Anand 9/11 leads @ World Blitz Chess, Moscow, Carlsen 8.5/11 close behind

V Anand

World Champion Viswanathan Anand left his last round blues from Tal Memorial scoring fluently in the World Blitz Chess Championship at Moscow. With seven wins and two draws Anand leads the table with 9.0 points from eleven rounds. Anand’s seven
victories came against Svidler Ivanchuk, Bareev Kosteniuk, Mamedyarov Grischuk and Gashimov. The three day event concludes on 18th Nov, 2009. Breathing right behind Anand is the teen sensation and current live rating World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen of Norway at 8.5 points. Carlsen has a whopping eight wins from his eleven encounters. Peter Svidler and Sergei Karjakin remained behind Carlsen at 7.5 and 7.0 points respectively. The field for the world blitz is impressive an all Grandmaster player field with an average rating of 2719.

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Anand – Sergei Karjakin
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Rd1 Be7 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Rd2 Rd8 14. Rad1 Rxd2 15. Rxd2 h4 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Ne2 Bd5 18. Nfd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 g6 20. b3 a5 21. c4 Be6 22. f4 a4 23. Kf2 c5 24. Nf3 c6 25. Rb2 axb3 26. axb3 b5 27. Ra2 Rd8 28. Ra7+ Kf8 29. Rc7 Rd3 30. Rxc6 Rxb3 31. cxb5 Rxb5 32. Nxh4 Bd5 33. Rc7 c4 34. Nf3 Rb2+ 35. Kg3 Kg7 36. Rc5 Bxf3 37. Kxf3 Rc2 38. Rc7 Kg8 39. g3 c3 40. Kg4 Rc1 41. Kg5 c2 42. Kf6 Rg1 43. Rxc2 Rxg3 44. Rc8+ Kh7 45. Rc7 Rxh3 46. e6 Rf3 47. Rxf7+ Kh6 48. Ke5 Re3+ 49. Kd6 Rd3+ 50. Kc7 Rc3+ 51. Kd8 1-0

Levon Aronian – Alexander Grischuk
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 h6 9. Bd2 O-O 10. e3 Bxc5 11. Bd3 a6 12. Ne2 b5 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. O-O Rc8 15. Qb1 Ne4 16. Bc3 Bd6 17. Bd4 Ndc5 18. Ng3 Qd7 19. Rfd1 Qe6 20. Nh5 g6 21. Nf4 Qe7 22. Bf1 Rfd8 23. g3 Ng5 24. Nxg5 Qxg5 25. h4 Qg4 26. Bh3 Qf3 27. Bxc8 Rxc8 28. Rd2 Ne4 29. Rxc8+ Bxc8 30. Rc2 Bf5 31. Qc1 Kh7 32. Ng2 Ng5 33. hxg5 Be4 34. Kf1 Qxg2+ 35. Ke1 0-1

Alexandra Kosteniuk – Vladimir Kramnik
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 Qa6 8. Bg5 O-O 9. Qd2 Bf5 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. a3 Rad8 12. Bh6 e5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. d5 Bg4 15. Qe3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nd4 17. Bg2 Rfe8 18. h4 Nf5 19. Qe2 Qxe2 20. Nxe2 e4 21. Nc3 e3 22. fxe3 Nxe3 23. Rd2 Nxg2 24. Rxg2 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Rxd5 26. Rf2 Re4 27. Rhf1 f5 28. b3 Kf6 29. a4 a5 30. Kb2 b6 31. Kc3 Re3+ 0-1

Magnus Carlsen – Shakriyar Mamedyarov
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Qd2 Qa5 9. Rc1 O-O 10. Nf3 e6 11. Be2 Rd8 12. Bg5 Re8 13. O-O Nc6 14. Rfd1 cxd4 15. cxd4 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Bd7 17. Rb1 b6 18. Ba6 e5 19. dxe5 1-0

