The winners of the "Heroes of the Chessboard" tournament were determined in Moscow

The results of the "Heroes of the Chessboard: Moscow" blitz tournament were summed up in Moscow. This was announced on September 14 by the Moscow Seasons press service.

The competition gathered more than a thousand participants at 41 venues in the capital and ended with the final on Patriarch's Ponds on City Day. 41 finalists participated in the deciding game.

Grandmaster Boris Savchenko became the winner, Alexander Usov took the second place, and Andrey Tsvetkov took the third. The prize fund was 1.75 million rubles: the winner received one million, the silver medalist 500 thousand and the bronze medalist 250 thousand.

The organizers noted that the tournament has become not only a sporting event, but also part of the cultural program of the city, bringing together players of different ages and experience. The final attracted a record number of viewers, according to the Moscow City News agency.

September 11th 360.ru He wrote that the superfinal of the Sergey Karjakin Cup in chess ended in the Lobnya Culture and Recreation Park. The winner of the tournament was Fedor Fomenko, a graduate of the Chess Federation of the Lyubertsy city district. The competition was attended by 640 chess players aged six to 80 from 13 regions of Russia.

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