
9	44	FEDOROV, Alexei	GM	BLR	2571	7	9	2429	73.5	78.5
10	66	MATINIAN, Nikita	IM	RUS	2481	8	9	2422	71	76
11	9	SHORT, Nigel D	GM	ENG	2710	8	8.5	2507	78.5	84
12	7	MOVSESIAN, Sergei	GM	ARM	2723	7	8.5	2498	76.5	81
13	12	MAMEDOV, Rauf	GM	AZE	2686	6	8.5	2496	77	82
14	51	RAKHMANOV, Aleksandr	GM	RUS	2550	8	8.5	2475	73.5	78
15	18	KOVALEV, Vladislav	GM	BLR	2668	7	8.5	2473	76	81.5
16	10	RIAZANTSEV, Alexander	GM	RUS	2700	7	8.5	2457	75	81
17	45	MIKHALEVSKI, Victor	GM	ISR	2564	8	8.5	2445	74.5	79
18	50	ALEKSANDROV, Aleksej	GM	BLR	2552	8	8.5	2443	74	79.5
19	41	ANDRIASIAN, Zaven	GM	ARM	2577	8	8.5	2436	75.5	80
20	28	ZVJAGINSEV, Vadim	GM	RUS	2635	6	8.5	2433	74	79
21	33	HUZMAN, Alexander	GM	ISR	2604	7	8.5	2424	72.5	77.5
22	34	AZAROV, Sergei	GM	BLR	2599	7	8.5	2421	75.5	81
23	4	KOVALENKO, Igor	GM	LAT	2733	7	8.5	2420	69.5	73
24	30	SAKAEV, Konstantin	GM	RUS	2621	8	8.5	2396	70	75.5
25	107	BALASHOV, Yuri S	GM	RUS	2385	7	8.5	2370	72	76.5
26	78	DZHUMAGALIEV, Yan	FM	RUS	2435	8	8.5	2316	67.5	73
27	2	ZHIGALKO, Sergei	GM	BLR	2752	6	8	2518	78.5	82.5
28	3	GUSEINOV, Gadir	GM	AZE	2739	8	8	2491	79.5	85
29	38	CHIGAEV, Maksim	IM	RUS	2591	6	8	2463	75.5	81
30	22	MOTYLEV, Alexander	GM	RUS	2652	7	8	2462	75.5	81
31	11	SAVCHENKO, Boris	GM	RUS	2691	7	8	2440	74.5	79.5
32	13	PONKRATOV, Pavel	GM	RUS	2681	8	8	2413	76	82.5
33	35	LANDA, Konstantin	GM	RUS	2597	7	8	2405	73.5	79.5
34	29	BORTNYK, Olexandr	GM	UKR	2633	8	8	2399	70	76
35	42	ROZUM, Ivan	GM	RUS	2575	8	8	2389	69.5	74
36	24	MILOV, Vadim	GM	SUI	2644	8	8	2368	72.5	76.5
37	59	LOGINOV, Valery A	GM	RUS	2502	6	8	2359	71.5	76.5
38	80	GIRYA, Olga	WGM	RUS	2429	7	8	2354	72	76.5
39	1	INARKIEV, Ernesto	GM	RUS	2760	7	8	2346	71.5	76.5
40	40	BELOUS, Vladimir	GM	RUS	2578	7	8	2345	71.5	76
41	23	GRACHEV, Boris	GM	RUS	2650	7	8	2328	69	73.5
42	109	SHEVCHENKO, Kirill	FM	UKR	2383	6	8	2323	70.5	75.5
43	65	KULAOTS, Kaido	GM	EST	2481	7	8	2322	69.5	74.5
44	75	BODNARUK, Anastasia	IM	RUS	2451	7	8	2320	70	75.5
45	72	ZAKHARTSOV, Vladimir	IM	RUS	2460	8	8	2313	69	74
46	56	BORTNYK, Mykola	IM	UKR	2510	8	8	2312	67	72.5
47	58	BELYAKOV, Bogdan	IM	RUS	2504	6	8	2303	69.5	74
48	57	DYDYSHKO, Viacheslav	GM	BLR	2506	6	8	2296	69	73.5
49	165	MERIBANOV, Vitaly	IM	BLR	2283	7	8	2293	68.5	72
50	136	SHTEMBULIAK, Evgeny	FM	UKR	2332	8	8	2291	68	72.5
759 players

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European Blitz 2015 Minsk BLR Fri 18th Dec 2015 - Fri 18th Dec 2015 Leading Final Round 22 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	+	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	3	MAMEDOV, Rauf	GM	AZE	B 2769	9	18.0	2588	157.00	167.50
2	21	SAVCHENKO, Boris	GM	RUS	B 2658	8	18.0	2543	151.00	161.00
3	17	RIAZANTSEV, Alexander	GM	RUS	B 2666	7	17.0	2583	153.50	165.00
4	14	BOCHAROV, Dmitry	GM	RUS	B 2678	8	17.0	2479	145.00	156.00
5	18	ANDRIASIAN, Zaven	GM	ARM	B 2663	7	16.5	2586	150.00	160.50
6	7	MELKUMYAN, Hrant	GM	ARM	B 2715	7	16.5	2538	148.00	158.00
