True <OD> and in addition another blast from the past - GM Evgeni Vasiukov will also play! ;)

Thanks much for the heads-up on this one <percyblakeney> - it should be a lot of fun! :D - Mal

https://twitter.com/chessmoscow

Thanks <percyblakeney> - at least Twitter updates is better than nothing! :)

<A late and very strong entry was Grischuk. He won the event in 2007 with an amazing 17/19, and this year he started by beating Moro in the first round.>

That changes the picture completely. Why, we may have to move over to GM Alexander Grischuk player's page! ~lol~ ;) - Mal

There was a sideline blitz tourney among chess journalists/analysts/commentators, with almost as many participants as the main event, and the top three finishers are:

1. GM Sergei Shipov (http://www.crestbook.com/)

2. FM Pavel Dvalishvili

To which I'll gladly add...

We missed <YOU> more! :D

In the end this appear to be the final results (based on 22 competitors playing):

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<"Moscow Blitz 2009" // August 30, 2009>

<1st // Grischuk // 17-5

2nd-3rd // Morozevich & Karjakin // 16Ѕ-5Ѕ

4th-5th // Malakhov & Kobalia // 14-8

6th-7th // Jakovenko & Savchenko // 13-9

8th-9th // Riazantsev & Amonatov // 12Ѕ-9Ѕ

10th // Dlugy // 11Ѕ-10Ѕ

11th // Korotylev // 11-11

12th-13th // Najer & Zvjagintsev // 10Ѕ-11Ѕ

14th // Dragomaretsky // 10-12

15th // Grachev // 9-13

16th // Vlasov // 8Ѕ-13Ѕ

17th-18th // Kalinichev & Kastaneda // 6-16

19th-21st // Kosteniuk, Vorobiov & Mesropov // 5-17

22nd // Vasiukov // 4-18>

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We owe this 'twitter' a debt of gratitude (124 tweets were made with round-by-round results and real-time updates):

<"For you worked the grand master Vladimir [Dobrov]. I desire successes and success!">

I'm guessing this would be GM Vladimir Dobrov <grin>

Thanks <DCP23> for all that extra stuff you added! :))

Go GM Shipov! Go Valentina! Go Moro! Go Karjakin!

Finally, Congrats to Gris!! :D

- Mal

This always happen when my comp is totally fried and Mal starts to worry that I'll lose something! o-O

Here are the correct scores from Moscow (I forgot to deduct 1 point from the negative side of the tally to equal 21 points not 22 points).

Duh! :P

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<"Moscow Blitz 2009" // August 30, 2009>

<1st // Grischuk // 17-4

2nd-3rd // Morozevich & Karjakin // 16Ѕ-4Ѕ

4th-5th // Malakhov & Kobalia // 14-7

6th-7th // Jakovenko & Savchenko // 13-8

8th-9th // Riazantsev & Amonatov // 12Ѕ-8Ѕ

10th // Dlugy // 11Ѕ-9Ѕ

11th // Korotylev // 11-10

12th-13th // Najer & Zvjagintsev // 10Ѕ-10Ѕ

14th // Dragomaretsky // 10-11

15th // Grachev // 9-12

16th // Vlasov // 8Ѕ-12Ѕ

17th-18th // Kalinichev & Kastaneda // 6-15

19th-21st // Kosteniuk, Vorobiov & Mesropov // 5-16

22nd // Vasiukov // 4-17>

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Now all is good again! :D

Don't forget -- Yuri Vasilyev's report to follow shortly in Chesspro on the Moscow Blitz 2009 event! :))

- Mal

We missed <YOU> more! :D>

Thanks <mal>, you're just the nicest poster around here! :D

<<"For you worked the grand master Vladimir [Dobrov]. I desire successes and success!">

I'm guessing this would be GM Vladimir Dobrov >

Yeah, that's him all right, but what follows (<Желаю успехов и удачи!>) is of course <My wishes of success and luck to you! (the readers, that is)> and not what you got from that machine translation ;) See, that's why I'm always wary of those ;)

<Thanks <DCP23> for all that extra stuff you added! :))>