Martyn Kravtsiv
Martyn Kravtsiv
The moment of victory
02.01.2010 17:00
Left to me is Aleksey Aleksandrov with queen's cup. We shared first place in Bhubaneswar (India), but I got king by coeficient..Turkey 2006. World Youth Chess Olympiad. We were the rating leaders, and we proved our status in the final standings. Beside me, the team line-up featured: Vladimir Onischuk, Nazar Yaremko, Yaroslav Zherebukh.Mykhailo Oleksienko is my friend but not over the chess board! After losing from him in Delhi I managed to gain revenge 10 days after. According to Mega Database we made only one(!) draw out of 10 games where we met each other.Posing over the board. The most difficult part of the tournament was to safely get the trophy home.China, 1st World Mind Sports Games. In the semifinal I won with Hristos Banikas, but in online standing they mistakenly put loss for me. It could seem strange that after losing 2 games I got into final!Marseille, FranceThe first World Mind Sports Games were held in Beijing, China. "32 participants, 28 out of them GMs, competed in Men's Individual Blitz. I was lucky to beat Drozdovski Yuri in the final.
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