Candidates Blitz 2024

Joint winnersGMShakhriyar Mamedyarov, GMIvan CheparinovShared first place on 8/9

Dates: 9 Apr 2024
Format: 9-round Swiss
Time control: Blitz

About this event

The Candidates Blitz 2024 takes place on the 8th of April 2024 in Toronto, Canada, a side event of the FIDE Candidates 2024. The tournament is a Swiss format of 9 rounds.

The time control is 3 minutes + 2 second increment from move 1.

Fixed Boards: Aryan Tari on Board 8, Qiyu Zhou on Board 9.

Official Website | Results

No games yet: the table fills in once the first round finishes.

#	Player	Elo	Pts
–	GMShakhriyar Mamedyarov	2700	0/0
–	GMEvgeny Bareev	2660	0/0
–	GMIvan Cheparinov	2593	0/0
–	GMAryan Tari	2579	0/0
–	GMAlexandra Kosteniuk	2473	0/0
–	GMPavel V. Tregubov	2445	0/0
–	GMPetro Golubka	2434	0/0
–	GMBator Sambuev	2422	0/0
–	IMSai Krishna G V	2404	0/0
–	IMMark Plotkin	2401	0/0
–	IMShiyam Thavandiran	2354	0/0
–	IMArthur Calugar	2305	0/0
–	IMNicholas Vettese	2272	0/0
–	WGMAtousa Pourkashiyan	2263	0/0
–	IMStefan Loeffler	2248	0/0
–	Christopher Knox	2210	0/0
–	FMTymur Keleberda	2198	0/0
–	FMMike Ivanov	2194	0/0
–	CMKoosha Jaferian	2174	0/0
–	FMEilia Zomorrodian	2172	0/0
–	WFMOksana Golubeva	2172	0/0
–	Mark Gluhovsky	2171	0/0
–	Felix Barrios	2155	0/0
–	FMVictor Plotkin	2129	0/0
–	WIMYunshan Li	2112	0/0
–	WGMQiyu Zhou	2107	0/0
–	Jim Zhao	2103	0/0
–	FMVinny Puri	2087	0/0
–	Fengxi Mao	2083	0/0
–	IMMichael Barron	2077	0/0
–	Roman Gavrilin	2076	0/0
–	Daniel Abrahams	2059	0/0
–	CMGeordie Derraugh	2007	0/0
–	Hugh Siddeley	1998	0/0
–	Tony Bohan Bao	1970	0/0
–	WFMCindy Qiao	1948	0/0
–	Ekrem Tamkan	1923	0/0
–	Amirmahdi Hosseinzadeh	1848	0/0
–	Bingfei Wang	1840	0/0
–	Stephen Papadatos	1830	0/0
–	Wesley Russell	1824	0/0
–	Noah Velasquez	1822	0/0
–	Arkadiy Ugodnikov	1810	0/0
–	Christopher Yu	1810	0/0
–	Daniel Sirkovich	1799	0/0
–	Florante Alcaide	1785	0/0
–	Bradley Tseng	1785	0/0
–	Henry Pollitt	1741	0/0
–	Dharsan Satish Alwar	1637	0/0
–	GMThomas Roussel-Roozmon	–	0/0
–	Matthew Bergeron	–	0/0
–	Jordan Clyde	–	0/0
–	Joey Lin	–	0/0
–	Lloyd Mai	–	0/0
–	Ryan Meneses	–	0/0
–	Mervyn Sit Yee	–	0/0
–	Nolan Wu	–	0/0

