Karjakin is 2016 World Blitz Champion

[Event "World Blitz 2016"]
[Round "21.1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. c3 d6 7. Re1 Ba7 8. Bb3
O-O 9. h3 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Nf1 c6 12. Ng3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. d4 exd4 15.
Nxd4 h6 16. Bc2 Re8 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Bb3 Qe5 19. Kh2 Ngf4 20. Bd2 Bd7 21. Qf3
Ne6 22. Nxe6 Bxe6 23. Re1 Qd6 24. Kg1 Nf6 25. Bf4 Qe7 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Be3 Bxe3
28. Qxe3 Re8 29. Qe5 Qd7 30. Ne4 Nxe4 31. Qxe4 Qd5 32. a3 Kf7 33. Qf4+ Qf5 34.
Qc7+ Re7 35. Qd6 Qc2 36. Qf4+ Kg8 37. Qb4 Rf7 38. Qb6 Qd2 39. Rxe6 Qc1+ 40. Kh2
Qf4+ 41. Kg1 Qc1+ 42. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz 2016"]
[Round "21.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Qxd4 7. Nxc6 Qxd1+
8. Nxd1 bxc6 9. Be2 Bd6 10. Ne3 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Bf3 Bd7 13. Nc4 Bc5 14. Bf4
Nd5 15. Bg3 Bf5 16. Ne5 Bxc2 17. Rac1 Bd6 18. Nxc6 Be4 19. Rfe1 Bxf3 20. Rxe8+
Rxe8 21. gxf3 f5 22. Bxd6 cxd6 23. Kf1 a6 24. Rd1 Nb6 25. b3 d5 26. Nd4 g6 27.
Rc1 Nd7 28. Rc6 a5 29. Rd6 Ne5 30. Rxd5 Nd3 31. Ne2 Rxe2 32. Rd8+ Kf7 33. Kxe2
Nc1+ 34. Kd2 Nxa2 35. Ra8 Nb4 36. Rxa5 Nc6 37. Ra4 Ne5 38. Ke3 g5 39. h3 h5 40.
f4 gxf4+ 41. Kxf4 Nd3+ 42. Kxf5 Nxf2 43. h4 1-0

[Event "World Blitz 2016"]
[Round "21.3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. d4 b5 8. Bc2
exd4 9. cxd4 d6 10. d5 Na5 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Rb1 c6 13. dxc6 Naxc6 14. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz 2016"]
[Round "21.4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 b6 10. f3 Bb7 11. a4 Nc6 12. Bg5 Nb4 13. Nb1 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Na3
Qc7 16. c3 Nc6 17. Nc4 Rfd8 18. Qd3 Ne7 19. Qe3 Nc8 20. a5 b5 21. Nb6 Rb8 22.
