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The King Salman World Rapid & Blitz Championship took place in Moscow 26th to 30th December 2019.

Magnus Carlsen won a 3rd Rapid title with 11.5/15 a point clear of Alireza Firouzja (who was under the FIDE flag for the first time) and Hikaru Nakamura. Vladislav Artemiev also scored 10.5 points. In the women's section Humpy Koneru earned her first World Title after defeating Lei Tingjie in a tie-break that went to a final Armageddon game (where Koneru allowed a draw by repetition which won her the tie-break). Spare a thought for Lei Tingjie who had the title within her grasp on a couple of occasions, almost saving her final round game where she lost to Ekaterina Atalik and then only needing a draw with white in the second tie-break game against Koneru as well.

Carlsen also won the blitz after beating Hikaru Nakamura in a tense tie-break. This was Carlsen's fifth blitz title and the second time he holds the rapid, blitz and classical world titles at the same time. Vladimir Kramnik returned to competition and took third place. Kateryna Lagno retained her World Blitz title after holding a draw in the final round while her close rival Anna Muzychuk turned good winning chances into a loss, Tan Zhongyi took bronze on tie-break behind these two players.

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World Rapid 2019 Moscow RUS Thu 26th Dec 2019 - Mon 30th Dec 2019 Leading Final Round 15 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	Carlsen Magnus	GM	NOR	2886	11.5	128.5	136.0	2719
2	69	Firouzja Alireza	GM	FID	2614	10.5	130.0	137.0	2706
3	3	Nakamura Hikaru	GM	USA	2819	10.5	125.5	131.5	2698
4	8	Artemiev Vladislav	GM	RUS	2756	10.5	120.5	126.0	2653
5	6	Aronian Levon	GM	ARM	2784	10.0	130.5	136.5	2684
6	9	Dominguez Perez Leinier	GM	USA	2755	10.0	128.5	135.5	2719
7	13	Duda Jan-Krzysztof	GM	POL	2751	10.0	128.5	135.0	2693
8	11	Dubov Daniil	GM	RUS	2752	10.0	122.5	129.5	2681
9	4	Korobov Anton	GM	UKR	2818	10.0	114.5	120.0	2629
10	30	Anton Guijarro David	GM	ESP	2709	10.0	114.5	120.0	2613
11	19	Yu Yangyi	GM	CHN	2747	10.0	114.5	119.5	2602
12	12	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	GM	AZE	2752	9.5	133.5	139.5	2713
13	21	Le Quang Liem	GM	VIE	2740	9.5	127.0	134.5	2659
14	2	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	GM	FRA	2873	9.5	127.0	132.5	2705
15	95	Smirin Ilia	GM	ISR	2584	9.5	126.5	133.5	2743
16	18	Giri Anish	GM	NED	2747	9.5	126.5	132.0	2643
17	63	Melkumyan Hrant	GM	ARM	2631	9.5	126.0	133.0	2685
18	22	Svidler Peter	GM	RUS	2738	9.5	126.0	133.0	2656
19	41	Ponkratov Pavel	GM	RUS	2687	9.5	124.0	131.0	2651
20	32	Motylev Alexander	GM	RUS	2703	9.5	123.0	130.0	2635
21	5	Grischuk Alexander	GM	RUS	2808	9.5	122.5	130.0	2651
22	77	Alekseev Evgeny	GM	RUS	2603	9.5	119.0	126.0	2680
