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Aeroflot Blitz: YouTube videos

Aeroflot Blitz: YouTube videos

Last Friday we reported on the Aeroflot Blitz tournament which was won by Sergey Karjakin in his hometown Moscow, Russia. Some of our readers pointed out that a number of videos have been uploaded to YouTube by Eugene Potemkin and Sergey Sorokhtin, who were filming in the playing hall. A small selection.

Event Aeroflot Blitz
Dates February 16th, 2012
Location Moscow, Russia
System 9-round Swiss, two games per round
Players Top players included Sergey Karjakin, Alexander Morozevich, Peter Svidler and Alexander Grischuk 
Rate of play 3 minutes for the game, with an additional 2 second increment
Prize fund 25,000 euro

Grischuk-Karjakin

Mamedyarov-Grischuk

Karjakin-Grischuk

More at Sergey Sorokhtin's YouTube channel.

Karjakin-Jobava

Dlugy-Karjakin

Jankovic-Karjakin & Pridorozhni-Grischuk

More at Eugene Potemkin's YouTube channel.

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Founder and editor-in-chief of ChessVibes.com, Peter is responsible for most of the chess news and tournament reports. Often visiting top events, he also provides photos and videos for the site. He's a 1.e4 player himself, likes Thai food and the Stones.

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Solomon Francis

1 year 2 months ago

Great videos! Thanks for posting it. What happened in the second video of Karjakin - Grischuk? Karjakin seemed to be a little better after he played Nd5 and then they just shook hands? Was that just a draw?

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Bitmap

1 year 2 months ago

Yes, it was drawn. I suppose after Bxd5 a simple continuation would be Nc6 (giving back the pawn) Bxc6 Rxc6 with a dead even position

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darkergreen

1 year 2 months ago

Thank you for the videos!

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Jonas

1 year 2 months ago

Suck a great tournament and such a shitty plastic pieces and paper thin "plstic boards". Organiser don't respect top players.

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christos

1 year 2 months ago

The pieces are plastic but heavy, ideal for blitz.

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