Sergey Karyakin wins the Chess Tournament SBERBANK OPEN

Press release, Kyiv, 10.06.2013

Sergey Karyakin wins the International Chess Tournament SBERBANK OPEN

Sergey Karyakin won the International Chess Tournament Sberbank Open. This event, the first of its kind in Ukraine, held between 3 and 8 June in Kyiv was hosted by the nation’s main sporting venue, Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex. The Tournament was organized by Sberbank of Russia JSC.

Sberbank Open is included to the World Chess Federation (FIDE) tournament calendar and the unified schedule of physical education, health-improvement and cultural events of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.

The Sberbank Open program included three separate tournaments: (for international grandmasters), B (children’s open), and (for Sberbank of Russia Group employees). This large-scale chess event brought together participants from 11 countries: Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Hungary, Austria, Germany, India, and Turkey.

The super-tournament which featured ten world-renowned stars was won by the current rapid chess world champion Sergey Karyakin (Russia). The sixth FIDE world chess champion Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) was the runner-up, with the world crown challenger Péter Lékó (Hungary) finishing third.

Pavlo Vorontsov, 15-year old chess player from Kyiv, won the children’s open tournament B.

In the tournament for Sberbank of Russia Group employees, the winner was Vladimir Vinogradov from Petrozavodsk, Russia.

«Sberbank Open became a big event for the world chess community. We received numerous praises from the participants, chess experts and journalists. Many thanks to Sberbank of Russia for the attention to our sport and organization of this excellent tournament,’ says Diana Arutyunova, Chair of the tournament’s Organizing Committee, International Grandmaster.

‘The International Chess Tournament Sberbank Open was undoubtedly a success. The chess helped us bring together not only Sberbank of Russia Group employees but also many talented children and world-renowned grandmasters. We hope that this tournament became a bright event in the history of chess. See you at the 2014 Sberbank Open,’ Igor Yushko, Chairman of the Board of Sberbank of Russia JSC says.

The Tournament’s partners: INGO Ukraine, CS Ltd, NVision Group, Activ Solar, BrigRetail, EGAR Technology Ukraine, UkrLandFarming PLC, Visa.

The Tournament’s media partners: Business, Obozrevatel, RBC-Ukraine, Segodnya, Sport Express in Ukraine, Delo.ua, STB, ICTV.

For more information about the Tournament, please visit: www.sberbank.ua.

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