The World Blitz Championship is taking place today and tomorrow in Moscow Russia. The format is a 38 round event (20 player double round robin)!

Click here for results when available. Online transmission sometimes work with this link. Here are the games from the first 10 rounds.

Here are some highlights after 12 rounds:

Round 1:

Anand, Viswanathan – Carlsen, Magnus 1-0
Kramnik, Vladimir – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 0-1
Kamsky, Gata – Gelfand, Boris 1-0

Round 2:

Gelfand, Boris – Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2

Round 3:

Kamsky, Gata – Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1

Round 4:

Leko, Peter – Anand, Viswanathan 1-0
Ivanchuk, Vassily – Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0
Carlsen, Magnus – Kamsky, Gata 0-1

Round 5:

Kramnik, Vladimir – Carlsen, Magnus 1-0

Round 6:

Grischuk, Alexander – Anand, Viswanathan 1-0
Morozevich, Alexander – Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1
Ivanchuk, Vassily – Bacrot, Etienne 0-1
Shirov, Alexei – Kamsky, Gata 1-0

Round 7:

Kramnik, Vladimir – Shirov, Alexei 1/2

Round 8:

Dreev, Alexey – Kamsky, Gata 0-1
Anand, Viswanathan – Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1/2
Leko, Peter – Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2

Round 9:

Kramnik, Vladimir – Dreev, Alexey 0-1
Karpov, Anatoly – Carlsen, Magnus 0-1
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0

Round 10:

Anand, Viswanathan – Kamsky, Gata 0-1
Grischuk, Alexander – Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0
Ivanchuk, Vassily – Gelfand, Boris 0-1

Round 11:

Kramnik, Vladimir – Anand, Viswanathan 1-0
Kamsky, Gata – Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1-0
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Morozevich, Alexander 0-1

Round 12:

Anand, Viswanathan – Rublevsky, Sergei 1/2
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam – Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2

Round 13:

Bacrot, Etienne – Anand, Viswanathan 1/2
Korotylev, Alexey – Morozevich, Alexander 1-0

Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Susan Polgar November 21, 2007 General News 3 Comments
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