Carlsen takes the lead a point ahead of Anand

results, standings, games from World Blitz Chess 2009

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Update: Carlsen took the lead after very dramatic first 7 rounds and a direct match victory against Anand. After a few changes of leadership in the second part of the day, Carlsen managed to keep one point advantage ahead of Anand (replay all games here). Karjakin made a strong day and is within striking distance 14 rounds before the end, while Kramnik, Svidler, Grischuk, Ponomariov are still with good chances for medals. Join us tomorrow for more live coverage on Chessdom.com!

Standings after round 28:

1 Carlsen, Magnus 21
2 Anand, Viswanathan 20
3 Karjakin, Sergey 18
4 Kramnik, Vladimir 16.5
5 Svidler, Peter 16.5
6 Grischuk, Alexander 16
7 Ponomariov, Ruslan 16
8 Aronian, Levon 14.5
9 Karpov, Anatoly 14
10 Morozevich, Alexander 13
11 Leko, Peter 13
12 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 12.5
13 Jakovenko, Dmitry 12.5
14 Ivanchuk, Vassily 12
15 Naiditsch, Arkadij 12
16 Dominguez Perez, Leinier 12
17 Bareev, Evgeny 12
18 Kosteniuk, Alexandra 11.5
19 Gelfand, Boris 11.5
20 Polgar, Judit 11.5
21 Gashimov, Vugar 11
22 Tkachiev, Vladislav 11

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Round 15

15 Naiditsch, Arkadij - Carlsen, Magnus 0-1
Karjakin, Sergey - Polgar, Judit 1-0
Dominguez Perez, Leinier - Aronian, Levon ½-½
Tkachiev, Vladislav - Jakovenko, Dmitry 1-0
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Leko, Peter 1-0
Grischuk, Alexander - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0
Svidler, Peter - Gashimov, Vugar 1-0
Morozevich, Alexander - Kosteniuk, Alexandra 0-1
Bareev, Evgeny - Gelfand, Boris ½-½
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1
Karpov, Anatoly - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1

Round 16

Bareev, Evgeny - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0
Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Svidler, Peter 0-1
Gashimov, Vugar - Ponomariov, Ruslan ½-½
Leko, Peter - Tkachiev, Vladislav 1-0
Jakovenko, Dmitry - Dominguez Perez, Leinier 1-0
Polgar, Judit - Karpov, Anatoly 1-0
Gelfand, Boris - Carlsen, Magnus 0-1
Aronian, Levon - Karjakin, Sergey 0-1
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 0-1
Anand, Viswanathan - Naiditsch, Arkadij ½-½
Kramnik, Vladimir - Grischuk, Alexander 0-1

Round 17

Tkachiev, Vladislav - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0
Karpov, Anatoly - Aronian, Levon ½-½
Naiditsch, Arkadij - Polgar, Judit 0-1
Dominguez Perez, Leinier - Leko, Peter ½-½
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Kosteniuk, Alexandra 1-0
Grischuk, Alexander - Gashimov, Vugar 1-0
Svidler, Peter - Bareev, Evgeny 1-0
Morozevich, Alexander - Gelfand, Boris 1-0
Karjakin, Sergey - Jakovenko, Dmitry ½-½
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0
Carlsen, Magnus - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0

Round 18

Morozevich, Alexander - Svidler, Peter 0-1
Bareev, Evgeny - Ponomariov, Ruslan 0-1
Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Grischuk, Alexander 1-0
Gashimov, Vugar - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar ½-½
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Dominguez Perez, Leinier 1-0
Leko, Peter - Karjakin, Sergey 1-0
Jakovenko, Dmitry - Karpov, Anatoly ½-½
Aronian, Levon - Naiditsch, Arkadij 0-1
Kramnik, Vladimir - Tkachiev, Vladislav 1-0
Polgar, Judit - Carlsen, Magnus 0-1
Gelfand, Boris - Anand, Viswanathan ½-½

Round 19

Carlsen, Magnus - Aronian, Levon 0-1
Naiditsch, Arkadij - Jakovenko, Dmitry 0-1
Karpov, Anatoly - Leko, Peter ½-½
Karjakin, Sergey - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0
Tkachiev, Vladislav - Gashimov, Vugar 1-0
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Kosteniuk, Alexandra 1-0
Grischuk, Alexander - Bareev, Evgeny 1-0
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Morozevich, Alexander ½-½
Svidler, Peter - Gelfand, Boris ½-½
Anand, Viswanathan - Polgar, Judit 1-0
Dominguez Perez, Leinier - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1

Round 20

Svidler, Peter - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1-0
Morozevich, Alexander - Grischuk, Alexander 1-0
Bareev, Evgeny - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 0-1
Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Tkachiev, Vladislav 1-0
Gashimov, Vugar - Dominguez Perez, Leinier 0-1
Leko, Peter - Naiditsch, Arkadij 0-1
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Karpov, Anatoly 1-0
Jakovenko, Dmitry - Carlsen, Magnus 0-1
Gelfand, Boris - Polgar, Judit 1-0
Aronian, Levon - Anand, Viswanathan ½-½
Kramnik, Vladimir - Karjakin, Sergey 1-0

