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Levitov Chess Week (2019) Former World Champions Vladimir Kramnik and Vishy Anand joined six more star players for a private chess event in the five-star Waldorf Astoria hotel in Amsterdam organised by former Russian Chess Federation head Ilya Levitov on his 40th birthday. The first event was a 7-round blitz tournament, played on August 3. Players had 3 minutes for all moves, with a 2-second increment from move 1. (1) The 7-round rapid tournament took place from August 4-6. Players had 25 minutes for all moves, with a 10-second increment from move 1. (2) Chief arbiter: Arno Eliens. The games were not broadcast live. The Blitz tournament (3 August) was won on tiebreak by Vladimir Kramnik with 5/7: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 Kramnik * 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 5 2 Anand 0 * 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 5 3 Grischuk ½ 0 * 0 1 1 1 1 4½ 4 Svidler 0 0 1 * 0 1 1 1 4 5 Nepomniachtchi ½ 0 0 1 * 1 ½ ½ 3½ 6 Gelfand 0 ½ 0 0 0 * ½ 1 2 7 Giri 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ * 1 2 8 Bareev 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 * 2 The main Rapid tournament (4-6 August) was won on tiebreak by Ian Nepomniachtchi with 5/7: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 Nepomniachtchi * 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 5 2 Grischuk 0 * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 5 3 Giri 1 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 4½ 4 Anand 0 0 ½ * 1 1 0 1 3½ 5 Gelfand ½ ½ ½ 0 * 1 1 0 3½ 6 Kramnik 0 0 ½ 0 0 * 1 1 2½ 7 Svidler ½ 0 ½ 1 0 0 * ½ 2½ 8 Bareev 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ * 1½ Chess.com 1: https://www.chess.com/news/view/201... Chess.com 2: https://www.chess.com/news/view/nep... Chess-Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr460844.... ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/amste... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/chessnew... (1) Chess24: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-t... (2) Chess24: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-t...  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 56  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Anand vs Svidler 1-0 41 2019 Levitov Chess Week B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 2. Gelfand vs Giri   ½-½ 49 2019 Levitov Chess Week E10 Queen's Pawn Game 3. Svidler vs Gelfand   1-0 69 2019 Levitov Chess Week A36 English 4. Bareev vs Anand   ½-½ 52 2019 Levitov Chess Week D02 Queen's Pawn Game 5. Nepomniachtchi vs Grischuk   0-1 42 2019 Levitov Chess Week C44 King's Pawn Game 6. Kramnik vs Giri   1-0 33 2019 Levitov Chess Week A45 Queen's Pawn Game 7. Grischuk vs Kramnik   ½-½ 51 2019 Levitov Chess Week A06 Reti Opening 8. Anand vs Nepomniachtchi 1-0 56 2019 Levitov Chess Week B06 Robatsch 9. Gelfand vs Bareev   1-0 47 2019 Levitov Chess Week A46 Queen's Pawn Game 10. Giri vs Svidler   0-1 30 2019 Levitov Chess Week B40 Sicilian 11. Bareev vs Svidler   0-1 21 2019 Levitov Chess Week A36 English 12. Nepomniachtchi vs Gelfand   1-0 50 2019 Levitov Chess Week B33 Sicilian 13. Kramnik vs Anand   1-0 57 2019 Levitov Chess Week A20 English 14. Grischuk vs Giri   1-0 33 2019 Levitov Chess Week A06 Reti Opening 15. Anand vs Grischuk 1-0 25 2019 Levitov Chess Week C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 16. Svidler vs Nepomniachtchi   0-1 65 2019 Levitov Chess Week A20 English 17. Grischuk vs Bareev   1-0 30 2019 Levitov Chess Week C11 French 18. Kramnik vs Nepomniachtchi   ½-½ 39 2019 Levitov Chess Week A48 King's Indian 19. Giri vs Nepomniachtchi   ½-½ 45 2019 Levitov Chess Week B10 Caro-Kann 20. Bareev vs Kramnik 1-0 46 2019 Levitov Chess Week A20 English 21. Svidler vs Grischuk   1-0 39 2019 Levitov Chess Week A20 English 22. Gelfand vs Anand   ½-½ 68 2019 Levitov Chess Week A21 English 23. Anand vs Giri 1-0 29 2019 Levitov Chess Week B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 24. Grischuk vs Gelfand   1-0 30 2019 Levitov Chess Week E61 King's Indian 25. Kramnik vs Svidler   1-0 33 2019 Levitov Chess Week A48 King's Indian  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 56    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Jan-31-21    MissScarlett: <former Russian Chess Federation head Ilya Levitov on his 40th birthday.> Another Putin friend or associate? 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