| World Blitz Championship (2010) |
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The 2010 World Blitz Championship was a 20-player double round robin held in the GUM department store exhibition hall at the Red Square in Moscow, Russia 16-18 November, immediately after the Tal Memorial (2010) (and before FIDE introduced Blitz rating in 2012). At the start of the event FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov handed
over the Chess Oscar for the Best Player of 2009 to Magnus Carlsen. Time control: 3 minutes per player for the whole game, with 2 seconds added per move from move one. Organizer: Russian Chess Federation, under the aegis of FIDE. Chief arbiter: Andrzej Filipowicz. Levon Aronian won the title with 24.5/38, ahead of Radjabov and Carlsen. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
1 Aronian ** ½0 ½0 ½½ 01 ½0 0½ 01 10 11 ½1 10 11 ½0 11 11 1½ 11 11 11 24½
2 Radjabov ½1 ** ½1 ½1 0½ 0½ 01 ½1 ½½ 11 11 1½ 11 ½0 00 11 ½0 01 11 ½1 24
3 Carlsen ½1 ½0 ** 00 10 1½ 1½ 1½ 11 01 1½ 10 ½½ 01 10 11 01 01 11 1½ 23½
4 Gelfand ½½ ½0 11 ** 01 00 0½ 00 0½ 10 01 11 11 ½1 11 1½ 11 ½1 0½ 01 21½
5 Nakamura 10 1½ 10 10 ** 0½ 01 11 ½½ 01 0½ ½0 ½½ 00 11 ½1 01 11 10 11 21½
6 Karjakin ½1 1½ 0½ 11 1½ ** 11 11 ½1 0½ 10 00 0½ ½½ 01 00 ½0 00 11 ½1 20½
7 Kramnik 1½ 10 0½ 1½ 10 00 ** 01 10 10 ½0 11 ½0 1½ 11 10 ½1 10 01 ½½ 20½
8 Mamedyarov 10 ½0 0½ 11 00 00 10 ** 10 ½1 10 11 10 11 11 ½0 ½0 10 01 01 19½
9 Svidler 01 ½½ 00 1½ ½½ ½0 01 01 ** ½½ 01 1½ 10 10 01 ½½ 1½ 10 10 ½1 19½
10 Eljanov 00 00 10 01 10 1½ 01 ½0 ½½ ** 01 10 10 00 11 ½1 ½1 11 01 01 19
11 Grischuk ½0 00 0½ 10 1½ 01 ½1 01 10 10 ** 1½ 0½ ½½ ½½ 0½ ½1 11 0½ 1½ 19
12 Mamedov 01 0½ 01 00 ½1 11 00 00 0½ 01 0½ ** 01 1½ 01 10 1½ 11 ½1 0½ 18
13 Nepomniachtchi 00 00 ½½ 00 ½½ 1½ ½1 01 01 01 1½ 10 ** ½½ 10 10 10 00 11 ½1 18
14 Vachier-Lagrave ½1 ½1 10 ½0 11 ½½ 0½ 00 01 11 ½½ 0½ ½½ ** 00 10 ½0 00 11 01 18
15 Movsesian 00 11 01 00 00 10 00 00 10 00 ½½ 10 01 11 ** 10 ½1 11 11 01 17½
16 Andreikin 00 00 00 0½ ½0 11 01 ½1 ½½ ½0 1½ 01 01 01 01 ** ½1 ½1 00 11 17½
17 Grachev 0½ ½1 10 00 10 ½1 ½0 ½1 0½ ½0 ½0 0½ 01 ½1 ½0 ½0 ** 1½ 01 01 16½
18 Savchenko 00 10 10 ½0 00 11 01 01 01 00 00 00 11 11 00 ½0 0½ ** 01 11 15½
19 Caruana 00 00 00 1½ 01 00 10 10 01 10 1½ ½0 00 00 00 11 10 10 ** ½½ 13½
20 Ponomariov 00 ½0 0½ 10 00 ½0 ½½ 10 ½0 10 0½ 1½ ½0 10 10 00 10 00 ½½ ** 12½
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| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Nakamura vs Carlsen |
 | 0-1 | 77 | 2010 | World Blitz Championship | C53 Giuoco Piano |
| 2. Vachier-Lagrave vs B Savchenko |
| 0-1 | 44 | 2010 | World Blitz Championship | B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation |
| 3. B Grachev vs Svidler |
| 0-1 | 62 | 2010 | World Blitz Championship | A48 King's Indian |
| 4. R Mamedov vs Radjabov |
| 0-1 | 69 | 2010 | World Blitz Championship | B22 Sicilian, Alapin |
| 5. B Savchenko vs Caruana |
| 0-1 | 25 | 2010 | World Blitz Championship | B41 Sicilian, Kan |
| 6. Nakamura vs Kramnik |
| 0-1 | 43 | 2010 | World Blitz Championship | B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack |
| 7. Kramnik vs Carlsen |
 | 0-1 | 65 | 2010 | World Blitz Championship | A14 English |
| 8. Caruana vs Nepomniachtchi |
| 0-1 | 35 | 2010 | World Blitz Championship | D80 Grunfeld |
| 9. Karjakin vs B Savchenko |
| 0-1 | 25 | 2010 | World Blitz Championship | A06 Reti Opening |
| 10. Eljanov vs Aronian |
| 0-1 | 108 | 2010 | World Blitz Championship | D91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5 |
| 11. Gelfand vs Ponomariov |
| 0-1 | 25 | 2010 | World Blitz Championship | A13 English |
