5 September 2016

Maxim Matlakov Wins Chepukaitis Memorial

Traditional blitz tournament took place in St. Petersburg.

The third Genrikh Chepukaitis (1935-2004) memorial blitz tournament was played in St. Petersburg. Grandmaster Maxim Matlakov was leading for the whole tournament, and even a loss against Daniil Linchevsky in the last round did not deprive him of the first place – 8.5 points out of 11 was sufficient to win indisputably. Kirill Alekseenko, Evgeny Alekseev, and Konstantin Sakaev tied for the second place with 8 points. 

Information by Sergey Bystrov