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World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2018

Mark Crowther - Wednesday 26th December 2018

World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2018

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The World Rapid and Blitz Championships took place in St Petersburg 26th to 30th December 2018.

Daniil Dubov won the Rapid World Championship with 11/15 ahead of Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Hikaru Nakamura. Carlsen started with two losses but ended up in 5th place in a tie half a point behind the winner. World Champion Ju Wenjun dominated the women's rapid event winning with 10/12 a point clear of Sarasadat Khademalsharieh and Aleksandra Goryachkina.

Magnus Carlsen was undefeated in winning the blitz section with 17/21 but was chased all the way by Jan-Krzysztof Duda who finished half a point behind and Hikaru Nakamura was a distant 3rd. Kateryna Lagno was also undefeated in the women's blitz with 13.5/17 half a point clear of Sarasadat Khademalsharieh who in turn was half a point clear of Tingjie Lei.

There were a special prizes for the best combined performances, Carlsen won with 27.5 points = 10.5 + 17 points, Jan-Krzysztof Duda 26.5 = 10 + 16.5 and Nakamura 24.5 points 10 + 14.5. Sarasadat Khademalsharieh had the best combined score in the somen's section.

This is Carlsen's 10th World Title and 4th World Blitz. He is also number one in Classical, Rapid and Blitz at the end of the year.

World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2018 (St Petersburg RUS)
Wed 26th Dec 2018 - Sun 30th Dec 2018 - Official Site - Results - Live

World Rapid 2018 (15 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:15m+10spm) - Games in PGN: Rapid Games

World Blitz 2018 (21 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:3m+2spm) - Games in PGN: Blitz Games

World Blitz Women 2018 (17 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:3m+2spm) - Games in PGN: Blitz Games

World Rapid Women 2018 (15 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:15m+10spm) - Games in PGN: Rapid Games Women

World Rapid 2018 (15 Rds Swiss Indiv TC: 15m+10spm) - Games in PGN: Rapid Games

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World Rapid 2018 St Petersburg RUS Wed 26th Dec 2018 - Sun 30th Dec 2018 Leading Final Round 15 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	25	Dubov Daniil	GM	RUS	2723	11.0	2860	132.5	140.5
2	6	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	GM	AZE	2786	10.5	2846	131.5	138.5
3	2	Nakamura Hikaru	GM	USA	2844	10.5	2833	125.5	131.0
