On Sunday, Russian GM Alexey Sarana won the group for 2300+ players of the first European Online Chess Championship. The tournament was played over different rating categories between May 16 and 31 on Chess.com.
Sarana won a 16-player knockout on Sunday as one of the 14 participants that came from the qualifier tournament held on Friday and Saturday. To hose 14 players, two invited participants were added: GM Anish Giri and GM David Navara.
The knockout matches consisted of two games (10+2) and in case of a tie, an armageddon game would decide.