7	5	PETROSIAN, Tigran L.	GM	ARM	B 2724	8	16.5	2531	144.50	154.00
8	19	GRACHEV, Boris	GM	RUS	B 2662	8	16.5	2516	147.00	156.50
9	25	BORTNYK, Mykola	IM	UKR	B 2627	8	16.5	2496	149.00	159.00
10	10	ALEKSEEV, Evgeny	GM	RUS	B 2698	8	16.5	2465	142.50	152.50
11	6	KOVALENKO, Igor	GM	LAT	B 2721	8	16.5	2454	140.00	151.00
12	22	ZHIGALKO, Sergei	GM	BLR	B 2658	7	16.0	2564	158.00	168.50
13	13	ZUBOV, Alexander	GM	UKR	B 2681	7	16.0	2526	145.00	156.00
14	28	BELOUS, Vladimir	GM	RUS	B 2618	7	16.0	2522	148.00	159.00
15	23	RAGGER, Markus	GM	AUT	B 2647	6	16.0	2503	146.00	155.50
16	2	NAVARA, David	GM	CZE	B 2786	8	16.0	2486	143.00	154.00
17	45	ALEKSANDROV, Aleksej	GM	BLR	B 2540	8	16.0	2462	143.00	152.00
18	33	INARKIEV, Ernesto	GM	RUS	B 2598	7	16.0	2459	140.00	150.50
19	30	CHIGAEV, Maksim	IM	RUS	B 2603	8	16.0	2362	137.50	146.00
20	8	BORTNYK, Olexandr	GM	UKR	B 2702	8	15.5	2551	153.00	164.00
21	11	PONKRATOV, Pavel	GM	RUS	B 2687	6	15.5	2508	148.00	160.50
22	15	MOVSESIAN, Sergei	GM	ARM	B 2674	6	15.5	2495	145.00	155.00
23	31	GUNINA, Valentina	GM	RUS	B 2602	7	15.5	2435	142.50	153.00
24	43	KOVALEV, Vladislav	GM	BLR	B 2546	6	15.5	2430	137.00	142.00
25	61	LADVA, Ottomar	IM	EST	B 2473	7	15.5	2420	137.00	148.00
26	24	POPOV, Ivan	GM	RUS	B 2644	5	15.5	2409	140.50	150.50
27	50	ZAKHARTSOV, Vladimir	IM	RUS	B 2520	6	15.5	2408	136.50	146.50
28	56	JOHANNESSEN, Leif Erlend	GM	NOR	B 2501	7	15.5	2376	138.50	148.00
29	27	DEMIDOV, Mikhail	IM	RUS	B 2621	6	15.5	2372	140.50	150.50
30	64	TUKHAEV, Adam	GM	UKR	B 2465	8	15.5	2355	140.00	152.00
31	59	SKLIAROV, Viktor	FM	UKR	B 2484	7	15.5	2268	127.00	132.00
32	48	SHTEMBULIAK, Evgeny	FM	UKR	B 2526	6	15.0	2506	144.00	149.00
33	12	GUSEINOV, Gadir	GM	AZE	B 2686	6	15.0	2463	144.00	154.00
34	32	RAKHMANOV, Aleksandr	GM	RUS	B 2600	7	15.0	2452	140.00	151.00
35	9	JOBAVA, Baadur	GM	GEO	B 2700	6	15.0	2446	140.50	152.00
36	47	MILOV, Vadim	GM	SUI	B 2527	7	15.0	2405	136.50	145.50
37	96	SARANA, Alexey		RUS	B 2368	7	15.0	2368	131.00	140.00
38	40	DZHUMAGALIEV, Yan	FM	RUS	B 2560	5	15.0	2367	132.50	143.50
39	39	HUZMAN, Alexander	GM	ISR	B 2563	6	15.0	2361	135.50	145.50
40	89	TRIAPISHKO, Olexandr		RUS	B 2385	7	15.0	2317	131.50	142.00
41	153	KHOROSHILOV, Nikita		RUS	B 2278	6	15.0	2272	132.00	137.00
42	29	ROIZ, Michael	GM	ISR	B 2607	6	14.5	2481	149.00	159.00
43	49	KRYAKVIN, Dmitry	GM	RUS	B 2523	5	14.5	2454	139.00	148.00
44	34	KULAOTS, Kaido	GM	EST	B 2587	7	14.5	2450	145.00	150.00
45	35	POPOV, Valerij	GM	RUS	B 2587	5	14.5	2436	144.50	155.50
46	4	SMIRIN, Ilia	GM	ISR	B 2743	7	14.5	2422	135.00	140.00
47	53	SHARAFIEV, Azat	IM	RUS	B 2509	7	14.5	2415	141.50	152.50
48	38	LANDA, Konstantin	GM	RUS	B 2565	6	14.5	2412	136.50	148.00
49	42	ZUBRITSKIY, Artyom	FM	RUS	B 2551	5	14.5	2386	141.00	150.00
50	41	ROMANOV, Evgeny	GM	RUS	B 2556	6	14.5	2372	134.00	145.50
607 players

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