Round 21

Polgar, Judit - Aronian, Levon ½-½
Carlsen, Magnus - Leko, Peter 1-0
Naiditsch, Arkadij - Ivanchuk, Vassily ½-½
Karjakin, Sergey - Gashimov, Vugar 1-0
Dominguez Perez, Leinier - Kosteniuk, Alexandra 1-0
Tkachiev, Vladislav - Bareev, Evgeny ½-½
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1
Grischuk, Alexander - Svidler, Peter ½-½
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Gelfand, Boris 1-0
Karpov, Anatoly - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1
Anand, Viswanathan - Jakovenko, Dmitry 0-1

Round 22

22 Grischuk, Alexander - Ponomariov, Ruslan 0-1
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Svidler, Peter 1-0
Dominguez Perez, Leinier - Bareev, Evgeny 1-0
Tkachiev, Vladislav - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0
Karpov, Anatoly - Gashimov, Vugar ½-½
Carlsen, Magnus - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1
Polgar, Judit - Jakovenko, Dmitry 0-1
Gelfand, Boris - Aronian, Levon ½-½
Anand, Viswanathan - Leko, Peter ½-½
Naiditsch, Arkadij - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0
Karjakin, Sergey - Kosteniuk, Alexandra ½-½

Round 23

Jakovenko, Dmitry - Aronian, Levon 0-1
Leko, Peter - Polgar, Judit 0-1
Gashimov, Vugar - Naiditsch, Arkadij 1-0
Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Karpov, Anatoly ½-½
Bareev, Evgeny - Karjakin, Sergey 0-1
Svidler, Peter - Tkachiev, Vladislav 1-0
Morozevich, Alexander - Dominguez Perez, Leinier 1-0
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar ½-½
Kramnik, Vladimir - Carlsen, Magnus 0-1
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Anand, Viswanathan ½-½
Grischuk, Alexander - Gelfand, Boris ½-½

Round 24

24 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Grischuk, Alexander 1-0
Tkachiev, Vladislav - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1-0
Dominguez Perez, Leinier - Svidler, Peter 1-0
Karjakin, Sergey - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0
Karpov, Anatoly - Bareev, Evgeny 1-0
Naiditsch, Arkadij - Kosteniuk, Alexandra ½-½
Carlsen, Magnus - Gashimov, Vugar 1-0
Polgar, Judit - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0
Aronian, Levon - Leko, Peter 1-0
Gelfand, Boris - Jakovenko, Dmitry 0-1
Anand, Viswanathan - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0

Round 25

Leko, Peter - Jakovenko, Dmitry ½-½
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Aronian, Levon ½-½
Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Carlsen, Magnus 0-1
Bareev, Evgeny - Naiditsch, Arkadij 1-0
Morozevich, Alexander - Karpov, Anatoly 1-0
Svidler, Peter - Karjakin, Sergey 1-0
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Dominguez Perez, Leinier 1-0
Grischuk, Alexander - Tkachiev, Vladislav 1-0
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Gelfand, Boris 0-1
Kramnik, Vladimir - Polgar, Judit ½-½
Gashimov, Vugar - Anand, Viswanathan ½-½

Round 26

Tkachiev, Vladislav - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 0-1
Dominguez Perez, Leinier - Grischuk, Alexander 0-1
Karjakin, Sergey - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1-0
Karpov, Anatoly - Svidler, Peter ½-½
Naiditsch, Arkadij - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0
Carlsen, Magnus - Bareev, Evgeny 1-0
Polgar, Judit - Gashimov, Vugar ½-½
Gelfand, Boris - Leko, Peter ½-½
Jakovenko, Dmitry - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0
Aronian, Levon - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1
Anand, Viswanathan - Kosteniuk, Alexandra 0-1

Round 27

Ivanchuk, Vassily - Leko, Peter 0-1
Gashimov, Vugar - Aronian, Levon 0-1
Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Polgar, Judit 1-0
Morozevich, Alexander - Carlsen, Magnus 1-0
Svidler, Peter - Naiditsch, Arkadij ½-½
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Karpov, Anatoly ½-½
Grischuk, Alexander - Karjakin, Sergey 0-1
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Dominguez Perez, Leinier ½-½
Tkachiev, Vladislav - Gelfand, Boris 0-1
Bareev, Evgeny - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1
Kramnik, Vladimir - Jakovenko, Dmitry 1-0

Round 28

Dominguez Perez, Leinier - Tkachiev, Vladislav 1-0
Karjakin, Sergey - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1-0
Karpov, Anatoly - Grischuk, Alexander ½-½
Naiditsch, Arkadij - Ponomariov, Ruslan 0-1
Carlsen, Magnus - Svidler, Peter 1-0
Polgar, Judit - Bareev, Evgeny 0-1
Aronian, Levon - Kosteniuk, Alexandra 0-1
Jakovenko, Dmitry - Gashimov, Vugar 0-1
Anand, Viswanathan - Morozevich, Alexander 1-0
Gelfand, Boris - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0
Leko, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir ½-½