Crosstable

#	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1	Mamedyarov	141w	152b	116w	½11b	19w	150b	12w	½3b	14w
2	Bareev	142b	128w	115b	117w	18b	½3w	01b	031w	½18b
3	Cheparinov	143w	130b	154w	113b	17w	½2b	111w	½1w	131b
4	Tari	144b	129w	017b	138w	125b	116w	115b	18w	01b
5	Kosteniuk	145w	032b				121b	154w	09b	124w
6	Tregubov	156w	133b	020w	136b	130w	½54b	112w	111b	09w
7	Golubka	151b	134w	119b	118w	03b	017w	110b	120w	½16w
8	Sambuev	146w	136b	122w	120b	02w	124b	117w	04b	133w
9	Krishna	147b	135w	123b	126w	01b	120w	½31b	15w	16b
10	Plotkin	155w	137b	124w	132b	½50w	011b	07w		112w
11	Thavandiran			125b	½1w	114b	110w	03b	06w	119b
12	Calugar			026b	135w	½27b		06b		010b
13	Vettese				03w	126b	031w	128b	129w	117b
14	Pourkashiyan				121w	011w		½50w	024b
15	Loeffler			02w		132w	122b	04w	033b
16	Knox			01b		028b	04b	126w	135w	½7b
17	Keleberda			14w	02b	133w	17b	08b		013w
18	Ivanov			050w	07b			½52w		½2w
19	Jaferian			07w					½50b	011w
20	Zomorrodian			16b	08w		09b		07b
21	Golubeva				014b		05w
22	Gluhovsky			08b			015w
23	Barrios			09w
24	Plotkin			010b			08w		114w	05b
25	Li			011w		04w
26	Zhou	149w	148b	112w	09b	013w	140b	016b	139w	157b
27	Zhao					½12w				050w
28	Puri		02b			116w		013w
29	Mao		04b						013b
30	Barron		03w			06b
31	Gavrilin		050b				113b	½9w	12b	03w
32	Abrahams		15w		010w	015b
33	Derraugh		06w			017b			115w	08b
34	Siddeley		07b		050b
35	Bao		09b		012b				016b
36	Qiao		08w		06w
37	Tamkan		010w
38	Hosseinzadeh				04b
39	Wang								026b
40	Papadatos						026w
41	Russell	01b
42	Velasquez	02w
43	Ugodnikov	03b
44	Yu	04w
45	Sirkovich	05b
46	Alcaide	08b
47	Tseng	09w
48	Pollitt		026w
49	Alwar	026b
50	Roussel-Roozmon	153b	131w	118b	134w	½10b	01w	½14b	½19w	127b
51	Bergeron	07w
52	Clyde		01w					½18b
53	Lin	050w
54	Mai			03b			½6w	05b
55	Meneses	010b
56	Yee	06b
57	Wu									026w

Round 9 · 9 Apr

Gavrilin2076vsGMCheparinov25930–1 GMTregubov2445vsIMKrishna24040–1 GMGolubka2434vsKnox2210½–½ GMSambuev2422vsCMDerraugh20071–0 FMKeleberda2198vsIMVettese22720–1 GMKosteniuk2473vsFMV. Plotkin21291–0 FMIvanov2194vsGMBareev2660½–½ GMMamedyarov2700vsGMTari25791–0 WuvsWGMZhou21070–1 Zhao2103vsGMRoussel-Roozmon0–1 IMM. Plotkin2401vsIMCalugar23051–0 CMJaferian2174vsIMThavandiran23540–1

Top 12 boards from each round.

57 players · average Elo 2127

#	Player	Elo
1	GMShakhriyar Mamedyarov	2700
2	GMEvgeny Bareev	2660
3	GMIvan Cheparinov	2593
4	GMAryan Tari	2579
5	GMAlexandra Kosteniuk	2473
6	GMPavel V. Tregubov	2445
7	GMPetro Golubka	2434
8	GMBator Sambuev	2422
9	IMSai Krishna G V	2404
10	IMMark Plotkin	2401
11	IMShiyam Thavandiran	2354
12	IMArthur Calugar	2305
13	IMNicholas Vettese	2272
14	WGMAtousa Pourkashiyan	2263
15	IMStefan Loeffler	2248
16	Christopher Knox	2210
17	FMTymur Keleberda	2198
18	FMMike Ivanov	2194
19	CMKoosha Jaferian	2174
20	FMEilia Zomorrodian	2172
21	WFMOksana Golubeva	2172
22	Mark Gluhovsky	2171
23	Felix Barrios	2155
24	FMVictor Plotkin	2129
25	WIMYunshan Li	2112
26	WGMQiyu Zhou	2107
27	Jim Zhao	2103
28	FMVinny Puri	2087
29	Fengxi Mao	2083

#	Player	Elo
30	IMMichael Barron	2077
31	Roman Gavrilin	2076
32	Daniel Abrahams	2059
33	CMGeordie Derraugh	2007
34	Hugh Siddeley	1998
35	Tony Bohan Bao	1970
36	WFMCindy Qiao	1948
37	Ekrem Tamkan	1923
38	Amirmahdi Hosseinzadeh	1848
39	Bingfei Wang	1840
40	Stephen Papadatos	1830
41	Wesley Russell	1824
42	Noah Velasquez	1822
43	Arkadiy Ugodnikov	1810
44	Christopher Yu	1810
45	Daniel Sirkovich	1799
46	Florante Alcaide	1785
47	Bradley Tseng	1785
48	Henry Pollitt	1741
49	Dharsan Satish Alwar	1637
50	GMThomas Roussel-Roozmon	–
51	Matthew Bergeron	–
52	Jordan Clyde	–
53	Joey Lin	–
54	Lloyd Mai	–
55	Ryan Meneses	–
56	Mervyn Sit Yee	–
57	Nolan Wu	–

Candidates Blitz 2024

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