Rfd1 Ne7 23. c4 Bc6 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Qc3 Qa7 26. Rac1 Bg5 27. Rc2 Be8 28. Qc7
Qxc7 29. Rxc7 Nc6 30. Nd5 Ra8 31. Bxb5 Nxa5 32. Bxe8 Rxe8 33. Nxa5 Rxa5 34. b4
Ra2 35. b5 Rb8 36. b6 Bd8 37. Rc6 Rb2 38. Rxd6 Bxb6 39. Nxb6 R8xb6 1/2-1/2

FIDE Open World Blitz Championship 2016
Organizer(s) : Qatar Chess Association & FIDE
Date : 2016/12/29 To 2016/12/30
Final ranking
Rank	Name	Rtg	FED	Pts	Wins	Draws	Loses	RtgØ
1	Karjakin Sergey	2800	RUS	16½	13	7	1	2740
2	Carlsen Magnus	2873	NOR	16½	14	5	2	2735
3	Dubov Daniil	2724	RUS	14½	10	9	2	2733
4	Nakamura Hikaru	2842	USA	14½	12	5	4	2720
5	Grischuk Alexander	2761	RUS	14½	11	7	3	2718
6	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	2823	FRA	14	10	8	3	2708
7	Dominguez Perez Leinier	2783	CUB	13	9	8	4	2725
8	Korobov Anton	2666	UKR	13	9	8	4	2708
9	Ivanchuk Vassily	2754	UKR	13	10	6	5	2697
10	Anand Viswanathan	2754	IND	13	9	8	4	2695
11	Leko Peter	2697	HUN	13	9	8	4	2678
12	Nepomniachtchi Ian	2830	RUS	13	9	8	4	2677
13	Salem A.R. Saleh	2636	UAE	12½	12	1	8	2767
14	Wei Yi	2636	CHN	12½	8	9	4	2722
15	Jobava Baadur	2752	GEO	12½	11	3	7	2700
16	Yu Yangyi	2712	CHN	12½	9	7	5	2688
17	Riazantsev Alexander	2678	RUS	12½	11	3	7	2663
18	Onischuk Vladimir	2740	UKR	12½	11	3	7	2634
19	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	2666	POL	12	9	6	6	2712
20	Bu Xiangzhi	2613	CHN	12	7	10	4	2706
21	Matlakov Maxim	2668	RUS	12	9	6	6	2689
22	Radjabov Teimour	2800	AZE	12	8	8	5	2671
23	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2813	AZE	12	9	6	6	2670
24	Artemiev Vladislav	2847	RUS	12	8	8	5	2668
25	Mchedlishvili Mikheil	2509	GEO	12	8	8	5	2668
26	Li Chao B	2632	CHN	12	11	2	8	2658
27	Naiditsch Arkadij	2647	AZE	12	9	6	6	2656
28	Aronian Levon	2830	ARM	12	9	6	6	2633
29	Mamedov Rauf	2770	AZE	12	9	6	6	2632
30	Morozevich Alexander	2684	RUS	11½	8	7	6	2723
31	Bok Benjamin	2630	NED	11½	10	3	8	2670
32	Khusnutdinov Rustam	2624	KAZ	11½	9	5	7	2656
33	Cheparinov Ivan	2661	BUL	11½	8	7	6	2654
34	Inarkiev Ernesto	2605	RUS	11½	10	3	8	2645
35	Melkumyan Hrant	2712	ARM	11½	9	5	7	2636
36	Vallejo Pons Francisco	2648	ESP	11½	10	3	8	2623
37	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	2648	VIE	11½	8	7	6	2616
38	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2756	RUS	11½	8	7	6	2597
39	Vitiugov Nikita	2682	RUS	11½	7	9	5	2594
40	Maghsoodloo Parham	2585	IRI	11½	11	1	9	2542
41	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2546	IND	11	8	6	7	2706
42	Bosiocic Marin	2659	CRO	11	10	2	9	2701
43	Adly Ahmed	2733	EGY	11	8	6	7	2654
44	Malakhov Vladimir	2672	RUS	11	6	10	5	2634
45	Lu Shanglei	2713	CHN	11	9	4	8	2604
46	Lalith Babu M R	2585	IND	11	10	2	9	2601
47	Grandelius Nils	2602	SWE	11	7	8	6	2593
48	Fressinet Laurent	2628	FRA	11	9	4	8	2585
49	Ghaem Maghami Ehsan	2586	IRI	11	8	6	7	2583
50	Anton Guijarro David	2600	ESP	11	8	6	7	2569
51	Banikas Hristos	2645	GRE	11	9	4	8	2558
