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World Blitz Championship (2009) The 2009 World Blitz Championship was a 22-player double round robin held in the GUM department store exhibition hall at the Red Square in Moscow, Russia, 16-18 November, one resting day after the Tal Memorial (2009). All the Tal Memorial players participated, together with six players from the blitz qualifier held right after the Aeroflot Open (2009) in February (Karjakin, Gashimov, Mamedyarov, Bareev, Tkachiev and Naiditsch (replacing Zhou Jianchao)), and six invited players (Karpov, Kosteniuk, Dominguez (defending champion), Grischuk (2006 winner), Jakovenko, Polgar). Time control: 3 minutes per player for the whole game, with 2 seconds added per move from move 1. Organizer: Russian Chess Federation, under the aegis of FIDE. Chief arbiter: Andrzej Filipowicz. After the event, most players went straight to Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia for the World Cup (2009). Magnus Carlsen took his first blitz title with 31/42, ahead of Anand (28/42) and Karjakin (25/42). 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 1 Carlsen ** 11 11 11 11 ½1 10 1½ 11 10 01 01 ½½ 11 10 01 1½ 10 1½ 11 11 01 31 2 Anand 00 ** 1½ ½1 1½ 11 ½0 ½½ 11 ½1 1½ ½½ 11 11 1½ 11 ½½ 0½ 10 1½ ½1 10 28 3 Karjakin 00 0½ ** 0½ 01 ½0 11 ½0 11 11 10 10 ½1 11 1½ ½½ 01 ½0 11 ½0 11 11 25 4 Kramnik 00 ½0 1½ ** 00 10 1½ 1½ 00 1½ 11 11 10 01 01 11 ½1 ½1 0½ 1½ 10 11 24½ 5 Grischuk 00 0½ 10 11 ** ½½ ½0 1½ 10 0½ 10 1½ ½1 10 11 ½½ ½½ 11 0½ 11 ½½ 01 23½ 6 Svidler ½0 00 ½1 01 ½½ ** 11 00 10 10 10 11 10 10 00 ½½ ½½ 11 11 11 0½ 11 23½ 7 Ponomariov 01 ½1 00 0½ ½1 00 ** ½0 0½ ½0 ½½ ½½ 11 1½ 1½ ½½ 11 11 10 ½0 11 11 23½ 8 Leko 0½ ½½ 1½ 0½ 0½ 11 ½1 ** 0½ 11 ½0 00 ½½ 0½ 11 ½½ 1½ ½½ ½0 1½ 01 ½1 22 9 Mamedyarov 00 00 00 11 01 01 1½ 1½ ** 01 ½½ 00 0½ 11 1½ 01 00 10 11 11 01 11 22 10 Morozevich 01 ½0 00 0½ 1½ 01 ½1 00 10 ** ½½ 10 11 00 11 ½1 11 01 11 10 00 01 21½ 11 Gashimov 10 0½ 01 00 01 01 ½½ ½1 ½½ ½½ ** ½0 01 1½ 01 0½ ½1 ½1 1½ 0½ 11 01 21½ 12 Aronian 10 ½½ 01 00 0½ 00 ½½ 11 11 01 ½1 ** ½0 ½½ 0½ ½1 1½ 11 ½0 1½ 00 10 21 13 Dominguez ½½ 00 ½0 01 ½0 01 00 ½½ 1½ 00 10 ½1 ** ½1 00 ½½ 1½ 01 11 01 01 11 20 14 Bareev 00 00 00 10 01 01 0½ 1½ 00 11 0½ ½½ ½0 ** 10 10 ½0 11 01 ½1 11 11 20 15 Ivanchuk 01 0½ 0½ 10 00 11 0½ 00 0½ 00 10 1½ 11 01 ** 10 10 ½0 10 01 ½1 11 19½ 16 Karpov 10 00 ½½ 00 ½½ ½½ ½½ ½½ 10 ½0 1½ ½0 ½½ 01 01 ** 10 ½0 01 1½ ½1 ½½ 19 17 Gelfand 0½ ½½ 10 ½0 ½½ ½½ 00 0½ 11 00 ½0 0½ 0½ ½1 01 01 ** 00 11 01 01 11 18½ 18 Jakovenko 01 1½ ½1 ½0 00 00 00 ½½ 01 10 ½0 00 10 00 ½1 ½1 11 ** 01 00 10 1½ 17½ 19 Polgar 0½ 01 00 1½ 1½ 00 01 ½1 00 00 0½ ½1 00 10 01 10 00 10 ** ½½ 11 10 17 20 Tkachiev 00 0½ ½1 0½ 00 00 ½1 0½ 00 01 1½ 0½ 10 ½0 10 0½ 10 11 ½½ ** 1½ 00 16 21 Naiditsch 00 ½0 00 01 ½½ 1½ 00 10 10 11 00 11 10 00 ½0 ½0 10 01 00 0½ ** 0½ 15 22 Kosteniuk 10 01 00 00 10 00 00 ½0 00 10 10 01 00 00 00 ½½ 00 0½ 01 11 1½ ** 12½ Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/news/view/car... ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/world... ChessPro: https://chesspro.ru/_events/2009/me... Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wey... Ruchess: https://ruchess.ru/championship/det... