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My apologies. It seems that the World Blitz Championship is of 42 gruelling rounds and the title has not yet been won. Carlsen leads with 14(!) more rounds to go. Anand was leading at the end of the first third section with an amazing 12/14 without losses. Veteran Karpov is 9th. Karpov was ranked 4th at the end of the first half. Judit Polgar is 19th and defending champion Dominguez stands 14th, two places ahead of another traditional favorite Ivanchuk. Top Ten Standings after Round 28 1 19 GM Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2801 21.0 2 20 GM Anand, Viswanathan IND 2788 20.0 3 16 GM Karjakin, Sergey UKR 2723 18.5 4 5 GM Kramnik, Vladimir RUS 2772 16.5 5 10 GM Svidler, Peter RUS 2754 16.5 6 11 GM Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR 2739 16.0 7 12 GM Grischuk, Alexander RUS 2736 16.0 8 1 GM Aronian, Levon ARM 2786 14.5 9 17 GM Karpov, Anatoly RUS 2619 14.0 10 9 GM Morozevich, Alexander RUS 2750 13.5

The fast rising Leinier Perez Dominguez of Cuba won the World Blitz Chess Championship held at Almaty, Kazakhstan. Vassily Ivanchuk of the Ukraine won the second prize while Peter Svidler took the third place. Dominguez Perez proved that the classical ratings are not all that critical by finishing ahead of Morozevich (2787) and Ivanchuk (2786). Judit Polgar of Hungary finished a shocking 16th and last with a performance that even a player rated 2428 should be able to manage. Check out this lucky win on time when the position was roughly equal. Both the players made mistakes during the time scramble. Final Standings Dominguez Perez 11.5 Ivanchuk 11 Sviler, Grishchuk 10 Mamedyarov, Radjabov 9.5 Kazhgaleyev 8 Morozevich 7.5 Kamsky, Gelfand 7 Tkachiev, Rublevsky 6.5 Vaganian 5.5 Bassem 4.5 Sasikiran 3.5 Polgar 2.5

This year's World Blitz Chess Championship will be held at Almaty, Kazakhstan. The event, which will be held on 7th and 8th November, will be a 16 player round robin. Participants list Amin Bassem (Egypt) Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) Krishnan Sasikiran (India) Gata Kamsky (USA) Alexander Morozevich (Russia) Lenier Dominguez Perez (Cuba) Rafael Vaganian (Armenia) Sergey Rublevsky (Russia) Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) Vlad Tkachiev (France) Peter Svidler (Russia) Alexander Grischuk (Russia) Boris Gelfand (Israel) Judit Polgar (Hungary) Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) Murtas Kazhgaleev (Kazakhstan) Chess legend Anatoly Karpov will give a simultaneous exhibition. The simul will be against local talent. Kirsan Illyumzhinov is also expected to grace the occasion. A stamp is being issued to celebrate the IV World Blitz Chess Championship.