Tal Memorial Super Blitz tournament will begin tomorrow! I am sure it will be a lot more exciting that the last round of the main tournament.
Here are the current top 25 players of the qualifying event:
1 DREEV, Alexey (17) RUS 2655 6.5
2 MALAKHOV, Vladimir (4) RUS 2682 6
3 JOBAVA, Baadur (19) GEO 2650 6
4 LAUTIER, Joel (16) FRA 2656 5.5
5 SMIRIN, Ilia (14) ISR 2659 5.5
6 RUBLEVSKY, Sergei (2) RUS 2688 5
7 JAKOVENKO, Dmitry (10) RUS 2671 5
8 BOLOGAN, Viktor (13) MDA 2659 5
9 KASIMDZHANOV, Rustam (8) UZB 2672 5
10 KHISMATULLIN, Denis (30) RUS 2583 5
11 RADJABOV, Teimour (1) AZE 2729 5
12 NAJER, Evgeniy (20) RUS 2648 5
13 KOROTYLEV, Alexey (26) RUS 2613 4.5
14 TKACHIEV, Vladislav (18) FRA 2653 4.5
15 BAREEV, Evgeny (3) RUS 2683 4.5
16 GEORGIEV, Kiril (5) BUL 2680 4.5
17 ALEKSANDROV, Aleksej (25) BLR 2619 4.5
18 MOTYLEV, Alexander (11) RUS 2662 4.5
19 VAISSER, Anatoly (33) FRA 2553 4.5
20 AMONATOV, Farrukh (32) TJK 2567 4
21 KARJAKIN, Sergey (7) UKR 2672 4
22 VOLKOV, Sergey (23) RUS 2628 4
23 SUTOVSKY, Emil (27) ISR 2607 4
24 NEPOMNIACHTCHI, Ian (35) RUS 2545 4
25 BU, Xiangzhi (9) CHN 2671 4
etc.
Strong field just to qualify.
Susan, Looks as Judit is enjoying her “rest” in Moscow…read her comments at the Russian Chess Federation web site (17 Nov).
I have watched Nakamura play a few 1 minute games on ICC. He is really fast. I wonder why he has not been invited to some of these blitz tournaments.
Also would be nice to see Judit compete in the blitz especially if she is in Moscow. Wonder why she is not playing. I do not read Russian so I can not read her comments over there.
Judit doesn’t have to play the qualifier. She’s seeded to the final.
Just like the real tournaments there will be 4 or 5 first place winners.
Good luck for the Mother Lioness today.