World Blitz 2017

Riyadh KSADec 29 – 30, 2017Blitz

World Blitz 2017 brought together 149 players in Riyadh KSA, including 104 grandmasters. Magnus Carlsen has the best score, 17 out of 22. Open a player to see their openings and games, or to prepare against them.

Players: 149
Games: 1,528
Average Elo: 2513
Top rating: 2837

Standings

#	Player	Fed	Elo	Pts	W / D / L
1	GMMagnus Carlsen	NOR	2837	17/22	14 / 6 / 2
2	GMMaxime Vachier-Lagrave	FRA	2789	15½/24	10 / 11 / 3
3	GMViswanathan Anand	IND	2782	15/22	9 / 12 / 1
3	GMSergey Karjakin	RUS	2760	15/22	10 / 10 / 2
3	GMAhmed Adly	EGY	2637	15/25	12 / 6 / 7
3	GMBoris Savchenko	RUS	2566	15/23	13 / 4 / 6
7	GMLevon Aronian	USA	2805	14½/22	11 / 7 / 4
7	GMPeter Svidler	FID	2765	14½/22	10 / 9 / 3
7	GMVladislav Artemiev	RUS	2691	14½/24	10 / 9 / 5
7	GMTigran L. Petrosian	ARM	2601	14½/23	12 / 5 / 6
11	GMYangyi Yu	CHN	2751	14/23	9 / 10 / 4
11	GMXiangzhi Bu	CHN	2730	14/23	10 / 8 / 5
11	GMHrant Melkumyan	ARM	2633	14/24	10 / 8 / 6
14	GMShakhriyar Mamedyarov	AZE	2799	13½/21	10 / 7 / 4
14	Pentala Harikrishna	IND	2744	13½/23	11 / 5 / 7
14	GMHao(ZJWZ) Wang	CHN	2709	13½/21	7 / 13 / 1
14	GMAnton Korobov	UKR	2652	13½/21	10 / 7 / 4
14	GMSanan Sjugirov	HUN	2650	13½/24	10 / 7 / 7
14	GMLevan Pantsulaia	GEO	2612	13½/23	13 / 1 / 9
14	GMZaven Andriasian	ARM	2585	13½/23	11 / 5 / 7
14	Yue(SH) Wang	CHN	1411	13½/22	11 / 5 / 6
22	GMLiren Ding	CHN	2777	13/20	9 / 8 / 3
22	GMQuang Liem Le	VIE	2737	13/22	10 / 6 / 6
22	GMIan Nepomniachtchi	RUS	2729	13/23	9 / 8 / 6
22	GMAlexander Riazantsev	RUS	2650	13/23	11 / 4 / 8
22	GMFarrukh Amonatov	TJK	2636	13/25	11 / 4 / 10
22	GMOlexandr Bortnyk	UKR	2610	13/23	11 / 4 / 8
22	GMGiga Quparadze	GEO	2506	13/22	11 / 4 / 7
29	Peter Dessaules	USA	2777	12½/20	8 / 9 / 3
29	GMAlexander Grischuk	RUS	2772	12½/21	9 / 7 / 5
29	GMEtienne Bacrot	FRA	2725	12½/22	9 / 7 / 6
29	GMSantosh Gujrathi Vidit	IND	2715	12½/22	10 / 5 / 7
29	GMIvan Cheparinov	BUL	2710	12½/24	10 / 5 / 9
29	GMRauf Mamedov	AZE	2709	12½/20	10 / 5 / 5
29	GMPeter Leko	HUN	2691	12½/21	8 / 9 / 4
29	GMDavid W L Howell	ENG	2676	12½/23	8 / 9 / 6
29	GMIvan Saric	CRO	2669	12½/24	11 / 3 / 10
29	GMAleksey Dreev	RUS	2653	12½/21	8 / 9 / 4
29	GMA.R. Saleh Salem	UAE	2638	12½/22	8 / 9 / 5
40	GMVladimir Fedoseev	SLO	2718	12/21	10 / 4 / 7
40	GMRuslan Ponomariov	UKR	2694	12/21	11 / 2 / 8
40	GMBaadur Jobava	GEO	2690	12/22	8 / 8 / 6
40	GMDavid Anton Guijarro	ESP	2666	12/22	9 / 6 / 7
40	GMB. Adhiban	IND	2655	12/23	11 / 2 / 10
40	GMAleksandr Rakhmanov	FID	2653	12/22	11 / 2 / 9
40	GMViktor Laznicka	CZE	2647	12/21	10 / 4 / 7
