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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 461  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Nepomniachtchi vs A Utegaliyev   1-0 38 2016 Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup B01 Scandinavian 2. T Vakhidov vs Le Quang Liem   ½-½ 47 2016 Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 3. Karjakin vs Y Pak   1-0 40 2016 Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup A45 Queen's Pawn Game 4. P Kostenko vs R Mamedov   0-1 58 2016 Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack 5. Gelfand vs H Dronavalli   1-0 47 2016 Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 6. E Egorov vs H Wang   0-1 32 2016 Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup A00 Uncommon Opening 7. Grischuk vs D Makhnev   1-0 15 2016 Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup C50 Giuoco Piano 8. A L'Ami vs D Andreikin   0-1 21 2016 Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System 9. Svidler vs B Askarov   1-0 49 2016 Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup A30 English, Symmetrical 10. N Zhukova vs Kasimdzhanov   0-1 36 2016 Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 11. G Jones vs A Akhmetov   1-0 25 2016 Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup C00 French Defense 12. V Artemiev vs Z Abdumalik   1-0 24 2016 Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup D42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3 13. I Gaponenko vs Dreev 0-1 26 2016 Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack 14. Mamedyarov vs O Annageldyev   1-0 36 2016 Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup A46 Queen's Pawn Game 15. Z Amanov vs B Savchenko   0-1 40 2016 Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup B36 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto 16. Y Hou vs E Berend   1-0 32 2016 Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup C25 Vienna 17. A Daurimbetov vs Kovalenko   0-1 40 2016 Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup B20 Sicilian 18. Ponomariov vs R Mankeyev   1-0 55 2016 Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 19. O Dzyuban vs Saric   0-1 43 2016 Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup E73 King's Indian 20. F Vallejo Pons vs K Aghasiyev   1-0 42 2016 Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup C77 Ruy Lopez 21. S Tologontegin vs R Jumabayev   0-1 29 2016 Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup A45 Queen's Pawn Game 22. F Amonatov vs I Mezentsev   1-0 42 2016 Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup A07 King's Indian Attack 23. B Akkozov vs R Khusnutdinov   0-1 56 2016 Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup A50 Queen's Pawn Game 24. A Moiseenko vs Karjakin   ½-½ 51 2016 Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup E20 Nimzo-Indian 25. R Mamedov vs Jobava   0-1 64 2016 Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup C10 French  page 1 of 19; games 1-25 of 461    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. Sep-11-17    Tabanus: Rounds 2, 4 and 5 are missing. Sep-12-17    Tabanus: Plus many other missing games. Standings list updated anyway! For the 40 players with 12 points or more. Two wrong game results found: Yifan Hou vs S Shoker, 2016 (should be 0-1) and Kseniya Balabayeva vs S Sjugirov, 2016 (should be 0-1), but there may well be more. I looked at pgn's elsewhere (incl. the official site) and could not find any with rounds 2, 4 and 5 included. Some sites sent these rounds live, and still have some games. NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. 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