FIDE World Blitz Championships 2019

**Wayne Komer** · Sunday, 29th December, 2019, 10:20 AM

FIDE World Blitz Championships 2019

December 29, 2019

Blitz

Rounds One to Twelve

It seems that all the tables are linked to the computer and the pairings are very fast. This is prime for the fan.

Games from Rounds 1 to 2

Round 1, Dec. 29
Nakamura, Hikaru – Bosiocic, Marin
A06 Reti Opening

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.b3 g6 4.c4 c6 5.Bb2 Bg7 6.d4 Ne4 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 f5 11.Qe2 e6 12.Nd2 Nd7 13.Nf3 a5 14.a3 Qe7 15.Rac1 h5 16.h4 Bf6 17.g3 Qg7 18.Kg2 Rf7 19.b4 axb4 20.axb4 Kh7 21.Rh1 Rff8 22.b5 Nd6 23.bxc6 bxc6 24.cxd5 cxd5 25.Rc6 Qe7 26.Rhc1 Rfc8 27.Ne5 Rxc6 28.Rxc6 Ne8 29.Bb5 Nxe5 30.dxe5 Bg7 31.Bd4 Nc7 32.Bd3 Qd7 33.Qc2 Ne8 34.Bb5 Qe7 35.Rb6 Ra7 36.Rb8 Rc7 37.Qa4 1-0

Round 1, Dec. 29
Predke, Alexander – Carlsen, Magnus
B06 Robatsch

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.Nf3 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O c5 9.Be3 Qc7 10.Qd2 Rd8 11.Bh6 Nc6 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.Qe3 cxd4 14.cxd4 Bg4 15.c3 Rac8 16.h3 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 Na5 18.Rac1 b6 19.Rfe1 e6 20.h4 Nc4 21.Qe2 Qf4 22.g3 Qf6 23.Kg2 Rc7 24.Be4 e5 25.Bd3 exd4 26.Bxc4 Qc6+ 27.Qe4 Qxe4+ 28.Rxe4 Rxc4 29.Re7 Rxc3 30.Rd1 Ra3 31.Rd2 h5 32.Rc7 b5 33.Kf1 d3 34.Kg2 a5 35.Kf3 Rxa2 36.Rxa2 d2 0-1

Round 1, Dec. 29
Castellanos, Renier – Svidler, Peter
B42 Sicilian, Kan, Polugaievsky variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.O-O d6 8.c4 Nf6 9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Rc1 b6 12.f3 Bb7 13.Qd2 O-O 14.Rfd1 Rac8 15.Bf1 Rfe8 16.Nd4 Qb8 17.Kh1 Bd8 18.b4 Bc7 19.h3 Ne5 20.Na4 Ba8 21.Qf2 Ned7 22.Nb3 Bc6 23.Nb2 Qa8 24.a4 a5 25.bxa5 bxa5 26.Nd4 Nc5 27.Nb5 Qb8 28.e5 Nfe4 29.fxe4 Nxe4 30.Qe1 dxe5 31.Na7 Qxb2 32.Nxc6 f5 33.Bd3 Nf6 34.Rb1 Qa3 35.Na7 e4 36.Bf1 Nh5 37.Nxc8 Rxc8 38.Bf2 Bf4 39.c5 e3 40.Qe2 exf2 41.Rd3 Qxc5 42.Qxh5 Bd6 43.Rbd1 Be7 44.Rd7 g6 45.Qe2 Rc6 46.Qb5 Bg5 47.Qxc5 Rxc5 48.Rb1 Re5 49.Rb8+ 1-0

Round 1, Dec. 29
Harsha Bharathakoti – Firouszja, Alireza
A28 English, Four Knights

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Qc2 d6 6.Ne2 O-O 7.a3 Ba5 8.Ng3 Re8 9.Bd3 Qe7 10.Ne4 g6 11.O-O Nd7 12.b4 Bb6 13.Nc3 Nf6 14.Ne4 Nh5 15.c5 dxc5 16.bxc5 Ba5 17.Bb2 Bf5 18.Bc4 Rad8 19.d3 Bg4 20.Nfg5 Rf8 21.Qb3 Kg7 22.Qxb7 Bd7 23.Qb3 Rb8 24.Qc2 f6 25.Nf3 Bg4 26.Nfd2 Rfd8 27.h3 Be6 28.Bxe6 Qxe6 29.Nc4 Qe7 30.Rfd1 f5 31.Ned2 Bxd2 32.Rxd2 Nf6 33.Qc3 Nd5 34.Qc2 Kg8 35.Re1 Re8 36.e4 Nf4 37.exf5 Qg5 38.g3 Nxh3+ 39.Kh2 Qh5 40.fxg6 Ng5+ 41.Kg1 Nf3+ 42.Kf1 Qh1+ 43.Ke2 Nfd4+ 0-1

Round 1, Dec. 29
Gukesh, D – Abdusattorov, Nodirbek
A15 English Opening

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 b6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.b3 Bb7 7.Bb2 a6 8.d4 Bd6 9.g3 O-O 10.Bg2 Nbd7 11.O-O Ne4 12.Ne2 Re8 13.Rc1 Rc8 14.Nf4 Bxf4 15.exf4 f6 16.Re1 c6 17.Ba3 Nf8 18.Nh4 Qd7 19.Qd3 a5 20.Re3 Ng6 21.Nxg6 hxg6 22.Rce1 Kh7 23.h4 f5 24.Bh3 c5 25.dxc5 bxc5 26.Bg2 d4 27.R3e2 Bc6 28.Rc2 Bb5 29.Qd1 Nc3 30.Qa1 Rxe1+ 31.Qxe1 Re8 32.Qa1 Bc6 33.Bxc6 Qxc6 34.Bb2 Ne2+ 35.Kh2 Qf3 36.Qe1 Re4 0-1

Round 1, Dec. 29
Hansen, Eric – Mamatov, Melis
B50 Sicilian

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 e6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 O-O 7.Bf1 e5 8.d4 Bg4 9.dxe5 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 dxe5 11.Nd2 Qc7 12.a4 Re8 13.Nc4 Nbd7 14.g3 Rad8 15.Ne3 Nf8 16.Bb5 N8d7 17.a5 Bf8 18.Rd1 Re6 19.Bc4 Rd6 20.Rxd6 Bxd6 21.Kg2 Bf8 22.h4 Nb8 23.Nd5 Nxd5 24.Bxd5 Nc6 25.Bg5 Rd7 26.a6 b6 27.Rd1 Nd8 28.Bxd8 Qxd8 29.Qxf7+ 1-0

Round 1, Dec. 29
Samsonkin, Artiom – Jakovenko, Dmitry
B53 Sicilian, Chekhover variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Bg5 e6 9.O-O-O Be7 10.Rhe1 O-O 11.Kb1 Qa5 12.Qd2 Qa6 13.Nd4 b5 14.f3 Rfd8 15.g4 Rac8 16.h4 b4 17.Nce2 Be8 18.Ng3 Rc5 19.Nb3 Rc7 20.Nh5 Nxh5 21.Bxe7 Rxe7 22.gxh5 h6 23.Rg1 Kh8 24.Qxb4 e5 25.Qd2 f6 26.f4 Bxh5 27.Rdf1 Qb6 28.f5 Qc6 29.Re1 d5 30.Qa5 Red7 31.Nc5 Rd6 32.Ne6 R8d7 33.Qb4 Qb6 34.Qc3 Qc6 35.Qg3 Qb7 36.Nc5 Qc6 37.Nxd7 Rxd7 38.exd5 Qxd5 39.a3 e4 40.Qf4 Bf3 41.Qb8+ Kh7 42.Qf4 Re7 43.Qe3 Qxf5 44.Ref1 0-1

Round 2, Dec. 29
Perunovic, Milos – Nakamura, Hikaru
B23 Sicilian, Closed

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.f4 d6 7.Nf3 f5 8.O-O fxe4 9.Nxe4 Nh6 10.Re1 O-O 11.c3 Rb8 12.h3 e6 13.Qc2 Nf5 14.Bd2 h6 15.Kh2 Qc7 16.Re2 Ba6 17.Rae1 c4 18.d4 c5 19.dxc5 dxc5 20.Nf2 Bb7 21.Ne5 Bxe5 22.Rxe5 Bd5 23.Ng4 Rb6 24.Ne3 Nxe3 25.Qxg6+ Qg7 26.Qxg7+ Kxg7 27.R1xe3 Rxb2 28.Rg3+ Kf7 29.Be3 Rg8 30.Bxc5 Rxg2+ 31.Rxg2 Rxg2+ 32.Kh1 Rxa2+ 33.Kg1 Rg2+ 34.Kf1 Rg3 35.Bd4 Rxh3 36.Ke2 Rh2+ 37.Ke3 h5 38.f5 h4 39.fxe6+ Bxe6 40.Ra5 h3 41.Rxa7+ Kg6 42.Rg7+ Kf5 43.Rh7 Rh1 44.Kf2 Kg6 45.Rh8 Ra1 46.Kg3 Ra2 47.Rh4 Rg2+ 48.Kf4 h2 49.Rh8 Bd5 50.Ke5 Rg5+ 0-1

Round 2, Dec. 29
Carlsen, Magnus – Belov, Vladimir
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange, Rubinstein variation

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bf4 Bg4 7.Qb3 Qd7 8.Nd2 e6 9.Ngf3 Bd6 10.Ne5 Qc7 11.O-O O-O 12.Rae1 Bh5 13.Bg3 Bg6 14.Nxg6 hxg6 15.Nf3 Rab8 16.Qc2 Rfc8 17.Qe2 Ne7 18.Bxd6 Qxd6 19.Ne5 Nf5 20.g4 Ne7 21.f4 a6 22.Qg2 b5 23.f5 exf5 24.gxf5 Nxf5 25.Bxf5 gxf5 26.Rxf5 b4 27.Ref1 Kf8 28.Rg5 bxc3 29.Rxg7 cxb2 30.Rxf7+ Ke8 31.Qg6 1-0

Round 2, Dec. 29
Vidit, Gujrathi – Hansen, Eric
E11 Bogo-Indian Defence

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Bc3 Nbd7 9.Nbd2 b6 10.Qc2 Bb7 11.e4 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Qxe4 Qc7 14.Qe2 Rfe8 15.Rad1 Rad8 16.Rfe1 Nf6 17.Ne5 c5 18.dxc5 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Bxc5 20.b4 Bd6 21.b5 Bxe5 22.Bxe5 Qc5 23.a4 h6 24.h3 Qb4 25.Qc2 Rc8 26.Rc1 Red8 27.Re2 Rd7 28.Bxf6 gxf6 29.Qe4 f5 30.Qf4 Kg7 31.g4 Rc5 32.Re5 fxg4 33.Qxg4+ Kh7 34.Qe4+ Kg7 35.Qg4+ Kh7 36.Qe4+ f5 37.Qe3 Rg7+ 38.Kf1 Qb2 39.Rxc5 bxc5 40.Re1 Qc2 41.Qxe6 Qd3+ 42.Re2 Qd1+ 43.Re1 Qd3+ 44.Re2 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

Round 2, Dec. 29
Kramnik, Vladimir – Donchenko, Alexander
A20 English Opening

1.c4 e5 2.d3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.a3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e3 Be6 7.Qc2 Be7 8.b4 a6 9.Bb2 f6 10.Be2 O-O 11.Nbd2 Qe8 12.O-O Qg6 13.Rfe1 Rad8 14.Rac1 Kh8 15.Ne4 Bc8 16.Ng3 Qh6 17.Qb1 Bd6 18.Rc4 f5 19.Bf1 f4 20.exf4 Nxf4 21.Nxe5 Nxe5 22.Bxe5 Bxe5 23.Rxe5 Qf6 24.Qe1 Nxd3 25.Bxd3 Rxd3 26.Rxc7 Qd8 27.Rc1 Rxa3 28.h3 Rd3 29.Ne4 Rd4 30.Ng5 Qf6 31.Rxc8 1-0

Round 2, Dec. 29
Firouzja, Alireza – Triapishko, Alexandr
E04 Catalan, open

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 c5 7.O-O O-O 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Qc2 Nbd7 10.Na3 b6 11.Nd4 Nd5 12.Ndb5 a6 13.Nc3 Bb7 14.Nxc4 Rc8 15.Qb3 b5 16.Nxd5 Bxd5 17.Bxd5 bxc4 18.Bxc4 Ne5 19.Bd3 Rb8 20.Qc2 Nxd3 21.exd3 Qb6 22.Bc3 Bd4 23.Qa4 Bc5 24.Qg4 f6 25.d4 Be7 26.Rae1 f5 27.Qe2 Bf6 28.Qxe6+ Qxe6 29.Rxe6 Rfd8 30.Rd1 a5 31.Ra6 Rb5 32.Kg2 h5 33.Rxa5 Rxa5 34.Bxa5 Ra8 35.b4 Kf7 36.d5 Ke7 37.Rd2 Kd7 38.h4 Rc8 39.b5 Rc4 40.b6 Be5 41.d6 Rc8 42.Rd5 Ke6 43.Rxe5+ Kxe5 44.d7 1-0

Round 2, Dec. 29
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek – Tengis, Tsog-Ochir
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Ba4 Bg4 8.h3 Bh5 9.Nbd2 Kh8 10.Re1 Ng8 11.g4 Bg6 12.Nf1 f6 13.Ng3 d5 14.Bc2 Bb6 15.Qe2 Qd7 16.Be3 Bxe3 17.Qxe3 Nge7 18.Rad1 Rad8 19.d4 exd4 20.Nxd4 dxe4 21.Bxe4 Nxd4 22.Rxd4 Qb5 23.a4 Qxb2 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Bxg6 hxg6 26.Qxe7 Rd2 27.Qf8+ Kh7 28.Re7 Kh6 29.h4 1-0

Round 2, Dec. 29
Postny, Evgeny – Samsonkin, Artiom
E11 Bogo-Indian Defence, Nimzowitsch

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Nc6 7.b3 d5 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O Rd8 10.Qb2 b6 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Rac1 dxc4 13.Nxc4 Nb8 14.b4 a6 15.Rfd1 Nbd7 16.a4 Rac8 17.b5 axb5 18.axb5 c5 19.bxc6 Bxc6 20.Nxb6 Nxb6 21.Qxb6 Be4 22.Ne5 Rxc1 23.Rxc1 Bxg2 24.Kxg2 Rf8 25.Rc7 Qd8 26.Qc5 Ne4 27.Qc4 Nd2 28.Qc3 Ne4 29.Qc4 Nd2 30.Qc5 Ne4 31.Qa7 Nd6 32.Rd7 Nb5 33.Rxd8 Nxa7 34.Rd7 Nb5 35.e3 f6 36.Nc6 Ra8 37.Re7 Ra2 38.Rxe6 Nc3 39.Nd8 h5 40.Re8+ Kh7 41.Ne6 Nd1 42.Re7 Rxf2+ 43.Kh3 1-0

**Wayne Komer** · Sunday, 29th December, 2019, 10:42 AM

FIDE World Blitz Championships 2019

December 29, 2019

Blitz

Rounds One to Twelve

Rounds 3 to 4

A sensation! Firouzja beats the highest rated player

Round 3, Dec. 29
Nakamura, Hikaru – Firouzja, Alireza
B50 Sicilian, Defence, Scheveningen/Najdorf/dragon

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.h3 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bc4 O-O 9.O-O Be6 10.Bb3 h6 11.Re1 Na5 12.Be3 a6 13.Qe2 Qc7 14.Rad1 Nxb3 15.cxb3 b5 16.b4 Qb7 17.Nd2 Rac8 18.a3 d5 19.exd5 Nxd5 20.Qf3 Qc6 21.Nxd5 Bxd5 22.Qg3 f5 23.Qxe5 Bd6 24.Qc3 Bxg2 25.Qxc6 Bxc6 26.Bc5 Rf6 27.Kf1 Bf4 28.Be3 Bh2 29.Rc1 Rg6 30.Ke2 Rd8 31.Nf3 Bb8 32.Rg1 Rxg1 33.Rxg1 Kf7 34.Nd4 Bd7 35.f4 Re8 36.Kf2 Re4 37.Ne2 Be6 38.Rd1 g5 39.Kf3 gxf4 40.Nxf4 Bxf4 41.Bxf4 h5 42.Rd6 Rc4 43.h4 Rc2 44.Be5 Rc4 45.Rxa6 Rxh4 46.Ra7+ Ke8 47.Bf6 Bd5+ 48.Ke2 Re4+ 49.Kd3 Bc4+ 50.Kc3 f4 51.b3 f3 52.Bg7 f2 53.Ra8+ Kd7 0-1

Round 3, Dec. 29
Salem, Saleh – Carlsen, Magnus
D35 QGD, Exchange, positional line

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Nge2 Re8 9.Qc2 h6 10.Bh4 a5 11.a3 Na6 12.h3 Nc7 13.O-O Ne6 14.f4 g5 15.Bg3 g4 16.Bh4 gxh3 17.Ng3 Ng7 18.Rae1 Be7 19.f5 h2+ 20.Kh1 Ng4 21.f6 Nxf6 22.Bxf6 Bxf6 23.Qf2 Re6 24.e4 Qe7 25.exd5 Rxe1 26.Rxe1 Bxd4 27.Rxe7 Bxf2 28.Nge4 Bh4 29.Re5 f6 30.Re7 f5 31.Rc7 fxe4 32.Bc4 cxd5 33.Nxd5 Be6 0-1

Round 3, Dec. 29
Chigaev, Maksim – Kramnik, Vladimir
C50 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.a4 a6 7.c3 h6 8.a5 O-O 9.Be3 Bxe3 10.fxe3 Ne7 11.Nbd2 Ng6 12.Qe1 Be6 13.Bxe6 fxe6 14.Qg3 Qe8 15.b4 Rd8 16.c4 Nh5 17.Qh3 Nf6 18.Qg3 Nh7 19.h3 Rf6 20.Nh2 Ngf8 21.Rxf6 Nxf6 22.Rf1 Qg6 23.Qh4 Rd7 24.Ndf3 Rf7 25.Qe1 Qh5 26.Qg3 Qg6 27.Qh4 Rd7 28.Rc1 Qe8 29.Ng4 Nxg4 30.Qxg4 Nh7 31.c5 Nf6 32.Qg3 Kh7 33.c6 bxc6 34.Rxc6 Qa8 35.Rc4 Qe8 36.Qh4 Kg8 37.Qg3 d5 38.exd5 exd5 39.Rc1 e4 40.Ne5 Nh5 41.Qg4 Qxe5 42.Qxd7 exd3 43.Qxc7 Qxc7 0-1

Round 3, Dec. 29
Fedoseev, Vladimir – Abdusattorov, Nodirbek
A45 Trompovsky Attack

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.e3 c5 4.Bxf6 gxf6 5.dxc5 e6 6.c4 dxc4 7.Qc2 Nc6 8.Bxc4 Qa5+ 9.Nd2 Qxc5 10.Rc1 Bg7 11.Ngf3 O-O 12.Qb1 Qe7 13.O-O f5 14.e4 f4 15.Rfe1 Rd8 16.a3 Bd7 17.e5 Be8 18.Qe4 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 Rxd2 20.Bd3 Rd8 21.Qxh7+ Kf8 22.h4 f3 23.Rc4 Bxe5 24.Rxe5 Qf6 25.Rg5 R8xd3 26.Rc7 Rd7 27.Rc8 Rd8 28.Rg8+ Ke7 29.Rc7+ R2d7 30.Rc3 Qf4 31.Rg3 fxg2 32.Kxg2 Rd2 33.Rcf3 0-1

Round 3, Dec. 29
Hansen, Eric – Ponkratov, Pavel
C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.d3 d6 5.exf5 a6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.d4 e4 8.Nfd2 Bxf5 9.Nc3 Nf6 10.f3 exf3 11.O-O Bg4 12.h3 f2+ 0-1

Final Position

Round 3, Dec. 29
Samsonkin, Artiom – Miranda, Jayme
B12 Caro-Kann, Advance variation

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h5 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 e6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Nf3 Nd7 9.Nc3 Nh6 10.Ne2 Nf5 11.Ng3 Nxg3 12.fxg3 Bxg5 13.Nxg5 Qe7 14.O-O Rf8 15.Qf3 g6 16.c4 dxc4 17.Rac1 Nb6 18.Ne4 O-O-O 19.Qc3 Nd5 20.Qa5 Nb6 21.Qxa7 Kc7 22.Nc5 Rxd4 23.Qxb7+ Kd8 24.Qxb6+ 1-0

Round 4, Dec. 29
Firouzja, Alireza – Yu, Yangyi
C42 Petrov, Nimzowitsch

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Qd2 Bf5 9.O-O-O Qd7 10.Bc4 Be6 11.Qe2 Bxc4 12.Qxc4 Qe6 13.Rd5 O-O 14.Rhd1 Rfe8 15.Qb5 Rab8 16.Kb1 a6 17.Qa4 Bf6 18.a3 h6 19.h3 Qe4 20.Qxe4 Rxe4 21.Nd2 Re5 22.Rd3 Re6 23.Rd5 Ne7 24.Ra5 Re8 25.Nf3 Nc6 26.Rad5 Ne7 27.R5d3 Nf5 28.Bc1 Re2 29.Rf1 Nh4 30.Nxh4 Bxh4 31.Be3 Bg5 32.Bxg5 hxg5 33.Kc1 f6 34.Rd2 R2e4 35.b3 Kf7 36.Kd1 R8e5 37.Rd3 Kg6 38.Kd2 f5 39.Re3 Rxe3 40.fxe3 Kh5 41.e4 f4 42.Kd3 d5 43.exd5 Rxd5+ 44.Ke2 Re5+ 45.Kd2 Re3 46.Rf2 Kh4 47.c4 Kg3 0-1

Round 4, Dec. 29
Carlsen, Magnus – Jakovenko, Dmitry
A36 English, ultra-symmetrical

1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d3 d6 6.Qd2 Qd7 7.b3 b6 8.Bb2 Bb7 9.Nd5 Bxb2 10.Qxb2 e5 11.f4 O-O-O 12.Nf3 f6 13.O-O Nce7 14.e4 Nxd5 15.exd5 Ne7 16.fxe5 dxe5 17.Nd2 Rhf8 18.Ne4 Ng8 19.b4 cxb4 20.Qxb4 f5 21.Ng5 Qd6 22.Qxd6 Rxd6 23.Rae1 h6 24.Ne6 Re8 25.Rxe5 Nf6 26.Rfe1 Kb8 27.Nf4 Rxe5 28.Rxe5 Ng4 29.Re8+ Bc8 30.d4 g5 31.c5 Rd7 32.Ng6 Nf6 33.Rf8 Nxd5 34.Ne5 1-0

Round 4, Dec. 29
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek – Mamedov, Rauf
B36 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Maroczy

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7 9.Be3 O-O 10.Qd2 a5 11.f3 a4 12.O-O Bd7 13.Rfc1 Bc6 14.Rab1 Qa5 15.Nd5 Qd8 16.Nb6 Rb8 17.b4 axb3 18.axb3 Nd7 19.Nd5 Ra8 20.b4 Ra3 21.Bf2 h5 22.Bf1 Kh7 23.Rd1 Ne5 24.b5 Bxd5 25.Qxd5 b6 26.Qb7 Nd7 27.f4 Ra2 28.Be3 Ra3 29.Bf2 Ra2 30.e5 Qc8 31.Qxc8 Rxc8 32.exd6 exd6 33.Rxd6 Nf6 34.Bxb6 Ne4 35.Rd7 Rb8 36.Be3 Ra3 37.Rd3 Ra2 38.b6 Nc3 39.Re1 Rb2 40.c5 Na4 41.Rd7 Re8 42.Rxf7 Kh6 43.Rxg7 Rxe3 44.Rxe3 Kxg7 45.Re7+ Kf6 46.Rc7 Rb1 47.b7 Nc3 48.Rc6+ Kf5 49.Rb6 1-0

