Blitz game

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I recently started playing blitz on ICC again but not with the usual “Blitz” requirement but with a special 3 minute time control, so my rating is not high yet 🙂 Thought you might like the game I won today against an IM.

Moscow Open 2013 – 1st round

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Nepomniaschi

Some tournaments started yesterday in Moscow and among them a very strong A group with Nepomniatschi, Khismatullin, Mamedov, Khairullin, Naer, etc participating. You can view the news from the events here.

Results of top 10 boards of the 1st round

1 IM Ozolin Maxim 2386 0 0 – 1 0 GM Nepomniachtchi 2703
2 GM Khismatullin De 2655 0 0 – 1 0 FM Tsydypov Zhams 2384
3 FM Nozdrachev Leon 2383 0 0 – 1 0 GM Mamedov Rauf 2651
4 GM Khairullin Ilda 2650 0 1 – 0 0 FM Dzhangobegov Vl 2381
5 IM Appolonov Serge 2378 0 – – + 0 GM Najer Evgeniy 2647
6 GM Iturrizaga Edua 2646 0 ½ – ½ 0 FM Grib Roman 2378
7 FM Moiseev Gumar 2375 0 + – – 0 GM Krasenkow Micha 2643
8 GM Nyzhnyk Illya 2637 0 1 – 0 0 IM Nyudleev Dolgan 2372
9 FM Kigel Dmytro 2368 0 0 – 1 0 GM Kokarev Dmitry 2635
10 GM Demchenko Anton 2627 0 1 – 0 0 IM Gorbatov Alexej 2366

Top 10 pairs of the 2nd round

1 GM Nepomniachtchi 2703 1 – 1 IM Matinian Nikita 2460
2 GM Mamedov Rauf 2651 1 – 1 IM Stany G.A. 2456
3 IM Potapov Pavel 2444 1 – 1 GM Khairullin Ilda 2650
4 FM Chekhov Sergei 2444 1 – 1 GM Najer Evgeniy 2647
5 IM Ulko Jaroslav 2442 1 – 1 GM Nyzhnyk Illya 2637
6 GM Kokarev Dmitry 2635 1 – 1 IM Bajarani Ulvi 2441
7 GM Krapivin Alexan 2435 1 – 1 GM Demchenko Anton 2627
8 GM Ganguly Surya S 2626 1 – 1 IM Narayanan Srina 2434
9 IM Sharafiev Azat 2433 1 – 1 GM Amonatov Farruk 2625
10 GM Guseinov Gadir 2623 1 – 1 FM Seliverstov Vla 2433

Official site.

Top 100 Women February 2013

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We have a new rating list as of February today. You can view the complete list here. And various gains and losses in this post.

Top 20 female players of February list

1 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2696 0 1976
2 Hou, Yifan g CHN 2617 13 1994
3 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2597 0 1987
4 Muzychuk, Anna g SLO 2582 0 1990
5 Dzagnidze, Nana g GEO 2555 0 1987
6 Zhao, Xue g CHN 2554 0 1985
7 Lagno, Kateryna g UKR 2547 0 1989
8 Kosintseva, Nadezhda g RUS 2531 0 1985
9 Sebag, Marie g FRA 2530 0 1986
10 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2523 9 1963
11 Kosintseva, Tatiana g RUS 2517 0 1986
12 Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2516 0 1979
13 Cmilyte, Viktorija g LTU 2515 0 1983
14 Harika, Dronavalli g IND 2514 0 1991
15 Ju, Wenjun wg CHN 2505 0 1991
16 Ruan, Lufei wg CHN 2501 0 1987
17 Khotenashvili, Bela m GEO 2499 9 1988
18 Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2495 0 1984
19 Zatonskih, Anna m USA 2491 0 1978
20 Zhu, Chen g QAT 2491 0 1976