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The 2020 Chess.com Speed Chess Championship took place 1st November to 12th December 2020. The 16 player final follows a long series of qualifying events which produced 8 qualifiers to go alongside the 8 invitees. There is a prize fund of $100,000 for this final phase Players: Hikaru Nakamura (World number 1 rated blitz player and winner of this event in 2018 and 2019) , Magnus Carlsen (World Champion and world number 2 blitz player - winner in 2017, the last time he played, when he defeated Nakamura), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Wesley So, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Vladislav Artemiev, Alireza Firouzja, Vladimir Fedoseev, Anish Giri, Levon Aronian, Fabiano Caruana, Nodirbek Abdussatorov, Nihal Sarin, Parham Maghsoodloo, Haik Martirosyan and Jan Krzysztof Duda.

Round 1 pairings and results so far: MVL 16.5-11.5 Sarin, Carlsen 24-5 Maghsoodloo, Fedoseev 15-14 Firouzja, Wesley So 18-10 Abdussatorov, Aronian 14-11 Nepomniachtchi, Nakamura 21-5 Martirosyan, Duda 17-9 Caruana and Artemiev 15.5-11.5 Giri.

Change: The semifinals wereon the 9th and 11th December Nakamura 13.5-12.5 So and MVL 13-11 Carlsen. The final on 12th December saw Nakamura beat MVL 18.5-12.5. The final was very close until a few games into the final bullet portion - once Nakamura got on top here he ran away with it.

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chess.com Speed 2020 chess.com INT Sun 1st Nov 2020 - Sun 13th Dec 2020 Leading Final Round 4 Standings:
Rk	Name	Pts
	Final (Sat 12th Dec)
1	Nakamura, Hikaru	18.5
2	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	12.5
	Round 3
1	Nakamura, Hikaru	13.5
2	So, Wesley	12.5
1	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	13
2	Carlsen, Magnus	11
	Round 2
1	So, Wesley	16
2	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	10
1	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	14.5
2	Aronian, Levon	12.5
1	Carlsen, Magnus	13.5
2	Artemiev, Vladislav	9.5
1	Nakamura, Hikaru	21.5
2	Fedoseev, Vladimir	5.5
	Round 1
1	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	16.5
2	Sarin, Nihal	11.5
1	Carlsen, Magnus	24
2	Maghsoodloo, Parham	5
1	Fedoseev, Vladimir	15
2	Firouzja, Alireza	14
1	So, Wesley	18
2	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	10
1	Aronian, Levon	14
2	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	11
1	Nakamura, Hikaru	21
2	Martirosyan, Haik	5
1	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	17
2	Caruana, Fabiano	9
1	Artemiev, Vladislav	15.5
2	Giri, Anish	11.5
16 players

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