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Blitz tournament

March 10, 2020 08:13 PM

Today was chess weather - showers and mostly cloudy. One more reason for 34 chess players to stay indoors and play a Blitz tournament in the Hotel Olympic in Prague. The format was nine rounds with 2 x 4 minutes plus 2 seconds per move.

The winner was IM Boidman Yuri from Germany with 7 points. Second place went to FM Plotkin Viktor from Canada, 3rd place was GM Yrjola Jouni from Finland, 4th place FM Denk Adolf from Austria and 5th place was FM Vrana Frantisek from Czech Republic.

Winners 1-5 from the left Winners 1-5 from the left

You can find all the details from the tournament at Chess-Results.

 

Author: Marta Motuzova

Photos: Vladimir Jagr