Round 4, Dec. 29
Nakamura, Hikaru – Gareyev, Timur
C26 Vienna, Paulsen-Mieses variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bc5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.Nge2 a6 6.O-O d6 7.d3 Be6 8.Nd5 Bxd5 9.exd5 Ne7 10.d4 exd4 11.Nxd4 O-O 12.c4 Ng6 13.b3 Qd7 14.Bg5 Ng4 15.h3 h6 16.Bc1 Nf6 17.Bb2 Rae8 18.Kh2 Re5 19.b4 Bxb4 20.Nb3 Rf5 21.a3 Bc5 22.Nxc5 dxc5 23.f4 h5 24.Bxf6 Rxf6 25.Qxh5 Ne7 26.Rae1 Nf5 27.Re5 Nd4 28.Rfe1 Rh6 29.Qd1 b5 30.cxb5 axb5 31.h4 Ra6 32.Qd3 g6 33.h5 Kg7 34.Bh3 Qd8 35.Qc3 Qf6 36.R1e3 b4 37.axb4 Ra2+ 38.Bg2 Rh8 39.Qc4 Rc2 40.Qd3 Rb2 41.bxc5 Nf5 42.Re2 Rxh5+ 43.Kg1 Rxe2 44.Qxe2 Nxg3 45.Qe3 Nf5 46.Qc3 Nh4 47.Qg3 Nxg2 48.Kxg2 Rh4 49.Kf3 Rh1 50.Kg2 Rc1 51.Qe3 Rc4 52.Kg3 Rb4 53.Re4 Rxe4 54.Qxe4 Qc3+ 55.Kg2 Qxc5 56.Qe5+ Kf8 57.Kg3 Qd6 58.Qg5 Ke8 59.Kg2 Kd7 60.Kg3 Kc8 61.Kf3 f5 62.Kg3 Kb7 63.Kh4 Kb6 64.Qg1+ Kb5 65.Kg5 Kc4 66.Qd1 Kc5 67.Qd3 Qb6 68.Qd2 Kc4 69.Qd1 Kc3 70.Qa4 Kd3 71.Qc6 Qxc6 72.dxc6 Ke4 73.Kxg6 Kxf4 74.Kf6 Ke4 75.Ke6 f4 76.Kd7 f3 77.Kxc7 f2 78.Kb8 f1=Q 79.c7 Qb5+ 80.Ka7 Qc6 81.Kb8 Qb5+ 82.Ka7 Qd7 83.Kb8 Qd6 84.Kb7 Qe7 85.Kb8 Qd6 86.Kb7 Qd7 87.Kb8 Qxc7+ 1/2-1/2

Round 4, Dec. 29
Murzin, Volodar – Hansen, Eric
B40 Sicilian Defence

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.d3 d5 6.Nbd2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Re1 O-O 9.c3 b6 10.e5 Nd7 11.d4 a5 12.a4 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nb4 14.Nf1 Ba6 15.Bg5 Qe8 16.Ra3 h6 17.Be3 Rc8 18.Rc3 Qe7 19.Qd2 Kh7 20.Rec1 Na2 21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.Rxc8 Bxc8 23.Qc2 Qd8 24.N1d2 Nb4 25.Qc3 Ba6 26.Bf1 Bxf1 27.Kxf1 Nb8 28.h4 Qd7 29.b3 b5 30.Qc5 bxa4 31.Qxa5 Qb7 32.bxa4 N4c6 33.Qb5 Qe7 34.Kg2 Bf8 35.Nb3 Qa3 36.h5 gxh5 37.Nc5 Bxc5 38.dxc5 Kg7 39.Nd4 Nxd4 40.Bxd4 Qc1 41.Qxb8 Qc4 42.Qb2 Qxa4 43.Qc3 Qc6 44.Qe3 Kg6 45.Qf4 Qb7 46.Kh2 Kg7 47.Be3 Kg8 48.Qxh6 1-0

Round 4, Dec. 29
Zhigalko, Sergei – Samsonkin, Artiom
B22 Sicilian, Alapin

1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd6 7.O-O Ne7 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Nb3 Bb6 11.Bd3 Bf5 12.Re1 Qd7 13.Be3 Bc7 14.Nc5 Qc8 15.h3 Re8 16.Qc2 Bd6 17.Nb3 Nb4 18.cxb4 Qxc2 19.Bxc2 Bxc2 20.Nbd4 Be4 21.a3 a6 22.Nd2 Rac8 23.Rac1 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 Rc8 25.Rd1 Be5 26.N2b3 b6 27.f3 Bc2 28.Rd2 Bg6 29.Kf2 f6 30.Ne2 Rc2 31.Bxb6 Bxb2 32.a4 Nc6 33.Bc5 Ne5 34.Nf4 Bc3 35.Rxc2 Bxc2 36.Nd4 Bxa4 37.Nxd5 Nd3+ 38.Ke3 Nxc5 39.Nxc3 1-0

Ranking List after Round Four

1 Abdusattorov 4
2 Yu Yangyi 4
3 Carlsen 4
4 Wojtaszek 4
5 Dreev 3.5
6 Karjakin 3.5
7 Kramnik 3.5
8 Artemiev 3.5
9 Andreikin 3.5
10 Grischuk 3,5
11 Matlakov 3.5
12 Ponkratov 3.5
13 Vidit 3.5
134 Hansen 1.5
183 Samsonkin 1

**Wayne Komer** · Sunday, 29th December, 2019, 12:00 PM

FIDE World Blitz Championships 2019

December 29, 2019

Blitz

Rounds One to Twelve

Rounds 5 to 6

Round 5, Dec. 29
Yu, Yangyi – Abdusattorov, Nodirbek
C48 Four Knights, Spanish, Classical Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.d3 Nd7 7.Be3 Qe7 8.Bxc5 Nxc5 9.Qd2 Bg4 10.Qe3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Ne6 12.O-O O-O 13.Ne2 c5 14.Qg3 f6 15.a4 Rad8 16.b3 a5 17.h3 b6 18.f3 g5 19.f4 exf4 20.Nxf4 Nd4 21.Rf2 Qe5 22.Nh5 Ne2+ 23.Rxe2 Qxa1+ 24.Kh2 Qe5 25.Rf2 Qxg3+ 26.Kxg3 Rd6 27.Rf5 Kf7 28.Kf3 Ke7 29.Ke3 c6 30.g4 Re6 31.Rf1 Re5 32.Ng3 Kd7 33.Nh5 Ke7 34.Ng3 Re6 35.Nf5+ Kd7 36.Ng3 Ra8 37.Nh5 Rf8 38.Ng3 b5 39.Ra1 Ra8 40.Nf5 Kc7 41.Ng7 Re7 42.Nf5 Rd7 43.Ng3 c4 44.bxc4 bxc4 45.d4 Rb8 46.Rf1 Rb2 47.Rf2 c3 48.Nf5 Ra2 49.e5 fxe5 50.dxe5 Rxa4 51.e6 Rd5 52.e7 Kd7 53.Rf1 Rb4 54.Ra1 a4 55.Ra3 Rc5 56.Kd3 h5 57.Ra1 Re5 58.Kxc3 Rbe4 59.Rd1+ Rd5 60.Rb1 Rxf5 61.gxf5 Kxe7 62.Rb6 Re3+ 63.Kd4 Rxh3 64.Rxc6 g4 65.Ke5 Re3+ 66.Kf4 Re1 67.f6+ Kf7 68.Kg5 g3 69.Rc7+ Kf8 70.Rc8+ Re8 71.Rc3 g2 72.Rg3 Kf7 73.Kf5 Rg8 74.Rc3 g1=Q 75.Rc7+ Ke8 76.f7+ Kd8 77.fxg8=Q+ Qxg8 0-1

Round 5, Dec. 29
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw – Carlen, Magnus
D41 QGD, Semi-Tarrasch

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be6 7.e3 c4 8.Ne5 Be7 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Nfd7 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Bf3 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Rd8 14.Nxd5 Bxd5 15.Bxd5 Nc6 16.e4 Nb4 17.Rc1 Rac8 18.Qd4 b5 19.f4 Rc5 20.Rfd1 Kf8 21.a3 Nxd5 22.exd5 Rcxd5 23.Qxd5 Rxd5 24.Rxd5 a6 25.Rcd1 g6 26.g3 c3 27.bxc3 Qxa3 28.R1d3 Qb2 29.Rd7 Qe2 30.R3d6 a5 31.Ra6 Qe1+ 32.Kg2 Qe4+ 33.Kg1 a4 34.Raa7 Qc4 35.Kf2 Kg7 36.Rdc7 Qd5 37.Ke3 g5 38.Re7 gxf4+ 39.gxf4 Qc5+ 40.Kd3 Qc4+ 41.Ke3 Qxc3+ 42.Ke4 Qc4+ 43.Kf5 Qc2+ 44.Kg4 Qg6+ 45.Kf3 Qd3+ 46.Kg4 Kg6 47.Ra6+ Kg7 48.Raa7 h5+ 49.Kh4 Qf5 50.Kg3 Qg4+ 51.Kf2 Qxf4+ 52.Ke2 Kg6 53.Ra6+ Kg5 54.Rf6 Qe4+ 55.Kf2 a3 56.Rfxf7 a2 57.Rg7+ Kh4 58.Ra7 Qxe5 0-1

Round 5, Dec. 29
Karjakin, Sergey – Kramnik, Vladimir
A01 Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack, Modern variation

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nge7 6.b4 d6 7.b5 Nb8 8.d4 O-O 9.Be2 e4 10.Nfd2 f5 11.Nc3 Nd7 12.a4 Nf6 13.Qc2 Be6 14.h4 Bf7 15.g3 c6 16.Ba3 Rc8 17.bxc6 bxc6 18.Rb1 h5 19.Kf1 Qd7 20.Kg2 Ng4 21.Rb2 c5 22.dxc5 dxc5 23.Rhb1 f4 24.exf4 Nxf2 25.Ndxe4 Qh3+ 26.Kxf2 Nf5 27.Bf1 Qh2+ 28.Ke1 Qg1 29.Qf2 Qh1 30.Qg2 Qxg2 31.Bxg2 Ne3 32.Bf1 Bxc4 33.Bxc4+ Nxc4 34.Ra2 Rfe8 35.Kf2 Nxa3 36.Rxa3 Rcd8 37.Kf1 Rd3 38.Nxc5 Rxg3 39.Nb5 Rg4 40.Rf3 Rxh4 41.Rbb3 Rh1+ 42.Kg2 Ree1 43.Rfe3 Reg1+ 44.Kf3 h4 45.Nd6 Rg3+ 46.Ke4 Rg4 47.Ne6 Rd1 48.Rb7 Rxd6 49.Rxg7+ Kh8 50.Re7 Rg1 51.Ke5 Ra6 52.Kf6 Rf1 53.Kg5 Rg1+ 54.Kh6 Kg8 55.Ng5 Rf6 56.Rg7+ Kf8 57.Nh7# 1-0

Round 5, Dec. 29
Jobava, Baadur – Petrosian, Tigran
B07 Pirc, Bayonet (Mariotti) Attack

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.h4 h5 6.Nf3 c6 7.Ng5 Qc7 8.a4 e5 9.Be3 Ng4 10.Bxg4 hxg4 11.d5 Qe7 12.f3 f6 13.Ne6 Bxe6 14.dxe6 f5 15.fxg4 Rxh4 16.Rxh4 Qxh4+ 17.Bf2 Qh1+ 18.Ke2 Qxd1+ 19.Rxd1 fxg4 20.Rxd6 Bf8 21.Rd3 b6 22.Rg3 Ke7 23.Rxg4 Kxe6 24.Rxg6+ Kf7 25.Rg5 Nd7 26.Nb1 Bh6 27.Rf5+ Ke6 28.Rh5 Bc1 29.b3 Rg8 30.Rh1 Bf4 31.Kf3 Nf6 32.Nc3 Rd8 33.Ne2 Bg5 34.Be3 Bxe3 35.Kxe3 Ng4+ 36.Kf3 Nf6 37.g4 Rd2 38.Rh6 Ke7 39.Ng3 Rxc2 40.g5 Rc3+ 41.Kg2 Ng4 42.Nf5+ Kf7 43.Rd6 Ne3+ 44.Kf2 Ng4+ 45.Ke2 Ke8 46.g6 Rxb3 47.g7 Kf7 48.Rd7+ 1-0

Round 5, Dec. 29
Esipenko, Andrey – Firouzja, Alireza
D27 QGA, Classical

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.O-O a6 7.b3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Be7 9.Bb2 O-O 10.Be2 Bd7 11.Nd2 Nc6 12.Nc4 Rc8 13.Rc1 Nd5 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.Ne5 Bb5 16.Bxb5 axb5 17.Qe2 b4 18.Rxc8 Qxc8 19.Rc1 Qa8 20.Bd4 Rc8 21.Rxc8+ Qxc8 22.Qc4 Qxc4 23.Nxc4 b5 24.Na5 Nc3 25.Nc6 Bd6 26.Kf1 Nxa2 27.Bb2 Nc3 28.Nd4 Bc5 29.Ne2 Ne4 30.Ke1 Bd6 31.g3 Nc5 32.Nc1 e5 33.Ke2 f6 34.f3 Kf7 35.e4 Ke6 36.Ke3 g6 37.g4 Bf8 38.Ke2 h5 39.h3 h4 40.Nd3 0-1

Round 5, Dec. 29
Sasikiran, Krishnan – Nakamura, Hikaru
C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.O-O g6 7.d4 Bg7 8.Re1 Nf6 9.Bc2 O-O 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.h3 b5 12.Nf1 Na5 13.b3 c5 14.d5 Nh5 15.Ng3 Nf4 16.Ne2 Nxe2+ 17.Qxe2 f5 18.exf5 e4 19.Ng5 Bxf5 20.g4 e3 21.Bxe3 Bxc2 22.Ne6 Qh4 23.Qxc2 Qxh3 24.Qe4 Bxc3 25.Bg5 Be5 26.Re3 0-1

Round 5, Dec. 29
Hansen, Eric – Rychagov, Andrey
C11 French, Burn variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nf3 h6 7.Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.Be3 Bd6 9.Bd3 b6 10.Ne5 O-O 11.Qf3 Nd5 12.Bd2 Bb7 13.O-O c5 14.Rae1 Qc7 15.Qg3 Kh8 16.Qh3 Kg8 17.Bxh6 gxh6 18.Qxh6 f6 19.Re4 f5 20.Qxe6+ Rf7 21.Rh4 Qe7 22.Rh8+ Kxh8 23.Ng6+ Kg7 24.Nxe7 Bxe7 25.Bxf5 Rf6 26.Qe5 Bd6 27.Qe4 Raf8 28.Be6 Re8 29.Qg4+ Rg6 30.Qh4 Rexe6 31.dxc5 Bxc5 32.c4 Nf4 33.Qxf4 Rxg2+ 0-1

Round 5, Dec. 29
Samsonkin, Artiom – Zarubitski, Vlachaslau
C43 Petrov, Modern Attack, symmetrical variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.dxe5 d5 5.Nbd2 Nc5 6.Nb3 Ne6 7.Nbd4 Be7 8.Nf5 Nc6 9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O Nc5 11.Re1 Nxd3 12.Qxd3 Nb4 13.Nxe7+ Qxe7 14.Qb3 Be6 15.a3 Na6 16.Qxb7 Nc5 17.Qc6 Ne4 18.Nd2 Nc5 19.b4 Nd7 20.Nf3 Rab8 21.Bg5 Qe8 22.Qxc7 h6 23.Be3 Bg4 24.Nd4 Qxe5 25.Qxe5 Nxe5 26.Bf4 f6 27.Bxe5 fxe5 28.Rxe5 Rbc8 29.f3 Bd7 30.Rxd5 Ba4 31.Ra5 Bxc2 32.Rc1 Bd3 33.Rxc8 Rxc8 34.Rxa7 Rc4 35.Ne6 g5 36.Kf2 Rc2+ 37.Ke3 Bc4 38.Nd4 Rxg2 39.b5 Rb2 40.a4 Kf8 41.Rc7 Bf1 42.a5 Ra2 43.b6 Ba6 44.Ra7 Bc8 45.Ra8 Ke7 46.Rxc8 Ra3+ 47.Ke4 Rxa5 48.Nc6+ Kd7 49.Rc7+ Kd6 50.Nxa5 h5 51.Nc4+ Ke6 52.b7 1-0

Round 6, Dec. 29
Artemiev, Vladislav – Karjakin, Sergey
A06 Reti, Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack

1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Bb2 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.O-O e6 7.d4 a6 8.Bd3 cxd4 9.exd4 Bd6 10.a3 O-O 11.Nbd2 Ne7 12.Ne5 Bb5 13.c4 dxc4 14.bxc4 Bc6 15.Nxc6 Nxc6 16.Nf3 Rc8 17.Re1 Bb8 18.Qe2 Rc7 19.Rad1 Rd7 20.Bc2 Ba7 21.Ba4 Nxd4 22.Bxd4 Rxd4 23.Nxd4 Bxd4 24.Qd2 Bb6 25.Qxd8 Bxd8 26.Rb1 b6 27.Bc6 Bc7 28.Red1 Rb8 29.a4 Kf8 30.c5 bxc5 1-0

Round 6, Dec. 29
Carlsen, Magnus – Abdusattorov, Nodirbek
D30 QGD, mini Orthodox

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 d5 4.e3 Be7 5.c4 O-O 6.Qc2 h6 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.h4 g6 9.Nc3 Bg7 10.O-O-O c6 11.g4 Nd7 12.g5 h5 13.Kb1 Qe7 14.cxd5 exd5 15.Bd3 Nb6 16.Rc1 Be6 17.Ne2 Bg4 18.Nh2 Bxe2 19.Qxe2 Rac8 20.f4 Rfe8 21.Rhe1 Nc4 22.Bxc4 dxc4 23.Qxc4 Qe4+ 24.Qc2 Qd5 25.Rcd1 Rcd8 26.e4 Qe6 27.Qf2 Rd7 28.f5 Qc4 29.f6 Bf8 30.Nf3 Rd6 31.Ne5 Qe6 32.Nd3 Qg4 33.Nf4 Rxe4 34.Rf1 Qf5 35.Ka1 c5 36.d5 c4 37.Rde1 Rxe1+ 38.Qxe1 c3 39.Qxc3 Rxd5 40.a3 Rc5 41.Qd4 Rc2 42.Rd1 Rc8 43.Nd5 Re8 44.Qxa7 Qg4 45.Qd4 Re4 46.Ne7+ Kh7 47.Qd5 Re6 48.Qd7 Bxe7 49.fxe7 Rxe7 50.Qxe7 Qxd1+ 51.Ka2 Qd5+ 1/2-1/2

Round 6, Dec. 29
Firouzja, Alireza – Duda, Jan-Krzysztof
A64 Benoni, Fianchetto

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.O-O Re8 10.Nd2 Nbd7 11.a4 a6 12.a5 b5 13.axb6 Nxb6 14.Nb3 Qc7 15.Na5 Nfd7 16.Bf4 Ne5 17.Qc1 f5 18.b3 Bd7 19.Ra2 Bb5 20.h3 Nbd7 21.Rd1 Rac8 22.Nc6 Qb6 23.Nxb5 axb5 24.Qc2 Nf7 25.e4 fxe4 26.Bxe4 Nf6 27.Bf3 Ra8 28.Rxa8 Rxa8 29.Re1 Qa6 30.Kg2 Qa2 31.Qd3 c4 32.bxc4 bxc4 33.Qe3 Qb2 34.Re2 Qb1 35.Ne7+ Kh8 36.Re1 Qb2 37.Nc6 c3 38.Rc1 Nd7 39.h4 Nc5 40.h5 gxh5 41.Bxh5 Nb3 42.Rh1 Ne5 43.Nxe5 dxe5 44.Bxe5 Rf8 45.Bxg7+ Kxg7 46.Bg4 c2 47.Qh6+ Kf7 48.Qxh7+ Kf6 49.Qf5+ 1-0

Round 6, Dec. 29
Rozum, Ivan – Hansen, Eric
A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.c4 c6 7.O-O Bg4 8.d4 Nbd7 9.Nc3 a6 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 e6 12.e3 Qe7 13.Qe2 Rac8 14.Rac1 Rfd8 15.Rfd1 h5 16.Bg2 Ne8 17.Rc2 f5 18.Rdc1 Rb8 19.Na4 Nef6 20.Bc3 Ne4 21.Ba5 Re8 22.h4 Ndf6 23.Nb2 Bh6 24.Nd3 Ng4 25.Nf4 Bxf4 26.exf4 Nexf2 27.Be1 Ne4 28.c5 a5 29.Bxe4 fxe4 30.Bxa5 Ra8 31.Be1 Qg7 32.Qd2 Nh6 33.Bf2 Ra3 34.Kg2 Rea8 35.Rb2 Qf7 36.Qe2 Nf5 37.Rd1 Kh7 38.Be1 Qg7 39.Bf2 Qf6 40.Rdd2 Qd8 41.Rd1 Qa5 42.Rdd2 Qb4 43.Be3 Qc3 44.Kf2 Qb4 45.Rbc2 Qa5 46.Rb2 Nh6 47.Kg2 Ng4 48.Bg1 Qc3 49.Rbc2 Qb4 50.Rb2 Nh6 51.Be3 Nf5 52.Kf2 Rf8 53.Kg2 Rf7 54.Rbc2 Qa5 55.Rb2 Qa8 56.Rbc2 Rf8 57.Rb2 Qa7 58.Rbc2 Ra8 59.Bf2 Qb8 60.Be3 Qd8 61.Bf2 R8a7 62.Be3 b6 63.cxb6 Qxb6 64.Bf2 Rc7 65.Rc5 Ra5 66.Rdc2 Rxc5 67.Rxc5 Ra7 68.Qc2 e3 69.Rxc6 Qxd4 70.Be1 Rb7 71.a4 Qa7 72.a5 d4 73.a6 Rd7 74.Qd3 Qa8 75.Qe4 d3 76.Qxe6 Rg7 77.Kf1 d2 78.Bxd2 exd2 79.Ke2 Nd4+ 0-1

Round 6, Dec. 29
Shcherbakov, Ruslan – Samsonkin, Artiom
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 a6 6.Bxd7+ Bxd7 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 Nf6 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.O-O Rg8 11.Re1 e6 12.Nc3 Be7 13.Rad1 Qc7 14.Qe3 h5 15.Nd4 O-O-O 16.Rd3 Kb8 17.Nce2 Qc5 18.Qd2 Qg5 19.g3 Qxd2 20.Rxd2 h4 21.c4 Rc8 22.b3 hxg3 23.hxg3 d5 24.Nc2 Bc5 25.Kf1 Rh8 26.Kg2 Bc6 27.exd5 exd5 28.cxd5 Rcd8 29.Nf4 Bd7 30.Rh1 Rhg8 31.Rh7 Bd6 32.Nh5 Bf5 33.Rh6 Be4+ 34.f3 Bg6 35.g4 Rc8 36.Ne3 Bb4 37.Re2 Rge8 38.Nxf6 Re7 39.d6 Bxd6 40.Nfd5 Re6 41.Rh1 Rce8 42.Rhe1 Bc5 43.b4 Ba7 44.Kf2 Bd3 45.Rd2 Bc4 46.a4 Bxd5 47.Rxd5 Rxe3 48.Rxe3 Rxe3 49.Kg3 Rb3 50.Rf5 Rxb4 51.a5 b6 52.axb6 Bxb6 53.Rxf7 Rb1 54.g5 a5 55.Kf4 Rg1 56.Re7 a4 57.Re4 a3 58.Ra4 Bc5 59.Kf5 Kb7 60.f4 Kb6 61.Kg6 Kb5 62.Ra8 Bb4 63.Rxa3 Bxa3 64.f5 Kc6 65.f6 Bc1 66.f7 Bxg5 0-1

Standings after Round Six

1 Carlsen 5.5
2 Abdusattorov 5.5
3 Artemiev 5.5
4 Socko 5
5 Andreikin 5
6 Jakovenko 5
7 Matlakov 5
8 Firouzja 5
9 Jobava 5
119 Samsonkin 3
135 Hansen 2.5

**Wayne Komer** · Sunday, 29th December, 2019, 12:31 PM

FIDE World Blitz Championships 2019

December 29, 2019

Blitz

Rounds One to Twelve

Rounds 7 to 8

Round 7, Dec. 29
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek – Artemiev, Vladislav
B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.O-O O-O 9.h3 Nc6 10.Nde2 Rb8 11.Be3 b5 12.Nd5 Nd7 13.Nd4 Bb7 14.Rc1 Rc8 15.Nxc6 Bxc6 16.Bd4 Bxd4 17.Qxd4 e5 18.Qd2 Bxd5 19.Qxd5 Nf6 20.Qd3 Qb6 21.Rfd1 Rc6 22.c3 Rfc8 23.Bf3 h5 24.Rd2 Kg7 25.Kg2 a5 26.a3 b4 27.axb4 axb4 28.Rdc2 Nd7 29.cxb4 Rxc2 30.Rxc2 Rxc2 31.Qxc2 Qxb4 32.Be2 Qd4 33.Bc4 Nc5 34.Bd5 Nd3 35.Qe2 Nxb2 36.Qf3 Qa7 37.g4 hxg4 38.hxg4 Na4 39.Qa3 Qa6 40.Qf3 Qa7 41.Qa3 Qd7 42.Qf3 Nc5 43.g5 Qe7 44.Kf1 Nd7 45.Qg4 Nf8 46.f4 exf4 47.Qxf4 Nh7 48.Ke2 Nxg5 49.Qe3 Qe5 0-1

Magnus’s first loss in Moscow?

