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The World Blitz Chess Championship got underway in Moscow November 16. After 14 rounds the Armenian GM Levon Aronian has scored 7,5 and shares 9-10 horizontals with Peter Svidler. The world champion Viswanathan Anand started with a fine score of 12 out of 14 and is 2 points ahead of Magnus Carlsen. On third place after 14 rounds we find the 12th World Champion Anatoli Karpov who started his first day with 9/14, Kramnik and Grischuk scored 8,5, Ponomariov, Bareev, Karjakin have 8 each.

Aronian won against Gelfand, Jakovenko and Leko in Rounds 1-3 and took a clear lead, though he had disappointing plays in Rounds 4-5 with Ivanchuk and Kramnik respectively. In Round 6 Aroanian played to draw with the Azerbaijani Vugar Hashimov and then won against the world champion Alexandra Kosteniuk. In Round 8 he ended in draw with Bareev and lost to Morozevich and Svidler in the next two rounds. Next, Aronian played to draw with Ponomariov, then, he lost to Grischuk and defeated Mamedyarov and Tkachiev.

Levon Aronian – Boris Gelfand 1:0

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Rb1
Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. cxd5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 exd5 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nd7 14. Bd5
Rb8 15. Qa4 a6 16. Rc1 c5 17. O-O Nf6 18. Bb3 cxd4 19. Nxd4 b5 20. Nc6 bxa4 21. Nxe7+ Kh8 22. Bxa4 Be6 23. a3 Rb2 24. f3 Ra2 25. Ra1 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Rb8 27. Rc1 Rb7 28. Nc6 Nd5 29. Nd4 Nxe3 30. Nxe6 fxe6 31. Re1 Nc4 32. Rxe6 Nxa3 33. Rxa6 Rb1+ 34. Kf2 Rb2+ 35. Kg3 Nc2 36. Be8 Nd4 37. Bg6 Ne2+ 38. Kh4 Rb4+ 39. Be4 Rb8 40. g3 Nc3 41. Bc6 Kh7 42. Ra3 Ne2 43. Be4+ Kg8 44. Rd3 Re8 45. Kh3 Rb8 46. f4 Rc8 47. Bg6 Nc3 48. Bf5 Rc7 49. Rd8+ Kf7 50. Kg4 Kf6 51. Rd6+ Kf7 52. Bg6+ Ke7 53. Rd4 Nb5 54. Re4+ Kf6 55. Bh7 Nd6 56. Re5 Nf7 57. Ra5 Rd7 58. Bf5 Rd8 59. Be4 Nd6 60. Ra6 Kf7 61. Bd5+ Ke7 62. Kh5 Ne8 63. Bf3 Kf7 64. Ra7+ Kg8 65. Be2 Kf8 66. Bc4 Nd6 67. Bd5 Rb8 68. Kg6 Rb6 69. Kh7 Rb2 70. Rd7 Nb5 71. Rf7+ Ke8 72. Rb7 1:0.

Levon Aronian – Dmitry Jakovenko 1:0

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 e6 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O Bd6 10. Rc1 h6 11. Ne2 b6 12. Ng3 Bb7 13. Bc3 c5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15.
Ba1 Rc8 16. Bb1 Be7 17. Qd3 N5f6 18. e4 g6 19. d5 exd5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Nf5
Bf6 22. Nd6 Nb4 23. Qe3 Bxf3 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Nxc8 Rxc8 26. Qxf3 Qxf3 27. gxf3 Nf6 28. Rfd1 Nbd5 29. Be4 Nf4 30. Kf1 Re8 31. Rc4 b5 32. Rxc5 Nxe4 33. fxe4 Rxe4 34. Rc3 Re6 35. h4 Kg7 36. Re3 Rf6 37. Rf3 g5 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Rg3 Kg6 40. Rc1 Rd6 41. Re3 f6 42. Rec3 Rd2 43. R3c2 Rd4 44. Rc6 a5 45. R6c5 b4 46. Rxa5 Rd2 47. Re1 Nd3 48. Re3 Nf4 49. Ke1 Rb2 50. Rf3 Rb1+ 51. Kd2 Rb2+ 52. Kc1 Re2 53. Kd1 Re4 54. Rc5 g4 55. Re3 Rd4+ 56. Kc2 Rd6 57. Rc4 Nd5 58. Rxg4+ Kf5 59. Reg3 Nf4 60. Rh4 Rc6+ 61. Kb1 Re6 62. Rf3 Re1+ 63. Kc2 Re2+ 64. Kd1 Re4 65. Kd2 Re2+ 66. Kd1 Re4 67. Re3 Rd4+ 68. Kc2 Kg5 69. Rh1 Rd6 70. Rg1+ Kf5 71. Rd1 Rc6+ 72. Kb2 Ng2 73. Rg3 Nf4 74. Rf3 Ke4 75. Re3+ Kf5 76. Rd4 Ng6 77. Rxb4 1:0.

