Mamedyarov wins World Blitz qualifier

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov won the World Blitz qualifier, held on the last day of the Aeroflot Open Chess Festival in Moscow, Russia. The Azeri grandmaster scored 14.5/18, half a point more than Ruslan Ponomariov. Together with Dmitry Andreikin, Evgeny Tomashevsky, Wesley So and Nikita Vitiugov they qualified for the World Blitz Championship, to be held later this year.

The Qualification Tournament for the World Blitz Championship 2011 was held on February 17th, at the end of the Aeroflot Open Chess Festival. The venue was again the Izmailovo hotel in eastern Moscow. A huge Swiss group of 194 participants (average Elo 2520!) played nine double rounds. The rate of play was three minutes and two seconds increment per move. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov took the first prize of 10,000 Euros. Unfortunately the games don't seem to be available.

Aeroflot 2011 | World Blitz Qualifier | Final Standings (top 100)

Place	SNo.	Title	Name		Fed.	FIDE	Total	MBch.	Bch.	Wins
1	3	GM	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	AZE	AZE	2772	14.5	74.50	95.50	7
2	4	GM	Ponomariov, Ruslan	UKR	UKR	2744	14.0	77.00	98.50	7
3	18	GM	Andreikin, Dmitry	RUS	RUS	2689	13.5	77.50	100.00	6
4	14	GM	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	RUS	RUS	2695	13.5	74.50	94.50	6
5	23	GM	So, Wesley	PHI	PHI	2673	13.0	77.50	95.50	6
6	11	GM	Vitiugov, Nikita	RUS	RUS	2709	13.0	70.00	89.50	6
7	19	GM	Motylev, Alexander	RUS	RUS	2687	12.5	77.50	101.00	5
8	2	GM	Grischuk, Alexander	RUS	RUS	2773	12.5	75.50	96.50	4
9	32	GM	Mamedov, Rauf	AZE	AZE	2660	12.5	75.00	98.00	5
10	111	GM	Ismagambetov, Anuar	KAZ	KAZ	2499	12.5	71.50	91.50	6
11	29	GM	Cheparinov, Ivan	BUL	BUL	2665	12.5	70.50	89.50	6
12	5	GM	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	RUS	RUS	2733	12.5	68.50	86.50	5
13	88	IM	Pridorozhni, Aleksei	RUS	RUS	2543	12.0	78.50	98.00	6
14	6	GM	Kamsky, Gata	USA	USA	2730	12.0	77.00	98.00	6
15	21	GM	Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	UZB	UZB	2681	12.0	69.50	89.50	5
16	15	GM	Dreev, Aleksey	RUS	RUS	2694	12.0	68.50	87.00	4
17	30	GM	Le, Quang Liem	VIE	VIE	2664	12.0	66.50	87.00	5
18	10	GM	Malakhov, Vladimir	RUS	RUS	2714	12.0	66.00	85.50	4
19	1	GM	Karjakin, Sergey	RUS	RUS	2776	12.0	66.00	84.50	6
20	12	GM	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	ESP	ESP	2698	11.5	81.50	103.00	4