Round 7, Dec. 29
Andreikin, Dmitry – Carlsen, Magnus
D38 QGD, Ragozin variation

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd2 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Bd6 9.Qc2 e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.f4 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 Ng4 14.Bd4 c5 15.Bxc5 Re8 16.O-O Nxe3 17.Bxe3 Rxe3 18.Qf2 Re8 19.Rad1 Qc7 20.Rc1 Qd6 21.f5 Qf6 22.Bb3 Bd7 23.Rc7 Re7 24.Rxb7 a5 25.Rb6 Qg5 26.f6 gxf6 27.Rxf6 Be8 28.Bxf7+ Bxf7 29.Rxf7 Rxf7 30.Qxf7+ Kh8 31.Qf6+ Qxf6 32.Rxf6 Rd8 33.g3 Kg7 34.Rf2 a4 35.Kg2 a3 36.bxa3 Rd3 37.Kf1 Rxa3 38.Ke1 h5 39.Kd1 h4 40.gxh4 Kg6 41.Kc1 Ra8 42.Kb2 Rb8+ 43.Kc3 Rc8+ 44.Kd4 Ra8 45.Kc4 Rc8+ 46.Kb3 Rb8+ 47.Kc3 Ra8 48.Kb2 Rb8+ 49.Ka1 Ra8 50.Rf4 Ra3 51.Kb2 Rh3 52.a4 Rxh2+ 53.Kb3 Rh3+ 54.Kb4 1-0

Round 7, Dec. 29
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Firouzja, Alireza
E60 King’s Indian, Fianchetto variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Ne4 7.b3 e5 8.Bb2 Nc6 9.d5 Ne7 10.Nxe5 Nxf2 11.Rxf2 dxe5 12.c5 Nf5 13.Qd2 Qe7 14.e4 Nd4 15.Ba3 c6 16.Nc3 1/2-1/2

Round 7, Dec. 29
Nakamura, Hikaru – Sarana, Alexy
B50 Sicilian Defence, Scheveningen/Najdorf/dragon

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.h3 e6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 a6 7.g4 Nfd7 8.g5 Nc6 9.Bg2 Be7 10.h4 Qc7 11.Be3 Nde5 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.b3 d5 14.Na4 O-O 15.f4 Nd7 16.O-O Bb7 17.c4 dxe4 18.Bxe4 c5 19.Qf3 Bxe4 20.Qxe4 Rad8 21.Rad1 Nb6 22.Nb2 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 Rd8 24.Rxd8+ Qxd8 25.Kf2 h6 26.Ke2 hxg5 27.hxg5 a5 28.Bd2 Nd7 29.Nd3 g6 30.Bc3 Bf8 31.Ne5 Bg7 32.Qd3 Bxe5 33.Bxe5 Qc8 34.Bc3 Qc7 35.Qh3 Kf8 36.Qf3 Ke7 37.Kd3 Qd6+ 38.Kc2 Qa6 39.a4 Nb8 40.Bf6+ Ke8 41.Qh1 Nc6 42.Qh8+ Kd7 43.Qf8 Nb4+ 44.Kb2 Qc6 45.Qd8# 1-0

Round 7, Dec. 29
Hansen, Eric – Kim, Aleey
C00 French Defence

1.e4 e6 2.d4 b6 3.Bd3 Bb7 4.Nf3 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 Ne7 7.a4 a6 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.c3 f5 10.b3 Qc8 11.Ba3 Re8 12.exf5 Nxf5 13.h4 Nc6 14.h5 Qd8 15.hxg6 hxg6 16.Ne4 Nce7 17.Qd2 Nd5 18.Ne5 Bxe5 19.dxe5 Qh4 20.g3 Qh3 21.Bf1 Qg4 22.Qxd5 Bxd5 23.Nf6+ Kf7 24.Nxg4 Rh8 25.Bg2 1-0

Round 7, Dec. 29
Samsonkin, Artiom – Guliyev, Namig
B53 Sicilian, Chekhover variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nf6 5.Bg5 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Bxc6 Bxc6 8.Nc3 e6 9.O-O-O Be7 10.Rhe1 O-O 11.Kb1 h6 12.Bh4 Re8 13.Qd3 Rc8 14.Bg3 e5 15.Bh4 g5 16.Bg3 Qa5 17.h4 g4 18.Nd2 b5 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.exd5 Bd7 21.f3 h5 22.f4 exf4 23.Bxf4 Qc7 24.c3 a5 25.Ne4 Bf5 26.Nf6+ Bxf6 27.Qxf5 Bg7 28.Qxh5 b4 29.Rxe8+ Rxe8 30.Qxg4 bxc3 31.Rc1 Qc4 32.Qg3 Qb4 33.Rxc3 Qe4+ 34.Ka1 Qxd5 35.Rc1 Kh7 36.h5 a4 37.h6 Bf6 38.Qf2 a3 39.Qc2+ Qe4 40.Kb1 axb2 41.Rd1 d5 42.Rxd5 Qxc2+ 43.Kxc2 Re2+ 44.Bd2 Bg5 45.Kxb2 Bxd2 46.Kb3 Bxh6 47.a4 Rxg2 48.a5 Be3 49.a6 Kg6 50.Rd3 Bg1 51.Rd6+ f6 52.Rd7 Rg3+ 53.Kb4 Rg4+ 54.Kb3 Rh4 55.Rd8 Kf5 56.Rg8 Be3 57.Re8 Bf2 58.Re2 Bc5 59.Rc2 Be3 60.Rc6 Rh8 61.Kc4 Ra8 62.Kd5 Kg5 63.Ke4 Bg1 64.Kf3 f5 65.Kg2 Be3 66.Kf3 Bd4 67.Rd6 Bc5 68.Rc6 Bb4 69.Rb6 Be7 70.Re6 Bf6 71.Rc6 Rb8 72.Rc7 Rb3+ 73.Ke2 Ra3 74.Rc6 Bd4 75.Rd6 Bc5 76.Rc6 Bg1 77.Kf1 Be3 78.Ke2 f4 79.Kf3 Ba7+ 80.Ke4 Re3+ 81.Kd5 f3 82.Rc7 f2 83.Rf7 Re1 0-1

Round 8, Dec. 29
Carlsen, Magnus – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
D35 QGD, Exchange variation

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 c6 7.Qc2 Be7 8.e3 O-O 9.Bd3 Re8 10.Bf4 Nf8 11.h3 Ng6 12.Bh2 Bd6 13.Bxd6 Qxd6 14.O-O-O b5 15.Kb1 a5 16.g4 a4 17.g5 Nd7 18.h4 Nb6 19.h5 Nf8 20.Ne5 Nc4 21.Bxc4 bxc4 22.a3 Rb8 23.Ka2 Rb3 24.Nxa4 Nd7 25.Nxd7 Bxd7 26.Nc5 Reb8 27.Rb1 g6 28.hxg6 fxg6 29.e4 Bg4 30.Rhe1 Qf4 31.Ka1 Rf3 32.Qa4 Qd2 33.exd5 c3 34.dxc6 cxb2+ 35.Ka2 Bf5 36.c7 Rf8 37.Qc4+ Kh8 38.Ne6 Rxa3+ 39.Kxa3 Ra8+ 40.Kb3 1-0

Round 8, Dec. 29
Ponkratov, Pavel – Nakamura, Hikaru
C28 Vienna game

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Na5 5.Qf3 Nxc4 6.dxc4 d6 7.h3 Be6 8.b3 Nd7 9.Nge2 Be7 10.Ng3 Bg5 11.Nh5 Rg8 12.Qg3 Bxc1 13.Rxc1 g6 14.f4 f6 15.Qf3 gxh5 16.Qxh5+ Bf7 17.Qxh7 Rxg2 18.Kf1 Rg8 19.Rg1 Rxg1+ 20.Kxg1 Qe7 0-1

Round 8, Dec. 29
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek – Karjakin,Sergey
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.Nbd2 dxe4 8.dxe4 a5 9.Qe2 Qe7 10.Nb3 Bb6 11.Be3 Bxe3 12.Qxe3 Nb8 13.a4 c6 14.Bc4 Nbd7 15.Rfd1 h6 16.Nh4 Ng4 17.Nf5 Qf6 18.Qg3 Nb6 19.Rd6 Qg5 20.Be2 Bxf5 21.exf5 Nf6 22.Qxg5 hxg5 23.Nc5 Rab8 24.Rad1 Rfe8 25.g3 Kf8 26.R6d2 Ke7 27.Nb3 Nxa4 28.Nxa5 Nc5 29.f3 e4 30.b4 Na4 31.Rc1 Red8 32.Rxd8 Kxd8 33.Bd1 Nb6 34.fxe4 Nbd7 35.Bb3 Ne5 36.Nc4 Nfd7 37.Nxe5 Nxe5 38.Kf1 Ke7 39.Ra1 Kd6 40.Ke2 Rh8 41.Rh1 f6 42.h4 gxh4 43.Rxh4 Rxh4 44.gxh4 b5 45.Ke3 c5 46.bxc5+ Kxc5 47.Be6 Ng4+ 48.Kf3 Ne5+ 49.Kf4 Kb6 50.Ke3 Kc5 51.Kf4 Nd3+ 52.Ke3 Ne5 53.Kf4 Kd6 54.Ke3 Kc5 55.Kf4 1/2-1/2

Round 8, Dec. 29
Firouzja, Alireza – Fedoseev, Vladimir
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence, Duras variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.c4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.h3 Bd7 8.Nc3 h6 9.Be3 a6 10.Ba4 Re8 11.d4 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Bxa4 14.Qxa4 Qd7 15.Qb3 c5 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Nd5 Bd8 18.Qd3 b5 19.b3 Rb8 20.f4 bxc4 21.bxc4 Qe6 22.Rae1 Rb2 23.e5 dxe5 24.Rxe5 Qc6 25.Rfe1 Rf8 26.Qe4 Qd6 27.Re8 Bh4 28.Rxf8+ Qxf8 29.Rf1 Qd8 30.Qe5 Rxa2 31.Rb1 Kh7 32.Qf5+ Kg8 33.Qe5 Qd7 34.f5 Bf2+ 35.Kh2 Bd4 36.Qf4 Re2 37.Qg4 Re8 38.Rd1 Qd6+ 39.Kh1 Qe5 40.f6 g6 41.Rf1 Qe6 42.Qf4 Qe2 43.Rb1 Qe1+ 44.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 0-1

Round 8, Dec. 29
Deviatkin, Andrei – Hansen, Eric
B22 Sicilian, Alapin’s variation

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 e6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Qe4 f5 8.Qe2 b6 9.g3 a5 10.Bg2 Ba6 11.c4 Bb4+ 12.Bd2 Rc8 13.O-O O-O 14.b3 Nde7 15.Nc3 Ng6 16.Rad1 Qc7 17.Rfe1 Bc5 18.Bc1 h6 19.Nb5 Bxb5 20.cxb5 Nb4 21.h4 Nd5 22.Bb2 Bb4 23.Rc1 Qb8 24.Red1 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Rc8 26.Rc4 Rc7 27.a3 Bc3 28.Bxc3 Nxc3 29.Qd3 Ne4 30.Qd4 Rxc4 31.bxc4 Qc7 32.h5 Ne7 33.Ne1 Nc5 34.Nc2 g6 35.hxg6 Nxg6 36.f4 Kf7 37.Ne3 h5 38.Kf2 Nb3 39.Qc3 Nc5 40.Qd4 h4 41.Bf1 hxg3+ 42.Kxg3 Qd8 43.Ng2 Qg8 44.Kf2 Qf8 45.Ke1 Qe7 46.Be2 Nh4 47.Ne3 Kf8 48.Kd1 Ng6 49.Bh5 Nh8 50.Bf3 Nf7 51.Kc2 Qh4 52.Ng2 Qg3 53.Qd1 Qf2+ 54.Qe2 Qd4 55.Nh4 Ke8 56.Ng6 Qa1 57.Qe3 Qa2+ 58.Kd1 Qa1+ 59.Ke2 Qh1 1-0

Round 8, Dec. 29
Tran, Tuan Minh – Samsonkin, Artiom
A05 Reti, Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 e6 3.Bb2 b6 4.c4 Bb7 5.e3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.d4 d6 9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.Qc2 Qe7 11.Rfd1 c5 12.Rd2 a6 13.Rad1 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Rfd8 15.Bf3 Ne5 16.Bxb7 Qxb7 17.Nde2 Qc6 18.Nd4 Qc7 19.Nde2 Rac8 20.Qb1 h5 21.h3 Rd7 22.Ng3 Rcd8 23.Nce4 Ne8 24.f4 Nc6 25.Bxg7 Kxg7 26.Qb2+ Kg8 27.Nf6+ Nxf6 28.Qxf6 Ne7 29.Qg5 Qc5 30.Qxc5 bxc5 31.Ne4 Kg7 32.Nxd6 Kf8 33.Kf2 Nc6 34.Ke2 Nb4 35.Ne4 Rxd2+ 36.Rxd2 Rc8 37.Rd7 Nxa2 38.Nd6 Rc6 39.Nxf7 Nc1+ 40.Kf3 Nxb3 41.Ne5 Rb6 42.Nxg6+ Ke8 43.Re7+ Kd8 44.Ra7 a5 45.g4 hxg4+ 46.Kxg4 Kc8 47.Ne5 Kb8 48.Rg7 Rb7 49.Nc6+ Kc8 50.Rg8+ Kc7 51.Ne5 Kb6 52.h4 a4 53.Nd3 Rd7 54.Ne5 Rb7 55.Ra8 Na5 56.Rd8 Nb3 57.Ra8 Ra7 58.Rb8+ Rb7 59.Ra8 Ra7 60.Rb8+ Kc7 61.Rb5 a3 62.Rxb3 a2 63.Rb5 a1=Q 64.Rxc5+ Kd6 65.Rc6+ Ke7 66.Rb6 Qg1+ 67.Kf3 Qf1+ 68.Kg3 Ra3 69.Rb7+ Kd8 70.Rd7+ Ke8 71.Rb7 Rxe3+ 72.Kg4 Qg2+ 73.Kh5 Qxb7 0-1

Rankings after Round Eight

1 Artemiev 7
2 Socko 6.5
3 Carlsen 6.5
4 Vidit 6.5
5 Jobava 6.5
6 Nakamura 6.5
7 Fedoseev 6.5
8 Abdusattorov 6
9 Karjakin 6
10 Dreev 6
19 Firouzja 5.5
117 Samsonkin 4
126 Hansen 3.5

**Wayne Komer** · Sunday, 29th December, 2019, 02:06 PM

FIDE World Blitz Championships 2019

December 29, 2019

Blitz

Rounds 9 to 10

Round 9, Dec. 29
Nakamura, Hikaru – Artemiev, Vladislav
B10 Caro-Kann, Two Knights variation

1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Qe2 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.Nxf6+ gxf6 8.d3 Nd7 9.g4 Bg6 10.Nh4 h5 11.Bg2 Qc7 12.Bd2 O-O-O 13.O-O-O e5 14.Nxg6 fxg6 15.Be4 hxg4 16.hxg4 Rg8 17.Rh7 Qd6 18.Kb1 Qe6 19.Be3 f5 20.Bg2 Nf6 21.Rhh1 Kb8 22.gxf5 gxf5 23.Bh3 Bd6 24.Qf3 Ng4 25.Bxg4 Rxg4 26.Rh5 Rf8 27.Rdh1 e4 28.Qe2 exd3 29.Bxa7+ Kxa7 30.Qxe6 dxc2+ 31.Kxc2 1-0

Round 9, Dec. 29
Jobava, Baadur – Carlsen, Magnus
A01 Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack

1.b3 g6 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.c4 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Nc3 Qa5 7.a3 c6 8.e3 f5 9.g3 Bd6 10.Bg2 Nd7 11.Nge2 Nf6 12.O-O O-O 13.b4 Qd8 14.d4 Qe7 15.Rb1 a5 16.b5 Bxa3 17.bxc6 bxc6 18.Bxc6 Ra6 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.Bxd5 Bb4 21.Nf4 Bd6 22.Qf3 a4 23.Rfc1 a3 24.Ba2 Ra7 25.Nd5 Qd8 26.h4 Be6 27.Kg2 h5 28.Nc3 Bxa2 29.Nxa2 Rc7 30.Qd5 Qa8 31.Qxa8 Rxa8 32.Rxc7 Bxc7 33.Kf3 Kf8 34.Ke2 Bd6 35.Kd3 Ke7 36.Rb7+ Ke6 37.Rb6 Ra7 38.Kc2 Kd7 39.Kb1 Kc7 40.Rb3 Rb7 41.Kc2 Rxb3 42.Kxb3 Kc6 43.Nc3 f6 44.Kc4 g5 45.f4 g4 46.Kb3 Bf8 47.Nb1 Bb4 48.Nc3 a2 49.Nxa2 Be1 50.Kc4 Bxg3 51.Nb4+ Kd6 52.Kd3 Bxh4 53.e4 fxe4+ 54.Kxe4 Bg3 55.f5 h4 56.Nd5 h3 0-1

Round 9, Dec. 29
Andreikin, Dmitry – Abdusattorov, Nodirbek
E10 Queens Pawn game

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 a6 5.b3 c5 6.Bb2 Nc6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Be2 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bb4+ 10.Bc3 Qa5 11.Qd2 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Bxc3+ 13.Nxc3 O-O 14.O-O Be6 15.b4 Qc7 16.Rac1 Rac8 17.Bd3 Qd7 18.a4 Rc7 19.b5 axb5 20.Nxb5 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Rc8 22.Rc5 Ne4 23.Bxe4 dxe4 24.Rxc8+ Qxc8 25.h3 h6 26.Qxe4 b6 27.Qd4 Qc6 28.Nc3 Bb3 29.e4 Kh7 30.f4 f6 31.Kf2 Bc2 32.e5 fxe5 33.fxe5 Bf5 34.Kg1 Bc2 35.Kh2 Bg6 36.Nd5 Qc2 37.e6 Be4 38.Ne3 Qc7+ 39.Kg1 Qc1+ 40.Kf2 Bg6 41.e7 Qc7 42.Nd5 Qc2+ 43.Kg1 Qc6 44.Kf2 Be8 45.Qe4+ Kh8 46.Qe5 Qxa4 47.Nc7 Qc2+ 48.Kg1 Qc6 49.Nxe8 Qxe8 50.Qd6 Kg8 51.Qd5+ 1-0

Round 9, Dec. 29
Tari, Aryan – Firouzja, Alireza
B41 Sicilian, Kan, Maroczy bind

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Qc7 7.a3 b6 8.Be3 Bb7 9.f3 Be7 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O d6 12.Qd2 Nbd7 13.Rfc1 Rac8 14.a4 Ne5 15.Qe1 Qb8 16.b3 Bd8 17.Kh1 Bc7 18.Bg1 Rfe8 19.Qd2 Ng6 20.Re1 Rcd8 21.Rad1 h5 22.Bf1 h4 23.Qc2 Ne5 24.Qf2 h3 25.g3 d5 26.Bxh3 dxe4 27.fxe4 Kh7 28.Bg2 Rh8 29.Qe2 Kg8 30.Nf3 Rxd1 31.Rxd1 Nxf3 32.Bxf3 Bxg3 33.Qg2 Be5 34.Ne2 Rh6 35.h3 Rg6 36.Qf1 Bxe4 37.Bxe4 Nxe4 38.Rd3 Qb7 39.Qf3 f5 40.Rd8+ Kf7 41.Rd3 Rg5 42.Re3 Kg6 43.Rd3 Qc6 44.Re3 Kh7 45.Rd3 b5 46.cxb5 axb5 47.a5 Qc7 48.a6 Qa5 49.a7 Bc7 50.Rd1 Be5 51.Qe3 Rg6 52.Qf3 Rh6 53.Bh2 Bxh2 54.Kxh2 Qxa7 55.Nf4 Qc7 56.Kg2 Qc2+ 57.Kg1 Ng5 58.Qd3 Qb2 59.Kh1 Qe5 60.Rf1 Ne4 61.Qe3 g5 62.Ne2 Kg6 63.Rg1 Rxh3+ 0-1