Peter Leko – Levon Aronian 0:1

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O g6 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. d4
b5 9. Bb3 exd4 10. cxd4 d6 11. Nc3 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. Re1 h6 14. Rb1 Nec6 15.
d5 Nb4 16. a3 Nxc2 17. Qxc2 Re8 18. b4 Nc4 19. Nd2 Ne5 20. f4 Ng4 21. Nf3 cxb4 22. axb4 Qc7 23. Bd2 Qa7+ 24. Kh1 Nf2+ 25. Kh2 Nxh3 26. Be3 Qd7 27. Qd2 Qg4 28. Rf1 Nxf4 29. Bxf4 Bxc3 30. Qe3 Bg7 31. Rbe1 Bf5 32. e5 Rac8 33. Rf2 Rc4 34. Bg3 Re4 35. Qd2 Rxe1 36. Qxe1 dxe5 37. Nxe5 Qh5+ 38. Kg1 Bg4 39. d6 Bxe5 0:1.

Levon Aronian – Vassily Ivanchuk 0:1

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 c5 8.
Bd3 Qa5 9. Qc2 c4 10. Bf5 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Nd2 g6 13. Bh3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qxc3 15. bxc3 Kg7 16. a4 h6 17. Bf4 g5 18. Bxd7 Bxd7 19. Be5 Kg6 20. f3 Bc6 21. Kf2 Nd7 22. Bg3 a5 23. Rfb1 Ra6 24. Rb2 f5 25. h4 Rea8 26. Rab1 R8a7 27. hxg5 hxg5 28. Be5 Bxa4 29. Rxb7 Bc6 30. Bd6 Rxb7 31. Rxb7 Bxb7 32. Bc7 a4 33. Bd6 Nb8 34. Ke1 Nc6 35. Kd1 Na5 36. Kc2 Nb3 37. Nf1 Bc6 38. Kb2 Bd7 39. Be7 f4 40. Ka3 Bf5 41. exf4 gxf4 42. Bd6 Bd3 43. Nh2 Kf5 44. Ng4 Nd2 45. Nh6+ Kg5 46. Nf7+ ?h5 47. Nh6 Nb1+ 0:1:

Vladimir Kramnik – Levon Aronian 1:0

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 f6 4. e3 e5 5. c5 a5 6. Bc4 dxe3 7. fxe3 axb4 8. d4
Nc6 9. O-O Na5 10. Nxe5 Nxc4 11. Nxc4 Be6 12. Nbd2 Ne7 13. Bb2 Nd5 14. Qf3 b5
15. cxb6 Nxb6 16. Nxb6 cxb6 17. Qc6+ Bd7 18. Qd5 Be7 19. Nc4 b5 20. Ne5 Rf8 21. Nxd7 Ra7 22. Qh5+ g6 23. Qxh7 Qxd7 24. Qxg6+ Kd8 25. d5 Kc8 26. Rac1+ Kb8 27. d6 Qxd6 28. Rfd1 Qa6 29. Qg3+ Ka8 30. Qf3+ Qb7 31. Rc6 Rxa2 32. Rd7 Qxd7 33. Rc7+ 1:0.

Levon Aronian – Vugar Hashimov 0,5:0,5

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 Bd6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. g3 Bc7 8. d6 Ba5 9. Bg2 Ne4 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qf6 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Qd3 Nc6 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Bxd2 b6 16. f4 a5 17. Rfe1 Ba6 18. c4 Rac8 19. Bc3 Qg6 20. a3 Nd4 21. Bxd4 cxd4 22. Qxd4 Bxc4 23. e4 b5 24. Rac1 a4 25. Rc3 Qe6 26. Rec1 f6 27. Qd2 Kh8 28. Re3 Bb3 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. e5 h6 31. Rc3 Bc4 32. Qd4 fxe5 33. fxe5 Re8 34. Re3 Rf8 35. Rf3 Re8 36. Re3 Rf8 37. h3 Qg6 38. Be4 Qh5 39. Bg2 Qg6 40. Be4 Qh5 41. Bg2 Qg6 42. Be4 Qh5 1/2:1/2.

