Dubov and Potapova win Russian blitz titles in Sochi

Daniil Dubov and Margarita Potapova won Russia's blitz chess championships in Sochi on October 16. Dubov claimed his second gold in two days after winning the rapid title.

Dubov scored 11 points from 13 in the men's event. Vladimir Zakhartsov finished second with 10 and Alexander Usov third with 9.5.

Potapova won the women's tournament with 10.5 points. Ekaterina Goltseva scored 9.5 and Maria Pershina nine.

In the previous day's rapid event, Dubov, Dmitry Kokarev, Arseniy Nesterov and Dmitry Kryakvin each scored 8.5 points and finished in that order on tiebreaks. Kateryna Lagno won the women's event with nine points, ahead of Anna Zhurova on tiebreaks. Daria Voit was third with eight.

The men's and women's Russian team rapid championships start in Sochi on October 17.