Maxime Vachier-Lagrave wins Blitz

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

The Young Frenchman proved yet again that he is an exceptional Blitz player. After the European, Vachier-Lagrave has now won the Mind Sports Blitz title. In the Women's Blitz event, World Champion Hou Yifan, finished ahead, another home success for the Beijing public to appreciate.

Here is the final cross table:

Rank	Player	ELO	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts
1	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	2710	FRA	*	½	½	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	12
2	Grischuk Alexander	2752	RUS	½	*	½	½	1	1	0	1	1	1	½	½	1	1	0	1	10½
3	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2733	AZE	½	½	*	1	½	1	1	1	0	½	0	0	1	1	1	1	10
4	Karjakin Sergey	2763	RUS	0	½	0	*	½	0	1	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	9½
5	Gashimov Vugar	2757	AZE	0	0	½	½	*	1	1	0	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	0	9
6	Vallejo Pons Francisco	2705	ESP	1	0	0	1	0	*	½	0	1	½	1	1	1	1	0	1	9
7	Ivanchuk Vassily	2775	UKR	0	1	0	0	0	½	*	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	9
8	Almasi Zoltan	2707	HUN	1	0	0	1	1	1	½	*	1	0	0	1	½	0	½	1	8½
9	Ponomariov Ruslan	2723	UKR	0	0	1	½	½	0	½	0	*	1	1	1	0	½	1	1	8
10	Le Quang Liem	2714	VIE	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	1	0	*	1	0	0	½	1	1	6
11	Kamsky Gata	2732	USA	0	½	1	0	½	0	0	1	0	0	*	1	1	0	½	0	5½
12	Giri Anish	2714	NED	0	½	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	*	0	1	1	½	5
13	Wang Hao	2736	CHN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	1	0	1	*	0	½	1	5
14	Dominguez Perez Leinier	2712	CUB	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	½	½	1	0	1	*	½	½	5
15	Wang Yue	2697	CHN	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	½	0	0	½	0	½	½	*	½	4½
16	Nielsen Peter Heine	2693	DEN	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	½	0	½	½	*	3½

Alexander Grischuk (silver) and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (bronze) all already known as particularly strong Blitz players.

The Women's event:

#	Ti	Player	Elo	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts
1	GM	Hou Yifan	2578	CHN	*	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	11½
2	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2531	BUL	0	*	½	½	1	0	0	1	1	1	½	½	1	1	1	½	9½
3	IM	Muzychuk Anna	2562	SLO	½	½	*	1	½	1	½	1	½	½	0	½	1	½	1	½	9½
4	GM	Kosteniuk Alexandra	2439	RUS	½	½	0	*	1	1	0	1	½	0	½	1	1	½	½	1	9
5	GM	Dzagnidze Nana	2516	GEO	½	0	½	0	*	½	1	1	1	0	0	½	1	1	1	1	9
6	GM	Harika Dronavalli	2512	IND	½	1	0	0	½	*	1	½	½	0	0	½	½	1	1	1	8
7	IM	Dembo Yelena	2468	GRE	½	1	½	1	0	0	*	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	8
8	GM	Lahno Kateryna	2549	UKR	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	*	1	1	1	1	1	1	½	½	7½
9	IM	Zatonskih Anna	2506	USA	0	0	½	½	0	½	1	0	*	½	1	1	1	0	0	1	7
10	GM	Danielian Elina	2497	ARM	0	0	½	1	1	1	0	0	½	*	½	1	0	½	0	1	7
11	WGM	Ju Wenjun	2543	CHN	1	½	1	½	1	1	0	0	0	½	*	0	0	½	1	0	7
12	IM	Skripchenko Almira	2468	FRA	0	½	½	0	½	½	1	0	0	0	1	*	0	1	0	1	6
13	GM	Cmilyte Viktorija	2503	LTU	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	1	1	1	*	½	1	½	5½
14	GM	Socko Monika	2479	POL	0	0	½	½	0	0	1	0	1	½	½	0	½	*	1	0	5½
15	IM	Paehtz Elisabeth	2457	GER	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	1	1	0	1	0	0	*	1	5
16	GM	Cramling Pia	2495	SWE	0	½	½	0	0	0	1	½	0	0	1	0	½	1	0	*	5

The three medalists are amongst the top five seeds.

Hou Yifan's 11.5 was two whole points ahead of Stefanova and Muzychuk!

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