Abu Dhabi Super Blitz Challenge 2020 (Games and Results)
Abu Dhabi Super Blitz Challenge 2020
Mark Crowther - Friday 17th April 2020
The Abu Dhabi Super Blitz Challenge took place on the chess.com servers starting at 18:00 BST 15th April 2020. Players included: Nakamura, MVL and Caruana. Vladislav Artemiev beat Olexandr Bortnyk 2-0 in the final of the event Daniil Dubov beat Sarin Nihal to finished 3rd. There was an 11 round swiss event with 1215 players. The top 8 played a knockout to decide the prizes.
Details: Artemiev wins the Abu Dhabi super blitz challenge.
All the games have been published but I could only produce a 171 game file of the games from the preliminary section - those between the players whose names and nicknames I had time to look up. I do have all the games from the final knockout phase.
1st Abu Dhabi Super Blitz Challenge 2020 (chess.com INT)
Wed 15th Apr 2020 - Wed 15th Apr 2020 -
Official Site
1st Abu Dhabi Super Blitz (11 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:3m+1spm) - Games in PGN: Games Prelim
Abu Dhabi Super Blitz KO (8 players 3 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:3m+1spm) - Games in PGN: Games Final
1st Abu Dhabi Super Blitz (11 Rds Swiss Indiv TC: 3m+1spm) - Games in PGN: Games Prelim
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| 1st Abu Dhabi Super Blitz chess.com INT Wed 15th Apr 2020 - Wed 15th Apr 2020
Leading Final Round 11 Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 |
| 1 | Nihal Sarin | GM | IND | 2620 | 9.5 | 69.75 |
| 2 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | GM | RUS | 2784 | 9.5 | 67.5 |
| 3 | Peter Svidler | GM | RUS | 2723 | 9.5 | 65.75 |
| 4 | Artur Avalyan | FM | RUS | 2342 | 9.5 | 63.5 |
| 5 | Oleksandr Bornyk | GM | UKR | 2598 | 9.5 | 63.25 |
| 6 | Daniil Dubov | GM | RUS | 2699 | 9.5 | 63 |
| 7 | Vladislav Artemiev | GM | RUS | 2716 | 9.5 | 54 |
| 8 | Parham Maghsoodloo | GM | IRI | 2676 | 9 | 64.5 |
| 9 | Vladimir Baklan | GM | UKR | 2587 | 9 | 64 |
| 10 | Sean Winshand Cuhendi | IM | INA | 2419 | 9 | 61.5 |
| 10 | David Paravyan | GM | RUS | 2653 | 9 | 61.5 |
| 12 | Zaven Andriasian | GM | ARM | 2606 | 9 | 59.75 |
| 13 | Fabiano Caruana | GM | USA | 2835 | 9 | 59.25 |
| 14 | Gabor Nagy | IM | HUN | 2502 | 9 | 59 |
| 14 | Sam Sevian | GM | USA | 2660 | 9 | 59 |
| 16 | Tomas Laurusas | IM | LTU | 2511 | 9 | 58.5 |
| 17 | Michael Roiz | GM | ISR | 2583 | 9 | 55.75 |
| 18 | Alisher Suleymenov | IM | KAZ | 2423 | 9 | 55 |
| 19 | Tuan Minh Le | IM | VIE | 2501 | 9 | 54.75 |
| 20 | Krishnan Sasikiran | GM | IND | 2647 | 9 | 54.5 |
| 21 | Ognjen Cvitan | GM | CRO | 2467 | 9 | 53 |
| 21 players | ||||||
Abu Dhabi Super Blitz KO (8 players 3 Rds Swiss Indiv TC: 3m+1spm) - Games in PGN: Games Final
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| Abu Dhabi Super Blitz KO chess.com INT Wed 15th Apr 2020 - Wed 15th Apr 2020
Leading Final Round 3 Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Pts |
| Final | ||
| 1 | Artemiev, Vladislav | 2 |
| 2 | Bortnyk, Olexandr | 0 |
| 3rd-4th | ||
| 1 | Dubov, Daniil | 2 |
| 2 | Nihal, Sarin | 0 |
| Semi-final | ||
| 1 | Bortnyk, Olexandr | 2 |
| 2 | Nihal, Sarin | 0 |
| 1 | Artemiev, Vladislav | 2 |
| 2 | Dubov, Daniil | 0 |
| Quarter-final | ||
| 1 | Nihal, Sarin | 2 |
| 2 | Maghsoodloo, Parham | 0 |
| 1 | Bortnyk, Olexandr | 1.5 |
| 2 | Avalyan, Artur | 0.5 |
| 1 | Artemiev, Vladislav | 2 |
| 2 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 0 |
| 1 | Dubov, Daniil | 2 |
| 2 | Svidler, Peter | 1 |
| 20 players | ||
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