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Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup (2016) The Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup of the President of Kazakhstan was held in Almaty on June 18 and June 19, 2016. It was a Swiss System open with 22 rounds (11 double-rounds); players met the same opponent with both colors in each double-round. The time control was 3 minutes per player with a 2-second increment per move. The first seven double-rounds were played on June 18; Shakhriyar Mamedyarov topped the field on the first day with 11.5/14. Baadur Jobava scored four wins and one draw (including a double win against Mamedyarov) in the next five rounds, and led by a point and a half with three rounds to play; he then lost to Sergey Karjakin in round 20 and top seed Ian Nepomniachtchi in round 21, giving Nepomniachtchi a half-point lead before the final round. Farrukh Amonatov closed with four consecutive wins, while Nepomniachtchi drew his last game; both Amonatov and Nepomniachtchi finished on 16.0/22, but Amonatov had 15 wins to Nepomniachtchi's 13 and won the tournament on the second tie-break criterion. Jobava placed third half a point behind the top two, edging fourth-placed Vladislav Artemiev on performance rating. Tie-break criteria: 1. head-to-head-score; 2. most wins; 3. performance rating; 4. Buchholz. Prizes: $30,000 for the winner; $20,000 for the runner-up; $100,000 in total. Detailed results: http://chess-results.com/tnr227511.... Full regulations: http://kazchess.kz/wp-content/uploa...  page 1 of 19; games 1-25 of 455  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. F Amonatov vs D Andreikin   1-0 65 2016 Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup B06 Robatsch 2. Jobava vs J Vakhidov   1-0 53 2016 Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup A45 Queen's Pawn Game 3. I Saric vs A Aleksandrov   ½-½ 33 2016 Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 4. V Artemiev vs A Ismagambetov   1-0 86 2016 Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup E17 Queen's Indian 5. V Onischuk vs V Gunina   1-0 65 2016 Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup B12 Caro-Kann Defense 6. D Anton Guijarro vs Le Quang Liem   1-0 39 2016 Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup B12 Caro-Kann Defense 7. S Megaranto vs Gelfand   0-1 49 2016 Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup A48 King's Indian 8. S Shoker vs I Kovalenko   1-0 53 2016 Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup A04 Reti Opening 9. D Andreikin vs F Amonatov   0-1 88 2016 Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup A45 Queen's Pawn Game 10. Kasimdzhanov vs G Jones   ½-½ 75 2016 Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 11. Grischuk vs Karjakin   0-1 76 2016 Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup C50 Giuoco Piano 12. I Nepomniachtchi vs Ponomariov   ½-½ 74 2016 Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup C60 Ruy Lopez 13. Wang Hao vs Svidler   ½-½ 47 2016 Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup A46 Queen's Pawn Game 14. R Mamedov vs Mamedyarov   ½-½ 17 2016 Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup C47 Four Knights 15. E Pak vs R Jumabayev   ½-½ 59 2016 Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 16. M Marin vs Yifan Hou   0-1 40 2016 Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup A14 English 17. P Kotsur vs R Khusnutdinov   ½-½ 39 2016 Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 18. G Jones vs Kasimdzhanov   0-1 39 2016 Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup C45 Scotch Game 19. Karjakin vs Grischuk 0-1 39 2016 Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup E90 King's Indian 20. Ponomariov vs I Nepomniachtchi   1-0 59 2016 Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 21. Svidler vs Wang Hao   1-0 48 2016 Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup A20 English 22. Mamedyarov vs R Mamedov   ½-½ 13 2016 Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4 23. Fressinet vs P Kostenko   1-0 86 2016 Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup A37 English, Symmetrical 24. A Utegaliyev vs L Pantsulaia   0-1 50 2016 Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup A07 King's Indian Attack 25. M Yilmaz vs R Jumabayev   ½-½ 105 2016 Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup E18 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3  page 1 of 19; games 1-25 of 455    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)     Jun-22-16    Bruce Graham: Nice work by the Tajiki grandmaster. Almaty may be a lucky location for him, it's his second big win there. Jun-23-16    sonia91: <Amonatov shocks stars to win $30,000 Eurasian Cup>: https://chess24.com/en/read/news/am... Aug-17-16    Mr. V: Maybe Amonatov could use this money to get some training sessions and break into the European scene. NOTE: You need to pick a username and password to post a reply. Getting your account takes less than a minute, totally anonymous, and 100% free--plus, it entitles you to features otherwise unavailable. Pick your username now and join the chessgames community! If you already have an account, you should login now. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language. No spamming, advertising, or duplicating posts. No personal attacks against other members. Nothing in violation of United States law. No posting personal information of members. See something that violates our rules? Blow the whistle and inform an administrator. 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