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Aronian 1st, Radjabov 2nd, Carlsen 3rd
Click on the crosstable above to view the full size version 1. Aronian 24.52. Radjabov 24.03. Carlsen 23.5 Congratulations to Aronian, the new Blitz Chess King! Lahno is the current Blitz Chess Queen after winning the title earlier this...
Aronian is the new Blitz King
In spite of losing to Karjakin in round 37, Aronian clinched the World Blitz title after Radjabov lost to Movsesian. In the final round, Aronian lost again, this time to Svidler. Radjabov defeated Gelfand in the final round to...
Carlsen eliminated, Aronian near title
Round 36 [21.5] Carlsen, Magnus 1 – 0 Eljanov, Pavel [17.0] [17.5] Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 0 – 1 Grischuk, Alexander [17.5] [22.0] Radjabov, Teimour 1 – 0 Ponomariov, Ruslan [12.5] [17.0] Svidler, Peter 1 – 0 Movsesian, Sergei [16.5] [18.5]...
Aronian leads by 2.5 with 4 to go
Click on the crosstable above to see the full size version Round 34 [20.0] Carlsen, Magnus 0.5 – 0.5 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar [16.0] [20.0] Radjabov, Teimour 1 – 0 Eljanov, Pavel [17.0] [15.0] Svidler, Peter 1 – 0 Grischuk, Alexander...
Closing in on the World Blitz title
Round 29 [11.0] Mamedov, Rauf 1 – 0 Carlsen, Magnus [17.0] [18.5] Aronian, Levon 0.5 – 0.5 Grachev, Boris [12.0] [15.5] Gelfand, Boris 0.5 – 0.5 Andreikin, Dmitry [11.0] [12.5] Movsesian, Sergei 1 – 0 Savchenko, Boris [13.0] [11.5]...
World Blitz Championship LIVE – Final Day!
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The final World Blitz Championship Poll
Who will win the World Blitz Championship this year? Magnus Carlsen Levon Aronian Vladimir Kramnik Alexander Grischuk Sergey Karjakin Hikaru Nakamura Shak Mamedyarov Ruslan Ponomariov Teimour Radjabov Fabiano Caruana Someone else pollcode.com Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Aronian has big lead after day 2 at World Blitz Championship
In spite of scoring only 1/2 point in the final 3 rounds today, including 2 straight losses, Aronian still maintains a comfortable 1.5 point lead over Carlsen going into the final day with 10 games to go. Here are...
Magnus wins Chess Oscar, blogs from Moscow
Magnus Carlsen blogs from the World Blitz Championship in Moscow Day 1 Following three back-to-back tournaments (Olympiad, Bilbao, Nanjing), a two weeks break came and went quickly, and we arrived in Moscow on Sunday evening. Monday a week ago...