Fixture list
SNo. Title Name Fed. FIDE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total Place
1 GM Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR 2786 X = = 1 = 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 0

11.0

2

2 GM Dominguez Perez, Leinier CUB 2719 = X = = 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 = = 1 1 1

11.5

1

3 GM Rublevsky, Sergei RUS 2702 = = X 0 = = 1 = = 0 0 1 0 = 1 0

6.5

12

4 GM Radjabov, Teimour AZE 2752 0 = 1 X 1 1 1 = 0 0 = 1 = 1 1 =

9.5

6

5 GM Morozevich, Alexander RUS 2787 = 0 = 0 X 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 = 1 1 1

7.5

8

6 GM Tkachiev, Vladislav FRA 2664 0 0 = 0 1 X = = = = = 1 1 0 =

0

6.5

11

7 GM Kamsky, Gata USA 2729 1 = 0 0 1 = X = 0 = 0 1 0 0 1 1

7.0

9

8 GM Gelfand, Boris ISR 2719 0 0 = = 0 = = X 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0

7.0

10

9 GM Grischuk, Alexander RUS 2719 0 0 = 1 1 = 1 1 X 1 = 1 = 0 1 1

10.0

4

10 GM Vaganian, Rafael A ARM 2590 0 = 1 1 0 = = 0 0 X 0 1 0 1 0 0

5.5

13

11 GM Kazhgaleyev, Murtas KAZ 2640 0 0 1 = 1 = 1 0 = 1 X = 0 1 1 0

8.0

7

12 GM Sasikiran, Krishnan IND 2694 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = X 0 1 = 1

3.5

15

13 GM Svidler, Peter RUS 2727 = = 1 = = 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 X 1 = 0

10.0

3

14 GM Amin, Bassem EGY 2560 0 0 = 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 1 0

4.5

14

15 GM Polgar, Judit HUN 2711 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 0 = = 0 X 0

2.5

16

16 GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE 2731 1 0 1 = 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 X

9.5

5

IV World Blitz Chess Championship was finished by unexpected victory of grand master from Cuba Leinier Dominguez Perez, who played with 15 great blitz-players in the world. Chess-player from Cuba won 8 games and didn’t lose no one, so he took 11,5 scores.
World Blitz Champion 2007 Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukrain) took 2nd place with 11 scores. Five times champion of Russia Peter Svidler became bronze medalist with 10 scores.
08.11.08 display of multi-board chess-play of honorable guest of the Championship, 12th World Champion Anatoly Karpov with 15 chess fancies from Kazakhstan was held.  Prize-winner of VIII international Seimar Chess Tournament among children and youth Yaroslav Ryabov draw with legendary chess-player.
The opening ceremony of the IV WBCC was conducted on November, 7 at 7 PM. FIDE president Kirsan Ilumzhinov, even office’s chief, mayor of Almaty Akhmetzhan Esimov and Kazakhstan Chess federation president Margulan Seisembaev made welcoming speeches on the ceremony.
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