World Blitz Championship 2009  

Photos of the 2009 World Blitz Championship, played in the Moscow GUM. It was won by 1. Magnus Carlsen 2. Vishy Anand and 3. Sergey Karjakin. A memorable event for Women's World Chess Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk who managed to beat tenured Grandmasters such as Men's World Champion Vishy Anand (ELO 2788), World rated #1 Magnus Carlsen (ELO 2801), World rated #5 Aronian (ELO 2781), World rated #6 Gashimov (ELO 2758), World rated #10 Morozevich (ELO 2750), as well as Judith Polgar (Women's rated #1, ELO 2680, who had previously never lost to a woman). All photos are by Pufichek and © chesspics.com . They can be used only with written permission. Bona Fide Press Agencies can enquire how to get hi-res versions for publication.

page:   1   2   3   4   5   6   

20091116_241Kosteniuk.jpg
views: 1047
 96 (4/ 5)

20091117_145Kosteniuk-JPolgar.jpg
views: 1118
 95 (4.1/ 5)

20091117_69Kosteniuk.jpg
views: 949
 93 (4/ 5)

20091117_133Anand-Kosteniuk.jpg
views: 1009
 93 (4/ 5)

20091117_9Kosteniuk.jpg
views: 916
 93 (4/ 5)

20091117_55Kosteniuk.jpg
views: 877
 92 (4/ 5)

20091117_134Anand-Kosteniuk.jpg
views: 947
 89 (4.2/ 5)

20091117_127Kosteniuk-Carlsen.jpg
views: 977
 89 (4.2/ 5)

20091116_33AnandKosteniuk.jpg
views: 1112
 88 (4/ 5)

20091117_7Kosteniuk.jpg
views: 893
 88 (4/ 5)

20091116_134Kosteniuk-Aronian.jpg
views: 901
 87 (4.1/ 5)

20091116_193Kosteniuk.jpg
views: 954
 85 (4/ 5)

20091117_66Kosteniuk.jpg
views: 841
 85 (4/ 5)

20091118_137.jpg
views: 986
 84 (4/ 5)

20091118_278.jpg
views: 807
 84 (4.2/ 5)

20091116_111Kosteniuk-Anand.jpg
views: 1021
 84 (4.2/ 5)

20091117_29Kosteniuk.jpg
views: 929
 83 (4/ 5)

20091117_78Kosteniuk.jpg
views: 1092
 83 (4/ 5)

20091118_296Kosteniuk.jpg
views: 1038
 83 (4/ 5)

20091116_234Kosteniuk.jpg
views: 901
 82 (4.1/ 5)

20091118_245Kosteniuk.jpg
views: 865
 82 (4.1/ 5)

20091117_143Kosteniuk.jpg
views: 879
 81 (4.1/ 5)

20091117_137Kosteniuk.jpg
views: 939
 80 (4/ 5)

20091117_60Kosteniuk.jpg
views: 888
 77 (4.1/ 5)

20091117_5Morozevich-Kosteniuk.jpg
views: 1264
 77 (4.1/ 5)

20091118_53Kosteniuk-Leko.jpg
views: 1130
 77 (4.1/ 5)

20091116_204Kosteniuk-Kramnik.jpg
views: 1005
 77 (4.1/ 5)

20091117_142Kosteniuk-JPolgar.jpg
views: 863
 76 (4.2/ 5)

20091117_131Anand-Kosteniuk.jpg
views: 982
 76 (4.2/ 5)

20091117_44Kosteniuk-Grischuk.jpg
views: 998
 76 (4.2/ 5)

20091117_56Kosteniuk.jpg
views: 905
 75 (3.9/ 5)

20091116_151Jakovenko-Kosteniuk.jpg
views: 829
 73 (4.3/ 5)

20091117_50Kosteniuk-Grischuk.jpg
views: 957
 73 (4.3/ 5)

20091117_129Anand-Kosteniuk.jpg
views: 1056
 73 (4.3/ 5)

20091118_25Kosteniuk-Jakovenko.jpg
views: 849
 73 (4.3/ 5)

20091116_108Kosteniuk-Anand.jpg
views: 903
 71 (4.2/ 5)

20091116_28AnandKosteniukGrischuk.jpg
views: 1165
 71 (4.2/ 5)

20091118_286Kosteniuk.jpg
views: 1094
 70 (3.9/ 5)

20091116_236Gashimov-Kosteniuk.jpg
views: 860
 70 (4.4/ 5)

20091118_261KarjakinAnandCarlsen.jpg
views: 1059
 70 (5/ 5)
page:   1   2   3   4   5   6