Round 9, Dec. 29
Salgado, Ivan – Morozevich, Alexander
C01 French, Exchange variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Bf5 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 Qe7+ 7.Be3 Nc6 8.O-O O-O-O 9.c3 f6 10.b4 Qf7 11.Nbd2 Qg6 12.Qe2 Nge7 13.Nb3 Nf5 14.Nc5 Bxc5 15.bxc5 Rde8 16.Rab1 Nd8 17.Rfe1 Re6 18.c4 Ne7 19.Qd2 Re8 20.Bf4 Qf5 21.Bg3 dxc4 22.Rxe6 Nxe6 23.Qb4 Qd5 24.Qa4 Nc6 25.Qb5 Ned8 26.h3 a6 27.Qa4 g5 28.Qc2 h5 29.Qh7 Ne6 30.Qxh5 Rd8 31.Qf7 c3 32.Rc1 Nf4 33.Qxd5 Nxd5 34.a3 Re8 35.Kf1 Re4 36.Rd1 a5 37.h4 gxh4 38.Bxh4 c2 39.Rc1 Nxd4 40.Bg3 Nxf3 41.gxf3 Rc4 42.Ke2 Rxc5 43.Kd2 Kd7 44.Rxc2 Rxc2+ 45.Kxc2 a4 46.Kd3 c5 47.Bb8 b5 48.f4 f5 49.Be5 Kc6 50.f3 Nb6 51.Bb2 Kd5 52.Bc1 b4 53.axb4 cxb4 54.Bd2 b3 55.Kc3 Nc4 56.Bc1 0-1

Round 9, Dec. 29
Hansen, Eric – Triapishko, Alexandr
B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 e6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Nbd7 8.d3 Bc5 9.a3 O-O 10.O-O a5 11.Qe2 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 Nf6 14.Bf3 Qc7 15.Kg2 Rfe8 16.Re1 h6 17.h4 Rad8 18.Bd2 a4 19.Rad1 b5 20.Bc1 Bd6 21.d4 e5 22.dxe5 Rxe5 23.Qf1 Rde8 24.Rxe5 Bxe5 25.Qd3 h5 26.c3 g6 27.Bg5 Kg7 28.Qd2 Re6 29.Re1 Nd7 30.Re2 Nb6 31.Bh6+ Kh7 32.Bf8 Bg7 33.Bxg7 Kxg7 34.Rxe6 fxe6 35.Qd4+ Kf7 36.Qc5 Nd5 37.c4 bxc4 38.Qxc4 Qb6 39.Qxa4 Qxb2 40.Qa7+ Kf6 41.a4 Qa2 42.a5 e5 43.Qc5 Ne7 44.Qd6+ Kf7 45.Qxe5 Qa3 46.Be2 Nd5 47.a6 Qa2 48.Qe4 Kf6 49.Bc4 Qa1 50.Qe8 Qa3 51.Qxc6+ 1-0

Round 9, Dec. 29
Samsonkin, Artiom – Paravyan, David
B31 Sicilian, Nimzowitsch-Rossolimo Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.c3 Nf6 5.Qe2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.Rd1 a6 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.h3 a5 10.e5 Ba6 11.d3 Nd5 12.c4 Nc7 13.Nc3 Ne6 14.Ne4 d5 15.Neg5 dxc4 16.dxc4 Bxc4 17.Qc2 Bd5 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.Ng5 Qb6 20.f4 c4+ 21.Kh1 Bxe5 22.Qe2 Bxf4 23.Nxe6 Bxc1 24.Nxf8 Rxf8 25.Rxd5 cxd5 26.Rxc1 e6 27.Qe5 Rf5 28.Qe2 Kf7 29.Qd2 g5 30.b3 Qb4 31.Qd4 c3 32.Qa7+ Qe7 33.Qxa5 d4 34.Qb6 Qd7 35.Qb8 Kg7 36.Qb4 h6 37.Rd1 Rd5 38.Rf1 Rf5 39.Rd1 c2 40.Rc1 d3 41.Qc3+ Kh7 42.b4 d2 43.Qxc2 dxc1=R+ 44.Qxc1 Rd5 45.Qc2+ Kg7 46.Qc3+ Kf7 47.Qf3+ Ke8 48.Qh5+ Kd8 49.Qf3 Rd1+ 50.Kh2 Qd6+ 0-1

Round 10, Dec. 29
Vidit, Gujrathi – Nakamura, Hikaru
A28 English, Four Knights, Marini variation

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.a3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Qc2 Nxc3 7.dxc3 a5 8.e4 Bc5 9.h3 O-O 10.Bb5 Qf6 11.Bg5 Qg6 12.g4 Be6 13.O-O-O f6 14.Be3 Bxe3+ 15.fxe3 Qf7 16.Qe2 a4 17.Rhf1 Qe7 18.Kb1 Na5 19.Nd2 Qc5 20.Rfe1 Nb3 21.Nxb3 axb3 22.h4 c6 23.Bd3 Rad8 24.Kc1 b5 25.Rd2 Rd7 26.Red1 Rfd8 27.g5 fxg5 28.hxg5 g6 29.Qf2 Rf8 30.Qg3 Rdf7 31.Be2 Rf2 32.Bc4 Qxc4 33.Rxf2 Qxe4 34.Rxf8+ Kxf8 35.Qf2+ Bf5 36.Kd2 Ke7 37.Ke1 Qg4 38.Qh2 Ke6 39.Qf2 Qxg5 40.Qf3 Qg1+ 41.Kd2 Qh2+ 42.Ke1 e4 43.Qf4 Qg1+ 44.Kd2 Qg2+ 45.Ke1 Qh1+ 46.Kd2 Qf3 47.Ke1 Qxf4 48.exf4 h5 49.Kf2 h4 50.Rd8 h3 51.Rh8 Kd5 52.Ke3 Kc4 53.Rh6 Kd5 54.Rh4 Kd6 55.Rh6 Kc5 56.Rh4 Kd5 57.Rh6 Ke6 58.Rh4 Kf6 59.Kf2 Kg7 60.Kg3 Kg8 61.Kf2 Kg7 62.Kg3 c5 63.Kf2 c4 64.Kg3 Bd7 65.Kf2 Be6 66.Ke3 Bf5 67.Kf2 Kg8 68.Kg3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

Round 10, Dec. 29
Carlsen, Magnus – Socko, Bartosz
E15 Queen’s Indian

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 c5 6.d5 exd5 7.cxd5 Bxd5 8.Nc3 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Nc6 10.Bf4 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.e3 Ne8 13.h4 h6 14.h5 Nc7 15.Qa4 Ne6 16.Rad1 Rc8 17.Nd5 Nxf4 18.gxf4 Re8 19.Kg2 Bf8 20.Rg1 Ne7 21.Nf6+ gxf6 22.Rxd7 b5 23.Qxa7 Ra8 24.Rxd8 1-0

Round 10, Dec. 29
Firouzja, Alireza – Jobava, Baadur
D11 Queen’s Gambit

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 a6 5.Nbd2 g6 6.e4 dxe4 7.Nxe4 Bg7 8.Nxf6+ Bxf6 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Bf5 11.Qb3 b5 12.Bh6 Re8 13.a4 bxc4 14.Bxc4 e6 15.Rfe1 Nd7 16.h3 Rb8 17.Qa3 Qb6 18.Rac1 Be7 19.Qe3 Nf6 20.Qe5 Qd8 21.Ng5 Bd6 22.Qe2 Nd5 23.Qf3 Rxb2 24.g4 Bf4 25.Nxf7 Qc7 26.Bxf4 Qxf4 27.Ne5 Qxf3 28.Nxf3 Nf4 29.gxf5 Nxh3+ 30.Kg2 Nf4+ 31.Kg3 Nh5+ 32.Kg2 Nf4+ 33.Kf1 gxf5 34.Ng5 Rb4 35.Nxe6 Nxe6 36.Bxe6+ Kg7 37.Rxc6 Rxd4 38.Rxa6 Rb8 39.Bxf5 Rf4 40.Bd3 Rb3 41.Re7+ Kf8 42.Rxh7 Kg8 43.Ra8+ 1-0

Round 10, Dec. 29
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek – Wojtaszek, Radoslaw
B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 e6 6.d4 dxe4 7.Qxe4 Nf6 8.Qd3 Be7 9.g3 Na6 10.a3 Qb6 11.Bg2 Rd8 12.Ne2 O-O 13.O-O c5 14.Be3 Nd5 15.Bxd5 Rxd5 16.c4 Rdd8 17.d5 exd5 18.cxd5 Bf6 19.Rad1 Qxb2 20.Rb1 Qa2 21.Rxb7 c4 22.Qd1 c3 23.Qd3 Rxd5 24.Qxa6 c2 25.Rc7 Rd1 26.Qc4 Qb1 27.Nc1 Rxf1+ 28.Kxf1 1-0

Round 10, Dec. 29
Gukesh, D. – Hansen, Eric
A05 Reti, King’s Indian Attack

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.c4 c6 6.b3 d5 7.Bb2 Bg4 8.d4 Nbd7 9.Nbd2 a5 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Nxf3 a4 12.Qc2 e6 13.e3 a3 14.Bc3 Ne4 15.Bb4 Re8 16.Qc1 Bf8 17.c5 b6 18.Bxa3 bxc5 19.Bb2 cxd4 20.Nxd4 c5 21.Ne2 Nef6 22.Qc2 Qa5 23.Rfd1 Bg7 24.e4 d4 25.Nf4 Ne5 26.Nd3 Nxd3 27.Qxd3 Nd7 28.f4 e5 29.f5 Rec8 30.Bf1 c4 31.bxc4 Nc5 32.Qf3 Bh6 33.Kh2 Rcb8 34.Bc1 Bxc1 35.Rdxc1 Rb2+ 36.Bg2 Rxa2 37.Rab1 Qd2 38.Rd1 Qf2 39.Qxf2 Rxf2 40.Kg1 Rc2 41.Rb5 Rxc4 42.f6 h6 43.Rdb1 g5 44.h4 g4 45.Bf1 Rc3 46.Kh2 Ra2+ 47.Kh1 Nxe4 48.Rxe5 Nxg3+ 49.Kg1 0-1

Round 10, Dec. 29
Utegaliyev, Azamat – Samsonkin, Artiom
B23 Sicilian, Closed, Korchnoi variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.d3 dxe4 6.Nxe4 Nxe4 7.Bxe4 Bd6 8.Ne2 O-O 9.O-O Nc6 10.Bg2 e5 11.Nc3 f5 12.Bd2 Kh8 13.a3 Be6 14.Re1 Qd7 15.Rb1 Rae8 16.Be3 b6 17.Bd2 Nd4 18.Ne2 Nc6 19.f4 c4 20.fxe5 Bc5+ 21.Kh1 cxd3 22.cxd3 Nxe5 23.d4 Ng4 24.Rf1 Bc4 25.Bf3 Bxd4 26.Nxd4 Qxd4 27.Bc3 Qxd1 28.Rbxd1 Bxf1 29.Rxf1 Ne5 30.Bd5 Ng4 31.Bf3 h5 32.h3 Nf6 33.Rd1 Ne4 34.Bxe4 fxe4 35.Rd7 Rg8 36.Rd5 Kh7 37.Kg2 e3 38.Kf1 e2+ 39.Ke1 Rgf8 0-1

Standings after Round Ten

1 Carlsen 8.5
2 Nakamura 8
3 Artemiev 8
4 Vidit 8
5 Socko 7.5
6 Ponkratov 7.5
7 Firouzja 7.5
8 Matlakov 7.5
9 Sargissian 7.5
10 Duda 7.5
11 Dubov 7.5
12 Andreikin 7
13 Abdusattorov 7
87 Hansen 5.5
117 Samsonkin 5

**Wayne Komer** · Sunday, 29th December, 2019, 02:49 PM

FIDE World Blitz Championships 2019

December 29, 2019

Blitz

Rounds 11 to 12

Round 11, Dec. 29
Nakamura, Hikaru – Carlsen, Magnus
C78 Ruy Lopez, Moeller Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 O-O 7.d4 Ba7 8.Re1 b5 9.Bc2 d6 10.h3 h6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Nbd2 Bb7 13.dxe5 Bxe3 14.exf6 Bxd2 15.Qxd2 Qxf6 16.a4 Ne5 17.Nxe5 Qxe5 18.f4 Qe7 19.e5 dxe5 20.Rxe5 Qf6 21.axb5 Rxe5 22.fxe5 Qb6+ 23.Qd4 Qxd4+ 24.cxd4 axb5 25.Rxa8+ Bxa8 26.b4 Bd5 27.g3 1/2-1/2

Round 11 Dec. 29
Socko, Bartosz – Dubov, Daniil
E60 King’s Indian

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.O-O a5 8.b3 Ne4 9.Bb2 Bf5 10.Nh4 Nxd2 11.Qxd2 Be6 12.c5 Qc8 13.a3 Bh3 14.b4 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Nd7 16.Nf3 Qc7 17.Rfc1 Rfe8 18.e3 e5 19.dxe5 Nxe5 20.Nxe5 Bxe5 21.Bd4 h5 22.Rab1 Bxd4 23.exd4 axb4 24.axb4 Qd7 25.Re1 Qf5 26.Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.Re1 Rxe1 28.Qxe1 h4 29.h3 hxg3 30.fxg3 Qc2+ 31.Kf3 Qd3+ 32.Qe3 Qf1+ 33.Qf2 Qxh3 34.Ke3 Qe6+ 35.Kd2 g5 36.Kc3 Kg7 37.Qd2 Kg6 38.b5 Qe4 39.bxc6 bxc6 40.Qf2 f5 41.Qg1 Kh5 42.Qd1+ g4 43.Qg1 Qe2 44.Qh1+ Kg6 45.Qh8 Qe3+ 46.Kc2 Qf2+ 47.Kc1 Qg1+ 48.Kc2 Qg2+ 49.Kc1 Qxg3 50.Qe8+ Kg5 51.Qxc6 Qc3+ 52.Kb1 Qb3+ 53.Kc1 Qc4+ 54.Kb1 g3 55.Qc7 Qb3+ 56.Kc1 Qc3+ 57.Kb1 Qe1+ 58.Kb2 Qf2+ 59.Kb3 g2 60.Qg7+ Kf4 61.Qe5+ Kg4 62.Qg7+ Kf3 0-1

Round 11, Dec. 29
Nepomniachtchi, Ian – Firouzja, Alireza
B43 Sicilian, Kan

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Qf3 Qe5 7.Nb3 Nf6 8.Be2 Qc7 9.Bg5 Be7 10.O-O-O d6 11.Qg3 Nbd7 12.f4 h6 13.Bh4 g5 14.fxg5 Rg8 15.Kb1 Ne5 16.Rhf1 Nfd7 17.Qf2 hxg5 18.Bg3 b5 19.Nd4 b4 20.Bxe5 Nxe5 21.Bh5 Rf8 22.Nce2 Bd7 23.Nf3 O-O-O 24.Nxe5 dxe5 25.Bxf7 Kb8 26.Qe1 Bb5 27.Bxe6 Rxd1+ 28.Qxd1 Rxf1 29.Qxf1 Qc5 30.Bg4 Qe3 31.Qf7 Bc5 32.Nc1 Qg1 33.Qg8+ Ka7 34.Qg7+ Kb6 35.Qf6+ Ka5 36.Qd8+ Bb6 37.Qd1 Qxd1 38.Bxd1 Bg1 39.h3 Bf1 40.Bf3 Kb6 41.c3 bxc3 42.bxc3 Be3 43.Kc2 Kc5 44.Nd3+ Kd6 45.Nb4 Bc4 46.Kb2 a5 47.Nc2 Bc5 48.Na3 Bf1 49.Nb1 Be3 50.Kc2 Bc4 51.a3 Bc5 52.Nd2 Ba6 53.Kb2 Bd3 54.Bd1 Be3 55.Bc2 Ba6 56.Nf3 Bf1 57.Ne1 Bf2 58.Bd3 Bxe1 59.Bxf1 Kc5 60.Kb3 Bd2 61.Kc2 Bf4 62.a4 g4 63.h4 g3 64.h5 Kd6 65.Kd3 Ke6 66.Be2 Kf6 67.c4 1-0

Round 11, Dec. 29
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Abdusattorov, Nodirbek
E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.e4 d5 6.e5 Ne4 7.Bd3 c5 8.Nf3 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nd7 10.Bf4 Qb6 11.Nf3 Ndc5 12.O-O Nxd3 13.Qxd3 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Qa6 15.Rfe1 Nc5 16.Qe3 Qxc4 17.Rad1 Ne4 18.Rd4 Qxa2 19.Ng5 a5 20.Nxe4 dxe4 21.Bg5 Qa3 22.Rxe4 Bd7 23.Bf6 Rfc8 24.h3 Qf8 25.Rg4 g6 26.Rd1 Bc6 27.Rh4 Bd5 28.Rdd4 h5 29.Rxh5 gxh5 30.Qg5+ Kh7 31.Qxh5+ 1-0

Round 11, Dec. 29
Hansen, Eric – Zhigalko, Sergei
B10 Caro-Kann Defence

1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d3 dxe4 4.dxe4 Qxd1+ 5.Kxd1 Bg4 6.Nd2 Nf6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.Ne1 Bxe2+ 9.Kxe2 e6 10.a4 Bd6 11.f3 h5 12.Nd3 O-O-O 13.Nc4 Bc7 14.Be3 Kb8 15.b4 Ne8 16.b5 Nd6 17.Nxd6 Bxd6 18.bxc6 bxc6 19.Rab1+ Kc7 20.a5 Ra8 21.f4 e5 22.f5 a6 23.h3 Rab8 24.Kf3 Rb5 25.Bd2 Rhb8 26.Ra1 Nc5 27.g4 Nxd3 28.cxd3 Rb2 29.Be3 R8b3 30.Rad1 h4 31.g5 Ra2 32.Bb6+ Kb7 33.Kg4 Rg2+ 34.Kxh4 Be7 35.Be3 Re2 36.Rb1 Rb5 37.Rbe1 Rg2 38.Rhg1 Rxg1 39.Rxg1 Rxa5 40.Kg4 Ra3 41.Rd1 Ra2 42.h4 g6 43.fxg6 fxg6 44.Rf1 Kc8 45.Rf7 Kd8 46.Rg7 Ra3 47.Bb6+ Ke8 48.Rxe7+ 1-0

Round 11, Dec. 29
Samsonkin, Artiom – Alekseenko, Kirill
B31 Sicilian, Nimzowitsch-Rossolimo Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.c3 Bg7 5.d4 Qb6 6.Ba4 cxd4 7.O-O e5 8.cxd4 exd4 9.Na3 Nge7 10.Bf4 O-O 11.Nc4 Qc5 12.Rc1 Qh5 13.Bd6 b5 14.Nfe5 Qxd1 15.Rfxd1 bxa4 16.Nxc6 Nxc6 17.Bxf8 Bxf8 18.e5 Rb8 19.f4 Ba6 20.Rd2 Rb4 21.Nd6 d3 22.Ne8 Be7 23.Nc7 Bc4 24.a3 Bc5+ 25.Kf1 Rxb2 26.Rxc4 Rb1+ 0-1

Round 12, Dec. 29
Carlsen, Magnus – Artemiev, Vladislav
B86 Grunfeld, Exchange, Classical variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.Be3 O-O 10.h4 Qa5 11.O-O Bd7 12.Rb1 Qc7 13.h5 cxd4 14.cxd4 Rad8 15.h6 Bh8 16.Qc1 Rc8 17.Qd2 Na5 18.Bd3 b6 19.Rbc1 Qb7 20.Bg5 Rfe8 21.Rxc8 Qxc8 22.Rc1 Qb7 23.d5 Be5 24.Bf4 Qb8 25.Bxe5 Qxe5 26.f4 Qh5 27.Rc7 Bg4 28.Bb5 Rf8 29.Rxe7 Qxh6 30.d6 Qh4 31.Nd4 Rd8 32.e5 Qg3 33.Qf2 Qc3 34.f5 gxf5 35.Nxf5 Bxf5 36.Qxf5 Qd4+ 37.Qf2 Qd5 38.d7 Qd1+ 39.Bf1 1-0

Round 12, Dec. 29
Firouzja, Alireza – Zubov, Alexander
D27 QGA, Classical

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 a6 6.Bb3 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.Nc3 Be7 9.Qe2 cxd4 10.Rd1 e5 11.exd4 exd4 12.h3 O-O 13.Be3 Bc5 14.Qc4 Qe7 15.Nxd4 Bxd4 16.Bxd4 Be6 17.Qc5 Qxc5 18.Bxc5 Bxb3 19.axb3 Rfe8 20.b4 h5 21.f3 Rad8 22.Kf2 Kh7 23.g4 hxg4 24.hxg4 g5 25.Be3 Kg6 26.b5 axb5 27.Nxb5 Nd5 28.Rxd5 Rxd5 29.Nc7 Red8 30.Nxd5 Rxd5 31.Rc1 Rb5 32.Rc2 f6 33.Rd2 Kf7 34.Ke2 Ke6 35.Kf2 Rb3 36.Re2 Kf7 37.Rd2 Ne5 38.Ke2 Nc4 39.Rd3 Rxb2+ 40.Kd1 Nxe3+ 41.Rxe3 b5 42.Kc1 Rb4 43.Kc2 f5 44.Re5 Kg6 45.Rxf5 Rc4+ 1/2-1/2

Round 12, Dec 29
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek – Aronian, Levon
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 d5 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.O-O Re8 8.Re1 dxe4 9.dxe4 Qe7 10.Nf1 Bxf2+ 11.Kxf2 Qc5+ 12.Ne3 Nxe4+ 13.Kg1 Qxb5 14.Nd5 Rd8 15.Rxe4 Qxd5 16.Qe1 f6 17.b3 Bf5 18.Re3 Qd1 19.Bb2 Qxe1+ 20.Raxe1 Bg4 21.Bc1 Bxf3 22.gxf3 Rd7 23.Kf2 Rad8 24.R3e2 Rd3 25.Rc2 Kf7 26.Ke2 R3d5 27.Be3 a6 28.b4 Ne7 29.a4 Nf5 30.Bf2 h5 31.Rb1 c6 32.Rcb2 Nd6 33.Ra2 Nc4 34.b5 axb5 35.axb5 Rxb5 36.Rxb5 cxb5 37.Ra7 Rd2+ 38.Ke1 Rd7 0-1

Round 12, Dec. 29
Pogosyan, Stefan – Hansen, Eric
D45 QGD, Semi-Slav

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4 9.Bxc4 Qe7 10.b3 b5 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.Bb2 a6 13.Rac1 c5 14.Ne4 cxd4 15.Nxd6 Qxd6 16.Nxd4 Rac8 17.Qe2 Ne5 18.Bb1 Neg4 19.g3 Ne5 20.Rfd1 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Qd5 22.e4 Nxe4 23.Bxe4 Qxe4 24.Qxe4 Bxe4 25.Re1 Nf3+ 26.Nxf3 Bxf3 27.Re3 Bd5 28.f4 f6 29.Kf2 Rd8 30.Rc3 Be4 31.Ke2 Rd7 32.Ba3 h5 33.Bb4 Kf7 34.Ba5 Kg6 35.Rc7 Rd4 36.Bc3 Rd3 37.Bb4 Rd8 38.Be7 Re8 39.Bc5 e5 40.Ke3 exf4+ 41.Kxf4 Bb1 42.a3 Bc2 43.b4 Bf5 44.Be7 Ra8 45.h4 Bg4 46.Bc5 Re8 47.Be7 Kf7 48.Bc5+ Kg8 49.Be7 Kf7 50.Bc5+ Kg6 51.Be7 Ra8 52.Bc5 Bh3 53.Be7 Bg2 54.Bc5 Re8 55.Be7 Kh6 56.Kf5 Bh3+ 57.Kf4 Kg6 58.Ra7 Be6 59.Rc7 Bd5 60.Rd7 Bf7 61.Rc7 Ra8 62.Bc5 Rd8 63.Ke3 Bc4 64.Ra7 Rd3+ 65.Kf4 Bd5 66.Be3 Rxa3 67.Rd7 Bg2 68.Re7 Ra4 69.Bc5 a5 70.g4 hxg4 71.Kxg4 axb4 72.h5+ Kh7 73.Rc7 b3+ 74.Kg3 Be4 75.Bf8 b2 76.Rxg7+ Kh8 0-1

Round 12, Dec. 29
Afanasiev, Nikita – Samsonkin, Artiom
B20 Sicilian, Keres variation

1.e4 c5 2.Ne2 d6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxe4 5.Nbc3 Nf6 6.Nxe4 Nxe4 7.Bxe4 e5 8.O-O Be7 9.d3 O-O 10.f4 Nc6 11.c3 f5 12.Bg2 Kh8 13.Be3 Be6 14.Qc2 Bd5 15.Bh3 Rc8 16.Qd2 b6 17.b3 g6 18.Rad1 Bf6 19.g4 Qd7 20.gxf5 gxf5 21.Ng3 Ne7 22.fxe5 Bxe5 23.d4 Bxg3 24.hxg3 Rg8 25.Bf4 Ng6 26.dxc5 Nxf4 27.Qxf4 Rxc5 28.c4 Qg7 29.Rxd5 Rc6 30.Rd3 Rg6 31.Bg2 1-0

Ranking after Round Twelve

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Rk.	Name	FED	Pts.
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1	Carlsen Magnus	NOR	10
2	Matlakov Maxim	RUS	9.5
3	Nakamura Hikaru	USA	9
4	Dubov Daniil	RUS	9
5	Nepomniachtchi Ian	RUS	9
6	Vidit Santosh Gujrathi	IND	8.5
7	Artemiev Vladislav	RUS	8.5
8	Duda Jan-Krzysztof	POL	8.5
9	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	AZE	8.5
10	Yu Yangyi	CHN	8.5
11	Quparadze Giga	GEO	8.5
12	Socko Bartosz	POL	8
13	Ponkratov Pavel	RUS	8
14	Dreev Aleksey	RUS	8
15	Firouzja Alireza	FID	8
16	Andreikin Dmitry	RUS	8
17	Petrosyan Manuel	ARM	8
18	Sargissian Gabriel	ARM	8
19	Gareyev Timur	USA	8
20	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	FRA	8
21	Jobava Baadur	GEO	8
22	Kramnik Vladimir	RUS	8
92	Hansen Eric	CAN	6.5
156	Samsonkin Artiom	CAN	5

**Wayne Komer** · Sunday, 29th December, 2019, 10:12 PM

FIDE World Blitz Championships 2019

December 29, 2019

From the official site:

https://wrbc2019.com/tpost/idj8drj3f...itz-to-the-top

Carlsen and Lagno blitz to the top

Magnus Carlsen and Kateryna Lagno are leading in their groups after the first day of the World Blitz chess championship in Moscow. After 12 rounds in the Open section, Carlsen (10/12) is half a point ahead of the second-placed Maxim Matlakov (9½/12), while another three players are on nine points. In the Women’s Blitz, Kateryna Lagno is on 8/9. She is chased by four players with seven points.

