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The Chess.com Speed Chess Championship took place Mon 8th Nov to Sun 19th Dec 2021. Round 1 pairings: Nov 8 Giri 14-12 Duda, Nov 9 Ding 14-12 Mamedyarov, Nov 10 Rapport 16.5-14.5 Sarana, Nov 11 Nihal Sarin 15.5-10.5 Grischuk, Nov 11 Aronian 15-12 Dubov, Nov 12 Nakamura 22-10 Svidler, Nov 15 So 18-14 Xiong and Nov 29 Caruana 13.5-12.5 MVL.

Quarter Finals December 2nd Sarin 18-9 Rapport. December 6th Ding 15-11 Aronian, Nakamura 18.5-10.5 Giri and So 17.5-9.5 Caruana.

Semi Finals December Nakamura just squeezed past Ding Liren 16.5-15.5. Wesley So beat Nihail Sarin 15-14 in another super close match. The final was dominated by Nakamura - after taking a two point lead after the first 5 minute plus 1 second a move phase he just continued to move away from So and won by a crushing score of 23 to 8.

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chess.com Speed 2021 chess.com INT Mon 8th Nov 2021 - Sun 19th Dec 2021 Leading Round 3 (of 4) Standings:
Rk	Name	Pts
	Final
1	Nakamura, Hikaru
1	So, Wesley
	Semifinal
1	Nakamura, Hikaru	16.6
2	Ding, Liren	15.5
1	So, Wesley	15
2	Nihal, Sarin	14
	Quarterfinal
1	Nihal, Sarin	18.0
2	Rapport, Richard	9.0
1	Ding, Liren	15.0
2	Aronian, Levon	11.0
1	Nakamura, Hikaru	18.5
2	Giri, Anish	10.5
1	So, Wesley	17.5
2	Caruana, Fabiano	9.5
	Round 1
1	Rapport, Richard	16.5
2	Sarana, Alexey	14.5
1	Nihal, Sarin	15.5
2	Grischuk, Alexander	10.5
1	Ding, Liren	14.0
2	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	12.0
1	Aronian, Levon	15.0
2	Dubov, Daniil	12.0
1	Nakamura, Hikaru	22.0
2	Svidler, Peter	10.0
1	Giri, Anish	14.0
2	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	12.0
1	So, Wesley	18.0
2	Xiong, Jeffery	14.0
1	Caruana, Fabiano	13.5
2	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	12.5
16 players

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