CHAMPION: Kirikov Wins 2020 Red Square Classic

SKIP
Aleksandr
Kirikov

Third
Vadim
Shkolnikov

Second
Dmitri
Abanin

Lead
Sergey
Morozov

Aleksandr Kirikov (Moscow, RUS) won 5-3 over Alexey Timofeev (St. Petersburg, RUS) in the Final of the Red Square Classic, held February 6 - 10, 2020 in Moscow, Russia. To advance to the championship game, Kirikov won 9-2 over Eduard Veltsman (Tallinn, EST) in the semifinals of the 2020 Red Square Classic in Moscow, Russia;

Kirikov finished 3-0 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kirikov defeated Switzerland's Kevin Wunderlin 5-3, then won 8-5 against Sebastian Wunderer (Kitzbuehel, AUT) and 9-6 against Mikhail Vaskov (Dmitrov, RUS) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Red Square Classic Championship title, Kirikov earned 11.114 world rankings points along with the $5,316CDN first prize cheque. For week 29 of the event schedule, Kirikov did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Kirikov ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.