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World Blitz Championship (Women) Tournament

Nana Dzagnidze16.5/21(+14 -2 =5)[games]
Valentina Gunina16/21(+15 -4 =2)[games]
Wenjun Ju14/21(+11 -4 =6)[games]
Kateryna Lagno14/21(+11 -4 =6)[games]
Pia Cramling13.5/21(+12 -6 =3)[games]
Zhongyi Tan13.5/21(+12 -6 =3)[games]
Alexandra Kosteniuk13.5/21(+12 -6 =3)[games]
Zhansaya Abdumalik13.5/21(+10 -4 =7)[games]
Klaudia Kulon13.5/21(+11 -5 =5)[games]
Gunay Mammadzada13/21(+12 -7 =2)[games]
Anna Ushenina13/21(+9 -4 =8)[games]
Natalia Zhukova13/21(+12 -7 =2)[games]
Elina Danielian13/21(+12 -7 =2)[games]
Aleksandra Goryachkina12.5/21(+8 -4 =9)[games]
Lela Javakhishvili12.5/21(+10 -6 =5)[games]
Tingjie Lei12.5/21(+9 -5 =7)[games]
Elisabeth Paehtz12.5/21(+11 -7 =3)[games]
Bella Khotenashvili12.5/21(+11 -7 =3)[games]
Thanh Trang Hoang12.5/21(+11 -7 =3)[games]
Marta Michna12/21(+10 -7 =4)[games]
Padmini Rout12/21(+10 -7 =4)[games]
Anastasia Bodnaruk12/21(+10 -7 =4)[games]
Nino Batsiashvili12/21(+9 -6 =6)[games]
Almira Skripchenko12/21(+8 -5 =8)[games]
Yang Shen12/21(+8 -5 =8)[games]
Le Thao Nguyen Pham12/21(+9 -6 =6)[games]
Marie Sebag12/21(+10 -7 =4)[games]
Chen Zhu12/21(+9 -6 =6)[games]
Daria Voit11.5/21(+10 -8 =3)[games]
Marina Korneva11.5/21(+9 -7 =5)[games]
Qi Guo11.5/21(+7 -5 =9)[games]
Irina Krush11.5/21(+8 -6 =7)[games]
* (100 players total; 68 players not shown. Click here for longer list.)

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
World Blitz Championship (Women) (2017)

The 2017 Women's World Blitz Championship was a 21-round Swiss open held 29-30 December in the Apex Convention Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, right after the World Rapid Championship (Women) (2017). Time control: 3 minutes per player per game, with 2 seconds added per move from move 1. If there was a tie for 1st place, the top 2 players according to the first eligible tiebreak criterion would play a playoff match of two 3+2 games, and if still tied, an Armageddon game. Prize fund: $250,000, with $80,000 to the winner. Tournament director: Geoffrey Borg. Chief arbiter: Panagiotis Nikolopoulos.

Georgian Nana Dzagnidze won with 16.5/21.

Official site: http://riyadh2017.fide.com/
Regulations: https://www.fide.com/FIDE/handbook/...
Chess-Results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr323...
Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/news/view/car...
ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/magnu...
Chess24: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-t...
TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/chessnew...
FIDE: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament...

Previous: World Blitz Championship (Women) (2016). Next: World Blitz Championship (Women) (2018). See also World Blitz Championship (2017) and World Rapid Championship (2017)

 page 1 of 19; games 1-25 of 462  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Z Tan vs L Ordaz Valdes  1-01212017World Blitz Championship (Women)D37 Queen's Gambit Declined
2. Kosteniuk vs O Girya  1-0532017World Blitz Championship (Women)D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
3. I Charkhalashvili vs A Stefanova  1-0702017World Blitz Championship (Women)D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
4. S Vijayalakshmi vs E Paehtz  1-0412017World Blitz Championship (Women)A04 Reti Opening
5. T Lei vs E Sedina  1-0332017World Blitz Championship (Women)A20 English
6. N Dzagnidze vs N Batsiashvili  1-0332017World Blitz Championship (Women)E51 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3
7. Goryachkina vs G Mammadova  1-0322017World Blitz Championship (Women)A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System
8. I Gaponenko vs K Ambartsumova  1-0742017World Blitz Championship (Women)B45 Sicilian, Taimanov
9. S Melia vs Y Ding  1-0822017World Blitz Championship (Women)A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack
10. A Skripchenko vs I Bulmaga  1-0562017World Blitz Championship (Women)B50 Sicilian
11. L Javakhishvili vs J Rapport  1-0242017World Blitz Championship (Women)A46 Queen's Pawn Game
12. T Mamedjarova vs R Li  1-0672017World Blitz Championship (Women)D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense
13. M Michna vs T Nguyen  1-0322017World Blitz Championship (Women)A06 Reti Opening
14. N Zhukova vs E Doluhanova  1-0372017World Blitz Championship (Women)D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation
15. T Batchimeg vs Q Huang  1-0402017World Blitz Championship (Women)A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6)
16. A Zatonskih vs D Belenkaya  1-0882017World Blitz Championship (Women)D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6
17. P Shuvalova vs Z Mamedjarova  1-0342017World Blitz Championship (Women)C41 Philidor Defense
18. E Ovod vs K Arakhamia-Grant  1-0602017World Blitz Championship (Women)A40 Queen's Pawn Game
19. L Pham vs M Gevorgyan  1-0252017World Blitz Championship (Women)A04 Reti Opening
20. M Socko vs A Enkhtuul  1-0502017World Blitz Championship (Women)A57 Benko Gambit
21. E Berend vs G Tokhirjonova  1-0562017World Blitz Championship (Women)C53 Giuoco Piano
22. G Mammadzada vs M Korneva  1-0602017World Blitz Championship (Women)B18 Caro-Kann, Classical
23. L Mkrtchian vs Zainab Ali Al Durazi  1-0162017World Blitz Championship (Women)E60 King's Indian Defense
24. M Fierro vs Afnan Al Qubaishi  1-0132017World Blitz Championship (Women)B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
25. X Gu vs Eiman Fallatah  1-0152017World Blitz Championship (Women)C23 Bishop's Opening
 page 1 of 19; games 1-25 of 462  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Dec-29-17  PhilFeeley: After day 1, Pia Cramling in the lead! Wouldn't it be neat if she won, to go with the other Old Guy winning the rapid.
Dec-30-17  siamesedream: Congratulations to Blitz Women World Champion 2017 <Nana Dzagnidze>!
Dec-30-17  Sokrates: Congratulations to the true world champions, Hou Yifan and the Muzychuk sisters who bravely stayed out of this fake championship. None of the women here are worthy of any title.
Jan-08-18  dumbgai: <Sokrates> is right.
Jan-09-18  JimNorCal: one eighty

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