Judges

Chief Arbiter – IA Andjei Filipowicz (POL), IM, competitor of 6 chess Olympiads consisting of Poland’s team, repeated champion of his own country. Organizator and arbiter of numerous international tournaments.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Deputy Chief Arbiter – FIDE Arbiter Saken Seifullin (KAZ), FA, master of sports, the 1st vice-president of RK Chess Federation.
 
 
 
 
 

Secretary (Line Arbiter)  - Sergey Kim (KAZ), FIDE master, national arbiter.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Line Arbiter -  IA Maxim Ivakhin (RUS), IM, Russian Chess federation’s member of presidium, chief trainer of the students Russia’s team.
Organizator and participant of several international tournaments.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Line Arbiter – IA Vitaliy Semenikhin (KAZ), Kazakhstan’s state chess trainer, candidate to master of sports in chess

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Line Arbiter – IA Khasan Turdialiev (UZB), Uzbekistan’s delegate to FIDE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Line Arbiter – IA Sergey Yurovsky (KAZ), master of sports in chess



 

 

IV World Blitz Chess Championship was finished by unexpected victory of grand master from Cuba Leinier Dominguez Perez, who played with 15 great blitz-players in the world. Chess-player from Cuba won 8 games and didn’t lose no one, so he took 11,5 scores.
World Blitz Champion 2007 Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukrain) took 2nd place with 11 scores. Five times champion of Russia Peter Svidler became bronze medalist with 10 scores.
08.11.08 display of multi-board chess-play of honorable guest of the Championship, 12th World Champion Anatoly Karpov with 15 chess fancies from Kazakhstan was held.  Prize-winner of VIII international Seimar Chess Tournament among children and youth Yaroslav Ryabov draw with legendary chess-player.
The opening ceremony of the IV WBCC was conducted on November, 7 at 7 PM. FIDE president Kirsan Ilumzhinov, even office’s chief, mayor of Almaty Akhmetzhan Esimov and Kazakhstan Chess federation president Margulan Seisembaev made welcoming speeches on the ceremony.
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