4	3	Artemiev Vladislav	GM	RUS	2812	10.5	2828	131.5	139.0
5	1	Carlsen Magnus	GM	NOR	2903	10.5	2779	121.5	127.0
6	169	Firouzja Alireza	GM	IRI	2412	10.0	2848	130.0	136.0
7	11	Yu Yangyi	GM	CHN	2758	10.0	2820	132.0	138.5
8	16	Giri Anish	GM	NED	2739	10.0	2815	129.5	135.5
9	8	Karjakin Sergey	GM	RUS	2774	10.0	2794	126.5	133.5
10	43	Petrosian Tigran L.	GM	ARM	2676	10.0	2791	125.0	132.0
11	15	Korobov Anton	GM	UKR	2740	10.0	2780	132.0	139.0
12	35	Matlakov Maxim	GM	RUS	2690	10.0	2765	124.5	132.0
13	38	Duda Jan-Krzysztof	GM	POL	2683	10.0	2759	117.5	124.0
14	29	Anton Guijarro David	GM	ESP	2708	10.0	2750	124.0	130.0
15	19	Grischuk Alexander	GM	RUS	2732	10.0	2746	122.0	129.5
16	21	Jakovenko Dmitry	GM	RUS	2731	10.0	2731	114.0	119.0
17	59	Ponkratov Pavel	GM	RUS	2650	10.0	2679	112.5	118.0
18	22	Andreikin Dmitry	GM	RUS	2725	9.5	2801	134.0	139.5
19	7	Wang Hao	GM	CHN	2782	9.5	2772	130.0	136.0
20	40	Zubov Alexander	GM	UKR	2681	9.5	2770	124.0	129.5
21	31	Oparin Grigoriy	GM	RUS	2701	9.5	2764	129.0	135.5
22	12	Kamsky Gata	GM	USA	2757	9.5	2745	127.5	134.0
23	24	Anand Viswanathan	GM	IND	2723	9.5	2741	126.0	131.0
24	64	Alekseenko Kirill	GM	RUS	2635	9.5	2712	122.5	128.0
25	41	Fridman Daniel	GM	GER	2677	9.5	2707	117.5	123.0
26	27	Jobava Baadur	GM	GEO	2718	9.5	2679	110.5	116.5
27	32	Cheparinov Ivan	GM	GEO	2697	9.5	2676	119.5	126.0
28	50	Kovalenko Igor	GM	LAT	2665	9.5	2564	96.0	101.0
29	9	Nepomniachtchi Ian	GM	RUS	2771	9.0	2775	133.0	140.0
30	28	Gelfand Boris	GM	ISR	2715	9.0	2746	124.5	130.0
31	44	Sargissian Gabriel	GM	ARM	2674	9.0	2720	123.5	130.5
32	45	Shirov Alexei	GM	ESP	2674	9.0	2710	119.0	125.0
33	39	Salem A.R. Saleh	GM	UAE	2682	9.0	2708	124.0	130.0
34	80	Rakhmanov Aleksandr	GM	RUS	2613	9.0	2704	117.5	123.5
35	58	Alekseev Evgeny	GM	RUS	2650	9.0	2704	116.5	121.5
36	13	Svidler Peter	GM	RUS	2753	9.0	2703	127.5	132.5
37	20	Guseinov Gadir	GM	AZE	2732	9.0	2702	116.5	122.5
38	51	Saric Ivan	GM	CRO	2661	9.0	2699	121.0	128.0
39	52	Savchenko Boris	GM	RUS	2660	9.0	2687	115.5	121.5
40	73	Inarkiev Ernesto	GM	RUS	2624	9.0	2680	116.0	122.0
41	112	Goganov Aleksey	GM	RUS	2545	9.0	2679	120.5	126.0
42	23	Zhigalko Sergei	GM	BLR	2724	9.0	2659	120.5	126.5
43	71	Antipov Mikhail Al.	GM	RUS	2628	9.0	2650	106.5	112.0
44	78	Piorun Kacper	GM	POL	2615	9.0	2649	114.0	119.5
45	18	Tomashevsky Evgeny	GM	RUS	2737	9.0	2648	113.0	119.0
46	77	Sarana Alexey	GM	RUS	2617	9.0	2633	106.0	112.0
47	14	Le Quang Liem	GM	VIE	2752	9.0	2624	109.0	114.5
48	53	Bocharov Ivan	IM	RUS	2657	9.0	2620	111.5	117.5
49	82	Paravyan David	GM	RUS	2611	9.0	2607	106.0	111.5
50	57	Demchenko Anton	GM	RUS	2651	9.0	2598	108.5	113.5
206 players