Alexandra Kosteniuk – Levon Aronian 0:1

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 g6 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 b5 8. Bb3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 d6 11. h3 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. Qc1 Nc4 16. Bh6 Be6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. b3 Nb6 19. e5 Nc6 20. Qf4 Nd7 21. Rfe1 b4 22. Ne4 Bf5 23. g4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Rae8 25. Rae1 Re7 26. Bd3 Rfe8 27. Bxa6 Ndxe5 28. Nxe5 Rxe5 29. Bc4 R8e7 30. g5 Rxe4 31. Rxe4 Qxf4 32. Rxf4 Ne5 33. h4 Ra7 34. Re4 Nxc4 35. Rxc4 Rxa2 36. Rxc5 Rb2 37. Rb5 Rxb3 38. Rb7 Kf8 39. Kg2 Ke8 40. Rb5 Ke7 41. Rb7+ Ke6 42. Rb6+ Kd5 43. Rb7 Kc6 44. Rb8 Kc5 45. Rc8+ Kd4 46. Rd8+ Kc4 47. Rc8+ Kd3 48. Rd8+ Kc2 49. Rb8 Rb1 50. Kf3 b3 51. Rc8+ Kd2 52. Rd8+ Kc3 53. Rc8+ Kd2 54. Rd8+ Ke1 55. Re8+ Kf1 56. Rb8 Rb2 57. Kg3 Rb1 58. f4 Ke2 59. Rb7 Kd3 0:1.

Levon Aronian – Yevgeny Bareev 0,5:0,5

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 axb5 6. Bxb5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Bb7 8.
Bd2 Qb6 9. Bc4 e6 10. e4 Nxe4 11. dxe6 dxe6 12. Bb5+ Bc6 13. Bxc6+ Qxc6 14. Nf3 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Be7 16. O-O O-O 17. Rad1 Bf6 18. Rfe1 Qb6 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 Nc6 21. Ree1 Rfd8 22. Qc1 Nb4 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Re2 Nd3 25. Qc2 Nb4 26. Qe4 h6 27. g3 Nd5 28. Qc4 Nxc3 29. Qxc3 Qa6 30. Re1 Qxa2 31. Qxc5 Qxb2 32. Qe3 Qc2 33. h4 Rd1 34. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 35. Kh2 Qd5 36. Qf4 g5 37. hxg5 Qxg5 38. Qb8+ Kg7 39. Qb2+ Qf6 40. Qe2 Qd4 41. Qf3 Kg6 42. Qe2 h5 43. Qc2+ f5 44. Qe2 Kf6 45. Kg1 h4 46. gxh4 Qxh4 47. Qb2+ Kg6 48. Qb8 Qg4+ 49. Kf1 1/2:1/2.

Alexandr Morozevich – Levon Aronian 1:0

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. a3 Bc5 5. Nc3 d6 6. Na4 Bb6 7. Nxb6 axb6 8.
Ne2 Be6 9. Nc3 Bxc4 10. dxc4 h6 11. Be3 Ne7 12. f3 Nd7 13. Qd2 f5 14. O-O-O Nf6 15. exf5 Nxf5 16. Bf2 Qd7 17. Rhe1 Qc6 18. Qd3 Ne7 19. Kb1 O-O-O 20. Nb5 Kb8 21. a4 Rhe8 22. Qc3 Nc8 23. b3 Nd7 24. Kb2 Nc5 25. a5 bxa5 26. Qxa5 Na6 27. Nc3 g5 28. Nd5 Ne7 29. Ra1 Kc8 30. Nc3 Rf8 31. Be3 Nf5 32. Nd5 Kd7 33. Qd2 Nxe3 34. Rxe3 Nc5 35. Nb4 Qb6 36. Rxe5 Ne6 37. Rb5 Qd4+ 38. Qxd4 Nxd4 39. Rxb7 Rb8 40. Rxb8 Rxb8 41. Nd5 Rf8 42. Re1 Ne6 43. Kc3 g4 44. fxg4 Rf2 45. Re3 c6 46. Nb4 c5 47. Nd5 Nd4 48. Rh3 Rxc2+ 49. Kd3 Rxg2 50. b4 1:0.

