World Blitz Championship LIVE

12/30/2017 – The "King Salman World Blitz & Rapid Championships 2017" in Riyadh from Decemer 26th to 30th. At the half way point of the Blitz Championship, the defending champ Sergey Karjakin leads with 9 / 11. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave is a half point back followed by Peter Svidler and a trio of Chinese: Wang, Ding and Yu on 8 / 11. In the Women's Pia Cramling has a full point lead with 9½ / 11. Watch live with Rounds 11 to 22 from 12:00 Noon CET (6:00 AM EST) on Saturday with commentary by E. Miroshnichenko & WGM K. Tsatsalashvili.

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Blitz: Rounds 1-11

Dubbed the 'King Salman World Rapid & Blitz Championship', the host of this championships is Saudi Arabia. The tournament will take place in Riyadh from December 26th to 30th and is endowed with a record $2 million dollar prize fund.

Standings after Round 11 (top 20)

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	Rp	K	rtg+/-
1	3	GM	Karjakin Sergey		2854	9,0	0,0	2702	68,0	5	2939	20	20,4
2	4	GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime		2853	8,5	0,0	2722	72,5	5	2910	20	16,2
3	9	GM	Svidler Peter		2797	8,0	0,0	2695	68,0	5	2851	20	15,0
4	19	GM	Wang Hao		2737	8,0	0,0	2693	65,5	6	2851	20	31,8
5	5	GM	Ding Liren		2837	8,0	0,0	2675	64,0	5	2827	20	-2,8
6	25	GM	Yu Yangyi		2701	8,0	0,0	2663	64,5	6	2824	20	33,6
7	11	GM	Le Quang Liem		2771	8,0	0,0	2649	61,5	6	2807	20	8,8
8	12	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar		2770	8,0	0,0	2625	62,0	6	2771	20	1,0
9	29	GM	Kravtsiv Martyn		2692	7,5	0,0	2688	67,0	5	2784	20	30,2
10	16	GM	Andriasian Zaven		2755	7,5	0,0	2687	70,0	6	2804	20	14,8
11	7	GM	Nepomniachtchi Ian		2810	7,5	0,0	2661	64,5	5	2769	20	-9,8
12	15	GM	Salem A.R. Saleh		2757	7,5	0,0	2638	56,5	6	2754	20	-0,2
13	21	GM	Grischuk Alexander		2725	7,5	0,0	2626	64,5	6	2744	20	6,2
14	81	FM	Esipenko Andrey		2581	7,0	0,0	2753	72,0	5	2855	20	79,2
15	64	GM	Amonatov Farrukh		2628	7,0	0,0	2733	70,5	6	2761	20	52,4
16	76	GM	Kryvoruchko Yuriy		2596	7,0	0,0	2727	66,5	6	2805	20	59,4
17	57	GM	Dreev Aleksey		2640	7,0	0,0	2723	73,5	5	2769	20	46,4
18	73	GM	Rapport Richard		2600	7,0	0,0	2719	63,0	5	2815	20	62,6
19	49	GM	Amin Bassem		2655	7,0	0,0	2709	73,0	5	2779	20	38,0
20	1	GM	Carlsen Magnus		2986	7,0	0,0	2697	67,5	5	2760	20	-51,0

...138 players

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Standings after Round 11 (top 20 women)

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	53	GM	Cramling Pia		2326	9,5	0,0	2444	68,5	5
2	12	GM	Dzagnidze Nana		2453	8,5	1,0	2429	74,0	6
3	3	GM	Gunina Valentina		2543	8,5	0,0	2440	71,0	6
4	1	GM	Lagno Kateryna		2619	8,0	0,0	2442	76,5	5
5	33	WGM	Buksa Nataliya		2368	8,0	0,0	2320	58,0	6
6	93	WGM	Mammadzada Gunay		2037	7,5	0,0	2458	67,0	5
7	4	GM	Tan Zhongyi		2543	7,5	0,0	2410	68,5	5
8	10	GM	Lei Tingjie		2461	7,5	0,0	2379	66,0	5
9	18	IM	Gaponenko Inna		2421	7,5	0,0	2353	63,5	5
10	26	WGM	Michna Marta		2393	7,0	0,0	2423	63,5	5
11	15	IM	Bodnaruk Anastasia		2432	7,0	0,0	2402	69,5	5
12	45	IM	Charochkina Daria		2345	7,0	0,0	2394	65,5	6
13	6	GM	Kosteniuk Alexandra		2526	7,0	0,0	2387	67,0	5
14	19	IM	Abdumalik Zhansaya		2417	7,0	0,0	2383	68,0	6
15	13	GM	Krush Irina		2451	7,0	0,0	2378	60,5	6
16	9	IM	Paehtz Elisabeth		2467	7,0	0,0	2359	60,0	6
17	11	GM	Ushenina Anna		2457	7,0	0,0	2342	59,5	6
18	40	GM	Socko Monika		2357	7,0	0,0	2324	57,5	5
19	28	GM	Zhukova Natalia		2372	7,0	0,0	2301	58,5	5
20	43	IM	Nechaeva Marina		2348	7,0	0,0	2280	58,5	5

