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Just a week ago in Dubai, United Arab
Emirates, finished FIDE World Rapid and
Blit !hampionships, and this issue is full"
dedi#ated to these spe#ta#ular
#ompetitions$

Rapid and blit differ from #lassi#al #hess
b" the time gi%en per game$ In Dubai ra
was pla"ed with &' minutes per game plus
&( se#onds in#rement after ea#h mo%e)
and blit * + minutes per game plus ,
se#onds in#rement after ea#h mo%e -and
some pla"ers e%en managed to gain time
on their #lo#k./

All the strongest pla"ers took part$ 0n
1ramnik and 2opalo% were missing from
top3&(, and there were ,4 pla"ers with
rating more than ,4((.

And who was the winner5 World
#hampion 6agnus !arlsen. 7e is now
#lassi#al, rapid and blit world #hampion.
Ah, and number one in rating too, of
#ourse$


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Just a week ago in Dubai, United Arab
Emirates, finished FIDE World Rapid and
Blit !hampionships, and this issue is full"
dedi#ated to these spe#ta#ular
Rapid and blit differ from #lassi#al #hess
b" the time gi%en per game$ In Dubai rapid
per game plus
&( se#onds in#rement after ea#h mo%e)
+ minutes per game plus ,
se#onds in#rement after ea#h mo%e -and
some pla"ers e%en managed to gain time
All the strongest pla"ers took part$ 0nl"
1ramnik and 2opalo% were missing from
&(, and there were ,4 pla"ers with
And who was the winner5 World
#hampion 6agnus !arlsen. 7e is now
#lassi#al, rapid and blit world #hampion.
Ah, and number one in rating too, of



In this issue8
, In the Beginning
Mate in one at WBC
+ Dubai
Where is it?
9 World Rapid !hampionship
: World Blit !hampionship


0ffi#ial site of the #hampionships8
http8;;dubai,(&9wrb$#om;en;


FIDE Motto:
Gens Una S!s
"We are one #a!il$%




World Rapid !hampionship
World Blit !hampionship

0ffi#ial site of the #hampionships8
http8;;dubai,(&9wrb$#om;en;
FIDE Motto:
Gens Una S!s
"We are one #a!il$%
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In the Beginning From FIDE World Blitz Championship
White to move and mate in one!

In the Beginning A
<olgar,Judit -,:='/ *
>u,>ang"i -,:4'/



In the Beginning B
?a@er,E%geni" -,:'+/ *
Aalgado Bope,I%an -,:,,/



A. 28. e6-e8# 1-0

B. 34. e7-f8# 1-0


In the Beginning C
6oiseenko,AleCander -,4(4/ *
Dlek,Igor -,9+=/



In the Beginning D
Ehigalko,Aergei -,:4=/ *
Ringoir,2angu" -,'(:/



C. 36. c5-d4# 1-0

D. 32. h5-h7# 1-0

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Dubai where is it?
Dubai is the most populous #it" and emirate in the United Arab Emirates -UAE/, and it is
lo#ated on the southeast #oast of the <ersian Dulf$

<hoto8 Doogle 6aps

2oda" Dubai is a #osmopolitan metropolis that has grown steadil" to be#ome a global
#it" and a business and #ultural hub of the 6iddle East and the <ersian Dulf region$

<hoto8 Blog$eCpomap$ru


<hoto8 http8;;global3#onferen#es$eu;dubai;

2he #hampionships were held in the Dubai !hess and !ulture !lub * a ni#e building full"
dedi#ated to #hess where Dubai pla"ers train and other #hess tournaments like Dubai open
are normall" organied$




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World rapid championship


2he first one was the rapid #hampionship$
It went for three da"s * ' rounds ea#h da"$
After first da" the leaders were Fabiano
!aruana from Ital", Aerge" 1ar@akin and
Ian ?epomnia#ht#hi from Russia * all
three had 9,' points$ 6agnus !arlsen had
@ust 9 as he made two draws$
But on the se#ond pla"ing da" the tables
turned$ In the last round of the da", round
number &(, !arlsen won against #o3leader
!aruana and emerged to the sole top
pla#e$

Carlsen,Magnus (2881)
Caruana,Fabiano (2!1)



7ere Bla#k pla"ed 20... c7-c6 and lost a
pawn on a' due to 21.d5xc6 c8xc6
22.d2xa5 d8xa5 23. h3xd7



!aruana, howe%er, managed to get the
pawn ba#k8
23....c6xc1 24.f1xc1 a5-d2 25.c1-f1
d2xb2 26.d7xb7 b2xb3 27.a4-a5

But passed a3pawn is too strong, and it
de#ided the game8
27. ...d6-d5 28.b7-c6 f8-b8 29.f1-c1
g7-g6 30.a5-a6 b3-a2 31.a6-a7 b8-f8
32.g2-g3 d5-d4 33.c6-b7 g8-g7
34.c1-c8 f8xc8 35.b7xc8 a2-b1+
36.g1-g2 b1-e4+ 37.g2-h3 e4-d3
38.a7-a8 1-0
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But it was still ' rounds to go on the final
da"$ And in round &, #hess %iking from
?orwa" lost a game to his ri%al for the
throne, a soon to be mat#h #ompetitor for
the world title Fiswanathan Anand from
India.

Carlsen resigning his ga!e against &nan'

After that, with + rounds to go, !aruana
and Anand were half a point in front of
!arlsen$
But 6agnus made an eC#ellent finish
winning two games and drawing one in
the last round$ While Anand made three
draws, and !aruana lost a dramati# game
to Aronian in the pen3ultimate round$

Caruana,Fabiano (2!1)
Aronian,#e$on (281")


It seems that White #annot possibl" lose in
this position$ 7e is pawn up and #an be
optimisti# about his future$ But$$$

49.e5-e6 d4-d2 50.g2-g4 d2-g2

51.e6xa6?
?o need to be greed"$
Instead, it was due time to push #3pawn to
Gueening$
51....g2xg4 52.e4-e5 h6-h5 53.e5-e6 h5-
h4
Again the passer on the edge de#ides the
game. Fabiano will surel" ha%e some
nightmares about it$
54.e6-e7 g4-e4 55.b1-b2 g5xe7
56.a6-c6 e7-b4 57.c2-c3 b4-e7
58.b2-c2 h4-h3 59.c6-b6 e4-e1
0-1

Congrats to Magnus on a
fine win. What, one world
champion title isn't enough?!
* @oked Fabiano !aruana "(ictre' )elo*%
on twitter after the end of rapid e%ent$


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World Blitz Championship

Blit !hampionship had ,& rounds, && on
the first da" and &( on the se#ond$ 7ere
!arlsen started #on%inHingl", and after &(
rounds was in the lead with 4,';&(
together with Ian ?epomnia#ht#hi and
"oung #hinese Bu Ahanglei $ Bu Ahanglei
was the onl" one who managed to upset
the world #hampion in round =$
#u,&hanglei (2"4%)
Carlsen,Magnus (2881)


7ere 6agnus de#ided to be greed" and
take two pawns 8
20....e8xe4 21.e2-f3 e4xf4+ 22.c1-
b1 c6-e5
But now bla#k king is %er" weak, and soon
!arlsen had to gi%e up material$
23.a3-a6+ c8-d7 24.f3-g2 h8-e8
25.h1-e1 d7-e6 26.a6xa7 e8-e7
27.e1-e4 f4-f2 28.d1-e1 e6-f7
29.e1-f1 f2-f6 30.f1xf6+ g7xf6
WhiteIs position is winning, and the rest is
a matter of te#hniGue$
31.e4-e1 d4-d3 32.c2xd3 d8xd3 33.
a7-a4 e7-d7 34.a2-a3 d3-d2 35.g2-
c6 d7-d4 36.a4-b3+ f7-e7 37.b3-
g3 e7-d6 38.c6-e4 b6-b5 39.e4xh7
b5-b4 40.a3xb4 d4xb4 41.g3-c3 b4-
d4 42.h7-c2 c7-c5 43.e1-c1 e5-c4
44.c3-g3+ d6-c6 45.c2-a4+ c6-d5
46.a4-b3 d2xb2+ 47.b1-a1 b2-d2
48.c1xc4 d4xc4 49.g3-f3+ d5-e5
50.b3xc4 d2-d4 51.f3-e3+ d4-e4
52.e3xc5+ e5-f4 53.c4-d3 e4-e5
54.c5-f2+
1-0


