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The World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships took place in Doha 26th to 30th December 2016. World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen is back to defend his rapid title and to try and regain the blitz. This year the women's rapid and blitz also took place at the same time and venue. 5 rounds a day for the rapid 26th-28th December, then two days of blitz.

Leading players: Magnus Carlsen, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Levon Aronian, Sergey Karjakin, Viswanathan Anand, Hikaru Nakamura, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Pavel Eljanov, Vassily Ivanchuk, Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Peter Svidler, Leinier Dominguez Perez, Alexander Grischuk, Chao Li, Evgeny Tomashevsky, Yangyi Yu, Nikita Vitiugov, Francisco Vallejo Pons, Ernesto Inarkiev, Dmitry Jakovenko, Yi Wei, Baadur Jobava, Xiangzhi Bu, Vladimir Malakhov, Teimour Radjabov, Peter Leko, Maxim Matlakov, Ivan Cheparinov, Anton Korobov, Alexander Morozevich, Aleksey Dreev, Nils Grandelius, David Howell, Victor Bologan, Vladislav Artemiev, Simen Agdestein, Aryan Tari, Olexandr Bortnyk, Aleksej Aleksandrov, etc

Vassily Ivanchuk edged out Alexander Grischuk and Magnus Carlsen to take the rapid title after they all scored 11/15. The blitz saw Sergey Karjakin win the title on tie-break from Magnus Carlsen with a win in the final round vs Jobava after both scored 16.5/21. Daniil Dubov was a distant 3rd on tie-break.

Anna Muzychuk scored a fine double triumph in both rapid and blitz in the women's section.

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World Rapid 2016 Doha QAT Mon 26th Dec 2016 - Fri 30th Dec 2016 Leading Final Round 15 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	10	Ivanchuk Vassily	GM	UKR	2771	11.0	2747	129.0	0.0
2	12	Grischuk Alexander	GM	RUS	2767	11.0	2740	128.5	0.0
3	1	Carlsen Magnus	GM	NOR	2906	11.0	2701	127.5	0.0
4	5	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	GM	AZE	2805	10.0	2738	130.5	0.0
5	13	Yu Yangyi	GM	CHN	2743	10.0	2724	122.5	0.0
6	3	Nepomniachtchi Ian	GM	RUS	2812	10.0	2713	125.5	0.0
7	62	Anton Guijarro David	GM	ESP	2605	10.0	2669	112.0	0.0
8	51	Vidit Santosh Gujrathi	GM	IND	2643	9.5	2758	125.5	0.0
9	11	Aronian Levon	GM	ARM	2770	9.5	2749	133.0	0.0
10	6	Dominguez Perez Leinier	GM	CUB	2803	9.5	2711	127.5	0.0
11	33	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	GM	VIE	2685	9.5	2689	117.5	0.0
12	30	Amonatov Farrukh	GM	TJK	2693	9.5	2665	115.0	0.0
13	26	Cheparinov Ivan	GM	BUL	2699	9.5	2645	112.5	0.0
14	21	Korobov Anton	GM	UKR	2714	9.0	2743	135.0	0.0
15	47	Li Chao B	GM	CHN	2648	9.0	2733	124.5	0.0
16	7	Anand Viswanathan	GM	IND	2802	9.0	2707	126.5	0.0
17	27	Jakovenko Dmitry	GM	RUS	2699	9.0	2674	116.5	0.0
18	14	Melkumyan Hrant	GM	ARM	2736	9.0	2664	121.0	0.0
19	4	Karjakin Sergey	GM	RUS	2806	9.0	2651	111.5	0.0
20	46	Volokitin Andrei	GM	UKR	2650	9.0	2627	112.0	0.0
21	54	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	GM	IND	2631	9.0	2618	109.0	0.0
22	49	Banikas Hristos	GM	GRE	2647	9.0	2586	100.5	0.0
23	42	Bu Xiangzhi	GM	CHN	2663	8.5	2732	117.5	0.0
24	39	Riazantsev Alexander	GM	RUS	2671	8.5	2701	118.0	0.0
25	88	Henriquez Villagra Cristobal	IM	CHI	2449	8.5	2692	113.0	0.0
26	8	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	GM	FRA	2795	8.5	2689	122.5	0.0
27	35	Bortnyk Olexandr	GM	UKR	2678	8.5	2682	113.0	0.0
28	2	Nakamura Hikaru	GM	USA	2839	8.5	2674	116.0	0.0
29	24	Inarkiev Ernesto	GM	RUS	2707	8.5	2672	120.5	0.0
30	38	Howell David W L	GM	ENG	2671	8.5	2661	114.0	0.0
31	40	Mamedov Rauf	GM	AZE	2670	8.5	2634	109.5	0.0
32	25	Dreev Aleksey	GM	RUS	2705	8.5	2617	109.5	0.0
33	18	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	GM	POL	2721	8.5	2609	111.5	0.0
34	50	Adhiban B.	GM	IND	2645	8.5	2604	105.0	0.0
35	53	Quparadze Giga	IM	GEO	2637	8.5	2578	107.5	0.0
36	61	Wei Yi	GM	CHN	2609	8.0	2731	118.0	0.0
37	15	Zhigalko Sergei	GM	BLR	2728	8.0	2660	118.0	0.0
38	9	Radjabov Teimour	GM	AZE	2788	8.0	2652	121.5	0.0
39	28	Akopian Vladimir	GM	ARM	2698	8.0	2650	117.0	0.0
40	48	Vitiugov Nikita	GM	RUS	2648	8.0	2649	107.5	0.0
41	23	Tomashevsky Evgeny	GM	RUS	2710	8.0	2645	118.5	0.0
42	17	Malakhov Vladimir	GM	RUS	2721	8.0	2642	115.0	0.0
43	32	Amin Bassem	GM	EGY	2691	8.0	2642	106.5	0.0
44	43	Matlakov Maxim	GM	RUS	2662	8.0	2629	106.5	0.0
45	16	Artemiev Vladislav	GM	RUS	2723	8.0	2628	114.0	0.0
46	60	Jumabayev Rinat	GM	KAZ	2611	8.0	2626	108.0	0.0
47	29	Salem A.R. Saleh	GM	UAE	2694	8.0	2625	113.5	0.0
48	31	Leko Peter	GM	HUN	2692	8.0	2592	108.5	0.0
49	20	Dubov Daniil	GM	RUS	2716	8.0	2579	108.5	0.0
50	55	Adly Ahmed	GM	EGY	2627	8.0	2578	106.5	0.0
106 players

