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Belarus Chess Champions 2021 crowned!

16 May, 2021by gprevenasΣκακιστικά νέα

Belarus Open and Women’s Chess Championships 2021 simultaneously took place from 8-16 May in Minsk.

Both events were played within 9 rounds, swiss system, with 23 players in Open section and 12 players in Women’s section.

GM Stupak Kirill convincingly claimed the title of the National Champion scoring 7/9 points, despite the bad start and a loss in the first round! GM Fedorov Alexei and FM Siniauski Artsiom tied for the second place with 6 points, each. According to tiebreak criteria Fedorov took silver and Siniauski came third.

GM Kirill Stupak at Mohamed Slama Memorial

Live broadcast of the top games from the Belarus Chess Championship 2021 was available through chessdom and the games can be repeated here.

Final rankings Open section:


Rk.   Name Rtg Pts. 
1 GM Stupak Kirill  2482 7
2 GM Fedorov Alexei  2538 6
3 FM Siniauski Artsiom  2269 6
4 FM Tsaruk Maksim  2301 5,5
5 IM Lazavik Denis  2439 5,5
6 GM Lutsko Igor  2291 5,5
7 GM Maiorov Nikita  2477 5,5
8   Galkin Gleb  2212 5,5
9 IM Nikitenko Mihail  2480 5
10 FM Stribuk Artiom  2256 5
11 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej  2552 5
12 IM Zarubitski Viachaslau  2444 5
13 CM Navumenka Mikhei ч 2149 4,5
14   Vashchilov Sergey ч 2134 4,5
15   Kirilin Dmitrij ч 2093 4,5
16   Klachkou Platon ч 1911 4,5
17 FM Trifonov Denis  2193 4
18   Vainerchuk Barys ч 2055 4
19 IM Lomako Pavel  2278 4
20   Sarbay Aleksandr  2107 3,5
21   Oblamski Vladimir  2108 3
22   Kavaleu Andrei ч 1966 3
23   Tashtimirov Farid ч 1617 2

WFM Tarasenka Aliaksandra at the age of 15 earned the title of Belarus Women Champion for the second time in her career! Tarasenka repeated the success from 2019 when she won the National championship as a 13 year old girl!

Tarasenka Aliaksandra and WFM Ilyuchyk Yana tied for the top with 7 points, each. Due to lower tiebreak criteria, Ilyuchyk came second and Poliakova Varvara claimed bronze with 6.5 points.

Final rankings Women’s section:


Rk.   Name Rtg Pts. 
1 WFM Tarasenka Aliaksandra  2033 7
2 WFM Ilyuchyk Yana  2084 7
3   Poliakova Varvara  1908 6,5
4   Stashis Anna  1916 5,5
5 WFM Zeliantsova Kseniya ч 1977 5,5
6   Shaban Aliaksandra ч 1572 5
7   Norman Kseniya  1896 5
8   Astapchyk Darya ч 1520 4
9 WFM Beinenson Katsiaryna  2009 3,5
10   Melnikava Natallia ч 1474 3
11   Kulagina Svetlana ч 2088 1,5
12   Khomich Maryna ч 1553 0,5

More information:

Official Website / Results Women’s section / Results Open section