Ivanchuk beats Leko after blitz playoff
30 October 2007 8:38 AM | Last modified: 17:05
Leko had returned from the grave, levelling a score of 5-3 in Ivanchuk’s favour after 8 games, to put the final score on 6-6. But in the end it was still Ivanchuk who went away with the victory after winning the blitz playoff 0,5-1,5. This weekend the two super grandmasters played a 12-game exhibition rapid match in the western Ukrainian town of Mukachevo.
The competition was originated by the initiative of the President of Universal Event Promotion, Josef Resch, who celebrated his 50th birthday this year. On the occasion of this anniversary the idea of an extraordinary chess event was implemented. The time control for each game was ten minutes plus ten seconds per move. In the two blitz games it was 4 minutes plus 2 seconds per move. The match was played between the number one of Hungary and the number one of the Ukraine and the call was as close as the countries are.
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The games:
The images:
The main street in Mukachevo
The match was held in the Cinema Theatre “Peremoha”
Josef Resch
Action
Peter Leko
Vassily Ivanchuk
Photos: Sergej Volkov
Absolutely irrelevant, but I’m wondering…
Does anyone know if the Rubinstein memorial in Polanica Zdroj is still being held?
I participated in ‘98 and ‘99 and I intent to do so again next summer.
Unfortunately I can’t find any news about the tournament more recent than 2002?
Thank you.
Yes, it was held in the final week of August. Bartosz Socko and Yur Kuzubov shared the first place but Socko won in tiebreak . Turkish Chess Federation web site had an extensive coverage. I also know that it was organized in previous years. Maybe, it did not have extensive international coverage. Probably, there are some open categories of the event.
Greetings, Ozgu
Thank you:)
I’m glad to read the tournament is still going on, this strengthens me in my quest to find something in english which I can read.
This is the first time i ever heard the name Mukachevo. I always thought the name of the city is Munkács. Anyway, the match was nice, between two great masters.(GM-s)