23	7	Fedoseev Vladimir	GM	RUS	2768	9.5	117.5	123.5	2624
24	15	Andreikin Dmitry	GM	RUS	2748	9.5	114.0	119.5	2620
25	35	Gelfand Boris	GM	ISR	2700	9.5	113.0	118.5	2568
26	52	Cheparinov Ivan	GM	GEO	2647	9.5	112.5	117.5	2528
27	75	Gareyev Timur	GM	USA	2604	9.5	98.5	103.5	2492
28	17	Wang Hao	GM	CHN	2748	9.0	133.5	140.5	2718
29	20	Nepomniachtchi Ian	GM	RUS	2745	9.0	129.0	135.5	2695
30	74	Grachev Boris	GM	RUS	2606	9.0	127.0	134.5	2702
31	14	Karjakin Sergey	GM	RUS	2749	9.0	125.0	132.5	2632
32	38	Guseinov Gadir	GM	AZE	2691	9.0	125.0	130.5	2667
33	92	Dreev Aleksey	GM	RUS	2588	9.0	122.0	127.5	2676
34	117	Bartel Mateusz	GM	POL	2544	9.0	121.5	127.0	2673
35	58	Antipov Mikhail Al.	GM	RUS	2636	9.0	120.5	127.0	2648
36	43	Mamedov Rauf	GM	AZE	2679	9.0	119.5	126.0	2615
37	151	Xu Yinglun	GM	CHN	2478	9.0	118.5	125.0	2659
38	56	Bocharov Dmitry	GM	RUS	2642	9.0	118.5	124.5	2604
39	45	Shirov Alexei	GM	ESP	2672	9.0	118.5	124.5	2599
40	91	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	GM	IND	2592	9.0	117.5	124.0	2676
41	50	Sjugirov Sanan	GM	RUS	2664	9.0	116.5	122.5	2568
42	47	Shimanov Aleksandr	GM	RUS	2669	9.0	114.5	120.0	2571
43	33	Jobava Baadur	GM	GEO	2702	9.0	114.0	120.5	2578
44	31	Safarli Eltaj	GM	AZE	2709	9.0	113.0	118.5	2601
45	72	Adhiban B.	GM	IND	2607	9.0	110.5	116.0	2591
46	34	Inarkiev Ernesto	GM	RUS	2701	9.0	110.0	116.0	2540
47	84	Kovalev Vladislav	GM	BLR	2597	9.0	110.0	115.0	2630
48	59	Demchenko Anton	GM	RUS	2636	9.0	108.5	115.0	2557
49	88	Quparadze Giga	GM	GEO	2595	9.0	100.0	105.5	2472
50	89	Riazantsev Alexander	GM	RUS	2594	8.5	122.5	128.5	2699
207 players

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World Blitz 2019 Moscow RUS Thu 26th Dec 2019 - Mon 30th Dec 2019 Leading Final Round 21 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	2	Carlsen Magnus	GM	NOR	2865	16.5	261.0	270.0	2721
2	1	Nakamura Hikaru	GM	USA	2885	16.5	259.0	268.5	2716
3	16	Kramnik Vladimir	GM	RUS	2748	15.0	246.5	255.0	2683
4	17	Grischuk Alexander	GM	RUS	2741	14.0	251.5	260.5	2665
5	12	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	GM	FRA	2768	14.0	245.5	255.0	2659
6	50	Firouzja Alireza	GM	FID	2649	13.5	265.5	275.0	2733
7	8	Artemiev Vladislav	GM	RUS	2793	13.5	262.0	272.5	2723
8	5	Yu Yangyi	GM	CHN	2807	13.5	256.5	266.5	2707
9	20	Matlakov Maxim	GM	RUS	2720	13.5	254.5	262.0	2694
10	7	Duda Jan-Krzysztof	GM	POL	2796	13.5	253.0	263.0	2697
11	9	Andreikin Dmitry	GM	RUS	2780	13.5	249.5	260.0	2683
12	23	Fedoseev Vladimir	GM	RUS	2714	13.5	240.5	248.0	2642
13	10	Giri Anish	GM	NED	2769	13.5	239.0	247.0	2622
14	15	Zubov Alexander	GM	UKR	2754	13.5	237.0	246.5	2630
15	31	Aronian Levon	GM	ARM	2698	13.5	233.5	243.0	2632
16	24	Wang Hao	GM	CHN	2714	13.5	231.5	239.5	2630
17	113	Inarkiev Ernesto	GM	RUS	2556	13.5	229.5	236.0	2616
18	6	Svidler Peter	GM	RUS	2805	13.5	221.5	230.5	2600
