the Final results are solid on structure of participants of competitions being held online game, became known already after signing of this number “RG”. Our grandmasters with chess Federation of Russia and with the support of the Ministry of sports of the Russian Federation managed to collect more than 25 million rubles for assistance to physicians who are daily battles against coronavirus COVID-19.
While the prize Fund is 25 million rubles, but it is growing, and the exact figure will be known later. All prize will be sent to the regional hospital, struggling with the epidemic. Before the start participants identified as which medical facility each of them will help financially – depending on current requirements. And the whole prize Fund is split between the regions of the country equally, regardless of the involved players and locations.
Generally there is quite a strange feeling that in a period of pandemic chess life even livelier. Maybe the feeling is from the fact that the chess players were moved to the online tournaments. And the fans used to watch the fights in social networks. In addition, almost all sports stopped, and the players move and move your pieces in a variety of international and purely domestic competition.
“Team Russia” is precisely such a domestic tournament, which started may 12 and ended yesterday. The composition of the participants is the envy of any chess event. Ian nepomniatchi, for example, will give honestly earned money the hospital in Bryansk. Alexander Grischuk will help Moscow hospital. In one of hospitals of Krasnodar Krai received donations from Vladimir Kramnik. Finalist match-2016 for the world crown Sergey Karjakin will transfer money to the Crimea, Peter Svidler in Saint Petersburg, Ernesto Inarkiev in the southern parts of the country. Alexander Ryazantsev prize will go to the Urals, and Evgeny Tomashevsky in Saratov. Channel “Match TV” daily promptly told about the competition’s best players. The tournament was not even “charity”. It is rather “tournament noble.” Russian Committee of Fair Play that defines their winners at the end of December each year, was in grandmasters on the note.
At the preliminary stage the participants of the tournament “Team Russia” played in two round blitz with a time control of five minutes per game plus the extra two seconds added for each move made. The struggle was for four places in semi-finals. Vladimir Kramnik scored 10.5 points out of 14 possible, Peter Svidler – 9 points, Evgeny Tomashevsky and Alexander Grischuk – 8. Behind the playoffs left Sergey Karjakin (7,5), Ernesto Inarkiev (5,5), Ian nepomniatchi (5.0) and Alexander Ryazantsev (2,5).
In the semifinals met Kramnik – Grischuk (1:2) and Svidler – Tomashevsky (0,5:1,5).
