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Grischuk wins World Blitz Championship

7/10/2012 – He was leading after fifteen rounds of the big double round robin. On the second day Alexander Grischuk played +7, =5, –3. His closest rivals, from places 2-4, did not score as well, but the player in fifth came very close to catching him. Magnus Carlsen won won ten games, drew two and lost three, with a sterling 2883 performance. That brought him within half a point of the winner. Full video reports.

Grischuk leads after first day of Astana World Blitz Championship

7/9/2012 – Alexander Grischuk was on fire, winning eight games, drawing five and losing two to take the lead with 10.5/15, a full point ahead of the second placed Dmitry Andreikin, Vassily Ivanchuk and Sergey Karjakin, with Magnus Carlsen following a point behind these three. Tuesday is the return round of this double round robin. We have lots of pictures and video for you to relive the action.

Karjakin wins the Astana World Rapid Chess Championship

7/8/2012 – After two days of play and ten games Magnus Carlsen looked like the dead-cert winner. But then the Norwegian ace lost two in a row, allowing his "prodigy twin" Sergey Karjakin to catch and then overtake him. Serge won four in a row and in the last round required only a draw to win the title outright. He was a full point ahead of Carlsen, and two ahead of the third-placed Veselin Topalov. Exciting chess.

Astana World Rapid: Carlsen dominates

7/7/2012 – After a slow start – two draws – top seed Magnus Carlsen went to work winning the remaining games on day two of the World Rapid Chess Championships. He remains undefeated in ten games, and has conceded just three draws. It is not just the result, but the way he "keeps sculpturing masterpieces," as the tournament bulletin put it. We have a few examples for you to study and enjoy.

First day of the World Rapid Chess Championship in Astana

7/7/2012 – This event has sixteen players, ten of whom were seeded to the final, three won places in a qualifier, and two are wild cards from the host nation. After the first day the "twin prodigies" Sergey Karjakin and Magnus Carlsen are in the lead with 4.5/5 points and 3000+ performances. Rounds 6-15 will be played this weekend, followed by a Blitz Championship on Monday and Tuesday. Illustrated report.

World blitz and rapid chess championship in Astana

7/5/2012 – The Official World Blitz and Rapid Chess Championships are being held from July 1-11, 2012, in Astana, the capital city of Kazakhstan. Top ranked players of the current FIDE rating list (Carlsen, Radjabov, Karjakin, Morozevich, Ivanchuk, Grischuk, etc.) have been invited, with qualifiers yielding the rest. The finals are sixteen-player events with a total prize fund of US $400,000 and start on Friday.
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