Korchnoi Wins Seniors Botvinnik Memorial
Viktor Korchnoi won the rapid seniors Botvinnik Memorial tournament in Suzdal, near Moscow.
The 10-player round robin tournament took place from 15-19 August to mark the 100th Anniversary of the birth of the sixth world chess champion Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik.
The time control was 25 minutes plus a 10 second increment. The great Botvinnik was not a fan of rapid time control games, but hopefully he would have appreciated so many friends and chess fans paying tribute to him regardless!
The full results:
| Name | Elo | Nat | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | Place | |
| 1 | Korchnoi, Viktor | 2553 | SUI | * | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 7 | 1st |
| 2 | Zaitsev, Igor A | 2408 | RUS | 0 | * | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4½ | 5th |
| 3 | Bykhovsky, Anatoly A | 2354 | RUS | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 3½ | 9th |
| 4 | Nikitin, Aleksander S | 2430 | RUS | ½ | 1 | ½ | * | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 4 | 6th |
| 5 | Vasiukov, Evgeni | 2455 | RUS | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 6 | 2nd |
| 6 | Uhlmann, Wolfgang | 2379 | GER | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | * | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 4 | 7th |
| 7 | Portisch, Lajos | 2523 | HUN | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | * | 0 | ½ | ½ | 5 | 3rd |
| 8 | Chernikov, Oleg L | 2402 | RUS | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8th |
| 9 | Taimanov, Mark E | 2386 | RUS | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | 0 | 2½ | 10th |
| 10 | Ivkov, Borislav | 2416 | SRB | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | * | 4½ | 4th |
Viktor "The Terrible" in action against Borislav Ivkov
All the games are available for replay here, at the official website.
Photos by Marina Romanko at Chess-News
