The World Blitz Championship was won by GM Leinier Dominguez of Cuba who was undefeated with 11.5 points, accumulated from his 8 victories and 7 draws against most of the major players in the world ranking.
He beat Russians Alexander Grischuk and Alexander Morozevich (second in the world ranking), Hungarian Judith Polgar, Azerbaijan’s Shakhriar Mamedyarov, French Vlad Tkachev, Israeli Boris Gelfand, Egyptian Amin Bassem and host Murtas Kazhgaleev and drewagainst now former champion Ukrainian Vassily Ivanchuk, Sergey Rublevsky, Teimour Radjabov, Gata Kamsky, Krihrian Sasikiran, and Peter Svidler, another of the elite players.
Leinier, born on September 23rd 1983, was compared by specialists that attended this tournament, with late Jose Raul Capablanca (World Champion 1921-1927).
| IV World Blitz Almaty KAZ(KAZ), 8-8 xi 2008 | cat. XIX (2702) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 1. | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | g | CUB | 2719 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 11.5 | 2911 | |||||
| 2. | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2786 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11.0 | 2871 | |||||
| 3. | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2727 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 10.0 | 2825 | |||||
| 4. | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2719 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10.0 | 2825 | |||||
| 5. | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | g | AZE | 2731 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9.5 | 2794 | |||||
| 6. | Radjabov, Teimour | g | AZE | 2751 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9.5 | 2793 | |||||
| 7. | Kazhgaleyev, Murtas | g | KAZ | 2640 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 8.0 | 2726 | |||||
| 8. | Morozevich, Alexander | g | RUS | 2787 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | * | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.5 | 2696 | |||||
| 9. | Kamsky, Gata | g | USA | 2729 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 2679 | |||||
| 10. | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2719 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 2679 | |||||
| 11. | Tkachiev, Vladislav | g | FRA | 2664 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 6.5 | 2654 | |||||
| 12. | Rublevsky, Sergei | g | RUS | 2702 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | 2651 | |||||
| 13. | Vaganian, Rafael A | g | ARM | 2590 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | * | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.5 | 2614 | |||||
| 14. | Amin, Bassem | g | EGY | 2560 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | * | 0 | 1 | 4.5 | 2562 | |||||
| 15. | Sasikiran, Krishnan | g | IND | 2694 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | ½ | 3.5 | 2491 | |||||
| 16. | Polgar, Judit | g | HUN | 2711 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | * | 2.5 | 2428 | |||||
Final crosstable- TWIC
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