GM Kirill Stupak is champion of Belarus Print
Sunday, 19 January 2014 15:31
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The 80th Belarusian Chess Championships were held from 7th to 19th January. The men's event was a 14-player round robin with the average elo 2456.

The 7th-seed GM Kirill Stupak had a fantastic tournament to take a clear first place with 9 points and earn the title of national champion.

Final standings:
1. GM Stupak Kirill 2505 - 9
2. GM Aleksandrov Aleksej 2578 - 8.5
3-6. GM Zhigalko Sergei 2682, GM Zhigalko Andrey 2619, GM Teterev Vitaly 2507 and GM Kovalev Vladislav 2562 - 8
7-8. GM Maiorov Nikita 2552 and IM Lomako Pavel 2370 - 7
9. WGM Ziaziulkina Nastassia 2386 - 6.5
10. Nikitenko Mihail 2101 - 6
11. GM Lutsko Igor 2343 - 5.5
12. GM Kupreichik Viktor D 2455 - 5
13. Kocheev Aleksandr 2391 - 3
14. IM Smirnov Valerij 2327 - 1.5