Anand wins Tal Memorial Blitz
Today Vishy Anand won the Tal Memorial Blitz tournament in Moscow. He grabbed the title of the, with 18 super grandmasters, probably strongest blitz tournament ever held, with 23 points out of 34 games. Levon Aronian, last week shared first in the big tournament, became second; Peter Svidler and Teimour Radjabov equal third and fourth. It's a shame, not to say completely ridicoulous, that the event was not broadcast online.Full final results of the Tal Memorial Blitz:Place Name Fed. FIDE Total S.B. 1 Anand, Viswanathan IND 2779 23.0 376.00 2 Aronian, Levon ARM 2741 21.0 342.25 3 Radjabov, Teimour AZE 2729 20.5 324.75 4 Svidler, Peter RUS 2750 20.5 321.50 5 Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR 2703 19.5 319.50 6 Morozevich, Alexander RUS 2747 18.0 305.25 7 Grischuk, Alexander RUS 2710 18.0 289.75 8 Gelfand, Boris ISR 2733 18.0 277.00 9 Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2698 17.5 283.25 10 Karpov, Anatoly RUS 2668 17.5 278.00 11 Karjakin, Sergey UKR 2672 17.0 290.75 12 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE 2728 17.0 282.75 13 Polgar, Judit HUN 2710 17.0 271.50 14 Leko, Peter HUN 2741 16.5 274.00 15 Jakovenko, Dmitry RUS 2671 15.5 238.50 16 Bologan, Viktor MDA 2659 10.5 182.50 17 Timofeev, Artyom RUS 2662 10.0 152.75 18 Jobava, Baadur GEO 2650 9.0 148.00Anand again emphasizes his supremacy in fast chess. He's not only known for playing quickly during regular games, but also in rapid chess he's very successful, e.g. at all those Melody Amber tournaments in Monaco. And it was no surprise that Aronian showed his natural talent at this little tournament as well. Disappointing results for Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Peter Leko. Well, blitz isn't everyone's cup of tea.So no games. We have to be satisfied with a bunch of photos (some quite funny I must say) here, here, here and here.
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