The World Blitz Championship, which is taking place in the historic Luzhniki Stadium, was opened by Russian footballer and former national team member Evgeni Aldonin, who made the first move on board one, where Hikaru Nakamura was playing Marin Bosiocic.

The first part of the Open tournament saw a surprising performance by the 15-year-old Uzbek GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov who started the Blitz with five wins. The only other player with a maximum score after five rounds was Magnus Carlsen. In Round 6 in a duel between the two, Abdusattorov sacrificed a pawn and played positionally. Carlsen managed to take control of the game by blocking Black’s key pieces, but then the Norwegian blundered his key central pawn. The World Champion couldn’t hide his anger and showed his frustration with a sudden hand movement. The game eventually ended with a draw. Abdusattorov’s performance slipped in the second half of the first day, but with 7/12 and having played some of the strongest players in the Blitz, his score is impressive.

A big surprise in the tournament came in Round 7 which saw Carlsen’s first defeat in the Blitz, having previously won the Rapid without a loss. After drawing his sixth game, Carlsen (who entered round seven with 5½/6) lost to Dmitry Andreikin (8/12), the two-time Russian champion. Carlsen ended in time trouble and his king was in danger. After a few exchanges around the black’s king on the kingside, Carlsen was two pawns down and eventually resigned. This was his first loss having played 21 games in the Rapid and the Blitz without losing. Carlsen quickly brushed off this defeat as in the remaining five rounds he won four games and draw only one – with Nakamura.

The Russian Maxim Matlakov had five points after the first six rounds (four wins and two draws). He then had a series of three consecutive draws followed by three wins which landed him in the second place at the end of the day. Matlakov’s key moment will likely be in the first game of the second day of the Blitz, in Round 13, when he will be facing Magnus Carlsen on board one.

Three players are sharing third to fifth position: Hikaru Nakamura, Daniil Dubov, and Ian Nepomniachtchi. The bronze medalist from the 2018 Blitz in St. Petersburg, Hikaru Nakamura, had the momentum taken away from him in the third round when he suffered a defeat at the hands of Alireza Firouzja (who finished the day with an impressive score of 8/12), and then barely saved a draw in Round 4 against Timur Gareyev (who with 8/12 is someone to watch out for in the final part). Dubov started the Blitz with a loss to Ilia ljiushenok (5½/12) but then regained his confidence and maintained a strong performance until the end of the day, without a loss. Ian Nepomniachtchi suffered two loses in the first day (to Ponkratov (8/12) and B. Socko (8/12)), but won all of his last four games, which will likely bolster his confidence ahead of the decisive day of the Blitz.

Former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik is on 8 points after 12 rounds. Kramnik’s first loss came in Round 5, where he was defeated by Sergey Karjakin (who is on 6½/12). The former world champion lost two more games (to Gabriel Sargissian (8/12) in the seventh round and to Boris Savchenko (8/12) in Round Nine), but secured a place close to the top echelons of the event. Overall, not a bad result so far for someone who has retired from active chess.

Nine games were played on the first day of the Women’s Blitz. Kateryna Lagno showed she was serious about defending her 2018 women's world blitz champion title. She has 8 points out of 9 rounds and has already defeated some of her most likely competitors for the title.
There are four players in the second tier: Alexandra Kosteniuk, Humpy Koneru, Daria Charochkina, and Alina Kashlinskaya, all on 7/9.

Alexandra Kosteniuk finished the day with just one loss (in Round 6, to Gunina) and will face Lagno in the tenth round. The winner of this year’s women’s rapid, Humpy Koneru lost to the day one leader Kateryna Lagno in a dramatic game at the final round of the first day of the Blitz.

**Wayne Komer** · Monday, 30th December, 2019, 10:15 AM

FIDE World Blitz Championships 2019

December 30, 2019

Blitz

Rounds Thirteen to Twenty-One

Rounds 13 and 14

Round 13, Dec. 30
Matlakov, Maxim – Carlsen, Magnus
D52 QGD, Cambridge Springs Defence

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Qa5 7.Nd2 Bb4 8.Rc1 Ne4 9.Ndxe4 dxe4 10.Bh4 Qxa2 11.Qc2 Qa5 12.Qxe4 Qf5 13.Qxf5 exf5 14.Bd3 Nb6 15.O-O Be6 16.d5 Bxc3 17.dxe6 Bxb2 18.Rb1 Ba3 19.Bxf5 g6 20.Bh3 fxe6 21.Bxe6 Be7 22.Bg3 Na4 23.Be5 Rf8 24.Bg7 Nc5 25.Bxf8 Bxf8 26.Bg4 a5 27.f4 a4 28.f5 a3 29.Ra1 Ne4 30.fxg6 hxg6 31.Be6 Bg7 32.Ra2 Nc3 33.Rc2 a2 34.Ra1 Ke7 35.Bg4 Ne2+ 36.Bxe2 Bxa1 0-1

Round 13, Dec. 30
Nakamura, Hikaru – Yu, Yangyi
C25 Vienna game, Max Lange Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Qg4 g6 5.Qf3 Nf6 6.Nge2 d6 7.d3 Bg4 8.Qg3 Be6 9.Bg5 h6 10.Qh4 hxg5 11.Qxh8+ Ke7 12.Qxd8+ Rxd8 13.Bxe6 Kxe6 14.Na4 Bb4+ 15.c3 Ba5 16.b4 Bb6 17.Nxb6 axb6 18.f3 d5 19.O-O-O b5 20.Rhe1 d4 21.cxd4 Nxd4 22.Nxd4+ Rxd4 23.a3 Nd7 24.Kd2 Nb6 25.Ke2 c6 26.Rh1 Na4 27.Rc1 Nb2 28.Rc3 Na4 29.Rc2 Rd8 30.h4 Rh8 31.g3 Nb6 32.Ke3 gxh4 33.Rxh4 Ra8 34.Ra2 Nd7 35.f4 Nb6 36.Rh6 Kf6 37.Rh7 Nd7 38.d4 exd4+ 39.Kxd4 Nb6 40.Kc3 Ke6 41.g4 Nc4 42.f5+ Kf6 43.g5+ Kxg5 44.Rxf7 Nd6 45.Rg2+ Kf4 46.fxg6+ Nxf7 47.gxf7 Rf8 48.Kd4 Rd8+ 49.Kc5 Rf8 50.Kd6 Kf3 51.Rg7 Kxe4 52.Ke7 Rxf7+ 53.Rxf7 Kd5 54.Kd8 b6 55.Kc7 1-0

Round 13, Dec. 30
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof – Quparadze, Giga
A05 Reti Opening

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 d5 4.O-O g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.d4 O-O 7.Nc3 c6 8.b3 b6 9.Bb2 Bb7 10.Rc1 Nbd7 11.Qd3 c5 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 Bxd5 14.Rfd1 Rc8 15.Ba3 Re8 16.dxc5 Nxc5 17.Bxc5 bxc5 18.Nd2 Qa5 19.Qc2 Red8 20.Bxd5 exd5 21.e4 Bd4 22.exd5 Rxd5 23.Nc4 Qd8 24.Re1 Qf6 25.Re4 Rf5 26.Rf1 h5 27.Qe2 Kg7 28.Kg2 Rd8 29.h3 Rd7 30.Re8 Qc6+ 31.Qe4 Qf6 32.f4 Bc3 33.Ne3 Rd2+ 34.Kf3 Qa6 35.Rf2 Rxf2+ 36.Kxf2 Bd4 37.Qa8 Kh7 38.Kf3 Qd3 39.Qe4 Qc3 40.Qc2 Qxc2 41.Nxc2 Rd5 42.Re7 Kg7 43.Rxa7 Bc3 44.Ne3 Rd2 45.g4 Bd4 46.Nc4 Rd3+ 47.Kg2 h4 48.Nd6 Rg3+ 49.Kh2 Bg1+ 50.Kh1 Bd4 51.Rxf7+ Kg8 52.Rd7 Rxh3+ 53.Kg2 Rg3+ 54.Kh2 Rxg4 55.a4 Rxf4 56.Kh3 Bf6 57.a5 Rf3+ 58.Kg2 Rg3+ 59.Kh2 Be5 60.Nc4 Bf4 61.Kh1 Rh3+ 62.Kg2 Rg3+ 63.Kf2 h3 64.a6 Rg2+ 65.Kf3 Ra2 66.Kxf4 h2 67.Rd1 Rxa6 68.Kg3 Rf6 69.Kxh2 Rf3 70.Na5 Kg7 71.Rd5 Rc3 72.Kg2 Kf6 73.Kf2 g5 74.Ke2 g4 75.Kd2 Rf3 76.Rxc5 g3 77.Ke2 g2 78.Rc1 Rf5 79.Nc4 Rb5 80.Nd2 Rg5 81.Kf2 Rd5 82.Rc2 Rg5 83.Ne4+ 1-0

Quparadze is a name that is new to me. He is from Georgia, born 1987 and got his GM title in 2017.

Round 13, Dec. 30
Grischuk, Alexander – Firouzja, Alireza
B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Bd7 9.f3 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Be7 11.Kb1 Qc7 12.g4 h5 13.gxh5 Nxh5 14.h4 Qc5 15.Qd2 b5 16.Bd3 b4 17.Ne2 a5 18.Rhg1 a4 19.Bxe7 Kxe7 20.Rg5 e5 21.f4 f6 22.Rgg1 Be6 23.Rc1 a3 24.b3 Rac8 25.f5 Bf7 26.c3 bxc3 27.Rxc3 Qf2 28.Rgc1 Rxc3 29.Qxc3 Rd8 30.Bb5 Qb6 31.Qc7+ Qxc7 32.Rxc7+ Kf8 33.Bc6 d5 34.exd5 Bxd5 35.Bxd5 Rxd5 36.Rc8+ Kf7 37.Rc7+ Kf8 38.Rc8+ Ke7 39.Kc2 e4 40.Nc3 Re5 41.Kd2 e3+ 42.Ke1 Nf4 43.Rc4 Nd3+ 44.Ke2 Nc1+ 45.Ke1 Kf7 46.Rc7+ Kg8 47.Kd1 e2+ 48.Nxe2 Nxe2 49.b4 Nd4 50.Kd2 Rxf5 51.Kd3 Nb5 52.Rd7 Re5 53.Kc4 f5 0-1

Round 13, Dec. 30
Aronian, Levon – Gareyev, Timur
A48 King’s Indian, East Indian Defence

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nbd2 d5 4.e3 Bg7 5.b4 c6 6.Bb2 a5 7.b5 O-O 8.a4 Bf5 9.c4 Ne4 10.Qb3 Nxd2 11.Nxd2 Nd7 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Qxd5 Rc8 14.Be2 Nb6 15.Qxd8 Rfxd8 16.Nb3 Rc2 17.Bc1 e5 18.Bd1 Rc3 19.O-O Nc4 20.Re1 b6 21.e4 exd4 22.exf5 d3 23.Bg5 f6 24.Bd2 Nxd2 25.Nxd2 gxf5 26.Rc1 Rxc1 27.Bb3+ Kf8 28.Rxc1 Bh6 29.Rd1 Rc8 30.Nc4 Re8 31.Kf1 d2 32.Nxd2 1-0

Round 13, Dec. 30
Hansen, Eric – Adhiban, B.
B31 Sicilian, Nimzowitsch-Rossolimo Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 Qc7 7.c3 d6 8.h3 Nf6 9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 O-O 11.Nc3 c5 12.e5 dxe5 13.dxe5 Rd8 14.Qe2 Nd5 15.Ne4 Nb4 16.Bg5 h6 17.Bh4 Ba6 18.Qe3 Rac8 19.Bg3 Nc2 20.Qb3 Nxa1 21.Rxa1 Rd3 22.Qc2 Qc6 23.Re1 c4 24.Qc1 Rcd8 25.Bh4 R8d7 26.e6 fxe6 27.Bg3 Qxe4 28.Rxe4 Rd1+ 29.Qxd1 Rxd1+ 30.Kh2 Bxb2 31.Rxe6 Bb7 32.Rxe7 Bxf3 33.gxf3 c3 34.Rc7 Kf8 35.Be5 Rd3 36.Kg2 Ba1 37.h4 h5 38.a4 a6 39.Bf6 Ke8 40.a5 Bb2 41.Be5 Ba1 42.Bf6 Kf8 43.Be5 Ke8 44.Bf6 Bb2 45.Be5 Rd5 46.Bxc3 Bxc3 47.Rxc3 Rxa5 48.Rc6 Kf7 49.Rc7+ Kf6 50.Rc6+ Kf5 51.Kg3 Ra4 52.Rc5+ Kf6 53.Rc6+ Kg7 54.Rc7+ Kh6 55.Ra7 a5 56.f4 Ra3+ 57.f3 Ra1 58.Ra6 Kg7 59.f5 gxf5 60.Kf4 a4 61.Kxf5 a3 62.Kg5 Kf7 63.Kxh5 a2 64.Kh6 Rh1 65.Rxa2 Rxh4+ 66.Kg5 Rb4 67.Ra7+ Kf8 68.f4 Rb6 69.f5 Rc6 70.f6 Rc1 71.Kg6 Rd1 1/2-1/2

Round 13, Dec. 30
Carlsson, Pontus – Samsonkin, Artiom
C10 French, Fort Knox variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Ned2 Nd7 7.Bd3 Ngf6 8.O-O Be7 9.c3 O-O 10.Nc4 b6 11.a4 Bb7 12.Qe2 c5 13.Rd1 Qc7 14.Nfe5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Nd5 16.Qg4 Rfd8 17.Bh6 Bf8 18.Bg5 Rd7 19.Qg3 f5 20.exf6 Qxg3 21.f7+ Rxf7 22.hxg3 h6 23.Bd2 Rd8 24.Ne5 Rc7 25.Bc4 Bd6 26.Re1 Re7 27.Re2 a6 28.Rae1 Nc7 29.Ng6 Ree8 30.Bf4 b5 31.axb5 axb5 32.Ba2 c4 33.Bb1 Nd5 34.Kh2 Nxf4 35.gxf4 Bd5 36.g3 Kf7 37.Nh4 Kf6 38.Ng6 Ra8 39.Ne5 Ra1 40.Nd7+ Ke7 41.Nb6 Bc6 42.Rxe6+ Kf8 43.Rxe8+ Bxe8 44.Rd1 Bc5 45.Nc8 Bxf2 46.Bc2 Ra2 47.Rb1 Bc5 48.Be4 Bd7 49.Bb7 b4 50.cxb4 Bxb4 51.Nb6 Bf5 52.Rc1 Rxb2+ 53.Kh1 c3 54.Nd5 Be4+ 55.Kg1 Bc5+ 56.Kf1 Bd3+ 57.Ke1 Bf2+ 58.Kd1 Rd2# 0-1

Round 14, Dec. 30
Nakamura, Hikaru – Duda, Jan-Krzysztof
C00 French, Labourdonnais variation

1.e4 e6 2.f4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.c3 d4 6.Bd3 Nh6 7.Be4 Bd7 8.d3 Be7 9.O-O Qc7 10.cxd4 cxd4 11.Na3 Nf5 12.Qe2 h5 13.Bd2 Rc8 14.Rac1 a6 15.Nc4 O-O 16.Bxf5 exf5 17.Ng5 Bxg5 18.fxg5 g6 19.Nd6 Rcd8 20.a4 Qb6 21.b4 Be6 22.b5 axb5 23.axb5 Nxe5 24.Qxe5 Rxd6 25.Ba5 Qxa5 26.Qxd6 Qxb5 27.Qxd4 Qa5 28.h4 b5 29.Ra1 Qc7 30.Ra7 Qg3 31.Rf3 Qe1+ 32.Kh2 Rc8 33.Rb7 Kh7 34.Rxb5 Rc1 35.Rb8 Bc8 36.Qf2 Qh1+ 37.Kg3 Qd1 38.Qe3 Rc2 39.Kh2 Re2 40.Qd4 Qd2 41.Qg1 Be6 42.Rb5 Bd7 43.Rc5 Be6 44.Kh1 Qb4 45.Rc1 Qxh4+ 46.Qh2 Qxg5 47.Rg1 Bd5 48.Rg3 Qf4 49.Rh3 Bxg2+ 50.Rxg2 Re1+ 51.Rg1 Qc1 52.Rxh5+ Kg7 53.Rh7+ Kg8 54.Rh8+ Kg7 55.Qh7+ Kf6 56.Qh4+ 1-0

Round 14, Dec. 30
Firouzja, Alireza – Andreikin, Dmitryh
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.O-O Nd7 7.c3 O-O 8.d4 Bd6 9.Bg5 f6 10.Bh4 Qe8 11.Nbd2 Qe6 12.Bg3 b6 13.Re1 Ba6 14.Qc2 Kh8 15.b3 c5 16.d5 Qf7 17.a4 g5 18.Nf1 Bxf1 19.Kxf1 Qg6 20.Nd2 h5 21.h4 Rg8 22.Nf3 Raf8 23.Ra2 a5 24.Qe2 Rf7 25.Qe3 c4 26.bxc4 g4 27.Nd2 Nc5 28.Kg1 Bf8 29.Qe2 Bh6 30.Nf1 Kg7 31.Qc2 Kf8 32.Rb2 Rd7 33.Rb5 Ke7 34.Rxc5 bxc5 35.Qb3 Qe8 36.Qb5 Rd6 37.Qxc5 Qxa4 38.Qxc7+ Rd7 39.Qc5+ Kf7 40.Rb1 Bf8 41.Qb6 Rd6 42.Qb7+ Rd7 43.Qa6 Rd6 44.Rb6 Rxb6 45.Qxb6 Qxc4 46.Qe6+ Kg7 47.Ne3 Qxe4 48.Nf5+ Kh7 49.Qf7+ Rg7 50.Nxg7 Bxg7 51.Qxh5+ Kg8 52.Qe8+ Kh7 53.d6 f5 54.d7 Qe1+ 55.Kh2 f4 56.Qh5+ Bh6 57.d8=Q fxg3+ 58.fxg3 1-0

Round 14, Dec. 30
Kramnik, Vladimir – Socko, Bartosz
A20 English Opening

1.c4 e5 2.d3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.a3 g6 5.b4 d6 6.Bb2 Bg7 7.g3 O-O 8.Bg2 a6 9.O-O Be6 10.Nc3 Qc8 11.Ng5 Bd7 12.Rc1 h6 13.Nge4 Nxe4 14.dxe4 Bh3 15.Nd5 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 Kh7 17.b5 Nd4 18.b6 c6 19.Nc7 Rb8 20.f4 c5 21.f5 gxf5 22.exf5 Qd7 23.f6 Bh8 24.Qd3+ Kg8 25.Nd5 Rfe8 26.Bxd4 exd4 27.Rf4 Re5 28.Rcf1 Rbe8 29.R1f2 R8e6 30.Qf3 Rg5 31.h4 Rg6 32.Ne7+ Rxe7 33.fxe7 Qxe7 34.Rxf7 Qe5 35.Rxb7 Bg7 36.Rb8+ Kh7 37.b7 d5 38.Rc8 Rb6 39.b8=Q Rxb8 40.Qd3+ 1-0

Round 14, Dec. 30
Hansen, Eric – Gelfand, Boris
B31 Sicilian, Nimzowitsch-Rossolimo Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.c3 Nf6 7.Re1 O-O 8.h3 d6 9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 c5 11.dxc5 dxc5 12.Qc2 Bb7 13.Nc3 Qc7 14.Bg5 Rfd8 15.Rac1 h6 16.Be3 Rac8 17.b3 Qa5 18.Nd2 Ba6 19.Nc4 Bxc4 20.bxc4 Nd7 21.Nd5 Re8 22.Red1 e6 23.Nc3 Nb6 24.Nb5 Red8 25.Rd2 Rxd2 26.Bxd2 Qa4 27.Qb3 Kh7 28.Be3 Qa5 29.Rd1 Qb4 30.Qxb4 cxb4 31.Nd6 Rd8 32.c5 Nc4 33.Kf1 Be5 34.Ke2 Nxd6 35.cxd6 Bxd6 36.Bxa7 Ra8 37.Rxd6 Rxa7 38.Rd2 Kg7 39.Rb2 Ra3 40.Rxb4 Rxa2+ 1/2-1/2