52	Dreev Aleksey	2563	RUS	10½	8	5	8	2708
53	Vidit Santosh Gujrathi	2562	IND	10½	8	5	8	2656
54	Firouzja Alireza	2474	IRI	10½	8	5	8	2649
55	Volokitin Andrei	2605	UKR	10½	8	5	8	2645
56	Pichot Alan	2614	ARG	10½	9	3	9	2632
57	Pantsulaia Levan	2607	GEO	10½	10	1	10	2590
58	Zhigalko Sergei	2699	BLR	10½	8	5	8	2579
59	Christiansen Johan-Sebastian	2520	NOR	10½	10	1	10	2552
60	Zhang Zhong	2623	SGP	10½	8	5	8	2429
61	Najer Evgeniy	2586	RUS	10	8	4	9	2681
62	Bologan Victor	2584	MDA	10	9	2	10	2664
63	Bortnyk Olexandr	2741	UKR	10	9	2	10	2647
64	Mareco Sandro	2625	ARG	10	8	4	9	2623
65	Amonatov Farrukh	2759	TJK	10	8	4	9	2593
66	Flores Diego	2597	ARG	10	9	2	10	2588
67	Bindrich Falko	2587	GER	10	8	4	9	2574
68	Moiseenko Alexander	2672	UKR	10	9	2	10	2561
69	Jumabayev Rinat	2610	KAZ	10	10	0	11	2560
70	Al-Sayed Mohammed	2596	QAT	10	9	2	10	2552
71	Borisek Jure	2632	SLO	10	7	6	8	2530
72	Belyakov Bogdan	2458	RUS	9½	6	7	8	2643
73	Salinas Herrera Pablo	2515	CHI	9½	9	1	11	2630
74	Adhiban B.	2583	IND	9½	6	7	8	2628
75	Jakovenko Dmitry	2623	RUS	9½	6	7	8	2612
76	Tari Aryan	2522	NOR	9½	7	5	9	2612
77	Svane Rasmus	2559	GER	9½	8	3	10	2601
78	Potapov Pavel	2481	RUS	9½	6	7	8	2589
79	Perez Ponsa Federico	2535	ARG	9½	9	1	11	2577
80	Aleksandrov Aleksej	2549	BLR	9½	8	3	10	2562
81	Howell David W L	2649	ENG	9½	8	3	10	2554
82	Amin Bassem	2670	EGY	9½	8	3	10	2546
83	Atabayev Yusup	2470	TKM	9½	8	3	10	2486
84	Agdestein Simen	2500	NOR	9	7	4	10	2626
85	Atabayev Maksat	2474	TKM	9	7	4	10	2621
86	Quparadze Giga	2571	GEO	9	7	4	10	2607
87	Debashis Das	2430	IND	9	7	4	10	2583
88	Henriquez Villagra Cristobal	2503	CHI	9	6	6	9	2572
89	Neelotpal Das	2459	IND	9	8	2	11	2554
90	Kozul Zdenko	2649	CRO	9	8	2	11	2539
91	Sanal Vahap	2466	TUR	9	9	0	12	2520
92	Hirneise Tobias	2515	GER	9	8	2	11	2500
93	Xu Yi	2373	CHN	9	8	2	11	2487
94	Darini Pouria	2500	IRI	9	8	2	11	2469
95	Hirneise Jens	2428	GER	9	8	2	11	2468
96	Tregubov Pavel V.	2397	RUS	8½	7	3	11	2605
97	Halkias Stelios	2551	GRE	8½	8	1	12	2560
98	Gholami Aryan	2247	IRI	8½	5	7	9	2530
99	Quintiliano Pinto Renato R.	2405	BRA	8½	7	3	11	2496
100	Saeed Ishaq	2183	UAE	8	7	2	12	2481
101	Venkatesh M.R.	2522	IND	8	8	0	13	2464
102	Kayumov Sergey	2430	UZB	7½	7	1	13	2467
103	Shytaj Luca	2435	ITA	7½	6	3	12	2439
104	Gashimov Sarkhan	2364	AZE	7	6	2	13	2417
105	Tissir Mohamed	2340	MAR	6	6	0	15	2442
106	Stratonowitsch Andre	2138	SEY	4½	3	3	15	2444
107	Khayat Abdullah F	1738	KSA	2	2	0	19	2453

[Event "World Blitz 2016"]
[Round "21.5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Rb1 a5 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O d6
9. a3 Re8 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Bg7 14. b5 Ne7 15. Nd2
e4 16. Qc2 e3 17. fxe3 Nf5 18. Nd1 Nxe3 19. Nxe3 Rxe3 20. Rbe1 Qe8 21. Bd5 Bf5
22. Be4 Bd4 23. Kg2 Bxe4+ 24. Nxe4 f5 25. Nf2 Qe7 26. Nd1 Re6 27. Qd2 Kg7 28. e3
Bf6 29. Re2 c6 30. bxc6 bxc6 31. d4 Re8 32. Rfe1 Qb7 33. Nf2 c5+ 34. d5 Re5 35.
