Javier Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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