UPDATE 28 octombrie 2016: The World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen, is the winner of The 1st "Grandmaster Blitz Battle Championship" online chess.
Magnus Carlsen defeated Hikaru Nakamura in the final of this event by an overall score of 14,5-10,5.
Who missed the broadcast transmission, can replay HERE!
Carlsen won $ 6 320 and Nakamura won $ 3 680. The $ 1 000 for the best game will be decided later.
Game 1 Chess960 Blitz 5+2
Game 2 Blitz 5+2
Game 6 Blitz 5+2
Results Blitz 5+2
| Players | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Score |
| Magnus Carlsen | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.5 |
| Hikaru Nakamura | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.5 |
Game 11 Blitz 3+2
Game 15 Blitz 3+2
Results Blitz 3+2
| Players | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Score |
| Magnus Carlsen | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Hikaru Nakamura | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Game 18 Bullet 1+1
Results Bullet 1+1
| Players | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Score |
| Hikaru Nakamura | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 5 |
| Magnus Carlsen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 4 |
All the games played:
FULL PICTURE OF THE ELIMINATORY PHASE:
October 27, 2016 on Chess.com server. Three hours of bullet and blitz chess, starting at 7 p.m. Central Europe.
It is not hard to come to the conclusion of the title. World Chess Champion (OTB) Magnus Carlsen, meets a few days before the match in which he will try to defend his title (against Karjakin), a great specialist in the online chess: Hikaru Nakamura. From the point of view of the time control of the game and the fact that they are playing online, maybe in the final after the opinion of many, was supposed to reach Grischuk. Only lately Carlsen, besides more attention to blitz and rapid chess, gave more importance to the chess online too. Part of our popular game, which is played live but via internet access reached maximum levels actually!
Match format: first time control is 5m+ 2s for 90 minutea, then 3m+ 2s for 60 minutes an finally 1m+ 1s for 30minutes. First game of each time control will be Chess960.
The complete rules of the competition can be found HERE.
$11,000 for the finals: Guaranteed $4,000 to winner, $2,000 to loser, and an additional $4,000 split by total win percentage. One $1,000 best game prize
The match can be viewed directly: Chess.com/TV or Twitch.tv/Chess.
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