Fedoseev Wins Week 17 Swiss Heading into Knockout: Summary Report

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Jun 5, 2022, 7:04 AM | 6 | Chess Event Coverage

This is our quick summary report. Check out our full report after Sunday's knockout tournament.

GM Vladimir Fedoseev won week 17 of the Rapid Chess Championship, presented by Coinbase, tying with and edging out GM Levon Aronian by tiebreaks.

Participating in the event were 56 competitors—now open to all GMs as well as the top-10 women, top-10 juniors, as well as 10 wildcards. The event continues next weekend, June 11, starting at 9 a.m. PT / 18:00 CEST.

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Live broadcast of this weekend's tournament, hosted by GMs Daniel Naroditsky and Robert Hess.

Fedoseev won first with seven points, beginning the tournament with a 5-0 winning streak, including a 28-move victory over GM Hikaru Nakamura in round four. Aronian tied with seven points, defeating Fedoseev in round six to end his perfect score. GM Jules Moussard finished third with 6.5 points, qualifying for his first knockout. GM Dmitry Andreikin finished fourth, defeating GM Jeffery Xiong in a must-win final round to secure qualification. Nakamura, GMs Raunak Sadhwani, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, and Maxim Matlakov all tied with six points, finishing in fifth through eighth and qualifying for tomorrow's knockout.

Saturday Swiss | Final Standings (Top 20)

Number	Rk	Fed	Title	Username	Name	Rating	Score	SB
1	7		GM	Bigfish1995	Vladimir Fedoseev	2731	7	37.5
2	2		GM	LevonAronian	Levon Aronian	2821	7	36.5
3	16		GM	Annawel	Jules Moussard	2686	6.5	30.5
4	3		GM	FairChess_on_YouTube	Dmitry Andreikin	2768	6.5	29.75
5	12		GM	champ2005	Raunak Sadhwani	2683	6	31
6	1		GM	Hikaru	Hikaru Nakamura	2835	6	28.5
7	13		GM	ChessWarrior7197	Nodirbek Abdusattorov	2661	6	27
8	15		GM	BillieKimbah	Maxim Matlakov	2652	6	25.5
9	34		GM	HansOnTwitch	Hans Niemann	2575	6	25.25
10	5		GM	GHEEVAM2003	Arjun Erigaisi	2704	6	24.5
11	4		GM	jefferyx	Jeffery Xiong	2721	5.5	28
12	18		GM	Oleksandr_Bortnyk	Oleksandr Bortnyk	2617	5.5	24.75
13	14		GM	Duhless	Daniil Dubov	2644	5.5	22
14	37		GM	TigrVShlyape	Gata Kamsky	2528	5.5	18.5
15	6		GM	Parhamov	Parham Maghsoodloo	2687	5	20.5
16	8		GM	mishanick	Alexey Sarana	2681	5	19.75
17	27		GM	Sanan_Sjugirov	Sanan Sjugirov	2570	5	19.5
18	30		GM	erichansen	Eric Hansen	2549	5	19.25
19	35		GM	Harsha_Bharathakoti	Harsha Bharathakoti	2523	5	17
20	22		GM	rasmussvane	Rasmus Svane	2588	5	14.25

(Full final standings here.)

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