Maxime Vachier-Lagrave wins FIDE World Blitz Championship

French chess player Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ended the FIDE World Blitz Championship in Warsaw with a victory.

During the tie-break, Lagrave competed with Jan-Krzysztof Duda and was at an advantage during 3 matches. He tied the first two matches, and won the third match in the 49^th step with white figures.

After 21 matches, Lagrave, Duda and Firouzja each scored 15 points. After a count of the additional indicators, Firouzja remained in third place.

Daniil Dubov won fourth place with 14.5 points, and Levon Aronian (USA) is in 5^th place.

Hayk M. Martirosyan had the best result out of Armenia’s representatives and shared 8^th-18^th places with 13.5 points.

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