Latvian Chess Federation and Grandmaster Alexei Shirov have the pleasure to announce the 2013 Vladimir Petrov Memorial, which will be held on 15-17 February at the Jurmala City museum in Jurmala, Latvia.
The aim of the tournament is to pay tribute to one of the brightest representatives of Latvian Chess ever who tragically died in Soviet camps during the Second World War.
The event will be supported by the family of Vladimir Petrov among others. The competition will be held in two groups A and B.
The biggest attraction of the festival is the participation of the World Elite members such are Vassily Ivanchuk, Vladimir Malakhov and the current European champion in rapid chess Alexei Dreev.
Ivanchuk, Shirov, Dreev, Malakhov, Wojtaszek, Grachev...
Pairings/Results
Round 12 on 2013/02/17 at 10:00
Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
1 | 17 | GM | Fier Alexandr | 2601 | 8 | 8½ | GM | Ivanchuk Vassily | 2714 | 4 | |
2 | 5 | GM | Wojtaszek Radoslaw | 2710 | 8½ | 8 | IM | Oparin Grigoriy | 2455 | 36 | |
3 | 25 | GM | Ehlvest Jaan | 2541 | 8 | 8½ | GM | Zhigalko Sergei | 2656 | 9 | |
4 | 19 | GM | Sandipan Chanda | 2590 | 8 | 8 | GM | Malakhov Vladimir | 2730 | 2 | |
5 | 11 | GM | Kovalenko Igor | 2635 | 7½ | 7½ | GM | Grachev Boris | 2691 | 6 | |
6 | 8 | GM | Alekseev Evgeny | 2672 | 7½ | 7½ | GM | Kulaots Kaido | 2575 | 20 | |
7 | 22 | GM | Neiksans Arturs | 2571 | 7 | 7 | GM | Dreev Aleksey | 2785 | 1 | |
8 | 3 | GM | Shirov Alexei | 2728 | 7 | 7 | GM | Agrest Evgenij | 2599 | 18 | |
9 | 27 | GM | Maiorov Nikita | 2539 | 7 | 7 | GM | Krasenkow Michal | 2642 | 10 | |
10 | 15 | GM | Khalifman Alexander | 2615 | 7 | 7 | GM | Peralta Fernando | 2632 | 12 | |
11 | 14 | GM | Fedoseev Vladimir | 2628 | 7 | 7 | GM | Yevseev Denis | 2528 | 28 | |
12 | 33 | GM | Starostits Ilmars | 2483 | 6½ | 6½ | GM | Nyback Tomi | 2631 | 13 |