The results of the World Blitz Chess Championship were known on June 10th at the Ugra Chess Academy in Khanty-Mansiysk. Sixty chess players from eighteen countries fought for the title of World Blitz Champion.
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Russian grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi and Vietnamese Le Quang Liem were leading after the first day. Both Grandmasters had 12 points each, but the distance from the competitors was not very big: half a point behind was Ruslan Ponomariov from the Ukraine. Also, very close to the leading chess players, there was a group of players such as Alexander Grischuk, Ernesto Inarkiev and Rauf Mamedov.
At the beginning of the second day, Le Quang Liem was ahead of the pack, and he managed to keep this advantage until the end of the event. However, before the last round, Ruslan Ponomariov came very close to the Vietnamese grandmaster. A victory over Sergey Movsesian (Armenia) in the last round brought the gold medal to Le in the World Blitz championship. Ponomariov made a draw in the last round against Gabriel Sargissian.
Grischuk, Nepomniachtchi and Ponomatiov finished the championship only half a point behind the winner. The silver medal went to Alexander Grischuk, while the bronze one went to Ruslan Ponomariov. Final standings below.
The World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship took place on 6th – 10th June in Khanty-Mansiysk. The World Rapid Champion was known on 8 June; Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) won this event after a tremendous last day. Silver and bronze went to Ian Nepomniachtchi and Alexander Grischuk, respectively.
The prize fund of the championships amounted to 400 thousand US dollars and was divided between both tournaments equally.
The Vietnamese star mentioned in an interview that, after Khanty-Mansiysk, he will participate in the Asian indoor games – chess is included in the program. Later, he will play in the World Cup in Tromso.
Final Standings:
1 | GM | Le, Quang Liem | VIE | 2771 | 20.5 |
2 | GM | Grischuk, Alexander | RUS | 2858 | 20 |
3 | GM | Ponomariov, Ruslan | UKR | 2743 | 20 |
4 | GM | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | RUS | 2813 | 20 |
5 | GM | Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son | VIE | 2665 | 19.5 |
6 | GM | Mamedov, Rauf | AZE | 2718 | 19.5 |
7 | GM | Dubov, Daniil | RUS | 2655 | 18 |
8 | GM | Movsesian, Sergei | ARM | 2696 | 18 |
9 | GM | Andreikin, Dmitry | RUS | 2824 | 17.5 |
10 | GM | Tkachiev, Vladislav | FRA | 2657 | 17 |
11 | GM | Smirin, Ilia | ISR | 2650 | 17 |
12 | GM | Sargissian, Gabriel | ARM | 2723 | 17 |
13 | GM | Akopian, Vladimir | ARM | 2691 | 17 |
14 | GM | Najer, Evgeniy | RUS | 2633 | 16.5 |
15 | GM | Dreev, Aleksey | RUS | 2711 | 16.5 |
16 | GM | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | AZE | 2777 | 16.5 |
17 | GM | Kamsky, Gata | USA | 2734 | 16.5 |
18 | GM | Grachev, Boris | RUS | 2590 | 16.5 |
19 | GM | Safarli, Eltaj | AZE | 2597 | 16 |
20 | GM | Riazantsev, Alexander | RUS | 2606 | 16 |
21 | GM | Bologan, Viktor | MDA | 2650 | 16 |
22 | GM | Ponkratov, Pavel | RUS | 2565 | 16 |
23 | IM | Artemiev, Vladislav | RUS | 2584 | 16 |
24 | GM | Khairullin, Ildar | RUS | 2603 | 15.5 |
25 | GM | Khismatullin, Denis | RUS | 2693 | 15.5 |
26 | GM | Rublevsky, Sergei | RUS | 2637 | 15.5 |
27 | GM | Vitiugov, Nikita | RUS | 2734 | 15.5 |
28 | GM | Kurnosov, Igor | RUS | 2602 | 15.5 |
29 | GM | Jakovenko, Dmitry | RUS | 2693 | 15.5 |
30 | GM | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | ESP | 2617 | 15 |
31 | GM | Cheparinov, Ivan | BUL | 2678 | 15 |
32 | GM | Georgiev, Kiril | BUL | 2725 | 15 |
33 | GM | Gundavaa, Bayarsaikhan | MGL | 2561 | 15 |
34 | GM | Moiseenko, Alexander | UKR | 2690 | 15 |
35 | GM | Inarkiev, Ernesto | RUS | 2728 | 15 |
36 | GM | Guseinov, Gadir | AZE | 2610 | 14.5 |
37 | GM | Zvjaginsev, Vadim | RUS | 2659 | 14.5 |
38 | GM | Frolyanov, Dmitry | RUS | 2533 | 14.5 |
39 | GM | Bezgodov, Alexei | RUS | 2472 | 14.5 |
40 | GM | Potkin, Vladimir | RUS | 2654 | 14.5 |
41 | GM | Rakhmanov, Aleksandr | RUS | 2583 | 14 |
42 | GM | Kobalia, Mikhail | RUS | 2607 | 14 |
43 | GM | Lagno, Kateryna | UKR | 2504 | 14 |
44 | GM | Popov, Ivan | RUS | 2650 | 14 |
45 | GM | Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan | IRI | 2557 | 14 |
46 | GM | Vasquez Schroeder, Rodrigo | CHI | 2542 | 14 |
47 | GM | Cherniaev, Alexander | RUS | 2486 | 14 |
48 | IM | Pasiev, Rakhim | RUS | 2523 | 13.5 |
49 | FM | Gordievsky, Dmitry | RUS | 2584 | 13.5 |
50 | Ram, S. Krishnan | IND | 2341 | 13.5 | |
51 | IM | Nadanian, Ashot | ARM | 2428 | 13.5 |
52 | GM | Salem, A.R. Saleh | UAE | 2538 | 13 |
53 | GM | Pridorozhni, Aleksei | RUS | 2560 | 13 |
54 | GM | Skatchkov, Pavel | RUS | 2486 | 13 |
55 | IM | Potapov, Pavel | RUS | 2516 | 12.5 |
56 | GM | AL-Sayed, Mohammed | QAT | 2504 | 10 |
57 | GM | Kabanov, Nikolai | RUS | 2440 | 10 |
58 | FM | Byambaa, Zulzaga | MGL | 2273 | 8.5 |
59 | FM | Sibriaev, Aleksandr | RUS | 2239 | 6 |
60 | IM | Akbaev, Kazbek | RUS | 2475 | 3 |
