18 August 2017
2 Rounds of Viktor Korchnoi Memorial Are Played in Saint Petersburg
Rating favourites suffer first losses.
The Chief Arbiter is IA Mikhail Kryukov, the head of the Organising Committee is IO Vladimir Bykov, President of the Saint Petersburg Chess Federation.
42 chess players are leading after 2 rounds, but there have already happened first losses of rating favourites. For example, the tournament's №1 GM Gata Kamsky made a draw with IM Timur Khakimov, while the Spanish grandmaster Cristobal Henriquez Villagra drew with FM Kirill Klukin.
Tournament on Chess-Results
Photos by Sergey Bystrov