The winner of the chess tournament in an online format with the participation of leading Russian grandmasters became the grandmaster, who was considered his favorite. One of the best players in the world, Alexander Grischuk, perfectly able to play blitz in the semi-final managed with the 14th world champion Vladimir Kramnik, and in the final defeated Evgeny Tomashevsky.The tournament called “Team Russia”, which eight leading Russian grandmasters invented to help combat the coronavirus, there were a total of two. About the first of them, the charity reported on its website of the Russian chess Federation (RCF), reported that at the end of the competition the participants and the organizers managed to gather 24,67 million rubles. “the Total prize Fund will be distributed equally, regardless of areas occupied by chess players, among the regional hospitals specializing in the treatment of patients with coronavirus. Before the start, participants identified what medical facility they will help. Products and medical goods will be sent to 13 hospitals in ten regions”,— said the Russian chess Federation.To estimate the number, you can, for example, to remember the first big online tournament in the period of the pandemic, hosted by the current world champion Norwegian Magnus Carlsen. He was able to provide a prize Fund of €270 thousand is still less than the amount collected by the Russian chess players.The second result is pure sport. And he was quite logical, given the track record of who took the first place. Alexander Grischuk among other successes it has three wins at the world Championships in blitz. Formally, however, he was “sown” in the tournament at the second number. But forgetful, once in March won the first round of the master’s tournament in Yekaterinburg, once lost form, is suffering in an online format with setback after setback in the new tournament was played doesn’t matter, being outside the four semifinalists, together with Alexander Ryazantsev, Ernesto Inarkiev and Sergey Karjakin.The biggest challenge Alexander Grischuk was waiting in the semifinals. He met the main star of the tournament, the 14th world champion Vladimir Kramnik. Kramnik officially retired last year, but at least in chess, with strict time control is still good. In the match with him Grischuk lost the first game, “yawn” the rook, but battled back and then took the upper hand in the so-called “Armageddon”. In it he had in whatever was to overcome the opponent is white — and he did.In the final match tie-break was not required. Evgeny Tomashevsky, who kicked prior to this, Peter Svidler, Alexander Grischuk beat three times in a row.Arnold Boar
