Tal Blitz Chess World Championship 2010 Day 3
Congratulations to Levon Aronian on winning the Blitz World Championship! Five rounds before the end he had a three points
lead, and was the only one that scored consistently well all three days. Despite some losses in the last few rounds a well
deserved victory with 24.5/38.
Radjabov scored 8/10 the last day to take silver at 24/38, and my own 6.5/10 gave third another half point behind Radjabov.
After the closing ceremony there was a high profile tandem match (with alternating moves) and with good play by my teammate
Russian Deputy Prime Minister A.Zhukov, we won convincingly against Kramnik and Assistant to the Russian President A.Dvorkovich.
As if that was not enough, late in the evening I played 40 blitz games (3 2) with H. Nakamura. We were both pretty tired and
the quality of the games varied to put it mildly.
The organizers and A.Bakh deserve praise for a well-organized tournament. With the long traditions and the keen and knowledgeable
spectators, playing high level chess in Moscow is something truly special.
Magnus Carlsen, Haslum, November 20th, 2010