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Alexander Grischuk is the FIDE World Blitz champion |
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Friday, 08 September 2006 00:00 |
 Alexander Grischuk is the new World Blitz Champion, after winning the sudden death game vs. Peter Svidler. The Championship, which was a 16-player round robin, took place 5-8 September 2006 in Rishon Le Zion, Israel. .
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Alexander Grischuk is the new World Blitz Champion, after winning the sudden death game vs. Peter Svidler. The Championship, which was a 16-player round robin, took place 5-8 September 2006 in Rishon Le Zion, Israel. Svidler and Grischuk tied for first with 10.5 points after 15 rounds of play, and had to play the sudden death game to define the champion.
Final Standings:
Name Pts
Grischuk, Alexander 10.5
Svidler, Peter 10.5
Radjabov, Teimour 10
Anand, Viswanathan 10
Polgar, Judith 9.5
Gelfand, Boris 9.5
Bacrot, Etienne 8
Carlsen, Magnus 7.5
Erenburg, Sergey 7
Sutovsky, Emil 7
Gagunashvili, Merab 7
Roiz, Michael 6.5
Smirin, Ilia 6
Gurevich, Mikhail 4
Zoler, Dan 3.5
Lifshitz, Gaby 3.5
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