| 12. R Mamedov vs Eljanov |
| 0-1 | 32 | 2010 | World Blitz Championship | A00 Uncommon Opening |
| 13. D Andreikin vs Radjabov |
| 0-1 | 26 | 2010 | World Blitz Championship | E90 King's Indian |
| 14. B Savchenko vs Svidler |
| 0-1 | 38 | 2010 | World Blitz Championship | B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 |
| 15. Radjabov vs B Savchenko |
| 0-1 | 5 | 2010 | World Blitz Championship | B30 Sicilian |
| 16. Ponomariov vs Aronian |
| 0-1 | 15 | 2010 | World Blitz Championship | A45 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 17. Movsesian vs Gelfand |
| 0-1 | 18 | 2010 | World Blitz Championship | B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack |
| 18. Carlsen vs Gelfand |
| 0-1 | 47 | 2010 | World Blitz Championship | B20 Sicilian |
| 19. R Mamedov vs Ponomariov |
| 0-1 | 94 | 2010 | World Blitz Championship | A07 King's Indian Attack |
| 20. B Savchenko vs Mamedyarov |
| 0-1 | 31 | 2010 | World Blitz Championship | A07 King's Indian Attack |
| 21. Nepomniachtchi vs Radjabov |
| 0-1 | 44 | 2010 | World Blitz Championship | B32 Sicilian |
| 22. Kramnik vs Karjakin |
| 0-1 | 67 | 2010 | World Blitz Championship | A09 Reti Opening |
| 23. Caruana vs Carlsen |
| 0-1 | 33 | 2010 | World Blitz Championship | C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation |
| 24. Svidler vs Kramnik |
| 0-1 | 42 | 2010 | World Blitz Championship | B07 Pirc |
| 25. Grischuk vs D Andreikin |
| 0-1 | 31 | 2010 | World Blitz Championship | A34 English, Symmetrical |
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| Dec-03-11 | | King Death: One thing I forgot to mention. In my games, I'd give these guys pawn and move besides playing blindfold and win all of them anyhow. |
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| Dec-06-11 | | Whitehat1963: <matebay>, do you need to visit a psychiatrist or pharmacist? Have your antipsychotic medications run out? Why on earth would Aronian, Carlsen, Kramnik, Nakamura, et. al. be <"cowering in fear of the onslaught of the filipino juggernaut">? He's only number 89 in the world. He's only the number 5 rated JUNIOR player. Don't get me wrong. Wesley is an extremely talented player with a bright future ahead of him, but he's nowhere near their caliber yet. |
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| Dec-06-11 | | Whitehat1963: In fact, <matebay>, aside from wins over Kamsky, Ivanchuk, Harikrishna, and Nisipeanu, who has Wesley beaten since 2009 that gives you so much confidence in his abilities to beat the likes of those I named above? How has he performed against Karjakin, Caruana, and Giri, for instance? Carlsen would have an easy time with him, whether in blitz or any other kind of chess. There's no comparison. |
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| Dec-06-11 | | Whitehat1963: And then, <matebay>, there are games like these: W So vs N Grandelius, 2011
W So vs A Shomoev, 2011
W So vs Li Chao, 2011
W So vs Holzke, 2009
How do you account for the <filipino juggernaut>'s performance in those? |
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| Dec-15-11 | | matebay: Give the lad a break. He has his offdays you know. But they come few and far between. Wes the most difficult junior player to beat with a one digit percentage of loss at less than 10 %. Wes will rise over Magnus and the rest of the pretenders if given the opportunity. But by a stroke of bad faith of the organizers, the opportunity to earn his rightful place at the top of the echelon was denied him. |
