Belarus Chess Champions 2014 are GM Kirill Stupak and WIM Lanita Stetsko

Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013

Hello everyone,

The 80th Belarusian Chess Championships were held from 7th to 19th January. The men's event was a 14-player round robin with the average elo 2456.

The 7th-seed GM Kirill Stupak had a fantastic tournament to take a clear first place with 9 points and earn the title of national champion.

Final standings:
1. GM Stupak Kirill 2505 - 9
2. GM Aleksandrov Aleksej 2578 - 8.5
3-6. GM Zhigalko Sergei 2682, GM Zhigalko Andrey 2619, GM Teterev Vitaly 2507 and GM Kovalev Vladislav 2562 - 8
7-8. GM Maiorov Nikita 2552 and IM Lomako Pavel 2370 - 7
9. WGM Ziaziulkina Nastassia 2386 - 6.5
10. Nikitenko Mihail 2101 - 6
11. GM Lutsko Igor 2343 - 5.5
12. GM Kupreichik Viktor D 2455 - 5
13. Kocheev Aleksandr 2391 - 3
14. IM Smirnov Valerij 2327 - 1.5

Belarusian Championship (women):
1 WIM Stetsko Lanita 2245
2 Nevioselaya Maria 2087
3 Revo Tatiana 2079
4 Bogdan Ekaterina 2043
5 Kasperovich Ekaterina 2029
6 Kaliadzich Maryia 2003
7 WFM Beinenson Katsiaryna 1990
8 Malatsilava Volha 1939
9 Ilyuchyk Yana 1918
10 Uzlavataya Anhelina 1913

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