19	29	Gelfand Boris	GM	ISR	2700	13.5	216.0	225.0	2584
20	47	Dreev Aleksey	GM	RUS	2658	13.0	247.0	256.0	2662
21	4	Nepomniachtchi Ian	GM	RUS	2826	13.0	245.0	255.0	2653
22	42	Mamedov Rauf	GM	AZE	2670	13.0	240.5	249.5	2653
23	49	Salem A.R. Saleh	GM	UAE	2650	13.0	231.5	241.0	2619
24	61	Chigaev Maksim	GM	RUS	2626	13.0	230.5	239.5	2603
25	40	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	GM	POL	2675	13.0	230.5	238.5	2619
26	26	Morozevich Alexander	GM	RUS	2712	13.0	229.0	238.5	2600
27	38	Zhigalko Sergei	GM	BLR	2678	13.0	222.5	231.0	2608
28	152	Harsha Bharathakoti	GM	IND	2488	13.0	218.5	226.0	2603
29	65	Fridman Daniel	GM	GER	2623	13.0	217.0	225.5	2578
30	14	Vidit Santosh Gujrathi	GM	IND	2756	12.5	252.0	260.5	2692
31	27	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	GM	AZE	2706	12.5	247.5	256.5	2658
32	64	Tomashevsky Evgeny	GM	RUS	2624	12.5	246.5	255.5	2690
33	25	Jobava Baadur	GM	GEO	2712	12.5	246.0	255.0	2659
34	48	Sarana Alexey	GM	RUS	2657	12.5	239.5	248.5	2652
35	32	Ponkratov Pavel	GM	RUS	2698	12.5	236.5	246.0	2613
36	104	Predke Alexandr	GM	RUS	2566	12.5	234.5	238.0	2650
37	37	Adly Ahmed	GM	EGY	2679	12.5	229.5	238.5	2621
38	11	Le Quang Liem	GM	VIE	2768	12.5	224.5	232.5	2600
39	55	Indjic Aleksandar	GM	SRB	2639	12.5	215.0	223.5	2594
40	51	Cheparinov Ivan	GM	GEO	2647	12.5	214.5	222.0	2576
41	54	Vallejo Pons Francisco	GM	ESP	2642	12.5	207.5	216.0	2530
42	3	Karjakin Sergey	GM	RUS	2836	12.0	242.0	251.5	2644
43	95	Golubov Saveliy	IM	RUS	2582	12.0	233.0	241.0	2656
44	60	Paravyan David	GM	RUS	2627	12.0	226.5	234.5	2601
45	43	Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo	GM	VEN	2669	12.0	226.0	235.5	2593
46	58	Motylev Alexander	GM	RUS	2629	12.0	226.0	234.0	2589
47	89	Grigoriants Sergey	GM	RUS	2585	12.0	224.5	232.5	2587
48	105	Nozdrachev Vladislav	IM	RUS	2564	12.0	223.0	231.0	2590
49	35	Nihal Sarin	GM	IND	2685	12.0	221.5	231.0	2600
50	21	Vitiugov Nikita	GM	RUS	2719	12.0	221.0	230.0	2585
206 players

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World Blitz TB 2019 Moscow RUS Thu 26th Dec 2019 - Mon 30th Dec 2019 Leading Final Round 2 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	1	2	Pts
1	Carlsen, Magnus	GM	NOR	2865	=	1	1.5
2	Nakamura, Hikaru	GM	USA	2885	=	0	0.5
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World Blitz Women 2019 Moscow RUS Thu 26th Dec 2019 - Mon 30th Dec 2019 Leading Final Round 17 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	Lagno Kateryna	GM	RUS	2606	13.0	170.5	177.5	2405
2	4	Muzychuk Anna	GM	UKR	2504	12.5	168.5	176.0	2359
3	6	Tan Zhongyi	GM	CHN	2480	12.0	167.5	175.5	2401
4	24	Gunina Valentina	GM	RUS	2366	12.0	164.0	170.0	2359
5	3	Kosteniuk Alexandra	GM	RUS	2521	11.5	169.0	177.0	2378
6	2	Lei Tingjie	GM	CHN	2543	11.5	168.5	175.0	2386
7	16	Arabidze Meri	IM	GEO	2412	11.5	161.5	167.0	2366