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| Dec-15-11 | | Whitehat1963: I'm happy to give the lad a break. But you need to acknowledge a bit of reality. Aronian, Carlsen, Kramnik, et. al. are not <cowering in fear of the onslaught of the filipino juggernaut.> That's a ridiculous overstatement. |
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| Dec-15-11 | | Whitehat1963: How can you call Magnus Carlsen a "pretender"? |
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| Dec-15-11 | | Kimmel: <Matebay> is delusional. |
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| Dec-15-11 | | matebay: Magnus and the rest are pampered goldfish in an aquarium fed their daily supply of quaker oats... Wesley the true barakuda...a salmon who earned his way to the top of the waterfalls from below without kissing organizers salty ass... His suspended ascendancy brought about by organizers not taking account his immense talent neglecting to extend him invitations in top tourneys. He qualified for the world blitz but organizers cancelled in the last instant after he mowed down the opposition 9 zip in the SEAG. European and Russian organizers afraid Wesley will invade the chess world...their bets put to their proper place as shams and hoax. |
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| Dec-15-11 | | matebay: The hard but irrefutable proof:http://asianchess.net/wp/?p=790 |
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| Dec-15-11 | | Rolfo: <Magnus and the rest are pampered goldfish in an aquarium fed their daily supply of quaker oats... Wesley the true barakuda...a salmon who earned his way to the top of the waterfalls from below without kissing organizers salty ass...> Hmm.. don't forget this barakuda and salmon accepted an invitation by Magnus to join him for a training session on the Grand Canaries, paid by Magnus I think :) |
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| Dec-15-11 | | JoergWalter: salmons even go up the waterfalls to die. |
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| Dec-15-11 | | matebay: Before his mutation, Magnus was a barakuda too...he invited Wesley because he saw his former self in So. He wanted to bring the old feeling back...lost because of all the endorsements and modeling contracts. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWUx... |
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| Dec-15-11 | | matebay: Only to find out that they are stylistically different. Magnus intuitive...Wesley engine like precision.. |
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| Dec-15-11 | | matebay: <JoergWalter: salmons even go up the waterfalls to die.> You speak the truth.
Salmon can make amazing journeys, sometimes moving hundreds of miles upstream against strong currents and rapids to reproduce. Chinook and sockeye salmon from central Idaho, for example, travel over 900 miles (1,400 km) and climb nearly 7,000 feet (2,100 m) from the Pacific ocean as they return to spawn. Condition tends to deteriorate the longer the fish remain in fresh water, and they then deteriorate further after they spawn, when they are known as kelts. In all species of Pacific salmon, the mature individuals die within a few days or weeks of spawning, But death only comes after releasing all those libido...in this case Wes retiring after becoming world champion. ..his dream becoming true ... But definitely, Magnus will precede him...Wesley most likely his successor. |
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| Dec-15-11 | | matebay: <But definitely, Magnus will precede him...Wesley most likely his successor.> Wesley declared so in an interview:
Interviewer: Who will be world champion in 2020?
