30.12.2022
Magnus Carlsen wins the World Blitz Championship
The World Rapid Chess Championship has ended in Almaty (Kazakhstan). 176 players participated in competitions with a prize fund of $ 350,000. The victory was won by the Norwegian grandmaster, world champion Magnus Carlsen. Hikaru Nakamura is in second place. Haik Martirosyan is on the third.
Technical results:
1. M. Carlsen (Norway) – 16 of 21;
2-3. H. Nakamura (USA), H. Martirosyan (Armenia) – 15 each;
4-7. A. Giri (Netherlands), J-K. Duda (Poland), D. Dubov, A. Sarana (both from Russia) – 14.5 each;
8-9. V. Fedoseev (Russia), R. Rapport (Romania) – 14 each;
10-14. V. Artemiev, D. Andreikin, I. Nepomniachtchi (all – Russia), V. Keymer (Germany), S. Salem (UAE) -13,5 each.
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