28 December 2016

Grischuk and Kosteniuk Win Silver Medals in Rapid World Championship

Vassily Ivanchuk and Anna Muzychuk prevailed.

The World Rapid Championship ended in Doha, Qatar. In the open tournament, three players finished on 11/15 – Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine), Alexander Grischuk (Russia), and Magnus Carlsen (Norway). The highest average rating of the opposition gave Vassily Ivanchuk the gold, Alexander Grischuk took second place. 

Anna Muzychuk (Ukraine) won her title in a dominating style with 9.5/12. Alexandra Kosteniuk (Russia) was second with 8.5. Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia) was third with 8 points. 

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