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi... FICS: https://www.freechess.org/Events/Re... Wikipedia article: World Blitz Chess Championship Previous: World Blitz Championship (2008). Next World Blitz Championship (2010)  page 2 of 19; games 26-50 of 460  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 26. Kosteniuk vs Naiditsch 1-0 3 2009 World Blitz Championship C42 Petrov Defense 27. Bareev vs Karpov 1-0 40 2009 World Blitz Championship E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights 28. V Gashimov vs Carlsen 1-0 72 2009 World Blitz Championship B25 Sicilian, Closed 29. Morozevich vs Karjakin   0-1 47 2009 World Blitz Championship C24 Bishop's Opening 30. Svidler vs Dominguez Perez 1-0 61 2009 World Blitz Championship B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 31. Ponomariov vs Tkachiev   ½-½ 29 2009 World Blitz Championship D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 32. Grischuk vs Mamedyarov   1-0 33 2009 World Blitz Championship D85 Grunfeld 33. Anand vs V Gashimov 1-0 37 2009 World Blitz Championship A30 English, Symmetrical 34. J Polgar vs Kramnik 1-0 39 2009 World Blitz Championship B01 Scandinavian 35. Gelfand vs Mamedyarov   1-0 55 2009 World Blitz Championship A48 King's Indian 36. Tkachiev vs Grischuk   0-1 35 2009 World Blitz Championship E00 Queen's Pawn Game 37. Dominguez Perez vs Ponomariov   0-1 42 2009 World Blitz Championship B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 38. Karjakin vs Svidler   ½-½ 17 2009 World Blitz Championship C77 Ruy Lopez 39. Carlsen vs Kosteniuk 0-1 43 2009 World Blitz Championship C43 Petrov, Modern Attack 40. Karpov vs Morozevich   ½-½ 52 2009 World Blitz Championship E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 41. Naiditsch vs Bareev 0-1 29 2009 World Blitz Championship B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 42. Aronian vs Ivanchuk 0-1 46 2009 World Blitz Championship D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 43. Jakovenko vs Leko ½-½ 30 2009 World Blitz Championship B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 44. Kosteniuk vs Anand 0-1 45 2009 World Blitz Championship C78 Ruy Lopez 45. Kramnik vs Aronian 1-0 33 2009 World Blitz Championship A09 Reti Opening 46. Leko vs Gelfand   1-0 43 2009 World Blitz Championship B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 47. Ivanchuk vs Jakovenko   ½-½ 54 2009 World Blitz Championship C45 Scotch Game 48. V Gashimov vs J Polgar   1-0 35 2009 World Blitz Championship B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 49. Morozevich vs Naiditsch   0-1 24 2009 World Blitz Championship A00 Uncommon Opening 50. Bareev vs Carlsen 0-1 26 2009 World Blitz Championship D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav  page 2 of 19; games 26-50 of 460    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 52 OF 52 ·  Later Kibitzing> Nov-19-09    Softpaw: Softpaw: <hand banana: it's "belih" and "chernih", if you wnat to transcribe it to english> Obviously, I did NOT want to transcribe into English...just give a indication of which word meant what, not how they were pronounced. If I wanted to do the latter, I certainly wouldn't give your incorrect "chernih" transliteration. The "e" in the Russian word for "black", when written out fully, has two dots on the top of it, and is pronounced more like "yo", not "e", fyi. Nov-20-09    laskersteinitz: <HeMateMe: Weren't the boards hooked up electronically, so all moves are stored?> Yeah I think it's those DGT boards. Nov-20-09    DeltaHawk: This event is not rated, amirite? Nov-20-09    kingscrusher: Hi all I did a couple of videos on Carlsen games with White (looking very briefly at them) : Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFOs... Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrFy... Nov-20-09    minasina: <This event is not rated> because they played blitz. Only games with classical time control are rated. Nov-20-09    OneArmedScissor: Not much praise for Karjakin... what a pitty. Nov-20-09    siamesedream: <kingscrusher> Thanks for great job you're doing! Nov-20-09    kingscrusher: Hi all If you liked those two videos with White, I have done 3 videos where Carlsen was black now: Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUPr... Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS-j... Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpvL... Nov-20-09    zarg: <KC> Thanks for the walk through! It looked as several PGN's might be incomplete from the event. Nov-24-09    kingfu: I believe blitz chess is like speed reading. You get the moves without the CONTENT. This type of chess is meaningless. Nov-30-09    notyetagm: The chessgames.com database has <Carlsen> playing the <Queen's Gambit Accepted> only three times, all(!) in the World Blitz Championship (2009). +2 =0 -1 Tkachiev vs Carlsen, 2009 D Jakovenko vs Carlsen, 2009 Morozevich vs Carlsen, 2009 http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... Dec-02-09    virginmind: excellent organising of this event, the seating of players in groups of 3-4 tables, around which spectators can gather and watch so closely/take pictures/film, also the webcams which give us detailed impression of players and also of spectators watching. very fine conception and realisation, i believe it should remain a standard for conceiving/broadcasting blitz events. also i'm glad i can still review most of the video footage even two weeks after the event. Dec-06-09    notyetagm: <virginmind: excellent organising of this event, the seating of players in groups of 3-4 tables, around which spectators can gather and watch so closely/take pictures/film, also the webcams which give us detailed impression of players and also of spectators watching. very fine conception and realisation, i believe it should remain a standard for conceiving/broadcasting blitz events. also i'm glad i can still review most of the video footage even two weeks after the event.> Indeed. Jan-04-10    notyetagm: Wow, Carlsen won as many games (28!) as Aronian (14) and 2008 World Blitz Champion Dominguez (14) *combined*!! Jan-04-10    notyetagm: Closing ceremony: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-fv... Jan-30-10    notyetagm: http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/200... Jun-09-10    GrahamClayton: <virginmind>excellent organising of this event, the seating of players in groups of 3-4 tables, around which spectators can gather and watch so closely/take pictures/film. <virginmind>, The set-up of the tables was interesting with a circular fence around each one - close enough to allow spectators to view the games from all angles, and to allow easy access from game to another. Maybe this should be standard for future events? Nov-18-10    notyetagm: http://www.worldchesslinks.net/ezz0... Jan-17-11    notyetagm: What an *incredible* performance by Carlsen. +20 in 42 games!!! Anand, Kramnik, and Karjakin finished in places 2-4. Carlsen swept them <6-0>! Jul-11-13    notyetagm: World Blitz Championship (2009) What an *incredible* performance by Carlsen. +20 in 42 games!!! Anand, Kramnik, and Karjakin finished in places 2-4. Carlsen swept them <6-0>! World Blitz Championship (2009)/Magnus Carlsen Jul-11-13    fisayo123: <notyetagm> This blitz tournament had no increments though. It is pretty pointless when there are no increments. Jul-11-13    notyetagm: <fisayo123: <notyetagm> This blitz tournament had no increments though. It is pretty pointless when there are no increments.> I am almost certain they had increments: 3 2 or 4 2 was probably the time control. Maybe even 5 2. Jul-11-13    tamar: 2 second increment, you can easily check this out on youtube Jul-11-13    notyetagm: <tamar: 2 second increment, you can easily check this out on youtube> Yes, the 2-second increment compensates for the time need to physically move the piece and hit the clock. Jan-03-20    Tabanus: Tal would be envious. 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