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LIVE games from World Blitz
Championships 16th - 18th
Nov 2009 |
LIVE
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Live Games from the World Blitz Championships
16th - 18th Nov 2009, Moscow |
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The World Blitz Chess
Championship 2009 will take place after the Tal
Memorial, completing a series of very strong
events in Russia for this year. The playing site
is GUM, Main (former State) Department Store,
Moscow. Here is the full list of
22 GM's taking part.
1. Viswanathan Anand 2. Levon
Aronian 3. Magnus Carlsen 4.
Vladimir Kramnik 5. Peter Leko 6.
Boris Gelfand 7. Vassily Ivanchuk (world
blitz champion 2007) 8. Alexander
Morozevich 9. Peter Svidler 10.
Ruslan Ponomariov (qualificants from Aeroflot
blitz) 11. Sergey Karjakin 12.
Vugar Gashimov 13. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
14. Evgeny Bareev 15. Vladislav
Tkachiev 16. Arkadij Naiditsch (invited
by organizers) 17. Anatoly Karpov 18.
Alexander Grischuk - world blitz champion for
2006 19. Alexandra Kosteniuk - present
world women chess champion 20. Leinier
Dominguez Perez - present world blitz champion
21. Judit Polgar 22. Dmitry Jakovenko
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Games 15:00 Moscow time (GMT+3); 12:00 UK
on 16th, 17th, 18th.
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Official site
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Results
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VIDEO
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Games in PGN
Sites with reports:
TWIC
Chessbase
Chessvibes
Chessdom
Express report: Magnus Carlsen lead by 2½
pts with just four rounds left after beating
Anand in Round 38. He wrapped up the title a
couple of rounds later. Anand was well clear in
second place. In addition to his World no.1 spot
he is also World Blitz Champion 2009, not bad
for an 18yr old.
The Tal Memorial was followed by the World Blitz
Championship on 16th, 17th & 18th Nov.
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Venue for the
Blitz World Championship: GUM, Main (former State)
Department Store, Moscow. The second half of the
Tal memorial took place here too. The first half
took place at the National Hotel (Mokhovaya
Street D15).
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Situated on a traditional
market site on the northeast side of Red Square
in Moscow, the building originally known as the
Upper Trading Arcade was designed by A.N.
Pomerantsev and built in 1889–93 in a
pseudo-Russian style over a hidden metal
skeleton. In its original form it housed more
than 1,000 shops.
Reconstructed in 1953, the
structure has three levels and now houses about
150 shops. The store, which functions more like
a Western-style shopping centre than a
department store, offers food, clothing, home
appliances, watches and cameras, and many other
goods. In addition to offering a full line of
products, GUM became a tourist attraction for
its remarkable size and ornate interior.
source:
Encyclopædia Britannica 2009 |
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