GM Vitaly Kunin shining at the Eurasia Open Cup

Despite sharply reducing his tournament activity, Gambit’s GM Vitaly Kunin proved his strength once again at the high-level Eurasia Open Cup held in Ekaterinenburg (Russia) from 31 July to 9 August 2019.

Vitaly scored 7.5 points out of 9 to get the 2nd place behind GM Sargsyan from Armenia, topping almost 200 participants, including 23 GMs and 19 IMs. Top seed and former Russian champion GM Evgeny Alekseev is found on place 11 of the final standings.