Open competitions in fast chess were held in the Genic District

The Sergey Karjakin Chess Club in the Genic District hosted open competitions in fast chess. The organizers were the Chess Federation of Kherson region and GBU DO "Kherson sports school on chess and draughts".

40 athletes of different ages sat on the boards. Nine rounds flew in a tense struggle: in fast chess, the time pressure presses on all sides, there is no time to think for a long time - you need to calculate debuts and find a way out of difficult endgames, and any mistake could cost the game. The fate of the prizes was decided in the last rounds.

In the overall standings, Alexander Mezhuev won, Sergey Kovalev took second place, Alijon Mamatazizov took third place. Among the young men, the best was Damir Ziyadinov, silver from Yegor Rastorguev, bronze from Zhdan Rudakov. Among the girls, Vlada Kobylyanskaya was the first, the second was Eva Dobrovolskaya, the third was Saibe Alyadinova. The best result among veterans showed Sergey Streltsov.

Winners and prize-winners took home medals and certificates, and no one remained without incentive prizes. There are new players and new rivals ahead.