e4 Qe7 36. Qd3 fxe4 37. Nxe4 Kh7 38. Qf3 Bg7 39. h4 Rf8 40. Qd3 Kh8 41. Nf2 Qf7
42. Ng4 Rxe2+ 43. Qxe2 h5 44. Nf2 Bd4 45. Nh3 Be5 46. Ng5 Qf5 47. Nf3 Bc3 48.
Rc1 Bf6 49. Rf1 Bg7 50. Rf2 Qd7 51. Qe4 Qf5 52. Qxf5 Rxf5 53. Ra2 Rf8 54. Ra6
Rb8 55. Rxd6 Rb4 56. Ng5 Bd4 57. Rxg6 Rxc4 58. d6 Rc2+ 59. Kf3 Rf2+ 60. Ke4 Rf8
61. d7 Bg7 62. d8=R Rxd8 63. Nf7+ Kh7 64. Rxg7+ Kxg7 65. Nxd8 Kf6 66. Nc6 c4 67.
Nb4 Ke6 68. Nd5 Kd6 69. Kd4 Ke6 70. Kxc4 Kf5 71. Nf4 Kg4 72. Ne2 Kf3 73. Kd3 1-0

[Event "World Blitz 2016"]
[Round "21.6"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d3 Re8 8. Nd5
Nxd5 9. cxd5 Ne7 10. Nd2 c6 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. a3 Bxd2 13. Bxd2 d5 14. Rc1 Be6
15. b4 Qd7 16. e3 a6 17. Rc5 Rac8 18. b5 Ne7 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. bxa6 bxa6 21. Qa1
f6 22. Rc1 Bh3 23. Rxc8+ Qxc8 24. Bxh3 Qxh3 25. Bb4 Nc6 26. Qa2 Qd7 27. e4 Nd4
28. Bc3 Nb5 29. Bd2 h5 30. exd5 h4 31. Be3 Nc3 32. Qc4 Nxd5 33. gxh4 Kh7 34.
Qe4+ Kg8 35. h5 Nxe3 36. fxe3 Qd6 37. a4 Qa3 38. h6 Qc1+ 39. Kg2 gxh6 40. Qg6+
Kf8 41. Qxh6+ Kf7 42. Qh5+ Ke6 43. Qg4+ Ke7 44. Qb4+ 1-0

[Event "World Blitz 2016"]
[Round "21.7"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Salem, A.R. Saleh"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nb6 7. O-O Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Qe2 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. e4 h5 15.
Be3 c6 16. h3 Be6 17. f4 Bg7 18. e5 f5 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. Qf2 Rad8 21. Kh2 Bf5
22. Bxb6 axb6 23. Qxb6 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 h4 25. g4 Bxg4 26. Rf1 Bc8 27. a4 Kh7 28.
a5 Bh6 29. Qc7+ Qe7 30. Qb6 Qd6 31. Ne4 Bxf4+ 32. Kh1 Qe5 33. a6 bxa6 34. Qxc6
Rf8 35. Nc3 Qg5 36. Nd5 Bxh3 37. Bxh3 Qg3 38. Nxf4 1-0