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Moscow Blitz Chess Championship
Alexander Grischuk wins second consecutive title
Report by Chessdom.com
The 63rd Moscow Blitz Championship which was organized by the newspaper “Vechernaya Moskva” took place on Sunday, August 30th, in the capitol’s park Muzeon. For the second year in a row the winner was Alexander Grischuk, who collected 17 points from 21 games. Close behind were Alexander Morozevich and Sergey Karjakin with 16.5 points each.
Women’s World Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk finished next to last with 5 points, a full 12 points behind the winner.
Alexander Grischuk – 17.0 points
Alexander Morozevich and Sergey Karjakin – 16.5
Mikhail Kobalia and Vladimir Malakhov -14.0
Boris Savchenko and Dmitry Jakovenko – 13.0
Alexander Riazantsev and Farrukh Amonatov – 12.5
Maxim Dlugy and Alexei Korotylev – 11.0
Evgeny Najer and Vadim Zvjagintsev – 10.5
Evgeny Dragomaretsky – 10.0
Boris Grachev – 9.0
Nikolai Vlasov – 8.5
Andrey Kalinichev and Georgy Kastanieda – 6.0
Alexandra Kosteniuk, Evgeny Vorobiov, Konstantin Mesropov – 5.0
Evgeny Vasiukov – 4.0 points
In the Moscow Blitz Championship for women, Valentina Gunina took the trophy with 13.5 points from 17 games, while Darya Charochkinoy finished second with 12. Oleg Pervakov won the Championship for journalists and GM Sergey Shipov was best among chess analysts. Oleg Zilbert wins among seniors and Daniil Dubov was the top junior.
All winners were awarded by the tournament’s special guest Anatoly Karpov. Official website.
Grischuk is a blitz beast.
Why did Kosteniuk do so bad? 5 points in 21 games? Is she OK?
I don’t know, I am just not that interested in who wins blitz tournaments. The big tendency toward blitz is, in my opinion, a step away from the thoughtful, analytical soul of chess and a step in the wrong direction.
pgn anyone ?!!!
mr anos classical. the world is not interested in your opinion.
blitz chess has been around for a long time.
it is not the chess world’s fault that you are a slow thinker.
Mr. Anos 8:17, you do not speak for the world, even in your arrogance, and if you are not interested in opinions, why are you reading a blog? And to insult my mental ability with no knowledge of me shows very little mental ability on your part. Sorry to have threatened your insecurities. Learn some manners.