Round 14, Dec. 30
Samsonkin, Artiom – Sjugirov, Sanan
B53 Sicilian, Checkhover variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 a6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.O-O e5 8.Qd3 Ne7 9.Rd1 Ng6 10.Na3 d5 11.exd5 cxd5 12.Qxd5 Qxd5 13.Rxd5 Be6 14.Rd1 Rc8 15.b3 Bb4 16.Bb2 f6 17.c4 Bf5 18.Ne1 Nf4 19.Nac2 Be7 20.Ne3 Bg6 21.Nd5 Nxd5 22.Rxd5 Kf7 23.Rad1 Ke6 24.Nd3 Be4 25.Nf4+ Kf5 26.Rd7 Rhe8 27.Nd5 Bf8 28.f3 Bc5+ 29.Kf1 Bxd5 30.R1xd5 Kg6 31.h4 h5 32.Ke2 e4 33.f4 e3 34.f5+ Kh6 35.Bd4 Bxd4 36.Rxd4 Re5 37.Rf4 Rce8 38.Rd3 Ra5 39.a4 Rae5 40.Rf3 Re4 41.Rfxe3 1-0

Rankings after Round 14

1 Carlsen 11.5
2 Nakamura 11
3 Matlakov 10.5
4 Firouzja 10
5 Nepo 10
6 Dubov 10
7 MVL 10
8 Kramnik 10
9 Artemiev 9.5
10 Hansen 7.5
117 Samsonkin 7

**Wayne Komer** · Monday, 30th December, 2019, 10:55 AM

FIDE World Blitz Championships 2019

December 30, 2019

Blitz

Rounds Thirteen to Twenty-One

Rounds 15 and 16

Round 15, Dec. 30
MVL – Carlsen, Magnus
B01 Scandinavian, Pytel-Wade variation

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c6 6.h3 g6 7.Ne5 Nbd7 8.Nc4 Qc7 9.Be2 Bg7 10.O-O b5 11.Nd2 O-O 12.Bf3 Bb7 13.Nde4 Rad8 14.Re1 b4 15.Nxf6+ Bxf6 16.Ne4 c5 17.Nxf6+ Nxf6 18.Bxb7 Qxb7 19.c3 cxd4 20.cxd4 Rd7 21.Be3 Nd5 22.Bh6 Rc8 23.Rc1 Rxc1 24.Qxc1 Rc7 25.Qd1 Qc6 26.Qf3 f6 27.Rc1 Qb5 28.Re1 Kf7 29.h4 Qd7 30.h5 Qf5 31.hxg6+ hxg6 32.Qxf5 gxf5 33.Rc1 Rxc1+ 34.Bxc1 Ke6 35.Kf1 Nc7 36.Bd2 a5 37.Ke2 Kd5 38.Kd3 Ne6 39.Be3 f4 40.Bd2 f3 41.gxf3 Nxd4 42.f4 Ne6 43.Be3 Nc5+ 44.Bxc5 Kxc5 45.b3 Kd5 46.Ke3 e5 47.fxe5 Kxe5 48.f4+ Kd5 49.Kd3 f5 50.Ke3 Kc5 1/2-1/2

Round 15, Dec. 30
Matlakov, Maxim – Nakamura, Hikaru
D55 QGD, Petrosian variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 c6 9.Bd3 Nd7 10.O-O dxc4 11.Bxc4 c5 12.Qe2 a6 13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.b4 Bxc3 15.Rxc3 Ne4 16.Rc2 b5 17.Bd3 Bb7 18.Rfc1 Nf6 19.e4 Qb6 20.Rc3 a5 21.bxa5 Rxa5 22.Rb3 Qa7 23.Rc2 Ra4 24.Rxb5 Bxe4 25.Bxe4 Rxe4 26.Qd3 Ra4 27.Qb3 Nd5 28.h3 Ra3 29.Qc4 Ra8 30.Rbb2 Qa4 31.Qc5 Qf4 32.Rc4 Qf6 33.Rcc2 Nf4 34.Ne1 R3a5 35.Qb4 Re5 36.Nf3 Nxh3+ 37.Kf1 Rf5 38.Qe4 Rf8 39.Rb3 Ng5 40.Nxg5 Qxg5 41.g3 Re5 42.Qf3 Rf5 43.Qe4 Qg6 44.Qe3 Rh5 45.Qd3 Qg4 46.Kg1 Qh3 47.Qf3 Rd8 48.Rc1 Qh2+ 49.Kf1 Qh1+ 0-1

Round 15, Dec. 30
Nepo – Kramnik, Vladimir
C48 Four Knights, Rubinstein Counter-Gambit

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nd4 5.Bc4 c6 6.Nxe5 d5 7.exd5 Bd6 8.Nf3 Qe7+ 9.Be2 Nxf3+ 10.gxf3 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 cxd5 12.d4 Bf5 13.Be3 O-O 14.c3 Rac8 15.Qb3 Rfd8 16.h4 Qe6 17.h5 Rc6 18.Qd1 b5 19.a3 a6 20.Bd3 Re8 21.Qc2 Bxd3 22.Qxd3 Qf6 23.Rh3 Bf4 24.Kd2 Rce6 25.Re1 h6 26.Kc2 Qe7 27.Kd2 Qg5 28.Re2 Qg2 29.Rh4 Bxe3+ 30.fxe3 Qxf3 31.Rhh2 Re4 32.b3 f5 33.a4 f4 34.Kc2 Rxe3 35.Rxe3 Rxe3 36.Qd2 Qe4+ 37.Kb2 f3 38.Ka3 Re2 39.Rxe2 fxe2 40.Qe1 Qf3 41.Qh4 Qf1 0-1

Round 15, Dec. 30
Firouzja, Alireza – Dubov, Daniil
B31 Sicilian, Nimzowitsch-Rossolimo Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Qc7 6.Nbd2 e5 7.Nc4 f6 8.Be3 Be6 9.a4 a5 10.Qe2 Nh6 11.O-O Nf7 12.Nfd2 g5 13.c3 Rd8 14.Nb3 Bxc4 15.dxc4 b6 16.Rfd1 Be7 17.Nd2 O-O 18.Nf1 Qc8 19.Ng3 Qe6 20.b3 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Rd8 22.Rf1 Bf8 23.h4 gxh4 24.Nf5 Nd6 25.Qh5 Nxf5 26.exf5 Qd7 27.Rc1 Qd3 28.Kh2 Bg7 29.Kh3 Qe4 30.Qg4 Qxg4+ 31.Kxg4 Bf8 32.Kxh4 Kf7 33.Kg4 Rb8 34.Rh1 h6 35.Rd1 Rb7 36.Rd8 b5 37.Ra8 bxc4 38.bxc4 Be7 39.Rxa5 Rb3 40.Bxc5 Bxc5 41.Rxc5 Rb6 42.Kh5 Ra6 43.Kxh6 Ke7 44.g4 Kd6 45.g5 fxg5 46.f6 Kxc5 47.f7 Ra8 48.a5 g4 49.Kg7 e4 0-1

Round 15, Dec. 30
Svidler, Peter – Quparadze, Giga
B42 Sicilian, Kan

1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O Qc7 7.Qe2 d6 8.b3 g6 9.Bb2 Bg7 10.Nd2 O-O 11.a4 Nc6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.e5 Nd5 14.exd6 Qxd6 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Nc4 Qc7 17.Qe5+ Qxe5 18.Nxe5 c5 19.Be4 Ra7 20.a5 Rc7 21.Bf3 Bb7 22.Rfd1 Rfc8 23.h4 h5 24.Rd2 Nc3 25.Bxb7 Rxb7 26.f3 Nd5 27.Kf2 Rb4 28.Nc4 Rc7 29.Re1 Rb8 30.Re5 Kf6 31.g4 hxg4 32.fxg4 Rh8 33.Kg3 Kg7 34.g5 Ne7 35.Ne3 c4 36.b4 c3 37.Rd6 Rb8 38.Re4 Rcb7 39.Rxa6 Rxb4 40.Rxb4 Rxb4 41.Ra7 Nf5+ 42.Nxf5+ exf5 43.a6 Rb2 44.Rc7 Rxc2 45.a7 Ra2 46.Rxc3 Rxa7 47.Rc4 Ra3+ 48.Kg2 Kf8 49.Rc7 Re3 50.Ra7 Rd3 51.Rb7 Ke8 52.Ra7 Rd7 53.Ra8+ Ke7 54.h5 gxh5 55.Rh8 Ke6 56.Rxh5 Ke5 57.Rh4 f4 58.Rh3 Kf5 59.Ra3 Kg4 60.Ra2 Rd3 61.Rb2 Rh3 62.Rb4 Rg3+ 63.Kf2 Ra3 64.Rb7 Ra2+ 65.Ke1 Kxg5 66.Rxf7 Kg4 67.Kf1 Kg3 68.Rg7+ Kf3 69.Kg1 Ra1+ 70.Kh2 Kf2 71.Rb7 Re1 72.Rb2+ Kf1 73.Rb3 Re2+ 74.Kh1 Re3 75.Rb1+ Re1 76.Rb2 f3 77.Kh2 f2 0-1

Round 15, Dec. 30
Kamsky, Gata – Hansen, Eric
A48 King’s Indian, Torre Attack

1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O Qc7 7.Qe2 d6 8.b3 g6 9.Bb2 Bg7 10.Nd2 O-O 11.a4 Nc6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.e5 Nd5 14.exd6 Qxd6 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Nc4 Qc7 17.Qe5+ Qxe5 18.Nxe5 c5 19.Be4 Ra7 20.a5 Rc7 21.Bf3 Bb7 22.Rfd1 Rfc8 23.h4 h5 24.Rd2 Nc3 25.Bxb7 Rxb7 26.f3 Nd5 27.Kf2 Rb4 28.Nc4 Rc7 29.Re1 Rb8 30.Re5 Kf6 31.g4 hxg4 32.fxg4 Rh8 33.Kg3 Kg7 34.g5 Ne7 35.Ne3 c4 36.b4 c3 37.Rd6 Rb8 38.Re4 Rcb7 39.Rxa6 Rxb4 40.Rxb4 Rxb4 41.Ra7 Nf5+ 42.Nxf5+ exf5 43.a6 Rb2 44.Rc7 Rxc2 45.a7 Ra2 46.Rxc3 Rxa7 47.Rc4 Ra3+ 48.Kg2 Kf8 49.Rc7 Re3 50.Ra7 Rd3 51.Rb7 Ke8 52.Ra7 Rd7 53.Ra8+ Ke7 54.h5 gxh5 55.Rh8 Ke6 56.Rxh5 Ke5 57.Rh4 f4 58.Rh3 Kf5 59.Ra3 Kg4 60.Ra2 Rd3 61.Rb2 Rh3 62.Rb4 Rg3+ 63.Kf2 Ra3 64.Rb7 Ra2+ 65.Ke1 Kxg5 66.Rxf7 Kg4 67.Kf1 Kg3 68.Rg7+ Kf3 69.Kg1 Ra1+ 70.Kh2 Kf2 71.Rb7 Re1 72.Rb2+ Kf1 73.Rb3 Re2+ 74.Kh1 Re3 75.Rb1+ Re1 76.Rb2 f3 77.Kh2 f2 0-1

Round 15, Dec. 30
Petrov, Nikita – Samsonkin, Artiom
A18 English, Mikenas-Carls variation

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.e5 d4 6.exf6 dxc3 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Qe2+ Be6 9.Bc4 Qxf6 10.dxc3 Nd7 11.Bxe6 Qxe6 12.Qxe6+ fxe6 13.Nf3 O-O-O 14.Bg5 Re8 15.Ke2 h6 16.Be3 e5 17.Nd2 Bc5 18.Ne4 Be7 19.Rhd1 Kc7 20.a4 a5 21.Rd2 Nf6 22.Nxf6 gxf6 23.Rad1 Rd8 24.Rxd8 Bxd8 25.Bc5 b6 26.Bd6+ Kc8 27.Kf3 Bc7 28.Bxc7 Kxc7 29.Ke4 Rg8 30.g3 Rg4+ 31.Kf5 Rxa4 32.Kxf6 Ra2 33.Rb1 a4 34.Kxe5 a3 35.bxa3 Rxf2 36.h4 Rf3 37.g4 Rxc3 38.g5 hxg5 39.hxg5 Rg3 40.Kf6 Rf3+ 41.Ke6 Re3+ 42.Kf5 Rf3+ 43.Kg4 Rxa3 44.g6 Ra8 45.Kf5 c5 46.g7 Kc6 47.Ke6 c4 48.Rf1 Rg8 49.Kf7 Rxg7+ 50.Kxg7 b5 51.Kf6 Kd5 52.Rf5+ Kd4 53.Rxb5 c3 54.Rb8 c2 55.Rc8 Kd3 1/2-1/2

Round 16, Dec. 30
Carlsen, Magnus – Dubov, Daniil
D33 QGD, Tarrasch, Prague variation

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.g3 e6 4.Nf3 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.d4 Nc6 7.Bg2 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bc5 9.Nb3 Bb6 10.O-O d4 11.Na4 O-O 12.Bg5 Re8 13.Re1 h6 14.Nxb6 axb6 15.Bxc6 bxc6 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Qxd4 Qd8 18.Qc3 c5 19.Rad1 Qe7 20.Nc1 h5 21.a3 h4 22.Nd3 Ra4 23.Nf4 Bb7 24.Rd3 Re4 25.f3 hxg3 26.fxe4 gxh2+ 27.Kxh2 Qh4+ 28.Nh3 Rxe4 29.Rg3 f6 30.Qb3+ Kh7 31.Qf7 Rg4 32.Rxg4 Qxg4 33.Qxb7 1-0

Round 16, Dec. 30
Socko, Bartosz – Firouzja, Alireza
E60 King’s Indian, Fianchetto variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Ne4 7.Qb3 Nc6 8.Rd1 a5 9.a3 a4 10.Qc2 f5 11.Nc3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Qe8 13.e4 Na5 14.Nd2 f4 15.Rb1 e5 16.Qd3 b6 17.gxf4 Rxf4 18.Nf1 Rf7 19.c5 Ba6 20.Qg3 dxc5 21.dxc5 bxc5 22.Ne3 Nb3 23.Bf1 Bxf1 24.Rxf1 Qe6 25.Qg4 Qa6 26.Ng2 Qd3 27.Bg5 Qxc3 28.Ne3 Nd2 29.Rbc1 Qxa3 30.Rfd1 Nf3+ 31.Kg2 Raf8 32.Nc4 Qa2 33.Be3 h5 34.Qe6 Kh7 35.Bxc5 Nh4+ 36.Kh1 Rxf2 37.Bxf2 Rxf2 38.Qh3 Nf3 39.Nd2 Nxd2 40.Rc3 Nxe4 41.Re3 Rf4 42.Qg2 Nf2+ 43.Kg1 Qf7 44.Rf1 Ng4 45.Ree1 a3 46.Qd2 a2 47.Rxf4 exf4 48.h3 Ne3 49.Qd3 Qd5 0-1

Round 16, Dec. 30
Postny, evgeny – Hansen, Eric
E00 Catalan Opening

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qc2 c6 9.Rd1 b6 10.Bf4 Bb7 11.Nc3 Rc8 12.b3 Nh5 13.Bc1 f5 14.Bb2 Bd6 15.e3 Qe7 16.Rac1 Nhf6 17.Ne2 Ne4 18.Nf4 Ndf6 19.Ne5 Bxe5 20.dxe5 Ng4 21.Nd3 dxc4 22.Qxc4 c5 23.h3 Nh6 24.Nf4 Rfe8 25.Bxe4 Bxe4 26.Rd6 Qf7 27.Rcd1 Bf3 28.R1d2 b5 29.Qxb5 g5 30.Rd7 Re7 31.Rxe7 Qxe7 32.Nd3 Rd8 33.Bc3 Rd5 34.Ne1 Be4 35.Rxd5 Bxd5 36.Qb8+ Kg7 37.Qd6 Qf7 38.f3 Qh5 39.Qe7+ Nf7 40.Qf6+ Kg8 41.Kg2 g4 42.hxg4 fxg4 43.Qf4 gxf3+ 44.Kg1 Ng5 45.Qh4 Qg6 46.e4 Nxe4 47.Qd8+ 0-1

Round 16, Dec. 30
Samsonkin, Artiom – Cheparinov, Ivan
B53 Sicilian, Chekhover variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 a6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.O-O e5 8.Qd3 Ne7 9.Rd1 Ng6 10.Na3 f6 11.c4 Be6 12.Be3 Be7 13.Nc2 O-O 14.Nb4 Qc8 15.Rac1 Qb7 16.Qc3 Rfc8 17.c5 a5 18.Nc2 d5 19.Qe1 dxe4 20.Nd2 f5 21.f3 f4 22.Nxe4 fxe3 23.Nxe3 Rd8 24.Qc3 Qb4 25.Qd4 0-1

Rankings after Round Sixteen

1 Carlsen 13
2 Nakamura 12.5
3 Matlakov 11.5
4 Duda 11.5
5 Kramnik 11.5
6 Artemiev 11
7 Firouzja 11
8 Yu Yangyi 11
9 Dubov 11
10 MVL 11
11 Giri 11
12 Nihal Sarin 11
13 Vidit 10.5
14 Jobava 10.5
49 Hansen 9.5
131 Samsonkin 7.5

**Wayne Komer** · Monday, 30th December, 2019, 11:21 AM

FIDE World Blitz Championships 2019

December 30, 2019

Blitz

Rounds Thirteen to Twenty-One

Rounds 17 and 18

Round 17, Dec. 30
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof – Carlsen, Magnus
B33 Sicilian, Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 O-O 12.Nc2 Rb8 13.h4 g6 14.g3 Bg7 15.Bh3 Bb7 16.h5 Ne7 17.Nce3 Nxd5 18.Nxd5 Bh6 19.Qd3 Kg7 20.Rd1 a5 21.a3 Bg5 22.Kf1 b4 23.cxb4 Bxd5 24.Qxd5 axb4 25.Qxd6 Qxd6 26.Rxd6 bxa3 27.bxa3 Ra8 28.Rd3 Rfd8 29.Rxd8 Bxd8 30.hxg6 hxg6 31.Kg2 Rxa3 32.Rd1 Bb6 33.Rd2 Ra4 34.Re2 Bd4 35.Bd7 Rb4 36.Bc6 Rb2 37.Rxb2 1/2-1/2

Round 17, Dec. 30
Firouzja, Alireza – Artemiev, Vladislav
B10 Caro-Kann, Two Knights variation

1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Qe2 Bf5 6.Nxf6+ gxf6 7.d4 Qd5 8.c3 Qe4 9.Be3 h5 10.Nd2 Qg4 11.Qc4 Nd7 12.h3 Qg6 13.Qb3 Bh6 14.Bxh6 Qxh6 15.Qxb7 Rb8 16.Qxc6 O-O 17.Nb3 Rb6 18.Qf3 Re6+ 19.Be2 Be4 20.Qe3 Qh7 21.O-O-O a5 22.Bc4 Bb1 23.Qg3+ Kh8 24.Bd3 Bxd3 25.Qxd3 Qh6+ 26.Nd2 a4 27.Rhe1 a3 28.Rxe6 axb2+ 29.Kxb2 fxe6 30.Nb3 Nb6 31.Nc5 Rb8 32.Kc2 Ra8 33.a4 Qg5 34.Qe4 Rd8 35.Nxe6 Qa5 36.Nxd8 Qxa4+ 37.Kd2 Nc4+ 38.Ke1 Qa5 39.Qxe7 Qxc3+ 40.Kf1 1-0

Round 17, Dec. 30
MVL – Nihal Sarin
B33 Sicilian, Pelikan variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Nd5 Nxd5 8.exd5 Nb8 9.a4 Be7 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O Nd7 12.Kh1 a6 13.Na3 f5 14.f4 exf4 15.Bxf4 g5 16.Be3 Ne5 17.a5 f4 18.Bb6 Qe8 19.Nc4 Nxc4 20.Bxc4 Bf5 21.Bd3 Qg6 22.Qd2 Bxd3 23.cxd3 Bf6 24.Rae1 Qf5 25.Re4 Qxd5 26.Qe2 Rac8 27.h4 Qf5 28.hxg5 Bxg5 29.Bd4 h6 30.b4 Rf7 31.Qf3 Rcf8 32.Rfe1 Bh4 33.g4 Qg5 34.R1e2 Bg3 35.Re6 Rc7 36.Kg2 Qh4 37.Bg1 Rc1 38.Rg6+ Kh7 39.Rxd6 Rf7 40.Qe4+ Kg8 41.Rg6+ Rg7 42.Qe8+ Kh7 43.Rxg7+ Kxg7 44.Bd4+ 1-0

Round 17, Dec. 30
Hansen, Eric – Karjakin, Sergey
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.h3 Ne7 8.Re1 c6 9.Ba4 Ng6 10.Nbd2 Bb6 11.Nf1 d5 12.Ng3 h6 13.Bb3 Re8 14.Be3 Bc7 15.exd5 cxd5 16.d4 e4 17.Nh2 Be6 18.Qd2 Qd7 19.Kh1 Nh4 20.Rg1 Rf8 21.Bd1 Rae8 22.Bf4 Nh7 23.Bxc7 Qxc7 24.Nh5 Ng6 25.Qe3 f5 26.f4 Nf6 27.Rf1 Re7 28.Qg3 Kh7 29.Be2 Bd7 30.Nxf6+ Rxf6 31.Rae1 Qa5 32.a3 Bb5 33.Qe3 Bxe2 34.Rxe2 Qc7 35.Ref2 Ref7 36.g3 b5 37.Qe2 Qb8 38.Rg1 a5 39.Nf1 b4 40.axb4 axb4 41.Ne3 Ne7 42.c4 dxc4 43.Nxc4 Nd5 44.Kh2 Rc7 45.Ne5 Qb6 46.Rd1 b3 47.Rg2 Rc2 48.Qe1 Qa7 49.Rxc2 bxc2 50.Rc1 Qxd4 51.Rxc2 Rb6 52.Qe2 Ne3 53.Rc3 Nd1 54.Rc2 Rxb2 55.Rxb2 Qxb2 56.Qxb2 Nxb2 57.Kg2 g6 58.g4 Kg7 59.Kf2 Nd1+ 60.Ke2 Nc3+ 61.Kf2 Nd5 62.Kg3 Kf6 63.Nc4 Ke6 64.Na5 Ne7 65.Nc4 Kd5 66.Ne5 Kd4 67.Nf7 Kd3 68.Ne5+ Ke2 69.h4 h5 70.gxh5 gxh5 71.Nf7 e3 72.Ne5 Nd5 73.Nc6 Kd2 74.Nd4 e2 75.Nf3+ Ke3 76.Ne1 Nf6 77.Ng2+ Kd2 78.Kf3 0-1

