Aronian Leads World Blitz Champs
After 28 of 38 rounds have been completed, Lev Aronian leads the World Blitz Championship with a score of 18.5/28.
Magnus Carlsen is in second place with 17 points, followed by Radjabov, Kramnik and Nepomniachtchi on 16, and Nakamura and Gelfand on 15.5.
The full standings after 28 rounds:
| Name | Nat | Elo | Pts |
| Aronian. Levon | ARM | 2801 | 18.5 |
| Carlsen. Magnus | NOR | 2802 | 17.0 |
| Radjabov. Teimour | AZE | 2744 | 16.0 |
| Nepomniachtchi. Ian | RUS | 2720 | 16.0 |
| Kramnik. Vladimir | RUS | 2791 | 16.0 |
| Nakamura. Hikaru | USA | 2741 | 15.5 |
| Gelfand. Boris | ISR | 2741 | 15.5 |
| Mamedyarov. Shakhriyar | AZE | 2763 | 14.0 |
| Vachier-Lagrave. Maxime | FRA | 2703 | 14.0 |
| Grischuk. Alexander | RUS | 2771 | 14.0 |
| Eljanov. Pavel | UKR | 2742 | 14.0 |
| Karjakin. Sergey | RUS | 2760 | 13.5 |
| Savchenko. Boris | RUS | 2632 | 13.0 |
| Svidler. Peter | RUS | 2722 | 13.0 |
| Movsesian. Sergei | SVK | 2721 | 12.5 |
| Caruana. Fabiano | ITA | 2709 | 12.0 |
| Grachev. Boris | RUS | 2654 | 12.0 |
| Ponomariov. Ruslan | UKR | 2744 | 11.5 |
| Mamedov. Rauf | AZE | 2660 | 11.0 |
| Andreikin. Dmitry | RUS | 2683 | 11.0 |
There are more details about the tournament here, including the full record of results on this page.
There is excellent video coverage available at the official site here (including replayable videos if you can't watch live). The live game boards can be found here, with the action starting at 15:00 local time in Moscow (2 am pacific). chess.com/tv will also have live coverage of the final rounds (for all membership levels).
Below are some videos from the event courtesy of bumblebee1607 on YouTube.
