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GM V.Ivanchuk wins World Blitz Championship


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Ukranian GM Vassily Ivanchuck has just won the World Blitz Championship held in Moscow.

The event was incredibly strong, take a look at the crosstable:

 

World Blitz Moscow RUS  2007

                               1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  0  
1   Ivanchuk,V      2787   +48  ** ½1 1½ 1½ 1½ ½½ 1½ ½1 1½ 01 10 ½1 ½½ 11 00 11 1½ 11 00 11  25.5/38
2   Anand,V         2801   +13  ½0 ** 0½ 0½ 0½ 01 ½1 11 11 10 11 ½0 ½1 ½½ 11 1½ ½1 1½ ½1 11  24.5/38
3   Grischuk,A      2715   +82  0½ 1½ ** ½½ 1½ ½½ ½1 ½0 1½ ½½ ½½ 01 11 1½ 1½ 10 1½ ½0 11 ½1  23.5/38  430.50
4   Kamsky,G        2714   +83  0½ 1½ ½½ ** ½½ ½½ 1½ ½1 10 ½1 ½1 01 10 10 10 ½1 01 1½ 11 1½  23.5/38  429.00
5   Kramnik,V       2785   -30  0½ 1½ 0½ ½½ ** ½½ 01 1½ 1½ 01 10 10 ½½ 00 ½1 1½ ½1 ½1 ½1 1½  21.5/38  393.75
6   Leko,P          2755    +1  ½½ 10 ½½ ½½ ½½ ** ½0 10 ½½ ½1 0½ 11 ½0 10 1½ 1½ 01 1½ 01 11  21.5/38  392.50
7   Rublevsky,S     2676   +84  0½ ½0 ½0 0½ 10 ½1 ** ½0 11 00 10 11 11 11 ½1 0½ ½1 1½ ½1 01  21.5/38  385.75
8   Morozevich,A    2755    -8  ½0 00 ½1 ½0 0½ 01 ½1 ** 11 1½ ½½ 10 10 ½0 ½1 11 00 11 11 01  21.0/38
9   Carlsen,M       2714   +24  0½ 00 0½ 01 0½ ½½ 00 00 ** ½1 ½1 10 ½1 1½ ½½ 11 11 11 11 10  20.5/38
10  Mamedyarov,S    2752   -53  10 01 ½½ ½0 10 ½0 11 0½ ½0 ** 01 ½½ 01 10 ½1 01 ½0 ½0 10 11  18.5/38  344.75
11  Adams,Mi        2729   -29  01 00 ½½ ½0 01 1½ 01 ½½ ½0 10 ** 10 ½1 ½0 ½0 01 01 11 10 ½1  18.5/38  337.25
12  Ponomariov,R    2705   -13  ½0 ½1 10 10 01 00 00 01 01 ½½ 01 ** 10 01 ½1 ½1 11 10 00 01  18.0/38
13  Kasimdzhanov,R  2690    -7  ½½ ½0 00 01 ½½ ½1 00 01 ½0 10 ½0 01 ** 1½ 11 10 ½0 ½½ 01 ½1  17.5/38
14  Dreev,A         2607   +70  00 ½½ 0½ 01 11 01 00 ½1 0½ 01 ½1 10 0½ ** 0½ 10 ½0 00 ½1 11  17.0/38  313.50
15  Gelfand,B       2736   -65  11 00 0½ 01 ½0 0½ ½0 ½0 ½½ ½0 ½1 ½0 00 1½ ** ½1 10 ½0 11 ½1  17.0/38  310.75
16  Savchenko,B     2583   +95  00 0½ 01 ½0 0½ 0½ 1½ 00 00 10 10 ½0 01 01 ½0 ** 11 11 11 ½1  17.0/38  291.50
17  Shirov,A        2739   -87  0½ ½0 0½ 10 ½0 10 ½0 11 00 ½1 10 00 ½1 ½1 01 00 ** ½1 0½ 10  16.0/38
18  Karpov,Ana      2670   -54  00 0½ ½1 0½ ½0 0½ 0½ 00 00 ½1 00 01 ½½ 11 ½1 00 ½0 ** 11 ½0  14.0/38
19  Bacrot,E        2695  -124  11 ½0 00 00 ½0 10 ½0 00 00 01 01 11 10 ½0 00 00 1½ 00 ** ½0  12.0/38
20  Korotylev,A     2600   -35  00 00 ½0 0½ 0½ 00 10 10 01 00 ½0 10 ½0 00 ½0 ½0 01 ½1 ½1 **  11.5/38

Average elo: 2710 <=> Category: 19 
gm = 13.68 m = 6.08

 

And here's Ivanchuck's victory over Shirov, in just 17 moves:

Ivanchuk,V (2787) - Shirov,A (2739) [A48]

World Blitz Moscow RUS (15), 21.11.2007

 

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