World Blitz Chess Championship over, Aronian ends 12th

The World Blitz Chess Championship held in Moscow is over now. Armenian GM Levon Aronian scored 21 and ended 12th. Magnus Carlsen won the championship with 31, 3 points ahead of the world champion Vishy Anand, running second. Sergey Karjakin summed the top three scoring 25. Below we represent the final standings:

1. Magnus Carlsen NOR 31
2. Viswanathan Anand IND 28
3. Sergey Karjakin UKR 25
4. Vladimir Kramnik RUS 24.5
5. Alexander Grischuk RUS 23.5
6. Ruslan Ponomariov UKR 23.5
7. Peter Svidler RUS 23.5
8. Peter Leko HUN 22
9. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov AZE 22
10. Alexander Morozevich RUS 21.5
11. Vugar Gashimov AZE 21.5
12. Levon Aronian ARM 21
13. Leinier Dominguez Perez CUB 20
14. Evgeny Bareev RUS 20
15. Vassily Ivanchuk UKR 19.5
16. Anatoly Karpov RUS 19
17. Boris Gelfand ISR 18.5
18. Dmitry Jakovenko RUS 17.5
19. Judith Polgar HUN 17
20. Vladislav Tkachiev FRA 16
21. Arkadij Naiditsch GER 15
22. Alexandra Kosteniuk RUS 12.5