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World
Blitz ChampionshipThis event is being held on November 16, 17 and 18 in the showroom of the Red Square mall GUM. Time controls are three minutes for the whole game + two seconds increment per move.
The event is a 22-player double round-robin, i.e. it has a total of 42 rounds, which are played on three days. The participants include the players from the Tal Memorial, plus twelve invitees:
Participants of the Tal Memorial
No. |
Player | Nat. |
1 |
Magnus Carlsen | NOR |
2 |
Viswanathan Anand | IND |
3 |
Levon Aronian | ARM |
4 |
Vladimir Kramnik | RUS |
5 |
Boris Gelfand | ISR |
6 |
Peter Svidler | RUS |
7 |
Peter Leko | HUN |
8 |
Alexander Morozevich | RUS |
9 |
Vassily Ivanchuk | UKR |
10 |
Ruslan Ponomariov | UKR |
Additional players
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The event started with a tremendous showing by World Champion Viswanathan Anand, who scored 12 points in 14 games (ten wins, four draws). His performance: 3022! In second place we have Magnus Carlsen, who won nine games, lost three (one against Alexandra Kosteniuk) and drew two. Magnus' performance: 2860.
In third place we find not Kramnik, Grischuk, Aronian or Ivanchuk but (would you believe it) Anatoly Karpov, twelfth World Champion and now 58 years old. "Tolya" scored 9.0/14, with five wins, eight draws and only one loss. Amongst his victims was Magnus Carlsen, who lost to Karpov in round 14 in 74 moves.
| No. | Player |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
22 |
Pts |
| 1 | Anand | X |
= |
1 |
1 |
1 |
= |
1 |
1 |
= |
= |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
12.0 |
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| 2 | Carlsen | X |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
= |
1 |
0 |
= |
1 |
1 |
0 |
10.0 |
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| 3 | Karpov | 1 |
X |
= |
= |
0 |
= |
= |
= |
1 |
= |
= |
1 |
1 |
1 |
= |
9.0 |
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| 4 | Kramnik | = |
0 |
X |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
= |
= |
1 |
8.5 |
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| 5 | Grischuk | 0 |
0 |
= |
X |
1 |
= |
1 |
1 |
0 |
= |
= |
1 |
1 |
= |
1 |
8.5 |
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| 6 | Karjakin | 0 |
0 |
= |
0 |
X |
1 |
1 |
= |
1 |
1 |
= |
= |
0 |
1 |
1 |
8.0 |
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| 7 | Bareev | 0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
X |
1 |
= |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
= |
1 |
1 |
8.0 |
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| 8 | Ponomariov | = |
0 |
= |
= |
0 |
X |
1 |
= |
= |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
= |
0 |
8.0 |
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| 9 | Ivanchuk | 0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
X |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
= |
1 |
1 |
7.5 |
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| 10 | Svidler | 0 |
= |
= |
0 |
= |
0 |
X |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7.5 |
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| 11 | Aronian | 0 |
0 |
= |
= |
0 |
0 |
X |
1 |
0 |
= |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7.5 |
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| 12 | Leko | = |
0 |
0 |
0 |
= |
1 |
1 |
0 |
X |
1 |
= |
= |
= |
1 |
= |
7.0 |
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| 13 | Morozevich | = |
0 |
= |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
X |
= |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
6.5 |
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| 14 | Gashimov | 0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
= |
= |
= |
X |
1 |
1 |
= |
= |
0 |
6.5 |
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| 15 | Polgar | 1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
= |
0 |
0 |
X |
0 |
1 |
= |
0 |
1 |
6.0 |
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| 16 | Naiditsch | = |
0 |
= |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
X |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
6.0 |
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| 17 | Dominguez | 0 |
= |
= |
= |
= |
= |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
X |
0 |
1 |
1 |
5.5 |
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| 18 | Jakovenko | = |
0 |
0 |
0 |
= |
0 |
0 |
= |
1 |
= |
0 |
X |
1 |
0 |
1 |
5.0 |
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| 19 | Tkachiev | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
= |
= |
0 |
0 |
0 |
= |
1 |
1 |
X |
1 |
0 |
4.5 |
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| 20 | Gelfand | 0 |
= |
= |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
= |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
X |
1 |
1 |
4.5 |
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| 21 | Mamedyarov | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
X |
4.0 |
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| 22 | Kosteniuk | 0 |
1 |
= |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
= |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
X |
4.0 |
| No. | Sd. | Player | Nat. | Rtng. | Pts |
wins |
SB |
| 1 | 20 | Anand, Viswanathan | IND | 2788 | 12.0 |
10 |
79.00 |
| 2 | 19 | Carlsen, Magnus | NOR | 2801 | 10.0 |
9 |
70.00 |
| 3 | 17 | Karpov, Anatoly | RUS | 2619 | 9.0 |
5 |
56.50 |
| 4 | 5 | Kramnik, Vladimir | RUS | 2772 | 8.5 |
7 |
55.75 |
| 5 | 12 | Grischuk, Alexander | RUS | 2736 | 8.5 |
6 |
52.50 |
| 6 | 16 | Karjakin, Sergey | UKR | 2723 | 8.0 |
6 |
49.75 |
| 7 | 8 | Bareev, Evgeny | RUS | 2634 | 8.0 |
7 |
53.50 |
| 8 | 11 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | UKR | 2739 | 8.0 |
5 |
54.25 |
| 9 | 4 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | UKR | 2739 | 7.5 |
7 |
47.00 |
| 10 | 10 | Svidler, Peter | RUS | 2754 | 7.5 |
6 |
46.00 |
| 11 | 1 | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2786 | 7.5 |
6 |
40.25 |
| 12 | 3 | Leko, Peter | HUN | 2752 | 7.0 |
4 |
46.75 |
| 13 | 9 | Morozevich, Alexander | RUS | 2750 | 6.5 |
5 |
44.75 |
| 14 | 6 | Gashimov, Vugar | AZE | 2758 | 6.5 |
4 |
45.25 |
| 15 | 21 | Polgar, Judit | HUN | 2680 | 6.0 |
5 |
39.75 |
| 16 | 18 | Naiditsch, Arkadij | GER | 2689 | 6.0 |
5 |
36.75 |
| 17 | 15 | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | CUB | 2719 | 5.5 |
3 |
36.25 |
| 18 | 2 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | RUS | 2736 | 5.0 |
3 |
29.75 |
| 19 | 14 | Tkachiev, Vladislav | FRA | 2642 | 4.5 |
3 |
27.00 |
| 20 | 22 | Gelfand, Boris | ISR | 2758 | 4.5 |
3 |
27.75 |
| 21 | 13 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | AZE | 2719 | 4.0 |
4 |
23.50 |
| 22 | 7 | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | RUS | 2517 | 4.0 |
3 |
30.50 |
The World Blitz Championship round two covered on the official site's web
cam. You will spot Carlsen vs Kramnik (1-0), Anand vs Ivanchuk (1-0) and Bareev
vs Karjakin (Karjakin won) in the pictures. You can watch the archived live
stream here
(click on the image on the top left and then on the enlarge button for full
screen).
Links
The games are being broadcast live on the official web site and on the chess server Playchess.com. If you are not a member you can download the free PGN reader ChessBase Light, which gives you immediate access. You can also use the program to read, replay and analyse PGN games. New and enhanced: CB Light 2009! |
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