With Maxime Vachier-Lagrave having lost more than 30 classical rating points in the last month, hardly anybody would have fancied his chances at the ‘Norway Chess Super-Tournament’ before yesterday’s blitz began. However, MVL made a strong statement before the start of the main event as he won the blitz section quite impressively.
MVL scored a total of 6.5/9, half a point clear of second-placed Nakamura. The third place was shared by Carlsen, Giri and Anand with a total of 5.5 points each.
Final Standings:
|
Rank |
Players | Rating (Blitz) |
Pts. |
|
1 |
Vachier-Lagrave | 2826 | 6.5 |
| 2 | Nakamura | 2883 |
6 |
|
3 |
Carlsen | 2933 | 5.5 |
| 3 | Giri | 2771 |
5.5 |
|
3 |
Anand | 2767 | 5.5 |
| 6 | Aronian | 2816 |
5 |
|
7 |
Grischuk | 2839 | 4 |
| 8 | Topalov | 2641 |
3 |
|
9 |
Caruana | 2679 | 2.5 |
|
10 |
Hammer | 2648 |
1.5 |