World Blitz 2018 (21 Rds Swiss Indiv TC: 3m+2spm) - Games in PGN: Blitz Games

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World Blitz 2018 St Petersburg RUS Wed 26th Dec 2018 - Sun 30th Dec 2018 Leading Final Round 21 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	Carlsen Magnus	GM	NOR	2939	17.0	2962	256.0	264.0
2	32	Duda Jan-Krzysztof	GM	POL	2694	16.5	2930	257.0	265.0
3	2	Nakamura Hikaru	GM	USA	2889	14.5	2845	260.5	270.0
4	3	Aronian Levon	GM	ARM	2858	14.0	2833	260.0	268.5
5	11	Svidler Peter	GM	RUS	2770	14.0	2831	264.5	274.0
6	4	Nepomniachtchi Ian	GM	RUS	2846	14.0	2817	254.0	262.5
7	12	Karjakin Sergey	GM	RUS	2759	14.0	2800	255.5	265.0
8	9	Andreikin Dmitry	GM	RUS	2777	13.5	2799	258.5	268.5
9	6	Artemiev Vladislav	GM	RUS	2825	13.5	2796	257.5	266.0
10	14	Giri Anish	GM	NED	2751	13.5	2779	254.5	264.0
11	139	Nihal Sarin	GM	IND	2506	13.5	2777	246.0	255.5
12	52	Matlakov Maxim	GM	RUS	2653	13.5	2760	255.5	265.0
13	13	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	GM	AZE	2754	13.5	2754	249.5	259.5
14	31	Vitiugov Nikita	GM	RUS	2696	13.5	2743	249.5	257.5
15	18	Dubov Daniil	GM	RUS	2743	13.5	2706	231.5	241.0
16	15	Fedoseev Vladimir	GM	RUS	2750	13.5	2674	228.5	238.0
17	36	Korobov Anton	GM	UKR	2677	13.0	2743	232.5	240.0
18	22	Gelfand Boris	GM	ISR	2722	13.0	2728	248.0	257.5
19	39	Dreev Aleksey	GM	RUS	2675	13.0	2703	237.5	245.5
20	38	Adly Ahmed	GM	EGY	2675	13.0	2702	239.0	247.0
21	70	Jakovenko Dmitry	GM	RUS	2616	13.0	2700	241.0	249.5
22	7	Grischuk Alexander	GM	RUS	2825	13.0	2699	240.0	249.5
23	20	Zubov Alexander	GM	UKR	2729	13.0	2698	232.5	241.0
24	34	Zhigalko Sergei	GM	BLR	2693	13.0	2696	236.5	246.0
25	17	Sjugirov Sanan	GM	RUS	2748	13.0	2679	231.5	239.0
26	47	Kamsky Gata	GM	USA	2657	13.0	2678	219.0	227.5
27	40	Inarkiev Ernesto	GM	RUS	2674	13.0	2656	229.0	238.0
28	80	Sychev Klementy	IM	RUS	2594	13.0	2656	224.5	231.5
29	90	Golubov Saveliy	IM	RUS	2574	12.5	2768	254.5	262.5
30	58	Maghsoodloo Parham	GM	IRI	2642	12.5	2754	247.5	255.5
31	82	Hovhannisyan Robert	GM	ARM	2588	12.5	2707	228.0	236.0
32	19	Mamedov Rauf	GM	AZE	2741	12.5	2691	233.0	242.5
33	57	Indjic Aleksandar	GM	SRB	2643	12.5	2687	244.0	253.0
34	29	Melkumyan Hrant	GM	ARM	2699	12.5	2643	224.5	233.5
35	8	Yu Yangyi	GM	CHN	2804	12.5	2640	223.0	231.0
36	23	Jones Gawain C B	GM	ENG	2722	12.5	2621	229.5	237.5
37	43	Vallejo Pons Francisco	GM	ESP	2673	12.5	2615	226.0	234.5
38	56	Salem A.R. Saleh	GM	UAE	2645	12.5	2607	216.0	224.5
39	92	Tsydypov Zhamsaran	IM	RUS	2573	12.0	2749	253.5	262.0
40	68	Cheparinov Ivan	GM	GEO	2618	12.0	2732	247.5	256.0
41	116	Yudin Sergei	GM	RUS	2533	12.0	2728	243.0	252.0
42	44	Firouzja Alireza	GM	IRI	2667	12.0	2707	239.5	248.5
43	84	Ghaem Maghami Ehsan	GM	IRI	2582	12.0	2692	238.0	246.5
44	33	Kovalenko Igor	GM	LAT	2693	12.0	2689	239.5	248.5
45	117	Fridman Daniel	GM	GER	2530	12.0	2679	224.5	233.5
46	5	Anand Viswanathan	GM	IND	2832	12.0	2666	235.5	244.0
47	46	Amin Bassem	GM	EGY	2659	12.0	2657	228.0	236.5
48	59	Oparin Grigoriy	GM	RUS	2641	12.0	2640	232.0	241.0
49	25	Guseinov Gadir	GM	AZE	2708	12.0	2637	224.0	232.5
50	71	Sarana Alexey	GM	RUS	2616	12.0	2634	229.5	238.5
202 players

World Blitz Women 2018 (17 Rds Swiss Indiv TC: 3m+2spm) - Games in PGN: Blitz Games

