World Rapid & Blitz Championships

[Tim Harding]

Kramnik has the better tiebreak if both the leaders win, but if MVL wins and the leaders draw then MVL could still get it (according to Jan Gustafsson just now).

[Christopher Kreuzer]

Actually, Kramnik has not won this event before:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_ches ... _champions

It would be delicious irony if he won given the quotes here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_chess#Criticism

I suspect Grischuk will win against Gelfand, though.

[LawrenceCooper]

Without working out the tie breaks I think these are the boards where a winner could emerge.

2 GM Ivanchuk, V. (13) 2789 GM Kramnik, V. (14½) 2763 DRAW
3 GM Gelfand, B. (13½) 2743 GM Grischuk, A. (14½) 2814 0-1
4 GM Kasimdzhanov (13½) 2641— — GM Vachier-Lagr. (14) 2854 0-1
5 GM Vovk, Yuri (13½) 2566 — — GM Nepomniachtc. (13½) 2831 0-1

Grischuk wins!

[LawrenceCooper]

A very creditable draw for Gawain with black against Radjabov to finish with 12.5.

[Tim Harding]

Grischuk is champion.

[Christopher Kreuzer]

Grischuk wins the title for the third time. Congrats to him.

(And without lifting a finger, Nakamura, as well as being $100,000 better off, is now world number 1 at blitz as well.)

[Mick Norris]

MVL 2nd and Kramnik 3rd on tiebreak I think

His training with Carlsen has taken Vlad to 5th in the blitz rankings (Naka, Carlsen, MVL, Grischuk) and 6th in rapid (Carlsen, Naka, Caruana. Chucky, Nepo)

[Mick Norris]

Gawain v Shak included in
chess.com report