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Sergey Karjakin is the Winner of the 67th Moscow Blitz Championship

Report by Eldar Mukhametov Moscow Chess Federation Press Officer. www.moscowchess.org

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On Sunday September 1st the tradition of Moscow Blitz Chess Championship was upheld for the 67th time at Krasnaya Presnya Park. The tradition of this tournament is that it has always been held outdoors. Notwithstanding the cold and rainy weather, it attracted around 150 participants and many fans. The competition was held with several categories starting immediately and lasted six hours.

The championship was opened by Moscow Chess Federation (MCF) president Vladimir Palikhata. He remarked, "Chess is a unique social phenomenon. In this intellectual game you can play it in any weather outside as well as inside. Chess used to played primarily in yards, on boulevard benches, in parks and in squares. We want to restore this tradition, giving it a new flavor."

A notable guest of the tournament was World Chess Federation (FIDE) president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. "The winners of the Moscow Blitz Championship have become legendary chess players – Mikhail Tal, Tigran Petrosian, Vasily Smyslov – I hope that among the participants of today's tournament will be new future champions." said Ilyumzhinov in his welcoming address.

For this first time the championship held a women veteran's division. The winner was Galina Strutinskaya, the current world champion in this category. The men veteran's division was won by Vladimir Voevodin.

The junior championships were won by Stanislav Romanov (boys) and Anna Vasenina (girls).

In the absence of world blitz champion Valentina Gunina, who was participating in the men's division, the women's division was convincingly won by Daria Charochkina, having a 2.5 point lead over second-place winner Olga Girya. Third place was won by Karina Ambartsumova.

The main triumph of the 67th Moscow championship was Sergey Karjakin, with the eighth world-highest FIDE rating. On this day he was behond the competition, guaranteeing victory before the final round. Karjakin's result was 14.5 of 19 points. Second place winner Alexander Riazantsev trailed by one point. Third place was taken by Vladimir Malakhov with 13 points. Alexander Morozevich and Alexey Dreev scored 12,5 points and shared 4-5 places.

The award ceremony of the main event and the women's division was hosted by MCF first vice president Nikita Kim and FIDE representative office in Russia director Berik Balgabaev.

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67th Moscow Blitz Moscow RUS Sun 1st Sep 2013 - Sun 1st Sep 2013 Leading Final Round 19 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2
1	Karjakin Sergey	GM	RUS	2830	14.5	129	12
2	Riazantsev Alexander	GM	RUS	2690	13.5	120	12
3	Malakhov Vladimir	GM	RUS	2708	13	107.75	11
4	Dreev Aleksey	GM	RUS	2704	12.5	107.75	11
5	Morozevich Alexander	GM	RUS	2735	12.5	107.5	11
6	Najer Evgeniy	GM	RUS	2675	12	106.75	10
7	Grischuk Alexander	GM	RUS	2825	11.5	101	9
8	Savchenko Boris	GM	RUS	2689	10.5	93.75	9
9	Glek Igor	GM	GER	2546	9.5	100.75	8
10	Popov Ivan	GM	RUS	2577	9.5	79	5
11	Dubov Daniil	GM	RUS	2725	9.5	77.75	7
12	Korotylev Alexey	GM	RUS	2538	8.5	69	7
13	Kovalenko Igor	GM	LAT	2634	8.5	66.75	7
14	Eliseev Urii	IM	RUS	2547	7.5	65	5
15	Gunina Valentina	GM	RUS	2604	7	63	6
16	Reshetnikov Alexey	IM	RUS	2528	7	59.5	6
17	Demidov Mikhail	IM	RUS	2497	6.5	50.75	5
18	Belous Vladimir	GM	RUS	2666	6	53.75	5
19	Mozharov Mikhail	IM	RUS	2591	5.5	46.5	3
20	Ulko Jaroslav	IM	RUS	2471	5	41.25	4
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