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World Blitz Women 2018 St Petersburg RUS Wed 26th Dec 2018 - Sun 30th Dec 2018 Leading Final Round 17 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	2	Lagno Kateryna	GM	RUS	2560	13.5	2616	174.0	181.5
2	25	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	IM	IRI	2377	13.0	2562	171.0	178.5
3	12	Lei Tingjie	GM	CHN	2458	12.5	2558	170.5	177.5
4	10	Gunina Valentina	GM	RUS	2489	12.0	2490	166.5	174.0
5	8	Tan Zhongyi	GM	CHN	2494	11.5	2479	164.0	172.0
6	14	Goryachkina Aleksandra	GM	RUS	2422	11.5	2463	160.5	167.5
7	15	Ushenina Anna	GM	UKR	2419	11.5	2442	174.0	181.5
8	93	Garifullina Leya	WCM	RUS	2120	11.0	2519	170.0	176.5
9	4	Ju Wenjun	GM	CHN	2558	11.0	2500	172.5	180.0
10	52	Mamedjarova Zeinab	WGM	AZE	2271	11.0	2494	166.0	171.0
11	40	Gaponenko Inna	IM	UKR	2314	11.0	2480	159.5	165.5
12	3	Muzychuk Anna	GM	UKR	2559	11.0	2413	159.0	166.5
13	7	Stefanova Antoaneta	GM	BUL	2496	11.0	2398	156.5	164.0
14	29	Paehtz Elisabeth	IM	GER	2366	11.0	2393	158.5	165.0
15	122	Munkhzul Turmunkh	WFM	MGL	1936	11.0	2390	146.5	154.0
16	28	Bodnaruk Anastasia	IM	RUS	2366	10.5	2501	166.5	173.0
17	36	Arabidze Meri	IM	GEO	2323	10.5	2447	153.5	159.0
18	16	Galliamova Alisa	IM	RUS	2417	10.5	2403	155.0	162.0
19	62	Shuvalova Polina	WIM	RUS	2226	10.5	2402	148.0	153.5
20	11	Kosteniuk Alexandra	GM	RUS	2475	10.5	2393	162.5	171.5
21	9	Harika Dronavalli	GM	IND	2490	10.5	2391	163.5	170.5
22	30	Girya Olga	WGM	RUS	2363	10.5	2356	151.5	157.5
23	41	Mammadova Gulnar	IM	AZE	2311	10.5	2339	147.0	153.5
24	6	Koneru Humpy	GM	IND	2499	10.0	2415	169.5	176.0
25	55	Mammadzada Gunay	IM	AZE	2256	10.0	2388	147.0	150.0
26	32	Khotenashvili Bela	GM	GEO	2355	10.0	2363	158.5	163.0
27	46	Mamedjarova Turkan	WGM	AZE	2300	10.0	2357	146.5	152.5
28	26	Abdumalik Zhansaya	IM	KAZ	2371	10.0	2356	154.5	161.5
29	63	Vega Gutierrez Sabrina	IM	ESP	2221	10.0	2354	145.5	149.5
30	5	Zhao Xue	GM	CHN	2539	10.0	2331	153.5	160.5
31	74	Assaubayeva Bibisara	FM	RUS	2182	10.0	2292	143.0	149.0
32	31	Javakhishvili Lela	IM	GEO	2357	10.0	2291	148.0	154.5
33	73	Guseva Marina	IM	RUS	2183	10.0	2247	124.0	129.0
34	22	Cramling Pia	GM	SWE	2382	9.5	2378	167.0	174.0
35	1	Dzagnidze Nana	GM	GEO	2580	9.5	2340	156.5	164.5
36	61	Haussernot Cecile	WIM	FRA	2233	9.5	2331	148.0	152.0
37	17	Buksa Nataliya	IM	UKR	2401	9.5	2292	155.5	163.0
38	21	Ambartsumova Karina	WGM	RUS	2387	9.5	2268	154.5	161.0
39	37	Charochkina Daria	IM	RUS	2323	9.5	2241	137.0	142.0
40	38	Batsiashvili Nino	GM	GEO	2320	9.5	2220	137.0	143.5
41	77	Gromova Iulia	WIM	RUS	2176	9.5	2210	120.0	125.0
42	42	Dordzhieva Dinara	WIM	RUS	2311	9.5	2191	133.0	139.5
43	69	Tomilova Elena	WIM	RUS	2202	9.5	2173	121.0	126.0
44	34	Mkrtchian Lilit	IM	ARM	2341	9.5	2167	128.5	134.0
45	110	Drozdova Dina	WIM	RUS	2046	9.0	2384	162.0	170.0
46	79	Chernyak Viktoria	WFM	RUS	2150	9.0	2353	150.0	155.5
47	83	Nebolsina Vera	WGM	RUS	2144	9.0	2333	146.0	150.0
48	71	Nomin-Erdene Davaademberel	IM	MGL	2186	9.0	2309	141.5	146.5
49	19	Muzychuk Mariya	GM	UKR	2395	9.0	2305	150.5	157.0
50	58	Maletina Tatiana	WIM	RUS	2248	9.0	2299	143.5	150.0
125 players

World Rapid Women 2018 (15 Rds Swiss Indiv TC: 15m+10spm) - Games in PGN: Rapid Games Women