8	9	Stefanova Antoaneta	GM	BUL	2452	11.5	157.0	162.5	2339
9	7	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	IM	IRI	2463	11.5	142.0	148.0	2250
10	21	Bodnaruk Anastasia	IM	RUS	2375	11.0	167.5	173.5	2371
11	38	Mammadova Gulnar	IM	AZE	2293	11.0	148.5	155.0	2269
12	5	Koneru Humpy	GM	IND	2489	10.5	173.5	181.5	2384
13	43	Munguntuul Batkhuyag	IM	MGL	2282	10.5	165.5	172.5	2392
14	20	Paehtz Elisabeth	IM	GER	2380	10.5	161.5	168.0	2351
15	13	Abdumalik Zhansaya	IM	KAZ	2415	10.5	161.5	168.0	2320
16	14	Galliamova Alisa	IM	RUS	2415	10.5	156.0	162.5	2329
17	17	Saduakassova Dinara	IM	KAZ	2390	10.5	156.0	162.0	2284
18	56	Zhukova Natalia	GM	UKR	2239	10.5	156.0	161.5	2366
19	23	Krush Irina	GM	USA	2371	10.5	146.0	152.0	2227
20	46	Mkrtchian Lilit	IM	ARM	2268	10.5	144.5	152.0	2296
21	12	Ushenina Anna	GM	UKR	2424	10.5	144.5	151.0	2254
22	25	Buksa Nataliya	IM	UKR	2356	10.5	139.0	144.5	2213
23	22	Zatonskih Anna	IM	USA	2374	10.5	136.5	142.5	2190
24	11	Dzagnidze Nana	GM	GEO	2432	10.0	162.0	168.5	2334
25	10	Harika Dronavalli	GM	IND	2445	10.0	162.0	168.5	2333
26	40	Socko Monika	GM	POL	2286	10.0	155.5	161.0	2313
27	96	Fataliyeva Ulviyya	WGM	AZE	2108	10.0	155.0	161.5	2362
28	48	Batsiashvili Nino	GM	GEO	2259	10.0	149.0	155.5	2246
29	36	Shuvalova Polina	WGM	RUS	2302	10.0	140.5	146.5	2210
30	66	Atalik Ekaterina	IM	TUR	2211	10.0	131.5	136.5	2205
31	59	Strutinskaia Galina	WGM	RUS	2227	10.0	125.5	131.0	2140
32	65	Charochkina Daria	IM	RUS	2212	9.5	176.5	185.5	2414
33	39	Voit Daria	WGM	RUS	2293	9.5	163.0	170.5	2340
34	69	Gvetadze Sofio	IM	GEO	2202	9.5	158.0	165.5	2358
35	42	Kashlinskaya Alina	IM	RUS	2282	9.5	156.5	162.5	2307
36	26	Muzychuk Mariya	GM	UKR	2344	9.5	155.0	161.5	2272
37	87	Munkhzul Turmunkh	WIM	MGL	2139	9.5	148.5	155.5	2334
38	45	Mamedjarova Turkan	WGM	AZE	2273	9.5	142.5	149.0	2219
39	103	Nurgali Nazerke	WFM	KAZ	2075	9.5	142.0	148.5	2294
40	47	Garifullina Leya	WIM	RUS	2267	9.5	139.5	147.0	2214
41	30	Pourkashiyan Atousa	WGM	IRI	2327	9.5	139.5	145.0	2198
42	57	Matveeva Svetlana	IM	RUS	2239	9.5	139.0	145.5	2186
43	55	Osmak Iulija	IM	UKR	2242	9.5	135.5	141.5	2169
44	35	Bulmaga Irina	IM	ROU	2308	9.0	157.5	165.5	2286
45	19	Sargsyan Anna M.	WIM	ARM	2382	9.0	153.5	160.0	2305
46	86	Goltseva Ekaterina	FM	RUS	2143	9.0	149.0	156.0	2305
47	28	Girya Olga	WGM	RUS	2337	9.0	147.0	153.5	2241
48	15	Gaponenko Inna	IM	UKR	2415	9.0	147.0	153.5	2226
49	50	Ambartsumova Karina	IM	RUS	2254	9.0	145.0	150.0	2272
50	79	Balaian Alina	WIM	RUS	2173	9.0	144.5	150.0	2275
122 players

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World Rapid Women 2019 Moscow RUS Thu 26th Dec 2019 - Mon 30th Dec 2019 Leading Final Round 12 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	13	Koneru Humpy	GM	IND	2438	9.0	1	86.0	90.5
2	5	Lei Tingjie	GM	CHN	2498	9.0	2	87.5	91.5
3	31	Atalik Ekaterina	IM	TUR	2360	9.0	0	83.0	88.0