21	72	IM	Papin, Vasily	RUS	RUS	2568	11.5	77.50	100.00	3
22	9	GM	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	FRA	FRA	2715	11.5	76.50	95.50	5
23	48	GM	Predojevic, Borki	BIH	BIH	2626	11.5	74.00	91.50	4
24	59	GM	Petrosian, Tigran L.	ARM	ARM	2604	11.5	73.50	93.50	5
25	26	GM	Korobov, Anton	UKR	UKR	2670	11.5	72.00	89.50	4
26	35	GM	Zhou, Jianchao	CHN	CHN	2655	11.5	71.00	90.50	5
27	109	GM	Durarbeyli, Vasif	AZE	AZE	2504	11.5	71.00	87.50	5
28	27	GM	Moiseenko, Alexander	UKR	UKR	2670	11.5	68.50	86.50	4
29	161	GM	Alavkin, Arseny	RUS	RUS	2393	11.5	68.00	87.50	6
30	44	GM	Edouard, Romain	FRA	FRA	2634	11.5	67.50	87.50	4
31	49	GM	Salgado Lopez, Ivan	ESP	ESP	2626	11.5	66.50	85.00	5
32	34	GM	Zvjaginsev, Vadim	RUS	RUS	2660	11.5	65.50	86.00	4
33	41	GM	Khairullin, Ildar	RUS	RUS	2640	11.5	64.00	81.50	5
34	60	GM	Zhao, Jun	CHN	CHN	2599	11.5	59.50	75.50	5
35	65	GM	Mamedov, Nidjat	AZE	AZE	2580	11.0	76.50	98.50	3
36	102	GM	Dlugy, Maxim	USA	USA	2518	11.0	76.00	96.00	4
37	81	GM	Lenderman, Aleksandr	USA	USA	2549	11.0	70.50	84.50	5
38	114	GM	Ovetchkin, Roman	RUS	RUS	2498	11.0	69.00	89.50	6
39	56	GM	Yu, Yangyi	CHN	CHN	2607	11.0	68.50	88.50	4
40	106	GM	Wen, Yang	CHN	CHN	2509	11.0	68.00	85.50	4
41	130	FM	Nakhapetiane, Pogos	RUS	RUS	2469	11.0	68.00	85.00	4
42	16	GM	Bologan, Viktor	MDA	MDA	2693	11.0	64.00	82.50	4
43	113	GM	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	RUS	RUS	2498	11.0	63.00	78.50	4
44	28	GM	Kobalia, Mikhail	RUS	RUS	2666	11.0	60.50	76.00	4
45	108	IM	Fedoseev, Vladimir	RUS	RUS	2505	10.5	71.50	90.00	3
46	31	GM	Kurnosov, Igor	RUS	RUS	2662	10.5	71.50	89.50	3
47	140	FM	Bukavshin, Ivan	RUS	RUS	2458	10.5	69.00	89.50	3
48	8	GM	Jakovenko, Dmitry	RUS	RUS	2718	10.5	68.50	88.50	4
49	17	GM	Riazantsev, Alexander	RUS	RUS	2689	10.5	66.50	85.50	4
50	42	GM	Savchenko, Boris	RUS	RUS	2637	10.5	65.00	82.50	4
51	153		Lu, Shanglei	CHN	CHN	2416	10.5	64.50	84.50	3
52	76	GM	Shomoev, Anton	RUS	RUS	2557	10.5	64.00	83.00	4
53	133		Obolenskikh, Dmitry	RUS	RUS	2467	10.5	58.50	74.00	5
54	24	GM	Inarkiev, Ernesto	RUS	RUS	2672	10.5	57.50	74.50	4
55	55	GM	Iturrizaga, Eduardo	VEN	VEN	2611	10.0	80.00	99.50	4
56	96	GM	Stupak, Kirill	BLR	BLR	2527	10.0	71.50	88.50	5
57	136	FM	Sharafiev, Azat	RUS	RUS	2462	10.0	70.50	93.00	5
58	52	GM	Maletin, Pavel	RUS	RUS	2621	10.0	70.50	89.00	3
59	7	GM	Movsesian, Sergei	ARM	ARM	2721	10.0	67.00	84.00	3
