22 November 2017
Second Part of Yuri Eliseev Memorial Starts in Moscow
Antipov and Predke win in the first round.
Mikhail Antipov (photo by E. Kublashvili)
The second part of the tournament in memory of Yuri Eliseev (1996-2016) was played at the Tigran Petrosian Chess Club in Moscow. The line-up has changed: Daniil Dubov, Aleksandr Predke, Mikhail Antipov were joined by Dmitry Gordievsky, Klementy Sychev (all from Russia), and Vladislav Kovalev (Belarus).In round 1, the participants who had black pieces celebrated victories: Alexandr Predke defeated Dmitry Gordievsky, Klementy Sychev lost to Mikhail Antipov, while the game Kovalev - Dubov ended in a draw.
