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The Chess.com Speed Chess Championship took place July 24th to December 2nd 2018. 16 players in a knockout online blitz tournament. 90 minutes of 5/1 blitz, 60 minutes of 3/1 blitz, and 30 minutes of 1/1 bullet chess. Players: Fabiano Caruana, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Hikaru Nakamura, Wesley So, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Levon Aronian, Wei Yi, Anish Giri, Alexander Grischuk, Sergey Karjakin, Hou Yifan, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Vidit Gujrath were all invited. There was an invitational qualifier on June 26th-27th where Leinier Dominguez Perez defeated Jon Ludvig Hammer in the final (Georg Meier and Eric Hansen lost to these in the semi-finals).

1) 24th July - Aronian - 20.5-6.5 Caruana, 2) 26th July 8pm EST - Nakamura 27.5-2.5 Hou Yifan, 3) 29th July 8pm EST - Wesley So 18.5-9,5 Wei Yi, 4) 2nd Aug 8pm BST - MVL 19-12 Dominguez, 5) 7th Aug 5pm - Nepomniachtchi 17.5-11.5 Grischuk, 6) 30th Aug 5pm - Vidit 16-9 Andriasian, 7) 6th Sept 6pm - Duda 13-11 Karjakin, 8) 7th Sept 6pm - Giri 17-15 Mamedyarov.

Quarter Finals Duda 14-13 Grischuk, Aronian 18-11 Giri, So 16.5-10.5 Vidit, Nakamura 21.5-13.5 MVL.

Semi Finals and Finals 3 days running 30th Nov to 2nd December Semi Final Nakamura 17-12 Aronian 6pm So 20-7 Duda. Final Nakamura 15.5-12.5So on 2nd December 2018. The match was tied going into the bullet section but Nakamura dominated there.

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chess.com Speed 2018 chess.com INT Tue 26th Jun 2018 - Thu 18th Oct 2018 Leading Final Round 4 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts
	Finals
1	Nakamura, Hikaru	GM	USA	2777	15.5
2	So, Wesley	GM	USA	2780	12.5
	1/2 Finals
1	So, Wesley	GM	USA	2780	20
2	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	GM	POL	2737	7
1	Nakamura, Hikaru	GM	USA	2777	17
1	Aronian, Levon	GM	ARM	2767	12
	1/4 Finals
1	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	GM	POL	2737	14
2	Grischuk, Alexander	GM	RUS	2766	13
1	Aronian, Levon	GM	ARM	2767	18
2	Giri, Anish	GM	NED	2782	11
1	So, Wesley	GM	USA	2780	16.5
2	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	GM	IND	2718	10.5
1	Nakamura, Hikaru	GM	USA	2777	21.5
2	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	GM	FRA	2779	13.5
	1/8th Finals
1	Aronian, Levon	GM	ARM	2767	20.5
2	Caruana, Fabiano	GM	USA	2822	6.5
1	Nakamura, Hikaru	GM	USA	2777	27.5
2	Hou, Yifan	GM	CHN	2658	2.5
1	So, Wesley	GM	USA	2780	18.5
2	Wei, Yi	GM	CHN	2729	9.5
1	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	GM	FRA	2779	19
2	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	GM	CUB	2739	12
1	Grischuk, Alexander	GM	RUS	2766	17.5
2	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	GM	RUS	2757	11.5
1	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	GM	IND	2718	16
2	Andriasian, Zaven	GM	ARM	2591	9
1	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	GM	POL	2737	13
2	Karjakin, Sergey	GM	RUS	2773	11
1	Giri, Anish	GM	NED	2782	17
2	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	GM	AZE	2801	15
34 players

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chess.com Speed Inv Qualifier chess.com INT Tue 26th Jun 2018 - Thu 18th Oct 2018 Leading Final Round 2 Standings:
Rk	Name	Pts
1	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	10.5
2	Hammer, Jon Ludvig	7.5
1	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	11.0
2	Meier, Georg	9.0
1	Hammer, Jon Ludvig	11.0
2	Hansen, Eric	10.0
6 players

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