Belarus Chess Championships 2021 launched today in Minsk!
23 participants play a 9 rounds Swiss tournament in the Open section event, and the battlefield is led by GM Aleksandrov Aleksej, GM Fedorov Alexei and GM Stupak Kirill.
Read more: Belarus Chess Championship 2018
Full list of participants- Belarus Open Chess Championship 2021:
| No. | Name | Rtg | |
| 1 | GM | Aleksandrov Aleksej | 2552 |
| 2 | GM | Fedorov Alexei | 2538 |
| 3 | GM | Stupak Kirill | 2482 |
| 4 | IM | Nikitenko Mihail | 2480 |
| 5 | GM | Maiorov Nikita | 2477 |
| 6 | IM | Zarubitski Viachaslau | 2444 |
| 7 | FM | Lazavik Denis | 2439 |
| 8 | FM | Tsaruk Maksim | 2301 |
| 9 | GM | Lutsko Igor | 2291 |
| 10 | IM | Lomako Pavel | 2278 |
| 11 | FM | Siniauski Artsiom | 2269 |
| 12 | FM | Stribuk Artiom | 2256 |
| 13 | Galkin Gleb | 2212 | |
| 14 | FM | Trifonov Denis | 2193 |
| 15 | CM | Navumenka Mikhei ч | 2149 |
| 16 | Vashchilov Sergey ч | 2134 | |
| 17 | Oblamski Vladimir | 2108 | |
| 18 | Sarbay Aleksandr | 2107 | |
| 19 | Kirilin Dmitrij ч | 2093 | |
| 20 | Vainerchuk Barys ч | 2055 | |
| 21 | Kavaleu Andrei ч | 1966 | |
| 22 | Klachkou Platon ч | 1911 | |
| 23 | Tashtimirov Farid ч | 1617 |
2021 Belarus Women’s Chess Championship is simultaneously played with 12 players, playing a 9 rounds Swiss tournament, and Kulagina Svetlana, WFM Ilychyk Yana and WFM Tarasenka Aliaksandra top the starting list.
Full list of participants- 2021 Belarus Women’s Chess Championship:
| No. | Name | Rtg | |
| 1 | Kulagina Svetlana ч | 2088 | |
| 2 | WFM | Ilyuchyk Yana | 2084 |
| 3 | WFM | Tarasenka Aliaksandra | 2033 |
| 4 | WFM | Beinenson Katsiaryna | 2009 |
| 5 | WFM | Zeliantsova Kseniya ч | 1977 |
| 6 | Stashis Anna | 1916 | |
| 7 | Poliakova Varvara | 1908 | |
| 8 | Norman Kseniya | 1896 | |
| 9 | Shaban Aliaksandra ч | 1572 | |
| 10 | Khomich Maryna ч | 1553 | |
| 11 | Astapchyk Darya ч | 1520 | |
| 12 | Melnikava Natallia ч | 1474 |
More information:
Official Website / Results Open section / Results Women’s section
