European Blitz Championship 2017

The 2017 European Individual Blitz Championship is taking place on 15th December in Katowice, Poland. The Swiss tournament consists of 11 double rounds and features over 1,000 players. The prize fund is €11,000, with €2,000 for 1st place.

Time control: the players have 3 minutes for all moves, with a 2-second increment starting from move 1.

Official site

Schedule (UTC): 22 Rounds from 09:00 to 18:05

First 10 players in the start list

No.		Name	FideID	FED	Rtg
1	GM	Andriasian Zaven	13302000	ARM	2755
2	GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	1118358	POL	2718
3	GM	Navara David	309095	CZE	2712
4	GM	Ponomariov Ruslan	14103320	UKR	2711
5	GM	McShane Luke J	404853	ENG	2702
6	GM	Duda Jan-Krzysztof	1170546	POL	2682
7	GM	Saric Ivan	14508150	CRO	2674
8	GM	Ragger Markus	1610856	AUT	2668
9	GM	Brunello Sabino	813613	ITA	2666
10	GM	Plat Vojtech	325740	CZE	2646

First 10 players after Round 22

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	Rp
1	24	GM	Zhigalko Sergei	BLR	2586	18,0	0,0	301,0	326,0	2590
2	5	GM	McShane Luke J	ENG	2702	17,5	0,0	301,0	323,0	2669
3	21	GM	Michalik Peter	CZE	2598	17,5	0,0	298,0	319,0	2644
4	6	GM	Duda Jan-Krzysztof	POL	2682	17,0	0,0	316,0	337,5	2727
5	3	GM	Navara David	CZE	2712	17,0	0,0	313,0	336,0	2670
6	11	GM	Kovalenko Igor	LAT	2641	17,0	0,0	312,0	332,0	2662
7	19	GM	Fressinet Laurent	FRA	2608	17,0	0,0	309,0	332,0	2661
8	37	GM	Aleksandrov Aleksej	BLR	2554	17,0	0,0	292,0	316,0	2552
9	52	GM	Tomczak Jacek	POL	2527	17,0	0,0	292,0	314,0	2582
10	20	GM	Ponkratov Pavel	RUS	2599	17,0	0,0	291,0	313,0	2579

Sergei Zhigalko won in the 2017 European Individual Blitz Championship. Congratulations! Watch the Closing Ceremony of the European Blitz and Rapid Chess Championship 2017.

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