Levon Aronyan defeated the Azeri Vugar Hashimov

In Moscow continues the blitz chess championship organized by the Russian Chess Federation. The Armenian Grand Master Levon Aronyan after 28 rounds gained 14.5 points and at this moment is on the 8th position. No the tournament list is headed by Magnus Carlsen with 21 points. The world champion Vishvanatan Anand has got 20 points. The best triple is closing Sergey Karyakin with 18 points.

Vladimir Kramnik and Pyptor Svidler with 16.5 points share 4-5 places and Alexander Grishchuk and Ruslan Ponomaryov are in the 6-7 positions with 16 points. In the 9th place are the world champion Anatoli Karpov and the lit is closing Peter Leco with 13 points.

Here are all the rounds played by Levon Aronyan step by step.

Lenyer Dominges – Levon Aronyan 0,5:0,5
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O g6 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Bg7 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 b5 9. Bb3 O-O 10. Nc3 d6 11. Nd5 h6 12. Nxe7+ Nxe7 13. Be3 Kh7 14. Rc1 f5 15. e5 Bb7 16. Re1 a5 17. Qe2 f4 18. Bd2 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 dxe5 20. d5 Nf5 21. Qe4 Nd6 22. Qb1 Rf7 23. Bc2 Qg5 24. Be4 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 Qf5 26. Qe2 b4 27. Rc5 Bf8 28. Rb5 Bd6 29. a3 bxa3 30. bxa3 Re8 31. f3 Bxa3 32. Rxa5 Bd6 33. Ra4 g5 34. Re4 Rg7 35. Bc3 g4 36. fxg4 Rxg4 37. Qf3 Reg8 38. R1e2 R4g5 39. Kf1 Rh5 40. Bxe5 Bxe5 41. Rxe5 Qxe5 42. Rxe5 Rxe5 43. Qxf4 Rgg5 44. Qf7+ Rg7 45. Qf3 Rd7 46. Qd3+ Kh8 47. Qc3 Rf7+ 48. Kg1 Rfe7 49. h3 Kg8 50. Qc6 Kg7 51. d6 cxd6 52. Qxd6 R5e6 53. Qd4+ Rf6 54. Kh2 Ref7 55. Qg4+ Rg6 56. Qd4+ Kh7 57. Qe4 Rfg7 58. Qd3 h5 59. Qe4 Kh8 60. Qe8+ Kh7 61. Qe4 Rg8 62. Qf5 Kh6 63. Qf4+ Kh7 64. Qe4 R8g7 65. Qf5 Kh6 66. Qf4+ 1/2:1/2:

Levon Aronyan - Sergey Karyakin 0:1
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qc2 Bd6 13. Bd2 Nf6 14. g5 b4 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Rc1 Nd7 18. Qc6 Ke7 19. e4 dxe4 20. Qxe4 Rc8 21. Rc4 a5 22. h4 Rc7 23. h5 gxh5 24. Rxh5 Rxh5 25. Bxh5 g6 26. Bf3 Nb6 27. Rc2 Nd5 28. Qd3 Rxc2 29. Qxc2 Nc3 30. a4 Qh8 31. Qd3 Qh4 32. Qa6 Bf4 33. Qa7+ Kf8 34. Qc5+ Kg8 35. Bxf4 Qxf4 36. Qc8+ Kg7 0:1:

Anatoli Karpov - Levon Aronyan 0,5:0,5
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O cxd4 7. Nxd4 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Qb3 Rd8 12. Bf4 e5 13. Nb5 Qe7 14. Be3 Nc6 15. Qa3 Qxa3 16. Nxa3 Be6 17. Rfb1 Rd7 18. Rxb7 Rxb7 19. Bxc6 Rab8 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. c4 Bf8 22. Rb1 Rxb1+ 23. Nxb1 Bxc4 24. Bxa7 Bxe2 25. Nc3 Bc4 26. a4 Bb4 27. Ne4 f5 28. Bc5 Ba5 29. Ng5 Bd5 30. Bd6 e4 31. h4 h6 32. Nh3 Bc6 33. Bf4 Kh7 34. Be3 Bxa4 35. Nf4 Bd1 36. Ne6 Bb4 37. Bc5 Bxc5 38. Nxc5 Be2 39. Ne6 Bc4 40. Nf4 Kg7 41. Kg2 Kf6 42. Kg1 g5 43. hxg5+ hxg5 44. Ng2 Ke5 45. Ne3 Be2 46. Kg2 f4 47. gxf4+ gxf4 48. Nc2 Bd3 49. Nb4 Bb5 50. Nc2 Kd5 51. Kh3 Ba4 52. Ne1 Bd1 53. Kh4 f3 54. Kg3 Ke5 55. Kg4 Kd5 56. Kf4 Kd4 57. Kf5 Kd5 58. Kf4 Kd4 59. Kf5 e3 1/2:1/2:

Levon Aronyan – Arkadi Naydich 0:1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. cxb5 a6 7. Nbd2 axb5 8. e4 c4 9. e5 Nd5 10. Ne4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Bxb4 Nxb4 13. Nfg5 N8c6 14. h4 Nxe5 15. Rh3 Bb7 16. Nd6 Bd5 17. Qd2 Qa5 18. Kd1 Qa4+ 19. Kc1 Nxa2+ 20. Rxa2 Qxa2 21. Qc2 Nd3+ 22. Bxd3 Qa1+ 23. Kd2 cxd3 24. Kxd3 Qf1+ 25. Ke3 g6 26. h5 Qe1+ 27. Qe2 Qxe2+ 28. Kxe2 h6 29. Nf3 Bxf3+ 30. gxf3 g5 31. f4 Rxf4 32. Rc3 Rd4 33. Nxb5 Rb4 34. Nd6 Rxb2+ 35. Ke3 Rf8 36. Rc7 Rbxf2 37. Rxd7 g4 38. Ne4 R2f3+ 39. Ke2 g3 40. Rd1 Ra3 41. Rg1 Rb8 42. Rxg3+ Rxg3 43. Nxg3 Kf7 44. Ne4
Ra8 45. Ke3 Ra5 46. Nd6+ Kf6 47. Ne4+ Kf5 48. Nd6+ Kg4 49. Nc4 Rc5 50. Nd2 Kxh5 51. Nf3 Rc3+ 52. Kf4 Rxf3+ 0:1:

Magnus Carlsen – Levon Aronyan 0:1

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3 e6 9. Be2 Be7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 O-O 12. O-O Nd7 13. Bg3 Rc8 14. a3 b5 15. Na2 Qa5 16. Qe1 Qxe1 17. Rfxe1 Nb6 18. Nb4 Nc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Nxa6 Ra8 21. Nb4 Bxb4 22. axb4 Ra2 23. f3 Bd3 24. Ra1 Rxb2 25. Bd6 Rc8 26. Rec1 h5 27. Bc5 Rb8 28. h4 Re2 29. Re1 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Ra8 31. b5 Ra2 32. Rc1 Rb2 33. b6 Kh7 34. Kh2 g5 35. hxg5 Kg6 36. Kg3 Kxg5 37. Be7+ f6 38. Bc5 h4+ 39. Kh2 e5 40. Rc3 e4 41. f4+ Kg4 42. Rc1 h3 43. Rg1 c3 44. Ba3 Rxb6 45. gxh3+ Kf3 46. Rg3+ Kf2 47. Bc1 Rb1 48. Rg2+ Kf3 49. Rg1 Ke2 50. h4 Rb7 51. Rg2+ Kd1 52. Rg1+ Kc2 53. Re1 Be2 54. Ba3 Kd2 55. Rh1 Kxe3 56. Bc1+ Kxd4 57. Kg3 Rg7+ 58. Kf2 Bf3 59. Rh2 Rh7 60. f5 Kd3 61. Kg3 d4 62. Kf4 Bd1 63. Rh3+ e3 0:1:

Levon Aronyan – Vishvanatan Anand 0,5:0,5
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Rb1 c5 12. Ne5 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bd3 Be6 15. O-O Rab8 16. Qa4 c4 17. Bc2 Qc7 18. Rxb8 Rxb8 19. Rb1 Rxb1+ 20. Bxb1 Qb6 21. Qc2 g6 22. Qc1 Kg7 23. h3 c5 24. Bc2 cxd4 25. exd4 Qa5 26. Qb2 Qc7 27. Bd1 h5 1/2:1/2:

Hudit Polgar - Levon Aronyan 0,5:0,5
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O g6 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Bg7 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 b5 9. Bb3 O-O 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 d6 12. Nc3 h6 13. Rb1 Nc4 14. Ne2 f5 15. b3 Ne5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. f3 Qd6 18. Be3 c6 19. b4 cxd5 20. Bc5 Qd7 21. Bb3 Rd8 22. Nc3 Kh7 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. Bxd5 Bb7 25. Bxb7 Qxb7 26. Qc2 fxe4 27. Qxe4 Qxe4 28. fxe4 Rd7 29. Rbd1 Rad8 30. Rxd7 Rxd7 31. a4 h5 32. Ra1 Bh6 33. axb5 axb5 34. Ra5 Rd1+ 35. Kf2 Rd2+ 36. Kf1 Rd1+ 37. Kf2 Rd2+ 38. Kf1 Rd1+ 39. Kf2 1/2:1/2:

Boris Gelfand - Levon Aronyan 0,5:0,5
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3 a6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2 Be6 9. Bc2 d5 10. h3 h6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Qe2 Bf8 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. dxe4 Qb5 16. Bd3 Qa4 17. Bc2 Qb5 18. Bd3 Qa4 19. Bc2 Qb5 1/2:1/2:

Dmitry Yakovenko - Levon Aronyan 0:1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nbd2 Be6 9. h3 Bxb3 10. Qxb3 Qd7 11. Nc4 h6 12. a4 Rab8 13. a5 Rfe8 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Nxe3 Ne7 16. Qa4 Qe6 17. c4 Ng6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Qf6 20. Kh2 Nf4 21. Rfd1 h5 22. Rac1 Re7 23. Rc2 g5 24. d4 exd4 25. Qxd4 Qg6 26. Nd2 g4 27. h4 Rbe8 28. g3 Nh3 29. Kg2 f5 30. Re1 f4 31. Rc4 Rf7 32. e5 fxg3 33. fxg3 dxe5 34. Qe3 Rf2+ 35. Kh1 Ref8 36. Rxc7 Qd6 37. Rc3 Qxd5+ 38. Ne4 R2f3 39. Qe2 Nf2+ 40. Kg2 Nxe4 41. Qxe4 Qxe4 0:1:

Levon Aronyan – Petere Leco 1:0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. e4 d5 8. cxd5 Bxf1 9. Kxf1 exd5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nc3 Nxd2+ 12. Nxd2 Qd7 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Qa4 Qh3+ 15. Kg1 c6 16. Nf3 f6 17. Qb3 Kh8 18. Ne2 fxe5 19. Nxe5 Bd6 20. Nf4 Qf5 21. h4 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. h5 c5 24. Rd1 c4 25. Qb5 Kg8 26. Rxd5 Qe1+ 27. Kg2 Qe4+ 28. f3 Qc2+ 29. Kh3 a6 30. Qxb6 Ra7 31. Qxa7 1:0:

Vasili Ivanchuk - Levon Aronyan 0,5:0,5
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 Bb4 6. Nd5 Nxd5 7. exd5 Qe7+ 8. Qe2 Qxe2+ 9. Kxe2 Ne7 10. d4 Ng6 11. h4 h5 12. Bd3 Be7 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. Bxf4 d6 15. Bg5 Bf6 16. Rae1 Bf5 17. Kd2+ Kd7 18. Re3 Rae8 19. Rhe1 Rxe3 20. Rxe3 Re8 21. c4 Bb1 22. a3 a6 23. g3 b5 24. b3 Bf5 25. Rxe8 Kxe8 26. Kc3 Kd7 27. a4 Kc8 28. Kb4 bxc4 29. bxc4 Be4 30. Nd2 Bc2 31. Be3 Kb7 32. Nb3 Bxb3 33. Kxb3 Kc8 34. Kc2 Kd7 35. Kd3 Kc8 36. Ke4 Kd7 37. Bf2 Kc8 38. Kf4 Kd7 39. g4 hxg4 40. Kxg4 Kc8 41. Be3 Kb7 42. c5 c6 43. dxc6+ Kxc6 44. cxd6 Kxd6 45. Bf4+ Kd5 46. Be5 Ke4 47. a5 Kd5 48. Kg3 Bd8 49. Bxg7 Bxa5 50. Kg4 Bc3 51. Kg5 a5 52. Kxg6 a4 53. Bf8 Bxd4 54. h5 Be3 55. Kf5 Kc4 56. Ke4 Bc1 57. h6 Bxh6 58. Bxh6 1/2:1/2:

Levon Aronyan - Vladimir Kramnik 0:1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Nc6 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Qc2 Rd8 14. Rfd1 Bd7 15. a3 Ba5 16. b4 Bb6 17. Nc5 Be8 18. d5 exd5 19. Bxd5 a5 20. Na4 Ba7 21. b5 Nd4 22. Nxd4 Rxd5 23. Nf5 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Qxa3 25. Qe4 Rd8 26. Rf1 Qb4 27. Qxb7 Bxb5 28. Ne7+ Kf8 29. Nc6 Bxc6 30. Qxc6 Bd4 31. g3 g6 32. Kg2 Kg7 33. Rd1 Rd6 34. Qc2 Rf6 35. f3 Re6 36. Qd2 Qxa4 37. Qxd4+ Qxd4 38. Rxd4 Ra6 39. Ra4 Kf6 40. Kf2 Ke5 41. Ke3 Kd5 42. Kd3 Kc5 43. Rc4+ Kb5 44. Rc7 a4 45. Rb7+ Kc5 46. Kc2 a3 47. Rb1 a2 48. Ra1 Kd4 49. Kb2 Ke3 50. f4 Kf2 51. g4 g5 52. fxg5 hxg5 0:1:

Vugar Hashimov - Levon Aronyan 0:1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. Nc3 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nd5 Bg7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bf6 Bxf6 9. Nxf6+ Kf8 10. O-O Nf5 11. Nd5 Ng7 12. Re1 d6 13. h3 Ne5 14. Be2 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Ne6 16. c3 c6 17. Nb4 Qf6 18. Nc2 dxc3 19. Qxd6+ Kg7 20. e5 Qh4 21. Re4 Qd8 22. bxc3 Qxd6 23. exd6 Rd8 24. Rd1 Ng5 25. Re7 Kf8 26. Re3 Bf5 27. Na3 Rd7 28. c4 Nxf3+ 29. Rxf3 b6 30. g4 Be6 31. Rfd3 Rad8 32. Kg2 c5 33. Kg3 a6 34. Kf4 f6 35. f3 Kf7 36. h4 g5+ 37. Kg3 Kg7 38. R3d2 Bg8 39. Rd3 Bh7 40. R3d2 Bg8 41. Rd3 Bh7 42. R3d2 Bg8 43. f4 gxf4+ 44. Kxf4 Be6 45. h5 Kf7 46. Rd3 Rg8 47. Rg3 Rg5 48. Rd2 f5 49. Nc2 fxg4 50. Ne3 Kg7 51. Ke4 b5 52. cxb5 axb5 53. Ng2 c4 54. Nf4 Bf7 55. a3 Kf6 56. Ke3 Ke5 57. Rg1 Rxd6 58. Rb2 Kf6 59. Kf2 Rf5 60. Kg3 Kg5 61. Rf1 Rdf6 62. Rbf2 c3 63. Nd3 Bc4 64. Nc5 Rxc5 65. Rxf6 Bxf1 0:1:

Levon Aronyan – Alexandra Kostenyuk 0:1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Qc7 10. Qc2 Bxc5 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Bd2 b6 14. Bd3 Nd5 15. Neg5 g6 16. Rac1 Bb7 17. h4 Rac8 18. h5 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Qe5 20. f4 Nxf4 21. exf4 Qd4+ 22. Kh2 Nb4 23. Qb3 Nxd3 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Be1 Qxf4+ 27. Bg3 Qxg5 28. Qxd3 Qh5+ 29. Kg1 Bd5 30. Rf1 Bc4 31. Qc3 Rc5 32. Rf2 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Rh5+ 0:1: