Levon Aronian today won the 2010 World Blitz Championship in Moscow, Russia. The Armenian scored 24.5 points out of 38 games and finished half a point ahead of Teimour Radjabov from Azerbaijan. Third came Magnus Carlsen from Norway, who won the title in 2009
Final standings
| Rk | FIDEName | Ti | FED | Rtg | + | Pts | TB2 |
|---|
| 1 |
Aronian. Levon |
GM |
ARM |
2801 |
20 |
24.5 |
433.50 |
| 2 |
Radjabov. Teimour |
GM |
AZE |
2744 |
18 |
24.0 |
447.00 |
| 3 |
Carlsen. Magnus |
GM |
NOR |
2802 |
19 |
23.5 |
431.75 |
| 4 |
Gelfand. Boris |
GM |
ISR |
2741 |
17 |
21.5 |
398.75 |
| 5 |
Nakamura. Hikaru |
GM |
USA |
2741 |
17 |
21.5 |
397.50 |
| 6 |
Karjakin. Sergey |
GM |
RUS |
2760 |
15 |
20.5 |
396.00 |
| 7 |
Kramnik. Vladimir |
GM |
RUS |
2791 |
16 |
20.5 |
384.50 |
| 8 |
Mamedyarov. Shakhriyar |
GM |
AZE |
2763 |
17 |
19.5 |
362.25 |
| 9 |
Svidler. Peter |
GM |
RUS |
2722 |
13 |
19.5 |
361.00 |
| 10 |
Eljanov. Pavel |
GM |
UKR |
2742 |
16 |
19.0 |
345.00 |
| 11 |
Grischuk. Alexander |
GM |
RUS |
2771 |
12 |
19.0 |
348.50 |
| 12 |
Mamedov. Rauf |
GM |
AZE |
2660 |
14 |
18.0 |
333.75 |
| 13 |
Nepomniachtchi. Ian |
GM |
RUS |
2720 |
13 |
18.0 |
326.25 |
| 14 |
Vachier-Lagrave. Maxime |
GM |
FRA |
2703 |
12 |
18.0 |
349.50 |
| 15 |
Movsesian. Sergei |
GM |
SVK |
2721 |
16 |
17.5 |
315.25 |
| 16 |
Andreikin. Dmitry |
GM |
RUS |
2683 |
13 |
17.5 |
314.25 |
| 17 |
Grachev. Boris |
GM |
RUS |
2654 |
10 |
16.5 |
313.00 |
| 18 |
Savchenko. Boris |
GM |
RUS |
2632 |
14 |
15.5 |
286.25 |
| 19 |
Caruana. Fabiano |
GM |
ITA |
2709 |
11 |
13.5 |
249.25 |
| 20 |
Ponomariov. Ruslan |
GM |
UKR |
2744 |
7 |
12.5 |
235.25 |
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