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🏆 European Blitz Championship (2016)

  PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games)
Ruslan Ponomariov, Peter Leko, David Navara, Nikita Vitiugov, Sergei Movsesian, Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Maxim Matlakov, Arkadij Naiditsch, Dmitry Andreikin, Victor Bologan, Evgeny Alekseev, Francisco Vallejo Pons, Alexander Riazantsev, Alexey Sarana, Sergei Zhigalko, Alexander Motylev, Rauf Mamedov, David Anton Guijarro, Igor Kovalenko, Ivan Saric, Vladimir Potkin, Nils Grandelius, Artur Yusupov, Mikhail Kobalia, Mateusz Bartel, Aleksandr Rakhmanov, Daniel Fridman, Volodymyr Onyshchuk, Maxim Turov, Kacper Piorun, Pavel Tregubov, Maksim Chigaev, Zaven Andriasian, Zdenko Kozul, Pavel Ponkratov, Arturs Neiksans, Mihail Marin, Evgenij Agrest, Olexandr Bortnyk, Valery Loginov, Kaido Kulaots, Alexander Huzman, Valery Kazakouski, Sergey Grigoriants, Sasa Martinovic, Stelios Halkias, Paulius Pultinevicius, Normunds Miezis, Alojzije Jankovic, Zoran Jovanovic, Ognjen Cvitan, Robert Ruck, Nikita Meshkovs, Klementy Sychev, Antonios Pavlidis, Vojtech Plat, Stanislav Novikov, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Stefan Djuric, Sergey Ionov, Jose Cuenca Jimenez, Pia Cramling, Sergei Lobanov, Ottomar Ladva, Toms Kantans, Meelis Kanep, Renier Castellanos Rodriguez, Vladimir Zakhartsov, Francois Fargere, Darius Zagorskis, Miguel Munoz Pantoja, Olga Girya, Pavel Potapov, David Gorodetzky, Mika Karttunen, Patrick Zelbel, Guntars Antoms, Alexander Reprintsev, Jure Zorko, Roland Berzinsh, Artyom Zubritskiy, Lorin D'Costa, Roman Lovkov, Piotr Brodowski, Igor Malakhov, Charles Monroy, Michal Luch, Boris Margolin, Tarvo Seeman, Rasmus Skytte, Zan Tomazini, Pavel Shkapenko, Arturs Bernotas, Olga Badelka, Daria Voit, Matas Narmontas, Yan Dzhumagaliev, Mikhail Popov, Henri Pohjala, Enrique Llobell Cortell plus 78 more players.

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
European Blitz Championship (2016)

Played in the Park Inn by Radisson Meriton Conference & Spa Hotel Tallinn, Estonia, 17-18 December 2016. Andreikin won (22/26), ahead of Mamedov (20.5), Zhigalko (19.5) and Matlakov (19.5) (510 participants).

Official site: http://www.maleliit.ee/eurapid2016/. Final ranking table: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr245...

 page 1 of 33; games 1-25 of 825  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. R Mamedov vs S Zaksaite  1-0312016European Blitz ChampionshipB40 Sicilian
2. O Badelka vs Navara  0-1292016European Blitz ChampionshipA20 English
3. Ponomariov vs E Mierins  1-0372016European Blitz ChampionshipC50 Giuoco Piano
4. Denis Shipulin vs O Bortnyk  0-1312016European Blitz ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
5. V Onyshchuk vs I Kolesnikovs  1-0212016European Blitz ChampionshipB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
6. F Polyakov vs Z Andriasian  0-1182016European Blitz ChampionshipA57 Benko Gambit
7. D Andreikin vs R Lumiste  1-0342016European Blitz ChampionshipA31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation
8. M Yugina vs S Zhigalko  0-1192016European Blitz ChampionshipE12 Queen's Indian
9. Leko vs Artis Auzins  1-0212016European Blitz ChampionshipB10 Caro-Kann
10. M Lupik vs Vitiugov  0-1262016European Blitz ChampionshipB22 Sicilian, Alapin
11. S Orehek vs M Matlakov  0-1352016European Blitz ChampionshipB14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack
12. Kovalenko vs E Tominga  1-0432016European Blitz ChampionshipC55 Two Knights Defense
13. Girts Tenis vs Wojtaszek  0-1402016European Blitz ChampionshipA04 Reti Opening
14. Saric vs P Gasik  1-0122016European Blitz ChampionshipB04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
15. P Kopsa vs E Alekseev  0-1202016European Blitz ChampionshipA63 Benoni, Fianchetto, 9...Nbd7
16. Movsesian vs Tom Eriksson  1-0262016European Blitz ChampionshipB30 Sicilian
17. M Olde vs P Ponkratov  0-1282016European Blitz ChampionshipA15 English
18. M Munoz Pantoja vs Filipp Obolonin  1-0342016European Blitz ChampionshipB20 Sicilian
19. M Gorodetzky vs Z Kozul  0-1362016European Blitz ChampionshipB22 Sicilian, Alapin
20. F Vallejo Pons vs R Narmontas  1-0202016European Blitz ChampionshipB40 Sicilian
21. A Boytsov vs O Cvitan  0-1502016European Blitz ChampionshipA05 Reti Opening
22. Naiditsch vs V Valantiejus  1-0332016European Blitz ChampionshipB50 Sicilian
23. M Kobalia vs R Bekasovs  1-0342016European Blitz ChampionshipC00 French Defense
24. T Narva vs A Pavlidis  0-1222016European Blitz ChampionshipB30 Sicilian
25. N Shirshov vs V Zakhartsov  0-1392016European Blitz ChampionshipA04 Reti Opening
 page 1 of 33; games 1-25 of 825  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Dec-23-16  notyetagm: Andreikin did not lose a single game in the blitz!
Dec-23-16  Eyal: An interview with Andreikin on this tournament: https://chess24.com/en/read/news/an...
Aug-26-17
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: Chess-Results has http://www.chess-results.com/tnr245... but gives no crosstable for this event. Or I cannot find it.

Perhaps too much, even for them.

Sep-11-17
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: Anyway, standings list updated for the 45 players with 17 points or more, see European Blitz Championships (2016).

There are many missing games (>500 players! - and not all in CG). Seven wrong game results found (supposed correct result in parentheses): S Orehek vs M Matlakov, 2016 (0-1), O Bortnyk vs M Luch, 2016 (1-0), Bologan vs N Vitiugov, 2016 (0-1), F Fargere vs A Pavlidis, 2016 (1/2), Z Kozul vs A Rakhmanov, 2016 (0-1), M Marin vs Z Kozul, 2016 (0-1) and Alexander Timerkhanov vs M Kobalia, 2016 (0-1). Slips sent on these.

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