Le Quang Liem is the new World Blitz Champion

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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.

Replay all the games with computer analysis / World Rapid Championship final report

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.

Official website

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