Moscow Blitz Championship 2009

Hello everybody!

After a few days in training camp I'm back in Moscow.

This coming Sunday, August 30th I'll be playing in the Moscow blitz chess championship which will be very strong. The participants of this event are:

1. Dmitry Jakovenko - 2770

2. Alexander Morozevich - 2751

3. Sergey Karjakin - 2717

4. Vladimir Malakhov - 2707

5. Boris Grachev - 2669

6. Evgeny Najer - 2663

7. Alexey Dreev - 2660

8. Boris Savchenko - 2650

9. Alexander Riazantsev - 2647

10. Mikhail Kobalia - 2645

11. Farrukh Amonatov - 2641

12. Vadim Zvjagintsev - 2635

13. Alexei Korotylev - 2607

14. Evegeny Vorobiov - 2598

15. Maxim Dlugy - 2518

16. Alexandra Kosteniuk - 2516

17. Georgy Kastanieda - 2502

18. Evgeny Vasiukov - 2485

19. Nikolai Vlasov - 2471

20. Evgeny Dragomaretsky - 2440

It will be a very good training for me and I need it very much since this November I'll be participating in the World Blitz Championship which will take place in Moscow on November 15, 16 and 17. I will let you know more about this coming World Blitz Championship in September.

As usual after the Moscow Blitz Champioship I will try to post on-line as many games as possible.

Posted by: Alexandra Kosteniuk

Women's World Chess Champion

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