...100 players

Schedule

Blitz World Championship — December 29th to 30th

Round schedule (PDF)

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Final rapid standings (top 20)

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	Rp	K	rtg+/-
1	12	GM	Anand Viswanathan		2758	10,5	0,0	2733	129,0	2874	20	46,8
2	8	GM	Fedoseev Vladimir		2771	10,5	0,0	2728	129,5	2871	20	39,4
3	7	GM	Nepomniachtchi Ian		2780	10,5	0,0	2700	121,5	2843	20	24,8
4	68	GM	Bu Xiangzhi		2654	10,0	0,0	2746	130,5	2867	20	85,4
5	1	GM	Carlsen Magnus		2908	10,0	0,0	2712	129,0	2823	20	-27,8
6	5	GM	Grischuk Alexander		2813	10,0	0,0	2709	124,0	2827	20	5,4
7	45	GM	Savchenko Boris		2685	10,0	0,0	2686	123,0	2786	20	42,0
8	37	GM	Mamedov Rauf		2695	10,0	0,0	2652	120,0	2753	20	25,6
9	26	GM	Guseinov Gadir		2714	10,0	0,0	2648	111,0	2754	20	16,6
10	18	GM	Svidler Peter		2743	9,5	0,0	2729	129,5	2805	20	27,4
11	9	GM	Wang Hao		2770	9,5	0,0	2726	126,5	2814	20	18,8
12	14	GM	Yu Yangyi		2752	9,5	0,0	2694	120,0	2778	20	11,8
13	42	GM	Artemiev Vladislav		2687	9,5	0,0	2680	119,0	2754	20	30,2
14	16	GM	Onischuk Vladimir		2748	9,5	0,0	2678	119,0	2757	20	6,2
15	20	GM	Ding Liren		2734	9,5	0,0	2674	117,5	2748	20	4,6
16	43	GM	Harikrishna P.		2687	9,5	0,0	2666	120,0	2737	20	26,0
17	95	GM	Grigoriants Sergey		2572	9,5	0,0	2635	107,5	2659	20	67,6
18	90	GM	Zhao Jun		2600	9,5	0,0	2591	107,0	2618	20	53,0
19	69	GM	Pantsulaia Levan		2654	9,0	0,0	2738	125,5	2806	20	62,2
20	92	GM	Saric Ivan		2597	9,0	0,0	2699	119,5	2716	20	60,4

...134 players

Final Women's rapid standings (top 20)

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	4	GM	Ju Wenjun	CHN	2537	11,5	0,0	2459	133,5	7
2	17	GM	Lei Tingjie	CHN	2450	11,0	0,0	2429	127,0	7
3	11	IM	Paehtz Elisabeth	GER	2467	10,5	0,0	2433	127,0	8
4	24	GM	Khotenashvili Bela	GEO	2425	10,0	0,0	2449	128,0	7
5	36	IM	Pham Le Thao Nguyen	VIE	2390	10,0	0,0	2441	131,5	7
6	5	GM	Dzagnidze Nana	GEO	2508	10,0	0,0	2423	124,0	7
7	92	WGM	Fataliyeva Ulviyya	AZE	2085	10,0	0,0	2421	110,5	8
8	38	IM	Atalik Ekaterina	TUR	2389	10,0	0,0	2354	119,5	7
9	10	GM	Danielian Elina	ARM	2473	9,5	0,0	2422	128,0	7
10	93	FM	Assaubayeva Bibisara	RUS	1949	9,5	0,0	2416	109,0	7
11	13	WGM	Goryachkina Aleksandra	RUS	2460	9,5	0,0	2415	125,5	8
12	83	WIM	Shuvalova Polina	RUS	2241	9,5	0,0	2415	119,5	7
13	15	WGM	Huang Qian	CHN	2453	9,5	0,0	2370	118,0	8
14	18	IM	Shen Yang	CHN	2450	9,5	0,0	2319	110,0	7
15	2	GM	Kosteniuk Alexandra	RUS	2586	9,0	0,0	2435	131,5	7
16	75	WGM	Mamedjarova Turkan	AZE	2286	9,0	0,0	2435	122,0	8
17	16	IM	Guo Qi	CHN	2451	9,0	0,0	2416	125,5	7
18	6	GM	Tan Zhongyi	CHN	2502	9,0	0,0	2397	118,0	7
19	12	GM	Harika Dronavalli	IND	2466	9,0	0,0	2394	127,0	7
20	20	GM	Sebag Marie	FRA	2445	9,0	0,0	2390	118,0	7

...100 players

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