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The British Rapidplay Championship was held
at the Holiday Inn, Peterborough on the 1st -
2nd March 2025. After a very close contest, a
play off was required between Grandmasters
Nikita Vitiugov and Alexander Kovchan, both of
whom scored 9 points out of 11. After both
winning with white in round 1 of the play off,
an Armageddon game was needed to separate them.
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Chief Arbiter Adrian Elwin with
British Rapidplay 2025 winner GM Nikita Vitiugov (ENG) |
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Photo ©
Dennis Dicen
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With Nikita Vitiugov playing black and just
needing to draw to win the title, Alexander
Kovchan was unable to generate enough for a win
and a draw was agreed with black in a clearly
winning position.
Congratulations to Grandmaster Nikita
Vitiugov for his winning his first British
Rapidplay title. Also, congratulations to
Grandmaster Alexander Kovchan who pushed him all
the way. Six players tied for 3rd place,
Grandmasters Gawain Jones, Ameet Ghasi and
Daniel Gormally, International Masters Yichen
Han and Graeme Buckley and FIDE Master Maciej
Czopor.
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Women's title winner WGM Elmira
Mirzoeva (ENG) |
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Photo ©
Dennis Dicen
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The Women’s title was won by Woman
Grandmaster Elmira Mirzoeva on 7½, a half point
ahead of Woman FIDE Master Bodhana Sivanandan.
Third place was shared by International Master
Susan Lalic and Woman FIDE Master Elis Dicen.
A big thank you goes to the hotel staff, the
control team who ran the tournament with quiet
efficiency and especially the players, who made
the tournament a pleasure to run.
Adrian Elwin
Chief Arbiter
Many more photos
from the event:
Day 1
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Day 2
- with thanks to Dennis
Dicen
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Final Ranking Crosstable
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