4	30	Girya Olga	WGM	RUS	2365	8.5	0	88.0	92.5
5	6	Tan Zhongyi	GM	CHN	2496	8.5	0	86.5	92.0
6	1	Muzychuk Anna	GM	UKR	2592	8.5	0	83.5	88.5
7	4	Muzychuk Mariya	GM	UKR	2518	8.5	0	82.0	87.5
8	7	Pogonina Natalija	WGM	RUS	2494	8.5	0	78.5	82.5
9	24	Bulmaga Irina	IM	ROU	2383	8.0	0	88.5	93.5
10	53	Kashlinskaya Alina	IM	RUS	2293	8.0	0	81.5	86.5
11	3	Lagno Kateryna	GM	RUS	2533	8.0	0	81.5	86.0
12	33	Danielian Elina	GM	ARM	2356	8.0	0	80.5	86.0
13	16	Harika Dronavalli	GM	IND	2425	8.0	0	80.0	85.0
14	10	Stefanova Antoaneta	GM	BUL	2455	8.0	0	77.5	82.5
15	28	Shuvalova Polina	WGM	RUS	2370	8.0	0	74.0	79.0
16	2	Kosteniuk Alexandra	GM	RUS	2538	8.0	0	73.5	78.5
17	37	Voit Daria	WGM	RUS	2344	8.0	0	72.5	77.0
18	19	Arabidze Meri	IM	GEO	2416	7.5	0	81.0	85.0
19	62	Kovanova Baira	WGM	RUS	2258	7.5	0	79.5	83.0
20	14	Gunina Valentina	GM	RUS	2434	7.5	0	78.5	83.5
21	8	Abdumalik Zhansaya	IM	KAZ	2484	7.5	0	78.5	81.5
22	9	Dzagnidze Nana	GM	GEO	2478	7.5	0	77.5	82.5
23	23	Batsiashvili Nino	GM	GEO	2401	7.5	0	76.0	81.0
24	42	Khomeriki Nino	WGM	GEO	2327	7.5	0	76.0	80.5
25	12	Ushenina Anna	GM	UKR	2439	7.5	0	69.5	73.5
26	66	Fataliyeva Ulviyya	WGM	AZE	2244	7.5	0	69.0	72.5
27	20	Krush Irina	GM	USA	2415	7.0	0	76.0	80.0
28	11	Saduakassova Dinara	IM	KAZ	2446	7.0	0	74.5	79.5
29	17	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	IM	IRI	2421	7.0	0	74.0	78.0
30	46	Assaubayeva Bibisara	FM	KAZ	2311	7.0	0	73.0	76.5
31	18	Mammadova Gulnar	IM	AZE	2418	7.0	0	72.0	77.0
32	41	Gaponenko Inna	IM	UKR	2328	7.0	0	71.5	75.0
33	36	Ambartsumova Karina	IM	RUS	2346	7.0	0	70.5	75.0
34	32	Socko Monika	GM	POL	2359	7.0	0	70.5	74.0
35	26	Paehtz Elisabeth	IM	GER	2381	7.0	0	69.5	73.5
36	43	Osmak Iulija	IM	UKR	2318	7.0	0	67.0	70.0
37	49	Pourkashiyan Atousa	WGM	IRI	2299	7.0	0	64.0	67.5
38	50	Guseva Marina	IM	RUS	2297	7.0	0	58.5	62.0
39	29	Munguntuul Batkhuyag	IM	MGL	2368	6.5	0	79.0	82.5
40	96	Afonasieva Anna	WFM	RUS	2144	6.5	0	77.0	82.5
41	45	Maltsevskaya Aleksandra	WGM	RUS	2316	6.5	0	76.0	80.0
42	56	Kovalevskaya Ekaterina	IM	RUS	2278	6.5	0	73.5	77.0
43	119	Song Yuxin	WIM	CHN	1912	6.5	0	73.0	78.5
44	77	Nomin-Erdene Davaademberel	IM	MGL	2190	6.5	0	73.0	75.5
45	39	Badelka Olga	IM	BLR	2339	6.5	0	72.5	76.0
46	60	Ovod Evgenija	IM	RUS	2262	6.5	0	72.0	76.0
47	27	Galliamova Alisa	IM	RUS	2378	6.5	0	71.5	76.5
48	57	Mammadzada Gunay	IM	AZE	2277	6.5	0	70.5	74.0
49	38	Zimina Olga	IM	ITA	2343	6.5	0	69.0	73.0
50	70	Doluhanova Evgeniya	WGM	UKR	2227	6.5	0	65.0	68.5
122 players

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World Rapid Women TB 2019 Moscow RUS Thu 26th Dec 2019 - Mon 30th Dec 2019 Leading Final Round 3 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	1	2	3	Pts
1	Koneru Humpy	GM	IND	2438	0	1	=*	1.5*
2	Lei Tingjie	GM	CHN	2498	1	0	=	1.5
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