Levon Aronian – Peter Svidler 0:1

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Re1 O-O 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. Bf1 Ng4 10. Nf3 Nge5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Nd5 f5 13. g3 fxe4 14. Rxe4
Bf5 15. Rh4 Qd7 16. c3 Kh8 17. Bg5 Rae8 18. Bg2 Nd8 19. Bh6 Bg7 20. Bxg7+ Qxg7 21. Ne3 Bd7 22. Qd4 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Bc6 24. Rad1 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Ne6 26. Re4 Nc5 27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Kf3 Kg7 29. Rd4 Ne6 30. Rg4 a5 31. h4 Kf7 32. Ke2 h5 33. Re4 b5 34. Kd2 c6 35. c4 b4 36. Ng2 Rb8 37. Nf4 Nc5 38. Rd4 a4 39. f3 a3 40. bxa3 b3 41. axb3 Nxb3+ 42. Kc3 Nxd4 43. Kxd4 Ra8 44. Nd3 Rxa3 45. c5 dxc5+ 46. Nxc5 Rxf3 47. Ne4 Ke7 48. Kc5 Re3 0:1.

Ruslan Ponomariov – Levon Aronian 0,5:0,5

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd2 Ne4 6. Nc3 Nxd2 7. Qxd2 e6 8. e4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 c5 11. d5 c4 12. Bc2 Bc5 13. O-O O-O 14. Rad1 exd5 15. exd5 Bg4 16. Qf4 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nd7 18. d6 g6 19. Ne4 Re8 20. Qf4 Re5 21. b3 Rf5 22. Qg3 Ra7 23. bxc4 bxc4 24. Qc3 Nf6 25. Nxc5 Rxc5 26. Qd4 Nd7 27. Rfe1 Qf6 28. Qe3 Rb7 29. Ba4 Re5 30. Qd2 Kg7 31. Rxe5 Qxe5 32. Bxd7 Rxd7 33. g3 c3 34. Qd3 c2 35. Qxc2 Rxd6 36. Rxd6 Qxd6 37. h4 1/2:1/2.

Levon Aronian – Alexander Grischuk 0:1

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 h6 9. Bd2 O-O 10. e3 Bxc5 11. Bd3 a6 12. Ne2 b5 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. O-O Rc8
15. Qb1 Ne4 16. Bc3 Bd6 17. Bd4 Ndc5 18. Ng3 Qd7 19. Rfd1 Qe6 20. Nh5 g6 21.
Nf4 Qe7 22. Bf1 Rfd8 23. g3 Ng5 24. Nxg5 Qxg5 25. h4 Qg4 26. Bh3 Qf3 27. Bxc8
Rxc8 28. Rd2 Ne4 29. Rxc8+ Bxc8 30. Rc2 Bf5 31. Qc1 Kh7 32. Ng2 Ng5 33. hxg5
Be4 34. Kf1 Qxg2+ 35. Ke1 0:1.

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov – Levon Aronian 0:1

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 e6 6. Nf3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2
Nc6 9. O-O Be6 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Rxd4 Bc5 13. Rd1 Rc8 14. e4 Nxe4 15. Qa4+ Bd7 16. Qb3 Nxf2 17. Rxd5 Ng4+ 18. Rxc5 Rxc5 19. Bxg4 Bxg4 20. Qb4 Qe7 21. Bf4 Rc6 22. Qd4 Qc5 23. Re1+ Be6 24. Qxc5 Rxc5 25. Ne4 0:1.

Levon Aronian – Vladislav Tkachiev 1:0

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. a3 g6 9. e4 dxc4 10. e5 Qd8 11. Bxc4 Bg7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Kf1 a6 15. h4 Rd8 16. h5 g5 17. Nxg5 Nxe5 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. dxe5 Qxe5 21. Rh3 Qxe2+ 22. Kxe2 Bxc3 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rxc3 Rd5 25. g4 Rb5 26. b4 a5 27. Rc5 Rxc5 28. bxc5 e5 29. f4 exf4 30. Kf3 Kf7 31. Kxf4 Kf6 32. a4 1:0.