Wesley <the gentle mauler> So: Personally, I think for sure it will be Magnus Carlsen, who would have been defending his title for a couple of years already. http://www.alinalami.com/2011/06/cl... |
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| Dec-15-11 | | Whitehat1963: I repeat: He's only number 89 in the world. He's only the number 5 rated JUNIOR player. Why so much optimism?
Look at how young Radjabov, Bacrot, Grischuk, Leko, Polgar, and Karjakin were when they rose to prominence. Which has ever been the number one player in the world? None. At least Leko played for the championship. On the other hand, Carlsen is already number one. Wesley So is a talented player, one among many. The chance against him becoming a world champion are unbelievably steep. Just enjoy his games and stop talking so much nonsense. |
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| Dec-15-11 | | Whitehat1963: Oh, I'm sure you're right. I just can't for the life of me understand why there's so much enthusiasm for a player who will likely never even reach the top 10. And if he ever does, he won't stay there for long, like, say, Ivanchuk. I wish people would realize that Wesley So's most rabid fans have lost their marbles. |
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| Dec-15-11 | | Whitehat1963: And I have trouble letting a comment like <the sponsors found themselves cowering in fear of the onslaught of the filipino juggernaut.> go unchallenged. This is plainly idiotic. |
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| Dec-15-11 | | Whitehat1963: When Wesley So breaks into the top 10 and stays there for three years, then we can talk about him having a chance to become world champiion. Until then, statements like that above are merely idle chatter. |
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| | tpstar: <Whitehat1963> Wesley So is drifting: no coach, no training, no sponsorship. The adults in his fan base who should have been helping him all along have done everything they can to ruin his career, and now there are whispers that he will attend college instead of playing professional chess. His fans are blaming everybody but themselves for his predicament. DNFTT =) |
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| Dec-15-11 | | matebay: <whitehat1963>
His current rating and place in the world rankings is irrelevant. FIDE ranking defective as being discriminatory in favor of European and Russian players. Look at the ICC instead where everybody can play...a more level playing field compared to FIDE. http://www.cs.utu.fi/~juhkivij/ches... Wesley is ranked 16th all time great inspite of playing only a minimal of 105 games. Compare this for example with Naka who has already more than 15,000 games. If Wes would continue playing his rating would go over and beyond the charts! Also consider that Wes was once the youngest GM in the world at 14 plus years of age...and the youngest in chess history to break the 2600 mark. What more proof do you want? Are you plain blind or r u stupid or something? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvKz... |
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| Dec-15-11 | | Whitehat1963: Here's a very plain prediction now that I will stand behind: Wesley So is already 18 years old and hasn't yet cracked the top 40 or 2700 Elo. Unless he undergoes some kind of miracle of biblical proportions, he will likely never reach the top 10, let alone become the world champion. According to the Chessmetrics site, the highest rated 18-year-olds of all time were: Kasparov, Kramnik, Fischer, Ponomariov, Kamsky, and Spassky. Five of the six became world champions. On the other hand, the highest rated 14-year-olds of all time were: Polgar, Karjakin, Kramnik, Fischer, Leko, Radjabov, and Kasparov. The results are more mixed here, as Polgar, Karjakin, and Radjabov have yet to even challenge for the championship in a match. It goes to show that there are many players who can be called "flash in the pan." The thing is, Wesley So hasn't even flashed at all. And he's nowhere near the pan. |
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| Dec-15-11 | | matebay: <tpstar>
Why you keep following me around and always arguing against my sentiments for Mr. So? Instead why not find somebody to root for and be positive for once in your life! http://youtu.be/LId47zizlP0 |
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