- Karjakin wins Aeroflot Blitz

Final standings:

Place	SNo.	Title	Name	Fed.	FIDE	Total	MBch.	Bch.	Wins
1	7	GM	Karjakin, Sergey	UKR	2706	15.0	80.00	102.00	7
2	4	GM	Gashimov, Vugar	AZE	2723	14.5	82.00	106.50	7
3	3	GM	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	AZE	2724	13.0	68.50	89.00	5
4	25	GM	Bareev, Evgeny	RUS	2645	13.0	68.00	89.50	6
5	16	GM	Tkachiev, Vladislav	FRA	2657	12.5	76.50	98.50	6
6	42	GM	Zhou, Jianchao	CHN	2612	12.5	75.50	96.50	5
7	8	GM	Naiditsch, Arkadij	GER	2693	12.5	71.00	86.50	5
8	87	IM	Pridorozhni, Aleksei	RUS	2515	12.5	70.00	88.50	5
9	63	GM	Andriasian, Zaven	ARM	2564	12.5	69.50	91.00	5
10	23	GM	Smirin, Ilia	ISR	2647	12.5	69.50	88.50	5
11	65	IM	Yudin, Sergei	RUS	2562	12.5	67.50	88.50	5
12	43	GM	Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan	IRI	2604	12.5	66.50	86.00	5
13	136		Yu, Yangyi	CHN	2398	12.0	75.00	95.50	6
14	27	GM	Mamedov, Rauf	AZE	2638	12.0	71.50	93.00	5
15	45	GM	Huzman, Alexander	ISR	2602	12.0	70.50	88.50	5
16	14	GM	Milov, Vadim	SUI	2669	12.0	67.00	86.00	5
17	48	GM	Bartel, Mateusz	POL	2594	12.0	66.00	84.00	4
18	2	GM	Ponomariov, Ruslan	UKR	2726	11.5	73.00	94.00	5
19	38	GM	Pashikian, Arman	ARM	2621	11.5	71.00	93.50	5
20	36	GM	Van Wely, Loek	NED	2625	11.5	68.00	87.50	6
21	50	GM	Zhigalko, Sergei	BLR	2587	11.5	67.50	87.50	5
22	21	GM	Predojevic, Borki	BIH	2650	11.5	66.50	86.00	5
23	68	IM	Ponkratov, Pavel	RUS	2557	11.5	64.00	81.00	5
24	33	GM	Li, Chao B	CHN	2628	11.5	60.00	79.00	4

Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar

Anonymous Reply

February 28, 2009 at 3:09 pm

It’s been a good year for Karjakin.
Anonymous Reply

March 1, 2009 at 12:20 am

Karjakin is well known for his blitz prowess…after losing to Nakamura in their match a few years back…they played an informal blitz match…Karjakin won practically every game !!!

Karjakin wins Aeroflot Blitz