Round 17, Dec. 30
Le, Quang Liem – Abdusattorov, Nodirbek
B23 Sicilian, Closed

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nge2 Nf6 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 g6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7 9.O-O O-O 10.Qb4 a5 11.Qb5 Be6 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.exd5 Bd7 14.Qxb7 a4 15.Qb4 a3 16.Rb1 Qc7 17.Qd2 Rfb8 18.b4 Bf5 19.Rb3 Qxc2 20.Re1 Rc8 21.Qxc2 Rxc2 22.Bxa3 Rxa2 23.Bc1 Ra1 24.Bf1 Bh6 25.Rc3 Rb8 26.b5 Bd7 27.Rc7 Bxb5 28.Bxb5 Rxc1 29.Rexc1 Bxc1 30.Bd3 Bg5 31.Kg2 Bf6 32.h4 Rb3 33.Be4 Rb4 34.Kf3 h5 35.Rc2 Kg7 36.Ra2 Bd4 37.Re2 Kf6 38.Kg2 Bc5 39.Bf3 e5 40.dxe6 fxe6 41.Rc2 Ra4 42.Bc6 Ra3 43.Bf3 Bd4 44.Rd2 Be5 45.Be4 d5 46.Rd3 Ra2 47.Rf3+ Kg7 48.Bb1 Rb2 49.Bd3 Bd4 50.Ba6 e5 51.Kf1 e4 52.Ra3 Rxf2+ 53.Ke1 Rb2 54.Kd1 Be5 55.Ra5 Bxg3 56.Rxd5 Bxh4 57.Rd4 Rb6 58.Be2 Re6 59.Bc4 Re5 60.Ke2 Bg5 61.Rd5 Rxd5 62.Bxd5 e3 63.Be4 Bf4 64.Kf3 g5 65.Bf5 Kf6 66.Bd3 Ke5 67.Bg6 g4+ 68.Ke2 h4 69.Bh5 Kf5 70.Be8 h3 71.Bd7+ Kg5 72.Bc6 g3 73.Kf1 g2+ 74.Bxg2 hxg2+ 0-1

Round 17, Dec. 30
Smirin, Ilia – Samsonkin, Artiom
B93 Sicilian, Najdorf

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Qc7 7.a4 g6 8.Be2 Bg7 9.O-O O-O 10.Kh1 Nbd7 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Nf6 13.c4 Bg4 14.Be3 Bxe2 15.Qxe2 Rac8 16.Rac1 Rfe8 17.f5 Rf8 18.b3 Rce8 19.Rce1 Ne4 20.Bg1 Nf6 21.g4 Nd7 22.g5 Nc5 23.f6 exf6 24.Qxe8 Rxe8 25.Rxe8+ Bf8 26.gxf6 Qd7 27.Ra8 Qg4 28.Re1 Ne4 29.Rf1 Ng3+ 30.Kg2 Nxf1+ 31.Kxf1 Qd1+ 32.Kg2 Qg4+ 33.Kf1 Qf4+ 34.Bf2 Qxf6 35.Ne2 Qf3 36.b4 Kg7 37.c5 dxc5 38.Ke1 Bd6 39.bxc5 Be5 40.d6 Qh1+ 41.Kd2 Qd5+ 42.Ke1 Qh1+ 1/2-1/2

Round 18, Dec. 30
Carlsen, Magnus – Kramnik, Vladimir
D02 Queen’s Bishop game

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 cxd4 6.exd4 Qb6 7.Nb3 Bf5 8.Be2 e6 9.O-O Be7 10.a4 a6 11.a5 Qd8 12.Ne5 Rc8 13.c3 O-O 14.Re1 Ne4 15.Bd3 Nxe5 16.Bxe5 Bg6 17.Bf4 Nd6 18.Bxg6 hxg6 19.Bxd6 Bxd6 20.g3 b5 21.axb6 Qxb6 22.Re2 Rb8 23.Nc1 a5 24.Nd3 Qb5 25.h4 Rfc8 26.Rd2 Ra8 27.h5 gxh5 28.Qxh5 g6 29.Qh6 a4 30.Kg2 Bf8 31.Qf4 Bg7 32.Ne5 Qe8 33.Rd3 f6 34.Ng4 Qf8 35.Rf3 a3 36.bxa3 f5 37.Qg5 Kf7 38.Rh1 Rxa3 39.Rh7 Rcxc3 40.Nh6+ Ke8 41.Qxg6+ Kd8 1-0

Round 18, Dec. 30
Nakamura, Hikaru – MVL
B50 Sicilian Defence, Scheveningen/Najdorf/dragon

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.h3 g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bg7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O 9.O-O-O Bd7 10.g4 Rc8 11.f4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Bc6 13.Bg2 Qa5 14.Kb1 e5 15.Be3 exf4 16.Bxf4 Rfe8 17.Rhe1 Nd7 18.Nd5 Qxd2 19.Rxd2 Ne5 20.b3 h6 21.Red1 Kh7 22.g5 hxg5 23.Bxg5 Bxd5 24.Rxd5 Bf8 25.h4 Rc3 26.Bf4 Ng4 27.R1d3 Rc6 28.c4 Ne5 29.Rd1 b6 30.Bh3 Rc7 31.Rh1 Rc5 32.h5 Rxd5 33.cxd5 gxh5 34.Bf5+ Kg8 35.Rxh5 Nd3 36.Bg3 Nc5 37.Rh4 Be7 38.Rg4+ Kh8 39.e5 dxe5 40.Bxe5+ f6 41.Bc7 Nb7 42.Rh4+ Kg7 43.Rg4+ Kf8 44.Bf4 Bc5 45.Bh6+ Ke7 46.Rg7+ Kd6 47.Rxb7 Kxd5 48.Rd7+ Ke5 49.Bh7 a5 50.Kc2 Ke6 51.Rb7 Rd8 52.Bd3 f5 53.Bc4+ Kf6 54.Bd2 Rf8 55.Bc3+ Kg6 56.Rg7+ Kh5 57.Be2+ Kh6 58.Rg3 Rf7 59.Bf3 f4 60.Rh3+ Kg5 61.Rh5+ Kg6 62.Rd5 Re7 63.Bd2 Be3 64.Bxe3 Rxe3 65.Rd3 Re6 66.Kd2 Kg5 67.Rd8 Re3 68.Ba8 Rh3 69.Rg8+ Kf5 70.Bg2 Rh6 71.Kc3 Rd6 72.a4 Ke5 73.Re8+ Kf5 74.Kc4 Kg4 75.Rg8+ Kf5 76.Bd5 Ke5 77.Re8+ Kf6 78.Kd4 Kf5 79.Rf8+ Kg4 80.Ke5 Rg6 81.Rg8 1-0

Round 18, Dec. 30
Giri, Anish – Firouzja, Alireza
E97 King’s Indian, Orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov variation

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.dxe5 Nxe5 9.Nxe5 dxe5 10.Be3 Be6 11.Qc2 c6 12.b4 Re8 13.Rfd1 Qc8 14.h3 h5 15.Rab1 Kh7 16.a4 Bh6 17.Bxh6 Kxh6 18.Qc1+ Kg7 19.a5 Qc7 20.Qe3 b6 21.a6 Rad8 22.c5 b5 23.Rd6 Rxd6 24.cxd6 Qb6 25.Qxb6 axb6 26.Bxb5 cxb5 27.Nxb5 Ra8 28.Nc7 Ra7 29.f3 Bd7 30.Rc1 Kf8 31.b5 Ng8 32.Kf2 f6 33.h4 Nh6 34.Nd5 Nf7 35.Nxb6 Bxb5 36.Rc8+ Kg7 37.Rc5 Bxa6 38.d7 Rb7 39.Rc6 Bb5 40.Rd6 Rb8 41.Rd5 Rxb6 0-1

Round 18, Dec. 30
Morozevich, Alexander – Hansen, Eric
B23 Sicilian, Closed

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.Nge2 d6 6.O-O a6 7.f4 Qc7 8.d3 b5 9.h3 Bb7 10.g4 Nd4 11.Ng3 h6 12.Nb1 Be7 13.c3 Nc6 14.Nd2 g6 15.Nf3 Nd7 16.d4 Nb6 17.b3 h5 18.g5 h4 19.Nh1 Nb8 20.Nf2 N8d7 21.Qe2 e5 22.fxe5 dxe5 23.dxe5 Nxe5 24.Nxe5 Qxe5 25.Ng4 Qe6 26.Nf6+ Kf8 27.Bf4 Rd8 28.Rf2 c4 29.Be3 Nd7 30.Ng4 cxb3 31.axb3 Ne5 32.Nh6 Kg7 33.Raf1 Rdf8 34.Qd2 f6 35.Bd4 Rxh6 36.gxh6+ Kh7 37.Qe3 Rd8 38.Kh1 a5 39.Rd2 Rc8 40.Qf4 g5 41.Qf5+ Qxf5 42.Rxf5 Kxh6 43.Bxe5 fxe5 44.Rd7 Rxc3 45.Rxe7 1/2-1/2

Round 18, Dec. 30
Samsonkin, Artiom – Belov, Vladimir
B53 Sicilian, Chekhover variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.Nc3 h6 8.O-O Nf6 9.Qd3 e6 10.Nd4 Rc8 11.Be3 a6 12.h3 Be7 13.Rad1 Qc7 14.Nxc6 Qxc6 15.Rfe1 b5 16.a3 O-O 17.Bd4 Qb7 18.Qg3 a5 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Rxd6 b4 21.axb4 axb4 22.e5 Bxe5 23.Qxe5 bxc3 24.bxc3 Qb2 25.Re3 1/2-1/2

Ranking List after Round Eighteen

1 Carlsen 14.5
2 Nakamura 14
3 Firouzja 13
4 Yu Yangyi 12.5
5 Kramnik 12.5
6 Grischuk 12.5
7 Artemiev 12
8 Vidit 12
9 Duda 12
10 MVL 12
11 Sarana 12
12 Wang Hao 12
13 Matlakov 11.5
14 Dubov 11.5
15 Mamedyarov 11.5
16 Karjakin 11.5
17 Giri 11.5
18 Fedoseev 11.5
19 Zubov 11.5
20 Tomashevsky 11.5
84 Hansen 9.5
128 Samsonkin 8.5

**Wayne Komer** · Monday, 30th December, 2019, 12:01 PM

FIDE World Blitz Championships 2019

December 30, 2019

Blitz

Rounds Thirteen to Twenty-One

Rounds 19 and 20

Round 19, Dec. 30
Firouzja, Alireza – Carlsen, Magnus
C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.c3 g6 7.d4 Bg7 8.h3 Nf6 9.Bc2 O-O 10.Re1 Re8 11.Nbd2 Qe7 12.Nf1 Qf8 13.Ng3 Bh6 14.Ng5 Nd8 15.Bb3 Ne6 16.h4 Rad8 17.Be3 Bg7 18.h5 Bh6 19.Qc1 Ng4 20.Nxe6 fxe6 21.Rf1 Nxe3 22.fxe3 Qe7 23.hxg6 hxg6 24.Qd2 exd4 25.cxd4 Kg7 26.Rf3 Rf8 27.Raf1 Rxf3 28.Rxf3 Rf8 29.Qc3 c6 30.Nf1 e5 31.Rxf8 Kxf8 32.Qc4 Qf6 33.dxe5 dxe5 34.Qb4+ c5 35.Qxb7 Bb5 36.Qc8+ Ke7 37.Qxc5+ Qd6 38.Qxd6+ Kxd6 39.Bf7 Bxf1 40.Kxf1 g5 41.Ke2 Bf8 42.Kf3 Ke7 43.Bc4 a5 44.Ke2 Kd6 45.Bd5 Be7 46.Kf3 Bd8 47.Kg4 Be7 48.Kf5 Bd8 49.g4 Be7 50.a3 Bd8 51.b4 axb4 52.axb4 Be7 53.b5 Bd8 54.Kg6 Kc5 55.Kf5 Kxb5 56.Kxe5 Kc5 57.Ke6 Ba5 58.e5 Bd2 59.e4 Bc3 60.Kf5 Kb6 61.e6 Kc7 62.Kg6 Kd8 63.Kxg5 Ke7 64.Kh5 Bd2 65.g5 Bf4 66.Kg4 Bd2 0-1

Final Position

Firouzja was up three pawns at the end but flagged after adjusting a fallen piece. But, was there a position that could occur when Carlsen could mate Firouzja? It turned out there was and so Carlsen won. Firouzja appealed, saying that his clock was faulty. The appeals committee said it wasn’t and awarded Carlsen the win.

Round 19, Dec. 30
Kramnik, Vladimir – Yu, Yangyi
A05 Reti, King’s Indian Attack, Reti-Smyslov variation

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b4 e6 4.a3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.Bb2 Bg7 7.c4 O-O 8.O-O d6 9.d4 Nbd7 10.Nc3 Qe7 11.d5 e5 12.Nd2 h5 13.Nb3 Ng4 14.h3 Nh6 15.a4 h4 16.e4 a5 17.bxa5 bxa5 18.Nb5 Rfc8 19.Qd2 Nc5 20.Nxa5 Ba6 21.Nc6 Qe8 22.Qg5 f6 23.Qe3 Nf7 24.a5 Bh6 25.f4 Kg7 26.Qf3 exf4 27.gxf4 Rab8 28.Nxb8 Rxb8 29.Nxc7 Qc8 30.Nb5 Bxb5 31.cxb5 Rxb5 32.Qc3 Qd8 33.a6 Rb8 34.a7 Ra8 35.Kh1 g5 36.e5 fxe5 37.fxe5 Nxe5 38.Qf3 Qe7 39.Bxe5+ Qxe5 40.Qf7+ Kh8 41.Rab1 1-0

Round 19, Dec. 30
Mamedov, Rauf – Dubov, Daniil
B22 Sicilian, Alapin’s variation

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 d6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 Nc6 7.Bc4 e6 8.O-O Be7 9.Bd2 O-O 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.Bxc3 dxe5 12.dxe5 Qxd1 13.Rfxd1 Rd8 14.Rxd8+ Bxd8 15.Rd1 Be7 16.Bd3 Kf8 17.h4 h6 18.g4 Ke8 19.g5 hxg5 20.hxg5 g6 21.Kg2 Bd7 22.Rh1 Kd8 23.Be4 Kc7 24.a3 a5 25.Rh7 Be8 26.Rh1 Rc8 27.Kg3 b6 28.Kf4 Bc5 29.Kg3 Rd8 30.Rc1 Kb8 31.Rc2 Bf8 32.Rc1 Ne7 33.Bd4 b5 34.Bb6 Rc8 35.Rxc8+ Kxc8 36.Bxa5 Bc6 37.Bxc6 Nxc6 38.Bc3 Bc5 39.Nd2 Nd4 40.Ne4 Ne2+ 41.Kf3 Nxc3 42.Nxc5 Nd5 43.Ne4 Kd7 44.Nd6 b4 45.axb4 Nxb4 46.Nxf7 Ke7 47.Nh8 Nd3 48.Nxg6+ Kf7 49.Nf4 Nxe5+ 50.Ke4 Nc4 51.b4 Nd2+ 52.Ke3 Nc4+ 53.Kd4 Nd6 54.Kc5 Ne4+ 55.Kc6 Nxg5 56.b5 1-0

Round 19, Dec. 30
Hansen, Eric – Vallejo Pons, Francisco
C18 French, Winawer, Advance variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5 7.Bd2 Qa4 8.Qb1 c4 9.h4 Ne7 10.h5 h6 11.Nf3 Nd7 12.Be2 Rg8 13.Nh4 Nb6 14.O-O Bd7 15.Bg4 O-O-O 16.Ra2 Rdf8 17.Re1 Qa5 18.Qd1 Na4 19.Ra1 a6 20.Qf3 Nc6 21.Qe3 Qd8 22.g3 Kb8 23.Rab1 Qe7 24.Kg2 Na7 25.f4 g6 26.Ra1 Nb5 27.Ra2 Rg7 28.hxg6 fxg6 29.Rh1 g5 30.fxg5 Rxg5 31.Bf3 Rfg8 32.Rh3 Qg7 33.Bd1 Be8 34.Qe1 Ka8 35.Ra1 Qf8 36.Rc1 Qxa3 37.g4 Bh5 38.Bxg5 hxg5 39.Nf3 Bxg4 40.Rg3 Qxc1 41.Rxg4 Naxc3 42.Rxg5 Rxg5+ 0-1

Round 19, Dec. 30
Bologan, Victor – Samsonkin, Artiom
B50 Sicilian

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Nc6 5.h3 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.c3 d5 8.exd5 exd5 9.Bb5 O-O 10.Re1 Bd7 11.Ba4 Re8 12.Bf4 Qb6 13.Re2 Bf8 14.Rxe8 Rxe8 15.Qd2 h6 16.Na3 Ne5 17.Bd1 Ng6 18.Bh2 Bd6 19.Bxd6 Qxd6 20.Nc2 Bc6 21.Ne3 Qd7 22.d4 Ne4 23.Qc2 b6 24.Be2 Ba4 25.b3 Bc6 26.Rd1 Qe6 27.Bd3 Nxf2 28.Qxf2 Qxe3 29.Qxe3 Rxe3 30.Kf2 Re7 31.Bxg6 fxg6 32.Ne5 Be8 33.h4 cxd4 34.cxd4 Rc7 35.Ke3 Rc2 36.Rd2 Rc3+ 37.Rd3 Rc2 38.Rd2 Rc1 39.Rf2 Re1+ 40.Kd3 Rh1 41.g3 Rg1 42.Rf3 a5 43.a4 g5 44.hxg5 hxg5 45.g4 b5 46.axb5 Bxb5+ 47.Kc3 Be2 48.Rf5 Rg3+ 49.Kd2 Bxg4 50.Rxg5 Rg2+ 51.Kc3 Bh3 52.Rh5 Rg3+ 53.Kb2 Bg2 54.Nc6 Rd3 55.Rh4 Be4 56.Nxa5 Rxd4 57.Nc6 Rd2+ 58.Ka3 g5 59.Rg4 Rg2 60.Rxg2 Bxg2 61.b4 Bf1 62.Ne7+ Kf7 63.Nxd5 Ke6 64.Ne3 Bb5 65.Kb3 Ke5 66.Kc3 1/2-1/2

Round 20, Dec. 30
Carlsen, Magnus – Grischuk, Alexander
E97 King’s Indian, Orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Qxd8 Nxd8 10.Be3 Ne6 11.h3 c6 12.Nxe5 Nxe4 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Nxe4 Bxb2 15.Rad1 Ba6 16.Rd7 f5 17.Nc5 Nxc5 18.Bxc5 Rf7 19.Rfd1 Rxd7 20.Rxd7 Re8 21.Kf1 Re5 22.Rxa7 Rxc5 23.Rxa6 Bc3 24.g3 Ra5 25.Rxc6 Rxa2 26.c5 Rc2 27.Bd3 Rc1+ 28.Kg2 Bd4 29.Rc8+ Kg7 30.c6 Bb6 31.h4 Rc3 32.Bb5 Rc2 33.Rb8 Bxf2 34.Rb7+ Kf6 35.Ba4 Ra2 36.Bb3 Rb2 37.Kf3 Bd4 38.g4 Rf2+ 39.Kg3 f4+ 40.Kh3 Rf3+ 41.Kg2 Rf2+ 42.Kh3 Rf3+ 43.Kg2 Rf2+ 1/2-1/2

Round 20, Dec. 30
Nakamura, Hikaru – Zubov, Alexander
B40 Sicilian Defence

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 Nc6 4.d4 d5 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.a3 O-O 10.b4 Bb6 11.Bb2 Ne4 12.Nc3 Be6 13.Na4 Bc7 14.Nd4 Re8 15.c4 Ne5 16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.cxd5 exd5 18.Nc3 Nc4 19.Bxe4 Nxb2 20.Qxd5+ Qxd5 21.Bxd5+ Kf8 22.Rab1 Be5 23.Rxb2 Bxc3 24.Rc2 Bd4 25.Bxb7 Rad8 26.Kg2 g5 27.Bf3 Rd6 28.Rd1 Red8 29.a4 Ke7 30.a5 Kf6 31.b5 h6 32.Rc7 Ke5 33.Re1+ Kf6 34.Ree7 Re6 35.Rf7+ Ke5 36.Bg4 Rf6 37.Rxf6 Kxf6 38.b6 axb6 39.axb6 Rd6 40.b7 Rb6 41.Rc6+ 1-0

Alexander Zubov is a Ukrainian GM, born in 1983

Round 20, Dec. 30
Kramnik, Vladimir – Firouzja, Alireza
A15 English Opening

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.b3 d6 4.Bb2 e5 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c5 8.d3 Nc6 9.Nc3 h6 10.a3 Be6 11.b4 cxb4 12.axb4 Nxb4 13.Ba3 a5 14.Rb1 d5 15.Bxb4 axb4 16.Rxb4 dxc4 17.dxc4 Qa5 18.Qb3 Nd7 19.Rb5 Qa3 20.Qxa3 Rxa3 21.Nd5 Ra2 22.e3 Rc2 23.Rxb7 Rxc4 24.Nd2 Rc2 25.Ne4 Bxd5 26.Rxd7 Be6 27.Rd6 Rb8 28.h4 Bf8 29.Rxe6 fxe6 30.Rd1 Rc7 31.Ra1 Kf7 32.Ra5 Rd8 33.Bh3 Bg7 34.Ra6 Re7 35.Nd6+ Kf8 36.Kg2 Rb8 37.Ne4 Kg8 38.Bxe6+ Kh7 39.Bd5 Rd7 40.Be6 Rc7 41.Nd6 Rf8 42.Ne4 Rb8 43.g4 Rb4 44.h5 gxh5 45.Bf5+ Kg8 46.gxh5 Kf7 47.Bg6+ Ke7 48.Ng3 Kd7 49.Nf5 Kc8 50.Ra8+ Kb7 51.Rg8 Bf6 52.Nxh6 Rh4 53.Nf5 Rg4+ 54.Kf3 Rg5 55.Nd6+ Kc6 56.Ne4 1-0

Final Position

Round 20, Dec. 30
Can, Emre – Hansen, Eric
B23 Sicilian, Closed

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Bc4 e6 5.Nge2 a6 6.a4 Ne7 7.O-O Nec6 8.d3 Be7 9.f4 d6 10.Ng3 g6 11.Kh1 h5 12.Nge2 Rb8 13.Nxd4 Nxd4 14.Be3 b5 15.Ba2 h4 16.Ne2 Nxe2 17.Qxe2 bxa4 18.Bd2 h3 19.g4 d5 20.exd5 Rxb2 21.Bc3 Rxa2 22.Rxa2 Qxd5+ 23.Qe4 Bb7 24.Kg1 Qxa2 25.Qxb7 O-O 26.Rf2 Bh4 27.Re2 Qd5 28.Qxd5 exd5 29.Re5 Bf6 0-1

Round 20, Dec. 30
Samsonkin, Artiom – Petrosian, Tigran
B06 Robatsch Defence

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 a6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Nd7 6.Bd3 b5 7.O-O c5 8.dxc5 Nxc5 9.Be3 Nxd3 10.cxd3 Nf6 11.Kh1 O-O 12.Qe1 Bd7 13.Qh4 b4 14.Nd1 Rc8 15.f5 e6 16.Bg5 exf5 17.exf5 h6 18.Bxh6 Bxh6 19.Qxh6 Ng4 20.Qf4 Bxf5 21.h3 Ne5 22.Ne3 Bxd3 23.Rfe1 Rc5 24.Rad1 Re8 25.Nxe5 dxe5 26.Qxb4 Rb5 27.Qc3 e4 28.Ng4 Re6 29.Nh6+ Kh7 30.Nxf7 Qf6 31.Qxf6 Rxf6 32.Nd8 Rxb2 33.Rc1 g5 34.Rc7+ Kg6 35.Nc6 Rc2 36.Ne7+ Kf7 37.Ra7 Ke6 38.Rb1 Rf1+ 39.Rxf1 Bxf1 40.Kg1 Bb5 41.Ng6 e3 42.Re7+ Kf6 43.Rxe3 Kxg6 44.a3 Bc6 45.g3 0-1

