Superiority of Europe among young men: forecasts have not proved to be true (№2 (20) from June, 09th, 2009)

In tournament accepted участие14 girls and 29 young men from six countries – Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia and Georgia, sent to be overcome for a victory only one young man, Gelu Beriashvili. Russia was represented МСМК Sergey Pletnev, КМС by Anatoly Dmitriev, Evgenie Nikitenko, Einar Zamaleev, Vladislav Osminin, Vadim Beloglazov, Darya Mihajlova and Svetlana Kornjuhina and first-rank woman Arina Nekrasov.
Russians in the first circle fighting character and all three have shown left in the following round of superiority. There Arina Nekrasov has conceded at first to Olga Bulgakovoj (Belarus), and then in the bottom grid to Ukrainian Tatyana Tuchak and has bowled off. However eyewitnesses of Arininogo of performance on tournament say that she has not presented any match, played confidently and продуманно and further can render worthy repulse to the most skilled sportswomen.
The same estimation was deserved also by Darya Mihajlova who has divided as a result the third place with Tamara Nozdrinoj from Belarus. On the top step of a pedestal at girls Maria Turchina from Ukraine has risen, the second place Tatyana Tuchak has occupied it землячка.
The basic intrigue of superiority was developed in competitions of young men. Long before the tournament beginning one of billiard sites publicly named the obvious and absolute favourite of tournament of Ukrainian Yaroslav Tarnovetskogo. It would seem to become the first, this sportsman had all necessary: aggressive style of game, a strong laying, experience of the international tournaments already at adult level and that is important, support of tribunes. All, maybe, also has developed how prophesied a portal if not Russian Sergey Pletnev who has not wished to reckon with forecasts and in 1/8 endings has beaten the favourite with the devastating account 5:0.
Having overcome one more Ukrainian Arthur Pivchenko, the Russian has deprived Ukraine hope to take the first places on a podium. In the second semi-final there was Andrey Glushanin (Belarus) and Otto the Page (Latvia), and the sportsman from Belarus became the contender of the Russian.
To tell that the ending was strained for Sergey Pletnev, means not to tell anything. Complexities have begun that the judge at a table has decided not to suppose the Russian to the ending, having seen ostensibly infringement in its form of clothes, footwear are more true: Sergey has been put in black shoes of sports type on laces which became a stumbling-block. On a question of the representative of a command of Russia why to Sergey have allowed to play this footwear all tournament and only on the ending there were complexities, the intelligible answer has not followed, and the sportsman has been compelled to change the shoes and play autumn boots on locks that, of course, it was not absolutely convenient.
The match, eventually, has begun, and here «in all beauty» fans who blew up an applause at Sergey's each unsuccessful blow have proved to be. However Sergey has managed to abstract from unfriendly fans and has moved in the account from the first party. Andrey all time caught up with Sergey, and the destiny of a meeting dared in контровой with robbery of the Russian.
Sergey left to a table, has risen in a rack, has aimed, been going to strike blow, and here … over a final table light has gone out. While found out, in what a problem while included light, Sergey patiently waited. Nobody knows, what psychological efforts it was necessary to the sportsman to finish a match a victory, but nevertheless it has occurred also Sergey Pletnev by right has taken a place at the highest step of a pedestal.
The second place – at Andrey Glushanina (Belarus), bronze prize-winners of a steel of Otto the Page (Latvia) and Arthur Pivchenko (Ukraine).

Irina Polevaja