Ivan Khvorost became the bronze medalist of the Russian Grand-Prix blitz stop “The waltz of Sebastopol”
A 14-year-old sportsman from the Moscow Region scored 9.5 points out of 13
Photo by the organizing committee.
A hero city of Sebastopol welcomed the Russian Grand Prix rapid and blitz stops, acting at the same time as stops of the Black Sea Grand Prix.
The rapid tournament was dominated by IM Alexander Tryapishko (The Crimea). The silver medal was won by another player from the same region GM Yury Airapetyan while the third place was taken by GM Gennady Matyushin from the People’s republic of Donetsk.
The blitz tournament was won by Gennady Matyushin as well, the silver medal was won by Yury Airapetyan while our Ivan Khvorost managed to win the silver medal.