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World Blitz 2016 Doha QAT Mon 26th Dec 2016 - Fri 30th Dec 2016 Leading Final Round 21 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	8	Karjakin Sergey	GM	RUS	2800	16.5	2740	259.0	0.0
2	1	Carlsen Magnus	GM	NOR	2873	16.5	2735	258.0	0.0
3	21	Dubov Daniil	GM	RUS	2724	14.5	2733	259.0	0.0
4	3	Nakamura Hikaru	GM	USA	2842	14.5	2720	256.5	0.0
5	12	Grischuk Alexander	GM	RUS	2761	14.5	2718	253.0	0.0
6	6	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	GM	FRA	2823	14.0	2708	252.5	0.0
7	10	Dominguez Perez Leinier	GM	CUB	2783	13.0	2725	253.5	0.0
8	34	Korobov Anton	GM	UKR	2666	13.0	2708	246.0	0.0
9	16	Ivanchuk Vassily	GM	UKR	2754	13.0	2697	254.5	0.0
10	15	Anand Viswanathan	GM	IND	2754	13.0	2695	249.0	0.0
11	26	Leko Peter	GM	HUN	2697	13.0	2678	238.5	0.0
12	5	Nepomniachtchi Ian	GM	RUS	2830	13.0	2677	245.0	0.0
13	44	Salem A.R. Saleh	GM	UAE	2636	12.5	2767	261.0	0.0
14	45	Wei Yi	GM	CHN	2636	12.5	2722	237.5	0.0
15	17	Jobava Baadur	GM	GEO	2752	12.5	2700	250.5	0.0
16	24	Yu Yangyi	GM	CHN	2712	12.5	2688	249.5	0.0
17	29	Riazantsev Alexander	GM	RUS	2678	12.5	2663	233.0	0.0
18	19	Onischuk Vladimir	GM	UKR	2740	12.5	2634	228.5	0.0
19	35	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	GM	POL	2666	12.0	2712	248.5	0.0
20	55	Bu Xiangzhi	GM	CHN	2613	12.0	2706	238.5	0.0
21	33	Matlakov Maxim	GM	RUS	2668	12.0	2689	230.0	0.0
22	9	Radjabov Teimour	GM	AZE	2800	12.0	2671	240.0	0.0
23	7	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	GM	AZE	2813	12.0	2670	239.0	0.0
24	2	Artemiev Vladislav	GM	RUS	2847	12.0	2668	230.5	0.0
25	84	Mchedlishvili Mikheil	GM	GEO	2509	12.0	2668	226.0	0.0
26	47	Li Chao B	GM	CHN	2632	12.0	2658	218.5	0.0
27	42	Naiditsch Arkadij	GM	AZE	2647	12.0	2656	225.0	0.0
28	4	Aronian Levon	GM	ARM	2830	12.0	2633	228.5	0.0
29	11	Mamedov Rauf	GM	AZE	2770	12.0	2632	226.0	0.0
30	27	Morozevich Alexander	GM	RUS	2684	11.5	2723	258.5	0.0
31	48	Bok Benjamin	GM	NED	2630	11.5	2670	219.0	0.0
32	51	Khusnutdinov Rustam	GM	KAZ	2624	11.5	2656	226.0	0.0
33	36	Cheparinov Ivan	GM	BUL	2661	11.5	2654	223.5	0.0
34	58	Inarkiev Ernesto	GM	RUS	2605	11.5	2645	225.5	0.0
35	23	Melkumyan Hrant	GM	ARM	2712	11.5	2636	228.0	0.0
36	41	Vallejo Pons Francisco	GM	ESP	2648	11.5	2623	214.5	0.0
37	40	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	GM	VIE	2648	11.5	2616	214.0	0.0
38	14	Tomashevsky Evgeny	GM	RUS	2756	11.5	2597	222.5	0.0
39	28	Vitiugov Nikita	GM	RUS	2682	11.5	2594	209.0	0.0
40	68	Maghsoodloo Parham	GM	IRI	2585	11.5	2542	192.5	0.0
41	77	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	GM	IND	2546	11.0	2706	229.5	0.0
42	37	Bosiocic Marin	GM	CRO	2659	11.0	2701	246.5	0.0
43	20	Adly Ahmed	GM	EGY	2733	11.0	2654	235.0	0.0
44	30	Malakhov Vladimir	GM	RUS	2672	11.0	2634	219.5	0.0
45	22	Lu Shanglei	GM	CHN	2713	11.0	2604	213.5	0.0
46	67	Lalith Babu M R	GM	IND	2585	11.0	2601	204.5	0.0
47	60	Grandelius Nils	GM	SWE	2602	11.0	2593	207.0	0.0
48	49	Fressinet Laurent	GM	FRA	2628	11.0	2585	200.0	0.0
49	65	Ghaem Maghami Ehsan	GM	IRI	2586	11.0	2583	199.5	0.0
50	61	Anton Guijarro David	GM	ESP	2600	11.0	2569	200.5	0.0
108 players