Ranking After Round Twenty

1 Carlsen 16
2 Nakamura 15.5
3 Kramnik 14.5
4 Grischuk 13.5
5 MVL 13.5
6 Artemiev 13
7 Firouzja 13
8 Duda 13
9 Yu Yangyi 13
10 Andreikin 13
11 Fedoseev 13
12 Mamedov 13
13 Aronian 13
14 Wang Hao 13
84 Hansen 10.5
142 Samsonkin 9

**Wayne Komer** · Monday, 30th December, 2019, 02:10 PM

FIDE World Blitz Championships 2019

December 30, 2019

Blitz

Rounds Thirteen to Twenty-One

Rounds 21 and Playoff

Round 21, Dec. 30
Yu, Yangyi – Carlsen, Magnus
B33 Sicilian, Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 O-O 12.Nc2 Rb8 13.a3 Bg5 14.Ncb4 Bb7 15.Be2 a5 16.Nxc6 Bxc6 17.O-O g6 18.Qd3 Bd7 19.Rad1 Be6 20.Bf3 Kg7 21.Rfe1 Qc8 22.h3 h5 23.Be2 Rb7 24.Qg3 Qd8 25.Qd3 Qc8 26.Qg3 Qd8 27.Qd3 1/2-1/2

Round 21, Dec. 30
Mamedov, Rauf – Nakamura, Hikaru
C78 Ruy Lopez, Modern Stenitz Defence, Fianchetto variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.c3 g6 7.d4 Bg7 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Bg5 f6 10.Be3 Nh6 11.Bb3 Qe7 12.h3 Nd8 13.Qe2 Nhf7 14.Nbd2 O-O 15.Rad1 Kh8 16.Ne1 Ne6 17.Nd3 Rfe8 18.Nb4 f5 19.Nd5 Qf8 20.f3 Rad8 21.Rfe1 Nd6 22.Bf2 Bb5 23.c4 Bc6 24.a4 Bxd5 25.exd5 Nd4 26.Qd3 b6 27.Ba2 Nb7 28.Nb3 Nxb3 29.Qxb3 a5 30.Qb5 e4 31.fxe4 Nd6 32.Qc6 Nxe4 33.Qxc7 Rc8 34.Qxb6 Rb8 35.Qa7 Rxb2 36.Bd4 Rxa2 37.Bxg7+ Qxg7 38.Qxg7+ Kxg7 39.c5 Rxa4 40.d6 Rc4 41.Rd5 Nxd6 0-1

Round 21, Dec. 30
Firouzja, Alireza – Wang, Hao
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.O-O Bd6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Be7 11.Bg3 Nd7 12.Nd2 O-O 13.Nc4 Bf6 14.Qh5 g6 15.Qe2 Qe7 16.c3 Bg7 17.f4 exf4 18.Bxf4 Nc5 19.e5 Ne6 20.Bg3 Rad8 21.Rad1 c5 22.Nd2 Rd7 23.Ne4 Rfd8 24.Kh2 Rd5 25.Nf6+ Bxf6 26.Rxf6 Ng7 27.Rdf1 Rf8 28.Qe3 Nh5 29.Qxh6 Nxg3 30.Kxg3 Qxe5+ 31.R1f4 Rxd3+ 32.Kh2 Rd6 33.Rxd6 cxd6 34.Kg1 Re8 35.Rf3 Re6 36.a4 d5 37.a5 d4 38.Qd2 Qe1+ 39.Qxe1 Rxe1+ 40.Kf2 Re7 41.cxd4 cxd4 42.Rd3 Re4 43.Rb3 Re7 44.Rd3 Re4 45.Rb3 Re5 46.Rxb7 Rd5 47.Rc7 d3 48.Rc1 Rxa5 49.Rd1 Rd5 1/2-1/2

Final Position in the game Giri-Sarana (131 moves)

White (Giri) wins in 3 moves

Round 21, Dec. 30
Hansen, Eric – Meier, Georg
A40 Queen’s Pawn, Keres Defence

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nf3 Bb7 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bd2 Nf6 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.O-O Re8 10.Rc1 c5 11.a3 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 c4 13.Bb1 Ne4 14.Bxe4 dxe4 15.Nd2 Bd5 16.f3 exf3 17.e4 fxg2 18.Rf4 Bb7 19.Qh5 Qe7 20.d5 Nd7 21.Nxc4 f6 22.Ne3 Qc5 23.Qh3 Ne5 24.Rd1 Bc8 25.Qg3 Bd7 26.Bd4 Qb5 0-1

Round 21, Dec. 30
Xu, Yingiun – Abdusattorov, Nodirbek
E17 Queen’s Indian

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 Na6 8.Nc3 d5 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bf4 c6 11.Rc1 Nc7 12.Bh3 Ne6 13.Be5 c5 14.b3 Nd7 15.dxc5 Nxe5 16.Nxe5 bxc5 17.Bg2 Nc7 18.Na4 Ne6 19.Nc3 Bf6 20.Ng4 Bxc3 21.Rxc3 Rb8 22.Rd3 d4 23.Bxb7 Rxb7 24.Ne5 Qd5 25.Nf3 Rd7 26.e3 Rfd8 27.exd4 cxd4 28.Re2 h6 29.h4 Qb7 30.Rc2 Qe4 31.Re2 Qf5 32.Re5 Qg4 33.Qd2 Rc7 34.Re1 Rc5 35.Ne5 Qf5 36.Nf3 Rcd5 37.Rc1 Qg6 38.Rc4 Qe4 39.Kh2 a5 40.a3 g5 41.b4 axb4 42.Rxb4 gxh4 43.Nxh4 Ng5 44.Rdb3 Qxh4+ 45.gxh4 Nf3+ 46.Rxf3 1-0

Round 21, Dec. 30
Bocharov, Dmitry – Samsonkin, Artiom
E46 Nimzo-Indian, Simagin variation

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Bd6 7.c5 Be7 8.Nf4 b6 9.b4 c6 10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.O-O Qc7 12.Bd2 e5 13.Nfe2 e4 14.Bc2 a5 15.f3 exf3 16.gxf3 Re8 17.e4 axb4 18.axb4 Rxa1 19.Qxa1 bxc5 20.bxc5 dxe4 21.fxe4 Bf8 22.Bb3 Bxc5 23.dxc5 Nxc5 24.Ba2 Ncxe4 25.Nxe4 Rxe4 26.Ng3 Qb6+ 27.Kh1 Re7 28.Rxf6 gxf6 29.Qxf6 Qc5 30.Bc3 1-0

Round 21, Dec. 30
Thing, Bibek – Gukesh, D.
B22 Sicilian, Alapin’s variation

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 e6 6.Nf3 d6 7.exd6 Bxd6 8.O-O O-O 9.d4 Nf6 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Qc2 a5 12.Nbd2 e5 13.Ne4 Bf5 14.Nh4 Bxe4 15.Bxe4 Nxe4 16.Qxe4 Qd7 17.Be3 Bxe3 18.Qxe3 Rad8 19.Qe2 Qe6 20.Qb5 e4 21.Rfe1 f5 22.Qb3 Qxb3 23.axb3 b6 24.Rad1 Ne5 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.f4 Nd3 27.Re2 g6 28.Ng2 Nc1 29.Re1 Nxb3 30.Ne3 b5 31.Re2 a4 32.Kf2 Nc1 33.Rc2 Nd3+ 34.Ke2 Kf7 35.Nd1 Ke6 36.Ne3 h6 37.Rd2 g5 38.fxg5 hxg5 39.Nc2 f4 40.Nd4+ Kf6 41.Nxb5 f3+ 42.Ke3 f2 43.Ke2 Nc1+ 0-1

Carlsen – Nakamura Playoff for First Place

Round 22, Dec. 30
3+2
Nakamura, Hikaru – Carlsen, Magnus
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.h3 a6 8.Ba4 b5 9.Bc2 h6 10.Re1 Re8 11.b4 Bb6 12.a4 Bd7 13.Nbd2 Ne7 14.Nf1 a5 15.bxa5 Rxa5 16.Be3 Bxe3 17.Nxe3 Ng6 18.axb5 Rxb5 19.Ba4 Rb8 20.Bxd7 Qxd7 21.Qc2 Nf4 22.Kh2 Qb5 23.Red1 Qb2 24.Ra2 Qxc2 25.Rxc2 Rb3 26.g3 Ne6 27.Nd2 Rb7 28.Ndc4 Ra8 29.Kg2 Ra4 30.f3 Nd7 31.d4 f6 32.h4 h5 33.Kf2 Kf8 34.Rdd2 Rb1 35.d5 Nec5 36.Ra2 Rc1 37.Rdc2 Kf7 38.Ke2 Rxc2+ 39.Rxc2 g6 40.Rb2 f5 41.exf5 gxf5 42.f4 exf4 43.gxf4 Nf6 44.Rb8 Nxd5 45.Nxd6+ cxd6 46.Nxd5 Ke6 47.Nb4 Ne4 48.Kd3 Ra3 49.Rc8 Kd7 50.Rh8 Nxc3 51.Rh7+ Ke6 52.Rh6+ Kf7 53.Kc4 Ne2 54.Nd5 Nxf4 55.Nxf4 Ra4+ 56.Kd5 Rxf4 57.Rxh5 Kg6 58.Rh8 Re4 59.h5+ Kg5 60.h6 Rh4 61.h7 Kg6 62.Kxd6 Rxh7 1/2-1/2

Round 23 Dec. 30
3+2
Carlsen, Magnus – Nakamura, Hikaru
C02 Queen’s Bishop game

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 e6 5.Nbd2 Bd6 6.Bxd6 Qxd6 7.dxc5 Qxc5 8.c4 dxc4 9.Bxc4 O-O 10.Rc1 Qe7 11.O-O b6 12.Qe2 Bb7 13.Rfd1 Nbd7 14.Ba6 Nc5 15.Bxb7 Qxb7 16.Ne5 Ncd7 17.Qf3 Qa6 18.Nc6 Kh8 19.Nc4 Qxa2 20.g4 Nc5 21.Nd6 Nb3 22.Rc2 Qa4 23.Rc4 Qa6 24.g5 Nd7 25.Rh4 Nbc5 26.Nxf7+ Rxf7 27.Qxf7 Qe2 28.Rxd7 Nxd7 29.Qxd7 Rf8 30.Rf4 1-0

(to be continued)

**Wayne Komer** · Monday, 30th December, 2019, 02:27 PM

FIDE World Blitz Championships 2019

December 30, 2019

Summary

Magnus Carlsen and Kateryna Lagno win the World Blitz Chess Championship

Magnus Carlsen has won the Open section of the King Salman World Blitz Chess Championship, which finished in Moscow on Monday evening. The Norwegian Grandmaster previously won the World Rapid Championship, which was played just before the Blitz. In the women’s section, the winner of the Blitz was Kateryna Lagno of Russia (the Women’s Rapid was won by Humpy Koneru of India). Both players repeated their victory in the blitz from last year in San Petersburg.

The winner of the Blitz was decided in the playoff between Magnus Carlsen and American Hikaru Nakamura, as both players had 16½ points each after the 21-round tournament. The first game in the playoff ended in a draw, but Carlsen won the second and, with it, the second crown at this event.

Third place went to former world champion Vladimir Kramnik, who decided to take part in the World Blitz despite leaving active chess a year ago. After his victory in the Rapid, Magnus Carlsen said the job was only “half done” and that he also wanted to win in the Blitz.

Speaking to the media after his victory in the Blitz, Carlsen said that the tie-break was tough. “I’m very pleased with my performance. A lot of the games were rough, but it’s the result that counts. Also, the conditions for playing were very good so I have no complaints about the organization.” [See the full interview with Carlsen on FIDE's Youtube channel]

Asked whether he keeps track of all the big events he won, Carlsen replied – “only the world titles”. So far in his career, Carlsen has three times defended his World Champion title in classical chess and also won three Rapid and three Blitz World Championships.

Altogether this is Carlsen’s third consecutive win in the World Blitz and a third title in the World Rapid – an unprecedented score in chess history. The Norwegian is also the world champion in classical chess (since 2013). By winning both events, Carlsen pocketed $120.000 dollars ($60.000 for each event).

Kateryna Lagno, the winner of the Women’s Blitz, finished the tournament on 13 points out of 17 games. Anna Muzychuk of Ukraine finished second (with 12½/17) and the 3rd and 4th places went to Tan Zhongyi of China and Valentina Gunina of Russia, who both finished with 12 points.

“This was a tough day but – because of a bit of luck – I am very happy. I was White in the final round and I had to play for a win. When I overlooked a pawn, I had to play for a draw, but it worked”, Lagno said. [See the full interview with Lagno on FIDE's Youtube channel]

Comparing this victory to that of last year in the Blitz in St Petersburg, Lagno said that “this year’s tournament was tougher” because several players had chances to be first.

A special prize for the best-combined performance in the Rapid and the Blitz in the Women’s category, awarded by TOTAL (the French energy major), went to Anna Muzychuk.

In the Blitz games, each player had 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment per move, starting from move 1. Altogether 330 players from 44 countries took part in both the Open and the Women’s events and included some of the strongest players in the world.

https://wrbc2019.com/tpost/93frikmcp...a-lagno-win-th

Final Standings in the Open

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Rk.	Name	Pts.
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1	Carlsen Magnus	16.5
2	Nakamura Hikaru	16.5
3	Kramnik Vladimir	15
4	Grischuk Alexander	14
5	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	14
6	Firouzja Alireza	13.5
7	Artemiev Vladislav	13.5
8	Yu Yangyi	13.5
9	Matlakov Maxim	13.5
10	Duda Jan-Krzysztof	13.5
11	Andreikin Dmitry	13.5
12	Fedoseev Vladimir	13.5
13	Giri Anish	13.5
14	Zubov Alexander	13.5
15	Aronian Levon	13.5
16	Wang Hao	13.5
17	Inarkiev Ernesto	13.5
18	Svidler Peter	13.5
19	Gelfand Boris	13.5
20	Cheparinov Ivan	13.5
21	Dreev Aleksey	13
22	Nepomniachtchi Ian	13
23	Mamedov Rauf	13
24	Salem A.R. Saleh	13
25	Chigaev Maksim	13
26	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	13
27	Morozevich Alexander	13
28	Harsha Bharathakoti	13
29	Fridman Daniel	13
30	Vidit Santosh Gujrathi	12.5
31	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	12.5
32	Tomashevsky Evgeny	12.5
33	Jobava Baadur	12.5
34	Sarana Alexey	12.5
35	Ponkratov Pavel	12.5
101	Hansen Eric	10.5
156	Samsonkin Artiom	9

**Wayne Komer** · Monday, 30th December, 2019, 03:09 PM

FIDE World Blitz Championships 2019

December 30, 2019

Summary (continued)

Final Standings Women

Final Ranking after 17 Rounds
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Rk.	Name	FED	Pts.

1	Lagno Kateryna	RUS	13
2	Muzychuk Anna	UKR	12.5
3	Tan Zhongyi	CHN	12
4	Gunina Valentina	RUS	12
5	Kosteniuk Alexandra	RUS	11.5
6	Lei Tingjie	CHN	11.5
7	Arabidze Meri	GEO	11.5
8	Stefanova Antoaneta	BUL	11.5
9	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	IRI	11.5
10	Bodnaruk Anastasia	RUS	11
11	Mammadova Gulnar	AZE	11
12	Koneru Humpy	IND	10.5
13	Munguntuul Batkhuyag	MGL	10.5
14	Paehtz Elisabeth	GER	10.5
15	Abdumalik Zhansaya	KAZ	10.5
16	Galliamova Alisa	RUS	10.5
17	Saduakassova Dinara	KAZ	10.5
18	Zhukova Natalia	UKR	10.5
19	Krush Irina	USA	10.5
20	Mkrtchian Lilit	ARM	10.5
21	Ushenina Anna	UKR	10.5
22	Buksa Nataliya	UKR	10.5
23	Zatonskih Anna	USA	10.5
24	Dzagnidze Nana	GEO	10
25	Harika Dronavalli	IND	10
26	Socko Monika	POL	10
27	Fataliyeva Ulviyya	AZE	10
28	Batsiashvili Nino	GEO	10
29	Shuvalova Polina	RUS	10
30	Atalik Ekaterina	TUR	10
31	Strutinskaia Galina	RUS	10
32	Charochkina Daria	RUS	9.5
33	Voit Daria	RUS	9.5
34	Gvetadze Sofio	GEO	9.5
35	Kashlinskaya Alina	RUS	9.5
36	Muzychuk Mariya	UKR	9.5
37	Munkhzul Turmunkh	MGL	9.5
38	Mamedjarova Turkan	AZE	9.5
39	Nurgali Nazerke	KAZ	9.5
40	Garifullina Leya	RUS	9.5
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Live Ratings Top Ten Rapid

1 Carlsen 2881
2 MVL 2859.6
3 Ding Liren 2835.8
4 Nakamura 2828.6
5 Grischuk 2794.2
6 Dominguez 2786.0
7 Aronian 2778.0
8 Nepo 2778.4
9 Caruana 2773.0
10 Duda 2773.8
29 Firouzja 2703.2

Live Ratings Top Ten Blitz

1 Carlsen 2905.6
2 Nakamura 2899.8
3 Ding Liren 2826.4
4 So 2816.0
5 Artemiev 2810.2
6 Duda 2808.4
7 Yu Yangyi 2807.6
8 Kramnik 2796.8
9 Anand 2785.0
10 MVL 2784.6
19 Firouzja 2749.8

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Final Tweets

Anish Giri - Congrats to @MagnusCarlsen and @GMHikaru for their great performances.

As for me, mission to finish as high as possible without getting to face Magnus Carlsen in 21(!) rounds of blitz- accomplished.

Magnus Carlsen - Triple crown again, hope this one will last more than a couple of days!

Hikaru Nakamura - Really proud of the performance I put together on the final day of the @worldrapidblitz, to tie for first, but missing 51.Nc2! (Magnus missed it too) really puts a damper on everything. Congrats to @MagnusCarlsen on winning and @FirouzjaAlireza for inspiring chess!

Nigel Short - There are some advantages to knowing the #FIDE rules. Alireza Firouzja manages to lose a game on time to @MagnusCarlsen that would be a draw if he were playing online.

Vladimir Kramnik on Carlsen - "I wish I had such motivation as Magnus. Of course he's incredible with his level and also his motivation, because he won already everything it's possible to win... What to say? He's the best!"

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This was a fun tournament to watch. The commentators and production were first class. Miro was great on the demonstration board, Leko was amusing and informative and Almira was warm and informative. Is it alright to say this?

To have all the games immediately available was a plus for the chess writer and the swift pairings made the whole tournament run smoothly.

To have the Old Guard (Kramnik and Morozevich for example) playing at the same time as the New Guard (Firouzja and Abdusattorov) is very satisfying. I am glad there were two Canadians too enjoying this experience

WK


Starting rank
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No.	Name	Rtg
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1	Nakamura Hikaru	2885
2	Carlsen Magnus	2865
3	Karjakin Sergey	2836
4	Nepomniachtchi Ian	2826
5	Yu Yangyi	2807
6	Svidler Peter	2805
7	Duda Jan-Krzysztof	2796
8	Artemiev Vladislav	2793
9	Andreikin Dmitry	2780
10	Giri Anish	2769
11	Le Quang Liem	2768
12	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	2768
13	Andriasian Zaven	2766
14	Vidit Santosh Gujrathi	2756
15	Zubov Alexander	2754
16	Kramnik Vladimir	2748
17	Grischuk Alexander	2741
18	Dubov Daniil	2736
19	Korobov Anton	2720
20	Matlakov Maxim	2720
21	Vitiugov Nikita	2719
22	Dominguez Perez Leinier	2715
23	Fedoseev Vladimir	2714
24	Wang Hao	2714
25	Jobava Baadur	2712
26	Morozevich Alexander	2712
27	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2706
28	Meier Georg	2701
29	Gelfand Boris	2700
30	Kamsky Gata	2699
31	Aronian Levon	2698
32	Ponkratov Pavel	2698
33	Tari Aryan	2689
34	Amin Bassem	2685
35	Nihal Sarin	2685
36	Sjugirov Sanan	2682
37	Adly Ahmed	2679
38	Zhigalko Sergei	2678
39	Sargissian Gabriel	2676
40	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	2675
41	Anton Guijarro David	2674
42	Mamedov Rauf	2670
43	Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo	2669
44	Jakovenko Dmitry	2667
45	Melkumyan Hrant	2667
46	Postny Evgeny	2661
47	Dreev Aleksey	2658
48	Sarana Alexey	2657
49	Salem A.R. Saleh	2650
50	Firouzja Alireza	2649
51	Cheparinov Ivan	2647
52	Sutovsky Emil	2647
53	Quparadze Giga	2643
54	Vallejo Pons Francisco	2642
55	Indjic Aleksandar	2639
56	Riazantsev Alexander	2635
57	Shimanov Aleksandr	2630
58	Motylev Alexander	2629
59	Smirin Ilia	2629
60	Paravyan David	2627
61	Chigaev Maksim	2626
62	Grachev Boris	2625
63	Savchenko Boris	2624
64	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2624
65	Fridman Daniel	2623
66	Alekseev Evgeny	2620
67	Alonso Rosell Alvar	2617
68	Bocharov Dmitry	2616
69	Christiansen Johan-Sebastian	2613
70	Adhiban B.	2612
71	Ivanisevic Ivan	2612
72	Afanasiev Nikita	2612
73	Salgado Lopez Ivan	2610
74	Petrosian Tigran L.	2609
75	Safarli Eltaj	2609
76	Zvjaginsev Vadim	2607
77	Mozharov Mikhail	2606
78	Pashikian Arman	2605
79	Petrov Nikita	2604
80	Sychev Klementy	2604
81	Sasikiran Krishnan	2601
82	Abdusattorov Nodirbek	2600
83	Perunovic Milos	2596
84	Popov Ivan	2595
85	Guseinov Gadir	2593
86	Bluebaum Matthias	2590
87	Belov Vladimir	2589
88	Tran Tuan Minh	2586
89	Grigoriants Sergey	2585
90	Jumabayev Rinat	2585
91	Sakaev Konstantin	2585
92	Guliyev Namig	2584
93	Esipenko Andrey	2582
94	Yuffa Daniil	2582
95	Golubov Saveliy	2582
96	Bologan Victor	2579
97	Hansen Eric	2578
98	Khusnutdinov Rustam	2578
99	Donchenko Alexander	2577
100	Utegaliyev Azamat	2575
101	Kezin Roman	2574
102	Alekseenko Kirill	2569
103	Demchenko Anton	2568
104	Bosiocic Marin	2567
105	Predke Alexandr	2566
106	Nozdrachev Vladislav	2564
107	Pigusov Evgeny	2563
108	Sanal Vahap	2563
109	Castellanos Rodriguez Renier	2561
110	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	2560
111	Laznicka Viktor	2560
112	Timofeev Artyom	2560
113	Socko Bartosz	2557
114	Inarkiev Ernesto	2556
115	Kobalia Mikhail	2556
116	Rakhmanov Aleksandr	2556
117	Krsnik Cohar Ivan Vihor	2552
118	Shcherbakov Ruslan	2547
119	Huzman Alexander	2544
120	Ruck Robert	2541
121	Iljiushenok Ilia	2540
122	Gasanov Eldar	2538
123	Turov Maxim	2535
124	Vokhidov Shamsiddin	2534
125	Gareyev Timur	2533
147	Samsonkin Artiom	2499
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FIDE World Blitz Championships 2019

FIDE World Blitz Championships 2019

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