21 December 2016

Hanukkah 2016 Tournament Ends in Tyumen

Daniil Yuffa won with 5/6.

A grandmaster Hanukkah 2016 tournament took place on December 20-21 in the Regional Chess Center named after Anatoly Karpov in Tyumen.

The rapid chess round-robin event gathered grandmasters Dmitry Kryakvin, Roman Ovechkin, Daniil Yuffa, and FIDE Master Sergey Savitsky. The time control was 25 minutes + 10 seconds per move. 

The 19-year-old Tyumen representative Daniil Yuffa took clear first place with 5 points in 6 games. Kryakvin and Ovechkin finished second and third respectively. 

The tournament was sponsored by Dr. Alexander Yakovlevich Yuffa – Chemistry Professor, and Honoured Science Worker of Russian Federation. 

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