+ Shanglei #ro! China *as one o# the
lea'ers a#ter 'a$ one, )t on the secon'
'a$ score' onl$ -,./001

0n the se#ond da" Russian Ian
?epomnia#ht#hi rushed off winning :
games in a row, and with 9 rounds to go
he was a sole leader with &9;&4$ !arlsen,
howe%er, was #hasing him with @ust half a
point behind.

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Ian 2e(o!niachtchi

And again the ?orwegian showed fighting
spirit at the finish * he s#ored +,' points in
the last 9 games$ While ?epomnia#ht#hi
onl" ,, losing to Be%on Aronian in round
,($ 0nl" se#ond pla#e for the Russian$

6agnus !arlsen is now the #hampion in all
three dis#iplines8 #lassi#al #hess, rapid and
blit.

Thanks for all the support!
So honoured to hold the
classic, rapid and blitz World
Champion titles. * wrote 6agnus
on twitter neCt to this photo8


But #hess is not onl" about winners and
losers, it is also about the great games$
7ere is one of them, pla"ed in round +$
<robabl" one of the most intertaining
games of the #hampionship 8
'a(a)ura,*i(aru (2") +
&a$,hen(o,Boris (2"81)

White of #ourse has a winning position$
But here ?akamura thought he wins on
the spot and pla"ed$$$
65.d1-d8
?ow 65...g2-g1 loses to 66.e7-e8+
f7-g7 67.e8-h8+ g7-f7 68.h8-f6#
But Bla#k pla"ed
65. ...g3-g5+!
Dreat sour#e that made ?akamura %er"
ner%ous with @ust a few se#onds on the
#lo#k.
66.f5-f4
If 66.f5xg5 g2-g1+ 67.g5-h5 g1-
h2+ 68.h5-g4 h2-g2+ and Bla#k gi%es
perpetual #he#k$
66...g5-g4+ 67.f4-f3 g4-g3+ 68.f3-
f4 g3-g4+ 69.f4-e5 g4-g5+ 70.e5-
e4 g5-g4+ 71.e4-d3 g4-g3+ 72.d3-
d2


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72. ...g3-e3
And again ?akamura started to shake his
head. Aa%#henko is in#redibl" tri#k".

73.d8-f8+
JIf 73.d2xe3 then again 73...g2-g1+]

73...f7-g7 74.d2xe3 g2-g1+ 75.f8-
f2 g1-g3+ 76.f2-f3 g3-e1+ 77.e3-f4
e1-h4+ 78.f4-e5 h4-g5+ 79.e5-e4
g5-g4+ 80.e4-e3 g4-e6+ 81.e3-d4
e6-d6+ 82.d4-c4 d6-e6+ 83.c4-b4
e6-e4+ 84.b4-a5
With his #reati%e pla" Bla#k es#aped the
loss$ But ta#ti#s #ontinue.
84... e4xf3

White #annot promote the Gueen,
be#ause of the mate in one. 85.e7-e8
f3-a3# What to do5. Is ?akamura lost
now5.

85.e7-e8+!! g7-f8
[85...g7-f7 86.c6-e5+ f7xe8
87.e5xf3; 85...g7-g6 86.c6-e5+ g6-
f5 87.e5xf3]

86.e8xc7 f3-a3+ 87.a5-b6

In#redible game and final position. Is Bla#k
worse5 ?o, he has a Gueen and should not
lose$ But$$$ Blit is blit$ 7ere Aa%#henko,
after all the effort and imaginati%e
resistan#e, lost on time$$$ 1-0

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