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World Rapid Women 2016 Doha QAT Mon 26th Dec 2016 - Fri 30th Dec 2016 Leading Final Round 12 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	2	Muzychuk Anna	GM	UKR	2570	9.5	2491	74.5	0.0
2	3	Kosteniuk Alexandra	GM	RUS	2553	8.5	2489	77.0	0.0
3	5	Dzagnidze Nana	GM	GEO	2549	8.0	2455	76.5	0.0
4	21	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	IM	IRI	2386	7.5	2499	76.5	0.0
5	6	Ju Wenjun	GM	CHN	2542	7.5	2463	75.0	0.0
6	27	Abdumalik Zhansaya	WGM	KAZ	2323	7.5	2445	65.5	0.0
7	1	Lagno Kateryna	GM	RUS	2594	7.0	2488	76.5	0.0
8	4	Stefanova Antoaneta	GM	BUL	2552	7.0	2449	70.0	0.0
9	28	Saduakassova Dinara	WGM	KAZ	2321	7.0	2449	69.5	0.0
10	10	Koneru Humpy	GM	IND	2486	7.0	2419	72.5	0.0
11	12	Zhao Xue	GM	CHN	2479	7.0	2418	70.0	0.0
12	25	Kashlinskaya Alina	IM	RUS	2357	6.5	2478	74.0	0.0
13	23	Pham Le Thao Nguyen	IM	VIE	2365	6.5	2457	70.0	0.0
14	9	Gunina Valentina	GM	RUS	2491	6.5	2440	74.0	0.0
15	8	Ushenina Anna	GM	UKR	2498	6.5	2440	70.5	0.0
16	14	Harika Dronavalli	GM	IND	2464	6.5	2405	75.0	0.0
17	13	Goryachkina Aleksandra	WGM	RUS	2466	6.0	2475	76.0	0.0
18	17	Batsiashvili Nino	IM	GEO	2417	6.0	2427	74.0	0.0
19	7	Tan Zhongyi	WGM	CHN	2501	6.0	2426	67.5	0.0
20	20	Arabidze Meri	IM	GEO	2395	6.0	2369	64.5	0.0
21	16	Zhu Chen	GM	QAT	2446	6.0	2342	65.0	0.0
22	30	Sviridova Vlada	WFM	RUS	2198	6.0	2341	56.0	0.0
23	15	Javakhishvili Lela	IM	GEO	2461	5.5	2470	78.0	0.0
24	29	Geldiyeva Mahri	WGM	TKM	2220	5.5	2443	67.5	0.0
25	33	Hallaeva Bahar	WFM	TKM	2112	5.0	2399	63.0	0.0
26	26	Gvetadze Sofio	IM	GEO	2326	5.0	2367	64.5	0.0
27	24	Purtseladze Maka	IM	GEO	2359	5.0	2360	58.5	0.0
28	31	Krivec Jana	WGM	SLO	2194	5.0	2341	59.5	0.0
29	22	Charochkina Daria	IM	RUS	2385	5.0	2311	65.0	0.0
30	18	Gaponenko Inna	IM	UKR	2406	4.5	2457	75.5	0.0
31	19	Zhukova Natalia	GM	UKR	2402	4.0	2364	65.5	0.0
32	11	Paehtz Elisabeth	IM	GER	2483	3.5	2380	65.5	0.0
33	34	Ovezdurdiyeva Jemal	WFM	TKM	1840	3.0	2309	56.5	0.0
34	32	Sloan Julia Elizabeth	CM	USA	2173	1.0	2282	56.0	0.0
34 players