40	GMGadir Guseinov	AZE	2646	12/23	8 / 8 / 7
40	GMSergei Zhigalko	BLR	2641	12/21	11 / 2 / 8
40	GMJorden Van Foreest	NED	2629	12/23	11 / 2 / 10
40	GMStelios Halkias	GRE	2571	12/24	10 / 4 / 10
40	GMMohammed Al-Sayed	QAT	2511	12/22	11 / 2 / 9
52	GMChao b Li	CHN	2732	11½/20	9 / 5 / 6
52	GMRichard Rapport	HUN	2707	11½/20	9 / 5 / 6
52	GMFrancisco Vallejo Pons	ESP	2707	11½/22	8 / 7 / 7
52	GMRustam Kasimdzhanov	UZB	2683	11½/21	7 / 9 / 5
52	GMLaurent Fressinet	FRA	2662	11½/21	8 / 7 / 6
52	GMVaruzhan Akobian	USA	2647	11½/21	9 / 5 / 7
52	GMVolodymyr Onyshchuk	UKR	2637	11½/22	8 / 7 / 7
52	GMAndrei Volokitin	UKR	2628	11½/21	11 / 1 / 9
52	GMJun Zhao	CHN	2604	11½/22	9 / 5 / 8
61	GMVasyl Ivanchuk	UKR	2726	11/22	7 / 8 / 7
61	GMJan-Krzysztof Duda	POL	2717	11/21	7 / 8 / 6
61	GMYuriy Kuzubov	UKR	2699	11/23	9 / 4 / 10
61	GMErnesto Inarkiev	RUS	2689	11/21	8 / 6 / 7
61	GMYuriy Kryvoruchko	UKR	2689	11/22	7 / 8 / 7
61	GMMartyn Kravtsiv	UKR	2672	11/21	8 / 6 / 7
61	GMGeorg Meier	URU	2650	11/22	8 / 6 / 8
61	GMSergey A. Fedorchuk	UKR	2648	11/21	10 / 2 / 9
61	GMDenis Khismatullin	RUS	2632	11/23	9 / 4 / 10
61	GMNgoc Truong Son Nguyen	VIE	2630	11/22	5 / 12 / 5
61	GMEltaj Safarli	AZE	2624	11/20	8 / 6 / 6
61	GMPavel Ponkratov	RUS	2613	11/23	9 / 4 / 10
61	GMMikheil Mchedlishvili	GEO	2603	11/22	8 / 6 / 8
61	GMSergey Grigoriants	HUN	2561	11/22	8 / 6 / 8
61	GMKiril Georgiev	BUL	2525	11/21	8 / 6 / 7
61	IMYan Dzhumagaliev	RUS	2400	11/25	9 / 4 / 12
77	GMZoltan Almasi	HUN	2682	10½/22	10 / 1 / 11
77	GMSergei Movsesian	ARM	2647	10½/22	9 / 3 / 10
77	GMBartosz Socko	POL	2593	10½/21	8 / 5 / 8
77	Aleksandr Demchenko	RUS	2588	10½/22	9 / 3 / 10
77	GMVladimir Potkin	RUS	2574	10½/22	8 / 5 / 9
77	GMAndrey Esipenko	RUS	2564	10½/20	7 / 7 / 6
77	GMVladimir Dobrov	RUS	2515	10½/24	10 / 1 / 13
77	Valentyn Malakhov	GER	1810	10½/21	8 / 5 / 8
85	GMPavel Eljanov	UKR	2711	10/21	8 / 4 / 9
85	GMNigel D Short	ENG	2678	10/21	8 / 4 / 9
85	GMSurya Shekhar Ganguly	IND	2650	10/21	9 / 2 / 10
85	GMLuke J McShane	ENG	2640	10/21	8 / 4 / 9
85	GMVladislav Kovalev	FID	2639	10/19	8 / 4 / 7
85	GMEvgeny Alekseev	ISR	2616	10/21	8 / 4 / 9
85	GMPavel V. Tregubov	FRA	2575	10/22	6 / 8 / 8
85	FMBader Al-Hajiri	KUW	2165	10/22	10 / 0 / 12
85	Ahmed A Bukannan	KSA	1929	10/23	9 / 2 / 12
94	Babak Amin Barzegar	IRI	2689	9½/18	6 / 7 / 5
94	GMGabriel Sargissian	ARM	2672	9½/21	7 / 5 / 9
94	GMHua Ni	CHN	2671	9½/20	7 / 5 / 8
94	GMAlexander Moiseenko	UKR	2667	9½/22	7 / 5 / 10
94	GMIvan Salgado Lopez	ESP	2644	9½/21	7 / 5 / 9
94	GMKamil Miton	POL	2584	9½/21	8 / 3 / 10
