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Before embarking on the mad blitz bonanza, Daniel King has picked out a game from the World Rapid,
played between Magnus Carlsen and German teenager Dennis Wagner who recently got his GM title
An introduction by GM Daniel King to the videos of the blitz games to follow, with moments to watch out
for and some light comments to make the action a little more understandable
Three-time World Blitz champion, and winner in 2015, Alexander Grischuk plays against Bocharov.
Though recorded in high dfinition, the camera was held overhead to watch, so occasional bumping
can cause the slight shakes seen at times.
Both Tomashevsky and Kasimdzhanov arrived at the World Championships with blitz ratings under
2700, but showing their class, they finished near the top with Rustam sporting a 2810 performance
Svidler arrived at the World Rapid and Blitz fresh from his fantastic performance at the World Cup, and
showed his form as he finished near the top here as well. Radjabov on the other hand had come in third
in the World Rapid just a couple of days before.
An amazing draw by Moiseenko and Mamedyarov, not to be missed
Pavel Eljanov had an absolutely amazing run at the World Cup just before this event, while Dmitry
Andreikin is know for his exceptional rapid and blitz playing skills
Bocharov had a fantastic first day in the World Blitz, scoring 7.5/11 including this final win Anand. It was
not 'luck', he was just playing incredibly well.
It was the final round of the 21-round marathon, played between two greats
All live videos recorded by Pascal Simon
| Rk | SNo | Ti. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB | Perf |
| 1 | 5 | GM | Grischuk Alexander | RUS | 2814 | 15,5 | 2699 | 2876 |
| 2 | 2 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | FRA | 2854 | 15,0 | 2727 | 2877 |
| 3 | 15 | GM | Kramnik Vladimir | RUS | 2763 | 15,0 | 2705 | 2856 |
| 4 | 10 | GM | Ivanchuk Vassily | UKR | 2789 | 14,5 | 2691 | 2827 |
| 5 | 3 | GM | Nepomniachtchi Ian | RUS | 2831 | 14,5 | 2642 | 2775 |
| 6 | 1 | GM | Carlsen Magnus | NOR | 2914 | 14,0 | 2720 | 2837 |
| 7 | 25 | GM | Svidler Peter | RUS | 2726 | 14,0 | 2691 | 2810 |
| 8 | 7 | GM | Navara David | CZE | 2806 | 14,0 | 2646 | 2767 |
| 9 | 113 | GM | Vovk Yuri | UKR | 2566 | 13,5 | 2742 | 2827 |
| 10 | 66 | GM | Kasimdzhanov Rustam | UZB | 2641 | 13,5 | 2720 | 2810 |
| 11 | 4 | GM | Aronian Levon | ARM | 2817 | 13,5 | 2710 | 2805 |
| 12 | 18 | GM | Gelfand Boris | ISR | 2743 | 13,5 | 2700 | 2795 |
| 13 | 28 | GM | Dominguez Perez Leinier | CUB | 2717 | 13,5 | 2687 | 2781 |
| 14 | 12 | GM | Mamedov Rauf | AZE | 2777 | 13,5 | 2659 | 2757 |
| 15 | 17 | GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | AZE | 2749 | 13,5 | 2648 | 2744 |
| 16 | 54 | GM | Ponkratov Pavel | RUS | 2666 | 13,5 | 2608 | 2694 |
| 17 | 16 | GM | Karjakin Sergey | RUS | 2759 | 13,0 | 2720 | 2800 |
| 18 | 59 | GM | Vitiugov Nikita | RUS | 2655 | 13,0 | 2711 | 2774 |
| 19 | 37 | GM | Tomashevsky Evgeny | RUS | 2694 | 13,0 | 2683 | 2761 |
| 20 | 31 | GM | Korobov Anton | UKR | 2705 | 13,0 | 2663 | 2744 |
| 21 | 11 | GM | Andreikin Dmitry | RUS | 2781 | 13,0 | 2663 | 2734 |
| 22 | 9 | GM | Anand Viswanathan | IND | 2791 | 13,0 | 2658 | 2739 |
| 23 | 36 | GM | Fressinet Laurent | FRA | 2699 | 13,0 | 2647 | 2727 |
| 24 | 14 | GM | Fedoseev Vladimir | RUS | 2765 | 13,0 | 2644 | 2728 |
| 25 | 23 | GM | Alekseev Evgeny | RUS | 2729 | 13,0 | 2633 | 2717 |
| 26 | 30 | GM | Malakhov Vladimir | RUS | 2707 | 13,0 | 2596 | 2679 |
| 27 | 78 | GM | Petrosian Tigran L. | ARM | 2630 | 12,5 | 2745 | 2798 |
| 28 | 6 | GM | Radjabov Teimour | AZE | 2808 | 12,5 | 2730 | 2794 |
| 29 | 137 | GM | Gajewski Grzegorz | POL | 2520 | 12,5 | 2704 | 2773 |
| 30 | 121 | GM | Swiercz Dariusz | POL | 2555 | 12,5 | 2666 | 2718 |
Photos by Pascal Simon
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