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Aeroflot Blitz: YouTube videos

PeterDoggers
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Last Friday we reported on the Aeroflot Blitz tournament which was won by Sergey Karjakin in his hometown Moscow, Russia. Some of our readers pointed out that a number of videos have been uploaded to YouTube by Eugene Potemkin and Sergey Sorokhtin, who were filming in the playing hall. A small selection.

EventAeroflot Blitz
DatesFebruary 16th, 2012
LocationMoscow, Russia
System9-round Swiss, two games per round
PlayersTop players included Sergey Karjakin, Alexander Morozevich, Peter Svidler and Alexander Grischuk 
Rate of play3 minutes for the game, with an additional 2 second increment
Prize fund25,000 euro

Grischuk-Karjakin

Mamedyarov-Grischuk

Karjakin-Grischuk

More at Sergey Sorokhtin's YouTube channel.

Karjakin-Jobava

Dlugy-Karjakin

Jankovic-Karjakin & Pridorozhni-Grischuk

More at Eugene Potemkin's YouTube channel.

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