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The European Rapid and Blitz Championships took place in Katowice 15th to 17th December 2017. Leading players: Ernesto Inarkiev, David Navara, Ruslan Ponomariov, Igor Kovalenko, Sergei Zhigalko, Luke J McShane, Sergey A Fedorchuk, Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Evgeny Alekseev, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Pavel Ponkratov, Mateusz Bartel, Daniel Fridman, Kiril Georgiev, Vladimir Potkin, Maxim Rodshtein etc

19 year old Maksim Vavulin won the Rapid tournament with 10/11 defeating Jan-Krzysztof Duda to over take him in the final round. Sergei Zhigalko won the blitz event with 18/22.

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European Rapid 2017 Katowice POL Thu 14th Dec 2017 - Mon 18th Dec 2017 Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Vavulin, Maksim	IM	2485	10	76.5	81.5	10
2	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	GM	2678	9.5	81.5	87.5	9
3	Ponkratov, Pavel	GM	2673	9.5	80.5	86	9
4	Zhigalko, Sergei	GM	2707	9.5	79.5	85	8
5	Moranda, Wojciech	GM	2588	9.5	79	84.5	8
6	Fedorchuk, Sergey A	GM	2695	9.5	78	83.5	9
7	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	GM	2685	9	81	86.5	7
8	Gazik, Viktor	IM	2241	9	78	83.5	8
9	Fressinet, Laurent	GM	2612	9	77	82	9
10	Demidov, Mikhail	IM	2609	9	76	81.5	7
11	Alekseev, Evgeny	GM	2681	9	75.5	80.5	8
12	Andriasian, Zaven	GM	2615	9	75.5	80	8
13	Tomczak, Jacek	GM	2541	9	74	79.5	8
14	Brunello, Sabino	GM	2637	9	72.5	78	7
15	Krasenkow, Michal	GM	2547	9	72	77	8
16	Klekowski, Maciej	IM	2488	9	71	76	9
17	Georgiev, Kiril	GM	2653	9	70.5	76	8
18	Kovalenko, Igor	GM	2721	8.5	81.5	85.5	8
19	Fridman, Daniel	GM	2660	8.5	80.5	85.5	8
20	Ponomariov, Ruslan	GM	2731	8.5	79.5	85.5	7
21	Navara, David	GM	2751	8.5	79	84.5	8
22	Inarkiev, Ernesto	GM	2767	8.5	78.5	84.5	7
23	Potkin, Vladimir	GM	2647	8.5	77.5	82.5	8
24	Pavlidis, Antonios	GM	2566	8.5	77	82.5	8
25	Rodshtein, Maxim	GM	2646	8.5	76	81.5	8
26	Tregubov, Pavel V	GM	2565	8.5	76	81	8
27	Zwardon, Vojtech	IM	2488	8.5	75.5	80.5	8
28	Kovalev, Vladislav	GM	2608	8.5	75.5	80	7
29	Goluch, Piotr	FM	2311	8.5	75	80.5	8
30	Gajewski, Grzegorz	GM	2585	8.5	75	80	8
31	Miezis, Normunds	GM	2545	8.5	75	79.5	8
32	Laurusas, Tomas	IM	2511	8.5	74	79.5	8
33	Meskovs, Nikita	IM	2580	8.5	72.5	78	7
34	Saric, Ivan	GM	2597	8.5	71.5	77	8
35	Buhmann, Rainer	GM	2625	8.5	71	76	8
36	Stupak, Kirill	GM	2543	8.5	69.5	74.5	7
37	Fedorov, Alexei	GM	2596	8.5	68.5	73.5	7
38	Aleksandrov, Aleksej	GM	2598	8.5	67	72	7
39	McShane, Luke J	GM	2697	8	79	84.5	7
40	Chigaev, Maksim	GM	2632	8	79	84	7
41	Ragger, Markus	GM	2631	8	77	82	7
42	Pultinevicius, Paulius	IM	2380	8	76.5	82	7
43	Valsecchi, Alessio	IM	2450	8	75.5	80.5	7
44	Nikitenko, Mihail	IM	2363	8	75.5	80.5	6
45	Hracek, Zbynek	GM	2550	8	75	81	7
46	Ustianovich, Nazar	FM	2372	8	74.5	80	8
47	Moskalenko, Alexander	IM	2516	8	74.5	79.5	7
48	Plat, Vojtech	GM	2606	8	74.5	79	7
49	Kantans, Toms	GM	2524	8	74	79.5	7
50	Brodowski, Piotr	IM	2456	8	74	79	8
1181 players

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European Blitz 2017 Katowice POL Thu 14th Dec 2017 - Mon 18th Dec 2017 Leading Final Round 22 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2
1	Zhigalko, Sergei	GM	2586	18	301	326
2	McShane, Luke J	GM	2702	17.5	301	323
3	Michalik, Peter	GM	2598	17.5	298	319
4	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	GM	2682	17	316	337.5
5	Navara, David	GM	2712	17	313	336
6	Kovalenko, Igor	GM	2641	17	312	332
7	Fressinet, Laurent	GM	2608	17	309	332
8	Aleksandrov, Aleksej	GM	2554	17	292	316
9	Tomczak, Jacek	GM	2527	17	292	314
10	Ponkratov, Pavel	GM	2599	17	291	313
11	Gajewski, Grzegorz	GM	2515	17	286	311
12	Jakubowski, Krzysztof	GM	2439	17	282	305
13	Valsecchi, Alessio	IM	2431	16.5	273.5	294.5
14	Andriasian, Zaven	GM	2755	16	306	328
15	Jaracz, Pawel	GM	2544	16	304	321
16	Georgiev, Kiril	GM	2629	16	296	320
17	Bosiocic, Marin	GM	2572	16	296	320
18	Schneider, Ilja	IM	2503	16	294	315
19	Tari, Aryan	GM	2550	16	292	314
20	Dvirnyy, Danyyil	GM	2573	16	291	314
21	Piorun, Kacper	GM	2541	16	291	313
22	Stupak, Kirill	GM	2511	16	291	311
23	Warakomski, Tomasz	GM	2532	16	290	312
24	Manik, Mikulas	GM	2546	16	289	309
25	Jussupow, Artur	GM	2486	16	288.5	310.5
26	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	GM	2718	16	287	308
27	Fridman, Daniel	GM	2627	16	286	310
28	Moranda, Wojciech	GM	2595	16	284	305
29	Trent, Lawrence	IM	2556	16	279	303
30	Tomczak, Mikolaj	FM	2339	16	279	302
31	Kislinsky, Alexey	GM	2512	16	277	299
32	Klekowski, Maciej	IM	2564	16	275	297
33	Miton, Kamil	GM	2541	16	256	275
34	Ponomariov, Ruslan	GM	2711	15.5	301	326
35	Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios	GM	2609	15.5	300	322
36	Chigaev, Maksim	GM	2569	15.5	292	313
37	Bartel, Mateusz	GM	2597	15.5	292	312
38	Ladva, Ottomar	GM	2491	15.5	292	310
39	Pavlidis, Antonios	GM	2623	15.5	291	314
40	Brunello, Sabino	GM	2666	15.5	290	311
41	Heberla, Bartlomiej	GM	2531	15.5	288	308
42	Plat, Vojtech	GM	2646	15.5	287	307
43	Shubin, Kirill	FM	2249	15.5	285	305
44	Zwardon, Vojtech	IM	2577	15.5	282	300
45	Castellanos Rodriguez, Renier	IM	2555	15.5	281	302
46	Neiksans, Arturs	GM	2534	15.5	279	302
47	Meskovs, Nikita	IM	2537	15.5	274	297
48	Krause, Jonah	FM	2397	15.5	274	295
49	Mikrut, Dariusz	IM	2419	15.5	274	295
50	Shkapenko, Pavel	IM	2382	15.5	271	292
1091 players

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