Nepomniachtchi and Dreev tied in first place after first day of World Rapid Championship

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The first day of the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2013 in Khanty-Mansiysk is over. 58 participants from 17 countries started their fights for the chess crown.

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The first symbolic move on the 1st table was made by Alexey Putin, the vice governor of Ugra, in the game between Alexander Grischuk – current world champion – and Ivan Popov, the 2012 champion of Moscow.

After three rounds, three grandmasters, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Alexey Dreev from Russia and Francisco Vallejo from Spain were leading the field with perfect scores. Nevertheless, Nepomniachtchi became sole leader after the 4th round thanks to his victory over Francisco Vallejo.

At the mean time, Alexey Dreev and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov from Azerbaijan were half a point behind. In the 5th round, Nepomniachtchi and Ildar Khairullin agreed a draw on the 16th move; Dreev outplayed Victor Bologan from Moldavia and caught the leader.

The current situation at the end of the day is as follows: 1-2. Nepomniachtchi, Dreev (both players from Russia) both have 4.5 points, 3-4. Mamedyarov, Khairullin both with 4 points, 5-12. Alexander Grischuk, Dmitry Andreikin and Vladimir Potkin (all three from Russia), Victor Bologan (Moldavia), Francisco Vallejo (Spain), Ivan Cheparinov (Bulgaria), Gata Kamsky (USA), Eltaj Safarli (Azerbaijan) all have 3.5 points. Full standings below.

Among the men participants, there is a woman chess player, Kateryna Lahno from Ukraine, twice European champion. She made 4 draws but lost against Boris Grachev (Russia) in the 5th round.

6th-10th rounds of the Championship are scheduled for Friday June 7th, the second tournament day.

The World Rapid Championship will be held in the Ugra Chess Academy on June 6th – 8th. Participants will play fifteen games – five games per day. According to the Regulations, the time control is 15 minutes until the end of the game plus an additional 10 seconds per move. All monetary prizes are shared equally, in cases of any tied positions.

Photos by Kirill Merkuryev and Maria Emelianova for the official website.

Standings after 5 rounds:

1	GM	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	RUS	2762	4.5
2	GM	Dreev, Aleksey	RUS	2746	4.5
3	GM	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	AZE	2726	4
4	GM	Khairullin, Ildar	RUS	2683	4
5	GM	Potkin, Vladimir	RUS	2663	3.5
6	GM	Bologan, Viktor	MDA	2663	3.5
7	GM	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	ESP	2706	3.5
8	GM	Cheparinov, Ivan	BUL	2678	3.5
9	GM	Kamsky, Gata	USA	2751	3.5
10	GM	Andreikin, Dmitry	RUS	2692	3.5
11	GM	Grischuk, Alexander	RUS	2825	3.5
12	GM	Safarli, Eltaj	AZE	2660	3.5
13	GM	Akopian, Vladimir	ARM	2691	3
14	GM	Smirin, Ilia	ISR	2639	3
15	GM	Frolyanov, Dmitry	RUS	2665	3
16	GM	Najer, Evgeniy	RUS	2638	3
16	GM	Kurnosov, Igor	RUS	2623	3
18	IM	Artemiev, Vladislav	RUS	2573	3
19	GM	Le, Quang Liem	VIE	2681	3
20	GM	Riazantsev, Alexander	RUS	2616	3
21	GM	Grachev, Boris	RUS	2684	3
22	GM	Movsesian, Sergei	ARM	2680	3
23	GM	Moiseenko, Alexander	UKR	2714	3
24	GM	Jakovenko, Dmitry	RUS	2690	3
25	GM	Zvjaginsev, Vadim	RUS	2671	2.5
26	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh	UAE	2531	2.5
27	GM	Khismatullin, Denis	RUS	2674	2.5
28	GM	Kobalia, Mikhail	RUS	2590	2.5
29	GM	Sargissian, Gabriel	ARM	2682	2.5
30	GM	Dubov, Daniil	RUS	2584	2.5
31	GM	Inarkiev, Ernesto	RUS	2696	2.5
32	GM	Ponomariov, Ruslan	UKR	2743	2.5
33	GM	Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan	IRI	2588	2.5
34	GM	Popov, Ivan	RUS	2639	2
35	IM	Potapov, Pavel	RUS	2498	2
36	GM	Kabanov, Nikolai	RUS	2445	2
37	GM	Cherniaev, Alexander	RUS	2494	2
38	GM	Rakhmanov, Aleksandr	RUS	2564	2
39	GM	AL-Sayed, Mohammed	QAT	2513	2
40	GM	Pridorozhni, Aleksei	RUS	2561	2
41	GM	Rublevsky, Sergei	RUS	2731	2
42	GM	Guseinov, Gadir	AZE	2640	2
43	GM	Bezgodov, Alexei	RUS	2482	2
44	GM	Mamedov, Rauf	AZE	2712	2
45	GM	Vitiugov, Nikita	RUS	2719	2
46	GM	Ponkratov, Pavel	RUS	2634	2
47	GM	Georgiev, Kiril	BUL	2651	2
48	GM	Lagno, Kateryna	UKR	2598	2
49	GM	Vasquez Schroeder, Rodrigo	CHI	2563	1.5
50	FM	Gordievsky, Dmitry	RUS	2517	1.5
51	GM	Gundavaa, Bayarsaikhan	MGL	2516	1.5
52	IM	Pasiev, Rakhim	RUS	2412	1.5
53		Ram, S. Krishnan	IND	2313	1
54	IM	Nadanian, Ashot	ARM	2428	1
55	GM	Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son	VIE	2625	1
56	FM	Byambaa, Zulzaga	MGL	2285	1
57	GM	Skatchkov, Pavel	RUS	2486	1
58	IM	Akbaev, Kazbek	RUS	2428	0.5