Svjetski šampion Magnus Carlsen (Norveška) i Vladislav Artemiev (Rusija) dijele prvo mjesto sa 9,5/12 posle prvog dana svjetskog brzopoteznog šampionata King Salman u St. Petersburgu. Iza njih sledi 5 osoba sa 9 poena – Andreikin, Nepomniachtchi, Svidler, Duda i Giri.
Magnus Carlsen
Tempo igre je 3 minuta plus 2 sekunde bonifikacije po potezu.
U dvanaestom kolu Carlsen i Artemiev su remizirali. Sutra se turnir završava (preostalo je još 9 kola).
Nagradni fond iznosi 350 hiljada dolara, a pobjednik od toga dobija 60 hiljada dolara.
Wang,Hao (2775) – Andreikin,Dmitry (2777) [B08]
World Blitz 2018 St Petersburg RUS (12.2), 29.12.2018
1.e4 g6 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Be2 0-0 6.0-0 a6 7.h3 b5 8.e5 Nfd7 9.exd6 cxd6 10.Re1 Bb7 11.Bf1 Nf6 12.Bg5 Nbd7 13.a3 h6 14.Bf4 Nb6 15.Nh2 Rc8 16.Ne2 Nfd5 17.Bg3 e5 18.dxe5 dxe5 19.c3 f5 20.Nf3 f4 21.Bh2 e4 22.Nfd4 e3 23.f3 Qf6 24.Nc1 Nc4 25.Bxc4 bxc4 26.Nce2 g5 27.Qc2 h5 28.Rad1 g4 29.hxg4 hxg4 30.fxg4 Qh4 31.Rf1 Qxg4 32.Qe4 Bxd4 33.Rxd4
33…Nxc3 34.Qxb7 Nxe2+ 35.Kh1 Nxd4 0-1
Giri,Anish (2751) – Aronian,Levon (2858) [A07]
World Blitz 2018 St Petersburg RUS (12.3), 29.12.2018
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Bf5 4.c4 c6 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.d3 e6 7.Be3 Qxb3 8.axb3 a6 9.Bd2 Nbd7 10.Bc3 Be7 11.Nbd2 c5 12.Ne5 d4 13.Nxd7 Nxd7 14.Ba5 Ra7 15.Nb1 b6 16.Bd2 Ne5 17.Na3 Rc7 18.Bf4 Bf6
19.Nb5 axb5 20.Ra8+ Ke7 21.Rxh8 Ra7 22.0-0 Ra2 23.Bxe5 Bxe5 24.Rb1 b4 25.h3 g5 26.Rg8 Bg6 27.Bc6 Kd6 28.Bb5 f5 29.Rc8 Ke7 30.Rc6 f4 31.gxf4 gxf4 32.f3 Bf5 33.Kh2 Bf6 34.Rxb6 Bh4 35.Ra6 Rxa6 36.Bxa6 Kd6 37.Bb7 e5 38.Be4 Bxe4 39.fxe4 Bg3+ 40.Kg2 h5 41.Ra1 Kc6 42.Ra6+ Kb7 43.Rh6 h4 44.Kf3 Be1 45.Re6 1-0
Jobava,Baadur (2705) – Svidler,Peter (2770) [A01]
World Blitz 2018 St Petersburg RUS (12.5), 29.12.2018
1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 g6 4.h4 h5 5.c4 Bg7 6.Nf3 d6 7.d3 Nf6 8.Nc3 a6 9.Be2 Ne7 10.Qc2 Nf5 11.0-0-0 Ng4 12.Ne4 0-0 13.Nfg5 c6 14.Bxg4 hxg4 15.h5 f6 16.hxg6 fxg5 17.Rh5 Qe8 18.Rdh1 d5 19.cxd5 cxd5 20.Qc7
20…Bd7 21.Kb1 dxe4 22.dxe4 Nh4 23.Rxg5 Rc8 24.Qd6 Rc6 25.Qd3 Nxg6 26.f4 gxf3 27.gxf3 Rxf3 28.Rhg1 Qf7 29.Qd5 Qxd5 30.exd5 Rcf6 0-1
Vladislav Artemiev
Stanje posle 12. kola
| Rk. | Name | FED | RtgI | Pts. | |||
| 1 | GM | Carlsen Magnus | NOR | 2939 | 9,5 | ||
| 2 | GM | Artemiev Vladislav | RUS | 2825 | 9,5 | ||
| 3 | GM | Andreikin Dmitry | RUS | 2777 | 9,0 | ||
| 4 | GM | Nepomniachtchi Ian | RUS | 2846 | 9,0 | ||
| 5 | GM | Svidler Peter | RUS | 2770 | 9,0 | ||
| 6 | GM | Duda Jan-Krzysztof | POL | 2694 | 9,0 | ||
| 7 | GM | Giri Anish | NED | 2751 | 9,0 | ||
| 8 | GM | Wang Hao | CHN | 2775 | 8,5 | ||
| 9 | GM | Karjakin Sergey | RUS | 2759 | 8,5 | ||
| 10 | GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | AZE | 2754 | 8,5 | ||
| 11 | GM | Korobov Anton | UKR | 2677 | 8,5 | ||
| 12 | GM | Aronian Levon | ARM | 2858 | 8,0 | ||
| 13 | GM | Jobava Baadur | GEO | 2705 | 8,0 | ||
| 14 | IM | Golubov Saveliy | RUS | 2574 | 8,0 | ||
| 15 | GM | Cheparinov Ivan | GEO | 2618 | 8,0 | ||
| 16 | IM | Tsydypov Zhamsaran | RUS | 2573 | 8,0 | ||
| 17 | GM | Kovalev Vladislav | BLR | 2553 | 8,0 | ||
| 18 | GM | Smirin Ilia | ISR | 2582 | 8,0 | ||
| 19 | GM | Le Quang Liem | VIE | 2749 | 8,0 | ||
| 20 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | USA | 2889 | 8,0 | ||
| 21 | GM | Maghsoodloo Parham | IRI | 2642 | 8,0 | ||
| 22 | GM | Adly Ahmed | EGY | 2675 | 8,0 | ||
| 23 | GM | Matlakov Maxim | RUS | 2653 | 8,0 | ||
| 24 | GM | Grischuk Alexander | RUS | 2825 | 8,0 | ||
| 25 | GM | Dreev Aleksey | RUS | 2675 | 8,0 | ||
| 26 | GM | Gelfand Boris | ISR | 2722 | 8,0 | ||
| 27 | GM | Amin Bassem | EGY | 2659 | 8,0 |
itd.
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