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World Blitz Women 2016 Doha QAT Mon 26th Dec 2016 - Fri 30th Dec 2016 Leading Final Round 17 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	Muzychuk Anna	GM	UKR	2645	13.0	2486	159.5	0.0
2	3	Gunina Valentina	GM	RUS	2605	12.5	2482	158.0	0.0
3	2	Lagno Kateryna	GM	RUS	2641	12.5	2464	156.0	0.0
4	6	Tan Zhongyi	WGM	CHN	2552	11.0	2473	161.0	0.0
5	10	Harika Dronavalli	GM	IND	2501	10.5	2499	160.0	0.0
6	20	Charochkina Daria	IM	RUS	2375	10.5	2470	156.5	0.0
7	12	Kosteniuk Alexandra	GM	RUS	2500	10.0	2484	157.5	0.0
8	27	Kashlinskaya Alina	IM	RUS	2286	9.5	2494	162.5	0.0
9	5	Ju Wenjun	GM	CHN	2571	9.5	2483	163.0	0.0
10	9	Koneru Humpy	GM	IND	2502	9.5	2464	159.0	0.0
11	18	Javakhishvili Lela	IM	GEO	2380	9.5	2440	151.0	0.0
12	15	Gaponenko Inna	IM	UKR	2414	9.5	2391	142.5	0.0
13	23	Abdumalik Zhansaya	WGM	KAZ	2361	9.5	2377	135.5	0.0
14	16	Zhukova Natalia	GM	UKR	2394	9.5	2350	129.5	0.0
15	17	Pham Le Thao Nguyen	IM	VIE	2382	9.5	2322	119.5	0.0
16	4	Stefanova Antoaneta	GM	BUL	2582	9.0	2468	149.0	0.0
17	8	Zhao Xue	GM	CHN	2526	9.0	2451	156.5	0.0
18	24	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	IM	IRI	2335	9.0	2422	138.5	0.0
19	26	Saduakassova Dinara	WGM	KAZ	2299	9.0	2407	137.5	0.0
20	7	Paehtz Elisabeth	IM	GER	2528	9.0	2395	142.0	0.0
21	13	Ushenina Anna	GM	UKR	2485	9.0	2394	137.5	0.0
22	28	Gvetadze Sofio	IM	GEO	2267	9.0	2366	127.0	0.0
23	11	Dzagnidze Nana	GM	GEO	2500	9.0	2359	130.5	0.0
24	21	Goryachkina Aleksandra	WGM	RUS	2371	8.5	2453	158.0	0.0
25	22	Batsiashvili Nino	IM	GEO	2370	8.5	2389	126.0	0.0
26	14	Arabidze Meri	IM	GEO	2445	8.5	2388	131.0	0.0
27	30	Sviridova Vlada	WFM	RUS	2194	7.5	2393	122.0	0.0
28	19	Zhu Chen	GM	QAT	2379	6.5	2379	125.0	0.0
29	29	Geldiyeva Mahri	WGM	TKM	2220	4.5	2356	122.5	0.0
30	25	Purtseladze Maka	IM	GEO	2309	4.5	2346	121.0	0.0
31	34	Ovezdurdiyeva Jemal	WFM	TKM	1884	4.0	2321	121.0	0.0
32	33	Hallaeva Bahar	WFM	TKM	2118	3.0	2340	121.0	0.0
33	32	Krivec Jana	WGM	SLO	2164	3.0	2330	120.5	0.0
34	31	Sloan Julia Elizabeth	CM	USA	2173	2.5	2345	121.5	0.0
34 players

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