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GM Aleksandr Volodin and WFM Anastassia Sinitsina are Estonian Champions 2022

by L'immortale

GM Aleksandr Volodin and WFM Anastassia Sinitsina emerged as the Winners of the Estonian Chess Championship 2022.

GM Aleksandr Volodin scored unbeaten 7/9 points, and the last-round draw against Andrei Timoshin was enough to take the sole victory in the tournament. Volodin clinched his third national title, previously winning Estonia’s 2018 and 2021 National Championships. The 7th seed of the event Andrei Timoshin impressed with a fantastic performance as he scored 6.5 points, without a loss at the Championship. Timoshin earned 71.4 ELO points and claimed the silver medal thanks to better tiebreaks than the top-seeded GM Kaido Kulaots who had the same score of 6.5 points but finished third.

GM Aleksandr Volodin clinches his third national title

WFM Anastassia Sinitsina defended the 2021 title winning the Estonian Women’s Chess Championship 2022 with 3.5/4 points. WFM Sofia Blokhin was second with 2.5 points while Marina Levchenko and Lidia Ivanova tied for third with 2 points, each. Tiebreaks favored Marina Levchenko who claimed the bronze medal.

WFM Anastassia Sinitsina is Estonian Women’s Champion for the second time in a row; Photo by: German Chess Federation

Estonian Open and Women’s Chess Championships 2022 took place from 10-18 December in Tallinn. The open tournament was played as a 10-player round-robin and the women’s championship featured 5 players who competed in 5 rounds (round-robin system). Detailed information about the event can be found on the official website.

Final standings:

Rk. NameRtgIPts. 
1GMVolodin Aleksandr 24407
2 Timoshin Andrei 21796.5
3GMKulaots Kaido 25136.5
4IMSeeman Tarvo 24056
5GMKanep Meelis 24125
6IMKiik Kalle 23694
7IMSirosh Ilja 23863.5
8 Rychagov Nikita 21803
9 Medar Marti 20692
10 Soot Margus 21211.5
Rk. NameRtgIPts. 
1WFMSinitsina Anastassia 21753.5
2WFMBlokhin Sofia 20652.5
3 Levchenko Marina 16252
4 Ivanova Lidia 14822
5 Haapsal Maria Ioanna 13860

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