In spite of losing to Karjakin in round 37, Aronian clinched the World Blitz title after Radjabov lost to Movsesian. In the final round, Aronian lost again, this time to Svidler. Radjabov defeated Gelfand in the final round to clinch 2nd place while Carlsen finished third with a draw against Grischuk.
Round 37
| [17.0] | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 0.5 – 0.5 | Carlsen, Magnus | [22.5] |
| [14.5] | Savchenko, Boris | 0 – 1 | Nakamura, Hikaru | [20.0] |
| [15.5] | Andreikin, Dmitry | 1 – 0 | Kramnik, Vladimir | [20.5] |
| [14.5] | Grachev, Boris | 1 – 0 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | [18.0] |
| [16.0] | Mamedov, Rauf | 1 – 0 | Caruana, Fabiano | [13.5] |
| [24.5] | Aronian, Levon | 0 – 1 | Karjakin, Sergey | [19.5] |
| [21.0] | Gelfand, Boris | 0.5 – 0.5 | Svidler, Peter | [18.0] |
| [16.5] | Movsesian, Sergei | 1 – 0 | Radjabov, Teimour | [23.0] |
| [12.5] | Ponomariov, Ruslan | 0 – 1 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | [17.5] |
| [18.5] | Grischuk, Alexander | 0 – 1 | Eljanov, Pavel | [17.0] |
Final round
| [23.0] | Carlsen, Magnus | 0.5 – 0.5 | Grischuk, Alexander | [18.5] |
| [18.0] | Eljanov, Pavel | 1 – 0 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | [12.5] |
| [18.5] | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 1 – 0 | Movsesian, Sergei | [17.5] |
| [23.0] | Radjabov, Teimour | 1 – 0 | Gelfand, Boris | [21.5] |
| [18.5] | Svidler, Peter | 1 – 0 | Aronian, Levon | [24.5] |
| [20.5] | Karjakin, Sergey | 0 – 1 | Mamedov, Rauf | [17.0] |
| [13.5] | Caruana, Fabiano | 0 – 1 | Grachev, Boris | [15.5] |
| [18.0] | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 0 – 1 | Andreikin, Dmitry | [16.5] |
| [20.5] | Kramnik, Vladimir | 0 – 1 | Savchenko, Boris | [14.5] |
| [21.0] | Nakamura, Hikaru | 0.5 – 0.5 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | [17.5] |
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
True dominance from Aronian in this championship tournament — consistent strong performance and focus, no surprises. A well-deserved win.
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Jack@PCS
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Chess 960, twice Olympic Champion, Rapid, now Blitz – there is only one title left: He’ll get it!!!