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🏆 European Rapid Championship (2017)

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The 2017 European Rapid Championship was held in Katowice (Poland) on December 16 and December 17 as an 11-round Swiss System open tournament. The time control was 15 minutes per player with a 10-second increment per move. Chief arbiter: ... [more]

Player: Sergei Zhigalko

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. S Zhigalko vs Arkadiusz Biegalski  1-0262017European Rapid ChampionshipB53 Sicilian
2. M Pakosta vs S Zhigalko  0-1502017European Rapid ChampionshipB22 Sicilian, Alapin
3. S Zhigalko vs K Shubin  1-0632017European Rapid ChampionshipC02 French, Advance
4. G Jahncke vs S Zhigalko  0-1812017European Rapid ChampionshipA06 Reti Opening
5. S Zhigalko vs M Vavulin 1-0752017European Rapid ChampionshipC72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O
6. W Moranda vs S Zhigalko  ½-½282017European Rapid ChampionshipE21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights
7. S Zhigalko vs V Plat  ½-½352017European Rapid ChampionshipB22 Sicilian, Alapin
8. N Miezis vs S Zhigalko  ½-½412017European Rapid ChampionshipA20 English
9. S Zhigalko vs T Warakomski  1-0322017European Rapid ChampionshipB12 Caro-Kann Defense
10. A Tari vs S Zhigalko  0-1282017European Rapid ChampionshipB33 Sicilian
11. Potkin vs S Zhigalko  0-1422017European Rapid ChampionshipA29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto
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Kibitzer's Corner
Dec-17-17  et1: The winner is a Russian IM teenager !
Dec-20-17  JonathanJ: swiss gambit ftw :)
Dec-22-17  Sokrates: Never heard of Maksim Vavulin before. +10 -1 =0 is a Fischer-like result - very impressive in this lot of strong competitors. I assume we shall learn more about this young genius in future.
Dec-22-17  WorstPlayerEver: <Sokrates>

I guess he's studying something, otherwise I can't explain why he plays so little.

Dec-22-17  Sokrates: A good guess, <WorstPlayerEver>, and I hope he studies "something" and only plays chess occasionally. But he sure plays some very entertaining chess - the games are a joy to play through.
Dec-22-17  fisayo123: He's a promising Russian talent. I don't know if he has his 3 GM norms now but he's been known to be one of the highest rated IM's in the world.

Duda was leading the way all through but Vavulin crushed him in the last round.

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