GM Burmakin wins 2015 Vladas Mikenas Memorial

The 2015 edition of Vladas Mikenas Memorial took part from September 12th – 20th, at „Panorama Hotel“ Conference center, in Lithuanian capital Vilnius.

The event was a 9-round Swiss tournament, open for players with Elo rating more than 2100 or title holders (WIM, FM, IM, WGM, GM).

Russian GM Vladimir Burmakin took the trophy after finishing solely first with 6.5/9 points. He grabbed the first prize in the amount of 1,200 EUR.

Latvian players IM Nikita Meskovs and GM Arturs Neiksans tied for the second place with 6 points, while FM Lanita Stetsko from Belarus scored 5.5 points to finish first among women.

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Final standings (top 15):

1 GM Burmakin Vladimir RUS 2550 6.5
2 IM Meskovs Nikita LAT 2493 6
3 GM Neiksans Arturs LAT 2591 6
4 GM Malisauskas Vidmantas LTU 2428 5.5
5 GM Kovalev Andrei BLR 2526 5.5
6 FM Stetsko Lanita BLR 2214 5.5
7 IM Zaiatz Elena RUS 2385 5
8 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej BLR 2619 5
9 Kudzma Laimonas LTU 2224 5
10 GM Sulskis Sarunas LTU 2547 4.5
11 Kazakovskiy Valeriy BLR 2354 4.5
12 IM Cox John J ENG 2360 4
13 GM Gleizerov Evgeny RUS 2509 4
14 Mustaps Matiss LAT 2311 4
15 GM Kupreichik Viktor D BLR 2378 4