Konstantin Sakaev is the winner of the New Year's St.Petersburg
blitz-championships!
30 December 2000 Shahcom Company provided an
online transmission of blitz-games in the
playing hall of the St.Petersburg central chess club and on our site from the
traditional New Year's St.Petersburg blitz-championships. In the
tournament took part GMs Konstantin Sakaev (2620), Konstantin Aseev (2581),
Valerij Popov (2555),
Alexei Lugovoi (2528), Vasily Yemelin (2503), Valery Loginov (2502),
promising young chess players - the last year winner of this tournament
19 y.o. Aleksei Eliseev, 19 y.o. Evgenij Shaposhnikov (2545),
15 y.o. Evgenij Alekseev (2509) and 14 y.o. Pavel Anisimov (2310) and others. Results. Leaders' games with java-viewer Leaders' games in zipped PGN