Monday the final tournament of the program of the 12th International RSSU Cup, the 2016 Moscow Open – RSSU Cup in blitz chess was held. All wishing to participate could do it. as a result 218 players took the start.
Young grandmaster from Omsk Vladislav Artemiev with 8 points in 9 rounds became the winner of the competition. two more participants showed the same result. They are international master from Moscow Vladimir Seliverstov and grandmaster from Ukraine Eldar Gasanov, but according to the additional index they won second and third places correspondingly.
Denis Khismatullin (Ufa) and Daniil Linchevsky (Leningrad region) remained half a step behind the medal winners.
The best result among women belongs to Valentina Gunina from Moscow, she scored 6,5 points. Evgeny Dragomaretsky rose above others in the veterans’ event. He finished with 7 points.
We should add that the prize fund of the tournament is 100,000 rubles.