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World Rapid Women 2018 St Petersburg RUS Wed 26th Dec 2018 - Sun 30th Dec 2018 Leading Final Round 12 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	2	Ju Wenjun	GM	CHN	2584	10.0	2708	88.0	92.5
2	25	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	IM	IRI	2402	9.0	2585	83.0	87.0
3	11	Goryachkina Aleksandra	GM	RUS	2477	9.0	2563	84.0	89.0
4	1	Muzychuk Anna	GM	UKR	2595	8.5	2577	83.5	89.5
5	16	Tan Zhongyi	GM	CHN	2442	8.5	2565	85.0	89.0
6	15	Abdumalik Zhansaya	IM	KAZ	2444	8.5	2533	86.0	90.5
7	5	Lagno Kateryna	GM	RUS	2539	8.5	2488	79.0	83.0
8	3	Lei Tingjie	GM	CHN	2545	8.5	2472	77.0	82.0
9	17	Bodnaruk Anastasia	IM	RUS	2442	8.5	2459	67.5	72.5
10	30	Saduakassova Dinara	IM	KAZ	2381	8.0	2555	86.5	92.5
11	8	Muzychuk Mariya	GM	UKR	2493	8.0	2547	90.5	97.0
12	26	Gunina Valentina	GM	RUS	2396	8.0	2505	82.0	86.5
13	18	Arabidze Meri	IM	GEO	2431	8.0	2440	75.5	80.5
14	9	Harika Dronavalli	GM	IND	2484	8.0	2398	70.5	75.5
15	24	Shuvalova Polina	WIM	RUS	2411	8.0	2334	69.5	74.5
16	40	Gaponenko Inna	IM	UKR	2320	8.0	2297	72.5	76.0
17	95	Assaubayeva Bibisara	FM	RUS	2153	7.5	2524	90.5	97.5
18	29	Mammadova Gulnar	IM	AZE	2382	7.5	2492	83.0	89.0
19	10	Koneru Humpy	GM	IND	2479	7.5	2455	80.0	85.0
20	4	Kosteniuk Alexandra	GM	RUS	2540	7.5	2442	80.0	85.5
21	118	Garcia Martin Marta	FM	ESP	1977	7.5	2405	72.5	77.5
22	21	Zhao Xue	GM	CHN	2425	7.5	2397	76.0	81.0
23	23	Cramling Pia	GM	SWE	2420	7.5	2373	71.0	75.5
24	7	Paehtz Elisabeth	IM	GER	2506	7.5	2364	70.0	74.0
25	43	Guichard Pauline	WGM	FRA	2319	7.5	2286	65.5	70.0
26	85	Ovod Evgenija	IM	RUS	2190	7.0	2455	78.0	82.0
27	14	Stefanova Antoaneta	GM	BUL	2466	7.0	2420	82.0	87.5
28	34	Galliamova Alisa	IM	RUS	2363	7.0	2415	83.0	88.0
29	22	Girya Olga	WGM	RUS	2425	7.0	2391	80.0	85.0
30	105	Paramzina Anastasya	WGM	RUS	2106	7.0	2387	73.5	78.5
31	70	Maletina Tatiana	WIM	RUS	2239	7.0	2387	70.5	74.5
32	12	Ushenina Anna	GM	UKR	2471	7.0	2375	77.0	82.0
33	33	Voit Daria	FM	RUS	2367	7.0	2357	74.5	79.5
34	45	Tokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim	WGM	UZB	2317	7.0	2350	73.5	74.5
35	38	Berend Elvira	WGM	LUX	2342	7.0	2343	76.0	80.0
36	27	Javakhishvili Lela	IM	GEO	2388	7.0	2340	70.5	74.5
37	124	Munkhzul Turmunkh	WFM	MGL	1862	7.0	2308	69.5	74.5
38	76	Sudakova Irina	WGM	RUS	2220	7.0	2298	60.5	64.5
39	59	Mammadzada Gunay	IM	AZE	2261	7.0	2295	71.5	75.5
40	53	Romanovskaya Anna	WFM	RUS	2280	7.0	2269	66.5	69.5
41	28	Batsiashvili Nino	GM	GEO	2382	7.0	2252	70.5	75.0
42	6	Dzagnidze Nana	GM	GEO	2515	6.5	2378	80.5	85.5
43	56	Nguyen Thi Mai Hung	WGM	VIE	2268	6.5	2372	80.0	84.5
44	104	Protopopova Anastasiya	WFM	RUS	2112	6.5	2370	73.0	77.0
45	83	Solozhenkina Elizaveta	WIM	RUS	2198	6.5	2362	71.0	74.0
46	20	Khotenashvili Bela	GM	GEO	2428	6.5	2339	78.5	83.0
47	47	Zhukova Natalia	GM	UKR	2306	6.5	2296	67.0	71.0
48	92	Nebolsina Vera	WGM	RUS	2158	6.5	2289	66.0	69.0
49	75	Vasilevich Irina	IM	RUS	2228	6.5	2270	66.0	69.5
50	41	Michna Marta	WGM	GER	2320	6.5	2242	66.0	70.5
124 players

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