60	43	GM	Lysyj, Igor	RUS	RUS	2635	10.0	66.00	84.50	4
61	122	IM	Bogdanovich, Stanislav	UKR	UKR	2484	10.0	65.50	85.50	4
62	93	IM	Pavlov, Sergey	UKR	UKR	2530	10.0	64.00	80.00	3
63	99	GM	Shimanov, Aleksandr	RUS	RUS	2520	10.0	63.00	81.50	3
64	39	GM	Ni, Hua	CHN	CHN	2645	10.0	62.00	77.00	3
65	138	IM	Barbosa, Oliver	PHI	PHI	2461	10.0	61.00	76.50	3
66	137	IM	Bitoon, Richard	PHI	PHI	2461	10.0	55.50	72.00	3
67	36	GM	Potkin, Vladimir	RUS	RUS	2651	9.5	82.00	106.50	3
68	58	GM	Bocharov, Dmitry	RUS	RUS	2605	9.5	72.00	93.00	3
68	143	IM	Lushenkov, Mikhail	RUS	RUS	2451	9.5	72.00	93.00	3
70	82	GM	Kunin, Vitaly	GER	GER	2548	9.5	71.50	92.00	3
71	54	GM	Lenic, Luka	SLO	SLO	2613	9.5	71.50	89.50	3
72	125	IM	Reshetnikov, Alexey	RUS	RUS	2478	9.5	69.00	86.50	4
73	40	GM	Sandipan, Chanda	IND	IND	2641	9.5	68.00	87.50	3
74	87	GM	Gabrielian, Artur	RUS	RUS	2543	9.5	68.00	84.00	3
75	63	GM	Bluvshtein, Mark	CAN	CAN	2590	9.5	67.00	87.00	3
76	98	GM	Smirnov, Pavel	RUS	RUS	2523	9.5	66.00	82.50	3
77	79	GM	Oleksienko, Mikhailo	UKR	UKR	2552	9.5	65.50	81.00	4
78	74	GM	Maslak, Konstantin	RUS	RUS	2561	9.5	64.00	82.50	2
78	182		Lu, Yijie	CHN	CHN	2311	9.5	64.00	82.50	2
80	155	IM	Hamitevici, Vladimir	MDA	MDA	2412	9.5	63.00	81.50	4
81	68	GM	Hess, Robert L	USA	USA	2572	9.5	61.50	82.00	3
82	25	GM	Zhigalko, Sergei	BLR	BLR	2671	9.5	60.50	75.50	2
83	22	GM	Volokitin, Andrei	UKR	UKR	2678	9.5	60.00	77.50	4
84	116	GM	Zhao, Xue	CHN	CHN	2494	9.5	59.00	76.50	3
85	142	GM	Sharavdorj, Dashzegve	MGL	MGL	2452	9.5	58.50	74.50	3
86	148	IM	Sieciechowicz, Marcin	POL	POL	2441	9.5	58.00	73.50	4
87	70	GM	Vocaturo, Daniele	ITA	ITA	2570	9.0	70.50	90.50	3
88	33	GM	Grachev, Boris	RUS	RUS	2660	9.0	68.50	86.00	3
89	45	GM	Ding, Liren	CHN	CHN	2628	9.0	65.50	84.00	1
90	75	GM	Kotsur, Pavel	KAZ	KAZ	2559	9.0	64.00	81.50	3
91	20	GM	Timofeev, Artyom	RUS	RUS	2681	9.0	63.00	83.00	1
92	77	GM	Vorobiov, Evgeny E.	RUS	RUS	2556	9.0	63.00	81.50	4
93	104	IM	Kovalenko, Igor	UKR	UKR	2515	9.0	63.00	81.50	2
94	37	GM	Khismatullin, Denis	RUS	RUS	2649	9.0	60.50	77.00	2
95	85	IM	Sethuraman, S.P.	IND	IND	2545	9.0	59.00	76.50	3
96	131		Wan, Yunguo	CHN	CHN	2469	9.0	58.00	76.00	3
97	149	IM	Dimakiling, Oliver	PHI	PHI	2432	9.0	54.00	70.00	4
98	83	GM	Ulibin, Mikhail	RUS	RUS	2547	9.0	51.50	62.50	4
99	38	GM	Hammer, Jon Ludvig	NOR	NOR	2647	8.5	69.00	89.50	3
100	47	GM	Sjugirov, Sanan	RUS	RUS	2626	8.5	68.50	87.50	4

Links

• World Blitz qualifier
• Aeroflot Open