Melkumyan wins European Blitz in Warsaw
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The European Blitz and Rapid Championships are taking place in Warsaw, Poland. The new European Blitz Champion is Hrant Melkumyan, which is something of a surprise result, as the Armenian was only the 28th seed. Aleksey Dreev took silver and Radoslaw Wojtaszek bronze.
Here are the top twenty:
| Rank | Player | Country | Elo | Points | Tie-break 1 | Tie-break 2 |
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| 1 | Dreev, Aleksey Silver | RUS | 2710 | 20.0 | 191.00 | 223.00 |
| 2 | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw Bronze | POL | 2705 | 20.0 | 190.50 | 224.00 |
| 3 | Melkumyan, Hrant Gold | ARM | 2615 | 20.0 | 182.50 | 215.00 |
| 4 | Socko, Bartosz | POL | 2635 | 19.5 | 189.00 | 223.00 |
| 5 | Korobov, Anton | UKR | 2660 | 19.0 | 186.00 | 218.00 |
| 6 | Polgar, Judit | HUN | 2710 | 19.0 | 182.50 | 211.50 |
| 7 | Riazantsev, Alexander | RUS | 2710 | 19.0 | 181.00 | 210.50 |
| 8 | Moranda, Wojciech | POL | 2568 | 19.0 | 175.00 | 205.50 |
| 9 | Jaracz, Pawel | POL | 2542 | 18.5 | 177.00 | 209.00 |
| 10 | Volokitin, Andrei | UKR | 2695 | 18.0 | 177.50 | 208.50 |
| 11 | Shimanov, Aleksandr | RUS | 2549 | 18.0 | 176.00 | 207.50 |
| 12 | Timofeev, Artyom | RUS | 2659 | 18.0 | 175.50 | 203.00 |
| 13 | Gajewski, Grzegorz | POL | 2616 | 18.0 | 174.00 | 206.00 |
| 14 | Kravtsiv, Martyn | UKR | 2601 | 18.0 | 166.00 | 196.00 |
| 15 | Movsesian, Sergei | ARM | 2710 | 17.5 | 190.00 | 222.00 |
| 16 | Bologan, Viktor | MDA | 2665 | 17.5 | 184.50 | 216.50 |
| 17 | Bacrot, Etienne | FRA | 2714 | 17.5 | 183.50 | 213.00 |
| 18 | Jones, Gawain C B | ENG | 2635 | 17.5 | 180.50 | 212.50 |
| 19 | Swiercz, Dariusz | POL | 2584 | 17.5 | 179.50 | 212.50 |
| 20 | Ruck, Robert | HUN | 2579 | 17.5 | 178.00 | 209.50 |
The official site: http://www.poloniachess.pl/amplico2011/en
17/12/2011 22:51