Saturday, December 30, 2017

Chess News

At FIDE World Blitz Championship 2017, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Photo Credit to Vishy's twitter
1 GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR,2986) 16 pts
T2 GM Sergey Karjakin (RUS,2854) 14½ pts
T2 GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2736) 14½ pts

After winning the Rapid World Championship Viswanathan Anand finished tied 2nd position in the Blitz World Championship ... Another excellent performance by 48 yrs old Anand to finish inside top 3 with 14½ pts from 21 games for winning the Bronze and $100,000 prize money ... Carlsen won the title comfortably with 16 pts ... Young Vidit Gujrathi gave solid performance to finished on 21st position with 12½ pts and Harikrishna finished on 25th with 12½ pts.

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