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Anand Wins Blitz Tourney By A Mile At Moscow
By Arvind Aaron
The victory in the Mikhail Tal Memorial Blitz Tournament at Moscow on November 19 should
compensate for not winning the World Blitz earlier this year in Israel. The field here was a shade
stronger than the World Bllitz. Anand was at his best scoring 23/34 in the 18-player double round
robin blitz event that was held at Moscow. The time control was five minutes per
game plus 2 seconds per move. Anand won by a wide two-point margin.
Linares champion, world cup champion and the man who led Armenia to the Olympiad triumph this year, Levon
Aronian finished second. Teimour Radjabov of Azerbaijan finished third. Blitz chess was a treat to
the chess fans in Moscow. The prize fund was 100,000 dollars. The remarkable feature of
Anand who will turn 37 next month is his consistency be it classical chess
or rapid or blitz.
The tournament is a tribute to the former world champion Mikhail Tal who passed away in 1992. Had
he lived today he would have been 70 this month. Tal and Fischer (his chess part) were Anand's favourite
players when he grew up.
Final placings: 1 V.Anand (Ind) 23/34, 2 L.Aronian (Arm) 21, 3-4 T.Radjabov (Aze), P.Svidler (Rus) 20.5
each, 5 R.Ponomariov (Ukr) 19.5, 6-8 A.Morozevich (Rus), A.Grischuk (Rus), B.Gelfand (Isr) 18 each, 9-10
N.Carlsen (Nor), A.Karpov (Rus) 17.5 each, 11-13 S.Karjakin (Ukr), S.Mamedyarov (Aze), Judit Polgar
(Hun) 17 each, 14 P.Leko (Hun) 16.5, 15 D.Jakovenko
(Rus) 15.5, 16 V.Bologan (Mda) 10.5, 17 A.Timofeev (Rus) 10, 18 B.Jobava (Geo) 9.
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Published on 22.11.2006
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