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Peter Svidler (Russia)Peter Svidler (17.06.1976, St. Petersburg, Russia). Four-times Russia champion (1994, 1995, 1997, 2003). Constant participant of Russian Olympic team during the last 10 years. Winner of World chess Olympiads, European Championships, the 2nd prize-winner in personal championship 2005. Winner of tournaments in Tilburg, Biel, Pojkovsky, Moscow and others. He is known as intellectual, an expert on contemporary and classic literature.

 

Grand master from Cuba Leinier Dominguez Perez became winner of IV World Blitz Chess Championship
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.
Anatoly Karpov’s 14 victories and one draw
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.
Opening and draw ceremony of the IV World Blitz Championship
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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