94	GMDmitry Bocharov	RUS	2583	9½/20	9 / 1 / 10
94	Vadim Malakhatko		2542	9½/23	8 / 3 / 12
94	GMMohamed Haddouche	ALG	2505	9½/22	8 / 3 / 11
103	GMArkadij Naiditsch	BUL	2705	9/20	6 / 6 / 8
103	GMMarin Bosiocic	CRO	2624	9/20	9 / 0 / 11
103	GMDmitry Kokarev	RUS	2615	9/22	8 / 2 / 12
103	GMRinat Jumabayev	KAZ	2612	9/21	7 / 4 / 10
103	GMErald Dervishi	ALB	2552	9/22	9 / 0 / 13
103	GMMohd Al-Mudahka	QAT	2542	9/22	8 / 2 / 12
103	GMRasul Ibrahimov	AZE	2527	9/21	8 / 2 / 11
103	GMJohan-Sebastian Christiansen	NOR	2495	9/22	7 / 4 / 11
103	IMMokhliss El Adnani	MAR	2448	9/22	9 / 0 / 13
103	IMIshaq Saeed	UAE	2434	9/22	8 / 2 / 12
103	IMAsylbek Abdyzhapar	KGZ	2382	9/21	8 / 2 / 11
103	IMVladimir Minko	RUS	2381	9/21	9 / 0 / 12
103	IMAraz Basim Mohammed S Al-Saffar	IRQ	2368	9/21	8 / 2 / 11
103	IMMahmood Lodhi	PAK	2347	9/23	8 / 2 / 13
103	FMDaniel King Wai Lam	HKG	2222	9/21	8 / 2 / 11
103	CMAhmed Khairat	EGY	2211	9/21	9 / 0 / 12
103	Mohammed Ali Al Jabri	SYR	2154	9/21	9 / 0 / 12
103	FMAmer Al Maashani	OMA	2103	9/22	8 / 2 / 12
103	CMAbdulrahman A Masrahi	KSA	1962	9/22	6 / 6 / 10
122	GMIart Luca Shytaj	ITA	2459	8½/20	8 / 1 / 11
122	IMSami Khader	JOR	2392	8½/21	7 / 3 / 11
122	IMMohamed Tissir	MAR	2381	8½/20	8 / 1 / 11
125	Amin	PAK	2689	8/16	5 / 6 / 5
125	Marwan Ali Farhan	YEM	1975	8/21	8 / 0 / 13
127	IMNoaman Omar	UAE	2364	7½/21	7 / 1 / 13
127	FMA. Samhouri	JOR	2355	7½/20	7 / 1 / 12
127	CMAhmed M Alghamdi	KSA	2159	7½/21	6 / 3 / 12
127	Mohammed Alanazy	KSA	1850	7½/21	7 / 1 / 13
131	CMBaha Miswadah	PLE	1877	7/21	6 / 2 / 13
132	GMVahap Sanal	TUR	2555	6½/16	6 / 1 / 9
132	GMS.P. Sethuraman	IND	2541	6½/17	6 / 1 / 10
132	Srinivasan Sethuraman	IND	1138	6½/11	6 / 1 / 4
135	Khaled Al Zamel	KSA	1942	5½/22	4 / 3 / 15
135	Taher Salama	PLE	1769	5½/18	5 / 1 / 12
137	Emad Al Habeeb	KSA	1933	5/23	5 / 0 / 18
138	GMBassem Amin	EGY	2689	4½/5	4 / 1 / 0
138	Zeyad Saleh Al Abdali	KSA	1801	4½/22	4 / 1 / 17
140	Ali Hussain Alem	KSA	1745	4/20	4 / 0 / 16
140	Salman Al Mahmood	BRN	1593	4/18	3 / 2 / 13
142	Sergey Vl Kovalev	RUS	2639	3/4	3 / 0 / 1
142	Mohammed Khalfan Al Saidi	OMA	1468	3/20	1 / 4 / 15
144	Saini Vidit	IND	2715	2/4	2 / 0 / 2
144	Sanal V A	IND	1150	2/6	2 / 0 / 4
146	Sethuraman S	IND	2646	1½/4	1 / 1 / 2
147	Zoltán Almási	HUN	2682	1/1	1 / 0 / 0
147	Vasilisa Onischuk	RUS	2637	1/1	1 / 0 / 0
149	Vidit	IND	2715	½/1	0 / 1 / 0

Scores count the games recorded in the imported databases. Byes, forfeits and unrecorded games are not included, so they can differ from the official final standings.

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