Viswanathan Anand – Sergei Karjakin
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Rd1 Be7 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Rd2 Rd8 14. Rad1 Rxd2 15. Rxd2 h4 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Ne2 Bd5 18. Nfd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 g6 20. b3 a5 21. c4 Be6 22. f4 a4 23. Kf2 c5 24. Nf3 c6 25. Rb2 axb3 26. axb3 b5 27. Ra2 Rd8 28. Ra7+ Kf8 29. Rc7 Rd3 30. Rxc6 Rxb3 31. cxb5 Rxb5 32. Nxh4 Bd5 33. Rc7 c4 34. Nf3 Rb2+ 35. Kg3 Kg7 36. Rc5 Bxf3 37. Kxf3 Rc2 38. Rc7 Kg8 39. g3 c3 40. Kg4 Rc1 41. Kg5 c2 42. Kf6 Rg1 43. Rxc2 Rxg3 44. Rc8+ Kh7 45. Rc7 Rxh3 46. e6 Rf3 47. Rxf7+ Kh6 48. Ke5 Re3+ 49. Kd6 Rd3+ 50. Kc7 Rc3+ 51. Kd8 1-0

Vassily Ivanchuk – Vladimir Kramnik
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 a6 9. Bg5 b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nc6 12. Bxf6 exf6 13. Ne4 Qd8 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. c3 f5 16. Nc5 Qd6 17. a4 Rae8 18. Qd3 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Re8 20. Ra1 Be4 21. Qg3 bxa4 22. Bxa4 Rb8 23. b4 Bd5 24. Bb3 f4 25. Qd3 Bxb3 26. Nxb3 Qd5 27. Nc5 Re8 28. h3 Bf8 29. Nxa6 Bd6 30. c4 Qa8 31. c5 Bf8 32. b5 c6 33. b6 Bg7 34. Rb1 Qb7 35. Nc7 Rd8 36. Qa6 Qb8 37. d5 Bd4 38. dxc6 Bxc5 39. Nd5 Qe5 40. c7 Qxd5 41. b7 Bxf2+ 42. Kxf2 Qd4+ 43. Kf1 1-0

Alexander Morozevich – Viswanathan Anand
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. h3 c6 6. Bb3 O-O 7. Qf3 b5 8. Nge2 a5 9. a3 Be6 10. g4 Bxb3 11. cxb3 Ne8 12. Ng3 Na6 13. Nf5 b4 14. Na4 bxa3 15. bxa3 Rb8 16. Rb1 Nec7 17. h4 Ne6 18. g5 Nd4 19. Qg4 Nxf5 20. exf5 Bd4 21. f6 Qc8 22. Qf3 Qe6 23. fxg7 Kxg7 24. Rg1 d5 25. Kf1 e4 26. dxe4 dxe4 27. Qg4 c5 28. Rg3 Kg8 29. Kg2 Nc7 30. Bf4 Rbc8 31. Bxc7 Rxc7 32. Nb2 Rb7 33. Nc4 a4 34. Nd2 Qxg4 35. Rxg4 e3 36. fxe3 Bxe3 37. Nc4 Rxb3 38. Rxb3 axb3 39. Rg3 Rb8 40. Rxe3 b2 1/2-1/2

List of Players

SNo.	Title	Name	Fed.	FIDE	Birthday
1	GM	Aronian, Levon	ARM	2786	1982- -
2	GM	Jakovenko, Dmitry	RUS	2736	1983- -
3	GM	Leko, Peter	HUN	2752	1979- -
4	GM	Ivanchuk, Vassily	UKR	2739	1969- -
5	GM	Kramnik, Vladimir	RUS	2772	1975- -
6	GM	Gashimov, Vugar	AZE	2758	1986- -
7	GM	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	RUS	2517	1984- -
8	GM	Bareev, Evgeny	RUS	2634	1966- -
9	GM	Morozevich, Alexander	RUS	2750	1977- -
10	GM	Svidler, Peter	RUS	2754	1976- -
11	GM	Ponomariov, Ruslan	UKR	2739	1983- -
12	GM	Grischuk, Alexander	RUS	2736	1983- -
13	GM	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	AZE	2719	1985- -
14	GM	Tkachiev, Vladislav	FRA	2642	1973- -
15	GM	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	CUB	2719	1983- -
16	GM	Karjakin, Sergey	UKR	2723	1990- -
17	GM	Karpov, Anatoly	RUS	2619	1951- -
18	GM	Naiditsch, Arkadij	GER	2689	1985- -
19	GM	Carlsen, Magnus	NOR	2801	1990- -
20	GM	Anand, Viswanathan	IND	2788	1969- -
21	GM	Polgar, Judit	HUN	2680	1976- -
22	GM	Gelfand, Boris	ISR	2758	1968- -